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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



will be interesting to man}' of the mem- 

 bers. President Dunford also has some 

 interesting matters to bring before the 

 meeting, therefore he would like all the 

 members to be present. The committee 

 on summer outings will be appointed at 

 this meeting, including that of the S. A. 

 F. at Milwaukee next August. 



Bowling. 



The City Bowling League will .^oon 

 end its season and then the florists will 

 again get together and bowl eacli Jlonday 

 night to select a team to represent our 

 city in the national tournament at Mil- 

 waukee this summer. Tlie league bowl- 

 ers this season were C. A. Kuelin. Carl 

 Beyer, E. W. Guy and J. J. Beneke. 

 From there and the rest of the florist 

 bowlers a good team should be selected 

 to make those Philadelphia and Xew 

 York bowlers, and our friends, the Chi- 

 cagos, hustle to win. J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Demand is not so steady and prices 

 are easier. It is the annual moving 

 season and there is always a period of 

 dullness for a week or more following 

 Maj' 1. There is plenty of stock of all 

 kinds for everybody, but no gluts in any 

 line. 



Though the best .select roses reach $7 

 and $8 they must be very elioice to get 

 into that class and the number in it is 

 small. Excellent stock can be had for 

 $6 and the great bulk of the cut goes 

 at $4 and .$5. and clean uj) sales are 

 made at somewhat below .$3. Carnation 

 prices are materially shaded from last 

 week, and white seems to be especially 

 abundant. Tlie blooms must be extra 

 good to reach .$4 and not many get 

 above $3. Fine Piosperity reach .$G, but 

 there are not many sold at that price. 

 However, very few carnations of any 

 varfety sell at less than .$1.,^0, and con- 

 ditions are certainly very satisfactory 

 for the season. 



Notes. 



Ed. Winterson recently accepted a 

 liberal contribution from a bookmaker 

 because of his 25 to 1 abilities. 



ilr. H. A. Stallwood, well known to 

 the trade in this city, died at the West 

 Side Hospital Monday. May 4, as the 

 ve>ult of an operation. The funeral was 

 liilil Wednesdav; interment at Grace- 

 laud. 



Soon after the last issue appeared the 

 weather turned much cooler and has 

 continued chilly with the exception of 

 two days only, ^^uality nf stock aver- 

 ages very good iinder these cnnditinns. 



CINCINNATI 



The Market- 

 Trade is all that cnuhl be desired and 

 every one is having his share of it. The 

 wholesale houses are doing a fine busi- 

 ness and are ver}- nearly cleared out 

 every evening, ilonday wa* a great day 

 for American Beauties. The newly elect- 

 ed city officials were installed into their 

 respective offices and the citj' building 

 was a mass of flowers. Besides this the 

 regular run of business was first-class. 

 Good stock brought top market prices, 

 and there was none too much of it at 

 that. 



The weather, thougli for the most 

 ])art clear, is quite cool. There was a 

 killing frost last night, which destroyed 

 a great many tomato plants that had 

 just been planted. Some early potatoes 

 which had sprouted were also badly 

 damaged. Lilacs are trying to bloom 

 now. but the heavy frosts were very 

 hard on them and the idooms arc very 

 jjoor. 



Roses are fairly plentiful at present, 

 but the best of them are c|uiekly sold 

 out : only the poorer grades mox'e slow- 

 !v. Liberties are not as plentiful as 

 they were. Long-.stemmed imes are 

 scarce. A good many La France are to 

 be had and they go fairly well. Some 



lusiu arc seen now and llii'U. Imt there 

 is not much call for them. Franz Dee- 

 gen is in fine form and sells quickly. 

 American Beauties are very good prop- 

 erty, especially long-stemmed ones. Very 

 short ones are somewhat of a drag, and 

 there is a great number of them coming 

 in. 



Carnations are still scarce, but there 

 are signs of an increase. Tliere is a 

 good demand for them, especially fancy 

 ones, and they bring top market prices 

 at all times. A great many more carna- 

 tions could be used at present. 



Harrisii lilies are a drug on the mar- 

 ket, selling as low as $5 per 100. and 

 slow at that. Callas are not so plenti- 

 ful and sell better. Outdoor valley is 

 coming in. Indoor valley is .scarce. 

 Sweet peas are not any too plentiful 

 and they sell well. Charlie .Tones had 

 a large decoration during the past week, 

 using all sweet peas, and lii' had hi* 

 troubles getting enough. 



Smilax is scarce and a.sparagus of all 

 kinds is also becoming scarce. There i* 

 plenty of good adiantum. which finds .a 

 ready market. 



Notes. 



Henry Schwarz is wuikiug up c|iiite a 

 trade in Norwood. 0. He reports his 

 Easter trade as very- satisfactory. 



.J. P. Ernsterhoff, of Newport. Ky., 

 was visted by fire last week, which to- 

 tally destroyed his residence. 



Huntsman & Co. have moved into 

 new quarters at 000 Walnut street. 



Fraijk Snyder, formerly with .T. A. 

 Peterson, has leased a tract of ground 

 from Wm. Muiphy, of ilurphysville. 

 and will erect a range of houses shortly. 



Saturday, ilay 9. will be the regular 

 meeting night of the Florists' Society. 



Last Friday night there was a gath- 

 ering of jSIurphys at the residence of 

 George ilurpliy. more than thirty of the 

 family being present. Dancing was in- 

 dulged in until a late hour, and a fine 

 time was had by all. 



C. .T. OiiiiEn. 



View in the Store Conservatory of.Julius Wolf, Jr., Philadelphia, at Easter. 



