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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1045 



111 whifli he was an adept. Courteou.s to 

 all, kiiullv (li.sposetl to all the memhir.s 

 (il his adopted profession, the ci-aft in 

 this eit.v loses one of its hrifjlitest iiieiii- 



C. H. H. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



liiisiiipss is ipiiet. l.'ntil conuiioiic-c- 

 iiH'iits there is little likelihood of niiK-li 

 iiiiproveiiieiit. Flowers are so very plen- 

 tiful that it seeins prohahle we shall 

 have some dirticult.v in <,'(vtinK enou};!' 

 earl.v in June, at least that is the opinion 

 ot some of the experts who so i-arefuHv 

 feel the pulse of the market. 



Hoses are not sellinj; particiilarlv well. 

 The average prices are falliu}; otV, very 

 feu- indeed bringing the toji quotations. 

 C'arnatioiLs are very tine ami plentiful. 

 Tile price on this llo«er has ilecliiied 

 1 1 cmemlously as compared with one 

 , month ago. Not very much valley is 

 coming in. hut what little there is com- 

 ing is more than enough to meet all de- 

 mands. DaflVidils and viidets are over. 

 'I'he first i)p<mies have made their appear- 

 ance, medium-sized flowers of the eol- 

 • lied varieties b?ing the secvuts of the 

 gre-at army that is to follow. Double 

 petunias are in in force, giving good 

 value foi- design work. Lavender sweet 

 |icas command the lop price. They arc 

 less plentiful than the HIaiiclie i-crry 

 type, or even the white, though the laU<'r 

 are also much prized at times. 



Hightstown. 

 Hightstown. in New Jerse.v. is licsl 

 known lloiiculturally for its violet 

 growers. There are half a dozen or 

 more of them, and aiiuing them they 

 produced millions of fragrant singles and 

 doubles last season. There ha.s been 

 great rejoicing in Hightstown this year, 

 becau-se the violet blooming season, which 

 threatened to end ])reinaturely during the 

 warm weatliei- in JIareh. wa.s actuall.v 

 prolongwl until Fiiday. May 8. when 

 thf last shipment reached Samuel S. I'en- 

 nock, who handles nearly all the stock. 

 Tlie season of emptving and cleaning the 

 violet houses is now on and will b.' 

 pushed rapidly forward to get every- 

 thing in readiness for earl.v replanting. 



Notes. 



Leo Niesscn has already received sev- 

 eral shipments of [leonies. 



Y\. G. Palmer is rebuilding his place. 

 Tliree of the houses are ready for the 

 gla.s,s. 



Prof. Stewardson Brown lectnied be- 

 fore the Germantown Horticulturai So- 

 ciety, at Association Hall, last .Monday 

 evening. 



Edward Keid has had some very good 

 shipping orders this week. One. es])ecial- 

 ly, called for hundreds and thousands of 

 six or eight ditlerent kinds of llowers. 

 His stock of carnations and sweet peas 

 is ])artieularly fine. 



Harry Marchant, who has been siu - 

 cessivel.v and successfully salesman for 

 Kdwin Lonsdale. Chas. W. Cox and ('has. 

 A. Knapp. is embarking on the sea of 

 greenhouse enterjnise on his own ac 

 count. He is building houses near .loy 

 Hill Cemeter.v. with the idea, it is un- 

 derstood, of growing cut (lowers for the 

 wholesale market in winter and pot !low 

 els for cemet<>iy work in spring. 



William .1. Baker is still receiving as 

 tine Koosevelt carnations as in tiie win- 

 ter. 



H. liayersdorfer & Coni])iiiiy have niaile 

 a hit with their new green foil. It is 

 colored to match foliage and has prove.! 

 very popular with the retailers. || i> 

 llieir own Idea ami seems a move in the 

 right direction. 



Kugene Bernheimer has l>een making a 

 specialty of line Jacques and lavendi i 

 sweet peas. He is also receiving double 

 petuniajs and JCuster lilies, which are 

 scarce now. 



Alexander l^itterson. a nephew of 

 Uobert and (ieorge Craig, was lately 

 elected a member of the Florists" Club. ' 



Thomas Foulds of'tJwynedd. is bo-ing 

 ing in double petunia.s. Piiii.. " 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Traile lia^ mil as ycl i .■cm.icd. Ix-ing 

 still iliill ill all its "branches, with the 

 exeejitioii of funeral work and a ft'W 

 wedding orders. There is still an exces- 

 sive supply of cut tlowers at the whole- 

 sale houses, which will continue while 

 Hie present dullness of business prevails. 

 Roses are overstocked and there is no 

 indication of a decrease. 11 seems as 

 though the supply grows larger every 

 day. The growers will not stand the 

 low prices long and will soon pull out 

 and plant young stock. .\ few choice 

 ones bring a fair price, but the remain- 

 der has to be sold very cheap bv the 

 thousands. This applies to the smaller 

 roses only. Good, long American Beau- 

 ties are selling fairly well at $2 ami 

 $:! per dozen. The short stock has very 

 little call for store trade and only the 

 fakirs are handling them and at very 

 cheap prices. There is a big lot of tine 

 P.rides and Bridesmaids in the niarkct 

 that bring $i and $.) in 10(1 lots. 



Carnations are also very plentiful and 

 s(d.d the past week as low as $7.'M per 

 1.000. I^iwson. Flora Hill and Day- 

 break are among the best, that come in. 

 White and the extra fancy varieties are 

 the only kind for which there is any 

 call. Two dollars per 100 is about the 

 best price for them. 



Harrisii and calla lilies are still over- 

 stocked and plenty of them arc going 

 to wa.ste: $.) and $(i ])er 1(10 is all tlicy 

 will bring at the jiresent time. Outdoor 

 valley is now in and the |)rice is low. 

 Sweet peas are becoming more abundant 

 and the lighter shades are selling well 

 at oO and 7'i cents per HIO. The above, 

 with ]ilent.v of outdooi stock, make up 

 the daily supply at the wholesale houses. 

 ■ In the plant line, sales have not been 

 so large as expected, but the verv cool 

 weather we have had has a great deal 

 to do with the slow demand. At the 

 Union Market a great many plants are 

 ortered at very low prices. Very little 

 bedding has as yet been done, but with 

 warmer weather, which has been prom- 

 ised, the l)edding season will begin in 

 earnest. Planting at tiie dilVerent parks 

 throiighoul the city will also be in full 

 swing this week. 



Notes. 



It has been reported that Tony Wilson 

 has sold his place at Kimniswick, Mo.. 

 to a .\lr. Daiierheim. of St. Loui-. a 

 dealer in wall paper. He will build four 

 new houses for carnations ami rosi>s and 

 will grow for this niarkct. It is also 

 understood that .Mr. Wil-MH will run (he 

 place for him. 



Chas. Connon has closed up his placi' 

 at Sevcnih and l.icnst streets, which he 



opciH'd shortly after the late llrni of 

 I'.llison & Tesson gave it up. 



Otto Koenig an<l Kied Meinliardl are 

 doing a rushing business in cemetery 

 work, their places being right opposite 

 the two largest ivnieteries. 



Uobert Tesson reports thai he sold the 

 lease on his Grand avenue store nnil will 

 sell the tixt>ires and retire from the rt"- 

 tail business for good. Mr. Tes-on ex- 

 pects to begin building his new place in 

 East St. Louis on liis return from Ku- 

 ropo. He expe<'ts to make the trip by 



the end of tile present nth and return 



in time to meet all his iii,.,,,!- .,i \|i|. 

 waiikee next August. I'.. 



BALTIMORE. 



We aie having here llie ideal spring, 

 which the poets a|jostrophi/.e as the 

 sum of linelim-ss. The days are warm. 

 but not too warm, the ardent rays of the 

 sun tempere<l by cool anil brai-ing airs; 

 the skies blue as sapphire, veiled at 

 times by clouds of fleecy lace, harbin- 

 gers rather of continued fair weather 

 than of rain, which begins to be needed, 

 the surface In-ing dry. though the under 

 strata and the wali'i- courses arc full of 

 moisture. The nights of the past week 

 were cooJ. for three nig^hts descending to 

 42 degrees, and perhaps even lower in 

 exposed situations. These conditions 

 make our climate, as a rule, enjoyable 

 and salubrious: but some mildew is in 

 evidence, and most rose growers are 

 keeping up their fires. 



Carnations aie plantetl out. as a rule, 

 but tlie.v have no) grciwn much as yet. 



• The Market. 



Tra<le the early part of last week was 

 stirring: after the middle it was rather 

 dull. Cut flowers are coming In in 

 great quantities. Roses are not to be 

 boasted of geiierallv so far as qualit.v 

 is coneerneil. though some good ones are 

 received. Beauties are in excess of re- 

 quirements and prices, even of good 

 ones, steitdily ilecline. Weber & Sons 

 are sending in (piantity from the moun- 

 tain to])s fine Harrisii lilies of marked 

 size and extraordinary texture. Carna- 

 tions are abiiii<lant. though prici-s are 

 fairlv maintained by the persistent de- 

 mand. There ha\'e bwn one fir two p\d»- 

 lic affairs and several fiuicrals which 

 consumed considerable (|uantities of 

 llowers and business was iinpartiallv di- 

 vided. 



The demand is ijuick now for bedding 

 plants an<l the markets are bright witli 

 varying colors of the popular favorites. 



The local nurservinen did an excep- 

 tionally large business this spring. So 

 great is the demand on llieni that more 

 of them refuse longer to plan! out the 

 tre<'s and shrubberv they sell. Several 

 declare that heieafter they will only 

 sell stock from their nurseries, the ile- 

 manil on their time, in lifting, marking, 

 shipping and delivering, coupled with 

 the scarcity of labor drilled to the work 

 of planting, putting it iM'Vond their I'a- 

 pacity to do this satisfa<-torily. tin 

 every side new plans are 1,'cing hiiil out 

 and planted, and the fever for country 

 life and rural residenews is ever on the 

 inereas<'. 



Various Items. 



The selleis iif plants ^mil flowers in 

 the Lexington market are agitiiling for 

 the erection of a building to accomnio 

 dale tluni and their wares. Hy some 

 municipal aiithorit.v the hours have hwn 

 i:siricletl iluring wliiili tliev nniv iv- 



