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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 14, 1903. 



cupy their spaces in the market and 

 they look upon this as a hardship. 



Considerable building will be done 

 this (Season. Thos. Stevenson & Bro. 

 will put up two new houses. 



Erdman & Bro. have built a new 

 house. This firm has just finished plant- 

 ing a house in white Cochet roses for 

 summer blooming. 



Philip B. Welch, finding his quarters 

 at Waverly too constricted, has bought 

 near Emory Grove a farm of some six- 

 ty-three acres. Doubtle|ss we will soon 

 have to record the erection there of a 

 block of houses. 



Robert L. Graham is putting in a 

 Ki'oeschell liot water boiler at his place. 

 So far as we know, tliis is the only 

 boiler of this make in the vicinity of 

 Baltimore. 



James Simpson, a well-known florist, 

 and a thoroughly good fellow, is seri- 

 ously ill in one of our hospitals from 

 Mood poisoning. B. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Business is quieting down somewhat, 

 yet there is a great deal being done : 

 but as prices have dropped considerably 

 it does not run into money so quickly. 

 Tlie weather is much warmer and this 

 accounts, in part, for the decrease in 

 trade. Funeral work has been the main- 

 stay and there has been a great deal of 

 it to do. H. D. Edwards, of Newport, 

 Ky., was right in it with this kind of 

 trade. He had some large funeral or- 

 ders, and there was no difficulty in se- 

 curing flowers for them. 



The supply of roses has increased 

 wonderfully. Brides and Bridesmaids 

 are almost a glut, and the price is fall- 

 ing. The supply of good stock is not 

 very plentiful, but there are quantities 

 of mediums and short-stemmed stock. 

 Of long Liberties there are not enough 

 to go around, but short-stemmed ones are 

 coming in in large numbers. Grolden 

 Gates of all grades are scarce, and as is 

 always the case, there is a big demand 

 for them and all are sold out quickly. 

 American Beauties are just about equal 

 to the demand. The supply is not large 

 and they sell very well and at good 

 prices for this season. 



Carnations are showing the effect of 

 the warmer weather by an increase in 

 supply. White ones arc .still scarce. 

 Tliere are plenty of pink for all orders. 

 Murphys White, which was the only reli- 

 able whit* in this m.Trket this win- 

 ter, is throwing some A 1 blooms at pres- 

 ent, Dick Witterstaetter says that it 

 has done fir.st-rate for him this season, 

 and that where a commercial, free- 

 blooming variety is wanted, also one 

 that is easy to grow, it would be hard to 

 find its equal. 



Harrisii lilies are still in over-supply, 

 with very little demand. Callas also are 

 slow sale at present. Outdoor lily of 

 the valley, in the absence of indoor 

 stock, sells very well: the last bringing 

 from $1 to $1..50 per 100. 



Jos. R, Goldman, of Middletown, O., 

 is about again, after several weeks' se- 

 vere illness. He intends spending the 

 summer in California, leaving here some 

 time in June. 



Various Items. 



The Ohio Cut Flower Co. is now in- 

 stalled in its new quarters, at northwest 

 comer of Third and Main streets. 



Last Thursday evening Richard Wit- 



terstaetter was married to Miss Louise 

 Diukelaker. Congi'atulations are in or- 

 der and I join with Dick's many friends 

 in wishing him and his bride many years 

 of happiness. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Society was held Saturday 

 evening. But few members found it 

 convenient to attend. There was a quo- 

 rum present, however, and as nomina- 

 tions for board of governors were in or- 

 der, the following ten members were 

 jiominated: R. Witterstaetter, W. Schu- 

 man, C. J. Ohmer, G«o. Murphy, W, 

 Loeber, Mas Rudolph, Geo, Corbett, 

 Ben. George, Chas. Jones and Louis 

 Kyik. The annual meeting occurs next 

 month, when five of the above will be 

 cliosen as officers for the ensuing year. 

 Considerable time was taken up in talk- 

 ing up the club's annual outing. Several 

 places were suggested to hold same, but 

 the general opinion seemed to be that a 

 trip to the Soldiers' Home, at Dayton, 

 O., would be the Iiest and bring out the 

 largest crowd. The matter was finally 

 lield over until the next meeting, when 

 it will be discu.ssed further and a suita- 

 ble place decided upon, 



H. M. Altick, of Dayton. 0., and Gus- 

 tave Obermeyer, of Parkersburg, W. Va., 

 were callers. C. J. Ohmer. 



WASHINGTON, D, C. 



With a few weddings and with funeral 

 work there is enough to keep all hands 

 busy, but prices are down and to stay. 

 Fine stock can be had in roses at 6 to 

 8 centts, seconds at your owm price. Sweet 

 peas from outdoors are making their 

 appearance and sell at $1 per 100. Car- 

 nations are holding up well at 2 to 3 

 cents. 



Geo. Shaffer is doing quite a nice 

 business at his new bi'anch store, which 

 is proving a success. 



Mayberry & Hoover, of Fourteentii 

 street, claim this as their banner season. 



The good amount of business with flor- 

 ists during the pa.st season will, no 

 doubt, send a good nunil:)er to the coming 

 convention at Milwaukee. The bowling 

 team is working hard to that end. Below 

 will be found the score. 



Bowling. 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 



George Cooke 179 15.S 217 554 



Wm. H. Ernest ITS 150 215 54.^ 



(;. Shaffer 149 167 179 495 



L. C. Barber. Jr 15S 147 162 467 



I.. C. Barber 140 149 160 458 



.T. Sbine 162 152 124 43s 



W. Smith 128 131 144 403 



Willie Clark 144 121 116 :W1 



n. Saunders 113 138 140 391 



Oehmler 104 123 130 .3.5" 



r. Miller 114 103 110 327 



.T. Minder 97 94 93 284 



C. Wolf 1.38 112 ... 266 



A. Herold 110 112 108 330 



F. H. KRAMER. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Everything has been verj- quiet in the 

 line of business for tlie past week. Flow- 

 ers are extremely plentiful and prices 

 are so low that it is hardly worth 

 while for me to give quotations on them. 

 Carnations have arrived at the lowest 

 ebb possible regarding prices, and roses 

 are only a trifle better. In a couple of 

 v.eeks, however, the glut will be over. 



Notes. 



Instead of the regular monthly meet- 

 ing of the California State IHoral So- 

 ciety, a reception was held at Central 



Hall, 223 Sutter street, on Friday, May 

 8, from 2 to 5 o'clock. 



John Chappalone, a nurserj'man and 

 resident of Menlo Park, lies in the City 

 Hospital with a fractured skull, and it 

 is feared he will not recover. He was 

 thrown from an electric car in an effort 

 to recover his hat, which had blown off. 



Wm. Cook, for several years in the 

 employ of Chas. Abraham, and a well 

 known gardener, died on May 3, He 

 was a native of England and aged thirty- 

 seven years. He leaves a wife but no 

 family. 



John Carbone, the well known florist 

 of West Berkeley, Cal., is about to erect 

 another carnation house. Mr. Carbone Is 

 one of our most successful growers and 

 his stock always brings top prices. 



The Spring Exhibition. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety has just held its most successful 

 flower show, succesful both as to quan- 

 tity and quality of exhibits and in at- 

 tendance and interest shown by the gen- 

 eral public. It was, however, a little too 

 early in the season for outdoor roses and 

 as a consequence this class of stock was 

 shown only in limited quantities. In 

 greenhouse roses Ferrari Bros, had by 

 far the finest exhibit, their Beauties, 

 Kaiserins and Testouts being especially 

 noticeable. John H. Sievers captured 

 first prize for largest and best collection 

 of carnations, and F. Ludemann for out- 

 door roses. Schwerin Bros, exhibited a 

 fine lot of seedling carnations. F. Aebi, 

 of Berkeley, was awarded the first prize 

 for a specimen rose. Tlie California 

 Nursery Co.. of Nilcs. made a very large 

 exhibit of shrubbery, plants and hardy 

 flowers. John H. Sievers had the finest 

 display of house palms and H. Plath re- 

 ceived first prize for his exhibit of ferns 

 in pots and baskets. A. Hilbert, the 

 well known Geary street florist, was 

 awarded first, prize for the most artistic 

 floral design. It consisted of !i, very 

 large basket of iris, vallev and ferns. 

 Jlcssrs. George Walters, Sidney Clack 

 and W. H. Waddingfon were the judges 

 and their awards seemed to meet with 

 the approval of all concerned. G, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, 0., 

 have submitted for registration. Climb- 

 ing Tea Rose "Pillar of Gold." This 

 rose was found growing in the open 

 field among fifty plants of climbing 

 Bridesmaid and is supposed to be a 

 sport from that variety. It combines 

 with the climbing habit of Climbing 

 Bridesmaid the foliage of Duchess de 

 Brabant and the Flower of Mile. 

 Franciska Kruger. Buds pointed, first 

 showing pink, when half expanded cop- 

 pery yellow and pink, when fully ex- 

 panded golden yellow flushed crimson 

 and pink. Flowers double and full to 

 the center, blooming on both single 

 stems and in clusters of 3 to 8 blooms, 

 in crops throughout the season. A 

 vigorous, rampant grower, making canes 

 from 10 to 15 feet in one season. Has 

 stood 20 degrees of frost without dam- 

 age. Wm. J. Stewart. 



Secretary. 



Flushing, L. I. — Fred W. Leavitt, 

 who retired from the firm of Leavitt & 

 Kawler about a year ago. died May 2 of 

 brain fever. He was fifty years of age. 



