Mai- 14, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



1043 



night. The plants are all healthy ami 

 the houses have good side ventilation. 



A. A. W. 



The question of indoor culture has 

 been threshed out pretty thoroughly in 

 the Review lately and you must judge 

 for yourself whether you should adopt 

 that mode of culture. You know your 

 climate, and it may be possible that 

 indoor culture will be just the thing out 

 in your locality. If I were short of 

 field room I would not hesitate to plant 

 most varieties on the benches from the 

 pots. I would try to proceed about as 

 follows: Pot into 4-inch pots about 

 Slarch 15 and as soon as the weather 

 will permit plunge the pots outside 

 wliere they can be watered as much as 

 need be. About June 1, or earlier if 

 you have the benches ready, plant into 

 the benclies where thej- are to stay. Give 

 all the ventilation you can. but do not 

 shade the glass at all. Keep the soil 

 loosened up and give plenty of water 

 after they start into growth. I do 

 not know what varieties you grow, so 

 I cannot tell you which would do best 

 under this treatment. Mrs. Lawson 

 would enjoy it, but I would not expect 

 good results from White Cloud. 



A. F. .T. BWK. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The amount of cut llowers sent to the 

 market during the past week has been 

 enormous. There is a lull, too, in din- 

 ner and matrimonial functioiLs and the 

 abundance of outdoor bloom has had a 

 l)ad elfect upon the demand for regular 

 shipment^. Tlie very finest American 

 Beauties have been selling at .$10 a hun- 

 dred. Brides and Maids seldom com- 

 mand over $4 to $5 for the very best in 

 the market. Carnations, too, are abund- 

 ant and prices about as low as they have 

 touched for the year. Violets axe "out 

 of the running," though a few are still 

 to be had. 



Club Meeting. 



The montlily meeting of the New 

 York Florists'" Club wae well attended, 

 some thirty-five new members being pres- 

 ent. Tlie expected exhibit of spring 

 flowers did not materialize, but Mr. 

 Ward's new book on the carnation was 

 on exhibition and easily scored 100 

 points. Resolutions on the death oi Mr. 

 Donohue were presented by Chas. Weath- 

 ered. Mr. Wallace read the resolutions 

 on the death of J. W. Withers, a tribute 

 to his character and ability and an elo- 

 quent expresBiou of the sincere sorrow 

 and sympathy of his fellow mefmber.s. 

 The tran.sport"ation committee was "shy," 

 only one of its members being present, so 

 information as to the route which the 

 club will take on its trip to Milwaukee 

 is not yet available. All wish to visit 

 Chicago on the trip, but many spoke 

 kindly of Detroit, appreciating the hos- 

 pitable invitation to stop at that city. 

 Mr. Traendly, of the outing committee, 

 reported rapid progress, especially in the 

 matter of prizes and advertisements for 

 the programme. The ladies are especial- 

 ly remembered in the prize competitions. 

 Since mv last report J. G. & A. Esler 

 have donated twenly-five feet of then- 

 best rubber hose for the sack race. A. A. 

 Macdonald a $5 silk umbrella for the 

 ladies' race, and W. II. Sicbrecht a .$.') 

 medal for the handsomest lady in the 

 boat, unmarried, himself to be the judge! 



It will he a great outing and no mem- 

 ber has license to stay away. The house 

 conunittee w-as honored witli a further 

 note of confidence and funds, so that 

 the inner man will continue to be re- 

 freshed at the monthly meetings. Badges 

 were ordered prepared for the club mem- 

 bers who go to Milwaukee. Jos. A. Slil- 

 lang, the "Beauty King," was elected a 

 member. Theo. 1-ing was appointed cap- 

 tain of the New York Florists' Bowling 

 Club, so a team at the convention is now 

 assured. 



News Notes. 



The spring moving fever has about 

 reached a climax, and the majority are 

 now settled in their new places. Sie- 

 breclit & Son have been fortunate in se- 

 curing a corner on Fifth avenue at Thir- 

 ty-eighth street, very near the spot where 

 they have held sway for almost thirty 

 years. Some idea of values on tliis great 

 tliorouglifare may bo gathered from the 

 fact that this firm has engaged to pay 

 a rental of $3,000 a month for twenty- 

 one years to secure the projjerty. A new- 

 sixstory building will Ix; erected and 

 niuclij of it sub-let for ollicos. The new 

 store of the Rosa'ry is coiiipletcd and Mr. 

 Troy luis furnished it elalx)rat<;ly. Tlie 

 handsome conservatory on the roof was 

 erected by Thomas W. Weathered's Sons. 



The annual meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York began May 

 13 in the Museum building at the New 

 Y'ork Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 when an illustrated address was given by 

 Mr. Farquhar. of Boston, on the "Flow- 

 ers, Fields and Woods of .lapan." The 

 exhibition in the large hall of tlie Mu- 

 seum building is a very tine one and 

 among the prizes which will be awarded 

 is a special one of $50 for the best nov- 

 elty. 



Alfred Dimmock sails for Europe on 

 June 11 and .lulius Roehrs and his wife 

 will accompany him. 



Ernst Asmus has recovered from a se- 

 vere illness of several weeks' duration 

 and will soon be in condition for his an- 

 nual liunting trip. 



The auction sales continue at Elliott's, 

 with large audiences, and exc^cllent prices 

 prevail. 



.John A. Scollay, of Brooklj-n, has en- 

 larged and refitted his oflice at 74 Myr- 

 tle avenue and reports a great spring 

 season. He is adding greenhouse build- 

 ing to his repei-toire and is very busy at 

 present on large contracts at Glen Cove 

 and Newport. 



A. H. D. Poynter, of Bronklyn. one of 

 the veteran florists of the City of 

 Churches, lias retired from business after 

 an experience of over thirty years and 

 has well earned the rest and competency 

 that crown his declining years. 



Frank ilillang and wife loft on Mon- 

 day for a three weeks' pleasure trip to 

 the Pacific coast. 



The Madison. Suniniit and Chatham 

 wagon express still continues its morn- 

 ing trips and gives the usual satisfac- 

 tion. 



The report that Joseph Fleischman 

 was one of the jurors in the Ma Ilia mur- 

 der case was not coriecl. 



Chas. Millang is becoming quite a 

 plant.snian. His conservatories arc full 

 of (ine kentias and he has done a nic*- 

 trade in bay trees. 



Tlie cut flower market is heavily sup- 

 plied with purple lilac and pansies. 

 There is no foundation for the report of 

 dissatisfaction with the new location. 

 Rie<lel & Co. have jiaintcd and papered 



their store until it "lifts up its head'' 

 with any of them. 



Mackintosh is settled in his new store 

 at 1144 Broadway. It is a beauty, dou- 

 ble the size of the old, and handsomely 

 fitted up. One of his first orders was a 

 $200 basket of orchids and American 

 Beauties, sent to the Chicago financier, 

 John W. Gates, on his departure for 

 Europe on the Oceanic a few days ago. 



llicks & Crawbuck report their Brook- 

 lyn business so rapid in its growth that 

 Mr. Hicks has Ixvii obliged to join Mr. 

 Crawbuck at h<-adquiirlers, leaving the 

 New York branch in the hands 

 of Geo. H. Blake, the manager. The 

 shipping trade of this house to out-of- 

 town florists has far exceeded its expec- 

 tations. 



Jos. J. Levy-, witli A. Gultnian, the 

 wholesale florist, departs for Gravescnd 

 next week to lake up another line of 

 business for the summer. 



Alfred I.*ingjahr, of Brooklyn, has ful- 

 ly reeovere<l from his illness and reports 

 an excellent trade, with new horse and 

 wagon accompaniments. 



A new firm in the growing of plants 

 for the New York market has lx>en estab- 

 lished at Winfield, L. I., by Messrs. 

 Mackay & Marr, whose experience in this 

 lino of work has been developed under 

 the able superintendpnee of .John Scott, 

 the Keap street florist, Brooklyn. 



H. F.' Henry, of the firm of Henry 

 & Lee, has just returned from his annual 

 trip to Bermuda. 



Miss Aniui, daughter of Julius Roehrs, 

 of Rutherford, will be married on Mav 

 25. 



C. H. Joosten is now occupying his 

 new store and oflice at 201 West street. 



J. AusTi.N- Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The past few days have seen largely 

 increased supplies in all lines and de- 

 mand has fallen ofl', although Monday 

 brought many orders from out of town. 

 Tuesday was by far the worst day the 

 trade has seen this season, unwieldy re- 

 ceipts and only spasmodic demand. The 

 large buyers ruled the market and clean- 

 up sales were at low figures. 



There are large supplies of long Beau- 

 ties of very fair quality, although the 

 color is somewhat injured as the result 

 of the bright sun, which is also making 

 the stock more or less open. Quality 

 is also somewhat off on the roses, but 

 there are enough of the best grade for 

 all orders for small lots and on big 

 sales the price has had to be so low 

 this week that little has been expected 

 as to sorting the stock. ITic top price 

 has been 5 to cents, with practically no 

 bottom. 



There are at last more carnations than 

 the market can use to advantage and 

 there are reports of sales of day-old 

 stock at 10 cents a bunch, but the bet- 

 ter goods have brought $1 to $3 per 

 hundred, according to quality and the 

 needs of the customer. It is noted that 

 white go slow-. 



Misivllaneous stock includes a big as- 

 sortment and heavy supplies. There are 

 large (piantitics of very good sweet peas 

 and peonies of white, pink and red are 

 in full supply. Callas and Harrisii are 

 standing around. Lilac is not salable, 

 and outdoor tulips, except a few Par- 

 rots, are slow. However, this condition 



