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The Weekly Florists' Review ► 



May 21, 1903. 



rise rose is ahead. Tliough in other 

 places it appears much admired and is 

 praised for its beauty, here it cannot 

 be sold and hardly given away. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Storm-bound with roses , and carna- 

 tions! They have been showering upon 

 us for two weeks and not much let-up 

 yet. Many are good, too many are in- 

 difi'erent, and altogether too many are 

 bad. Huge quantities are being sold at 

 all kinds of prices and the hospital de- 

 partment is working overtime. There 

 is none too much of other seasonable 

 bloom, as a rule, but things are run- 

 ning very irregularly and "no one knows 

 what a day may bring forth." Indeed, 

 sweet peas would be too plentiful e.v- 

 cept for the fact that there is a fine 

 retail call for them. 



All the wholesale places seem to ex- 

 pect a heavy Memorial day traffic and 

 are generally preparing for it in every 

 possible Avay. At this time chances arc 

 about even for a short crop of outdoor 

 flowers at the end of the month, so 

 that the stocks of greenhouse goods are 

 quite likely, to come well into play. 



Various Notes. 



The new market at 103 Columbus ave- 

 nue is near completion and is par- 

 ticularly adapted for its purpose, aside 

 from being a bit out of location, which 

 makes it .somewhat inconvenient for 

 patrons. But they all seem to arrive 

 just the same, and I do not know that 

 any great loss is being felt from the 

 rather radical change. The new high 

 ice chests seem models of their kind. 

 Mr. Elliott is rapidly getting himself 

 located upon the second floor, and the 

 fern man, Robinson, is dealing out new 

 southern ferns at a great rate from his 

 basement annex. And Jansky is pulling 

 wires for his share of that kind of 

 trade very nimbly indeed. 



Father William Walsh, son of the 

 manager of the Co-Operative Market, 

 John Walsh, who was ordained in De- 

 cember, 1890, and has since then been 

 curate at Walpole. fulfilling his duties 

 in that position with signal success, was 

 on February 1 advised by his physicians 

 to visit California for his health. He 

 did so and has just returned perfectly 

 restored, bringing some thirty pounds 

 of California-made bone and muscle. He 

 is going back to dutj' in a few days. 

 From the fact that his parishioners 

 in Walpole surprised him with a purse 

 of $1,000 in hard coin when he was 

 obliged to leave them, it looks as if 

 they might be glad to see him again at 

 his old post. J. S. Manter. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We have had Pi'esident Roosevelt and 

 his party with us for three days and the 

 town has assumed a very gala appear- 

 ance. Bunting, flags and miles of gar- 

 lands is the order of the day and great 

 quantities of floweis have been used in 

 decorations. One finn had an order for 

 2.000 buttonhole bouquets. 500 corsage 

 bouquets, and 1,000 yards of garland. 

 But outside of the few days' rush there is 

 little doing, and most of our wealthy 

 families are getting ready to leave town 

 for a couple of months. Carnations, roses 

 and sweet peas are still a glut in the 

 market and are received in innumerable 

 quantities from the growers. The latter 



flower is in splendid shape at this time. 

 Countess of Radnor. Emily Henderson, 

 Mrs. Gladstone and Cardinal seem to 

 be most in demand and they bring about 

 .50 cents per dozen bunches wholesale. 

 The sidewalk merchants handle them in 

 vast quantities, and they sell a bunch 

 containing about 100 flowers at 10 cents 

 per bunch. They are grown mostly in 

 the vicinity of San Mateo by the Italians 

 and Chinamen, who, by the way, have 

 corralled most of the raising of outdoor 

 flowers. 



Notes. 



The Alameda county branch of the 

 California State Gardeners' and Cirov- 

 ers' Association was organized last Fri- 

 day evening in Gier's Hall. Oakland, by 

 the president of the state body. H. H. 

 Lalienthal, assisted bv Theodore Lvnch, 

 Bruner Lilienthal. F. W. Pitak and R. T>. 

 Cruikshank. members of the state execu- 

 tive committee. The plan for the organi- 

 zation of the growers has been well re- 

 ceived and most of the nurserymen and 

 gardeners are anxious to become asso- 

 ciated with the central body, which has 

 recently been organized in San Frau''- 

 co. The organization work is to be ex- 

 tended throughout the state until every 

 county shall have been taken in under one 

 head. The charter memliers of the Ala- 

 meda county branch are .Tohn Vallance. 

 David Fisch. Geo. Karmann, Ernest 

 Bernsee and Anton Leothout. Within the 

 time of the next few meetings it is 

 thought that every grower in the count.v 

 will be on the memljership roll. G. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Business with us is as good as can 

 be expected at this time of the season. 

 The only noticeable demand for any 

 quantity of stock is for funeral work 

 and some early school commencements. 

 The wholesale men are a busy lot the.se 

 days handling the greatest surplus of 

 roses and carnations ever known. Quan- 

 tities of stock are left over each day. 

 It is difficult to find an outlet for the 

 surplus stock as there are but two 

 Greek street men who handle flowers. 

 The demand is only for the very best 

 of stock, the poorer grades have no 

 market and good stock is offered for 

 sale as low as $.5 per 1.000 for carnations 

 and $10 per 1.000 for roses. 



The bright hot weather of the past 

 week has had quite an etiect on roses. 

 The want of rain is now being felt by 

 carnation growers. We have had quite 

 a long drought. 



Fred Burki and Chas. Koenig are 

 sending in some very good Kaiserins. 

 H. P. Joslin was the first one in with 

 peonies this season. 



Wm. Lauch is cutting heavy from a 

 late-planted lot of longiflorum lilies 

 which are very fine. 



Notes. 



A delayed shipment of 32 boxes con- 

 taining carnations, sweet peas and roses 

 was turned down by the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co.. late last Saturday night. 

 The shipments were made in time so they 

 should reach the consignee at 7 a. m. 

 that morning; instead of that time the 

 Express Co. presented them at 9:30 

 p. m. for delivery. 



The market for bedding stock is very 

 brisk and a general cleaning up is 

 looked for in that line before Decoration 

 day. 



Fred Burki is building a bowling alley 

 at his Bakerstown place. 



B. L. Elliott is shipping quantities of 

 Narcissus poeticus to the Cut Flower 

 Co. 



Edward Reid of Philadelphia, was a 

 visitor this week. 



Mrs. Peterson, wife of Chal Peterson 

 of East Liverpool. Ohio, died last Mon- 

 day, May 18. We extend our sympathy 

 to Jlr. Peterson. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



We are having an unusually long spell 

 of dry w-eather and everything is show- 

 ing the lack of rain. Outdoor flowers 

 for Memorial day will be scarce. Tulips, 

 lilac. Narcissus poeticus. etc.. that we 

 ought to have for Memorial day are in 

 full bloom now. Deutzias and snowballs 

 will probably be in about right, and 

 possibly a few peonies, and from pres- 

 ent appearances these will be about all 

 we shall be able to get in the way of 

 outdoor flowers. At present carnations, 

 roses and Easter lilies are too plentiful. 

 There is a good demand for sweet peas 

 and hardly enough to go around. 



Society Meetings. 



The regular meeting of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society was held 

 Ttiesda}' evening, May 12. The commit- 

 tee appointed to consider the matter of 

 a flower show recommended that it be 

 held in September. No action was 

 taken. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club W'a.? held Thursday evening, Jlay 

 14. The hall committ.e was given fur- 

 ther time to look up a hall for a per- 

 manent meeting place. It was voted to 

 hold our regular meetings through the 

 summer months. A. B. Hathaway, J. H. 

 Cleary. Ed Bliem, George Borden, E. H. 

 Chamberlin, S. S. Peckham and W. P. 

 Peirce were appointed an entertainment 

 committee to make arrangements for an 

 outing excursion or any other entertain- 

 ment they may decide upon to amuse 

 tlie members during the quiet times of 

 the coming summer. Mr. Zerkmann, of 

 New York, attended tbe meeting. 



Notes. 



Charles Ames, clerk for E. H. Cham- 

 berlin, is recovering from an accident 

 that happened a few days ago. He was 

 carrying a vase of flowers, when he fell, 

 cutting his wrist so that it was found 

 necessary to take quite a number of 

 stitches to close the wound. 



Recent visitors were Mr. Zerkmann, of 

 Sigmund Geller, New York, and Mr. 

 Meade, of Jos. Breck & Sons, Boston. 



C. 



THE GREATEST MEDIUM. 



We consider the classified plant ad- 

 \iertisement department of the Flor- 

 ists' Review the greatest medium in 

 existence today for disposing of surplus 

 stock. The busy florist can find what he 

 wants at a glance. The flrst insertion 

 of our adv. cleaned us out. 



M. I. O'Brien. 



Sharon, Pa. 



Sai^ta Monica, Cal.- — V. E. Hatha- 

 way is secretary and manager of the 

 newly organized Golden State Plant and 

 Floral Company. He has not, however, 

 retired from his own business, but is 

 taking a lively interest in the new ven- 

 ture. 



