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HOKTICULTURE 



December 5, 1914 



During Recess 



Chicago Bowlers. 

 ~ The bowling tournament under the 

 auspices of the Chicago Bowling As- 

 sociation will be participated in by 

 five florists, John Huebner, Wm. Lor- 

 man. Allie Zech, Fred Price and Peter 

 Olsem, Dec. 10, at 7.30 p. m., at Ben- 

 singer's Alleys. They will take part 

 as a five-man team. Dec. 11, from 6 to 

 7, the two-man teams play as follows: 

 John Huebner and Fred Price, Allie 

 Zech and W'm. Lornian. Peter Olsein 

 and Wm. Wolf. The individual bow- 

 ling will follow from 7 to 8 o'clock. 

 Visitors are invited. There are some 

 tempting stakes and the florists are 

 preparing to do their best. 



N. Y. Florists' Bowling Club. 



1st 2nd 

 Game Game 



J. Mlesem 169 185 



J. Fenrich 165 158 



J. Donaldson 172 185 



C. W. Scott 157 180 



P. Jacoh.son 1.58 142 



H. C. Kiedel 167 175 



A. Kakudii 148 157 



A. J. Cuttman 158 162 



W. P. Ford 152 16.'S 



P. RIgo 158 147 



The first annual beefsteak dinner 

 of the Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Horticultural 

 Society will take place on Thursday 

 evening, December 17, at the Oyster 

 Bay Inn. It will be an event of events 

 if present plans materialize. 



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Flower Market Reports 



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plenty, also carnations, violets, lily of 

 the valley, lilies, sweet peas, stevia, 

 and paper whites. 



The Thanksgiving 

 WASHINGTON Day weather was 



ideal except from 

 the standpoint of those in the flower 

 trade for it constituted a flareback of 

 Indian summer after weeks of lower 

 temperatures, and has resulted in the 

 brinfiins into the market of quantities 

 of roses and carnations. Thus there 

 are many more flowers to be had than 

 the market can legitimately take care 

 of. Some few really good flowers sell 

 at what might be considered normal 

 prices. Roses are brinsing from $8 to 

 $15 for prime stock, but there are 

 thousands upon thousands which can 

 hardly be moved at $3 and $4. Yet, 

 during the limited Thanksgiving Day 

 rush, there was a scarcity of yellow 

 roses, and two or three days before 

 American Beauty roses were exception- 

 ally scarce, but these latter are now 

 going begging at from $1,50 to $3. The 

 demand for Aaron Ward roses of late 

 has been much better than for any 

 of the other yellows. Carnations 

 which early last week were scarce and 

 brought as high as $4 per hundred 

 now hang fire at half that amount and 

 the stock is good. For some unknown 

 reason, single violets have stopped 

 blooming during the past week or ten 

 days and very few can be obtained. 

 Consequently dependence must be 

 placed upon Rhinebecks which seem 

 largely subject to New York market 



fluctuations. Gardenias are more plen- 

 tiful. Callas have made their appear- 

 ance with prices from $1 to $1.50 per 

 dozen. Paper white narcissus is coming 

 in, but for this flower the market 1b 

 very sluggish. Stevia is bringing from 

 $2 to $4 per hundred. 



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 by the commissioners previously, 

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