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The Florists' Review 



Skitkmiiki; l".i. I'.ijI 



tiii'H's ill till' s;iiiM' i|i>tiicl. Iiicdiilid 

 \rrlililr |ir(Hi|' tli;it tlic t iriiii;iiis |i1;iiimi<I 

 t(i ilc>ti(i\- cv ci'v Aim rir,-| II ;iihI l']li^lis!i 

 imliiNt ii:il |il;iiil in llclj^iiiiii, li^iiriii^ 

 liny wciT thus el iin iii,-|| i ii;^ ciiin |M't it iciii 

 willi t liciiisiK rv wlicjl Ihi'V sImiiiM t:ikc 

 <i\iT tlic i?i'l;;i;iii industries, li;is liccii 

 liidiif^lit (lilt tlirou^li iii\('sl i^;i1 ions into 

 ill.' iiKiiiiicr in wlii<'li this .-iiid otlicr 

 A iii('i-ic;iii |iliints in Hclj^iiiiii wfic dc 

 vlioyrd. W'lii-k (Ml tlic I'it t sliiir;^lt <-(iiii- 

 |i:iiiy's ( 'li.-irlcrid t':ict(iiy li:is liccii in 

 I'ldf^M'ss iiidiT tli.-iii two .-ind .-I li.-ill' yc.-irs 

 jiid it will lie liiit n short tiiiic lict'orc the 

 plant is in iiiniiiiiii oi'dcr. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Mnrki't conditions coiit iiiiii' ijniti' dull. 

 \\itli :i s|i;isnio(lii' dcinnnd not ;it :ill 

 li\i'ly. Tlif iicst d:iy of tlic \vctd< \\;is 

 Snt iir(|;iy, Init tliis lias liccn the c.'ise fur 

 ninny weeks. .\s indic.'it inj; wlmt the 

 idiidition of the market is, it inijilit lie 

 mentioned tiiat Se])teniliei- L'i! roses were 

 ^elliiij; on tile streets at 1(1 cents a 

 dii/cn. .■ind the (dl'erinjis were •■inytliin;; 

 liut |iass(''. A \alaiiclics of outdoor tlow 

 CIS daily .'iirivc at Ixith markets, aiul 

 the ash liarrid is the lii^ie^est consumer. 

 Alters still iloininate the market, with 

 d.-ihlias a t;ood second, .and there is miudi 

 w.istc with lioth. .\l;iny sliijipers of tliis 

 niatcri.-il dn not realize enough to pay 

 express cliarf^cs on tlieir sliijunents, hut 

 it a conscientious wli(des;iler warns a 

 shijiper .IS to conditions, it is ten 



ic;; 1 1 1. a Is :iiid coin iii;i niN ,-i lietter price, 

 as ;i iio\idty, than other \;irieties. 



< 'arn;it ions are in lietter supply, hut, 

 with .-iNteis so aliiind;iiit , meet only :i 

 nioder.alc deiii;iiid. The i|ii;ility of ar- 

 ri\als generally is dood foi' this early 

 in tlie season. 



<';ittleyas ;ire in lie.ivy supply, and 

 prices have <iro]i|U'il to a lowei' le\(d 

 tli.aii for some time, even the iiyiirid 

 \;iiieties {^din^' downward. 'i'lie ipiot- 

 ;ilile ranj;d of jirices is LM cents to $1 ])er 

 llowei-, Imf sales have heen made at -li 

 cents. .\ few oncidinnis are cominj; in, 

 liut the demand for them is small. 



White lilies coiitimie in rather short 

 ,su]iply, and ]irices are nnchaiif^cMl. 



Lilies ot' the \-alley are in ^ 1 sup[)ly, 



and jiricos v.arv from day to day as 

 growers m.'uiipulate their cut. Today 

 •ffi is the top jirice, hut tomorrow it 

 may lie .$8. 



With the except imi of asters and dah 

 lias, there is a not.alile shorteniii}^ in the 

 sii]iply of outdoor tlowers. There is a 

 moderate dem.and for (hdpliininm, cos- 

 mos, fnlieros(>s. }iypso|>hila, mari^dlds, 

 ziniii.as and ciMitaiireas. October Frost 

 chrysanthemums are arrixiii;; and the 

 liest lirinfj' ;}< t |ier dozen, with a liniiteil 

 demand. 



Various Notes. 



Traendly iV Sclu'iick are iecei\ iny ;i 

 cut from a new rose wliiidi ori;iinate(l at 

 their Kow.ayton, ("onn., est.-ililishment . 

 It is .1 yidlow. somewhat ji.aler than the 

 |i;irent. lint ]ile;isinji; hotli in color and 

 form. 



Floral Decorations for ''Blessing of the Graves'* at Rochester. 



ch.aiices to one that his warninji will lie 

 d isre^ardeij, and shi|iinents ni.acle to a 

 competitor. It is truly a case ol' ''ji.a^-. 

 illy the liiiid-;."" Thi^ comment, of 

 iiiiir^e. ajiplies oiilx- to the didinary run 

 lit ~liirk. Snperioi' material move- with 

 i.iit -"pccial (dTort, .and there i- eiioiiyli 

 lit it til meet the demand, and the pa-~ 

 iiiy of yl.adioli hl'injis :iii atnin nf ciini 

 I mt 1 (I t he wholesaler. 



K'(i~f- ;iie ipiite plentiful .-iiid pric 



.llllill^ Kim lll> Last Week \\;i^ ^er\iiiy 

 ,■!•- ;i jiiinr ill the county cmirt iil Herj:eii 

 iiiiinty. N. .1. lie liad the d ist iiict imi 

 ot' -M'r\iny nil the tir^t juiy in the 

 iiiii n t y t (1 li,a \ e \\ inneii jiirnr^. 



Many |il,i nt eiv ui' y.-irdeii^ .alone the 

 ciiiintry roads .arinind New \'ork h:i\e 

 this se.-i'^on lieeii iilTeriiiy cut tlowa'r-. .at 

 their ;iates tdr s;ili. to pa-•^illy autoino 

 liilist-, and it winild lie iiit erest i iiu to 

 kiiiiu whether the piiridiasrs made li\' 



are .■ilioiit at the minimiini. American the load tniiri^ls weie in i|iiantit\' ^iitii 



lieaiity is more alnindant than tor some cieiit lo alTed the luisiness i.t' the leeiti 



t ime and I he r.anue ol' prices retlects I liis mate tloi-ists. h.alilias. ;4l;idiiili. asters 



ciiihlit ioti. Ilyliiid teas are ;ilsii in .and cosmos were the olTerin;:s nnted on 



liia\\' s|i|,|,|y .and mo\ e slowl\- at a l.ony Island road trip a week or twn 



i|U(itei| prices: lone stemmed stock is a;,'(i. .lud^ine from the laryc nninliei' 



i.ither slidit, lint tills is not at .all re of d.ahli.a plantiny:s seen, with .a "dod 



;:rett,alile. .\merican Li ;.;ion. the new spvinklin}:- of the lietter varieties .amoiie 



red. has ni.ide an appc.ir.ance amony the many of them, the sellers of jilants and 



tuliers lia\e not done ,amiss. These con 

 ditions, perhaps, account lor a jiicat 

 increase in the cut tlower iii.arkel sup 

 |il\- of diihii.as this \e,ar. 



Charles ]I. Totty. .M.idison, .\ . .1.. is 

 the author of an interest in};' article on 

 ' ' Chi-ysanthemums tor the Autumn (iar 

 den,"' in the Octolier nnmtier of House 

 and (i.arden. 



The Horticultural Society nf New 

 N'ork, coo]i('ratinK with the .\ew York 

 Motanical (Jardeii, staj^i'd a most credit- 

 aide dalili.a show in the niii.s<<um at the 

 botanical (lardeii Satiinlay and Sunday, 

 Septemher IM and L'-'i. It was the liest 

 show seen there tor some years, .and the 

 attend.ance was snr|irisine, the hall he 

 iny crowded continually. Despite re- 

 cent wind and rain storms, the ipiality 

 of the exhibits was iiood. ( '. Louis 

 .Mliii};, West Haven, Conn., took first 

 in the bijr open ,dass for l.arjrest and 

 best collection, with A. T. Clark. Net- 

 conji'. \. ,1., a «ood second. .Mills & Co., 

 of -M.amaroneck, X. Y., took several 

 firsts in the other (dasses. T'Ik^ amateur 

 (lasses wore well filled, .md many seed- 

 liufrs of promise were on e.xhibif ion. 

 I'rof. J. H. S. Norton, of the Maryland 

 St.ate A}rricultural College: Afrs. C. H. 

 Stout, of Short, Hills. \. ,1., ,ind .1. M. 

 I'eiilier, Hempstead. \. \ .. were the 

 jiidfjjes. 



The flcMVer show committee ot' the 

 New ^'ork I'lorists' Club had a meetinjj; 

 .Mond.ay afternoon, Se|itember L'(), at 

 wliiidi iiridimin.ary arranjrements for a 

 show next sprinc; were discussed. 



.1. H. r. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Akron, 0. In the case of (irossberg 

 iV Caliill, bankiupts, notice has been 

 ;;iven in the District Court of the I'nited 

 States that the receiver has filed his final 

 rejiort and that a meeting of creditors 

 to consider the same w ill be hidd October 

 :'i, lilL'l, at 1(1 a. m., at .'!lti Metropolitan 

 buildini;, .Vkron, O. ll.irrv L. Snyder 

 is the referee in bankrujitc y. 



New York, N. Y.-The first n tins; of 



creditors of, I. M . Tliiiibiiin \ <'ii., whose 

 petition in bankruptcy was reported in 

 these columns last week, will be held 

 October 4, at II .i. m., ;it the office of 

 I'eter M. OIney, referee in liankrn|itcy, 

 ti^ Williams street. .\e\v N'ork. 



ROCHESTER DECORATES GRAVES. 



Thons.ands ot' .asters ;ind other flowers 

 WCl-e used Last \v eid\ ,lt Kochestcr, \. 

 N .. to commemorate the de.ad. The cus- 

 tom (if ''lilessin;; the j;r,a\es.'" as the 

 practice is known, oriyin.ated anions the 

 C.atholics of Uoidicster abiiii.t ten \cars 

 ae(i. Oil Sejiteiiiber L'-'i ot' eai h ve.ar 

 not only the Catholics, but the I'rofes 

 t.ants .alike, decorate the ni:i\-,.v with ;is 

 ni;in\- \arieties ot' llnwers as are ;i\;iil 

 able. It is nut a iiatiiui.a! (.list nin, Imt 

 one which is spreadin;^ tn manv nf the 

 iiei;^liliorint; towns .and shimld L,. i.,, 

 coiir.aecd by all flnrists. 



The illiist r.at ion shnws how extell 

 si\-e|y some (it' the ;^r;i\-es are deco- 

 r.ated. The decor.at ion in the I'orejironnd 

 :s iii.ade u|i entirely ot asters, .and is 

 wdrked out in a pink and white desimi. 

 I.;ire|. Ii.askets and I ioiii|iiet-: are also 

 Used. ;is show II li\- the illustration. 



McPherson, Neb. < '. i:. chailson ii;is 

 pnndiased the business that formerly 

 w,as owned by C. A. Sinioiisen. The store 

 dues both a retail and a whnles.ale bnsi 

 ness. 



