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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 18, 1904. 



Cattleya Gigas* 



(Specimen Exhibited at Newport, R. I., by LAger & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.) 



WASHINGTON. 



l8t. 2d. 



Oooke 151 163 



Barry 163 149 



McLeuvan 189 157 



Gude 106 • 92 



Shaffer 112 101 



681 662 

 MILWAUKEE. 



l8t. 2d. 



P. Holton 149 148 



Edlefsen 116 156 



Kennedy 121 150 



Klokner 125 116 



Pollworth 141 141 



652 711 

 INDIVIDUALS. 



Ist. 2d. 



L. Henderson 123 131 



J. S. Wilson 98 166 



Fillmore 80 82 



Hadklnson 127 142 



Schray 115 120 



B. C. Loeffler 104 142 



J. De^rnan 169 121 



O. J. Olsen 153 133 



F. Wade 45 76 



Retlnhoefer 67 111 



F. Bills 122 132 



F. Weber. Jr 120 126 



W. BlUingsley 180 95 



P. S. Schmellng 109 97 



J. Scott 95 144 



McClure 156 170 



Seybold 150 158 



Irfjnjfren 82 85 



McKeller 122 126 



Mesuhr 88 120 



Rasmussen 131 87 



Hansen 76 61 



Juengel 77 72 



Clausen 142 99 



H. Oook 67 65 



J. Steldel 126 103 



W. J. Vesey. Jr 114 134 



H. M. Altick 113 124 



P. H. Melnhardt 115 130 



A. Zender 113 116 



J. P. Wilcox 105 172 



Phil. Foley 93 76 



Wm. Scott 170 137 



W. F. Kastlng 117 150 



Roy Wilcox 153 128 



C. Dsslng 43 108 



Papworth 78 140 



Sanders 131 117 



J. W. Rodgers 112 95 



1st. 2d. 



J. A. Valentine 106 131 



H. Balsley 92 124 



Evans 88 12.'> 



Shaw 166 97 



3d. Totals. 

 139 376 

 85 301 

 112 325 

 134 387 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business has been quite good during 

 the past week, flowers generally clearing 

 out well. Some very nice American Beau- 

 ties are coming in, prices varying from 

 $6 to $16 per 100. Carnots and Kaiser- 

 ins clean out well. Brides and Brides- 

 maids continue rather poor. Carnations 

 of decent quality sell at $2. The sup- 

 ply of outdoor blooms continues small. 

 Asters are not of very good quality. 

 Good whites bring 75 cents to $1, col- 

 ored ones also selling quite well. Sweet 

 peas are coming badly spotted and are 

 practically over for the season. Glad- 

 ioli continue in fair supply. Lilium 

 speciosum album sells at $3 to $4 per 

 100, Lilium auratum averaging about 

 $6. Prices of fern and asparagus remain 

 about the same. A decided scarcity of 

 white flowers seemg likely until carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemums come in. 



Variotis Notes. 



The Gardeners' an^ Florists' Cluh 

 outing will be held at Nahant, on Aug- 

 ust 25. The journey will be made by 

 steamer and a shore dinner with all the 

 "fixins" will be one of the attractions. 



None of our florists seemed to pluck 

 up enthusiasm enough to essay the jour- 

 ney to St. Louis. Too busy at home and 

 too hot at St. Tjouis seemed to be the 

 causes. We are sorry the worthy secre- 



tary of the S. A. F. O. H. had no dele- 

 gation to accompany him. 



Worcester Conservatories are sending 

 in some very nice Beauties to our market 

 at present. 



Boston is crowded with Tisitors this 

 week with the annual G. A. E. en- 

 campment and the city is gayly deco- 

 rated. Some of the decorations in the 

 public gardens are in exceedingly bad 

 taste, while some of the bedding out 

 is sufficient to give one the nightmare, 

 but most of the visitors seem pleased 

 with the same. 



Continuous rains in the form of 

 thunder showers is causing carnations 

 not housed to spot badly. 



The management of the Flower Mar- 

 ket posted "To Let" notices the past 

 week in the stalls of members who were 

 in arrears for renb and premiums. Money 

 poured freely into the treasury as a con- 

 sequence. 



Kenneth Finlayson is out again after 

 a long and painful illness. 



E, N. Peirce, of Waverly, came from 

 Maine to attervd the G. A. E. Encamp- 

 ment this week. 



Henry Hurrell, of Lager & Hurrell, 

 made us a brief call last week. He re- 

 ported orchid business as first-class. 



A. T. Boddington has also been doing 

 Boston and vicinity. 



W. N. Craig. 



ST. PAUL. 



Dear Eeview: — 



For the first time this season we have 

 just now real summer weather, warm, 

 very warm, indeed, and the crop of an- 

 nuals is coming in heavy lots and sell at* 

 any price. Asters are over-plentiful and 

 vrill become a drug in the market. Good 

 roses are in demand, carnations being no 

 good and are gone to the dogs quifce a 

 while. Quite a few of our growers put' 

 in more roses, claiming carnations 

 at $1 to $2 per 100 even in mid- 

 winter do not pay at all. En- 

 chantress is all the rage just now. 

 They are all putting in quite a 

 few of it. I consider Lawson as the 

 best paying carnation. Its deep striking 

 shade of dark, rose-cerise, lustrous and 

 glowing, affecting and effecting every- 

 one 's eye, always finds a willing buyer. 

 We know there are many new ones in 

 the market claiming the same merit. It 

 may be so, but the Spaniard says 

 "Queen sabe! Bias sabe. " (Who 

 knows! God knows.) 



The twin cities florist outing at Wild 

 Wood, White Bear Lake, Eamsey Coun- 

 ty, Minn., was a howling success in 

 spite of- bad weather, because there isn't 

 a lovelier sheet of water for summer rec' 

 reation in any of the states. If there is 

 a better one, gentlemen, let me know, 

 please. 



Chas. Vogt and Henry Puvogel at- 

 tended the Saengerfest in Milwaukee, 

 and enjoyed themselves immensely and 

 helped the Saengers to kill the breweries. 



Carl Peterson quit business far good. 

 His embonpoint does not allow green- 

 house work. 



Carl Keiper, a good plant grower, also 

 abandoned his place, intending to go 

 west. Good luck. 



W. Strehlow, our violet expert, is 

 celebrating to-day, his birthday and en- 

 gagement to Miss Puvogel. Tbat's a 

 double header and three cheers for Bill. 



F. Franke is erecting a new house for 

 violets 16x110. We 'wish him success. 



At L. L. May & Co. 's planting is fin- 



