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January 12, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



415 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The first week of the New Year has 

 been a disappointment so far as business 

 was concerned ; everybouy is complaining. 

 Good roses were scarce and high priced, 

 but there were enough to go around. Car- 

 nations were plentiful; the g6od stock 

 sold at a reasonable price but the poor 

 stock and small flowers went to the dump. 

 In fact, there seems to be too much 

 "crap" of all kinds and at a time like 

 this it must all go to the dump. The 

 first week of the year has produced a va- 

 riety of weather, opening with a spring 

 day, then a blizzard with a terrible wind 

 and winding up with the heaviest snow 

 of the year. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club met last Tuesday 

 evening. After a discussion of plants 

 and Christmas greens, the nomination of 

 officers was taken up. As Wm. Falconer, 

 who has served as president for several 

 years, declined to allow his name to be 

 used again, T. P. Langhans, secretary of 

 the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., was nomi- 

 nated for president, together with the 

 officers of the preceding year, namely, 

 vice-president, K C. Eeineman; secre- 

 tary, H. P. Joslin; assistant secretary, E. 

 C. Ludwig ; treasurer, Fred Burki ; execu- 

 tive committee, P. S.- Randolph, John 

 Bader and Fred Burki. The report 

 of the secretary showed the club to be in 

 a prosperous condition, with 149 members 

 and a good balance in the treasury. 



January 29 will be McKinley day and, 

 as it has become the custom to honor 

 this day by wearing a carnation, it might 

 be well for the growers to be prepared 

 with an extra cut for that day. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. is re- 

 ceiving a fine cut of white, red and yel- 

 low tulips grown by Patrick Maier. 



Gr. & J. W. Ludwig are issuing a very 

 handsome catalogue of floral work, con- 

 taining many fine half tones of original 

 designs. 



Randolph & McClements executed a 

 very handsome decoration at the Duques- 

 ne club last Saturday night, for tne an- 

 nual banquet of the operative officials of 

 the Carnegie Steel Co. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., Van Eman, Pa., 

 contemplate erecting a new range of 

 houses in the near future. 



J. K. Hutchinson was in a wreck on 

 the P. Ft. & C. near Alliance, O., last 

 Saturday. He escaped with a few bruises 

 and a good shaking up. 



Our street stands have fine carnations 

 which they are offering at 20 cents per 

 dozen. 



B. R Blackly, of Homestead, has been 

 having trouble with his eyes the pjist two 

 weeks. 



Anton Krut, Jr., of Butler, has the 

 sympathy of the trade in the loss of his 

 mother and sister during the holidays. 



Hoo-Soo. 



A Birthday Party. 



John Bader was 60 years old on Thurs- 

 day, January 5. My ! No one would take 

 him to be over 50! So that evening half 

 a hundred of his warm, personal friends, 

 church, school and political, gathered at 

 his castle on Troy Hill to cheer him up 

 and wish him many happy returns. They 

 presented him veith a magnificent silver 

 loving cup in testimony of their esteem 

 for him. That John is a sound church- 



Baur & Smith's Light Pink Seedling/Beatrice. 



man, the presence of three clergymeu at 

 his table was good evidence. He has long 

 been a school director and while he leans 

 to the Democratic party, most ot us 

 think he isn't at all a bad Republican. 

 As a business man, John is a pronounced 

 success. Coming to this country from 

 Germany a young gardener, he drifted 

 into commercial lire and now he is the 

 leading plantsman in western Pennsyl- 

 vania and outside of his florists' busi- 

 ness he is a large property holder. John 

 is rich and he is a mighty good fellow, 

 too, honest as sunlight, straight as an 

 arrow, vigorous, aggressive and progres- 

 sive. It is the sincere wish of everyone 

 who knows him that he may have many, 

 many more happy birthdays. 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market. 



The rush of the holidays being over, 

 things are getting down to their uormal 

 standard. Business has been rather dull 

 the past week, but the coming week prom- 

 ises to be better. Carnations are scarce, 

 especially white and red. Good roses are 

 scarce, for there is a healthy demanu for 

 choice blooms. Bulbous stock is plenti- 

 ful, with prices about the same. There 

 is a fair call for violets and some cboice 

 bunches are on the market. Most of the 

 growers and retailers are glad of the 

 chance to rest up after the rush and are 

 settling down to getting things m readi- 

 ness for Easter. 



Various Notes. 



The event of the week was the mar- 

 riage of Albert F. Barbe and Mrs. Mary 

 Gruettner. The ceremony was performed 

 by the Rev. Dr. J. M. Cromer, at the 

 home of the bride. Mr. Barbe; who be- 

 lieves in doing things right, made his 



greenhouses disgorge their wealth of 

 bloom and choicest plants to do honor to 

 the occasion. The price of rice went up 

 and old shoes in abundance were found 

 the next morning. Mr. and Mrs. Jrtarbe 

 are at home at fifteenth and Lawndale 

 avenue. 



One of the local retailers hired a wagon 

 one day last week and covered it with 

 placards annouhcing carnations at 35 

 cents per dozen. 



C. M. Wise, who has purchased seventy- 

 five feet on the corner of Twenty-fifth 

 and Holmes streets, has built a thoroughly 

 up-to-date greenhouse 22x100, with a re- 

 ception room 12x12, heated with hot 

 water and electric lighted. He is stock- 

 ing |Up and has plans already drawn for 

 two more houses of the same dimensions, 

 which he will build in a couple of weeks. 



D. Freudenthal is well pleased with hig 

 new location on East Twelfth street and 

 reports business better than in the old 

 place. 



Miss M. Dallev reports very good busi- 

 ness the past week. She is handling some 

 fine roses from Al. Broman, at Inde- 

 pendence. 



Ed. Bunyar, of Independence, is send- 

 ing in some fine violets and finds a ready 

 market. 



Arthur Newell reports good business 

 at both of his stores the past week and 

 is thoroughly satisfied with the holiday 

 business. He has his Twelfth street store 

 very tastefully decorated. 



R. S. Brown reports very fine trade 

 these days and only bewails the fact that 

 his place is not large enough to handle 

 all that comes his way. 



W. J. Barnes, of Thirty-eighth and 

 Euclid, is showing some very fine stock, 

 especially bulbous stock, and is finding 

 a ready market for all he produces. 



Nabcissus. 



