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Fkbhuaby 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



599 



Monday night and not only robbed of 

 $30, keys and valuable papers, but bat- 

 tered and bruised. 



Moltz, of Twenty-sixth street, moved 

 February 1 to the Coogan building, oc- 

 cupying two rooms on the first floor. 



New York visitors to the carnation 

 convention are gradually returning to 

 their homes and all unite in the opinion 

 that the Chicago convention was the 

 best ever enjoyed. 



BowHn^. 



The return match between Madison 

 and New York resulted as I prophesied 

 a week ago. The men from the coun- 

 try lost- their flag and went home well 

 beat6n. Following is the score: 



Madison. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Duckliam 136 146 186 467 



Robblns IIT 136 138 388 



Keating 134 182 133 449 



PlUBch 112 181 168 461 



Totty 126 91 101 318 



Cook 145 158 183 486 



Totals 770 894 S06 2560 



New York. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Holt 121 200 126 446 



KesRler 202 176 169 547 



O'Mara 138 167 131 426 



V^Td 141 184 127 462 



Slebrecht 138 142 176 466 



Kenrlch 130 167 129 426 



Totals 870 1026 857 2753 



Cold weather made a light attendance 

 on Monday evening. The following scores 

 were made : 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 4th 



Pord 131 185 188 139 



Manda 134 191 180 122 



Wallace 110 l.M 169 136 



Shaw 128 110 114 151 



Kenrlch 194 147 160 



Holt 182 134 



Hoffmeyer ... ... 129 



Criiw 114 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions have been of a 

 decidedly wintry nature the past week. 

 The blizzard of January 24 and 25 

 was the worst we have experienced for a 

 number of years. Its effect on steam 

 and electric railroads was such as to 

 make it difficult for growers coming to 

 the market for a couple of days. Those 

 who arrived found little demand. The 

 passing of the storm found much im- 

 proved conditions, the market cleaning 

 out capitally. 



Hoses maintain previous quotations. 

 Nearly all the growers report their 

 plants as being off crop and receipts are 

 considerably reduced. Best quality 

 Brides and Maids continue to sell as 

 high as $20 per hundred, good grades 

 bringinpr $8 to $12. Carnations are in 

 good supply but have sold well. Violets 

 have been in rather shorter supply. 

 Prices were from 50 to 75 cents per 

 hundred. Callas and Easter lilies av- 

 erage $12.50 per hundred. Tulips sell 

 from $2 to $4, according to quality. 

 Yellow Trumpet narcissus is now of 

 good quality. Some very fine Golden 

 Spur are coming in. There has been 

 a very fine demand for white bulbous 

 stock. Some very nice antirrhinums and 

 sweet peas are coming from several 

 growers and freesia is of fine quality. 

 There has been a good demand for As- 

 paragus Sprengeri and adiantum. 



Various Notes. 



On February 11 the mid- winter ex- 

 hibition of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held. Quite a 

 number of prizes are also offered by 



the Park street and Music Hall flower 

 markets. In all there are sixteen 

 classes for carnations, also others for 

 violets, sweet peas, mignonette and 

 roses and in pot plants Primulas Sinen- 

 sis, stellata and obconica and Begonia 

 Oloire de Lorraine are provided for. A 

 fine exhibition is assured and it will pay 

 introducers of novelties to send them 

 on to this show. 



At Horticultural Hall on January 28 

 in place of the regular lecture a dis- 

 cussion on fruits took place, led by E. 

 W. Wood, of Newton. On February 2 

 another fruit topic holds the boards. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold a field day among the market 

 growers of vegetables in Arlington on 

 March 11. 



We are all glad to learn the American 

 Carnation Society will meet in Boston 

 next year. The carnationists in this sec- 

 tion will strive to make it the best 

 convention ever held. 



Alexander McKay, for some years gar- 

 dener to Mrs. A. W. Spencer, of South 

 Framingham, has purchased ten acres 

 of good land close to the line of the 

 Boston and Worcester electrics and 

 thinks he may build next spring and go 

 in business on his own account. Mr. 

 McKay grew some of the finest violets, 

 hybrid roses and chrysanthemum blooms 

 ever exhibited in Boston while with the 

 late David Nevins and at his present 

 stand. No such double violets were ever 

 shown in Boston and we are sure he 

 will be successful in a commercial way. 



Galvin showed some fine Dendrobium 

 Wardianum the past week, also a fine 

 lot of Cattleya Triana; and C. Percival- 

 iana and other seasonable orchids. 

 ' M. H. Norton, who recently opened 

 a store at Park street, reports business 

 as very satisfactory. He has had quite 

 a number of decorations of late. 



W. N. Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The retail trade during the cold snap 

 lias been at a standstill, transient trade 

 suffering most. The only business done 

 was with the telephone. Stock at the 

 wholesale houses has shortened up in 

 almost everything except bulbous stock 

 and violets, which are still very plenti- 

 ful in all grades. New crop lily of the 

 valley has been in stock for soms time, 

 with deficient foliage. Dutch hyacinths 

 are looked for daily. Harrisii and callas 

 are enough for the demand. Among the 

 rest are a few freesia, Von Sions and 

 tiilips. 



Carnations had the greatest call on 

 Saturday and Sunday, owing to McKin- 

 ley day. Pink was favored but white 

 and red sold clean on those two days at 

 advanced prices. Extra fine Lawson and 

 Enchantress sold as high as $6 per hun- 

 dred. The scarcity on all kinds of roses 

 was very apparent the past weak, all 

 light colored stock selling clean. Not 

 near enough Brides came in for the de- 

 mand, so Ivory, Golden Gate and Carnot 

 sold better than they have been. 



Violets are by no means selling clean. 

 Plenty of extra good California and 

 doubles are in the market. CaUfornias 

 are down to 50 cents a hundred for 

 choice. Smllax, asparagus and galax 

 loaves sold well last week. Of this 

 stock the market has had a big supply 

 all season. 



Various Notes. 



Simplicity prevailed at the mid- win- 

 ter school commencement. The school 

 board openly stated that no flowers 

 should be sent to any of the graduates. 

 This order hurt th3 trade considerably, 

 although some flowers were sent in spite 

 of this sweeping order, which the fair 

 graduates claim is not much to their 

 liking. 



Eobett Beyer sustained a terrible loss 

 the past week. His youngest son, Robert, 

 Jr., three years old, set fire to his cloth- 

 ing while playing in one of the green- 

 houses. Eobert himself was badly burned 

 in trying to put out the flames. The 

 little one died early the next morning 

 after great suffering. The funeral took 

 place on Saturday afternoon. The family 

 has our deepest sympathy. 



Joe Hauser, of Webster Groves, lost 

 bis entire plant by fire last week. The 

 place was formerly run by Wm, Clamp. 

 There was no insurance and Mr, Hauser 

 not being in good circumstances, a col- 

 lection is being made among the trade to 

 give him a new start. 



Arnold Eingier, representing w. W. 

 Barnard & Co., Chicago, has spent a 

 week among the trade. 



Fred Weber and Theo. Miller were the 

 first of the St. Louis delegation to re- 

 turn from the American Carnation So- 

 ciety meeting at Chicago. They report 

 a great show and a good time, also that 

 the rest of the delegation would make 

 the rounds of the carnation belt in In- 

 diana before returning home. 



The Florists ' Club meeting next Thurs- 

 day afternoon will be the most impor- 

 tant meeting of the year. A grand dis- 

 play of new carnations is promised. 

 These the committee in charge have 

 placed in four classes for the home 

 growers and four for the outside grow- 

 ers, giving each $25 in prizes. Most 

 of the local growers who are dub mem- 

 bers report that they will make exhibits. 

 For the meeting the following question 

 has been sent to the committee: "What 

 should be the requirements of a new 

 carnation to entitle it to a certificate 

 of merit from our clubf" This ques- 

 tion has been assigned to J. F. Ammann. 

 The question "Which was the best pink, 

 white or red carnation for commercial 

 purposes at the Chicago show!" John 

 Steidel will answer. ' ' Which of the new 

 varieties exhibited at the Chicago show 

 U best for our local growers to buy?" 

 A. Jablonsky will answer. "The ex- 

 hibition from a retailer's standpoint and 

 for the benefit of the growers" will be 

 discussed by Fred C. Weber. 



Edward Troy, who was chief clerk in 

 the departments under F. W. Taylor at 

 the World's Fair, will remove to Wash- 

 ington, where he has secured a position 

 in the bureau of plant industry. The 

 St. Louis florists who have learned to 

 know Mr. Troy will be glad to meet him 

 next summer during the S. A. F, con- 

 vention in Washington. J. J. B. 



CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



The second McKinley day has passed 

 and, notwithstanding the fact that it 

 was on Sunday, great quantities of car- 

 nations were sold and at very good 

 prices. Owing to the cold, dark weather 

 recently, many of the growers held back 

 on their cuts and so there was plenty 



