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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 945 



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Establishment of Schneider & Noe, Gingers, N. Y. 



MEASURE FOR CARNATIONS. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. has got out a 

 neat measure for carnation blooms, made 

 of the best water-proof card. They will 

 send one to any one who sends a 2-cent 

 stamp to pay the postage. Their ad- 

 dress is 51 Erie street, Chicago, 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



' ' One of the worst ever, ' ' one prom- 

 inent wholesaler called last week's mar- 

 ket. In several respects it was one of 

 the most strenuous weeks New York has 

 ever known. The flood of rain removed 

 the snow and brought the first practical 

 evidences of approaching spring. But the 

 bad weather was not the only deterring 

 business influence. A strike tied up the ele- 

 vated and the new subway roads for 

 days, causing immense losses to business 

 generally and the florists were no ex- 

 ception to the rule. The bottom fell 

 out of prices and quotations of a week 

 ago were cut in two before the week 

 was over. This applies to the very best 

 stock reaching New York, while up to 

 this time quality had maintained its 

 rights. 



Boses especially felt the strain. When 

 at this season of the year the finest 

 Beauties drop to 20 cents and Maids to 

 6 cents, the rest can be imagined. Car- 

 nations are far below normal, and vio- 

 lets — let us draw the purple curtain. 

 Take Saturday as a sample. On one train 

 from up the .Hudson 157 boxes arrived. 

 Many boxes contain 3,000 flowers. When 

 all the trains were in from all the sources 

 you can reckon the supply. No wonder 

 the sacrifices took place and good stock 

 often commanded only $1 a thousand. 

 What about next season? Many new 

 violet houses are already contracted for 

 in and around Rhinebeek. One expert 

 prophesied last Saturday night that in 

 1906 violets will sell at 50 cents a thou- 

 sand. It is useless referring to bulbous 

 stock and in fact nothing but orchids 



has maintained quotations and of these 

 the supply is limited and the demand 

 continues. Lilies are abundant and of 

 excellent quality, but thousands are sold 

 during the week at 50 cents a dozen and 

 less in quantity. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club's rose night was a 

 great success. The attendance was large, 

 the program intensely interesting and 

 the exhibits varied and creditable. Breit- 

 meyer's Sons sent La Detroit, the best 

 flowers in color, size and length of stem 

 they hate ever exhibited here, also some 

 grand stock of antirrhinums. John Scott 

 showed Scottii in several sizes, every 

 plant perfect. Peter Bissett, of Wash- 

 ington, sent his new pink seedling, a 

 remarkably strong grower and of exqui- 

 site perfume. The F. E. Pierson Co. 

 had Killarney at its best, also fine blooms 

 of Daheim and Variegated and White 

 Lawson carnations, Baby Rambler roses 

 in pots, and a handsome plant of Pier- 

 sonii elegantissima. The committee of 

 awards, through Chairman O'Mara, com 

 mended the exhibits and a unanimous 

 vote of thanks was accorded the exhib- 

 itors. 



The outing committee reported the 

 date of the club's summer outing as 

 June 28, the place of meeting Glenwood, 

 Long Island. Six new members were 

 elected and Professor Johnson nominat- 

 ed for membership. Mr. O'Mara read 

 the new rules governing the award com- 

 mittee, which were unanimously adopted 

 and ordered distributed. 



The subjects taken from the • question 

 box last meeting next received consid- 

 eration. Harry May spoke on the most 

 valuable characteristic in the rose, de- 

 ciding that "form, all else being equal, 

 is mgst„garthy^-JII^fi--ro3e-Ttiust he pro- 

 lific to be valuable and from the com- 

 mercial standpoint must have stem, from 

 the exhibition standpoint' beauty." He 

 quoted from Dean Hole, whose opinion 

 placed form first and beauty second. The 

 Rose Society has declared for color first, 



he said, and in conclusion he paid a 

 glowing tribute to the Marechal Niel. 

 Robert Simpson agreed with the Rose 

 Society's decision and claimed that with- 

 out color the rose would be comparative- 

 ly worthless. Liberty he called pre- 

 eminent because of its color. Patrick 

 O 'Mara spoke interestingly, 



Mr. Birnie read a most interesting 

 paper on the most valuable character- 

 istics of the carnation and gave as his 

 belief the keeping quality of the flower 

 as of greatest importance. He dilated 

 upon the causes of carnations going to 

 sleep and dwelt upon the necessity of 

 picking at the proper time, but said a 

 visit to the wholesale houses often gave 

 him a severe jar, with vases over-crowded 

 and results of careless handling by ex- 

 pressmen evident. He illustrated the 

 value of care and gentle handling by his 

 own experience witli Enchantress. 



John Scott read an interesting paper 

 on the fern, giving as its most valuable 

 characteristic its adaptability for house 

 adornment and its lasting qualities. The 

 commercial fern, he said, "must be a 

 free grower and free seller and its value 

 must be reckoned by its money making 

 qualities." James Scott, of Tarrytown, 

 concurred with the speaker as to the 

 keeping qualities from the commercial 

 standpoint and paid tribute to the old 

 favorite, the Boston, and its honorable 

 progeny. 



In the absence of Mr. Duckham, Mr. 

 Totty was asked to champion the chrys- 

 anthemum, which he called "everybody's 

 flower, second to none for all purposes." 

 To this Mr. May demurred because of 

 the shortness of its season. Mr. Birnie 

 and Mr. Traendly, for various reasons, 

 agreed that it was a nuisance. Mr. 

 , O'M a r a d efend e d th o flower from t hi ^ 



aspersion. B. Suzuki, with a modesty 

 characteristic of his nation,' postponed ' 

 his opinions until after the fall of Har- 

 bin. 



The orator of the evening, Robert 

 Kift, of Philadelphia, then read his in- 



