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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch 28, 1908. 



Harry Rowe had the St. Patrick's day 

 banquet at the Auditorium again this 

 year. The 500 favors were shamrocks 

 and each guest was provided with a neat 

 box in which to take his plant home. 



A. L. Bandall Co. reports having al- 

 ready booked many orders for lilies and 

 violets for Easter delivery. 



W. E. Lynch, at Hunt's, says Michi- 

 gan violets are now better sale than the 

 Hudson river stock because of the fra- 

 grance. 



Mrs. Leonard Kill is at home again 

 after seven weeks in the hospital and 

 Leonard again wears his smile. 



W. L. Palinsky says he expects to be 

 right in line with flowering plants at 

 Easter. 



Wietor Bros, think there is no red car- 

 nation like Chicago, Bed Bradt. It gives 

 them strong stems, the lack of which is 

 the variety's greatest weakness with 

 most growers. 



George Eeinberg never had so heavy 

 or so steady a cut as this year. It is his 

 banner season. 



Robert Miller, of Natick, Mass., re- 

 cently at Butte, Mont., was a visitor 

 homeward bound last Friday. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



Business was very good until the com- 

 ing in of Lent. Then all dinners ceased ; 

 consequently down went the prices. The 

 weather is fine and bringing out stock of 

 all kinds in large quantities. If this 

 weather continues for the next week it 

 will be all off with bulbous stock for 

 Easter. Roses of all kinds are bringing 

 from 4 to 12 cents, carnations 1 and 2 

 cents. Tulips can be had from $1 to $2 

 per hundred. Jonquils fetch $1 to $1.50 

 per hundred. Lilies are $12 per hundred. 

 Violets that are raised in Louisa county, 

 Virginia, are being shipped here in 

 immense quantities. On last Saturday 

 there was shipped into the city 240,000 

 which flooded the market. They were 

 sold as ' low as 5 cents per bunch of 

 fifty> by the fakirs. The best only bring 

 from $1 to $2 per thousand and about 

 one-half go to the dump. From present 

 indications lilies will be plentiful for 

 Easter. It seems that all will hit them 

 about right; that is, those that are 

 growing multiflora. As for all other 

 blooming plants, such as azaleas and 

 rhododendrons, they are out of the race. 



Qub Meeting. 



The most successful meeting our local 

 club has ever held occurred March 17, 

 when the election of oflScers took place. 

 The following were elected: President, 

 W. F. Gude; vice-president, Charles Hen- 

 lock; secretary, Peter Bissett; treasurer, 

 W. H. Ernest. After the election the sec- 

 retary, Peter Bissett, was presented with 

 a silver tray from the members of the 

 club as a token of esteem for his faithful 

 service rendered during the last year. 



It was carnation night, and quite a 

 surprise to see so many exhibits, which 

 was brought about by the energy of our 

 secretary. The following is a list of 

 exhibits: F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 N. Y., a vase each of Variegated Lawson, 

 Daheim and White Lawson; John N. 

 May, Summit, N. J., The Bride; J. L. 

 Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., Crisis; H. 

 Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., My Mary- 

 land; Guttman & Weber, Mew York, Vic- 

 tory; W. J. Palmer & Son. Lancaster, 

 N. Y., Red Lawson; A. B. Davis & Son, 



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The annual banquet, which takes place 

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 quite a success. It was decided to hold 

 the banquet during the week that the 

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PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Market. 



The decline in prices has continued 

 steadily and the figures quoted on roses 

 today are lower even than at this time 

 last year, with many sales even lower. 

 Fancy Beauties were halved in value 

 in lees than a week, the cut being very 

 heavy. Other flowers depreciated in 

 value to an extent only a little less than 

 roses, giving the Greeks an opportunity 

 that was somewhat marred by the 

 weather. 



There is some fine stock coming in 

 town. The Leo Niessen Co. is getting 

 superb valley from Carl Jurgens and 

 they also have pretty Cottage Maid 

 tulips. S. S. Pennock has more varieties 

 of orchids. Coelogyne cristata and Den- 

 drobium Jamesonii, somewhat resembling 



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Antoine Wintzer, genial, whole souled, 

 enthusiastic in his profession, met the 

 visitors with a cordial welcome and ex- 

 hibited with modest pride two new 

 houses filled with as pretty a lot of 

 voung roses as one could wish to see. 

 ''We struck 350,000," be said, "so 

 many that we had to put 100,000 of 

 them four in a pot (3%-inch, I think) 

 until we could get room to pot them 

 singly." They looked very nice in their 

 unusually arranged quarters and will 

 make good stuff after the first batches 

 are moved. The success in propagating 

 has been remarkable, house after house 

 being filled with nice little roses in small 

 pots in all stages from those just started 

 to those ready for shipping. 



Mr. Wlintzer was literally surrounded 

 by Babies, sweet little things. He is 

 very fond of them and took us to see 

 some shapely little fellows in "sixes"' 



