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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 16, 1905. 



roots. We know that when the soil is 

 kept slightly on the dry side and the 

 soil is not extremely rich there is much 

 less of this bacteria than there is when 

 heavy feeding and liberal watering are 

 practiced. I think that all this goes 

 to show that the trouble is an internal 

 one and not brought on by the sting of 

 insects. A. F. J. Baur. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The demand for violets noted last 

 week continued until Saturday^ when 

 the wholesale houses were sold out. It 

 was reported, however, that some of the 

 retailers overbought, but the market 

 this week has been fairly steady. Hud- 

 son river violets brought even more than 

 quoted prices for some extra fine stock. 

 Boses are fairly plentiful. Beauties have 

 fallen a little in price but the quality 

 of all varieties is improving, some real- 

 ly magnificent stock being offered. Car- 

 nations are more plentiful and, except- 

 ing in the case of fine stock, prices rule 

 lower. Really fine stock, however, finds 

 a market at very good figures. Im- 

 mense quantities of chrysanthemums are 

 sold at prices a little lower than those 

 listed, the supply being too heavy at 

 times for the demand. The leading var- 

 ieties this week are Mrs. Jerome Jones, 

 both white and yellow; Timothy Eaton, 

 Avhite and yellow ; Maj. Bonna£fon, 

 white and yellow ; Maud Dean, pink, and 

 G. W. Childs, red, in limited quantites. 

 Orchids are a little easier in price, and 

 in good demand. Gardenias have ad- 

 vanced slightly. The Leo Niessen Co. 

 has pansies. Their specialists in this 

 line have put in a telephone and can be 

 depended upon to meet any reasonable 

 demand. Paper Whites are very fine; 

 Romans have made their appearance. 

 Both these were seen at W. J. Baker's. 

 Calla lilies are coming in just in time 

 to replace the Easter lilies, which seem 

 likely to go off crop. Asparagus is good 

 and very plentiful. W. E. McKissick is 

 making a specialty of sprays in 

 bunches. 



A Walnut HiU Wedding. 

 Hugh Graham had a very elaborate 

 wedding decoration last Thursday, which^j 

 was of more than usual interest. The 

 bridal canopy was made entirely of ferns 

 and white orchids, presumably Dendro- 

 bium formosum. The house was lavish- 

 ly decorated with white chrysanthemums 

 throughout, only the choicest flowers be- 

 ing used. The porches were decorated 

 with oak leaves, the dining-room with 

 American Beauty roses. The whole ef- 

 fect was extremely handsome. 



A Beautiful Showcase. 



H. H. Battles' showcase this week 

 contained a flower picture in a gilt 

 frame, on one side a bunch of the blue 

 orchids, Vanda cserulea, on the other a 

 bunch of Perle des Jardins roses. The 

 combination of soft blue and yellow was 

 very effective. On each side of the frame 

 were bunches of Adiantum Farleyense, 

 with a green sash matching in color 

 thrown carelessly across the front. The 

 effect was exquisite. 



Varioui Notes. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica elected William Duckham, Madison, 

 N. J., president; William Kleinheinz, 

 Philadelphia, vice-president; David Era- 

 ser, Pittsburg, secretary, and John N. 

 May, Summit, N. J., treasurer. 



A wag said that Philadelphia had a 

 great opportunity to look over the chrys- 

 anthemum kings from Head to Foote. 



The Millbrook-Lee Greenhouses made 

 a very fine carnation exhibit at the 

 show. Queen Louise, Enchantress, Mrs. 

 Lawson, and Mrs. Patten are their best 

 varieties. 



Myers & Samtman sent in a vase of 

 their new pink seedling rose to show on 

 Thursday. It was much admired. 



William J. Muth was greatly delighted 

 with the violet exhibit at the show. The 

 bunching especially pleased him. 



The Flower Market held a special 

 meeting last Tuesday, in the secretary's 

 room at Horticultural hall. The number 

 of the directors was reduced from nine 

 to five. The officers elected by the di- 

 rectors for the ensuing year were: Pres- 

 ident, W. K. Harris; secretary, Alfred 

 Bergen; treasurer, Charles ll. Meehan. 

 The other directors are David Rust and 

 J. W. Young. 



R. G. Palmer has accepted a position 

 with Eugene Bernheimer. 



William K. Harris considers Ivory and 

 Maj. Bonnaffon as two of the best chrys- 

 anthemums grown today. 



The Germantown Horticultural Society 

 held the November meeting last Mon- 

 day. There was a good exhibit of 

 chrysanthemums. The remedies for in- 

 sects were discussed. 



The Chestnut Hill Horticultural So- 

 ciety held the annu^} chrysanthemum 

 show on Tuesday and Wednesday of this 

 week. It was a very fine exhibition. 



Robert A. Stewart has his new store 

 on Thirteenth street, below Walnut, in 

 nice running order. Sweet violets and 

 orchids are his specialties. 



The Century Flower Shop is making a 

 specialty of pot chrysanthemums this 

 week. Frank Gaul, the manager, claims 

 that they have sold more Uncle Theo- 

 dore than any place in town. 



F. L. Polites divides his show window 

 between pigs and Uncle Theodore. Both 

 are great seed germinators. 



A. B. Cartledge is enjoying a week's 

 shooting in the south. 



B. Stahl, of Eleventh street, above 

 Chestnut, had an order for Bremen, Ger- 

 many. It was well filled by the German 

 florist, so well that the recipient did not 

 know what' to do with all the flowers. 

 Mr. Stahl says a dollar goes three times 

 as far in Germany as it does here. 



Potter & Knott, of Fox Chase, are our 

 pioneer pansy specialists. 



J. Henry Bartram, of Lansdowne, has 

 earned a place in the big six Beauty 

 growers. 



Wm. Berger has some wonderfully fine 

 chrysanthemum seedling flowers. 



J. N. King, of Norristown, reports 

 business excellent. 



Bowling. 



The second and concluding scries of 

 games in the tri-city match was rolletl on 

 the Casino alleys November 8. Wash- 

 ington, which was third in the first se- 

 ries, wins the Pennoek cup by a (Jarri- 

 son finish. The scores follow: 



Washington. 1st 2<I .'{il 



Cooke n.'i 15(i 17.5 



O'Oonnell 17S 21.". 210 



Mcljpnan 1»4 1!)« 17.1 



Krnest 1.t5 14;{ 226 



Campbell 211 Hi;i 201 



Totals 1»1.S SOI »04 



Baltimore. 1st 2<i :{<! 



Ulrhmond 15.5 ISo 14H 



Kramer IS.T ll.T 152 



Boone 17;J VAi 147 



Kreh 170 im 177 



Seybold 18:i 172 181 



Totals 804 811 805 



PhUadelpbla. Ist 2d 3d 



Robertson 185 ia« ItW 



Harris 174 131 162 



Adelburger 197 168 138 



Watson , 130 170 149 



Connor '. /. . y 154 155 129 



Totals S40 790 738 



Totals iu first series: Pins. 



Baltimore 2603 



PliUadelphlt" 2548 



Washington 2397 



After the match the teams enjoyed a 

 supper at Horticultural hall. David 

 Rust, on behalf of Philadelphia, chal- 

 lenged Washington to a two-team match, 

 to be played in Washington, one team 

 from each club to consist of simon-pure 

 florists, another to be a free-for-all 

 team. Washington accepted. Phil. 



NEW YOHK. 



The Market 



The market last week grew more and 

 more depressed as the week advanced 

 until, on Saturday, it had maintained its 

 yearly reputation as one of the worst 

 weeks of the season. Election week 

 never fails to make this record. Weather 

 conditions, too, were against improve- 

 ment, the delightful temperature still 

 prevailing. The week opens with every 

 sign of storms, however, and the whole- 

 sale prayers for frost seem likely to be 

 answered. Now, if the horse show and 

 the football matches do their duty the 

 week will see the beginning of a long 

 period of prosperity too long delayed 

 already. 



The chrysanthemum shipments are 

 lessening somewhat and prices are fairly 

 steady. A few grand flowers have 

 reached $5 a dozen, but from 10 cents 

 each down to zero covers the general de- 

 mand. Roses went down twenty-five per 

 cent from last week's quotations, grand 

 Beauties touching $15 per hundred at 

 times, the supply being often beyond the 

 demand. 



Orchids continue to advance. Fine 

 crops are in the market. Violets do not 

 go above $1.25. The demand expected 

 Monday did not materialize. A good 

 many remained in the "strong boxes" 

 of the whblesalers. But the week is very 

 young and there will be none to spare 

 before it ends. Everything indicates a 

 satisfactory Thanksgiving. 



Death of Wm. Ghormley. 



Wm. Ghormley died on the night of 

 November 8. He was born in Chilli- 

 cothe, O., in 1839. In 1871, before the 

 great fire, he was in the dressmaking and 

 importing business in Chicago. He re- 

 moved to New York and built up here 

 one of the noted centers of this industry 

 in this city. He retired with a com- 

 petency and found in the wholesale flo- 

 rists' business a work that appealed to 

 his tastes and an opportunity for agreea- 

 ble employment. A partnership, formed 

 in February, 1900, with John J. Perkins, 

 was dissolved in September of the same 

 year and from that time until a short 

 time before his death he conducted one 

 of the largest wholesale cut flower enter- 

 prises on West Twenty-eighth street. H. 

 E. Froment, who was associated with him 

 during these five years as bookkeeper and 

 manager, purchased the business on No- 

 vember 1 and will continue it at the same 

 address. 



Mr. Ghormley was a genial, whole- 

 souled, progressive man and much es- 

 teemed by all who had the pleasure of 

 his intimate acquaintance. He had been 

 ailing for over a year, but bore his suf- 



