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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



.l.xNi .\K\ IS. I'.nn;. 



TEILMANN'S HOUSE. 



'I'll.' :|.-ri],ii I i;mi \ I |i;_; I I I II >1 l:i I I ' i n 1^ t'rulll 

 :i pin i' . ,'_;| ;, |i h t:iki|i in llir i:i 11 III I 1 1 Ml llii'l'-i' 

 .if ( I II h iL'i I 'I'l i I :ii;i II II, \| ;i I iniii I in I., .i t'cw 

 .|;i \ - I »■ I'.ili' < h I |vl |ii;i--. The \ ;| I iri \ :i I 

 1 hr 1 i ,;lil !■- MipMiili^lil . ;i w iiit !• si'ill nut, 

 I W ■ ■ ll I '■• \ . .'l I - ,1 ^o I >li: I Mil \ I'lV W iclr- 



I \ i| iv^i'iiii ii:i I ,■.!. \| I . Tii! ii.inii liihU t li,-il 



II I 1. ir^ rXi-i'l Irlll I \ \, H ll ll i III : I 1 1 c I 1^ ll i> 

 nid^t 1 ll I 'Ijl ,1 I'll' W hill'. (Ml I ill' lu'lh-li 111 1 lie 



1(11 iiri' ( i:iiic .-iiiil Kill mi iil;ii. < r:iiif h:i'< 



■||\\;l\- limn Well Willi Ml. Tc M 1 1 MM II 11 Mini 

 ihi' i-|(i|i t'lir ( ll I i-! ll;:iN w.-l-^ :l -i.uiit. llr 

 -;iss w liiil''^;ilr .iihl ril:iil |iiiri'- wcii' tin' 

 -;uiir .-ll lli;i' till"'. *1 |icr ilii/.cii, :it 

 ict;iil ill \l:ii inn :iinl .il w lnili'~.;i If ill < 'In- 



M r. 'r.'ihiiii nil 'Iik^ ;. l:irL;i' I rinlf in 

 ii'llM'! i'l\ vil'-i-- ;iinl \\iinlii\\ linsn^ in 1 he 

 -,])iiim ;Mnl it will !»■ nnlfil tlnit lir lias 

 inalciial I'm- tlii'- iniriniM' almi^ tlir cil^ns 

 ot' 1 1ll' i-ai-nai imi liriirln'^. 



Tlir lilinlnn!'.-||i|i ahn slinw-- llli' slylt> lit' 



.•iiiist nirt hill |iiTiiliai- 111 liiis |ilai-('. 'I'Imm'i' 



;11T lln |i'lllill I'li'-t^. iilll cSrl-V few fl'i'l 



tilC li.ars .all' tnissrd willi ,a wire wliicli 

 I'Mii III' t iyhli'iicil iir Iihim'IU'iI at will. Tin' 

 roof also suiipoits tlio llow pij"'. vvliii'li 



I'Uns iloWll tin' ri'lltcT of IIh' lloll<r vus- 



pcnik><l froin . i Im .•i-os>pii'ri'<. 



HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS. 



1 woiil'l liki- to know wliv ihi'V al 

 \\a\'s sav to use h vdror yanii- .'irid o;is at 

 iii^ht. \\'liy c-an't it In' iisoci in tlir (lay- 

 time.' It inaki's it lia<l ;iliont liriuji an«l 

 vontilatiiiL; at this linn' of the year if 

 used al niylit. Two hours after opmiii"- 

 liie M'Mtilalois I till in ami lire up ami if 

 • reiM'ialiv ^i\cs iiif .1 sore clicsi ami dry 

 throaf for a few hours and I am not in 

 jTOod .•onditioii to siny at the fiinoial o) 

 till' In'sls, allhon;ih 1 feel like it. 



A. (1. 



1 know of no reason why this ^as 

 shoultl lie ;;enerated after dark any more 

 tliaii I'umieatinj^ with tohaeeo is always 

 done at iiieonx enieme after dark. Imt \\e 

 think the reason for liiis old estalilislied 

 licliof is that ilurinji the day. |)artieii- 

 larlv a day of luiyht sunshine, our plants 

 arc slightly weakened and they are less 

 able to resist any t,rases or fumes dele 

 torioiis to their health. 



As for anv troulile with your throat 

 or ehesi. you ha\i' not surely followi'd 

 the methods that, liave fur several years 

 lieen adxised fur ueneratiny; this jias or 

 you would have no oceasion to moderate 

 the temperature of ihi- house or inter- 

 fere with ventilation. An hour lief ore 

 sunset you ean put your jars in phu-e, 

 mix tlie water and sulphiirii- arid, drop 

 in vour jiarcels of eyaniile, lock your 

 house and go home and eontemplate the 

 liiial going home of myriatis of black, 

 brown and gn'cn ajihis. W. S. 



TWIN CITIES. 



The Market. 



lousiness the ]iast week has lieen very 

 dull. Ooeasionally one would be favoreil 

 with a funeral order, but as a rule there 

 \\as jiractically nothing doing. Prices 

 reiiuiined firm. Sto<k is coining in stead- 

 ily, and it appears that the supjdy about 

 .■quals the demand. While some stores 

 were carrying heavy stocks at the end of 

 the week," by inquiry it was fouml to be 

 -tock shipped in i'rom outside points. 

 < )ur growers arc not cutting niu(di stock, 

 j.ossibly on aecouiit of the cloudy weather 

 tliat we have had the past week, liut 



llnie :ippr;us to lir ro n>^idi ' I'.'l 1 1 li ■ -^lock ill 



Ihi 



Minneapolis. 



ill'' I'liWeiv Melr;i 111 i le ( 'o. apjieais to 



lie di-po>iiiL; of considerable stock, but 

 iiiii>t (it it i~. ot' ;i siToiid grade; fiu' in- 

 st.illre. i;i in.'l t il i|l^ thai sell for 7") <-eiits a 

 dozei: ;;liil lose-, tor *I.'_'.~i and .*l.."in a 

 d'l/eii. Owiiil; to till' i^ieat number nt' 

 pi'ii|ili' thai p.'i^s Ihi-ough tlieil' place e\eiy 

 i|;i\ i' i^ not III lie Wondered that tliev 

 do a lai'^e business. A small percentage 

 of them stoppin;^ al the cut tlower de 

 pai'tineiit insures ;i ^ooil trade. 



Swansoii seems to lie iloiiig Nciy well, 

 lb' has a line. attracli\e pl.-u-e and, while 

 business is nit riishino, the|-e ;ii-(> some 

 good sa les. 



The New York florist, located in the 

 Nicollet hotel block, are disposing ot' 

 large numbers of carnations, which are 

 a specialty w it h t his concern. 



There was some demand for llowcrs 

 for the \ictiiiis of the West hotel lire, 

 but as the m.-ijority ot' the unfoi't iinates 

 were from a considerable (listaiice fi'oin 

 here, tin; dem.'ind was not as hea\y as it 

 w oidd ot herw ise liaxc been. 



St. Paul. 



The A\rit('r had the jdeasiire of a call 

 at the St. Paul I'loral (Jo. ]dant. run by 

 l"i';nik (lustafson. formerly of \j. L. May 

 \ < 'o. In all he has about 33,000 feet of 

 glass. Prides and Mai<ls are grown prin- 

 cipally and, while the weatlier has been 

 against us, he is cutting some good stock 

 daily. He also has some Knchantress 

 carnations A\hich are very good. Jubi- 

 lee is still orow 11 here and seems to be a 

 success. 



A short distance from the St. Paul 

 l''loral Co. is the plant of X. i\ Hansen, 

 who glows nothing out carnations, and 

 they are all fine. He has for a white 

 The (^iieeii, with which he has been very 

 successful. He lias also had good 

 success with Knchantross ami I'Mamiiigo. 

 <!iiardian Angel is grown e.\teiisi\ ely. .Mr. 

 Hansen is to he complimented (ui the 

 neatness in which his houses are kejd. 

 A few years ago .Mr. Hansen started with 

 one small house; today he has five houses 

 •_'4xll)n feet, which is evidence of thrift 

 .'ind energy. 



Among the callers for the past week 

 were .7. P. Wilcox, ('ouncil ]ilu(fs; J. 

 Jensei:. Ilillegom. Holland; J. (.^. A. 

 Turiibull. representing P. H. Hunt, C'hi- 

 c;i<>o. Pki.IX. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market ludds its own. which means 

 that it is ;is good ;is usual at this season 

 of the year and juices hold fairly steady. 

 This is perhaps due as much to the lim- 

 ited shipments as 1o any other cause, 

 nothing unusual in the way of weddings 

 .•I lid funerals haxing taken jdaee since 

 oiir last re]>ort. This week the largest 

 automobile show the world has ever seen 

 may I'urnish power to give a little more 

 speed to society's demand. 



< ill-nations have lieeii retrograding in 

 price during the past week, but close at 

 iiaiid is McKinley day. more talked of 

 and written about than ever before and 

 more likely to be observed. 



I. i lies are in good demand at advanc- 

 ing prices. X'iolets arc aljundant and 

 non aggressive. Jt is hard work to force 

 the piiee above 75 cents for the very 

 best. .May as w(dl call it an "off year" 

 for violets and have done with it. Some 



slo k lie;iins to irgaiii its natural jici 

 fume ;;u;,iii. This sells readily. 



< 'rchiils hold steadily and there i- 

 ne\ei -III overstock. There is ton bi;^ ; 

 held now for that, .•iiid too limited : 

 ^iijiply till- this bii; couiii ly. 



Various Notes. 



Till .•innnal diniiei' of the .\e\v \\t\l 

 Plnrisls" ('lull will lake jdace at, the .'->i 

 heiiis hnli'l Saturday evening, l'"clu'uai-\ 

 :'.. Tickets may lii> had of Walter I' 

 Sheridan, ;;!• West Twenty-eighth st i-eet . 



The exnlliceis nf the New N'olk Pin 

 lists' (Inb have formed an association 

 for inutnal beiielit and reuniiui, iiiau 

 guiating its e.xisteiice with a dinner ai 

 line of the f.-iaious hostelries. All the 

 presidents, v ice- j) residents, secretaries, 

 treasurers and trustees are eligible :ind 

 eiit liusiast ic as to its success. 



.lohn Scott, tli(> new ju'esident, is a 

 bn-^y man. with greenhouse building and 

 Scottii shipments and the absorbing 

 duties nl his new ollice. He was in at 

 teihbince at the first meeting of the out 

 ing committee last vvcek, where comjiletc; 

 .•iirangemeiits were made for the club's 

 annual holiday. Pilieral donations weie 

 assurt'd and the <-omniittee, with Wheeler 

 .'IS chairman, promises something much 

 larger than usual. 



'Che ball of the wholesale employees 

 was a great success. At midnight there 

 must have been nearly 1.000 in the grand 

 march, the enormous lloor space being 

 entirely fillcMl. The decorations were jiro- 

 fiise and to Prank Sheehan belongs the 

 credit, ('hristmas trees and an abund- 

 am I' of lvcoj)odiuni loping were used and 

 llowcrs were distributed to the ladies. 

 The wlndesale and retail houses bought 

 tickets liberally and the boys figured up 

 a handsome i>rofit as the result of their 

 enterprise. The officers were: Nicholas 

 ( '. Schreiner, jiresident ; Charles .Mat- 

 thews, \ i<-e-|iresident ; .lohn ]'\>ley, treas- 

 urer; Klmer (ireatfield, financial secre- 

 tary; .lohn l']genbrod, recording secre- 

 tary; Arthur Wiese, sergeaut-iit-arms; 

 I'Tederick K. Hohlman, floor director; 

 Cicorged. Allen, assistant floor director. 



So imjiressed Averc some of the retail- 

 ers jireseut by the success of the ball 

 that arrangements wore made for an 

 organization of retailers and their em- 

 ployees with a view to a similar event 

 early in March, at the Pe.xington opera 

 house or Madison S(|uare Carden. All 

 interested are asked to meet at the store 

 of Harry Hoffnieycn' on the evening of 

 .Monday, .Tannary Ji', to ])erfect arrange- 

 ments. .Messrs. (lottlieb, of Me<'onncll's, 

 .and (!ood. of Seallen's, are prominent 

 boomers of the enterprise, which can be 

 made a groat success. 



The Tarrytowu dinner came .along 

 AVednesday evening of this week, a little 

 later than usual. This is the only florists' 

 club dinner in the country I have met 

 where only temperance beverages prevail. 

 But its ])opnlarity and excellence are 

 jiroverliial and the men who miss it are 

 few and far between. There was a large 

 New Voik delegation and with it the 

 award committee of the New York 

 P''lorists' Club on a visit to the new in- 

 troductions of the P. K. Pierson Co. 



Henry Smith, a gardener, has brought 

 suit against Helen Could for $10,0(lii 

 damages for injuries received while 

 sfiraying trees on her estate. Jt seems 

 a chemical solution was scattered 

 through some defect of the hose, injur- 

 ing his eyes, face and arms. This could 

 not have been Kslcr's reliable hose, 

 which needs no insurance against any- 

 thing, not even hail. 



