January 25, 1006, 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



639 



ago. Their southern smilax is remark- 

 ably fine and meets with a ready sale. 



T. H. Meade, late with Jos. Breck & 

 Sons, is now with the Schlegel & Tottler 



Co. 



John H. Cox, late with the Stump & 

 Walter Co., New York, arrived in Bos- 

 ton on January 19 from England, where 

 he has been recruiting his health for 

 over a year. Mr. Cox will represent the 

 well-known English nursery firm of Eich- 

 ard Smith & Co., Worcester, in this 

 country. He brought over with him 

 plants of the new Adiantum Farleyense 

 alcicorne. 



Welch Bros, report trade as unusually 

 good for the season, with little stock to 

 be carried over. Brides and Maids they 

 receive from Morris, of Wellesley Farms, 

 are very fine, as are those of E. T. Mc- 

 Gorum. 



Carney, the florist at the Siegel Co.'s 

 store, has retired in favor of S. Hynof, 

 the latter going from the Back Bay rail- 

 road depot. 



The plant and flower committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society vis- 

 ited the Peirce Farm, 'iopsfield, on Jan- 

 uary 17, to inspect a house of the new 

 carnation, Marion Peirce. The plants 

 were a mass of bloom, stems long and 

 stiff, flowers about same size as En- 

 chantress, but deeper in color, almost of 

 Joost shade, calyx good and flower very 

 fragrant. D. J. Kerrigan, the manager, 

 speaks glowingly of this variety. The 

 committee was very favorably impressed 

 with it and fine as it appeared grown 

 under somewhat adverse conditions, it 

 will be much better when tried in a light 

 and up-to-date house. 



Carbone is showing some good iman- 

 tophyllums. 



J. S. Butterworth, of South Framing- 

 ham, has a grand show of Cattleya Tri- 

 ansB at present, including several pure 

 white forms; also a fine lot of Coelogyne 

 cristata, Chatsworth variety. 



John Newman, Charles Cummings and' 

 Malcolm Orr are handling grand single 

 violets at the Music Hall market. Mr. 

 Orr and L. E. Small have extra fine 

 Campbells. W. N. Craig. 



WASHINGTON. 



State of Business. 



With a week of spring-like weather 

 trade has been fully up to expectations. 

 It has given a great impetus to the move- 

 ment in pot plants. Very fine azaleas 

 sell well at from $2 to $3, There is con- 

 siderable doing in pots of lilac at $1.50 

 to $2 each. In all the smaller pot stocks 

 there is good trade. 



There are plenty of roses, carnations 

 and violets to supply all demands, though 

 an occasional large order for American 

 Beauty or Bridesmaid is likely to cause 

 hustling. The indications are that vio- 

 lets will soon be a drug on the market, 

 at least if this warm weather continues. 

 A few gardenias are being sold at 75 

 cents and $1 each. Bed and yellow tulips, 

 both cut and in pans, are fairly plenti- 

 ful. Cut stock retails at 50 cents and 

 75 cents per dozen. Jonquils are, thus 

 far, very scarce. Freesia in pots and 

 cut goes well. Sweet peas, mignonette 

 and other stocks are in fair supply. 



The Decorators. 



J. H. Small & Sons have had a large 

 amount of dinner woin. during the week. 

 At the Wulard and Arlington hotels and 

 numerous private residences fine speci- 

 mens of their handicraft have been seen. 



On the night of January 19 A. Gude 



& Bro. furnished a fine decoration for a 

 dinner at the home of Gen. 'Draper. Pink 

 roses were largely used. 



Z. D. Blackistone is doing a large 

 amount of dinner and luncheon work. He 

 is also handling a fine lot of Simon 

 Mardner azaleas, grown by Robert Bowd- 

 ler. 



Geo. H. Cooke recently furnished a 

 very fine decoration at Eaucher's — the 

 Sherry's of Washington. The occasion 

 was a dinner of the Medical Society and 

 a large company was present. In the 

 square formed by the tables were many 

 palms and ferns, purple beech foliage 

 being used as a border. The cloth was 

 finely decorated with roses and carna- 

 tions. 



The Growers, 



Theodore Dietrich is sending in to 

 George Shaffer and others very fine vio- 

 lets, sweet peas and mignonettes. Of the 

 last named, some of the spikes clear of 

 the stalks are eight and nine inches long. 



J. E. Freeman, in addition to lilac, 

 azaleas, lUiea and other large stocks, is 

 showing a fine line of primroses, the baby 

 being very noticeable. 



Minder Bros, have a good line of pot 

 plants and are also making a creditable 

 showing in bulbous stocks. 



J. H. Small & Sons are best known 

 as designers and decorators, but they are 

 also growers, having a large glass area. 

 This year their stock of lilies, valley, 

 tulips and pot roses is showing up in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



Alex B. Garden is taking time by the 

 forelock in getting up a large stock of 

 Enchantress and other carnation plants. 

 He is also sending in good blooms of the 

 rose Gen. MacArthur. 



Various Notes. 



About the time the forestry conven- 

 tion was in session at the Willard, up at 

 the capitol Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, 

 was denouncing the policy of Chief For- 

 ester Gifford Pinchot, which has been 

 sustained by the President . "Count that 

 day lost whose slow descending sun sees 

 not some picturesque denouncing done" 

 — by a United States senator. And that 

 is well. It drives away ennui and serves 

 as a counter-irritant to what many peo- 

 ple are saying about United States sen- 

 ators. Publicity is the watchword of the 

 hour, let its light be thrown into the 

 dim recesses of the forests and we shall 

 learn of the hydra-headed grafters lurk- 

 ing there. Scotty. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade during the past week was not 

 any too good. The first part there was 

 little stirring in cut flowers; the latter 

 half, however, there was quite a little 

 spurt in funeral work, and a few wed- 

 dings and receptions. This made a fair 

 demand for first-class stock, which is not 

 any too plentiful, especially in roses. 

 Select Eichmond, Killarney and Carnot 

 are in great demand. Fancy Lawson, 

 Enchantress and Lady Bountiful bring 

 top price, which is now $4 per hundred. 

 Other varieties were sold for much less 

 the past week. This stock was very plen- 

 tiful and good, and sold as low as $15 

 per thousand. Bulbous stuff moves 

 slowly. Eomans and Paper Whites are 

 over-loading the market. Lily of the 

 valley holds its own? still more is in 

 than the demand calls for. California 

 violets were a glut. They were dis- 



posed of at from $j. to $2 per thousand. 

 Doubles are fine at 50 cents, with slow 

 sales. Fine stevia is in the market, with 

 quite a good demand. A great deal of 

 smilax was sold the past week and was 

 of a fine quality. Asparagus Sprengeri 

 is also in big demand. All other greens 

 are in full supply. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Schloss, representing Schloss Bros., 

 New York, was in town this week, as 

 was J. B. O'Neil, of Chicago. A. F. 

 Longern, who represents carnation grow- 

 ers, visited the local growers, selling cut- 

 tings. 



E. A. McPheron, proprietor of the 

 Cottage Greenhouse, Litchfield, 111., spent 

 Sunday in the city, visiting the local 

 growers. 



Wm. Schray, one of the oldest florists 

 in the city, is reported very sick at his 

 home. Mr, Schray is 72 years old but 

 his many friends in the trade hope for a 

 speedy recovery. 



Miss Badaracco will move from her 

 present location, 1408 Olive street, to 

 1414, a few doors west, which will give 

 her a much larger store. 



Very few from here went to the carna- 

 tion meeting at Boston this week. 



C. C. Sanders furnished the decoration 

 for the big Van Blarcom colonial recep- 

 tion the past week, at which a great 

 many cut flowers and plants were used. 



The Ellison Floral Co. had the Car- 

 ter wedding last week which, according 

 to reports, was one of the events of the 

 social season among the upper ten. 



George Schriver, better known as 

 "Little George," is fast becoming an 

 expert bowler, and will by next season 

 be found in the big league company. 



C. Young & Sons Co. has its spring 

 catalogue out. They are making great 

 preparation for a big spring trade. Their 

 shipping trade is the largest in the city. 



Nearly all the florist bowlers have en- 

 tered in the city championship handicap 

 tournament to open this weei>.. The team 

 gets 55 handicap in the doubles. Elli- 

 son and Meinhardt get 25, and Kuehn 

 and Beneke get 36; in the singles, Beyer, 

 18; Beneke, 23; Meinhardt, 18; Elli- 

 son, 16; Kuehn, 20, and Lohrenz, 32. 

 Ellison -will not roll with the florists as 

 he was assigned to the bankers. 



The league bowlers won their match 

 with the Enterprise team on January 

 18. Capt. Beyer was on hand and cov- 

 ered himself with glory by making an 

 average of 215. His high single game 

 was 257, the largest of any of the 

 bowlers in the league. Ellison, too, was 

 in fine form, rolling 185 average. The 

 scores were as follows: 



Name. Ist 2rt 3d Tl Av. 



RUlson 215 157 185 557 185 



Beneke 157 197 15<) 498 166 



Beyer 224 257 165 045 215 



Kuehn 140 139 164 449 149 



Meinhurdt 161 181 138 480 160 



Total 894 931 802 2.629 875 



Kiileipiisc 824 860 842 2,026 842 



J. J. B. 



SALISBURG, MASS. 



The Salisbury Co., belonging to the 

 Hon. Wm. H. Jackson, with Frank 

 Wrede, manager, had quite a busy time 

 at Christmas, and a number of funerals 

 since. 



Misses L. and A. Hitch, eight miles 

 out, report the best year since they have 

 been in business. They opened a store 

 in Salisbury last spring for the sale of 

 plants and cut flowers. They will open 

 again in March for the spring months. 



