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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



February 8, 1906. 



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PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 



The retail and wholesale order clerks 

 of the Storrs & Harrison Co. are still 

 fighting for championship honors; four 

 games have been bowled, each winning 

 two. Last Thursday evening the match 

 was very exciting, over 100 employes be- 

 ing present. Here are recent scores : 



JANUARY 18. 



Wholesalers. Ist. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Bailey 132 127 135 394 



Kellogg 134 105 145 384 



HalUman 181 158 152 491 



Fitch 119 133 104 356 



Bartlett 129 162 148 439 



Retailers. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Murphy 195 146 188 527 



Advey 13."j 154 132 421 



Lynch 190 139 139 474 



Bmsley 14" 159 153 459 



Pool 110 146 124 380 



JANUARY 25. 



Wholesalers. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Bailey 142 158 158 458 



Kellogg 169 191 144 504 



Halllmao 174 186 114 474 



Fitch 123 121 137 381 



Bartlett 189 171 177 537 



Retailers. Ist. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Murphy 132 159 145 436 



AdTey 182 137 138 457 



Lynch 161 171 214 646 



Bmsley 152 135 179 466 



Pool 102 153 130 385 



FEBRUARY 1. 



Wholesalers. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Bailey Ill 130 148 389 



Kellogg 162 143 153 458 



HalUman 165 135 182 479 



Fitch 110 110 193 413 



Bartlett 158 140 184 482 



Retailers. Ist. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Murphy 187 129 132 448 



Advey 200 145 108 453 



Lynch 145 206 182 533 



Emsley 141 147 149 437 



Pool 123 112 143 378 



PERRY FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



The midwinter meeting of the Perry 

 Florists' Association was held January 

 30, 31, and February 1 at the green- 

 houses of A. N. Kinsman and wife, Aus- 

 tin, Minn. Those present were: W. B. 

 Perry, of Cresco; Mr. Springer and wife, 

 of New Hampton; Messrs. Sherman, 

 Wetherbee and Crome, of Charles City; 

 Wheeler, of Mason City; Clawson, of 

 Albert Lea, and Hall, of Osage. All 

 were disappointed that Mr. and Mrs. 

 Symonds, of Decorah, could not be 

 with us. 



The exhibit was good and showed 

 some fine grown stock, C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., of Milwaukee, being represented in 

 this line. Among other pleasant fea- 

 tures of the meeting was a trip to Owa- 

 tonna to visit the Clinton Falls Nursery 



Co. 's greenhouses. Everything there 

 looked fine and showed good manage- 

 ment. At the close of the meeting an 

 invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, 

 of Mason City, was accepted to meet 

 with them next summer. Mr. Wheeler 

 was then elected president of the asso- 

 ciation and W. S. Hall secretary and 

 treasurer. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANOSCX). 



The Market 



We are in the midst of an unexpected 

 spell of warm weather, the thermometer 

 reaching 80 degrees in the shade several 

 days during the past week. In conse- 

 quence, fiowers of all kinds are coming 

 into town with considerable rapidity and 

 the prices are lowering considerably. 



We have had the first good crop of bul- 

 bous stock during the past week. Nar- 

 cissi and daffodils are being offered by 

 the thousands and violets can be had at 

 any price. Carnations have felt the de- 

 cline in prices somewhat and a reduction 

 of about 20 per cent has been the aver- 

 age all along the Une. Eoses still con- 

 tinue rather scarce and it will be several 

 weeks before they will be in supply 

 enough to get lower in price. The only 

 really scarce article at present is maid- 

 enhair fern. The wild varieties are not 

 yet in in sufficient quantities to assist 

 the dealers and until they become plenti- 

 ful, the short stemmed, closely cut stock 

 will have to be used. Business is very 

 good. 



Various Notes. 



Jas, J. Karins, representing Henry A. 

 Dreer, of Philadelphia, is in town. 



The Society Hortensia, of Alameda 

 county, has changed its place of meeting 

 to Gier's Hall, Oakland. 



L. D. Fairbanks has gone on a two 

 weeks' trip to Portland, Ore. 



E. Hoffman, the landscape gardener 

 of San Jose, is in town. 



Owing to the large sales of hardy 

 palms for sidewalk planting there is a 

 scarcity of large sized stock in the local 

 nurseries. 



A great deal of funeral work was 

 made in town on Friday of this week for 

 the funerals of the firemen who lost their 

 lives on the government transport Meade. 



The orchid houses of J. C. Siegfried, of 

 Alameda, are in excellent shape at this 

 time and the display of cattleyas is the 

 finest ever seen here. 



A. D. Pryal, of Berkeley, is planting 

 large quantities of dracsenas on College 

 avenue. 



G. Rossi represents the violet maftet 



as being entirely glutted. The bottom 



fell out of prices during the past week 



and the flowers can be had at any price. 



G. 



OUTDOOR ROSES FOR CUTTING. 



The grower who expects to have a good 

 crop of outdoor flowers on his roses for 

 the early spring should keep in mind 

 that this is quite late enough to prune, 

 and if anything of the kind is required 

 one spell of warm weather will quickly 

 start the dormant branches into fresh 

 growth and opportunities will then be 

 lost. It is the proper season now to dig 

 and cultivate between the plants and 

 apply plenty of manure. It is probable 

 that we shall still have some heavy 

 rains, but with plenty ot mulching over 

 the surface there is no danger of the 

 soil becoming too hard. 



Regarding pruning, it should \)i kept 

 in mind that there is much more danger 

 of over-pruning than in not cutting 

 enough. Many of our finest varieties 

 need the least trimming; in fact, it acts 

 to many sorts as a severe detriment and 

 the shears should only be trusted in 

 the hands of a skilled workman. The 

 general rule, however, is to trim away 

 all the small, weak wood and save the 

 heavy, straight canes after topping them, 

 'xhis always encourages a growth of 

 heavy, straight stems and they are what 

 the grower is after. 



It is noticeable that there is a growing 

 demand for outdoor grown rose flowers 

 in the early spring. Not but that they 

 could be sold at any time, but there are 

 so few grown in proportion to the 

 amounts cut under glass that the public 

 has little chance to obtain them. Many 

 of the varieties considered the least sat- 

 isfactory under glass are among the most 

 magnificent when flowered outdoors. 

 Quite a number of kinds were tried under 



