March 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



995 



Henry I. Faust, of Merion; has been 

 sending great quantities of fine Adian- 

 tum Croweanum (hybridum) to Edw. 

 Eeid. 



Wm. Swayne, of Kennett Square, is 

 cutting nice flowers of the new scarlet 

 carnation sent out by A. B, Davis & 

 Son, of Purcellville, Va. Phil. 



Rose Night* 

 The next regular meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club of Philadelphia will be held 

 Tuesday evening, March 6, and will be 

 known as rose night. All the novelties 

 or new candidates for public favor 

 among the queen of flowers are hoped 

 for and expected, among them Miss 

 Kate Moulton and Queen Beatrice, or 

 any other new variety of merit. Please 

 bring same, or forward them prepaid 

 by express, if not convenient to come 

 with them, in care of David Eust, Horti- 

 cultural hall, Broad street, above Spruce, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y. 



TWIN QTIES. 



The Market. 



Trade has been very good. The ma- 

 jority could have done more but for 

 the scarcity of stock. All varieties of 

 roses have been hard to get. Carnations 

 have been coming fairly well and the 

 quality is certainly good. Our leading 

 stores have had no difficulty in getting 

 $1 a dozen and in some cases $1.50 a dozen 

 for them. Violets l|xve been in great de- 

 mand and one safely can say that there 

 has been an increase of fifty per cent 

 in the sale of them this year over a year 

 ago. The single varieties are in great 

 demand and it is a hard matter to find 

 a dealer that handles very many doubles. 

 Bulbous stock is both good and plenti- 

 ful. Prices have kept up nicely, al- 

 though some of the department stores 

 are gradually working into the special 

 sales. 



Minneapolis. 



Will & Son will increase their plant 

 by 75,000 feet of glass. This, with 

 what they now have, will give them in 

 the neighborhood of 150,000 feet, which 

 is possibly the largest plant in this sec- 

 tion. The new glass is now mostly on 

 the ground, coming from Sharpe, Par- 

 tridge & Co., Chicago. 



Donaldson's have not as yet been able 

 to grow sufficient to supply their re^il 

 trade. "'' 



Rice Bros, report a good trade, and 

 80 far have been able to get good stock. 

 Their demand is not only local, but large 

 shipments are made daily into the 

 smaller towns. The care they take in se- 

 lecting good stock for their trade no 

 doubt will well repay them. 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. is sending 

 in large numbers of tulips, jonquils and 

 daffodils, also fine stock of the new 

 pink rose, Miss Kate Moulton. John 

 Monson says he contemplates adding 

 three or four new houses this spring. 



St.PauL 



The L. L. May & Co. greenhouses are 

 crowded with plants for the Easter 

 trade. They have had fine success with 

 the Killarney rose. It is the only place 

 in this section where this variety is 

 grown in large numbers. Mr. Hoffman, 

 manager of the retail department, re- 

 ports a large trade the past week. 



The Swanson Floral Co. has two large 

 weddings for this week. Gus Colberg 



v.. 



J. C. Rennison. 



looked quite worn out after working 

 until 2 a. m. Sunday, to get out a 

 large number of designs for the early 

 train. 



R. C. Seeger is cutting some very nice 

 roses and carnations, but has none to 

 sell wholesale, getting only a sufficient 

 number for his retail trade. 



The bogus check man is still in this 

 locality and it seems he is very partial 

 to florists, not less than four of our 

 dealers having been victimized within 

 the past two weeks. 



The social event of the past week was 

 a ball given by the Minnesata Boat -Club. 

 The' decorations were furnished by two 

 of our florists for advertising purposes 

 only. Felix, 



OBITUARY. 



Death of J. C. Rennison. 



In the sudden death of J. C. Renuisou, 

 which occurred at his home at Sioux 

 City, la., on February 24, the trade lost 

 one of its best known members. Mr. 

 Rennison had spent a lifetime of hard 

 work in the greenhouse business. He was 

 one of the oldest members of the Soci- 

 ety of American Florists, a regular at- 

 tendant at the conventions, a wide trav- 

 eler, a hale fellow well met in spite of his 

 67 years and he numbered as his friends 

 probably as many of those in the trade 

 as any one whose occupation is not travel- 

 ing and making friends. 



Mr. Rennison 's death came without 

 warning. A week ago he fell on an ice- 

 coated sidewalk, suffering a blow upon 

 the head which caused a blood clot which 

 resulted in his death. He had not been 

 thought seriously injured until the morn- 

 ing of his demise. 



J. C. Rennison was born in Newburg, 

 N. Y., in 1839. His training in garden- 

 ing began while he was a boy, in the 

 employ of Dr. Grant, on lona Island in 

 the Hudson, where grapes were grown. 



He was in the florists' business in New- 

 burg when the civil war broke out. Mr. 

 Rennison organized a company in New-- 

 burg and served until the end of the war. 

 In 18(33 he was commissioned for his 

 services captain in the Twenty-fifth New 

 York Cavalry. His regiment fought the 

 campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 

 and was with Sherman on his march to 

 the sea. 



At the close of the war Mr. Rennison 

 married and located at Bloomington, 111.^ 

 where he conducted a nursery business 

 for seven years. He then removptkt.to 

 C^ii«ago and engaged in market ^Ir8fen- 

 iug for nine years, going thence to SioUx 

 City and establishing the business which 

 he has conducted up to the present 

 time. At the time of starting at Sioux 

 City the product of the greenhouses was 

 Marechal Niel, Papa Gontier and Safrano 

 roses and jjot plants, the latter being a 

 large part of the business. Mr. Renni- 

 son was a thorough grower and in recent 

 years lias been very successful with the 

 carnation and chrysanthemum and also 

 with the rose, considering the unfavor- 

 ably light character of the soil in his 

 locality. 



The establishment has grown steadily 

 since 1882 and it is stated that the plant 

 is worth $40,000. Arrangements have 

 recently been made to enlarge the glass 

 and to locate the retail department in 

 a new and well appointed corner store 

 down-town. The business will be carried 

 on by the widow and children, Walter S. 

 Rennison and Fannie L. Rennison. 



The funeral was held February 26, 

 conducted by the Christian Scientists. 

 The Grand Army and the Knights of 

 Pythias were largely represented and the 

 local members of the trade were present. 

 A number of floral designs were sent by 

 those in the trade at a distance. 



Carkick, Pa.— W^m. C. Klein has only 

 recently returned from a prolonged 

 southern trip. 



