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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEH 15, 1900. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Current G>mment 



Though the warmth and sunshine have 

 brought out the mums rather faster than 

 usual, the demand has been about equal 

 and the better grades are kept cleaned 

 up. The flower shows seem to be bear- 

 ing fruit in the increased demand by the 

 public for this flower. Carnations and 

 roses are better both in quality and 

 quantity. 



Bertermann Bros, haa an opening in 

 the shape of a chrysanthemum show at 

 their store. The window was especially 

 fine, one-half being decorated with 

 American Beauties and the other half 

 had an immense imported vase filled 

 ■with yellow mums. 



E. A. Nelson, who has been suffering 

 from an attack of blood poisoning, is 

 recovering. He had the misfortune to 

 get in contact with poison ivy while fish- 

 ing. 



A. Wiegand, who lately returned from 

 Honolulu, speaks most highly of the cli- 

 mate and scenery of the Sandwich 

 Islands. He stayed in San Francisco a 

 few days on his return journey. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Society it was decided to have a flower 

 show in connection with the annual 

 meeting in January. It is hoped that 

 firms having anything new will send 

 some flowers. The date of the meeting 

 •will be announced later. S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Last week was ideal as to weather, 

 but the market was weak. It was high 

 tide on the chrysanthemum river, and all 

 its tributaries seemed to empty into the 

 New York market. Prices dropped be- 

 low real values. In consequence, every 

 retail store was decorated, every whole- 

 sale house was full, and the street cor- 

 ners were made veritable flower shows by 

 the gentry of the pavements. 



Boses are lower and better, which 

 seems an unfair condition, and one that 

 weather alone can remedy. All varieties 

 of cut flowers feel the overabundance of 

 chrysanthemums. Carnations have fallen. 

 Valley and lilies remain in statu quo, but 

 violets and orchids, if any change is ap- 

 parent, are stiffening and doing better. 

 The best violets touched $1 occasion- 

 ally last week, and will have no diffi- 

 culty in holding at that figure as Thanks- 

 giving approaches. 



On Tuesday the market still was de- 

 pressed, owing to the enormous receipts 

 of chrysanthemums, but a great volume 

 of business nevertheless must be done 

 where such large supplies are handled. 

 Orchids are becoming scarcer and prices 

 are hardening. The weather, after last 

 week's warmth, now is clear and cold. 



Qub Meeting. 



The banner meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club took place Monday even- 

 ing, November 12, 250 being present, 

 including over 100 ladies. Owing to the 

 illness of the president, Patrick O'Mara 

 occupied the chair. 



The nominating committee announced 

 the following candidates: For president, 

 Charles H. Totty and John B. Nugent, 

 Jr.; vice-president, A. J. Manda and 

 Harry May; secretary, John Young and 

 Alexander J. Guttman ; treasurer, Charles 

 Weathered and L. W. Wheeler; trustees^ 

 .John Scott, Walter Sheridan, Julius 



Roehrs, Jr., M. V. HallocK, John Donald- 

 son and Chcrles Lenker. The election 

 will take place at the December meet- 

 ing. 



Andrew Wilson and L. Poelson were 

 elected members, and Messrs. Savoy, 

 Meyer, Seren, Darlington and Neihoflf 

 were nominated. 



Bcsolutions on the deaths of P. B. B. 

 Pierson and George Burnett were read, 

 and a committee appointed on the death 

 of the father of Philip Kessler. 



The exhibits were numerous and excel- 

 lent in quality. There were many vases 

 of Bose-pink Enchantress, Victory and 

 Bobert Craig. The Cottage Gardens ex- 

 hibited 100 seedlings and novelties. A 

 vase of White Duckham came from 

 C. H. Totty. Appleton, Morton F. Plant 

 and Mrs. Henry Partridge were shown 

 by H. Turner, gardener for Howard 

 Gould. Beacon came from Nelson 

 Fisher. Duckham, Enguehard, Cheltoni, 

 Nellie Pockett, Bichardson and Mrs. 

 West were staged by Mr. McDonald, of 

 Somerville, gardener to J. B. Duke. The 

 new rose, Aurora, came from Paul Nie- 

 hoflf, of Lehighton, Pa., and two fine 

 specimen Whitmani in 8-inch pots from 

 Barrows & Son, of Whitman, Mass. 

 The report of the committee was com- 

 plimentary to every exhibit. The ex- 

 hibitors generously distributed the flow- 

 ers to the ladies at adjournment. 



The musical program under the man- 

 agement of J. B. Nugent was varied and 

 entertaining, lasting until nearly 

 midnight. President Scott came in, 

 lame and late, with his Clan McDonald 

 Glee Club of fifteen members and many 

 a Scotch melody was heard from this 

 splendid organization. The list of lady 

 and gentleman songsters is a long one. 

 Included were Misses Howard, Pollock, 

 Hafer, Tolgay and Cooper. The Misses 

 Bumie gave their pretty dances to the 

 music of the bagpipes. Miss Barnett 

 gave a recitation with great power. 

 Messrs. Bussell, Kelley, Lusk, Wilson 

 and the Bickards brothers added song, 

 dancing and instrumental music to the 

 grand ensemble. It was an evening 

 creditable to everybody taking part, and 

 one long to be remembered. The cater- 

 ing was fully up to standard; there was 

 enough and to spare. 



Nelson Fisher and Messrs. Patten and 

 Barrows were the eastern visitors, and 

 Arthur Cowee, the gladiolus specialist, 

 made his first visit. 



American Institute Show. 



The New York flower show this year 

 was multum in parvo — much beauty and 

 merit in few accommodations. The Berk- 

 eley lyceum is a doll's house as far as a 

 flower show is concerned, but all the big 

 halls were engaged and so the manage- 

 ment was forced to make the best of it. 

 Good prizes rewarded the exhibitors, and 

 large crowds were in attendance all the 

 time. There was no room for decorative 

 or foliage plants. 



C. H. Totty made a grand showing 

 with his chrysanthemum novelties. All 

 the familiar names of other years appear 

 in the prize list, and some new to fame. 



Peter Duff had the lion's share of 

 space, and deserved it for the magnifi- 

 cent plants he staged. The Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co. exhibited its grand new vari- 

 eties, Alma Ward, Mrs. Ward, Beacon, 

 Mrs. Tom Harvey, also Peary, Aurora, 

 Evangeline and Robert Craig. F. E. 

 Pierson Co. had a fine vase of Winsor, 

 for which a greenhouse costing $15,000 

 was erected as a token of its present 

 and prospective value. 



Lager & Hurrell h&d a table of as- 

 sorted orchids of the usual beauty and 

 value. Schuneman's violets were on top 

 as usual. 



Thomas Meehan & Son and John N. 

 May were there with a great showing of 

 hardy mums, and L. A. Noe, of Madi- 

 son, carried off the honors and the ducats 

 for his roses. 



The judges were Peter Duff, John 

 Heeremans, L. A. Martin and James 

 Ballantyne. 



Various Notes. 



Special preparations are being made 

 by the retailers to increase public inter- 

 est in presentation offerings for Thanks- 

 giving, great day of reunions and family 

 feasting. Out-of-town florists are re- 

 minded that telegraph orders sent to 

 any of the firms listed in the Eevikw's 

 retail directory will receive' prompt and 

 careful attention. 



At the flower shows orchids have been 

 the centers of attraction. There is no 

 doubt "of the steady rise in their popu- 

 larity, and many are awakening to the 

 ease with which they can be profitably 

 grown. McManus issues a monthly bul- 

 letin that expresses accurately the con- 

 dition of the market and its prospects. 



The Orange flower show was well man- 

 aged by Joseph A. Manda. Hale had 

 charge of the cut flower department. 

 He has a splendid store and conserva- 

 tory. His two sons manage the retail 

 business, while Mr. Hale looks after the 

 growing end of the enterprise. George 

 Smith, whose graduation from private 

 gardening to retail, work occurred a 

 couple of years ago, has built up here a 

 wonderful success. 



Charles Millang has rented the prem- 

 ises at 1 West Twenty-eighth street. 

 Here he will have more room for his 

 large retinospora and other importations. 

 His large stables will also be located 

 here. Mr. Millang had the misfortune 

 to have several thousand bush boxwood 

 badly injured by heating on the steamer. 



The sales of evergreens in New York 

 this fall have been enormous. Every 

 large hotel and apartment house in the 

 city is profusely decorated. Large ship- 

 ments have been made to other cities. 



Last Friday Frank Millang had the 

 misfortune to break his ankle. He will 

 be laid on the shelf until Thanksgiving. 



George Saltford is justly proud of his 

 record at Poughkeepsie, where he took 

 all the first prizes on violets. But it. 

 is only what one might expect from the 

 man who wrote "How to Grow Violets" 

 and taught the whole farming commu- 

 nity in Dutchess county an easy way of 

 getting rich." 



Beed & Keller are never happy unless 

 they have a new invention on the way. 

 Their last was the cycas leaf holder, a 

 wonderfully popular and practical thing 

 that is selling fast. Now comes a pot- 

 hanger, a simple wire device for hanging 

 pots straight or at an angle, and will be 

 on the market in two weeks. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended August Millang in the death of 

 his wife, November 5. That she was 

 universally beloved was attested by many 

 beautiful floral tokens. 



Russin & Hanfling are making a spe- 

 cialty of fancy baskets in odd designs, 

 with tin lining, for plants, which will 

 be used largely at Thanksgiving and 

 Christmas. Their factory is right in the 

 wholesale cut flower district. 



M. A. Bowe's wagon, horse and driver 

 had an interview with a street car and 

 an ambulance* last week. The wagon 



