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MAY 2, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1819 



1 -. i been long needed to meet the re- 

 'I'l.hcitients of their constantly increasing 



ijs; iness. , 



The wholesale cut flower business in 

 ];M)oklyn is also booming. Bonnet & 

 jiiike have been adding to their ship- 

 ,l.yfi lately and Wm. H. Kuebler has 

 Iv ■ u growing as usual. Both these firms 

 V ;! soon need room at their present 

 ,. 'o of increase and the City of Churches 

 )i J given good evidence that good stock 

 .,. 1 square dealing are appreciated and 



11. 'led. 



j'lie greenhouse builders are over- 

 \v : 'Imed with orders and contracts and, 

 ii rhey may be considered a sign of the 

 j:. les, all your western concoctions of 

 \\;;cat shortage, green bugs and railway 

 ( ..(ipctition are but shadows and we are 

 ,, ing to have another record year in 

 (I .ny department of the business world 

 iijmI in our own in particular. It's a 

 l>.id method of reasoning, this admission 

 of cycles of hard times that must come 

 ■Mitii'n because they have been. Expect- 

 ancy often creates results. Why not 

 cxjiect and believe that the future has 

 infinitely more of prosperity in store for 

 ii« than the past? It has. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The continued cool weather prevents 

 flie market from becoming overburdened 

 with stock and prices have remained fair- 

 ly good the last week, with steady trade. 

 American Beauty roses are quite abun- 

 dant, the best making $25 per hundred. 

 Other roses are quite plentiful and the 

 i|iiality, owing to the absence of hot 

 waves, remains better than usual. Carna- 

 tions also continue good and bring about 

 the same prices as a week ago. Violets 

 are practically over, although a few dou- 

 liles are still to be seen. Sweet peas 

 make 50 cents to 75 cents per hundred 

 and are still very good. Liliums and cal- 

 las are abundant and a little lower in 

 lirice. A few outdoor Yellow Trumpet 

 narcissi made their appearance this week. 

 There are still quite a few indoor ones 

 arriving. Some good Spanish iris is 

 seen, from several growers, and sells 

 fairly well. 



Gladioli are arriving of good quality 

 and make fine prices. Ten weeks' stock 

 <loes not sell very well and there are 

 more antirrhinums than the market needs. 

 In green stuff there is no great change. 

 The new arrivals of hardy green ferns 

 are appearing and will relieve the scar- 

 <'ity prevailing in this line for some time 

 past. 



Various Notes. 



Joseph F. Free, manager at the Park 

 Street Flower Market, has sent in his 

 ' esignation, to take effect March 15. He 

 'vill act as salesman at the same market 

 'or several growers. 



Among the many elioice flowers seen 

 U the recent club banquet, some magnifi- 

 • ent. yellow antirrhinums, from William 

 ■^wan, attracted much attention. 



At the same banquet it was good to see 



ome of the veterans "tripping the light 



fantastic" with gusto. William Miller 



n the Highland schottische and R. T. 



\IcGorum in the Scotch reel deserved spe- 



'ial commendation. 



There is a pronounced scarcity of flor- 

 ists' and gardeners' assistants in this 

 •ection. Even at advanced wages they 

 're hard to obtain. The main trouble is 

 'hat about every young man who has had 



a year or more of experience in America 

 wants to be a * * boss ' ' himself. 



Seed merchants are now very busy, but 

 report the season as an unusually late 

 and dragging one, owing to the cold 

 weather. 



The special list of prizes for the No- 

 vember show of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society will be issued in a few 

 days. 



April has kept up its reputation this 

 year for cold winds and ungeniality to 

 the very last. The weather bureau pro- 

 nounced it to be the coldest April on 

 record. 



Several of our local carnation growers 



Tbe Kdltor Is pleased 

 wben a Reader 

 presents his ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



tVE^ 



As experience is tlie bent 

 teaober, so do wb 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchange of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brousbt out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanshtp, spelling and gr&m- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 Bary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WK SHAUL. BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM TOU. 



started planting out their stock this 

 week, and planting will be general in a 

 few days. 



David Lumsden's purchase of the Var- 

 num Frost estate of ten acres in Waver- 

 ley, with several large greenhouses, will 

 give him a location very convenient to 

 Boston. While palms and ferns will be 

 specialties, much other decorative stock 

 will be grown and a large shipping trade 

 will be done. W. N. Ceaig. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



The Market 



For a month we have had such cold 

 and dreary weather that cut stock, such 

 a short time ago a glut, is now quite 

 limited in many lines. Especially is this 

 true of carnations, which have some days 

 not been sufficient to go around. Roses 

 of all grades are of better quality than 

 for a long time, and are also, with all 

 other stock, bringing a steadier and bet- 

 ter return to the grower. Violets are 

 having quite a good run ; in fact, per- 

 haps better than any time this season. 

 Bulb stock is about over, and on the 

 whole both growers and dealers have 

 done better with this class of flowers 

 than for many years. Ever since Easter, 

 plants of all kinds have been sold in 

 large quantities, and good rates have 

 generally been realized. Almost all our 

 florists, besides their regular stores, 

 have stands in the various market dis- 

 tricts, where the bulk of the plant stock 



is sold. On the whole we are doing an 

 all-around good business. 



Florists' Qub. 



A well attended meeting of the club 

 took place Tuesday evening, April 23, 

 in the Brent building headquarters, with 

 Vice-president R. A. Currie in the chair. 

 The topics discussed were the annual 

 field day, a rose and strawberry show, 

 the delinquent member question, and the 

 effect on the trade of closing of Green 

 Lawn cemetery to Sunday burials. Our 

 members are enthusiastic regarding the 

 rose and strawberry show, which will be 

 held June 11, in charge of M. B. Faxon, 

 I. D. Siebert and A. Wedemeyer, as a 

 managing committee. In regard to de- 

 linquent members, by good work our 

 secretary has reduced the number mate- 

 rially. At this meeting the display of 

 plants and flowers was especially good. 

 The floral committee awarded seventeen 

 points to R. A. Currie for a fine vase of 

 King of the Yellows and Kaizerkroon 

 tulips. An award of eighteen points 

 was made to I. D. Siebert for some par- 

 ticularly perfect spikes of white and yel- 

 low snapdragons. 



Various Notes. 



The board of trustees of Green Lawn 

 cemetery recently decided that after 

 May 1 no interments will be permitted 

 on Sunday. 



The Columbus Floral Co. opened its 

 doors for business at 187 South High 

 street May 1. Mrs. H. D. Jones, owner 

 and manager, is the daughter of Gustave 

 Drbbish, of the Cottage Rose Garden, 

 where she has for years assisted her 

 father, and she is fully qualified to suc- 

 cessfully carry on her new enterprise. 

 Your correspondent was informed that 

 their stock of plants would be supplied 

 by the Cottage Rose Garden, and that 

 the cut flowers and sundries would be 

 obtained from Chicago dealers. Mr. 

 Drobish, Mrs. Jones' father, is not only 

 the dean of the florists of this city, but 

 also one of the best known members of 

 the craft in this state. 



When the Fifth Avenue Floral Co. 

 has the new addition completed, at Sells- 

 ville, the plant will include two carna- 

 tion houses, each 27x400 feet, and one 

 rose house of the same dimensions. 



Mrs. E. M. Krauss removed May 1 

 from 209 South High street to 109 on 

 the same street. Mrs. Krauss reports a 

 continually increasing business, and as 

 this change of location brings her well 

 within the retail shopping district, she 

 should profit substantially by the change. 



E. F. Jones has started with bedding 

 plants at his stand on the Central mar- 

 ket. As usual, geraniums will be the 

 leaders, in two sizes, at 50 cents and $1 

 a dozen. 



A careful summary of the reports 

 from this section indicates that the cold 

 weather the last month has injured the 

 fruit crop to a considerable extent. 



The board of education has purchased 

 thirty-eight sets of garden tools, so that 

 each school building may be equipped 

 for the seed plantings by "the children. 



Blooming pansy plants at 5 cents each, 

 in paper pots, are this week one of the 

 market leaders. 



Graff Bros, made a special push last 

 week with violets. They report large 

 sales at $1 to $1.50 a hundred. 



Gustave Drobish has an unusually fine 

 lot of potted roses, in all the best varie- 

 ties. They bring 50 cents to $1.50 each. 



Zebo. 



