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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 7, i ./j 



rovia, Pafific, Kosicic inul I'olly TJdso ar- 

 liviiiji. Ulics ar.' imw iiiostlv lonyi- 

 lli(nin)S, and xcll wcli. 



Asters arc iicariiif; llic end. 8iicli yood 

 llijwt'rs :is ani\f liriiiy .fl lo .til jicr Iniii- 

 drod. Cdsiiids is alniiidant. as arc 

 <laldias and tulicKiscs. Iml j^ladioJi and 

 swi'cl jicas arc aliniii oxer, (irccii stock 

 is ut' cxt-cllciit (|u;ilil_v and sclliii<r widl. 

 Tlio cooler ^vcatll<'r lias yivcn a little 

 fdlip to tlic ]ilant trade, an<l there is 

 now Some demand tor ne|ilii()lcjiis. jialms, 

 ficus and other t'oliai^c plants. C'hrysan- 

 themtims in ]iots have hern in the market 

 J'or a t'or1ni;iht, Imt are as yet oi' rather 

 jicHtr (jnality. 



Various Notes. 



Tile l>(i^i(in t '(•Mi|.erati\ (■ I'iowcr Mar- 

 ket o|iciifil lur liiisincss at the now stand 

 on r.iik street ( )ci(ilier I, in the baso- 

 nicnt id' William il. illliott's \vli(desiile 

 salc^i'coms. 'I'hry have a reduced floor 

 ^|iai-c. I)ut the hicaiidii is more ceidral 

 and lioht de<-idcdly Ijcttcr than at Music 

 Hall. With lioth wholesale markets and 

 William 11. IMIi<itt's >ah'sro(ims on I'ark 

 strri'i :ni(| the Walian • 'oiiscr\ atories ' 

 \\holt'>;dc drpiiit nnnt iicarliy, Hostoii 's 

 wholesale Jlower trade, apart from the 

 I'ommis-ioii houses, is to be fonnd \vilhiu 

 ,■1 •<mall ladiiis. 



The Ma'<>achiiseits Hort iiailt iiral So- 

 eiety will not hold a sprin<; show in 



Jl'll'. ilv miiiii eiMTi^ies liein^; devoted to 

 the eoniiiiL: liiu' (Hc-hid show at the end 

 of next May. There will he a wint(>r 

 sIma\ nil (ir alioni l"el irn:iiv lit and I'd. 

 with iiiinieron-^ ilas--es tor cut llowers and 

 jiot )ihMits. iind the !\\o wlndesale llowcr 

 markets will I,,. in\iied to Indd their 

 trade' show-, in eon iiinct ion with thi' 

 same. 



JleniV M. K'libilivnii \ ( u. life ercttillL;- 



busy, and fall trade with tliem promises 

 to be better than e\f'r. Their roses, ear- 

 i:atioii^. \ alley ami other liouers are of 

 fme (|iKdity, while tlu'ir trade in lifceii 

 j^odils cit' ;ill sorts is e.\ecllent. 



Tin- addition tn the I'ark Sircid 

 Flower .Market i< iiearini.'' completion, 

 and the additiiuuil spaei' thus provided 

 will be wehvmie. 



1'. L. f'arliime's new store nii lioxlston 

 street is one whirh attr.-n-ts iminy inter- 

 ested \isitois at jiresent. It is safe to 

 say that for .artistic arrangement it 

 marks a bi<r aih.am-e in this city. 



II. I). Kimball, ot' Waban. is shippintj 

 in some extra line I'linecss of \\';dcs 

 \iolets and caiiiat ions Ui the I'ark St leet 

 market. 



Lieut, tul. Ibilford. of Westoniiirt. 

 b]lii;land. who jiossesses possiblv the 

 finest private orehid cidlection in the 

 •vvorld, will be Mil e.\liibitor :it Boston's 

 bi^ oieliid show in I'.ilo. II. .\|e\andi'r. 

 the Well known ipichicl ;;rower at Weston 

 birt. will be (uie of the \ isitors. 



\'i^itors hi'^t Week iiieluded James 

 T^.;ii-klhuise. he;id o|' the iKited firtti of 

 James ]'.a(kliou<e \ S.ui. "S'ork. I-;ii;;laml. 

 whip^e speei;diie< ale rciw alpine and 



llcMb;ieeiMls phillts. 'I his is Mr. PiUek- 



Imn-^eV milijl \i-ii \,, (niiada and the 



State>. but he iv <,, t,-i\Mi;diiy im|ires>,M| 



lh:it he phiiis tci eiiliie .•|;^ai!l ncNt sum- 

 lllel . 



I'iiie li'iivid-,. iiiid 111 her chrysantlie- 

 miim^ ate :irii\in^ in the m.-irkets from 

 Willew Ijilj I iic>enli..ns,.s. fur whom 

 Thomas Tcyler is sah'^inan. 



I']. II. Wilson, the Motcil c(dleitor in 

 western and northern ( liin.a. who arrived 

 in lioston September I's. is imw ;it the 

 .\rii(dd .\rborctum. cLassifviiiir and as- 

 sistine; in the ideiil i lii-;it ion ot' the hun- 

 dreds ot' iH'W plants sent there by him 



dnriny the last two or tlirei^ yetirs. His 

 introtliictio;is promise, unless all siyns 

 fail, to bo the most remarkable addition 

 to the list of hardy trees and shrubs the 

 United States has yet known. .Mr. Wil- 

 son has numerous lantern sliih^s taken 

 diiriny his journeys, and these, it is ex- 

 l>ected, the ]iublic will have an o|>por- 

 tunity to sec later at Horticultural hall. 

 Fall business with Welch Hros. has 

 started in Avitli ;i rush, and all hands at 

 the roomy eni[iorinin on Devonshire 

 street iire beine kept busy. P. Welch 

 expects business during the comini;- sea- 

 son to beat all records. 



Sejitcmber proved a fairly normal 

 month. The mean tem]ierature was ti3 

 dej;rees, which wiis also the mean for the 

 last thirty nine years; the maximum 

 teni]ierature was 812 deoioes and the 

 minimum. Hi decrees. The rainfall was 

 ')A~> inches, or ].90 over the normal. We 

 now are euily .7') of an inch below the 

 normal for ]!)ti!), but have tin excess of 

 .'lol deerees in temjierature for the sum- 

 mer. 



li'obert Mont^oimu'v is senilini^ in some 

 extra ooud white ninl pink Kilhirney ami 

 Maivland roses to the new market on 

 I'aik street. 



.William Sim is mai-ketin<i large lots of 

 siiii;le violets id' extra tine (|nalitv. as 

 are' A. W. Kidder. .\. F. Comlev. 'Will- 

 iam Spillsbury. 11. 1\ Woods, ■ F. W. 

 I'letcher and (dlier specialists. 



A big alteiidaiiee is assured f(jr the 

 <dirdeners' and I'MorisIs' CInb meeting 

 ( Ictober ■_'•'). when .). K. M. b. Farciuliar 

 will deliver his stereopi iron lecture on 

 hardy bulbs. 



Wheeler iV Co.. of \\';ilian. are cutting 

 a s|ileiidid lot nf (attleya labiata, of 

 which they have stmie thousands of 

 llow('rs. W. N. <i{\ic;. 



CLEVELAND. 



Store Opening. 



(letobi'r -1 the .beies b'nssell (ii. opened 

 its new sliU'C at tln' colllel' ot' l-"ll(lid 

 ,'IV:'mie and iluroll load. The day select- 

 ed could not have been impidvid ii|ion. 

 and the attendaiU'i' was far .above the 

 expectations of the new linn. The niem- 

 iiers (if the Jones-h'iissell in. are Harry 

 Jones, Charles b'ussell. both t'loni the 

 (iasser ('o.. and .Mr. Kaiber. fiuinei'ly in 

 the retail trade <at .Mliaiice. ( ). This 

 store ninsl lie countiMl ;iiiiong the best in 

 the country, being situated in the heart 

 ot' the new luudid avenue business dis- 

 trict. The store was a bower of b(>auti- 

 fid jdants ;ind cut tlowers ;ind with the 

 tastid'nl airangt'inent throughout made a 

 most beaiitit'nl appearance. The immei'- 

 ous gifts sent in by the (li tl'ereiit florists 

 assine the iJo|nilaritv id' these young men 

 with the traih' and v\ere ;is t'nllnws: 

 The (la--ser < 'o.. papilin urchids; .Mrs. .\. 

 Schndtt. begonias; I'eiinock .Mcelian <'o., 

 oii-hids; v., (;. Wilson, handsnine maiden 

 li.air f 1 1 n plant; (ail I la/enbiiieer. I'ier- 

 sipid tern and sii;i]idraL:i'ii ; .Merkcl tV Son. 

 tuii large Hosloii terns; ( |evel,-iiid Cm 



l'!(iV\er ( 11.. \;ise nf I'.enuties; I,. I,. I.ain- 



iHeii. vase iJi'iiles and M;iid--; t'liai'les 

 IJaitels. vase fd" larnatiuns; i hwel.-ind 

 I'jorists' l^xch.anue. cattleyas; Miss 

 Schuereii. laiee j'.ostiin feiii ; William 

 Smith, b.'iskct of dalili;is; ."^mitli iV I''et- 

 lers. desk liimp trininu'd with violets; 

 Kiioble liros.. vase (if I'.eiuities; b*. (iam 

 ble. .lernsalein cherries; I'eter .Xiclnds. 

 large pKiston fern; ( . .\. I'.ramley, large 

 I'.ostoii fern; b'eeii liros.. fnncy fern 

 jdant ; loibert Crai^. crotou with urn; 



James F.adie Co., jiandanns plain 

 Wilson, cabbage decorated with 

 Kalin Vine Co., vase of roses 

 .Mason, liand-piiinted frieze; Miss 

 honeysuckle vine; and Gus Si 

 artitiidal mums. 



'i'he out-of-town visitors tin 

 were: George Wiegand, of Indi; 

 Ind.; Ed Bell, of l-'rankliu, Pa 

 Hartoii, of Norwiilk, O. ; and L. 

 born, of Alliance, O. 



MILWAUKEE. 



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The Market 



I']verything is moving along nh 

 I'eports fi'om all sides are that I 

 is good, with an ecjual sujiply. 

 aie agiun a thing of the past, but 

 ami d.ahlias are still coming in. 'i 

 ter .are of good (pudity, owing 

 favoralde weather. The rose ni;i 

 well supplied and has u good ■! 

 .More carnations could have been -ci. 



Various Notes. 



Carrie I'.ros. Co. was kept busy i h,. 

 week with funer.al work. They rai Mi,.r 

 on lilies and carnations. 



.\t Tlieo. Jioettcdier 's jdaco, ni I'mi: 

 tceiith stret't and (iroeling avenue, \,r\ 

 ihiiig is in ap])le-pie sliiipe. In t'.i i. i!. 

 stock iievc'r vviis so good as it is ; ■ I'h,- 

 time. .V batch of cyclamens in ' iih- 

 pots are especially tine. 



Fred Ilolton. of tin; Holton A hiiik^, 

 <'o.. hd't .Monday. October -t, for Mim. 

 ajiolis .and vicinity, to call on the Ma.l,, 

 Nil' Zvveifel, of .North Milwaukee, ;i. .11111 

 jianied him as companion ami bmlvj ;:n'! 

 They ex|iecl to return at the end • ■ ilii- 



week. 



The C. C. I'dllwoi'th Co. is dail.v i. .•.■i\ 

 ing a nice lot of roses from its W: uwii 

 tosa plant. 1 1 1. 



NEW BEDFORD. MASS. 



The Market. 



Uusiiiess continues about the 

 blowers are not i|uite so pleiitil'r 

 now. .\sters are nearly playeil o 

 t'ew late ones iire coining in; '•'<'• 

 iind oU cents per dozen, retail. 

 |irice. ('arn.'itions are getting .1 

 more plentiful; I'lO cents per dozen 

 retail juice. Sweet peas are all 

 Koses retail at from .$1..50 to • 

 dozen. S(.)me nice ]\Iy Marylah 

 now coming in. Early mums ar 

 jirriving. I-'lowers cuit of doors ai 

 in full blodiu, no heavy frosts < 

 ciuiie as yet. 



Dahlias .'iie now in all their ;^ldi 

 are looking line. H.'ihlia culture 

 New Hedford is all the go mo* 

 some granil varieties are to I'e 



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Dahlia Show. 



.\t the annual September show 

 b'hode Island Ibuticidtural Society 

 at rrovi(|ence September L'O and ■ 

 piincijial exhibiidis ot' dahlias we 

 1). Hathaway, .Mrs. 11. A. .lalin aH' 

 1'. Turner \ <'<>.. of this city. Sn 

 the New I'lcdforil dahlia growers 

 been t;iking sweepstakes at the 

 shows east of New York during ih 

 two or three weeks, and .-it the i 

 Island exhibit they sliowe(l blomn- 

 comp.ared favoriildy with those th.'i' 

 been aw.'irded tirst premiums else* 



The .New Hedt'ord juize winiM'r- 

 jis f(dlovvs: 



Show, eighteen blooms named * 



