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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Al'Ull, i:!. \U\ 1 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



rill- i|;ilk Hill ciidl wnililrl wliicli |ili' 



■ iilnl \:\>\ \\>'('l; -.ImtIi'Ik (I ii|i n'i-<'i|iK to 



-iirii ;ili rxtc'lll lli:il |iiiriii;i| juirc^ ll'^uill 



ii'iyiii'ii. Il 'iNu kc|ii sliii-k ill :;iKii| ■-li:.|r(', 

 icu the i|ii.-ilil V lit' (-III )l(i\\i'!> is line, iii- 

 ii'Cil. 'I'lii' ^'i|i|ily 111' carnal idiis ami roses 

 was ciin.-il "m ihc ilniiainl, -while \alloy, 

 ,ii)lct-~ ami ImiIImiiss sIikU \\<'if a lillK' 

 iiidic jili'iil i t III. 'i'hc iiiily tldWt'is ill wiiicli 

 I dcridfil sliuriay.' IS t'i'li arc .\iiifncan 

 I'-eaiilics: rxiii the riiiraiio market was 

 .il' liip liel|i when lliis Jilie of stock uas 

 . alleil f.ii. Willi sinilax is also a thing 



■ if the jiasi lor this s.asoii. <'ommou 

 li'Mis lirareil ii|i snmi'wh.at ami now cdiu- 

 Mianij s- 1 ]iei thonsanil. Tin' sniiply of 

 Kaster lilies, lioth plants .ami riil tinwers. 

 \\ ill lie ei|nal to the ileiiiaml. 



Various Notes. 



\t t he rliili met I ihL;. N pt il (i, \ ai ims 

 Injurs . r iiit<rest eaiM" n|i aiel erea'cn 

 seine eiu hiisiasi;,. 'J"he eiiiert iiiiiiie:it .■i>m- 

 inittee was I'lnpciv. erei! M arraiaH' t 'e' :! 

 May jiarty ^nmetime next month. Xii- 

 Zweit'i-i enti'lt .aiiieii liiosi- ]ii\'se!it w i ! h a 

 '.iriet' (h'Srri 01 loll I't' his triji 'o the !'>o'- 



le.ll eoa\ ein i'MI. pin- the iiiiil'eriM's suh 



trips. 



The I'loll-t^" i'.iiwlliij; l,r;i^',M'' Insl ilie 



tina! iritili with the ()i|aliiias. which ^\ as 

 lolleil ;it Son'ienliei';^ "s. mi Thiiil street. 

 .April 7. Thus the tjoiists lost two ont 

 of three Rami's. .Xcinr.jinL; to pnsenl 

 plans, the Jot-il Imy^ will jmu'iey to < hi 

 caj^o May 7 to mil the retiirn ;,ame. 

 Anyone ilosirint; to lie in it ( for all aic 

 w('!'-ome), kimll-,- int'eiin (Inst K'lisch. csre 

 of Holtoii \- Jlnnkel <d.. who is the man 

 in charge. 



William < iirrie. <. i. I'ollwoiih ami 

 \ic /weif'el. who attemleil the JJostun 

 eon\cnlion. leluriieil last week. 'J'hey 

 state it was tlu' linest ami la;-;;es| siiow 

 this country e\i'r hml. ami a credit, in- 

 deed, lo Ihosi' who helped make il smil. 



The <i. 11. Ilnnkel ' r. ie|Mii|v a liea\y 

 call for jdiimosiis seed ot' late. Mail order 

 ; rade js liilly nji tu last year. 



The < '. ( '. ]'oll\\orth < n. cleaned lip oil 

 I'erle idses on I'alm Sunday, owing lu the 

 contiiaimt ion exeicises in the various 

 churches. The lirm 's )plant~ .and cut stock 

 tor Master ;ire all in jiiime condition. 



.Vt the gleenhonses of the Jloltull \' 

 llunkel < o. they have lieen Inisy as hees 

 shijpping jilants tor the J'laster trade in 

 all (lireet ions. At the time of writing all 

 the I pest stock is sjiokon for. 



The I'ox I'oint I'hpral ('(p., which fiPices 

 a large Ipatcli of pot jplants for J'"aster, 

 reports lieing cleaned out, with the e.xcep- 

 lion of a few spira-as. on J^ilm Sunday. 



The ^lueller iV Schroeder dp. is cutting 

 p'xcejdionally fine snajpdragons. which 

 command a taiicy price. This lirm "s cai- 

 natiiiiis. loip, .are iu fine shape. 



Jioy <'liriie. 111 the ( llllie lilips. (ii., 



says the lirm snld an exia-pt ionall v large 

 iiiimher lit' plants on ilie Saturda\' ]ire 

 ceding I'alni Sunday. 



J t' ImsinesS keeps lip the J., ace it set the 

 lirst day .pf thi- week, the IMIefsen- 

 Leidiyer I'll, can lie nmie than satisfied. 



(,'lirist I'efeisoii, lately from < hica;;o. 

 has opened .a stand for the sale nf jpot 

 Jilants at ."."! Martin street. 



William Zimmermann is ke<'ping up 

 with the Hums. \\,i niie of his latest jair- 

 chases w.as an auto. 



The following were \isitfirs: Kd Win- 

 teison. ('hicayo; James Mattlnnvsnn, She 

 lioygan. Wis.: Mrs. Miller. Mrs. J. T. 

 IlinchlifVe and Mr. .\. lams, all ,,f IJacine. 

 Wis. K. (). 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



r.alm Sunday made a nnitjne spring 

 leciiiil. i;,aily risers found the earth 

 completely cosered with winter's snowy 

 mantle. The warm sun of !Monda,v 

 melted this final reminder of winter and 

 rajiidly risiiiL; t emiKM'atiire gives hope 

 of the real advent of sjuing. The 

 |ilantsmen especially liojie to a\(>iil the 

 extra tronlile and e.\pt>nse of wra])i»ing. 



I'lices of cut flowers are steady, and 

 the iin|)r(ivement gradual. There wilt 

 lie enough of everything. l^'or years 

 ''pl'"i^ l^asteis'' lia\e l)een the fashion. 

 The chances are about ev(Mi again this 

 year for lioth liranches of the trade 

 and plants and cut flowcM's Avill vie 

 equally for |)ulilic recogniticm. The 

 wei'k o|>ens encouragingly. There is no 

 surplus. The leftover stock of last 

 week cleaned uj) rapidly. ]3eauties fell 

 to .".11 cents .\])ril 8. There seems to be 

 an aliundaiu-e of every variety of roses. 

 If \alu(>s ]is(> twenty live jier cent above 

 Monday's jirices for Saturday, it is 

 generally believed that this will be the 

 limit. White carnations idse to .*» cents 

 Ajjril 1(1. .\ll varieties are abundant 

 and quality is generally ]ierfect; 4 to ."> 

 cents will likely he the toj) (piotation 

 for l\aster. l'"ine cattleyas sold at 7.") 

 cents and even .+ 1 was jiaid for the 

 best of them. .V goodly variety of or- 

 chids .arc arii\ing and all of the best 

 whoh^sale houses will luive their share 

 for distriliiition. The shipiiing demand 

 is increasing all the time. kee])ing pace 

 with the more nunuTous and larger 

 sources of sup))ly. 



Then' will be fdenty of lilies, and 

 111 (I'lits seems to be the fop fpiotation 

 in )pots, and S to 10 cents -for the cut 

 lilies, at whi'-h figure most of the pre- 

 liminary booking has lieen made. Callas 

 are holding at about the same figures 

 and vall(\v is steady ;it .'! cents for the 

 high grade, with nuudi inf<>rior stock 

 selling as hjw as ,$l ])er hundred. There 

 are oceans of sweet peas, violets and 

 Haffodils. The best violets Avill be 

 .-carce. f iie experts say. but (pf the me- 

 dium grade there will be enough and 

 to spari'. Bulbous sfo(d<. (^specially tii- 

 li]ps, is a drug, and hard to move at 

 any figure. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 April 10. was of exceptional interest. 

 K'outine was quickly dispatched. The 

 dinner, reieplion. transportation and 

 legislative committees made reports and 

 were thanked, as were the donors of stock 

 f(pr the annual dinner decoration and 

 Alex. Mc(Jonnell for his decorative work. 

 IJobert Young reported all arrangements 

 comjilete for the club's outing ,l>ine 2S. 

 l.'esolutions on the <leaths of Mr. Kessler, 

 .\Ir. I'ioroski and (Jeorge T.oienz were 

 ordered. b. W. ('. Tufhill was elected 

 to membership and M. U. Ihiryea, Joseph 

 b'iib(rts and James Fisher were jiroposed. 



]-!xhil)its of the evening iiicludeil: 

 Calla Ellioftiana. from .lohn Lewis 

 (liilds. of I'lowerfield. L. I,, was 

 awariled the thanks of the club. (Jar- 

 nation Wodenctlie, showil by Mr. Whit- 

 ney, was given the thanks of the (dub. 

 having previously been exhibited by ('. 

 ir. Totty, tin' disseminfitor. Harry A. 

 lUmyard, general manager for Arthur T. 

 Roddingtrpn, staged a sjilendid collec- 

 tion of sweet ])eas, flowered from his 

 firm's seeii by William Sim, of Clifton- 

 d.ale. Alass. Twentv one varieties in 



many colors were included and a c\dtural 

 certificate was awarded. 



1'^. H. ]*i(>rson gave an interesting ad- 

 dress on the National Flower Show. He 

 said tlie total expenditure amounted to 

 .about ,^25,000. over .$S,00() iu ipremiwms 

 Ipi'ing aw.arded, but the admissions were 

 over ."fililjOOO. and he assured those on 

 the g;iara)itee list that they will not only 

 get their inoney liack, but a dividend in 

 addition. C H. Weathered spoke of the 

 many courtesies the New York visitors 

 to tlie show had received and .T. IF. Peji- 

 jiei- showed some views of the exhibition. 



.\rtluir Cowee, of P>erlin. N. V.. gave 

 a most interesting address on the gladi 

 (dns. illustrating his talks with colored 

 ster(>o|)ticon views. lie was enthusias- 

 tically cheered. 



The house committee, ]\l<'ssrs. b'curich 

 and Rickards oflieiating, provided most 

 appetizing refreshments and it is dif- 

 ficult to understand why only one-third 

 the club's membership attends these de- 

 lightful monthly reunions. Among those 

 present this evening were C. S. Lord, 

 •Minneapolis, and Fred I.JtutenscliIager, 

 Chicago. 



Various Notes. 



This will be the busit'st auction wetdc 

 of the year. Extra sales are announced 

 and the Fruit xVuction Co. is offering 

 sto<dc every day. with John P. Clearv 

 on the rostrum. Prices are at high tide, 

 hardy roses selling at from U cents to 

 ."!() cents eatdi. The crowds at Elliott's 

 and MacNiff's are double those of last 

 > car, mostly made u]) of suburban buy 

 ers. Easter flowering jdanfs are the 

 jirincipal offerings this week. 



Of the better grade of plants the big 

 growers announci; nothing l(>ft. The ad 

 vance ordcMs have lieen enormous. 



John l'\ Sharkey died April (i at his 

 residence, 102 West Forty-eighth street, 

 and the funeral services on Sunda.y 

 w(M'e attended by many of his florist 

 friends. He leaves a wife and son. 



The bowlers have decided to use 

 Tluimm 's alleys, at Broadway and 

 Thirty-first streets, Friday evenings the 

 balance of the season. 



J. J. Fellouris will move, May 1, to 

 larger and more convenient quarters at 

 IK) West Twenty-eighth street. 



Robert Rerry has become manager (pf 

 a large instate at (^ireat Xeck, L. 1. 



Patrick O'Mara is in the south. 



Arthur T. Boddington has returned 

 from a trip to Bermuda. 



A. T. Bunyard will open a Newport 

 branch in June. 



.Tohn Donaldson is convalescing. 



The new market is open, and the 

 growers are slowly changing to the 

 larger quarters at Fifty-ninth street. 



The first shipment of Easter lilies from 

 Bermuda arrived April 10, l.oOO crates; 

 price, n cents per flower. 



Arthur Meriift is in business on Ins 

 own account, on up|iei' l-Jroadway. in tlie 

 store formerly occuiiied by Menguin & 

 Westwocpil. 7\fr. Menguin is with Tlior- 

 ley and Mr. W'estwood is manager of 

 fleischman 's branch in the Pennsyl- 

 vania terminal. 



.1. \V. Merritf, of pjrooklyn. h.as moved 

 his florists' sufpply establishment to the 

 ground floor at .'JSO I'e.arl street, where 

 he has abund.ince of room and faciliti(>s 

 for a large business. 



The large dailies carry (juite exten- 

 sive advertisements of Ea.-<ter stock, 

 many of the large dejiartment stores 

 making their floral displays a special 

 feature. Trepel has this department in 

 three of these stores under his man- 

 ;ii,'ement. and his aggregate jnirchases 



