Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw09amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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AT THE PALACE OF THE BLYSEE DECORATIONS AT THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. Superintendent of Central Park, New York; Harry Balsley, Detroit, Mich. The "Chicago wholesale Florist Club" has been organized, its objects being "To cultivate social relations, afford mutual protection against dead-beats, delin- quents and frauds, and advance the inter- ests of the trade." The officers are Flint Kennicott, president; Geo. Harrer (of Niles Center Floral Co.), vice-president; Geo. Klehm, secretary and treasurer. Other members are J. B. Deamud & Co., Corbrey & McKellar, Olsen & Hughes, Geo. Piepgras, A. G. Prince, A. L. Ran- dall, Reinbeip Bros. Philadelphia. The man who is in prison for stealing from a florist and who tried to commit su'cide a week or so ago was working for Messrs. Mvers & Sanlman of Wynd- moor at the time of his arrest. Haber- mehl & Brother of 22nd and Diamond had been on the lookout for him for some months, he having stolen $75 worth of plants from them while in their employ last fall. Messrs. Myers & Santman say that he was a good worker, being very industrious. They have found out since he has gone that they also were being systematically robbed, and many little things lost an-l missed have been found to have gone through his agency. Mr. Robert Craig has also had some experience in this line recentlj-. For the past year or two he has been missing tools, particularly valuable steam fitting implements and other articles that could be conveniently carried away. Finally Charles Calnan, a trusted employe who was about to leave, was suspected and on being arrested and his house searched n great number of the missing tools were found. He is now awaiting trial. Harry Waterer has returned from a visit to his home in England. He reports having had a very good time. During his Sta3' he saw some very fine carna- tions, much larger than fine flowers here. They were borne on good stout stems from 8 inches to a foot in length, but each flower had to have a small rubber band around the calyx. S. S. Pennock is now handling short white carnations by the bushel. C. J. Pennock of Kennett has planted about an acre of carnation Mrs. Fisher, which he finds is a good summer bloom- ing variety. From the way they are coming it they would seem to be as free as balsams; 50 cents per hundred is the price, but if 500 to 1,000 lots are wanted a little whispered consultation takes place and the dealer generally goes away satisfied. Mr. Wm. F. Eaton of Girard avenue is all smiles. It's a boy. Congratulations, Billy. Business the past week has been fairly good for this season. The heat has been something terrible. The ground about here is very dry and parched and rain is badly needed. James Verner has moved his establish- ment from Darby to Lansdowne. It was not a very laborious undertaking, as it never existed in Darby except on paper. K. Boston. Inquiries regarding the bedding plant trade in this section elicit the fact that in general this branch of the business has been more unsatisfactory this season than lor yeprs previous. Theseason was shorter, prices lower and the general demand not up to the average. The prices at auction showed a decided fall through- out the list. Owing to a light crop of Southern fruit and vegetables all the peddlers in the city turned their attention to selling plants, and knowing nothing about the trade slaughtered prices early in the season and recovery was impossible. The hydrangea seems to ha ve gone where the agaves went a few years ago, "into innocuous desuetude"as one grower puts it, and the palm and the rubber are spoken of as likely to take its place. Taken as a whole, considering the low prices and the very slow collections the bedding plant trade for 1894 has not left a very brilliant record. Saturday, July 28th, was sweetpeaday at Horticultural Hall. The display was not as extensive as on some former occa- sions but those that were shown were very fine blooms. With the exception of a small collection from the Bussey Institu- tion in which the flowers were shown with the pea foliage, none of the exhibits were entitled to any credit for the man- ner in which they were put up. Some of them could not be much worse had they been arranged by a five yearold child. H. B. Watts was awarded first prize for dis- play of named varieties and F. H. Blake first for general display. Nothing finer in the line has been seen in this hall for a long time than the col- lection of sixtv varieties of petunias shown by L. W. Goodell. The advance s'lown in substance and size of flower and novelty of coloring since Mr. Goodale made his last exhibit three or four years ago was something remarkable. W.J. Martin, gardener to N'.T. Kidder, « as awarded the Society's silver medal fir an exceptionally well grown and flowered plant of Ixora Dixiana, which occupied a central position on the stage and attracted much attention. A dish of enormous mushrooms, a rare sight at this season, won for Mr. M. J. Murphy a first-class certificate of merit. Mr. Roy showed several good bunches of hot bpuse grapes. N. F. McCarthy and W. H. Elliott will

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