. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 218 The American Florist. Feb. 25, Oceanic, N. J. The Monmouth County Horticultural Society held a lively meeting February 17. The ball committee reported all bills paid and over $50 surplus on hand. President George H. Hale had some fine violets on exhibition. Several mem- bers of the society offered prizes for an essay on "Eose Culture Under ; Only assistant gardeners may compete for these prizes. The papers must be sent in before March 3 to Secretary H. A. Kettel, Pairhaven, N. J. The judges on
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 218 The American Florist. Feb. 25, Oceanic, N. J. The Monmouth County Horticultural Society held a lively meeting February 17. The ball committee reported all bills paid and over $50 surplus on hand. President George H. Hale had some fine violets on exhibition. Several mem- bers of the society offered prizes for an essay on "Eose Culture Under ; Only assistant gardeners may compete for these prizes. The papers must be sent in before March 3 to Secretary H. A. Kettel, Pairhaven, N. J. The judges on these papers are: H. A. Kettel, N. Butterbach, Wm. Turner, Geo. H. Hale and W. W. Kennedy. Different committees appointed by the president are: Investigating committee, Wm. Turner, N. Butterbach, H. A. Kettel; executive committee, C. H. Walling, T. S. Barkuloo, H. Longstreet, John Yeomans and P. Hicks; exhibition committee, H. McCarron, W. W. Kennedy, H. A. Kettel and Wm. Turner. B. San Antonio, Tex. Cut flower demand is good but the supply scant. There are no flowers being shipped in at present, though it would seem that Kansas City, Memphis or Mobile growers should be able to lay their stock down here in good shape. A live cut flower store in the down-town district would pay well if the stock could be secured to supply it. Trade representatives from the Plant Seed Company, St. Louis, Mo., and Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated, Philadel- phia, Pa., were recent visitors. Omaha. St. Valentine's day business was good in spite of the extreme cold weather. Plant sales suffered, as it was impos- sible to bring them to the stores. Prices on roses and carnations went up 25 per cent. Violets are plentiful and sell well. Out-of-town orders were hard to get to their destination on account of all the trains being late. In fact, some express companies refused to accept packages on the branch lines. The coal proposition looked bad for a few days, but the worst is over and no one suffered except
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