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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 20, 1900. 



although their prowess in loeal vegetable 

 traflic and enormous pansy plant busi- 

 ness is well known. I imagine their acre 

 of open ground put to table vegetable 

 growth produces as much and as good 

 material as any acre in the state. And 

 I know it well, as it lies only a stone's 

 throw from nij' window, and specimens 

 of different products are almost always 

 on my table. Their pansy plant trade 

 now amounts to about 600,000 plants 

 yearly, most of them being sold' from 

 teams in the street. Four acres of 

 ground are utilized. 



For their new wliolesale venture they 

 have erected a yet imfinishod house about 

 200 feet long and a somewhat smaller 

 one is now in process of construction, and 

 a new office facilitates a growing home 

 trade for which three older houses are 

 well stocked, witli linuse j)lants and in- 

 numcralilo sliji-^. t'ni- next spring's wagon 

 trade. Tliey .1.. m.t ;illeet a costly style 

 of build, lull (l.i IhiiIJ \ery substantially. 

 An inten-iiiii; i\| niiiieiit in connection 

 with the house nnw building is that of 

 using "ereosoted" posts, obtained at 

 the Maiden rubber factory. They are 

 white cedar into which crcfjsote has been 



forced at a 



of 200 pounds per 



square inch, each post taking up about 

 six quarts of it in a thick liquid form. 

 It is claimed to make them vastly su- 

 perior in lasting quality at a very small 

 expense. I should consider it an ex- 

 periment well worthy of general trial. 



My excuse for prophesying enlargement 

 is the protected location of the plant, the 

 particularly fine soil in the locality and 

 the general makeup of the men com- 

 posing the firm. Tin ir i:ii ii;ition plants 

 were too lately -rt \.. ],.<\, |.i(i.luced very 

 much yet, but f<'i I 111 MM. -1 |i:ir( are look- 

 ing Al and will lie lie:n.l 111. Ill later in 

 the season. .7. .^. :\I.\\ter. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market- 

 Advance orders for Clnisiina- are un- 

 usually large and a- tin- -ii|i|ily will 

 probably not er|iial tlul .1 li-i m-h. :i| 

 least in high t;r:iile -iml,, iIn. |irr~iiit 

 outlook is for nime if a >liiiiiai;e than 

 usual. The market is rather bare at 

 present and many growers are undoubt- 

 edly storing up as much of their cut as 

 they dare to, though in many cases they 

 probably have little to store. The main 

 shortage promises to be in choice ship- 

 ping grades and it is quite likely that 

 there may be more than enough of the 

 overdone seconds and thirds when all the 

 storage rooms are opened at the last 

 moment. 



Seveial I.ul- .,i.i^,i,- -^ ,1,„, will 

 be a fail -m|,|,I^ m I:, i„i,. - !,„, ,i -Imrt- 

 agc iif M.i.Mi. ;i,,,j |, , ,i,i> ,,| \|:,i,Is. 

 Carnatii.ii- nf ile> m-i ui.i h ,m|| prob- 

 ably also be short in supply. Of the 

 lower grades the supply will probably be 

 as large as usual. 



The effects of the warm autumn are 

 not yet entirely overemne and though 

 there is much stock of fine quality, that 

 from growers whose cut usually averages 

 about No. 2 will this season be apt to 

 average about Xo. 3. 



About the rmly things nf which we can 

 be certain of an abundant siipp'y arc 

 Komans and paper white narcissus. Of 

 these there will he plenty and the prices 

 will be verv reasonable. 



One noticeab'e feature about the ad- 

 vance orders received is that thpy are 

 almost unifnrmlv for high grade "stock, 

 and there is no haggling about the price. 



If no seconds are to be used in shippim; 

 orders it will be apt to make a surplus of 

 the seconds at the last for the local mar- 

 ket to take care of, if there is any quan 

 tity of them to be placed. 



Any grower who has stock stored 

 would be wise to move it in pretty fast 

 as quick as Chrstmas prices go into ef- | 

 feet. Sunday will be the heaviest shiji 

 ping day and a good deal will go out 

 Friday "and Saturday. Anything that 

 is of shiping grade" should reach the 

 market by Sunday to enable the dealer 

 to get best value for it. 



Various Items. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held at the usual place to- 

 morrow (Friday) evening. At this meet- 

 ing the retailers will have an inning. 



Fred Anderman, the former florist of 

 Lake Forest, who was held at the Deten- 

 tion Hospital pending an inquiry as to |' 

 his sanity, has been pronounced sane and 

 given his liberty. 



The bowlers are keeping quiet till 

 after the holiday rush is over. 



Mrs. C. W. Pike, Racine, Wis., was a 

 visitor last Tuesday. 



BUFFALO. 



Ten days of hard freezing weather has 

 brought us to realize that Christmas is 

 close at hand. And now I begin to 

 think that we are going to have a soft 

 time for our plant delivery. However 

 much good sleighing may suit Santa 

 Glaus in his grand delivery, it is many 

 dollars in our pockets if we carr deliver 

 a flowering plant without half a dozen 

 sheets of wrapping paper around it. 

 You occasionallj' meet a man or woman 

 born in the 'Vermont hills who says; 

 "Oh, yes, I like cold weather; it's sea- 

 sonable." They say it because their 

 grandmothers said it. It suits the re- 

 tailer in all lines of business when you 

 can walk the streets with comfort. 



Buffalo hasn't been so gay with par- 

 ties, balls ami receptions for many years 

 anil a- t hi y aie well divided we are 



h I. .Ilk- iiMH as if Buffalo would be 

 well -ii|.|iliril wiih jilants of all kinds 

 but l!nx\,i~ \Miiilil li' -i.iree and high. 

 NiiMiiiln 1 \v:i- I .1.11 k iliiary month and 

 anytliiiiL' I'lii lax-nalik' for putting 

 pUinLs ill .-hape l.a producing good 

 flowers. Stores arc decorating very 

 generally, some most elaborately. 

 Ground pine is exhausted. We havcn-'t 

 heard from a reliable sMimr why tin 

 supply of this maleli.il i- -n -Intil l.nl 

 did hear casually IliU lie -Hppl\ m.i- 



giving out. If S(l -.nlli t IlillL' el-r will 



be found to take its place. 



Holly is here in too great abundance. 

 We give our order to the amiable drum- 

 mer in June for so many eases at a 

 certain price and when the middle of 

 December comes we could buy it for at 

 least one-third the price. If there were 

 as many cases sent north as there are 

 carloads now we could almost get along. 

 The price realized after paying freight 

 and commission will certainly make 

 some of the shippeis sick this viMr. 



The death of W. .1. Palmer. Sr.. was a 

 shock to us all. lOlsc'wIiere in your enl 

 unins I have attcnipti'd to tell ymi what 

 we all thought and what 1 knew of this 

 solid, good naturcd, sueeessful man. 

 We all looked up to Mr. Palmer. A 

 large gathering of the fraternity was 

 held Saturday afternoon and it was de- 

 cided to attend his funeral in a body. 

 A committee consisting of W. Scott. D. 



B. Long, and W. A. Adams was appoint- 

 ed to draw up suitable resolutions of 

 sympathy and condolence, have them en- 



l;Vii-..1 ami t. 11.1. 11 a t.i the family. At 



iii- luii.ial NM any .-f liiilVal.rs fore- 



nii.-i i-iti/iii- .111.1 ii \>a~ ii.u.liiMg to see 

 as lii,iiiiJi\ pall ii.ar.r ihe venerable 

 I'.ii. I lli.iiiip-Hii. -Mr. Palmer's employ- 



rii H Mill- niri' trait in Mr. Palmer's 

 charui-tei that 1 have not touched on 

 elsewhere. When he dropped business 

 he was as good natured and full of fun 

 as a school boy. This is a trait that 

 many of us eouid emulate to the comfort 

 of our fellow beings. He brushed away 

 the clouds that arc always ready to hov- 

 er between us and life's sunshine. 



W. S. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade and Personal Items. 



We have had our first touch of gen- 

 uine winter, the thermometer falling to 

 15 degrees and 10 degrees for the past 

 five nights, but the air has been crisp and 

 invigorating, the skies the clearest, and 

 the sun the brightest, so that it has so 

 far been ideal weather for the produc- 

 tion of flowerSj.at a time when every fac- 

 tor which makes towards the production 

 of fine blooms is desired and availed of. 



Good roses may be said to be scarce, 

 but if there is a shortage of these, there 

 is not likely to be of carnations, which 

 promise to be abundant enough to sup- 

 ply the demand, though in must cases the 

 quality is not of the highest grade. The 

 market at this writing (Dec. 17) is prac- 

 tically bare of violets. Whether growers 

 are holding their product for the end of 

 the week, when Christmas prices will 

 prevail, or there is a real scarcity, can- 

 not just now be told. There is an in- 

 sect enemy which seems to be doing much 

 damage, and we hear of some growers 

 who are abandoning the culture of this 

 flower, discouraged by the enemies, in- 

 sectivorous and fungous, which infest it. 

 A few days ago one of the savants from 

 the State A'ji ii ultiii al Experiment Sta- 

 tion was ill ill, Ml iiiity of this city 

 eNperiiiii ill hil; nmiIi i i in. ■.lies to abate the 

 rav.ig.'- ..I 111.' I'l.i.k a] bis, but so far no 

 public notice has been given of the suc- 

 cess or lack of it, attending his tests. 



The Liberty rose is making a reputa- 

 tion here which first appearances did 

 not promise. Indeed, it is said that 

 more than one of our growers, disap- 

 pointed with its unpromising growth and 

 appai.ail l;iik -f viarir. lin.i already dis- 

 .,ii,lril 11, In: iu ni:iL' iiiiii'.aii , ti.'ry color, 



..iiiiiiii' h.iiiL'i .iii'l -1 ill. iipriglit stems, 

 all niii-pnr |. -lhi\\ ilial the new candi- 

 date, when well grown, is a sure winner 

 amongst the popular favorites. 



There have been an unusual number of 

 social festivities during the past few 

 weeks, and these, with some funerals, 

 where the floral displays were large and 

 handsome, have distributed a considera- 

 ble amount of business throughout the 

 trade. 



Mr. Theodore Eekhardt, a well-known 

 Cerman gardener, who some years ago 

 iTiel.'il a la 1 L'.' . .iiniii.i .a.il pla.i^ near this 



1 r-| I. Ill III 1 ■■ I'l "in ' I ^ I'lir contem- 



pmari.-. Iia- .Irln iiiiinil l.i r,<turn to 

 lairnpe. Mr. h'.ckhar.lt is an accom- 

 |ilishcd, all round horticulturist, a man of 

 agreeable address, and an effective and 

 versatile writer, and it is to. be regret- 

 ted that he has not been able to suit 

 himself with a position fitting to his 

 abilities in this countrv. 



