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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



envy of the clear skies of Denver and 

 many other cities nearer home that are 

 more blessed with sunshine than we are 

 at the foot of these fresh water seas, yet 

 we can console ourselves with the knowl- 

 edge that when they are blistering with 

 torrid heat or parched with hot winds, 

 sand, grasshoppers and general discom- 

 fort, we will have cool, enjoyable, balmy 

 ideal summer weather. A specially 

 choice assortment has been prepared for 

 the summer of 1901 and will be deliv- 

 ered on time. 



I did myself the pleasure a few days 

 ago to visit the large growing <»stablish- 

 ment of W. J. Palmer & Son. The grow- 

 ing end of the business was the delight 

 of the old gentleman, as we always called 

 him up to the time of his death, but he is 

 there no longer to guide it. Neverthe- 

 less we look rather for an expansion 

 of this big place, for W. J., Jr., is not 

 only possessed of excellent business tal- 

 ent, but lots of enterprise as well, and 

 it will be only the best structures, best 

 methods and most advanced ideas that 

 will find a resting place in this estab- 

 lishment. 



It is only justice to say that a lad 

 has grown up on this place — was never 

 on any other — and they are often the 

 most valuable of men — an enthusiast, a 

 worker, a lover of his charge, and con- 

 sequently a great success. This modest 

 but efficient young man is Mr. Barney 

 Myers. I don't know whether he has a 

 wife and bairns, but not likely, as he 

 would not have time to attend to them. 

 I congratulate Mr. Palmer on having 

 such a man to take charge of that im- 

 portant end of the work. The place 

 looks fine. Cutting lots of roses out of 

 three or four long houses. Barney shakes 

 his head at Liberty and says it has to 

 act better yet before it is profitable. 



I was most interested in carnations. 

 Lawson was looking just as a small 

 batch of 200 at Corfu looks, and that's 

 wonderful. Whatever difference of opin- 

 ion there may be about its color, it is 

 certainly the grandest habit of all the 

 large flowered varieties. He likes Mar- 

 quis as a flower, but up to date it is not 

 free enough. White Cloud was fine 

 enough to please any one, yet they don't 

 like its habit of cropping. Flora Hill 

 when at its best is preferred. Bradt 

 is here grown magnificently and surely it 

 must be most profitable. Strange to 

 say, they know little or nothing of stem 

 rot in all their houses except among 

 the fine variety Crane, and they are 

 about all gone. With two years' ex- 

 perience with Crane T linve not lost a 

 pl.iiif fi-.iMi .■iii\- i:iu-r. V> -.v fliis estab- 

 li-liMM III , . ii 111 1 fi rill ill. \ rllnw clay 

 ^'iii 1 M i ii-i iwi .'. I I ;. ■,,■!'_' or from 

 .-niiir .iilnT i:iu-c, L'li.'A •■].! Diiybrcak to 

 poifeetion. They would as soon think 

 of discarding Daybreak as they would 

 Bridesmaid rose, and from Daybreak 

 they have three sports which they have 

 whole houses of. One is a pure white, 

 one much like Victor and the other a 

 trifle lighter, with a faint stripe. The 

 average grower would say and with rea- 

 son, "They are good enough for me." 



Pan-American. 



Winter has arrested almost all work 

 in the Horticulture Department. All 

 shrubs, roses, herbaceous plants and 

 bulbs have been- amply protected. The 

 lily ponds were allowed to form four or 

 five inches of ice, which they quickly did 

 during the cold spell in December. They 

 were then covered with six inches of 

 leaves and on that were spread hemlock 



boughs. The protection given to every- 

 thing in the linrli.-ultinr Dcpavtinfiit as 

 iVell as Uiat nl iln I )i |m 1 1 im hi -i Wnrks 

 insures the 1" -t n-ult- m tin -|ii;ng. 

 The Horticultuir l;inl.linu i- mniplete 

 and decorating tin- in-tenor will soon be- 

 gin. This is the most handsome of the 

 many magnificent buildings on the 

 grounds. The conservatories are also 

 complete and steam heating is being in- 

 stalled and by the early part of February 

 the conservatories will be ready for oc- 

 cupancy. 



Two very large heated sheds have been 

 erected with ample light and heat for the 

 wintering of many large plants destined 

 for the adornment of the giounds. In 

 the greenhouses a great amount of prop- 

 agating is going on and hundreds of thou- 

 sands of lidding plants will be needed, 

 for no space where flowers or color can 

 enhance the beauty of the grounds will 

 they be omitted. 



Horticulture is perhaps considered a 

 small part of this wonderful exposition, 

 at least by those who take a special in- 

 terest in electricity, ethnology, manufac- 

 tures, etc., yet to all visitors the beauty 

 and adornment of the grounds must ap- 

 peal greatly and add to their enjoyment 

 of the whole. 



The Electric Tower has reached its full 

 height and the woodwork and staff cover- 

 ing is Hearing completion. It stands 

 now 375 feet high and there is yet a 

 noble statue to crown its summit. I 

 would not pretend to tell you how much 

 electricity will gleam from this great 

 structure, but I do know that there are 

 300,000 incandescent electric lights on the 

 buildings and grounds, exclusive of the 

 Electric Tower. 



The buildings are all roofed in and the 

 interiors are fast nearing completion. The 

 machinery building, the first large one 

 erected, is ready to receive exhibits. The 

 electric current from Niagara Falls was 

 turned on a few nights ago and those who 

 had the good fortune to see this magnifi- 

 cent building illuminated could form 

 some idea of what the whole scene will 

 l>e when completed. 



The midway features are quite dis- 

 tinct from horticulture, yet all members 

 of the profession, from the professor 

 down, like to be amused, and in good, 

 clean, novel and striking features this 

 midway will eclipse all that has ever gone 

 before. The picturesque and costly struc- 

 tures erected bv concessionaires consti- 

 tute 11 cil V ill itself. Wliilp iiiuil has been 

 more 11 liiinlnni <■ In W'\k ihiiii fiu-t. the 

 winl.'i I'll ill', wlhili liii- -M iiii Ihiii most 

 favdiiiM.-. Wnik .111 ilir l,mMiii-> lias 

 gone riglil along ami ground work and 

 road making has continued with little 

 interruption. 



William Scott. 



The Market. 



The supply has shortened considerably 

 since last report, and there is a scarcity 

 all along the line except in bulbous 

 stock and violets. First-class tea roses 

 are up to $8 and even culls will bring 

 $3 and $4. American Beauties are very 

 scarce and qualit}' poor. Good carna- 

 tions bring $2 to .$3, and fancies as high 

 as .$4, while the poorer grades go at 

 $1 to $1.,'50. The demand is good for the 

 season and the market could take con- 

 siderable more good stock were it to be 

 had. The principal shortage is in good 

 roses and light colored carnations. 



This Wednesday we are being favored 

 with some sunshine again, and if it 

 continues the supply will no doubt 

 quickly improve. 



Violets seem to have lost some of their 

 hold on popular favor, as they have av- 

 eraged rather poor sale this season com- 

 pared with last, at least in ordinary 

 grades. Those that were extra good seem 

 to have moved all right at good figures, 

 but unless they were markedly superior 

 sales were unsatisfactory. 



Business in general has held up fully 

 equal to preceding years since the holi- 

 days. The shipping demand is very 

 heavy now. 



Carnation Meeting. 



Tomorrow iFriilay) the annual car- 

 nation exhibition and meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held in room 517 

 of the Atlas block, corner Randolph 

 street and Wabash avenue. The exhi- 

 bition will be ready for inspection by 

 2 p. m. and the meeting will be held in 

 the same room at 8 p. m. 



On the same day there will be an ex- 

 cursion to the establishment of the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. at Joliet. The 

 train will leave the Rock Island station 

 at 11:45 a. m. and the party will reach 

 the city again at 3:45 p. m. A special 

 ear will be provided bv the Carnation 

 Co. 



Various Items. 



Messrs. Eugene Dailledouze, Flat- 

 bush, N. Y., and William Nicholson, 

 Framingham, Mass,, have been visiting 

 the growers in this vicinity. 



John Zeeh is testifying to the fact 

 that misfortunes never come singly. He 

 recently lost one child from scarlet fev- 

 er, and now another, his 7year-old 

 daughter, is down with it. And he has 

 himself been laid up oft" and on with 

 grip. 



John Schneider, of Kansas City, ar- 

 rived recently for a 4-weeks' stay. He is 

 one of the oldest florists of Kansas City, 

 having been there thirty years. 



Mcitellar & Winterson are issuing a 

 weekly bulletin and price-list in which 

 a great variety of supplies are listed in 

 addition to cut tloweis. 



C. M. Dickinson. Anton Then, Edgar 

 Sanders ami Fi.iiik I'llkc liii\c returned 

 from thcii' l.l.ix-' mp ilii-iii:li the In- 

 diana caniiiiiiii l"li IIh> visited 

 Lafayette, lii.liiiiiapnli-.. l;i. Imicind, Ko- 

 komo, Peru and Loganspurt. At Dor- 

 rrer's Mr. Dickinson was very favorably 

 impressed with Lorna, which he says is 

 a decided improvement on White Cloud. 

 Dorothy, seen at Richmond, was a nota- 

 bly improved Scott. Peru, at Peru, he 

 thought was extra good. At Kokomo he 

 was much impressed with Mr. Coles' 

 "three-decker" Golden Gates. 



At E. H. Hunt's the partition that di- 

 vided the store from the space formerly 

 occupied by A. G. Prince & Co. is being 

 removed and the available room ia 

 thereby very much enlarged. 



Bowling. 



At the series of league games played last 

 Monday nleht the boys got the bad end of It 

 for three straight games. Following are their 

 scores: 



G. Stollerj- 125 147 192 



P. StoUery 16G 157 132 



J. Degnan "" "" '"' 



166 152 157 

 131 135 173 

 161 198 141 



P. Hauswlrth 



C. Balluft 



A series of games to take In all members of 

 the club Is now being planned. These ' '" 



