The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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)iglit quality, so we look for a sucees 

 with this new firni. 



We had Mr. Withers, proprietor o 

 Amrriran Carrlrnivo. witli us on Sittiir 



W. W. Greene. 



day and had a good ramble over the 

 grounds of the Pan-American. Mr. 

 Withers was, to say the least, delighted, 

 and to use his own words as we stood on 

 the grand Esplanade, "You have got the 

 Worlds' Fair beat." Mr. Withers is tak- 

 ing a sincere interest in the cut flower 

 exhibits to be held during the summer 

 and we are grateful for it. 



Yesterday arrived a large delegation 

 from the woolly 'west — but Chicago does 

 not call itself west. It's the metropolis 

 of everything outride of New York Citv. 

 There 'was in tlie parly ]\Ir. J. C. 

 Vaughan, Mr. Barker of The Florist, Mr. 

 Kanst, Jr.. Mr. Beatty of Oil City and a 

 goo^ looking gentleman from Chicago 

 not in the trade. They saw about all 

 there was to see of our great undertak- 

 ing and they, too, were amazed and de- 

 lighted. Nothing pleased Mr. Vaughan 

 more than the wonderful coloring of the 

 be.Tulifiil liiiiMiiiL:-. As he leaned back 

 in :nliiMi Hi..!. m| llie Towers of the Elee- 

 lririi\ l;in!,|iii^ .iiul its charming tints 

 he c'\. l:iiiii(:l I hat "it possessed all the 

 component parts of a peach." 



I don't get around among the boys as 

 much as I used to and I miss little items, 

 and they must excuse my omissions. 

 One serious mistake was failing to tell 

 you of the splendid Xmas box that Mrs. 

 S. A. Anderson presented to her husband. 

 It was splrriiliilly timffl .Tud arrived in 

 perfect onln, .iihl ;i \, ,,- one of those 

 presents til. d xmii^Iohi i ir.- of or only to 



be used on slal. a-i^ais. We hope it 



will last as a joy for years and, although 

 the present may be duplicated a dozen 

 times, this one will be highly prized be- 

 cause its selection was a source of great 

 anxiety. It was in short (about 15 

 inches) a fine boy. W. S. 



GREENE & UNDERHILL. 



The firm of Greene & Underbill, Wa- 

 tertown, N. Y.. is widely known to the 

 trade all over the country through their 

 extensive shipping business in young 



plants and rooted cuttings and we have 

 pleasure in presenting herewith portraits 

 of the members of the firm and of Mr. 

 W. W. Greene, the fouirdcr of the busi- 

 ness. 



Whrn c-lal.li-lM.I l.y Mr. Greene, Sr., 

 in 1S7.">, thr .jia-- . ( ri-isted of but one 

 bou^i' li;\.,o 1,1 I .111,1 ii, was at first con- 

 cluriiil a- |iaii 1)1 Ilia business as a 

 x.ij, tal.K' L'l^urr. Mow there is 40,000 

 till ni L'la-- and the stock of plants 



a "partner in his fallni im m. in 



1878 and when W. \\ . '.i, - n-i 



about five years ago (ii.i, ii, I ii,l,ilnll 

 acquired an interest and the present lirm 

 name was adopted. 



A considerable local business is done 

 but this is exceeded by the trade in small 

 plants which are shipped to other flor- 

 ists at other points. New geraniums 

 have been rather a hobby with the firm 

 and any novelty that possesses merit is 

 sure to find a place in their stock. 



J. Frank Greene. 



As seen by the pictures the membeis 

 of the firm are in the early prime of lite 

 and have many years in which to furthei 

 build up their large business. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Good roses are scarcer than evci .ind 

 it is doubtful if first class roses Meic 

 ever before in so short a supply at the 

 season. Prices are held sharply up to 

 quotations in consequence. Of poor giade 

 carnations thei'e is an abundance but of 

 the higher grades there are none too 

 many. The general supply seems to be 

 somewhat less in volume than last year, 

 but demand also s'eems rather smaller, 

 though there is sufficient to keep roses at 

 a much higher level on account of the ser- 

 ious shortage. Carnation prices are av- 

 eraging rath'er less than at the same time 

 last year. 



Violets are moving more slowly than 

 ever and the returns to the grower will 

 surely run much below those of last sea- 

 son. Only the very best sell fairly w-ell 

 and these bring only $1.00 to $1.25 per 

 100. Poorer grades, or those that have 



been held, have been cleaned up at as 

 low ji figui'e as 5 cents a bunch and we 

 hear of some accumulations that failed 

 to "clean up" at any price. 



Ttilips are coniim.' in and are in fair 

 deman.l l..iii'' ina.le u. lake the plice 

 of lo-.- i\lai.\'i I — ilili'. Good long 

 steiinii.d l.a l;. n... Ix. i/. i Lroon and Yel- 

 low Pi nice biiiig .>! and -1^.) while shorter 

 ones go at $3. 



Local trade has been far from brisk 

 with the majority and funeral work has 

 (on-iiiuled the major part of it, hence 

 H Int. n.iwirs have had rather the best of 



'I lie ^liortage of roses is generally as- 

 cribed to the eflects of the long stretch 

 of unfavorable weather last fall when the 

 foundation was being laid for the pres- 

 ent season's work, the plants having 

 jiever fully recovered. Those growers who 

 got their plants through this trying per- 

 iod in fair shape arc the ones who are 

 now having the best cut. 



Various Items. 



At the mcetnu ol tin 1 loii^ts' Club to 

 be held toluol 1. \ iliili\) e\enin2; at 

 loom 417 40 I ill I l|li ^t the u-e of 

 linn 111 L'liMili 1I-' II inKtion w;ll be 

 til 1 II lil\ cli-eii-^nl ill. piogiam in- 

 lii I 1 I ijiLi by \\. N Kudd co\eung 

 1 I I n 11 in a genei al way and one 

 1 \1 (. II land on the advantages of 



I h iMii _iiitii mil mil post constiuc- 



II II Ii \\ ill nil I 111 t Ih hr r veiy in- 

 I 1 I iii_ 111 1 111 1 1 11 1 1\ iiK eting 



111 1 \l 1 Willi to Milwaukee Satur- 

 li\ \ iiiiu ind lepoit that they were 



I II 1\ ( nteitained during then brief 

 I i\ \ lull Apoit of the atfau appears 



III 111 Milwiukee news letter in this is- 



Geo. H. Underbill. 



Mr. Peter Reinberg is very favorably 

 impressed with the new pink carnation, 

 Mrs. Leopold Ine, and will next season 

 plant eight or more houses of it. It is 

 a sport from Tidal Wave and is simi- 

 lar to Evanston except in color, which 

 is almoct Moiitiral ,vitli that nf Crane. 



Its 2,-.,:: a.!>ar:t,,,.. 1- ,l,al ,, >,,,ries a 



big I 'mi 1-1 'i,a- . 1 . |., a I iiiir w Im 11 Crane 



has ^■JMI. lallv l».rll nalmr.l (n stand still. 



It originated with Mr. Leopold Ine at 

 the Bohemian National Cemetery. Mr. 



