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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



DECEMBER 29. 1S9S. 



to it. The wholesalers were o£ the opin- 

 ion that it was in direct competition to 

 them, and the retailers did not like the 

 idea of getting away from their regu- 

 lar method of buying, but now that is 

 all changed, and it has become neces- 

 sary for buyers of all classes to pa- 

 tronize the market. It is better all 

 around; the grower can now sell his 

 goods without spending half a day 

 tramping the streets and the buyer' has 

 an opportunity to select the best of 

 flowers, without getting stuck, as was 

 the case when he bought at his store; 

 again a uniform price on staples Is 



more apt to exist, as both growers and 

 buyers can judge better of the state 

 of the supply and demand. 



Outside of the regular morning bus- 

 iness, and the selling of goods left by 

 the growers, the management do not 

 attempt to do any other and every- 

 thing sold is strictly wholesale, and 

 would-be buyers have to be known to 

 the manager. 



The success of the market has. to a 

 great extent, been the result of the 

 popularity of the manager, Mr. John 

 Walsh, of Melrose. P. 



CARNATIONIEVANSTON. 



We present herewith a view of a 

 house of this new scarlet carnation at 

 the establishment of the originator. 

 Mr. M. Weiland, Evanston, 111. A 

 vase of the blooms appears in one 

 corner. 



The variety is a sport from Tidal 

 Wave that originated at the above 

 named place four years ago. Mr. Wei- 

 land was then growing Portia, and like 

 other florists was on the lookout for 

 something that had the glowing color 

 of that variety and at the same time 

 with size, stem and other desirable 

 characteristics. He was fortunate 

 enough to find a sport of Tidal Wave 

 among his plants that met the re- 

 quirements. He promptly dropped 

 Portia in its favor, and as the blooms 

 sold so well in the Chicago market 

 and brought out so much favorable 

 comment, he was finally prevailed up- 

 on to introduce the variety to com- 

 merce. . 



The variety is identical in habit and 

 growth with the well known Tidal 

 Wave, but the color is much brighter. 

 The scarlet is a shade lighter than 

 that of Jubilee and has the glowing 

 quality seen in Portia. The stem is 

 not equal to that of Jubilee, but it is a 

 very much freer bloomer and the vari- 

 ety promises to be a "bread-winning" 

 sort, though it is now classed as a 

 "fancy" in the Chicago market. 



The flowers sent to the Chicago mar- 

 Ijet have been handled by Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., and they found them such 

 quick sellers at good figures that they 

 warmly encouraged Mr. Weiland to in- 

 troduce the variety. 



Mr. Peter Reinberg saw the "New 

 Tidal Wave" at M*. Welland's two 

 years ago and was so pleased with it 

 that he secured some plants, and he 

 -will in future grow Evanston exten- 

 sively, discarding Triumph in its 

 favor. 



The variety does best under the 

 same conditions that bring the best re- 

 sults from Tidal Wave. Its only ap- 

 parent fault is that the stems are rath- 

 er short during summer and fall, but if 

 the plants are housed in August long 

 stemmed flowers can be had by the 

 latter part of September. 



The photographs from which the en- 

 gravings are made were taken De- 

 cember 16, and the flowers shown in 

 the vase were cut from the center bed 

 shown in the picture. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The program and schedule of pre- 

 miums for the eighth annual meeting 

 of the American Carnation Society, to 

 be held at Philadelphia February 16 

 and 17, has been issued. The essays 

 include one on "Carnations From the 

 Retailer's Point of View," by Mr. Gal- 

 vin, of Boston, and Mr. Kift, of Phila- 

 delphia; one on "Commercial Fertiliz- 

 ers and Their Relation to Carnations," 

 by Prof. Britton, of the New Haven 

 Experiment Station, and one on "In- 

 door-Grown Carnations," by Mr. C. W. 

 Johnson. The question box will, as 

 usual, be a strong feature. 



The premiums are liberal and cover 

 quite a lengthy list of classes, and 

 there are several valuable special pre- 

 miums. 



Copies of the list may be had on ap- 

 plication to the secretary, Mr. Albert 

 M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 



VEGETABLE HOUSES. 



I propose building vegetable houses 

 for tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce, 

 and I would like to know if I can get 

 as good results from houses that are 

 about 12 feet wide, excavated so that 

 gutter line would be 15 or 18 inches 

 above outside earth, using solid beds 

 in range, or would it be better to build 

 a house say 30 feet wide and use solid 

 beds or raised benches. 



I propose heating my dwelling with 



same boiler that heats range, boiler to 

 be placed under dwelling house and 

 care for same myself. Would steam 

 or hot water be preferable? Would 

 say we have strong west winds and 

 mercury drops from zero to 20 below 

 at times through the winter. 



A. H. D. 



In reply to A. H. D., he will get as 

 good results from the smaller as from 

 the larger, in the matter of growth, 

 but at a much greater outlay in the 

 cost of building, and also in labor. 

 The most economical and practical 

 vegetable houses for commercial pur- 

 poses are those from 25 to 30 feet wide, 

 built low, with solid beds, and in your 

 locality of low temperature I would 

 strongly advocate steam heat. The 

 boiler for heating the greenhouse be- 

 ing in the cellar of the dwelling, the 

 dwelling may be heated from same 

 source. It is. however, desirable where 

 possible to have the dwelling heating 

 plant independent from that of the 

 greenhouses. Water heat will give 

 much more satisfaction in the dwelling 

 than steam. Henry W. Gibbons. 



CHICAGO. 



The Christmas Trade. 



The Christmas trade was fully up to 

 expectations and everybody is feeling 

 happy. Of course everything was not 

 exactly as to be wished, but the aver- 

 age results were decioeaiy ahead ot 

 last year, and no one has any serious 

 criticisms. 



The five days of the week that were 

 gloomy and wet made some stock very 

 soft and as a result a lot of droopy 

 stuff was forced into the market early 

 to save it. This was difficult to dis- 

 pose of as city trade was very dull. 

 Shoppers were slow to venture out in 

 the rain and mud. Fortunately Fri- 

 day and Saturday were bright and dry 

 and the city sales on those days were 

 heavy. 



Shipping orders were also placed 

 late in many cases and this resulted in 

 taxing the facilities of the dealers to 

 the limit at the finish. All prime ship- 

 ping stock went well all through the 

 week though some of the soft stuff had 

 to be marketed at less than schedule 

 rates. Wednesday and Thursday the 

 receipts of carnations were rather in 

 excess of demand, but all that were 

 not too "dreamy" were placed to ad- 

 vantage on Friday. Of course whites 

 suffered more than colors. By Satur- 

 day a distinct shortage was noted in 

 almost everything, and Beauties and 

 Meteors remained scarce during the 

 whole period; in fact there is still a 

 marked shortage. 



Though many of them came late 

 there is no doubt that more shipping 

 orders were sent to this market than 

 ever before at Christmas and very 

 many of them had to be cut short. It 

 was also noticeable that the majority 

 of them called for extra high grade 

 stock at good figures. So far there 

 have been few "kicks'* from receivers 



