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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FEBRUARY 9. 1S99. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Outside of red flowers everything is 

 very scarce. Meteors and tlie poorer 

 grades of Beauties are about the only 

 tilings of which there seems to be 

 enough. The demand is still the heav- 

 iest for white, but everything goes 

 well except the reds noted. The tup- 

 ply of carnations comes nearer to 

 meeting the demand than that of roses 

 and Brides are the roses most sought 

 for. Prices have not changed appreci- 

 ably from last week. The shipping 

 trade is heavy and all the dealers are 

 busy. The supply of violets has short- 

 ened and the demand is nearly (nough 

 to take care of what come In. 



Klehm's Novelty tulip is coming in 

 freely now and finds ready sale. 



Business has struck a steady gait 

 now and it is believed the season will 

 prove a record breaker. 



Club Meeting. 



There was another fine display o£ 

 flowers at the last meeting of the 

 Florists' Club, mainly carnations. An- 

 ton Then showed a vase each of White 

 Cloud and Mrs. Bradt. Both were ex- 

 ceedingly well done and the splendid 

 blooms of the White Cloud attracted 

 much attention, especially the tine 

 long stems. C. W. Johnson showed a 

 vase of Cerise Queen, which is cer- 

 tainly a grand thing. The writer fell 

 heir to part of this lot and he can 

 vouch for the excellent keeping qual- 

 ties of this sort. The blooms lasted 

 four days in good condition in a heat- 

 ed dwelling and retained their frag- 

 rance to the end. Jas. Hartshorue dis- 

 played a vase of finely grown Bradts 

 and another of the red sport from 

 Bradt. This sport seems to be well 

 fixed by several growers and bids fair 

 to be a decided acquisition. It should 

 be a safe thing to grow anyway for 

 both the sport or Bradt are good sell- 

 ers and reversion would work no finan- 

 cial loss. Jacob Rusler showed a bunch 

 of excellent Farquhar violets, of large 

 size and fine color. The certificate 

 awarded to him for his new pink car- 

 nation, Pink Beauty, was delivered to 

 him at this meeting. Joseph Reeve 

 showed some primula flowers that 

 opened the eyes of many. None were 

 less than two inches in diameter, and 

 Ihe colors were excellent. 



Mr. Reeve read his paper on "Bed- 

 ding and Window Box Plants." He 

 thought there was still a future for 

 plants for bedding and window boxes 

 and that there was a profit in them 

 when rightly handled. While carpet 

 bedding is going out of fashion there 

 is still a good demand for other sub- 

 jects and an increasing call for the 

 showier kinds of perennials, such as 

 poppies, delphiniums, phloxes, etc., 

 and he believed it would pay most re- 

 tailers to devote a few lights of a cold 

 frame to seedlings of these plants. 



Geraniums seem to be again grow- 

 ing steadily in favor, and promise 



to retain a leading place for a 

 long time. Cannas have come well 

 to the front and the low prices 

 must be attributed to the ease 

 with which they can be increased 

 rather than any falling off in demand. 

 Pansies continue to grow in popular- 

 ity. His best selling vine for porches 

 is Cobaea scandens and he believes 

 that Asparagus Sprengeri will be very 

 popular for hanging baskets. He finds 

 it pays to invest in a few new gera- 

 niums each year as they attract the 

 attention of critical customers. 



As a pot rose he placed Crimson 

 Rambler first and as bedders included 

 the improved varieties of Wichurai- 

 ana, Hermosa and Soupert. 



The call for window boxes increases 

 annually and the most difficult thing 

 to contend with is the desire of most 

 customers to have every color in crea- 

 tion crammed into one box, without 

 consideration of aspect or any other 

 local feature. He attempted to sug- 

 gest, but when a customer was per- 

 sistent gave them what they wanted, 

 though dissatisfaction was sure to re- 

 sult before the season was over. 



Before the discussion of Mr. Reeve's 

 paper had proceeded very far it turned 

 a sharp angle and bore upon the prac- 

 tice of wholesale florists selling cut 

 flowers and designs at retail, Mr. Ed- 

 win Eagle speaking quite strongly on 

 the subject. 



Mr. Geo. Stollery having asktd to be 

 relieved from his position on the com- 

 mittee on program, owing to illness in 

 his family, Mr. John Reardon was ap- 

 pointed to fill the vacancy. The com- 

 mittee now consists of Messrs. .los. 

 Reeve, E. F. Winterson and Jno. Rear- 

 don. 



Mr. P. J. Hauswirth moved the ap- 

 pointment at this early date of a com- 

 mittee to arrange for the trip to the 

 S. A. F. convention next August. The 

 notion was carried and President San- 

 ders will announce the committee at 

 the next meeting. 



Various Items. 



Daisy Reissig, daughter of Mrs. 

 Charles Reissig, died last week at the 

 family residence in Riverside, aged 16 

 years. She was a daughter of the late 

 Charles Reissig, at one time a leading 

 florist of this city. 



F. C. Mendonza will soon move to 

 43d street and Grand boulevard, where 

 he will have a fine new store. Adjoin- 

 ing the store and facing the boulevard 

 he is now having erected a conserva- 

 tory, 25x40, and two greenhouses, 

 each 12%x50, for carrying his stock of 

 decorative and flowering plants. 



Mr. L. Becker has a pink sport from 

 Armazindy carnation that is almost 

 exactly the same shade of color as 

 Scott. 



Charles Held is quite ill with a com- 

 plication of throat and lung trouble. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellis, of Mil- 

 waukee, returned home last Tuesday 

 after several days' stay in this city. 

 Mrs. Ellis was Miss Millicent M. Fel- 

 lows until last Thursday. Mr. Ellis re- 



ceived a round of congratulations from 

 his many friends here. 



Joseph Reinle, of Blue Island, died 

 recently of consumption. The busi- 

 ness will be continued by his widow. 



Klehm's Novelty tulip is coming in 

 freely now and finds ready sale. 



Business has struck a steady gait 

 now and it is believed that the seasoa 

 will prove a record breaker. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2iul. Av. 



B. P. Winterson 163 143 153 



G. L. Grant 152 133 142 



P. J. Hauswirth 129 149 139 



r. W. MoKellar 136 131 133 



A. MoA.!;inis 132 ... 132 



J, S. Wilson Ill 139 125 



C. S. Stewart 124 ... 124 



A. Lange 120 US 119 



J. Hartsliorne 101 131 116 



Anton Then 100 ... 109 



A. L. Vaughan 77 ... 77 



Jos. Reeve 73 ... 73 



C. W. Johnson , 66 ... 6& 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade of late has been fairly good, 

 but at no particular time was there 

 any rush for stock. The weather since 

 last Monday has been very cold and 

 reached the zero mark several times. 

 A great lot of stuff arrived frozen, 

 which, of course, is a total loss to the 

 grower. The month of January has 

 been good, especially the latter part. 

 A few large society events necessi- 

 tated several of the West End florists 

 placing some of their orders out of 

 town, mostly for first class Beauties, 

 which seem to have the call just now. 



Meteors are very dark in color, the 

 very best of them selling at $10, down 

 to $5. Bridesmaid and Bride are good 

 at $6 and $8; Perles $4, Woottons $3 

 and $4; Carnots very scarce. 



Carnations were more plentiful the 

 past week, not that any are going to 

 waste. Ordinary varieties bring $1.50 

 and $2, while fancy are $3 and $4. 

 Scott. Daybreak and any kind of white 

 sell best. 



Harrisii and callas are selling well, 

 at $10 and $15; Roma; r »2 and $4; 

 freesia, $1.50 to $2: da.'. c Lis slow at 

 $3; Paper Whites $3: valley not so 

 good with plenty to be had at $2, best 

 $3 and $4; white tulips sold well the 

 past week; colored ones slow with 

 short stems. 



Violets are good and plenty; cannot 

 be quoted, as any price will buy them 

 just now. A few sweet peas are now 

 coming in and bring $3. 



Notes. 



Mr. E. W. Guy of Belleville, Ills., 

 was a caller this week and made the 

 rounds among the trade. 



George L. Dean (brother-in-law of 

 E. W. Guy) and wife will leave this 

 week for their home, Cincinnati. Mr. 

 Dean has taken a position with Peter- 

 son at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Dean 



