MARCH 9, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



355 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings at Wietor Bros., Rogers Park, Chicago. 



still be a sufficient number of denitri- 

 fying germs present to dissipate free 

 nitrogen from tlie nitrates subsequent- 

 ly added to it. So tliat it may happen 

 that, though ample quantities of ferti- 

 lizer nitrogen are applied to a soil, the 

 yield may be considerably less than 

 where not added — ^and the plants suf- 

 fer for want of nitrogen. 



[To lie continued next week.] 



BUNCHING CARNATIONS. 



Time and again I have been asked 

 the question, "How is it your carna- 

 tion bunches have only 23 or 24 blooms 

 in each?" It is a question I would 

 like to hear answered myself. I have 

 ■watched the stocks from different 

 growers, both those that have been 

 consigned and that have been pur- 

 chased elsewhere, but the question still 

 confronts me. Recently we bought 850 

 carnations which happened to be 

 scarce that day, and as we were to 

 ship this stock and did not know its 

 age we looked it over and counted 

 each bu;i;h. We found the regulation 

 shortage. In 34 bunches we were 45 

 carnations short and had 75 blooms 

 that could not even be called seconds. 

 We paid $1.50 and $1.70 per 100 for 

 these flowers; add 45 and 75 at these 

 rates and you can figure the cost. 



But this does not answer the ques- 

 tion as to who is at fault. Is it the 

 grower or the commission man? Does 

 the grower put up the bunches short 

 or do so many flowers break off while 

 being handled by the broker? If the 

 fault is with the commission man it 

 Is time he learned how to handle car- 

 nations. If with the grower it is time 

 to call a halt for he gets paid for 

 what he does not grow. Carnations 

 should be put up 26 to 28 in a bunch, 

 and if any splits, small ones or short 



stems they should be put up by them- 

 selves. The trade demands A 1 stock 

 and a full hundred. The seconds should 

 always be sent in for there is always 

 a lot of fakirs or small stores that can 

 use this grade. In their case it is a 

 question of price and not quality. 



Use the Garland box referred to in 

 my last, lay your bunches in a tray 

 so the flowers wil'. not get tangled 

 with each other, and we will soon be 

 able to answer the question, "How 

 does it happen that your carnations 

 have only 23 or 24 to the bunch?" 

 CHARLEY'S AUNT. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is but little change from last 

 week. The supply seems a trifle larg- 

 er and prices a trifle easier in some 

 lines, but not to any marked degree. 

 Trade has held up very well on the 

 average, though there have been weak 

 days. Tuesday of this week happened 

 to be one of the off days. The renewal 

 of cold weather made violets move a 

 little slowly. White flowers seem to 

 still lead in demand, though to a 

 somewhat less degree than before. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening the principal at- 

 traction was a vase of the new White 

 Daybreak carnation shown by the 

 originator, Mr. P. Broadbeck. It is a 

 sport from Daybreak and identical 

 with that variety, except that it is 

 pure white in color. Mr. Broadbeck 

 has grown this sport for four or five 

 years and it has been remarkably pro- 

 ductive with him. It was awarded 

 the club's certificate of merit. 



Chairman Winterson, of the enter- 

 tainment committee, reported that 

 Handel Hall, in the same building 

 with the clubroom, and with a seating 

 ■capacity of 500, had been secured for 

 the "Ladies' Night" entertainment, to 

 take place Friday evening, March 17, 

 and that a very attractive programme 

 was being arranged. This promises to 

 be one of the most enjoyable enter- 

 tainments ever given by the club. 



Members who had attended the Phil- 

 adelphia convention of the Carnation 

 Society told of the successful exhibi- 

 tion and meeting and the new carna- 

 tions seen there. 



Various Items. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are now install- 

 ed in their fine new quarters at 42 

 and 44 Randolph street, and have it 

 admirably arranged for the handling 

 of their business. They now have an 

 abundance of room, but the best fea- 

 ture of all is the large cold storage 

 room that extends out under the side- 

 walk at both front and side of the 

 building and which is an ideal 

 place for the keeping of flowers in the 

 best condition. There will be no need 

 of ice, except possibly in midsummer. 



In the building in which E. H. Hunt 

 is located men are at work putting in 

 an elevator, building partitions and 

 installing steam heating apparatus, 

 ready for the joint occupancy of the 

 floor by Mr. Hunt, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn and A. G. Prince & Co. When the 

 changes are completed the three firms 

 will be very pleasantly situated with 

 every convenience. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett has returned from 

 his Florida trip, looking as though his 

 sojourn in the southland had thor- 

 oughly agreed with him. 



Mr. A. Lange will soon start for 

 Omaha where he is to be married 

 March 20. The bride-elect is Miss 0. 

 Huxhold, a sister-in-law of Mr. Geo. 

 Swoboda, of the firm of Hess & Swo- 

 boda. The couple met for the first 

 time at the convention last August. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. will receive or- 

 ders for rooted cuttings of Mr. Broad- 

 beck's new carnation white Daybreak. 

 They have handled the flowers from 

 this sport for several years, know it to 

 be a good thing, and wish merely to 

 lend a helping hand in introducing it. 



H. Welfare, Corunna, Mich., and 

 Prof. E. S. Goff, Madison, Wis., were 

 recent visitors. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2d. 2d. Av. 



E. F. ■winterson 223 153 115 163 



A. MoAdams 131 148 17S 152 



G, L. Grant 91 167 145 134 



J. S. ■Wilson 113 152 ... 132 



J. Austin Sliaw 145 131 120 132 



•Tno. Degnan 12S 125 ... 126 



C. W. McKellar 126 U2 121 119 



P. J. Hauswirth U4 123 ... 118 



A. Henderson 107 113 107 109 



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