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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JUNE T, 1900. 



a total of 20.000 feet. He makes a 

 specialty of high grade cut flowers, 

 shipping his entire cut to Miss DiUey 

 of Kansas City. Mr. Brcnnau hitched 

 one of his "Hybrids" to a new double 

 seated, rubber tired "Boulevard" and 

 drove the writer several miles through 

 a beautiful country which is under the 

 highest state of cultivation. 



From all reports and observations, 

 fruits of all kinds promise an abund- 

 ant yield, the first time in five years. 

 Calling on Ed. Bunyar. who owns 

 5.000 feet of glass, we found that am- 

 bitious young man busy packing and 

 shipping small bedding stock, for 

 which he finds a rfady market in the 

 surrounding town. Ed. is an expan- 

 sionist and has bought an adjoining 

 lot of five acres in anticipation of in- 

 creasing his plant in the near future. 

 R. B. Tindall owns a neat little place 

 in the center of the town and caters 

 to the retail trade. H. J. M. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The weather has been very erratic 

 the past two weeks, part of the time 

 roasting hot, then a spel! of cold, raw, 

 rainy weather, that necessitated night 

 firing for roses. At present it is regu- 

 lar July style of heat, with cold nights. 



Business for Decoration Day was 

 fine, the demand being far in excess of 

 the previous year, with this peculiar- 

 ity: there was an enormous crop with 

 whic-h to meet it. the first occasion of 

 its kind in several years at which the 

 supply was as great as this year; and 

 everything sold out close. Mulick 

 Bros, with a load of hanging baskets, 

 carnations and sweet peas, stood at 

 the corner of the street leading to the 

 cemeteries, where the car line stops, 

 and found a ready sale for cut floweis 



A Cliicago Greek has commenced op- 

 erations at a down-town curb stone 

 and wonders why he could not at 

 Decoration Day time get carnations 

 here at 50 cents a hundred, same as he 

 could in Chicago. It is predicted his 

 curb stone operations will be short 

 lived. 



There are more window boxes and 

 baskets than ever seen, it being all 

 the style to have three to five baskets 

 and a couple of boxes for porch adorn- 

 ment. The supply of carnations is 

 now far in excess of the demand, with 

 quality good, considering the ex- 

 tremes of weather. Roses are grow- 

 ing smaller and the price has dropped 

 a notch. Very good roses bring $1; 

 shorts. 75 cents; carnations. -5 to 35 

 cents per dozen. The S. A. Nutt and 

 Bruanti geraniums seem to be the 

 most in demand, particularly S. A. 

 Nutt. over two-thirds of the geraniums 

 sold being that color. 



B. E. Wadsworth. of Toronto. Can- 

 ada, has charge of Crabb & Hunter's 

 greenhouses as foreman. Otto Bau- 

 mann. of Manistee, was a recent vis- 

 itor, also Frank A. Goecke. of the Pe- 

 toskev Floral Co.; both report trade 

 very tine. G. F. CRABB. 



PUTTY. 



Mr. C. Lawritzen. the florist of 

 Rhinebeck. N. Y.. has been usirg a 

 German made putty, which has pro^-ed 

 so durable and o_herw.S3 satisfactory 

 that he has decided to offer it to the 

 florists of America. 



CALADIUMS. 



A catalogue devoted entirely to fan- 

 cy caladiums has reached us from 

 John Peed & Son. London. Eng. Al- 

 most 200 varieties are described and 

 priced. This firm seems to make the 

 caladium an important specialty. 



THE NURSERYMEN. 



The twenty-fifth annual meeting of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

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 hotel. Chicago, next Wednesday and 

 Thursday, June 13th and 14th. 



COLUMBIA CITY, IND.— D. C. No- 

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 week buying the building material. 



WEST HOBOKEN. N. J.— Mr. Ant. 

 C. Zvolanek has removed to his p a.e 

 in Grand View, Somerset county, N. 

 J., where he will ra'se spscial sweet 

 peas and ericas. 



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