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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JUNE 14, 1900. 



gonias, rhododendrons, etc., which, 

 ■where surface water is applied, often 

 float away or are carried into inter- 

 stices of the soil are buried too deep 

 and thus destroyed. 



For rooting all kinds of soft wooded 

 cuttings the pot has no equal espec- 

 ially for the amateur, and can be cov- 

 ered with glass if necessary until the 

 cuttings become rooted with no danger 

 from damping as the foliage is never 

 wetted and a great saving of labor is 

 accomplished over the old methods; 

 all that is necessary is to keep the 

 reservoir filled with water. 



The pot is not yet on the market, but 

 will be shortly, and had never before 

 been exhibited. It met with a most 

 enthusiastic reception and many ad- 

 vance orders were forced upon the 

 exhibitor. 



The floral feature of the evening 

 was a fine exhibit of President Carnot 

 roses, grown in the open by George 

 Smith. The exhibit received the so- 

 ciety's highest award. 



The balance of the evening was de- 

 voted to reports of committees and 

 clearing up of all business prepara- 

 tory to the summer vacation. The so- 

 ciety, after providing for representa- 

 tion at the forthcoming exhibitions of 

 the S. A. F. and Rose societies, ad- 

 journed until September. 



J. B. D. 



C3CCAGO. 



Florists' Club Coal Committee. 



Chairman W. N. Rudd has issued the 

 following announcement: "The com- 

 mittee has applications from users of 

 over 20,000 tons of coal. Much work 

 has been done, prices have Deen ob- 

 tained and a great deal of valuable 

 information. There are so many de- 

 tails and so much to be talked or that 

 it is not possible to write in full to 

 each applicant. The committee there- 

 fore requests that every florist who is 

 interested in buying coal cheap will 

 meet the committee at the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, Friday evening, ,June 

 15th, at 8 p. m., at room 417, Handel 

 Hall, 40 Randolph street. A full ac- 

 count of the work done and informa- 

 tion as to prices will be given. There 

 is no question but that the co-opera- 

 tive purchase of this immense amount 

 of coal can be made at exceedingly 

 low prices," 



This meeting of the club, by the way, 

 will be a "smoker" and the entertain- 

 ment committee has something up it, 

 sleeve for the occasion. And we un- 

 derstand it will probably be the las!; 

 meeting prior to the usual summer va- 

 cation. 



The Market. 



Trade holds up very well, and 

 though there is a lot of poor grade 

 stuff in the market the quality is good 

 for the season and the cut is very 

 large. The glut of carnations con- 

 tinues, and there is a big lot of poor 

 roses. Of roses, though there is none 



too many of really good shipping 

 grade, and the dealers generally have 

 to do a lot of sorting to get out enough 

 that will pass muster. Though car- 

 nations show the effects of the advanc- 

 ing season the cut is so large there is 

 still plenty of g'ood grade for all de- 

 mands. Prices have not changed ma- 

 terially from last week. 



Various Items. 



Kennicott Bros. Co, have a splendid 

 lot of paeonies coming in from 

 Klehm's Nurseries, The quality is ex- 

 tra good this year. 



Weiland & Risch have purchased a 

 tract of land adjoining their present 

 range and will add several new 

 houses, each 25x200, which will be 

 planted largely with Liberty and Am- 

 erican Beauty roses. 



Geo. Faber, of Faber Bros., Kanka- 

 kee, 111., passed through the city last 

 Sunday, en route for Europe. He 

 sailed from New York on Tuesday. 



The Ostertag Brothers, of St, Louis, 

 also spent an hour here last Sunday. 

 They were on their way to West Vir- 

 ginia. 



The seedsmen are having a success- 

 ful convention here this week. Head- 

 quarters are at the Grand Pacific hotel. 



The nurserymen are also in annual 

 session at the Chicago Beach hotel. 



Mr. .Tames Hartshorne will start 

 shortly on his European trip, during 

 which he will visit the Paris Exposi- 

 tion as well as his old friends in Eng- 

 land and points on the continent, 



Mr, Chas. B. Weathered, of Thos. 

 W. Weathered's Sons, New York, was 

 a recent welcome visitor. He refor s 

 that the New York Florists' Club, of 

 which he is treasurer, has prepara- 

 ations for the coming convention wdl 

 in hand and that a big delegation from 

 Chicago and vicinity is expected. It 

 wouldn't do to disappoint the New 

 Yorkers on this occasion, so g£t read • 

 to go, ^ 



C, C, Pollworth, Milwaukee, w s a 

 visitor Wednesday. 



LEAVENWORTH, KAS. 



The new electric railway recenfy 

 opened between here and Kansas City 

 brings many visitors daily to this town. 

 The principal attractions are the fort; 

 the soldiers' home, said to be th? 

 finest in the country; a federal prison, 

 and the state prison, only two miles 

 distant. There are a half dozen fio.'- 

 ists located here and all report a gool 

 spring trade. 



Burns & Katryung, with 8,000 feet of 



glass, are the only florists with a 

 down-town store. Mrs. Burns is in 

 charge and proves her ability to con- 

 trol good patronage. 



R. C. Hinz is located in the suburbs 

 and owns 6,000 feet of glass. This 

 young man is coming rapidly to the 

 front as a grower. His stock was 

 equal in quality to any shipped to 

 Kansas City market last winter, 



Mrs. Biggam. of Fair View green- 

 houses, makes a specialty of flowering 

 plants. ITINERANT. 



COIL BOILERS. 



I have read J. W. Margrave's item 

 in The Review of June 7th, and I 

 wish to second his motion in regard 

 to coil boilers. I had to be up nights 

 with two of them the whole of last 

 winter and then they went back ou 

 me in March and gave out entirely. 

 With the closest calculation I am out 

 $800. 



Brother florists, if you have to get 

 a new boiler, do net put in a coil one 

 if it is given to you. This $800 lost 

 is only the item of cut flowers and 

 plants, saying nothing about the labor 

 and expense of getting out the old 

 and putting in the new boilers. 



Mr. M. says it was soft coal he 

 burned. I used hard. An expert was 

 at my place and looked at these boil- 

 ers. He told me the average life of 

 this one was only two years, and that 

 I had done well to run it four sea- 

 sons. If anyone wishes to know the 

 name of the boiler I had they can find 

 out by writing. 



E. B. REALS, FLORIST. 



Sunny Dell, Greenfield, Mass. 



MORRIS, ILL. 



Mr. A. Mitting and family started 

 for Europe on the 11th. taking a White 

 Star liner at New York. Mr. Mitting 

 will -visit England and France and 

 possibly other points on the continent. 



IF YOU have any surplus stock to 

 offer to the trade remember that you 

 can sell it most quickly and cheaply 

 through an offer in the Review's Clas- 

 sified Plant Advs. 



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