OCTOBER i. ISWX 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



523 



What Was Left of the Greenhouses and Store of Mr. J. D, Pruessner, Galveston, Texas, After the Storm. 



pointed to solicit subscriptions to 

 "The Chicago Florists' fund for the re- 

 lief of the florists of Galveston." The 

 committee consists of the following: 

 For the north side — Walter Retzer and 

 Edgar Sanders; for the south side — 

 John Reardon and C. A. Samuelson; 

 for the west side — Walter Kreitling 

 and George Asmus; for the downtown 

 section — all the wholesale houses. 

 Some liljeral contributions have been 

 already received. The list of subscrib- 

 ers to the fund will be published. The 

 committee is to make a report at the 

 regular meeting of the club to be held 

 tomorrow (Friday) evening. 



At this meeting the regular winter 

 program begins and the subjects for 

 discussion are: "The best tulips and 

 hyacinths for forcing and for pot cul- 

 ture," also, "How to grow Boston ferns 

 successfully," and "The best ferns for 

 filling ferneries, pans, baskets, etc." 

 It will surely be a very interesting 

 meeting. 



Various Items. 



Phil. Hauswirth acted as one of the 

 judges at the county fair at Rockford. 

 He says some of the floral arrange- 

 ments entered were quite up to date 

 and very creditable. 



Mr. C. H. Reed and family, who 

 spent the summer in Wisconsin, vis- 

 ited the trade here last week while on 

 their way back to Birmingham, Ala. 



McKellar and Winterson have par- 

 titioned off a part of their store into 

 a sample room where may be inspect- 

 ed at leisure samples of each of the 

 styles of baskets, etc., they carry in 

 stock. Among recent arrivals of stock 

 here is a car load of cane stakes. 



Mrs. B. H. Hunt left Monday for 

 Seattle, Wash,, for a visit with the 

 family of her son's wife. 



.J. A. Sicuta recently returned from 

 Mt. Clemens, where he left some of 

 his rheumatism. 



Notice has been issued that the firm 

 of Walter Retzer & Co. has been dis- 

 solved. Alfred B. Everett retires and 

 the business will be continued by Wal- 

 ter Retzer under the old firm name. 

 The notice states that all liabilities of 

 the firm have been assumed by Mr. 

 Retzer. 



Geo. Faber, of Kankakee, who re- 

 cently returned from an European trip, 

 was a visitor Monday. He says the 

 horticultural department at the Paris 

 Exposition was very disappointing. 



A shipment of leucothoe sprays has 

 been received by E. H. Hunt. 



Andrew Anderson. Batavia, 111.; W. 

 H. Drake, Kenosha, Wis., and Fred 

 Darch, of Darch & Hunter, London, 

 Ont.. were recent visitors. 



Bowling. 



Last Friday evening the bowlers made scores as 

 follows: Av. 



Juo. uegnan 185 177 1.5S 123 16.S 162 



F. Hauswirth.. .. Iti6 1.54 147 i:)3 l.i7 185 155 157 

 E. Winterson.. 189 183 114 139 170 140 isl 138 157 



C. Balluff 157 134 1.55 120 145 172 164 150 



W. Kreitling 155 130 143 104 118 117 ... 128 



A. Frank 129 1,50 109 U9 92 140 92 .. . U9 



E Hauswirth 103 132 99 116 120 ... 114 



W. Heffron. . . . 119 111 111 127 107 97 112 



BOSTON. 



'Various Items. 



First half of last week very quiet 

 so that the little raise in prices quoted 

 last time was lost and goods began to 

 accumulate on our hands again. But 

 at the very end of the week there 

 seemed to be both an increase in sale 

 and a cutdown in supply, on outdoor 

 goods especially. But it was not 

 strong enough to lift figures enough 

 to amount to anything except on a few 

 best pinks. 



Prices are low yet. Nothing notice- 

 able about the product now coming 

 in unless it may be the fact that the 



