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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBER 11. 1900. 



both retail and wholesale. Roses are 

 poor, short, soft, mildewed, and plen- 

 tiful — yes, oh, so cheap — and cattleyas 

 abound; they are selling as low as 

 15 cents, so they tell us. Violets are 

 very plentiful and bring only about 

 half what they did at this time last 

 year. 

 Joseph A. Manda reports good trade 



John P. Weiland. 



at the store he recently opened for 

 the sale of cut flowers, seeds and 

 bulbs, and general supplies, at Sum- 

 mit, N. J. Joe deserves to get along 

 and has the good wishes of his many 

 friends. 



Flatbush. 

 The Flatbushers had a jolly time 

 on their new alleys on Thursday 

 night. The alleys, eight in number, 

 have just been finished; their newness 

 may account for the small scores 

 made; however, the crowd had lots 

 of fun. as usual. They will bowl 

 every Thursday night. The scores 

 were: 



E. D:iilledouze. H.'! ll:i Rayiior 140 llli 



Rilcv nu 1,51 Schmiltz 128 123 



Alf. Zfller 132 lai Mellis Ul l:«l 



P. Dfillledouze. 120 103 Wocker 88 m 



H. DalllPrtouze. 165 130 Woerner 103 77 



PaiMZeller.... 63 101 Farmau 98 !)il 



Stewart US 130 Ford 110 SO 



Lanirjalir 81 89 Welslng To SJ 



Butteriield .... 88 120 Thinnes 114 



J. I. D. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Shipping trade continues fair to 

 good, but there are complaints as to 

 local demand. The effect of the very 

 hot weather of last week is seen in 

 the quality of much of the stock. It 

 is particularly noticeable in the car- 

 nations, and some growers fear tor 

 the effect on roses, too, saying it in- 



duced a soft growth that will make a 

 poor foundation for winter work. It 

 is cool enough now, and there was a 

 light frost last Monday night, though 

 We are still awaiting a real killing 

 frost. Many of the people who buy 

 flowers are still lingering on the golf 

 links in the country. Prices have not 

 changed materially from last week. 

 Quotations appear in several adver- 

 tisements in this issue. 



The carnation is essentially a cold 

 weather flower and it cannot be ex- 

 pected that flowers from young plants 

 that have been through the recent 

 heated term will prove first class 

 shippers. For this reason Bas- 

 sett & Washburn are holding back 

 on their fancy sorts until better con- 

 ditions prevail. 



The cut of flowers to be marketed 

 at this point the coming season will 

 be very considerably larger than that 

 of last year. Good judges say the 

 increase will amount to 25 per cent 

 in roses and much more than that in 

 carnations. In fact the number of 

 carnations planted is enormous. 

 Whether the market will be able to 

 absorb them all with profit to the 

 growers remains to be demonstrated. 



McKellar & Winterson are receiving 

 large shipments of Cattleya labiata 

 from the east, and some very fine 

 Princess of Wales violets from a lo- 

 cal grower. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club five new members were elected 

 as follows: H. N. Bruns. Otto Witt- 

 bold. Louis Wittbold, John Hoett, 

 Aug. Jurgens. 



The committee on Galveston fund 

 made a report of progress, showing 

 subscriptions amounting to $117.74 so 

 tar. The report was received and the 

 committee continued. The officers of 

 the club were instructed to attend to 

 the forwarding of the fund when com- 

 pleted and to use their judgment as 

 to the manner of its disposition. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. 

 P. J. Hauswirth, W. J. Smyth and C. 

 A. Saniuelson was appointed to see if 

 the Horticultural Society would not 

 give the club the privilege of the 

 flower booth at the coming show, the 

 entire returns from sales to be con- 

 tributed to the Galveston fund, and to 

 conduct the booth in case the ar- 

 rangement was made. 



Mr. W. N. Rudd was appointed a 

 committee of one with himself as 

 chairman to arrange for an annual 

 banquet that would e.xactly meet his 

 ideas of what a banquet should be. A 

 gorgeous affair is anticipated. 



The discussions on ferns for fern 

 dishes, and tulips, hyacinths, etc.. 

 were very interesting and are fully 

 reported elsewhere in this issue. Mr. 

 Wilson being unable to be present the 

 paper on Boston ferns was postponed. 



During the evening Charley Balluff 

 performed a feat (or hand, rather) 

 that took the cake. But, alas, it didn't 

 stick, though he got the plate in one 

 run. 



At the next meeting (Oct. 19) a pa- 

 per on violets will be read by Ernest 

 Weber and the annual election of of- 

 ficers will take place. 



Various Items. 



O. J. Friedman's ice box is lined 

 with white tiles and is so large that 

 one can step into it. When the door 

 is opened the incandescent lights in- 

 side are turned on automatically and 

 when the door is closed the circuit is 

 cut off. 



Wilson Tiplady has gone to* Terre 

 Haute, Ind., to take charge of the 

 retail store of the M. A. Hunt Floral 

 Co. 



For tips on ways and means of 

 killing the "red violet" industry ap- 

 ply to Joe Craig at any time between 

 the hours of 5:30 a. m. and 12:30 

 p. m. 



During his recent trip (through 

 states east of us Mr. C. L. Washburn 

 says he saw enough Boston ferns to 

 supply the world. He is inclined to 

 think this good thing will be over- 

 done this season. 



Herbert Heller, of New Castle, Ind., 

 was in town last Tuesday. 



Brant & Noe, of Forest Glen, have 

 opened a wholesale store in Minne- 

 apolis for the sale of their stock. 



The regular quarterly meeting of 

 the Horticultural Society was held at 

 the Sherman House last Tuesday aft- 

 ernoon. Several new members were 

 elected and a good deal of business 



John P. Risch. 



connected with the coming exhibition 

 was brought up and referred to the 

 respective committees. 



There is a project on foot to con- 

 vert eight miles of the valley of the 

 Desplaines river, about two miles 

 wide, stretching from North Ave. to 



