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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOVEMBER 1, 1900. 



grown about here, while the Chester 

 County men will send us daisies in vari- 

 ety. It seems unlikely that our rose 

 growers need fear overproduction for 

 the present at least. We are blessed 

 with a lot of hustling commission men 

 whose aim is to convince the southern 

 and western buyers that our roses are 

 all right, and they certainly seem to be 

 doing it. PiriL. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



Nov. (i-8 — POT'GHKEEI'SIE. N. Y. — DxitcUess 

 Coiinty Hoi-t. Society. W. G. Gomeraall. Secy. 



Nov. G !>— BcisToN.— Massacliusetta Hort. Soci- 

 ety. Robt. Maiiniiifr, Sec'y. Hort. Hall. 



Nov. G-9— H.\l{TFOi{D. Coxx.— Connectictit Hort. 

 Society. L. H. Mead. Secy. 



Nov. 6-10— Chicago.— Hort. Society of Chicago, 

 W. N. Rufia. Sec'y. R. 1002. 18.-, Dearborn St. 



Nov. T-9— Denver. Col.— Denver Florists' Clitb, 

 .\. M. Lewis. Sec'y. 



Nov. 7-8— MAinsox. N. J.— Morris Connty Gar- 

 deners and Florists. C. H. Atkins. Sec'.v. 



Nov. 7-9— Chestxi't Hill. Pa.— Cliestnni Hill 

 Hort. Society. R. G. Care.v. Sec'y. 



Nov. 7-9— TjIRRYTOWN, N. Y.— Tarrytown Hort. 

 Society. W. F. McCord. Sec'y. 



Nov. 7-10— Toronto. Oxt— Toronto Gardeners' 

 and FTorists" Assn. W. C. Jay. Sec'y. 4aS 

 Spadiua Ave. 



Nov. 8-9— Mt. KISCO. N. Y'. — Bedford Flow./r 

 Cliib. Herbert Spavins. Sec'y. 



Nov. 10-13— Louisville. Ky.— Kentncky Soci- 

 ety of Florists. H. Lichtefeld. Sec'y. rai E. 

 Gray St. 



Nov. 13-14— MoxTREAL.—Montreal Gardeners' 



and Florists' Clnb. W. H. Horobiu, Sec'v. -130 



Ttipper St. 

 Nov. 13-15— NEwl'iiKT. R. I.— Newport Hort. 



Society, Robt. Johnston, Sec'y. ... 



Nov. 13-17— Philadelphia. — Pennsylvania 



Hort. Society. David Rust. Sec'y. Hort. Hall. 



Broad St. ■ . • 



Nov. 13-17— 'Waco. Tex. — Texas State Floral 

 Society. Mrs. M. B. Davis. Sec'y. 



Nov. 14— IXDIAXAPOLIS. IXD. — State Florists' 

 Society, R. A. McKeand. Sec'y. 



Nov. 14-15 — New York. — American Institute. 

 Geo. "Whitelield. Jr.. Sec'.v. Berkeley Lyceum 

 Building. 



Nov. 14-15— Elmira. N. Y.-Elmira Hort. Soci- 

 ety. H. N. Hoffman. Sec'.v. 



Nov. 14-1 6— St. Louis.— St. Louis Florists' Club. 

 Eniil Schray. Sec'y. 4101 Pennsylvania Ave.: 

 J. J. Beneke. Mgi:. V222 Olive St. 



Nov. 14-16- PROVIDENCE. R. I. — Rhode Island 

 Hort. Society. C. W. Smith. Sec'y. 61 'West- 

 minster St. 



Nov. 15-16— HOUSIOX. TEX.— Mrs. M. E. Bryan. 

 Sec'y. 

 [Secretaries are requested to supply any 



omissions in above list and to notify us of auj' 



needed clianges.] 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The warm weather still continues and 

 as a result the supply, especially of 

 roses, is abnormally large, while demand 

 is light in comparison. Flowers were 

 never before so cheap in Chicago at this 

 season of the year, and, aside from the 

 selections made from the piles of roses 

 for shipping orders, the fakirs rule the 

 market. Sales of roses at $'2.00 and 

 $2.50 per thousand is not very cheerful 

 for the grower. On account of the 

 weather a good deal of the stock is still 

 very soft and has to be handled quickly 

 to be realized upon. 



Fortunately, New Orleans made heavy 

 calls on this market for All Saints' Day, 

 or conditions would have been a shade 

 vi'orse than they are. 



All are praying for seasonable weather 

 and the passing of the election, a disturb- 



ing influence that is more and more no- 

 ticeable. 



Though there is no change in quota- 

 tions on shipping stock, dealers are 

 giving a better grade for the price, as 

 they have bigger lots to sort from. 



Chrysanthemums of first-class grades 

 have held their own very well under 

 market conditions, though the poorer 

 qualities have suffered seriously. The 

 chrysanthemum show opens next Tues- 

 day and this will take a good many 

 blooms out of the market during the 

 heaviest cutting. 



Various Items. 



Mr. W. E. Lynch, who has been in the 

 wholesale cut flower commission busi- 

 ness for the past six years, has given up 

 his own business and has taken charge 

 of the wholesale cut flower department 

 at E. H. Himt's. This very materially 

 strengthens the force at Hunt's. 



Anton Lisl, employed at the green- 

 houses of Brant & Noe, Forest Glen, 

 was murdered while taking a short cut 

 through the woods to his home last Sat- 

 urday night. Geo. Dolinski has been 

 arrested and charged with the murder. 

 Jealousy is said to have been the cause 

 of the crime. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 tomorrow (Friday) evening the new offi- 

 cers will be installed and two papers 

 will be read, one by J. S. Wilson, on 

 "How to Grow Boston Ferns," and one 

 by Walter Hefl'ron on "Marketing Cut 

 Flowers." Final arrangements will be 

 made regarding the distribution of 

 chrysanthemum show tickets to mem- 

 bers whose dues are paid up to Nov. 1. 



Arrangements have been made to have 

 the annual banquet of the Florists' 

 Club in the Egyptian banquet hall at 

 the Auditorium, 'Thursday, Nov. 8th, at 

 7 p.^ m. Tickets for same can be pro- 

 cured of W. N. Rudd at any time dur- 

 ing the flower show. 



The Harms Park Floral Co. seem to 

 be satisfied with the results of the big 

 auction sale of palms at McKellar & 

 Winterson's. Stock of fair size sold 

 readily, but few buyers seemed to care 

 for the very small sizes. 



The annual flower show opens at the 

 .\uditorium next Tuesday. Schedules 

 and full information regarding entries 

 etc.. may be had by addressing W. N. 

 Rudd, Sec'y, Room 1002, 185 Dearborn 

 street. 



Mr. M. Stauch passed through the city 

 last Tuesday en route for Council Bluffs, 

 la., where he has taken a position as 

 foreman with Mr. J. F. Wilcox. 



Bassett & Washburn are cutting some 

 • very good Liberties and they take well 

 in the market. 



Poehlmann Bros, are cutting some 

 splendid chrysanthemums, as usual. 



Some extra fine blooms of Ivory were 

 noted at Benthey's. It is surely still 

 the leader in white commercial mums. 



Mr. Henry Weber, Oakland. Md.. was 

 a visitor last Tuesday. Mr. Wm. Weber 



will probably be here next week during 

 the exhibition. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser is improving, though 

 still under the doctor's care. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



More beautiful weather than we have 

 had the past week could not be wished 

 for, still trade in the cut flower line has 

 not improved and no improvement is ex- 

 pected until after election and the chrys- 

 anthemum shows are over. 



Chrysanthemums, of course, are the 

 main flowers just now, and they are 

 much in evidence at the flower stores 

 throughout the city. There is no glut 

 of fii>?t qualify;- the poorer grades, 

 though, are numerous, especially those 

 that come up from the South. Very lit- 

 tle sale is found for them, however, as 

 fairly good home-grown stock is abun- 

 dant, and even this stock is moving 

 rather slowly. 



The increased crop of chrysanthemums 

 has ruined the rose market, and heavy 

 receipts of roses have been coming in all 

 week. The stock is much improved in 

 quality, but the prices obtained for them 

 will hardly look well in print. 



Carnations are coming in more plen- 

 tifully every day, and are more improved 

 in quality. Only the very choice varieties 

 bring a profitable price, while others can 

 be classed with roses and small chrysan- 

 themums, which sell for almost nothing. 



■Violets will, no doubt, be overdone this 

 season. Everybody is growing them and 

 all are doing finely, and with those that 

 come from the South a great glut is ex- 

 pected by the end of the present week. 

 Only the very best Californias are sell- 

 ing; others go begging, and the fakirs 

 gobble them up for almost nothing and 

 sell them on the street corrrers for 2i 

 cents per bunch. The least said about 

 the cut flower trade in our city the better, 

 that is, just for the present. 



Notes. 



The supposed abduction of John W. 

 Kunz by the Chicago boys was a false 

 alarm, as he turned up at his old haunts 

 the past week. He told us what a good 

 time Walter, Phil, Ed and Charlie gave 

 him, but he longed for home and friends, 

 so he's back with that same old smile. 



Fred Foster has moved his store 

 across the street from his old place at 

 Eighth and Olive streets. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, was over last 

 week. Mr. Guy reports business good. 

 He will lead a big republican parade next 

 Saturday night at Belleville, and will 

 have to miss the banquet. Mr. T. W. 

 Guy, of Kimmswick, ivas also a visitor. 



The next meeting of the club should 

 be well attended. The membership tick- 

 ets for the show will be distributed to 

 those in good standing only. The- two 

 essays by Messrs. Ude and Sanders 

 should swell the attendance greatly. The 

 exhibition committee will make their 

 final report before the opening of the 

 show, which will be the week following. 



