NdVKSlIiKIi 8. r.MMi. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



683 



New Early Pink Chrysanthemum lolantha. Grown by Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich. 



cultuif at tlic I'an-AnieiifiUi Exposition, 

 resjximlcil tn ■•I'ldrieiilture at Great Ex- 

 l)Ositi<in^" anil Mv. A. Xelson, of Leb- 

 anon. Mo.. vicr'-])iesiilent of the State 

 Horticultuial Society and cliairnian of 

 tlie coinniitli'e intrnstcil witli llie Mis- 

 souri hortieultural display at tlie Buf- 

 falo exjiosition, responded to "Missiniii 

 at the Pan-American." Ex-Gov. D. R. 

 Francis, the last speaker, responded to 

 "The St. Louis World's Fair." This 

 ended the lltli annual Shaw banquet 

 and every one went home having passed 

 a very eujnyalilc evenini;. 



The Market. 



Trade has been somewhat bi'tler tlu' 

 past week with some of the florists. Still 

 some are oom]dainini,' of very dull busi- 

 ness. The horse show, wliioli is always 

 the fashionable event of the season, in- 

 creased the demand all around. Large 

 specimen blooms of chrysanthemums 

 were used to considerable extent. Beau- 

 tics and violets also had a good call. 

 The musical festival for this week at the 

 exposition will also have a tcndi'ncy to 

 sell fancy stock of all kinds. 



In roses Beauties are about* tin' nnlv 



stock that is short in supply; very choice 

 stock brings .$2. .511 and ^:i per doz. Other 

 roses, such as Brides, ilaids. Meteors and 

 Kaiserins, are selling as low as ^l per 

 100 for good stock and $:i will buy choice 

 stock just now. 



Carnations arc beginning to come in 

 in large quantities. Last week fair stock 

 was sold at 40 cents per 100. Extra 

 choice, fancy varieties are selling at 

 $1,50. Good red are a little scarce, 

 Scotts.veiy plentiful. Violets are plen- 

 tiful: in fact, many of them go to waste. 

 From 10 to 25 cents per 100 is asked 

 for them. Chrj^santbenuuns are plentiful 

 and some choice blooms were seen the 

 past week. .$20 per 100 is asked for 

 tlieni and from that down to .$2 per 100. 

 Choice blooms sell at sight, but |>lenty 

 of small ones can always be had at any 

 time. Valley always sells well at $3 

 and .$4. Smilax is quite plentiful with 

 a good call at 12i cents per string. 



Notes. 



Preparations for the chrysantbenium 

 show are about completed. Present indi- 

 cations are that this show will exceed 

 all others. Large illustrated articles 



have appeared in all the Sunday papers 

 and the press has promised to be even 

 more liberal than last year. The com- 

 mittee has everything in good shape for 

 rcieiving and caring for the exhibits as 

 I hey arrive. 



Visitors in town last week were Wil- 

 liam Seott, of Buffalo, N. Y. : Patrick 

 O'Mara, New York City; S, S. Skidelsky, 

 Philadelphia ; John E. Bohan. Covington, 

 Ky.; E. W. Guv and Dr. Ilalstedt, of 

 I'.clleville. III. 



BowUng. 



A few of the bowlers srot togelher last Mouclay 

 night In company with Mr. S. S. Skidelskv. Some 

 of the bo.vs were (lisappoiuted, tbinkiug that 

 Brcs. Scott and O'Mara might stay over and have 

 a Kame of bowls with us. The scores of the five 

 ^ames were as follows i 



, , „ 1 2 3 4 5 To. Av. 



.T.J. Beneke....l49 103 146 163 173 794 159 



C. A. Kuehn....lS.=> 148 163 142 154 792 158 



John Yoiin?.... 175 128 149 ICO 149 7i;i 152 



Pred C. VTeber. 124 136 1.55 131 139 685 137 



S. S. Skidelsky. 121 89 98 79 87 474 95 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



■J'he weather is cooler and Tuesday wa 

 •enjoyed'' a cold lain. but we are still 

 looking for a hard, killing frost. The 

 lower temperature has cliecked the sup- 

 ply considerably. es])eeially of roses, and 

 were the demand at all brisk there would 

 be a marked shortage, at least of roses. 

 But the market remains weak all around. 

 Prices are practically the same as last 

 week on select stock, but there are no 

 large lots of roses to job oH'. The cut of 

 chrysanthemums h.xs, of course, increased 

 and the prices are lower. At present it 

 has got to be an extra fine flower that 

 will command the rate of $2.00 a dozen. 

 Prices on mums are averaging consider- 

 ably lower than last year. 



In roses $4 is still the price for select 

 stock. Carnations .$1.25 to $1.50 and 

 fancy .$2.00 to $2.50. Poor flowers range 

 from 00 cents to $1.00. 



In carnations White Cloud seems to be 

 a poor keeper and shipper at this sea- 

 son and there are numerous complaints 

 about this variety going to sleep early 

 in the game. Hill carries better. Cloud 

 is all right in midwinter, but don't seem 

 to bold well in fall and spring. 



Violets move all right if strictly first- 

 class, but otherwise they hang fire in a 

 very discouraging way. 



Xow that the presidential election cam- 

 paign is over, it is to be hoped that mat- 

 ters will get into normal condition again 

 and trade recover, but some dealers ques- 

 tion whether the market will fully re- 

 cover before the holidays. 



The combination of presidential cam- 

 [laign and abnormally warm weather has 

 certainly made this" fall an unsatisfac- 

 tory one for the florist, both grower and 

 retailer. Local trade has been especially 

 fiat. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club the new ofllcers were installed and 

 President MeAdanis, in taking the chair, 

 asked the earnest support of all tha 



