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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



rialize this year. Another week will, 

 towever, probably bring buyers from 

 the beaches, which will have a ten- 

 dency to tone up the market. 

 News Items. 



Buyers from Providence, R. I., Poft- 

 land, Me., and Manchester, N. H., were 

 visitors to the market on the Saturday 

 before Decoration Day. 



Massive pieces, such as wreaths and 

 standing designs, made entirely of 

 tips from arbor-vitae, spruce and hem- 

 lock trees, were quite a feature at 

 <5alvin's on Decoration Day. 



B. L. Clark, of Randolph, exhibited 

 ■at the exchange quite a novelty in a 

 seedling carnation, the color being cf 

 deep lilac, similar to that of sweet pea 

 Dorothy Tennant. 



Owing to the lateness of the season, 

 the annual rhododendron show has 

 been changed from June 2d to .Tune 

 7th. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co. has had on 

 sale at the auction some fine speci- 

 mens of Latania Borbonica, consigned 

 from Belgium, and they have sold low 

 for such stock. 



At Galvin's the old sign, "GaU-in 

 Bros.," has been taken down. It is 

 now "Thos. F. Galvin." 



J. R. Fotheringham, representing 

 Pierson & Co., of Tarrytown. N. Y., 

 has been going the rounds the past 

 week, also Mr. Chadborn of The Chad- 

 born Ventilating Co., of New York. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is an immense supply of low- 

 ers in the market and prices generally 

 rule very low, though there is really 

 a shortage of good roses. There is 

 poor stock to burn, but not enough of 

 first class shipping grade. Carnations 

 are in greater supply in all gi-ades 

 and the best stock goes for $1.00 a 

 hundred but from that the rate grad'is 

 down to the zero mark. The very 

 highest price on tea roses is $4 a 

 hundred and very good stock can be 

 had for $3, while the bulk of the stock 

 goes for next to nothing. Other flow- 

 ers all move very slowly and the buy- 

 er can pretty near set his own values. 

 Dealers who have high class .-oses to 

 offer report a very satisfactory busi- 

 ness, but the others complain. There 

 is a shortage in the supply of common 

 ferns. 



Local trade seems almost dead and 

 shipping orders are all that keep the 

 dealers from going to sleep. Accord- 

 ing to all precedents June should av- 

 erage well on account of the school 

 closings. 



Qub Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening it was decided to 

 follow the plan pursued last summer 

 and the officers were instructed to call 

 ■special meetings from time W time 

 during July, August and Septetfiber, at 

 such places as they found expedient. 



This means that the club will take a 

 series of outings similar to those of 

 last summer. The program includes a 

 trip by boat to Milwaukee and other 

 convenient points will be visited. An- 

 nouncement of the first "special" will 

 be made in a week or so. 



Bo^wllng. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2d. 3a. 4th. Av. 



E. Winterson 173 165 170 150 IW 



G. L. Grant 129 160 194 171 163 



George Asmus 131 176 130 152 117 



John Zeck 139 149 146 ... 144 



P. J. Hauswirth . ..Ill 157 149 ... 13'.) 



G. Stollery 183 90 124 154 13S 



P. Robinson 147 112 145 ... 134 



J. Degnan 112 112 136 172 133 



C. W. McKellar ...105 140 146 135 131 



C. Balluff 108 132 104 143 122 



W. Kyle 150 110 86 ... 115 



A. L. Vaughan . ...110 75 137 110 108 



S. Snedeker 122 118 a ... 107 



"W. Kreitling 86 109 123 ... 106 



C. Schweigert 91 91 91 



F. Stollery 109 76 99 69 SS 



D. F. Hawkes 80 SO 



A. Henderson lOO 73 61 ... 78 



T. F. Keenan 63 SO 82 ... 75 



Axnong the Gro^wers. 



Des Plaines is popularly known as 

 "Carnationville," and the title seems 

 well deserved. Carnations are the 

 leading feature with all the growers 

 and some grow but little else. 



One of the largest establishments is 

 that of Garland Bros., covering ■l.">,OtM> 

 square feet of surface. Among the 

 carnations they will house for the 

 coming season are 7,ixh» plants each 

 of Daybreak and McGowan, ;!,(«K) each 

 of Tidal Wave and Portia, 2,tMM) Jubi- 

 lee and a few hundred each of Argyle, 

 Pingree and Flora Hill. They have an 

 excellent pink seedling, a cross be- 

 tween Scott and McGowan, inj a yel- 

 low one similar to Pingree, but of 

 deeper color. In roses they grow only 

 Perles. Brides and Maids. Their Perles 

 look well and they say they give them 

 more heat than the other varieties. 



Mr. F. L. Pruse has about 30,(HX) feet 

 of glass and grows little ijesides car- 

 nations. His stock for the coming sea- 

 son consists of S,tMJO plants each of 

 Portia, Scott and Daybreak, 0,- 

 000 McGowan, 2,000 each of Jubi- 

 lee, Flora Hill, Alaska and 

 Tidal Wave. The plants in the 

 field are looking well. He Inds water- 

 ing in the field a necessity during dry 

 spells, and has a water pipe extending 

 the whole length of the field, with a 

 stop-cock at each lateral path. To pre- 

 vent the hose from dragging over the 

 plants and to avoid wear on tl'C hose, 

 he has a movable section of plank on 

 which is a horizontal wheel around 

 which the hose is drawn when water- 

 ing. He will this season build a new 

 plant house, 10x100. 



Mr. W. S. Garland has about 20.000 

 feet of surface covered with glass, 

 ■which is practically all in carnations. 

 His stock for the coming sea'^on con- 

 sists of l.").0O0 Daybreak. (i.iMJO Tidal 

 Wave, 7,(XX> McGowan and a few hun- 

 dred each of Flora Hill, Gold Nugget, 

 White Cloud, Evelina, Argyle and Pin- 

 gree. He has of late had trouble from 



slugs eating the buds of his carnations 

 and is fighting the enemy by dusting 

 the plants with slugshot, to which 

 Paris green has been added. He adds 

 two teaspoons full of Paris green to 

 five pounds of the slugshot. lie gives 

 the plants a good watering and when 

 the foliage is dry dusts the plants, 

 avoiding further watering for several 

 days. The slugshot alone Joes not 

 seem to be strong enough and the 

 Paris green alone will not stick to the 

 foliage. Mr. Garland has cut as high 

 as 50,000 carnation blooms Tor one oc- 

 casion, such as Easter. He will try 

 some violets this year, and will this 

 season rebuild a number of his houses. 



S. Garland, Jr., has the old original 

 Garland place, succeeding his father, 

 S. Garland, last year. The houses, 

 which cover 35,000 square feet, were 

 originally used for vegetables. Some 

 of them are quite old and Mr. Garland 

 intends to rebuild the whole place 

 next year. He grows violets largely 

 and expects to bench 25.000 plants for 

 next winter's work. He also grows 

 carnations, and his stock for the com- 

 ing season includes 5,(X»0 .McGowan. 

 2,.">(K) each of Daybreak and Tidal 

 Wave, 1,(X)0 Portia and 500 each of 

 Pingree, Flora Hill, Argj'le and Jubi- 

 lee. He also grows chrysanthemums 

 and bulb stuff and will the coming 

 season try a house of callas. 



Julius Fulle was formerly with W. 

 S. Garland and started in for himself 

 five years ago. He has a well kept 

 small place, all in carnations. For the 

 coming season he is growing 3,0(X( 

 Daybreak, 3,000 Tidal Wave, 1..50f> 

 Scott and SOO McGowan. He tried 

 solid beds, but returned to raised 

 benches. He has a house of Scott that 

 is still in splendid condition after hav- 

 ing produced abundantly all winter. 

 Various Items. 



Mr. A. L. Shriver. Hoopeston. III., 

 was a visitor last week. Mr. Shri-/er 

 is endeavoring to sell his greenhouses 

 so he may remove to Florida. 



Mrs. F. L. Pruse, Des Plaines, was 

 unfortunate enough to have her arm 

 quite badly burned last week through 

 an accident to a gasoline stove. 



Ben Moss, the veteran florist, of 

 Mendota, 111., died last Sunday. 



Bassett & Washburn report a brisk 

 shipping trade and sales very satis- 

 factory for the season. 



E. H. Hunt is offering a fine line cf 

 baskets suitable for school commence- 

 ments. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Decoration Day was good for the 

 shipping trade, but the retail business 

 did not amount to much. 



Prices went up a little on good stock 

 only, but good stock is becoming 

 scarce and it's just as well, as business 

 is very dull about town. Wholesale 

 men complain that too much stock is 

 coming in that cannot be used, and 

 only the very best finds ready sale at 

 low prices. 



