June 16, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



55 



The Maine in Flowers. 

 Window Display by F. C. Mendonza, Chicago. 



finish their later houses early next 

 month. The smaller growers find it 

 better not to throw out any good stock 

 before the end of June, this month be- 

 ing better from a business standpoint 

 for cut flowers than September or Oc- 

 tober. 



There will be more glass hereabouts 

 devoted to cut flowers than last sea- 

 son, but not so much more as one 

 might suppose, as quite a number of 

 houses have been or will be pulled 

 down and others will be devoted to 

 plants in pots. 



Bridesmaid will be the most largely 

 planted rose; next Bride, then Beauty, 

 then Meteor. All the other varieties 

 put together are unlikely to equal the 

 last named sort in point of numbers. 



Club Meeting. 



The club meeting on Tuesday even- 

 ing was devoted to paeonies. A fine 

 exhibit was made by Messrs. Lonsdale, 

 Heacock and Dreer. Mr. Heacock 

 opened the debate and was followed by 

 Messrs. Craig, Harris and Westcott. 

 The opinion prevailed that the paeony 

 market was a bit overstocked with 

 flowers this year. 



President Harris spoke feelingly of 

 Mr. Cartledge. He was followed by 

 several other members. 



Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock reports Decora- 

 tion day sales as satisfactory; every- 

 thing sold; prices low. Edward Reid 

 has handled large quantities of paeon- 

 ies this season. 



Albert Woltemate has a very promis- 



ing seedling carnation. The color is 

 orange, pencilled with carmine, frag- 

 rant, large size, and heavy, stiff stem. 

 It is said to be a cross between two 

 pinks. 



John Lankford, Thirteenth street, 

 above Chestnut, has closed his door. 

 J. W. Y. 



THE "MAINE" IN FLOWERS. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of a window attraction 

 at the store of Mr. P\ C. Mendonza, 

 Calumet avenue and Forty-third st.eet. 

 Chicago, for Decoration day. The cen- 

 tral feature was a floral model of the 

 battleship Maine, the model being sev- 

 en and one-half feet long and with a 

 beam of three and one-half feet. As 

 will be noted, the details were worked 

 out in immortelles, capeflowers, etc. 

 The smokestacks were wound with 

 red, white and blue ribbon, and this 

 ribbon was also freely used in various 

 other ways. The excellence of the 

 photograph renders any further de- 

 scription unnecessary. The display 

 drew much attention and it was a de- 

 cided success as a window attraction. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is practically no change from 

 last week except that there is a trifle 

 better tone to the market and the gluts 

 of ordinary grade stock are not so 

 heavy. Good roses still hold their 

 own, but the low grades are slaughter- 

 ed or not sold at all. It is pretty much 



the same with carnations except that 

 the best carnations are not in such 

 strong demand as the highest grade 

 roses. In general stock everything 

 suffers badly except possibly white 

 peonies and sweet peas, though there 

 are no high prices on anything. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2n(3. 3rd. 4th. .\v. 



J. S. Wilson 152 175 140 ... K5 



E. F. Winterson....rj4 140 123 159 154 



G. L. Grant 136 ISl 121 182 150 



C. Hughes 128 197 105 ... 143 



Chas. Held 97 147 149 ... 131 



P. .T. Hauswirth 138 118 106 120 120 



J. Degnan 138 103 113 123 119 



G. Lange 123 115 119 



.\. L. Vaughan 107 78 145 124 113 



A. McAdams 101 103 130 ... Ill 



G. Stollery 107 95 144 94 110 



S. Snedeker 98 118 109 ... 108 



W. Kyle 99 114 108 ... 107 



Geo. Headworth ....114 106 121 85 106 



P. Sandaker 99 105 108 ... 104 



F. Robinson 85 109 114 ... 102 



C. Stewart 100 100 



C. Schweigert 104 94 101 ... 99 



A. Henderson 60 103 93 108 91 



I^. Stollery 106 92 99 64 90 



Various Notes, 



W. W. Barnard & Co. are now es- 

 tablished in their handsome new quar- 

 ters at 101 to 103 East Kinzie St. They 

 have the entire building which is 40x 

 ITO feet, and has five floors and base- 

 ment. It is admirably arranged for 

 the convenient handling of their stock. 

 An electric elevator connects the six 

 floors and there is a roomy shipping 

 platform in the rear. They do a large 

 business in forcing bulbs and have 

 ideal facilities for handling this stock. 

 In the basement at present is to be 

 seen an immense stock of tobacco 

 stems in bales, which they handle in 

 large quantities. The offices on the 

 first floor are divided by partitions of 

 oak and glass, and the whole establish- 

 ment shows the results of an increas- 

 ing business conducted on progressive 

 lines. 



C. Lengenfelder is rebuilding his 

 place at Lincoln and Berteau Aves., 

 and expects to have everything in good 

 shape by fall. He reports an excellent 

 spring business, and will have further 

 stock to offer for fall trade. 



Wietor Bros, succeed the Rogers 

 Park Floral Co. The change is in 

 name only, as the Wietor brothers 

 have been the only members of the 

 company for some time. 



The wife of John Poehlmann died 

 last Saturday night, and was buried 

 Tuesday. Mr. Poehlmann has the sym- 

 pathy of a host of friends, in his afflic- 

 tion. He has himself not fully recov- 

 ered from a serious illness. 



Burglars paid a visit to Vaughan, 

 McKellar & Winterson last Friday 

 night. They had the door of the vault 

 nearly destroyed when discovered by 

 Mr. Winterson, who had stepped back 

 to the store to get a package after 

 leaving the bowling alleys. They es- 

 caped, but without securing more than 

 a few dollars that had not been placed 

 in the vault. The damage to the vault 

 door made the visit expensive though. 



