JUNE 23, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



79 



The New Store of W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago. 



orate dinner at St. Andrew's hotel, 

 given in his behalf as a farewell cour- 

 tesy on account of his genial manner 

 and all-round good fellowship, he sail- 

 ing for England on the following Sat- 

 urday. 



Covers were laid for ten. The table 

 was handsomely decorated, and the 

 following were among the party who 

 were on hand to entertain the guest: 

 Messrs. J. Roehrs, Henry Siebrecht, 

 Jr., W. Plumb, J. P. Cleary, John 

 Young, Charles Weathered and Harry 

 A. Bunyard. 



Mr. J. P. Cleary occupied the chair, 

 and after the viands had been dis- 

 posed of, impromptu song, music and 

 speech concluded a very enjoyable 

 evening. 



Dressel's Sale. 



The auction sale of Mr. F. Dressel's 

 orchids, palms, etc.. was a decided 

 success from his standpoint, the prices 

 realized being far in excess of any- 

 thing anticipated, in some cases 10 to 

 20 per cent more than regular prices. 

 Mr. J. P. Cleary wielded the hammer. 



There were sevejal florists from a 

 distance, and the following gentlemen 

 were among the largest buyers: A. I. 

 Namm, Brooklyn; Conroy & Co., Fall i 



River, Mass.; Robert Craig. Philadel- 

 phia; E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond. 

 Ind.; J. Newman & Son, Boston; H. 

 M. Cowles, Farmington, Conn.; 

 Bloomendale Bros.. New York City; 

 C. H. Flemming, Bridgeport. Conn.; 

 J. D. Sloan, Lenox, Mass.; Siebrecht & 

 Son, Julius Roehrs, J. M. Keller, and 

 others. 



Notes. 



Mr. Alfred Dimmock sailed Satur- 

 day per steamship Campania and will 

 return again in the fall. 



Visitors: E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.; Robert Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 J. Newman, Boston; P. Conroy, Fall 

 River. Mass.; J. Lovelace, Lenox, 

 Mass.; C. H. Flemming, Bridgeport, 

 Conn. 



A PROGRESSIVE FIRM. 



We present in this issue an exterior 

 view of the new quarters of Messrs. 

 W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, at 161 

 and 163 East Kinzie St. The building 

 is 40 by 100 feet, and there are five 

 floors and a basement. The six floors 

 are connected by an electric elevator, 

 and there is every facility for handling 

 goods to the best advantage and at the 

 least expense. 



This firm has made remarkable pro- 

 press during the last ten years, and is 

 a living illustration of what can be 

 done by careful attention to business 

 details, shrewd buying and unfailing 

 effort to give thorough satisfaction to 

 buyers. "An old customer retained 

 is better than a new customer secured" 

 is evidently the motto of Mr. Barnard 

 and by keeping the old and adding 

 new he has built up a business to be 

 proud of. He has made quite a spe- 

 cialty of forcing bulbs for florists, and 

 the business in this department has in- 

 creased steadily from year to year. 

 Flortsts' seeds, such as primula, calce- 

 olaria cineraria, pansy, etc., are also 

 quite a specialty and they are 

 now issuing a printed list of these. 

 A unique feature added within the 

 last year or so, is their purchas- 

 ing department for Florists. They un- 

 dertake to purchase for their custom- 

 ers any sort of merchandise to be had 

 m Chicago, including pipe, glass, paint 

 hardware, tools, household goods, veh- 

 icles, etc., insuring them the closest 

 jobbing prices on same. 



Mr. W. W. Barnard entered the em- 

 ploy of the old seed firm of Hiram Sib- 

 ley & Co., in 1879. The firm closed out 

 its seed business here in 1889, and Mr 

 Barnard purchased the garden and 

 flower seed department, continuing 

 same in the stores at 6 and 8 North 

 Clark street. In 1891 the new firm 

 began to work up a wholesale trade 

 with florists, in bulbs and other trade 

 supi)lies, and this department in- 

 creased so rapidly that in 1894 they 

 added the store at 186 East Kinzie 

 street. On May 1 last all departments 

 were combined in the new building 

 of which a front view appears in this 

 issue. 



Mr. Barnard is a quiet but genial 

 gentleman, with whom it is a pleasure 

 to do business, and he fully merits the 

 success he has attained. Mr. Arnold 

 Ringier has for many years represent- 

 ed the firm on the road, and his friends 

 in the trade are legion. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 

 This week has been a decided im- 

 provement over last in the wholesale 

 cut flower business, and the daily re- 

 ceipts have been well taken up at 

 about the same prices. Our large rose 

 growers are now busy throwing out 

 old plants and planting young stock, 

 so the quantity of roses coming in has 

 been largely reduced, and the present 

 quotations are about the usual sum- 

 mer figures in this market. Brides 

 and Maids are held at from $4 to ?6 

 per hundred, while Kaiserins and ex- 

 tra quality Maids sell readily at ?1 

 per dozen, and ?2 has been obtained 

 for some exceedingly fine stock. Beau- 

 ties are not^rtinning so good in qual- 

 ity, but still sell well at from $1 to $3 

 per dozen; strictly high grades out of 

 the market. Out-of-door roses have 

 begun to come along, and will in a few 

 days probably affect the market for 

 teas. Short-stemmed Jacks are sell- 



