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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNE 30. ISSS. 



A WIRE PIPE HANGER. 



The wire pipe hanger illustrated 

 herewith, is strongly recommended by 

 Mr. A. L. Shriver, Hoopeston, 111., who 

 has discarded all other systems in its 

 favor. A double loop of telegraph wire 

 is used, the two ends twisted together 

 below the pipe and the pipe lifted to 

 the exact height wanted by inserting 

 a stick between the wires and twist- 

 ing the wires. If it is desired to lower 

 the pipe at any point the wires can be 

 untwisted a trifle. This is not only 

 an inexpensive hanger, but is of great 

 value in enabling one to keep the 



The first summer visit of the Flo- 

 rists' Club will be to the establishment 

 of Messrs. H. & R. Hilmers, at Blue 

 Island, July lu. The trip to the es- 

 tablishment of Reinberg Bros., at 

 Summerdale, will be made the latter 

 part of July, and the Milwaukee trip 

 early in August. As many will later 

 be away to Omaha no other August 

 trip has been arranged. Early in Sep- 

 tember the Club will again visit Hins- 

 dale upon the invitation of Bassett & 

 Washburn, so all may have an oppor- 

 tunity to see that .jOxOOO house of car- 

 nations. 



A Wire Pipe Hanger. 



grade of the pipe absolutely true, 

 which is so important to secure the 

 best results from a heating apparatus. 

 Should the support sag the pipe can 

 be trued up by a few twists or ths 

 reverse at the point where the sag has 

 occurred. This is not advanced as a 

 particularly new method of hanging 

 pipes, but as one that should be wide- 

 ly known and made use of. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply of good roses has short- 

 ened further and they are in big de- 

 mand. Teas are stiff at .f3 to $4 for 

 good quality. Kaiserins are selling 

 well and the best grade has advanced 

 to $o. Beauties are very scarce and it 

 is impossible to fill orders. Aside from 

 roses the supply exceeds the demand 

 in nearly every case. Though there 

 is much poor stock, still the quality 

 averages well for the season of the 

 year. There is a lot of good longi- 

 fiorum in the market and they are sel- 

 ling fairly well at $5 per hundred. 

 These are mostly from the Klehm 

 brothers. 



Various Items. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett left Monday for his 

 summer trip. He will probably not re- 

 turn till September. Mr. Washburn 

 and his wife and son will also take a 

 summer outing. They start next 

 Tuesday for Colorado, where they will 

 spend most of their time at Glenwood 

 Springs, but will also view the mag- 

 nificent scenery of other parts of the 

 state. They will be away four or five 

 weeks. 



Mr. E. Buettner, wife and two chil- 

 dren, will leave July 4th for a two 

 months' trip to Europe. They sail 

 from New York July 7th on the Ko- 

 enigen Louise for Bremen, and will 

 sail for home from the same port Sep- 

 tember 10th. 



J. M. Smely, late of Dreher & Sme- 

 ly. Sibley, 111., has leased the green- 

 houses of Roscoe Saunders, at Aurora. 

 Louis Dreher will continue the estab- 

 lishment at Sibley on his own ac- 

 count. Mr. Smely was married last 

 Sunday in this city and has taken his 

 bride to his new Aurora home. 



Klehm's cold storage paeonies were 

 cleaned out in great shape last week 

 and at good figures. 



Mrs. Redfield, a sister of Mr. Flint 

 Kennicott, was buried last Tuesday. 



C. W. McKellar returned Wednesday 

 morning, and next Tuesday Ed. Win- 

 terson and C. S. Stewart will start 

 on an extended bicycling trip. They 

 will be away till late in August and 

 will pass through the states of Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and 

 Nebraska, bringing up at Omaha in 

 time for the convention. They carry 

 a tent with them and will camp out 

 when hotels are not convenient. They 

 will combine business with pleasure 

 and Ed. Winterson says he will carry 

 a sign on his back bearing the words, 

 "Read The Florists' Review," in big 

 black letters. Both expect to have 

 their muscle worked up so that their 

 delivery in the bowling tournament 

 will be as swift and accurate as that 

 of Admiral Dewey's guns. 



Our "Among the Growers" notes 



will be found under a separate heading 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



The early closing movement among 

 the wholesalers has been crowned 

 with complete success. From July 5th 

 to September 5th every wholesaler in 

 the city will close his place of busi- 

 ness at 5:30 p. m. All signed the 

 agreement gladly. The notice appears 

 in ouradvertising columns in this is- 

 sue. 



E. H. Hunt is offering a fine line of 

 florist's seeds of very select strains. 

 He has made quite a specialty of high 

 grade seeds of the sorts grown by flo- 

 rists and has received many congratu- 

 latory letters from satisfied customers. 

 Mr. Hunt is still sojourning at West 

 Baden, Ind. 



A. G. Prince & Co. carried about S(M) 

 dozen paeonies in cold storage this 

 season and cleared them all out at 

 good figures. 



Klehm's Nursery is sending in a lot 

 of fine lougiflorum lilies and they ex- 

 pect to have a good supply all sum- 

 mer. They are now potting up a lot 

 of auratum that has been held back 

 in cold storage, and will have a big 

 crop of late flowers. 



Geo. Souster, of Elgin, was in town 

 Tuesday. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores made last 

 Friday night: 



„ . „ . 1st. 2n,l. 3d. 4th. 5th. .W. 



J. S. TVilson 124 174 134 176 ... 152 



E. P. Winterson 133 144 136 130 128 13i 



J. Degnan iss 106 105 116 142 121 



F. fctoUery U4 135 109 13s 99 119 



;• ^"?"*P' 1'* 1"* 115 IW 121 114 



C. Balluff 100 128 114 



A. Henderson 105 99 86 121 148 112 



C- Erne 105 104 91 100 



C. Pruner 66 111 102 92 Hi 93 



G. Balluff 59 74 „R 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market was weaker 

 last week than it has been. Roses 

 were in fair demand, but other stock, 

 especially peas, were difficult to sell. 

 The busy business season is over. The 

 busy season of preparation, for the 

 growers, is here. Pulling out, clean- 

 ing, painting, planting and potting are 

 seen on all sides. 



Penn. Hort. Society. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety wound up the season with a real- 

 ly pretty show on Tuesday evening, 

 which was enjoyed by a fair - sized 

 crowd of members. Entering the lec- 

 ture hall, the first table on the left was 

 filled by W. A. Manda. of South Or- 

 ange, N. J., with a beautiful collection 

 of roses, chiefly of the evergreen type. 

 Next came a long table which the H. 

 A. Dreer Co. had filled with Japanese 

 iris, fifteen varieties. This exhibit was 

 particularly effective, the flowers being 

 well staged and in good condition. 



Then came a small table of sweet 

 peas, probably several thousand 

 blooms, and after the vegetables, let- 

 tuce and peas, for the Dreer and Mich- 

 ell prizes, came another table of Japa- 



