AUGUST 11, 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



263 



News Items. 



Carbone is remodeling iiis Boylston 

 street store, preparatory to a success- 

 ful fall and winter season. 



Zinn, of Beacon street, is taking a 

 short vacation, Mr. Long being in 

 charge, he having returned from a de- 

 lightful trip to the Catskills. 



Ned Welch has returned to his desk 

 at Welch Bros.', as has also John J. 

 Kelly, of McCarthy's. 



Henry Collins. Mrs. Roger's right- 

 hand man, has gone to Sebago Lake, 

 Me., to spend his vacation. 



R. L. Jones, who has been with Con- 

 nelly at Charleston, S. C, for the past 

 six months, has returned to the 

 "Hub;" says it is too hot for him 

 down there. 



Ed. T. Buckingham, of Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., will be in town about the last of 

 this month looking over things in the 

 trade. P. 



THE ORCHID GOWN. 



The accompanying engraving is re- 

 produced from the fashion department 

 of the Chicago Times Herald, which 

 says: "This is the now famous orchid 

 gown, and it costs a fortune to wear it. 

 Real orchids are draped from shoulder 

 to waist and lightly but securely fas- 

 tened to the cream colored mousselinn 

 de sole which veils the satin skirt. It 

 is one of the most extraordinary con- 

 ceits yet seen." 



To the average reporter every orchid 

 "costs a fortune." Such a dress could 

 be handsomely draped with two dozen 

 cattleyas at a" cost of $20 to $25. The 

 wide newspaper advertising given this 

 draping and the handsome effect at 

 such a moderate "fortune" ought to 

 make it popular with the ladies who 

 are always in search of something rich 

 and novel. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is little change in the market, 

 though demand stiffens materially at 

 times and there is rather more stock 

 to meet it, quite a lot of new crop 

 roses being received now. The latter 

 part of last week business was espec- 

 ially good. Still there is no material 

 change in prices as yet. And there are 

 large quantities of poor grade stock 

 that is hardly worth sending to mar- 

 ket. 



Club Outing. 



This Thursday the Florists' Club is 

 enjoying the trip to Milwaukee on the 

 Virginia. A full report of the affair 

 will appear next week. 



To Omaha. 

 There promises to be quite a num- 

 ber in the party that will attend the 

 Omaha Convention from thia city. A 

 rate of $14.75 for the round trip is al- 

 ready assured and now the railroads 

 have got to cutting rates we may get 

 something even better by next Mon- 



The Chicago Florists' Club will have 

 a special car on the Burlingion train 

 leaving Chicago at 5:50 p. m., Monday, 

 Aug. 15, and reaching Omaha at 8:10 

 a. m., Tuesday, Aug. K's the open- 

 ing day of the convention. A 

 circular issued by the committee of 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia an- 

 nounces that the delegation from Phil- 

 adelphia and other eastern points will 

 arrive over the Pennsylvania road at 



An Orchid Gown. 



5 p. m., August 15. and will travel on 

 the same train with the Chicago party 

 from here on. The parties from Buffa- 

 lo, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee and 

 other points will also center here and 

 travel on the same train. It promises 

 to be a very large and very jolly party. 



Among those who have already re- 

 served berths in the Chicago Florists' 

 Club's special car are E. Wienhoeber, 

 W. J. Smyth and wife. E. H. Hunt, P. 

 Reinberg. Edgar Sanders, Geo. Stoll- 

 ery, Jas. Hartshorne, W. C. Egan, G. 

 H. Pieser, P. J. Hauswirth. N. Zweifel, 

 Wm. Scott, H. Balsley, G. L. Grant, 

 and there are quite a few who are not 

 yet quite sure. 



Others desiring berths reserved 

 should communicate at once with G. 

 L. Grant, 334 Dearborn St. 



A Tandem Trip. 



Last Sunday a party of florists and 

 their ladies, numbering 18 in all, had a 

 little outing of their own. All were 

 mounted on tandem wheels and start- 

 ing early made a two-hours' spin out 

 to Blue Island to the establishment of 

 Messrs. Helm Bros. Here the party 

 spent the day, being most royally en- 

 tertained by the hosts of the occasion. 

 Before the time for the return the 

 wheels were handsomely decorated 

 with flowers and on the way home the 

 party was given an ovation by the 

 public. All who participated enjoyed 

 themselves hugely and say that the 

 Messrs. Heim Bros, are princes of hos- 

 pitality. 



A Chicago Nursery. 



A visit to the nursery of Swain 

 Nelson & Sons at Glen View was quite 

 an agreeable surprise. Although es- 

 tablished only flve years the 30 acres 

 of ornamental trees, shrubs and plants 

 were found to be in superb condition 

 and in wonderful variety. A better lot 

 of stock it would be hard to find and 

 it was a pleasure to find such an ad- 

 mirable selection of really excellent 

 shrubs in a nursery so convenient to 

 the city. There is certainly a future 

 for such a nursery here and Messrs. 

 Nelson & Sons are to be congratulated 

 on their enterprise. The sail on their 

 place is ideal for the purpose and 

 through thorough cultivation all ne- 

 cessity for watering during dry spells 

 is entirely avoided. They keep six cul- 

 tivators at work steadily ah summer 

 long and at times there are as many 

 as fifteen. The condition of the stock 

 is an excellent illustration of the val- 

 ue of thorough tilling of the soil. 



Various Items. 



Recent visitors: Chas. E. Schonle, 

 St. Louis; Wm. Trillow, Belleville, 111.; 

 Z. K. Jewett, Sparta, Wis.; J. E. Kil- 

 len, representing C. H. Joosten, New 

 York. 



Mr. Washburn and family have re- 

 turned from their Colorado trip and 

 had a very enjoyable outing. They tra- 

 velled a total of 4,000 miles and cov- 

 ered a good deal of ground in wagons 

 and on horseback as well as afoot. 

 Among other walking excursions they 

 climbed Pike's Peak. 



Louis Gresenz, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn's, started Tuesday on a two 

 weeks viacation. Upon his return Mrs. 

 Horton will enjoy a two weeks outing 

 and will visit Saratoga. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., is much pleased with the new car- 

 nation Evanston, that originated with 

 Mr. M. Wieland. The flowers sent in 

 to market by the grower found quick 

 sale at excellent prices and the blooms 

 proved to be very fine keepers. It is 

 a sport from Tidal Wave but of a 

 brighter color and with strong, vigor- 

 ous habit. He believes there is a splen- 

 did future for this carnation. Mr. Pie- 

 ser has returned from his week's va- 



