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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JUNE 22, 



C. Ludwig, of the Pittsburg Florists' 

 Bowling Club, was a visitor and rolled 

 the five games with us. The following 

 scores were made: 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Tot.Av 



C. A. Kuehn 174 15C 107 146 1(» 812 163 



J. J. Beneke 168 172 138 14\ 167 793 159 



J. W. Kunz ISO 117 2V17 149 



Emil Schrav 14S 112 lsn ill ■:.«) us 



C. C. Sanders 118 140 162 150 158 728 146 



E. C. Jjudwiff 152 120 124 151 153 700 140 



John Young 94 145 121 ... 300 120 



P. J. Fillmore 119 156 106 111 123 565 113 



F. H. Weber SS 98 ... 186 93 



THE GLASS SITUATION. 



Notice has been served on distrib- 

 utors and large consumers of window 

 glass throughout the United States 

 that the American Glass Company, 

 which controls the market of this 

 country, will seek a war of absolute 

 extermination of the few scattered 

 manufacturers who essayed during 

 the last year to secure a small portion 

 of the immense trade which the pros- 

 perous condition of the country gave 

 to the giant monopoly. In addition 

 the present officers have secured op- 

 tions on fully 80 per cent of the win- 

 dow glass factories of the country and 

 will form a trust along modern lines, 

 with a capital of $24,000,000. 



The notice, as given above, contain- 

 ing, as it does, a veiled threat to all 

 jobbers and manufacturing consum- 

 ers, such as sash, door and blind mak- 

 ers, that they may not buy this sea- 

 son outside of the combination, is at- 

 tracting a great deal of attention in 

 the trade and is creating a great anxi- 

 ety on the part of all interests hand- 

 ling the product. To an outsider there 

 is nothing in the communication ex- 

 cept the ordinary honeyed words of 

 the merchant hoping to extend his 

 trade; but to those who are familiar 

 with the matter there is no chance to 

 mistake the fact that the combination 

 is swinging a large club in a vigorous, 

 determined and merciless manner. 



The club, which is not concealed 

 from the trade, is in the granting of 

 special rebates to those who begin 

 with the opening of the 1899-1900 

 "fire," September 15 next, by buying 

 all their glass of the combine and con- 

 tinuing up to July 1 of next year. It 

 will be observed that the rebates are 

 withheld for a period of nine and one- 

 half months, so that the managers of 

 the combine will be in perfect posi- 

 tion to know whether the buyer has 

 kept faith with it or not. Better still 

 — and here is the point that is giving 

 the trade its anxiety— the tied-up re- 

 bates may represent the distributors' 

 entire profits for the trade year. 



While the combination allowed the 

 distributor who bought its products 

 exclusively during the last year a fair 

 margin of profit, there is no guarantee 

 that it will do the same this year. In 

 fact, with the jobbers' capital in its 

 own coffers, there is no reason why 

 the combination should consult any- 

 body except itself in this little matter, 

 and this is one of the points over 



[Continued page 80.] 



Butted Glass. 



This is no longer an experiment, it has come to stay. There 

 are various ways of making Butted Roofs, but the best way 



Clipper Bar. 



With this bar you can make a roof that is absolutely free 

 from drip, and glass cannot be torn out by the wind. Butted 

 glass makes a tight roof, a warm house and saves fuel. It 

 lasts longer, looks better and costs less than the old-fashioned 

 roof. But do not think that this is the only bar we sell, for 

 it is not; we furnish what people want and there is nothing ! 

 in greenhouse material that you cannot get from us, and all 

 of open-air-dried Cypress clear of bright sap, stained sup 

 knots and all other defects. 



Lockland Lumber Co. 



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 or Estimates. 



Lockland, Ohio. 







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ANY SIZE, 



ANY STYLE, 



LOWEST 



PRICES. 



Florists' 

 Refrigerators, 



Send us specifications of such a refrigerator as you need and we will give you 

 figures which will mean a saving of from one-quarter to one-half in its cost. 

 Also ask for our prices on any other supplies you need, always stating quantity 

 and quality desired. 



FLORISTS' PURCHASING AGENCY, 



159 La Salle Street. i CHICAGO. 



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M. RICE &, CO. 



NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOQUC 

 FOR THE ASKING. 



Exclusive Importers and 

 Manufacturers 



S Florists' Supplies 



25 N. Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Now I am open to quote prices on all Bulbs, Plants and Roots 

 for next season. Send in your list of wants for quotations. 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ, Jersey City, N. J. 



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The MODEL Extension Carnation Support. 



Read what some of our best throwers say concerning it. 

 Buffalo. N. Y., Jan. 13. iSqq. 

 Thcron Parker. Pear Sir: — Your Model Carnation 

 Support is the best tiling I have yet tried. In fact, it is 

 about ideal. I used it this winter on Scotts, Flora Hill, 

 Mrs. Beal and Genessee. The principle is perfect, but 

 experien- e may teach us that in some varieties, for in- 

 stance, Daybreak the lower ring might with advantage 

 be two inches lower. If could afford the first cost, at 

 once, I would not think of using anything but the 

 " Model." Very respectfully yours, William Scott. 

 Other testimonials will appear weekly. Write for prices. 



THE MODEL PLANT STAKE CO., 

 226 No. Ninth Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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rjJRCHlDS.... 



Just received in fine condition. 



CATTLEYA LABIATA, C. Dowiana. C. Skin- 

 nerii. C. Granulosa, Laelia anceps, L. a. alba 

 and L. autumnalis ; also Cattleya Mossia? and 

 C. speciosissima, all direct from the Tropics. 



Lager & Hurrell, ! 5 rpSr e < r e s rs a . n . d summit, n. j. 



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