JULY 13, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



147 



John L. Gardner for a display of holly- 

 hocks; and the estate of J. S. Fay for 

 roses, who also received a first class 

 certificate for a seedling of Wichurai- 

 ana crossed by Bridesmaid. 



The News. 



The extensive greenhouses, known 

 as the Shaw place, at Newtonville, 

 Mass., which have been run by Mr. W. 

 H. Elliott for several years, have 

 changed hands, Mr. Elliott's lease hav- 

 ing expired. Mr. W. F. Kimball is the 

 new proprietor, with John F. Pritchard 

 as superintendent, the latter having 

 been Mr. Elliott's foreman for some 

 years. They will grow roses principal- 

 ly, for Boston market. M. J. Costello 

 will represent them in the market. 



T. F. Galvin and family have gone 

 to their summer home at Siasconset. 



P. L. Carbone, the Boylston street 

 retailer, has gone for a two months' 

 trip to Europe. He is accompanied by 

 his sister. 



Frank Houghton, of Houghton & 

 Clark, has gone to see his aged father, 

 in Nebraska, and Tom Clark, his part- 

 ner, is making a round of the western 

 cities. 



H. N. Eaton, of South Sudbury, has 

 just completed a new carnation house, 

 160x30 feet. P. 



BUFFALO. 



Everybody is feeling better. We 

 have had two good showers with the 

 accompanying fall of temperature and 

 cloudy moist days, which may be in- 

 convenient for the wheat harvest but 

 most healthy for Mayor Pingree and 

 Mrs. Bradt, who have been blistering 

 in the sun for the past two months. 

 Both being temperance people and ob- 

 jecting to artificial irrigation, they suf- 

 fered all the more. Pingree in the 

 worst days said, "I'll have things dif- 

 ferent when I'm in the White House." 

 Mrs. B. sportively answered, "Shut up 

 jour municipal ownership face; you're 

 yellow. In my state of Indiana we 

 think nothing of this little dry spell." 

 And sweet Flora Hill blushed to hear 

 such vulgar exchanges, and remarked 

 that it would be more fitting if all were 

 to pray that White Cloud would begin 

 the precipitation act. 



The florists one and all close at 6 p. 

 m., except on Saturday. They began 

 on Saturday, July 1st, and have faith- 

 fully kept the agreement, all but one, 

 and he did not enter into any agree- 

 ment, so nothing can be said. He pos- 

 sibly believes in the reverse of the old 

 proverb and thinks it's the late bird 

 that gathers the worms. There will 

 he a petition presented to him shortly 

 stating that the rest of the trade have 

 not the slightest objection to his keep- 

 ing open till 10 o'clock if he chooses, 

 hut to please let his help have the 

 evenings to themselves for two short 

 months, so they can take a ride to 

 Crystal Beach and enjoy Lake Erie's 

 cool breezes. 



Business is of course very quiet. If 

 it were not for the good people drop- 

 ping in with their checks we should 



have the blues, although there is too 

 much work ahead for that. 



Sweet peas are king just now and 

 some grand flowers of the newer kinds 

 have been shipped us by Jerry Brook- 

 ins, of Orchard Park. No wonder sweet 

 peas are favorites. The shades of 

 many are grand and those who stick 

 merely to the three or four old varie- 

 ties are not in it. 



The crop of drummers is dried up, 

 and Arnold Ringier was the only one 

 to call of late. His curly locks sur- 

 round a very lively batch of grey mat- 

 ter, and he looks so clear and bright 

 that the writer asked him if he had 

 joined the Y. M. C. A. of Chicago. He 

 said, "No, but I was elected an honor- 

 ary member of that and several other 

 societies whose tendency is toward 

 high morals and total abstinence." 



W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Trade is keeping up very well in- 

 deed for the season, and the demand is 

 sufficient to take all the stock sent in 

 and at fair prices. Of course the sup- 

 ply is not large, but there seems a bet- 

 ter, steadier demand for what there is 

 than for some years past. Quality is 

 about as usual at the season, though 

 in some cases Brides seem rather bet- 

 ter. Kaiserins are very good. The sec- 

 ond crop of Beauties from young 

 plants will be in with several of the 

 growers in a week or so. There is no 

 material change from last week in 

 prices. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening the committee on 

 transportation to the Detroit conven- 

 tion reported that very satisfactory 

 arrangements had been made and that 

 the party will be well taken care of. 

 It will really cost less to go to the 

 convention than to stay at home. Flor- 

 ists in the west and northwest will be 

 invited to travel with the Chicago par- 

 ty and will receive the benefits of the 

 special arrangements made by the 

 club. 



An invitation from the Twin City 

 Floral Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., for 

 the club to pay Michigan a visit the 

 following Wednesday was accepted, 

 and the entertainment committee in- 

 structed to perfect arrangements. 



A handsome book on Philadelphia 

 was sent the club by Mr. Chas. D. Ball, 

 Holmesburg, Philadelphia, and a vote 

 of thanks was given him for his kind- 

 ness. Mr. McAdams, with Baker Bros., 

 Ft. Worth, Texas, was a visitor, and 

 reported greatly improved business 

 conditions in the Lone Star state. 



An invitation from Heini Bros., of 

 Blue Island, asking the club to visit 

 them the latter part of this month, was 

 accepted. 



Horticultural Society. 



At the regular quarterly meeting of 

 the Horticultural Society at the Sher- 

 man House on July 8th, eleven new 



members were elected. A discussion 

 was had on the coming exhibition 

 which is to be held in November in the 

 Auditorium theater, when the theater 

 and stage will be floored over. 



It was announced that all the lower 

 boxes in the theater will be given up 

 for booths to be used for bazaar sales 

 by different prominent charitable soci- 

 eties, as the Women's Exchange, 

 which will have the light refreshments, 

 etc.; the Service Club, of young Chi- 

 cago ladies, who will have the flower 

 booth; the McCowan School for Young 

 Deaf Children, the Lying-in Hospital, 

 Margaret Etter Creche and the Visit- 

 ing Nurse Association. 



Variour Items. 



The Florists' Club was favored with 

 a very pleasant day for its excursion 

 to Benton Harbor, Wednesday. There 

 were about fifty in the party and it 

 was a jolly crowd that waved farewell 

 to the stay-at-homes as the City of 

 Milwaukee left its dock. 



Mr. W. C. Egan, secretary of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, left 

 last Wednesday evening for a trip of 

 several weeks through the East. He 

 will visit the leading parks, botanical 

 gardens and nurseries where hardy 

 plants are a feature. 



Bowling. 



The trip to Milwaukee proved to be 

 a most enjoyable affair, and as the 

 Chicago boys won each of the three 

 games played they were well satisfied 

 with the results. The names of those 

 in the party appear in the report of the 

 scores, except Mr. W. N. Rudd, who 

 did not bowl, but found plenty of 

 amusement just the same. The party 

 left on the 5 p. m. train and reached 

 Milwaukee at 7:15, where they were 

 met by the Milwaukee boys and escort- 

 ed to the Plankinton hotel, where the 

 alleys were situated. The Chicagoans 

 were presented with everything mova- 

 ble in the Wisconsin city and are loud 

 in their praise of the hospitality show- 

 ered upon them, and especially men- 

 tion the efforts of Mr. C. C. Pollworth 

 to make them happy. 



The games started promptly at 8 p. 

 m. and were finished before midnight. 

 Following are the scores: 



CHICAGO. 



Geo. Asmus 147 136 13S 



Jno. Degnan 128 ... 143 



P. J. Hauswirth 144 139 133 



Ed. Winterson 155 143 164 



P. Stollery 143 139 136 



C. W. McKellar 12S 139 124 



C. Balluff KiS 103 156 



G. Stollerv 165 115 143 



A. Lange 96 



Totals 1,150 1,010 1,137 



MILWAUKEE. 



C. C. Pollworth 156 155 211 



J. A. Evans 100 91 



O. Sylvester 90 147 124 



B. Gregory 134 97 118 



Mathers 113 135 89 



R. Currie 165 109 94 



H. Holton 80 ... 91 



Mathieson 161 114 112 



Jno. Dunlap 109 107 



Totals 999 957 946 



The Milwaukeeans had provided two 



