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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULY 20, 1899. 



Wildwood the 11th inst. There was a 

 good attendance, from 100 to 125 be- 

 ing present. Amusements were plen- 

 tiful and varied, while the trolley ride 

 was not the least pleasant part of the 

 trip. G. Will, of Minneapolis, won 

 the first prize at bowling, with E. 

 Swahn second and E. Nagel a close 

 third. Ed. Swahn also carried off the 

 honors in shooting. C. T. Vogt, of St. 

 Paul, won the fat men's race, and 

 Frank Gustafson the lean men's. St. 

 Paul ladies carried off the honors in 

 bowling and running. Much credit is 

 due the committee, Messrs. Nagel. 

 Swahn, Swanson and Vogt, for the 

 pleasant outing. A. N. Kinsman, of 

 Austin, and Wm. Strehlow were the 

 out-of-town visitors. 



Recent callers were A. N. Kinsman, 

 of Austin, who is building two new 

 houses. 



J. L. Johnson, of Lord & Johnson. 

 Owatonna, was also a caller. This 

 firm, started about six months since, 

 are well pleased with their success, 

 and are erecting two more houses. 



Mr. Goeppinger, representing the 

 old established seed house of Andre 

 Leroy & Co., was a recent caller on 

 the trade here; also W. H. Small and 

 wife, of Evansville, Ind. 



L. L. May has just returned from an 

 inspection tour of the pea crop at 

 Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 



A. S. Swanson is building two new 

 houses and Fred Franke one 



x. y. z. 



CLEVELAND. 



Business has settled into the regu- 

 lar midsummer rut. The only thing 

 doing is funeral work. What little 

 trade that was left was put to sleep 

 by another street car strike Monday. 

 There is a shortage in flowers. Roses 

 are poor. Carnations bring from 75 

 cents to $1 per 100; sweet peas dropped 

 to 10 cents per 100; calliopsis brings 

 20 and 25 cents per 100; asters come in 

 slowly and bring $1 per 100. Golden 

 rod, Queen Anne lace and other wild 

 flowers are chiefly used for window 

 displays. 



Mr. J. M. Gasser is cutting some 

 fine Cattleya gigas, about the only 

 orchids cut in the city. 



A. H. Graham, of A. Graham & Son, 

 and Miss Blanche Sanders, of this city, 

 were married on the 22nd of last 

 month. After a trip through the past 

 they will reside on Euclid avenue. 



James Eadie is rebuilding nine of 

 his houses. 



Mr. Humfeld, of Kansas City, Mo., 

 called on us last week. 



A short time ago quite an item ap- 

 peared in the other trade papers about 

 the crape chaser who got caught by 

 calling on a florist's relative. And now 

 it is known that the florist who made 

 all the hub-bub calls on bereaved 

 families with his little book. People in 

 glass houses should not throw bricks. 



Cleveland will be well represented 

 at the convention next month. 



Miss Florence Steimal, of J. M. 

 Glasser's, is on a two weeks' crip. 

 O. A. C. O. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The midsummer dull season is now 

 in full swing, but the general opinion 

 j seems to be that trade is rather bet- 

 ter than at the same time last year. 

 There is not much in the way of roses 

 and carnations in the market, and all 

 that is good finds a purchaser. As a 

 rule quality is poor though some very 

 good Kaiserins are to be seen, and the 

 new crop of other roses are increasing 

 in quantity and are showing some im- 

 provement in quality. There is still 

 quite a lot of poor Maids coming in 

 from plants not yet thrown out. 



Gladiolus are to be seen in quantity, 

 as well as water lilies and both move 

 very well. McKellar & Winterson 

 have had very large consignments of 

 gladiolus. We noted at their place a 

 large quantity of Euphorbia corollata, 

 a native hardy flower that will un- 

 doubtedly be very freely used in sea- 

 son when its good qualities become 

 better known. It is exceedingly use- 

 ful in the hands of an artist and it 

 lasts well, too. 



Asters are beginning to come in 

 more freely but are not yet very high 

 grade. 



Club Excursion. 



Those who participated in the ex- 

 cursion to Benton Harbor on the 12th 

 report a very enjoyable time. There 

 were 58 people in the party, the 

 weather was fine and the trip across 

 the lake was very pleasant. On ar- 

 riving at Benton Harbor at 1:30 p. m. 

 the party was met by Messrs. Gentle, 

 Shackell and Crooks, who had cars 

 waiting in which the excursionists 

 were at once taken to the establish- 

 ment of the Twin City Floral Co., 

 where an excellent lunch was served. 



After an hour had been devoted to 

 satisfying the inner man the basket 

 factory conducted by Mr. Gentle was 

 visited and the interesting process of 

 manufacture explained in detail. The 

 cars were again taken and the party 

 conveyed to Orchard Park, five miles 

 away, where was found a band of 30 

 pieces which rendered numerous selec. 

 tions, including dance music, which 

 was taken advantage of by those so 

 inclined. 



The boat for home was taken at 5 

 p. m., after a vote of thanks to their 

 entertainers had been passed with 

 three cheers. Singing and dancing 

 filled up the time on the return trip, 

 and at 9:15 p. m. the party reached 

 Chicago again, much pleased with its 

 visit to Michigan. 



Next Excursion. 



The next excursion will be to Blue 

 Island on the invitation of Messrs. 

 Heim Bros. This will take place next 

 Wednesday, the 26th inst. The party 

 will take the Alley L at Randolph 

 street at 10 a. m. to 63d street, thence 

 by electric car at 11 a. m. direct to the 

 establishment of Heim Bros. The 

 spread for the visitors will be ready 

 at 2 o'clock sharp. There will be base 



ball and other games and a very en- 

 joyable time is assured. 



Variour Items. 

 Walter Heffron will be on deck 

 again Saturday refreshed by his little 

 vacation. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser has returned from 

 his brief outing. He will take a lon- 

 ger one early in August. 



Nick Wietor and Aug. Lange are 

 spending a few days at Wauconda, 111. 

 G. H. Pieser is now able to put in a 

 few hours each day at his desk. 



Flint Kennicott is taking his vaca- 

 tion layer cake style. One day on and 

 one day off at his country place. 



James H. Brumby, well known to the 

 trade here for many years, died July 

 13 at Harvey, 111. Mr. Brumby had 

 been in poor health for some time, but 

 a fatal termination of his illness was 

 quite unlooked for. He was employed 

 at Harvey for a year past, but had left 

 his position there and was seeking rest 

 and recuperation, but evidently he 

 took this step too late. 



The recent heavy and continuous 

 rains may cause some damage to field 

 carnations in heavy soil or low-lying 

 places. 



Bowling. 

 Four more games in the handicap 

 prize series were played at the alleys 

 last Friday evening, and following are 

 the scores and averages: 



1st. 2nd. 3d. 4th. Tot. Av. 



Asmus 171 171 171 



Geo. Stollery 177 13S 187 142 644 161 



C. W. McKellar 128 172 145 126 571 142 



Ed. Winterson 119 133 142 176 670 142 



Chas. Hunt 120 149 144 ... 413 137 



P. J. Hauswirth 129 139 137 136 541 135 



W. Kreitling 117 149 131 144 641 135 



G. L. Grant 144 127 271 135 



Jno. Degnan 109 126 173 125 633 133 



A. Henderson 129 147 104 99 479 119 



P. Stollery 108 110 123 115 456 114 



M. Barker 104 104 104 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



The month of June will pass into 

 history as the heaviest, most satisfac- 

 tory business month the plant trade 

 ever experienced, to say nothing of cut 

 flowers, the demand for which was far 

 in excess of the supply. 



Cut flowers remained of good qual- 

 ity until the 23rd of June, when they 

 went from bad to worse, but the de- 

 mand was so great roses and carna- 

 tions which, at any other time, could 

 hardly be given away, were sent out 

 as good at regular prices and no kick. 



Shipping trade remained good until 

 the 4th. We are now beginning to ex- 

 perience the dull midsummer season. 

 Carnations. 25 cents per doz. and of 

 poor quality; roses, 75 cents to $1 per 

 doz. There are a few Japanese lilies 

 to be seen at the stores. Most of the 

 roses and violets are replanted, the 

 weather being the best for carnation 

 and crop growing in years, and the 

 carnations in the field look fine. 



Everybody is busy, either building 

 or making repairs. The Grand Rapids 

 Floral Co. have removed all their car- 

 nation houses from the old place to 

 the new, so as to get them all togeth- 

 er. They have all their planting done 

 except one rose house which is in the 



