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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



NOVEMBER 2, 1899. 



"GLUT IN CHICAGO." 



An expression often heard: "I need 

 the money," "Oversupply," "Glut," all 

 in one, at least so it seems just at 

 present. Mums on the market not 

 half done; and every one knows that 

 a mum not fully developed on the 

 plant it not a good keeper, but WILTS 

 RIGHT DOWN. There is no hurry 

 for this stock, unless you are one of 

 those that need the money. But, on 

 the other hand, if you let them grow 

 they would improve and become per- 

 fect; and every one knows, or should 

 know, that it is the amount of poor 

 stock that is sent to market that 

 causes the glut. 



Withal, we expect a glut each fall 

 and every spring, and the extra hot 

 spell we had, followed by two and a 

 half days of rain, caused this glut to 

 come sooner than expected. But stand 

 linn, for it looks as if it was all for 

 the best, for the hot weather has 

 forced out the greater part of the 

 buds and a little cold weather will 

 bring things back to where they ought 

 to be. 



Another good thing about this glut 

 is that it has advanced the mums and 

 every grower, even though he grows 

 mums, wishes they were over, "done 

 and gone," as it were. Every year 

 we find fault and the commission man 

 i3 the first of all to find it, for he has 

 to work like a slave, everybody kick- 

 ing, buyer and seller alike. But let 

 us get a cold snap and the commission 

 man will put up a sign: "Never mind 

 the high prices; we need the money, 

 or at least our shippers do." 



Remember these picnics are only 

 for the fakir, for the store man is bet- 

 ter off when he has to hustle to get 

 stock. And at the same time, if it 

 were not for the fakir, in place of two 

 or three gluts a season we would have 

 one continuous glut, a thing to 'know. 

 The fakir is the first to force up prices, 

 for just as soon as stock becomes a 

 little scarce you see them around 

 thicker than hops, forcing up the fig- 

 ures on one another. And the store 

 man must then buy a full supply for 

 fear that the stand man, or fakir, as 

 he is called, will clean up the market, 

 and to avoid being put in a hole he 

 will buy anything that is good and 

 take no chance. On the other hand, 

 when every commission house is load- 

 ed, the store man, stand man, fakir, 

 all alike, hammer prices down, down, 

 and spring the chestnut: "It is our 

 turn; we need the money." 



CHARLEY'S AUNT. 



NEW YORK. 



Window Displays. 



There is only one Broadway and its 

 fascinations from Twenty-third street 

 to Forty-second are enhanced by the 

 brilliant windows of the florists, which 

 during the past week have attracted 

 crowds constantly by unique effects in 

 autumn foliage, orchids and chrysan- 

 themums. 



At Fleischman's, Small's and Thor- 



ley's there is constant competition and 

 these floral artists are springing some- 

 thing new every week from orchid bas- 

 kets surmounted with tiny lamps to 

 immense white mums whose heads are 

 encircled by lace effects in paper. 



Everywhere the novel and beautiful 

 in window effects are bi ir.g studied, 

 and the smallest florist begins to real- 

 ize that an unattractive window means 

 a "one-horse business." 



The Weather. 



Everybody is bemoaning the contin- 

 uance of summer. Nearly all kinds of 

 flowers are a drug and prices are away- 

 down. It is hard to realize down here 

 that folks are perishing in snow drifts 

 around Denver. It's so warm some of 

 the florists are still wearing straw 

 hats. 



But there's a good time coming. The 

 retailers all say they expect a better 

 season than any since 1S&2. 



The Rose Society. 



The American Rose Society is a 

 healthy infant and has already cut its 

 eye teeth. At the meeting here last 

 week a good deal of interest was man- 

 ifested, and plans were laid for a grand 

 exhibition next February at the Eden 

 Musee in this city, which will be na- 

 tional) in its character. 



Prizes and medals to tin; amount of 

 several thousand dollars will be of- 

 fered, and already a large sum, in cups 

 and money, has been subscribed. Pres- 

 ident Barry, of Rochester, was unable 

 to attend on account of illness in his 

 family. 



Street Fakirs. 



No one living outside of New York 

 realizes the significance of the term! 

 On every prominent street, in front of 

 every big store, at the entrance 

 of every elevated station, these 

 pests of modern "liberty" are 

 found. Impertinent, obtrusive, per- 

 sistent, their only value the clean- 

 ing up of the wholesalers' surplus, 

 their real mission the bringing of the 

 business into disrepute and the de- 

 struction of legitimate trade. Fortu- 

 nate, indeed, are the florists in the 

 cities and smaller towns who have not 

 this gigantic imposition to combat. 

 Paying no rentals, eating what no re- 

 spectable florist would feed his dogs, 

 small wonder the curse continues and 

 grows and "flourishes like a green bay 

 tree." 



Speaking of bay trees, the fakirs are 

 now selling palms and araucarias all 

 over the city from wagons, penetrat- 

 ing even the sacred precincts of Fifth 

 avenue and Murray Hill. 



Various Items. 



Mr. Fred Smythe, for many years in 

 the employ of Siebrecht & Son, has 

 formed a partnership with Albert 

 Wadley, of the old firm of Siebrecht & 

 Wadley. Their store on Fifth avenue 

 near Forty-second street is very neat 

 and attractive, but will soon be too 



small for the business which the new 

 firm expects to do. 



Messrs. Wadley and Smythe are both 

 young men in years but very old in 

 experience. They intend to open a 

 branch in Newport in the spring. 



The Rosary is comfortably settled in 

 its new store on Fifth avenue and al- 

 ready feels the benefit of the change 

 from cramped quarters. With ample 

 room, proximity to the great hotels 

 and a millionaire clientage, Mr. Troy 

 is wearing a cheerful countenance with 

 his new suit that it is an inspiration 

 to behold. A. 



NEW YORK BOWLERS. 



The "O'Mara prize," a very hand- 

 some new ball and case, to be awarded 

 the member throwing the greatest 

 number of pins during the games of 

 October, was awarded to Alexander S. 

 Burns, of Woodside, L. I., and if any 

 man deserved it, he does, for he has 

 never yet missed a meeting, and has 

 done everything possible to make the 

 New York team what it ought to be. 

 When Captain Traendley handed -Mr. 

 Burns his well deserved prize, every 

 member present thought that for once 

 merit reaped its reward. 



The alleys last night, October 30, 

 were not overcrowded, and yet they 

 were kept quite warm. Enthusiasm is 

 always high on bowling alleys, and 

 we often wonder why the ladies can- 

 not be invited once in a while to try 

 what they can do. It's often better 

 than theaters. The scores last night 

 were: 



1st. 2d. 3d. 



A. Burns 159 156 120 



W. Siebrecht 167 118 157 



T. Lang 159 164 172 



C. Schenck 169 149 170 



W. Marshall 129 127 129 



F. Traendlev 143 160 143 



J. Withers 122 142 146 



J. Donlan 110 136 121 



A. Shaw 124 US 100 



The third series of games between 

 the New York and Flatbush teams will 

 take place on the alleys, corner of 

 Sands and Washington streets, Brook- 

 lyn, Saturday, November 4, commenc- 

 ing at 7:30 p. m. These are strange al- 

 leys to both teams and it promises to 

 be a hard battle. 



The Flatbush team had a tussle with 

 a team of the Brooklyn Royal Arca- 

 num on Friday, October 27, but were 

 defeated. The chances are they will 

 get square with the New Yorks on the 

 next encounter. 



We don't know how matters will go 

 on here by next convention time, but 

 we think you will need a sporting 

 editor. Philadelphia is going in for 

 boxing and shooting. New York for 

 bowling and bicycling, Boston for 

 aesthetics and calisthenics, Hoboken 

 is yet silent, but Coney Island won't 

 be in it. J. I. D. 



MENOMINEE, MICH. — L. Zechetto . 

 is building a new greenhouse. 



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