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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



is the quality in most cases. What good 

 stock there is usually liuds buyers, while 

 the large quantities of poor grade stull' 

 goes to waste. Flora Hill and K. Crock- 

 er are the best carnations coming in 

 now. The latter variety is regaining its 

 former friends around here and several 

 growers have been heard to say that they 

 fai'ed to propagate any last spring, but 

 they must have some next fall to plant. 

 There is no outdoor stock coming at 

 present. 



Replanting of roses and planting of 

 mums has been going on on most of the 

 places, and stock generally looks fine. 

 Tliere is going to be a great showing of 

 mums at the show this fall if present 

 indications materialize. 



The Indianapolis Flower and Plant 

 Company have torn away four small 

 houses to make room for two fine large 

 houses. 



A. Pahud has moved into his new of- 

 fice and looks much more comfortable 

 than he did in his small old one. 



Building at E. A. Nelson's and J. 

 Hartje's places is going along satisfac- 

 torily. 



The next meeting of the State Flor- 

 ists' Association will be held on July 

 2 at the Commercial Club rooms, and a 

 full attendance is desired as final ar- 

 rangements are to be made for the an- 

 nual outing. 



On June 30 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. J. 

 Baur start for Buffalo to remain ten 

 days. They will also visit relatives and 

 friends at Erie, Pa., before returning 

 home. 



There will likely be a good delegation 

 from here to the S. A. F. and 0. H. con- 

 vention, as several have announced their 

 intention of going. A. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Conditions have changed but little 

 from last week. There are still oceans 

 of flowers and but few good ones among 

 them. In roses $5 seems to be about the 

 top price for the best and $1.00 to .$1.50 

 for carnations, with rapid jumps down- 

 ward to rates by the armful or wagon 

 load on the poorer grades. A clean up 

 of carnations at 5 cents a bunch is now 

 considered a pretty good sale. 



The school closings on Thursday and 

 Friday are expected to help a little lo- 

 cally and we hope it will. Local trade 

 has been positively disheartening of late 

 and the fakir has been the only one who 

 has made any money. 



Paeonies are the most satisfactory 

 flower now in the market. Good flowers 

 are to be had in quantity and when need- 

 ed at $3 to $5 per 100. This is the cold 

 storage stock which has been kept in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



The best roses are Kaiserins and Me- 

 teors and in red carnations America is 

 holding up its reputation. 



Various Items. 



At the club meeting last Friday even- 

 ing it was decided to have the picnic on 

 Tuesday, July 23, at P»eissig's grove in 

 Riverside. Another meeting will be held 

 July 19. The committee is rapidly per- 

 fecting arrangements for the affair" The 

 transportation committee reported prog- 

 ress and will probably have arrangements 

 completed before the next meeting. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. Weinhoeber left last 

 Saturday by the Pennsylvania road for 

 New York whence they sailed Monday on 



a llaniliUi ;.»-Aiiii'ri<"Ui liiR-r for a three 

 or fdiii iii.'iiih-' ni|. (n l-jirope. They 

 will \i-ii r.iii- II -II.iimI, Uclgium and 

 the ].niM ipil ' 111^ ^ HI <M iinany. 



An..iliri I'liiMj,,:,,! iihjrini is Otto 

 Wittbold, of the Geo. Wittbold Co., who 

 is en route for a visit to Belgium and 

 England. 



It is reported in the daily press that 

 Mrs. J. G. Steinfield, wife of the florist, 

 has received a gift of $50,000 in cash 

 from an unknown party to whom she 

 had shown some kindness in the past. 



Wilson Tiplady, Joliet, was a visitor 

 last Tuesday. 



Bowling. 



In the eighth series of league games played 

 last Tuesday evening the Wholesalers won 

 three games from the Growers, and the Retail- 

 ers took three from the Seedsmen. The latter 

 failed to appear on the scene and lost the 

 games by default. But the Retailers put up 

 some scores that would have been hard to beat 

 anyway. Three of those dollar prizes were 

 plucked, two by P. J. Hauswirth with scores 

 of 214 and 219, and one by Geo. Asmus, with 

 203. Following are the scores: 



WHOLESALERS. 



B. F. Winterson 176 166 155 



G. L. Grant 190 163 120 



W. S. Heffron 1X0 103 116 



John Sterrett 127 130 157 



Jos. Foerster 169 137 195 



Totals 772 699 743 



GROWERS. 



N. A. Schraitz 148 127 107 



John Paulus 101 105 139 



F. Matti 153 153 124 



J. P. Sinner 118 100 81 



C. Hughes 147 143 136 



Totals 667 628 647 



RETAILERS. 



George Asmus 125 171 203 



E. Enders 110 131 145 



P. J. Hauswirth 214 219 161 



E. Hauswirth 81 



W. Kreitling 115 115 



C. BallufE 134 145 103 



Totals 664 781 727 



The teams now stand as follows: 



Won. Lost. 



Wholesalers 18 6 



Growers 15 9 



Retailers 12 12 



SeeSsmen 3 21 



Below we give the averages to date of those 

 who have played in more than three series of 

 games, omitting fractions where less than one- 

 half and counting more than one-half as one: 

 Games. Total. High. Av. 

 Jos. Foerster 21 3,576 212 168 



F. Stollery 21 3,453 202 164 



Geo. Asmus 21 3.449 203 164 



G. Stollery 21 3,444 199 164 



E. F. Winterson 21 3,315 202 158 



P. J. Hauswirth 21 3,294 219 157 



C. Balluff 24 3.734 214 156 



John Degnan 21 3.264 197 155 



F. Matti 24 3.608 185 150 



G. L. Grant 23 3,400 190 148 



N. A. Schmltz 21 3,001 181 143 



C. Hughes 15 2,080 150 139 



John Paulus 24 3.292 183 137 



E. Enders 12 1,575 156 131 



W. S. Heffron 23 2,846 1S4 124 



W. Kreitling 17 2.010 144 US 



O. Kreitling 18 2,126 154 118 



C. W. Scott 17 1,955 168 115 



BEDDING ROSES. 



At the Pan-American Exposition, Buf- 

 falo, there are numerous beds of roses 

 now in bloom, and among them is a bed 

 of Ulrich Brunners that is undoubtedly 

 the finest bed of roses ever seen in Amer- 

 ica. It is a sheet of magnificent blooms 

 and is a sight worth a long trip to see. A 

 bed of Paul Neyron is also splendid, and 

 some beds of .Jacks are fine, but the 

 Brunners are simply wonderful. 



They are certainly a grand testimo- 

 nial to the skill of William Scott, and 

 we are pleased to be able to say he has 

 promised to tell the readers of the Re- 

 view just how he accomplished such re- 

 sults. 



A bed of Crimson Ramblers is now a 



in the garden and the results will surely 

 be far reaching. 



The exposition as a whole is all that 

 has been promised, and the electrical 

 display at night is alone worth all the 

 trouble and expense of a visit. We shall 

 next week endeavor to give you in de- 

 tail our impressions of the exposition 

 gathered during a four days' stay. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The date of tlic convention of the 

 above association to be held in London, 

 Ont., has been fixed for Monday and 

 Tuesday, the 5th and 6th of August, with 

 probably the 7th thrown in fm- rf'rro:ition 

 and enjoyment. This datr ^^.l- diri,],..! 



on for various important ri,i-<.ii-. ai ig 



which may be mentioned tin- tnllouiTiL; — 

 viz., the London Old Boys' Association 

 will have their annual meeting there dur- 

 ing the same week, and there will be 

 cheap rates from almost all over Canada. 

 The London Horticultural Society hold 

 their annual summer flower show on 

 Tuesday, Aug. 6; the S. A. F. will have 

 its convention from the 6th to the 10th 

 at Buffalo and members of the C. H. A. 

 will be able to take in part of the S. A. 

 F. meeting and the Pan-American on the 

 same trip. 



This appears to be a combination of 

 fortuitous circumstances that should 

 make it comparatively easy and inex- 

 pensive for every florist in Canada to at- 

 tend at least their own trade convention 

 and is an opportunity which ought to be 

 eagerly seized by even the "small man" 

 to find out the latest ideas and improve- 

 ments without which he cannot expect to 

 meet the demands of his customers for 

 better things. It leaves him with abso- 

 lutely no valid excuse for staying at 

 home, and he will be amply repaid in 

 the future for the small amount of money 

 spent at the time. Program of the con- 

 vention will be published shortly and 

 may be had on application to the secreta- 

 ry, A. H. Ewing, Berlin, Ont. The open- 

 ing session will be at 2:30 p. m. Monday, 

 Aug. 5. 



BOSTON. 



On account of the new hall not being 

 ready for occupancy the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society was obliged to 

 abandon the rose and strawberry show 

 scheduled for June 20 and 21. 



Milwaukee;, Wis. — The American Park 

 and Outdoor Art Association is holding 

 its annual convention in this city this 

 week. The program inrludcil many val- 

 uable and interesliirj p:i|M i- .m subjects 

 connected with tin >m i I, ni ih,' associa- 

 tion, and it 'was inl . rspci s,,! with nu- 

 merous drives about the city and other 

 courtesies extended by the local peop'e. 

 The organization has accomplished much 

 good and a goodly share has been done 

 by the Women's Auxiliary during its one 

 year's existence. 



Omaha, Neb. — At the last meeting of 

 the Nebraska and Iowa Florists' Society 

 the name was shortened to Nebraska 

 Florists' Society. R. H. Davy gave an 

 account of his trip through Oklahoma 

 and Indian Territory. 



