Jii.v 4. 1001. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



157 



Exhibit of Evergreens and Bay Trees at the Pan-American Exposition. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Transportation to Buffalo. 



The Trunk Line Association lia« made 

 the usual rate of a round trip for one and 

 one-third single fare on the certificate 

 plan, as in the past. The roads outside 

 of the Trunk Line territory have not yet 

 announced a rate but will undoubtedly 

 co-operate on the same basis. 



It was hoped that rates to the public 

 for the Pan-American Exposition would 

 be made so low as to make the use of 

 certificates unnecessary this year, and 

 for this reason acceptance of the one and 

 one-third rate has been delayed until 

 the present time: but it is now definite- 

 ly settled that the above-mentioned rate 

 is lower than anything that members of 

 the society are likely to enjoy otherwise. 



A special concession, however, has been 

 made by the Trunk Line Association 

 whereby members of the S. ,\. F., by 

 depositing their certificate with the joint 

 agent at the exposition on or before 

 Aug. 14 and paying the sum of $\ may 

 obtain an extension of their return tick- 

 ets to Aug. 24. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



I In the background at the right is seen 

 the Elmwood entrance, where the gi'eat- 

 cst number of people enter the grounds. 

 The building upon which the flag is fly- 

 ing is the New York State Building, a 

 liandsome marble structure which will 

 remain after the exposition is closed. 



EVERGREENS AT PAN-AMERICAN. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a pliotograph of the exhibit of 

 evergreens and bay trees by Messrs. Bob- 

 bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., at the 

 Pan-American Exposition. It was im- 

 possible to get the whole of the exhibit 

 into one view, as many fine specimen 

 bo.x and bays extend along the lawn. 

 AH txccpt the sweet bays are planted 

 out, and up to date not a plant has been 

 lost. The exhibit consists of standard 

 and pyramid sweet bays, a large num- 

 ber of finely trimmed box, taxus, blue 

 spruce and a large as.sortment of the 

 choicest evergreens. The eoUection ar- 

 rived at tlie exposition about the loth of 

 May and occupied an entire car. The 

 ■wealhcr has been very favorable, but it 

 is certainly unusual that in handling so 

 many evergreens not one should have 

 been lost. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply of roses seems to have 

 shortened still further, and the quality 

 to have dropped a few pegs more. Good 

 teas bring $4 but there are mighty few 

 of them and for the other kind the price 

 grades down to zero. There are quite 

 a few good carnations, but the demand 

 is light. Though sales at $1.50 are re- 

 ported others say that $1 is about the 

 top and the sales at prices below that 

 figure are much more numerous than 

 those at above it. We hear of clean-up 

 sales at 3 cents a bunch of 25. 



Some good paeonies are yet to be had 

 from cold storage stock. Sweet peas are 

 coming in by the cartload. Of the good 

 ones about half find buyers but it seems 

 impossible to move the others at any 

 price. We hear of clean-up sales at as 

 low as 1 cent a bunch. A few good 

 whites still bring 25 cents a hundred. 



Reviewing the season as a whole the 

 dealers say it has been satisfactory from 

 their standpoint but that the growers' 

 returns for a given amount of stock 

 have averaged about 15 per cent less 

 than last year, which has been hard on 

 the growers. The great increase in pro- 

 duction is evidently making itself felt. 

 At the same time good stock, put on the 

 market in good shape, has nearly always 

 brought good figures. 



Various Items. 



The date for the Florists' Club's pic- 

 nic has been changed to Wednesday, July 

 24, owing to the fact that Tuesday is 

 required by the bowling contingent for 

 their games. 



The leading retailers have agreed to 

 close their places of business at 6 p. m.. 



on Saturdays at 8 p. m., and at noon 

 Sunday during July and August. 



There has not yet been any agreement 

 made by the wholesalers, but all will 

 probably close at 5 p. m. on week daya 

 and at noon Sunday, beginning July 5. 



Jlr. Arnold Ringier, representing W. 

 W. Barnard & Co., sailed from New 

 York June 27 on a business trip to Eu- 

 rope. While there he will visit his old 

 home in Switzerland. Mr. R. R. McGill, 

 also with the above firm, has returned 

 from his summer vacation of two weeks, 

 which he spent at his old home in Iowa. 



Mr. James Hartshorne is now sole 

 manager of the Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany, of Joliet, Mr. J. D. Thompson's 

 connection with the company having 

 been severed July 1. 



The Fleischman Floral Company has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of .$10,000. The incorporators are Ben 

 F. Rubel, W. Kaspar, Jr., and J. A. Irr- 



John Bohan has gone to Salt Lake 

 City to take a position with the Salt 

 Lake City Floral Company. 



Alex. Newitt is now foreman for Jos. 

 Labo. Joliet, 111. 



The rose garden on the wooded island 

 in Jackson Park has been making its 

 annual display of bloom, and the rosea 

 have been of excellent quality. 



A. H. Budlong is camping out in Wis- 

 consin. J. A. Budlong is as strongly 

 addicted to the bicycle as ever, and aver- 

 ages 6,000 miles a year. He broke his 

 collar bone on a trip last May, but is now 

 in as good trim as ever. 



There was a quick lift of quotations 

 and other things at McKellar & Winter- 

 son's last Tuesday as the result of a 

 call by a fire cracker about a foot in 

 length. It exploded right under Mr. 

 Winterson's feet, and that rising young 

 man is still rising- 



N. Wietor is back from another fish- 

 ing trip, this time to Tomahawk Lake, 

 Wis. 



The retailers say it has been the poor- 

 est June in years. 



The stretch of torrid weather was 

 broken by heavy rain storms Monday 

 and Tues'dav of this week, and while it 



