JVLY i3, 1001. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



205 



All the wholesalers will close at 1 

 p. 111. ever}' Saturday from now until 

 August 31. 



John Westcotfs guests at Waretown 

 unite »n describing the "Commodore"' as 

 a royal entertainer. 



To our bowling team — 



True, but not new: 



"You may hunt the world all over 



As carefully as you please. 



But in spite of all your trouble. 



You will find no men like these. 



There is wit and wisdom, talent and fun. 



Good and evil in every one. 



They can crack a joke, sing a song 



And tell tall lies when the games seem long. 



They can loudly laugh at anything queer 



And all but Kitt can guzzle beer. 



When critics gibe they gibe in return. 



Manv a maiden's heart will burn 



When she sees the air of easy grace 



And the genial smile on Moss' face. 



all good feeders, can all "eat pie," 



other 



The Market. 



Average conditions have ilianged but 

 little from last week though there have 

 been various ups and downs in both sup- 

 ply and demand. Last Friday the mar- 

 ket was as bare of flowers as it well 

 could be. Probably there were fewer 

 flowers on the market that day than 

 ever before during the last dozen years. 

 This was due not alone to the throwing 

 out and replanting of houses, but to the 

 several sudden shifts in temperature 

 from hot to cool and back again to hot- 

 ter. Wednesday of last week the ther- 

 mometer reached 102 at 3 p. m. and by 

 8 p. m. it had fallen to nearly CO. Since 

 then the average has been nearer to 75 

 and the plants have recovered somewhat, 

 though very poor stock is the rule. Lo- 

 cal demand is apparehtly quite dead, but 

 there is a fair sprinkling of shipping 

 ordei-s, enough to take all stock that 

 will come anywhere near fair grade. 



Anything really fair in roses will 

 bring $4 to $5, w]jile in carnations 30 

 cents to $1 is asked for average run and 

 75 cents to $1.50 for good to best white. 

 On Monday sales were good, the retail- 

 ers having to stock up a little, but on 

 Tuesday there was a relapse, though 

 with no surplus worth mentioning. 



The heavy rains that generally ac- 

 companied the changes from equatorial 

 heat to cooler weather practically cut 

 out the supply of sweet peas for awhile. 

 but the plants have evidently recovered 

 somewhat, as fair flowers are much in 

 evidence. The price is $1 to $1.50 per 

 1,000. A few .hollyhocks are appearing 

 in the market. 



Various Items. 



Bassett & Washburn have purchased 

 the greenhouses of the Hinsdale Kose 

 Company, Hinsdale, III., and after re- 

 building them will combine with their 

 other glass. The new acquisition eon- 

 tains about 100,000 square feet of glass, 

 and makes their entire plant aggregate 

 about fifteen acres under glass. In the 

 range now added there are twenty-six 

 houses, and after they have been re- 

 built sixteen of them will be planted 

 with carnations, and the remaining ten 

 will be used for growing small plants, 

 mainly roses. The three new houses be- 

 ing built by this firm are now nearly fin- 

 ished. They are all large houses, the 

 three containing 50,000 square feet, and 

 will be devoted to roses and smilax. Mr. 

 Bassett believes more than ever in large 



Prize Offered by the Buffalo Florists' Club. 



houses and says that no new house will 

 be less than 30x000, and were he to re- 

 build his older plant he would have no 

 house smaller than the size noted. 



0. W. McKellar and Walter Heffron 

 left Wednesday for a two-weeks' fishing 

 and hunting trip during which they will 

 visit various points on and adjacent to 

 I.ak.' Mi.hiLiaii and other lakes. A eom- 

 plrtr iHiiiirl list of the guus, fishing 

 t.i. kl.' .111(1 ..ilicr gear taken along will be 

 .■,enl to inquirers on receipt of $1 to 

 prepay express charges. 



Mr. George F. Crabb, of Crabb & 

 Hunter, Grand Kapids, Mich., was a 

 visitor this week. He took home with 

 him a new foreman in the person of Mr. 

 Charles Duerr, formerly of Park Ridge. 



Mr. and Mrs. William Winterson are 

 still at Tacoma, Wash. Their son John, 

 who was so seriously injured in a rail- 

 road accident, has recovered sufficiently 

 so that he can now be lifted into a hos- 

 pital chair, though still unable to leave 

 the hospital. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., starts Friday or Saturday on his 

 annual summer trip. His first stop will 

 be at West Baden, Ind. 



Tlio chimney at the greenhouses of 

 Cr.irji' ll;ii 1.1 'at Niles Center was struck 

 liy liLjlii iiiiil: July 4 and considerable 



Ml. II. M Miflinols, of the Morton 

 Grove tH.ni:: ii. -, i- spending a week's 

 vacation iii I. w :i 



A rc'iuljr iiircliiiL' of the Florists' 

 Club will he held tomorrow (Friday) 

 evening at 40 Randolph street. This 

 will be the last regular meeting until 

 the fall season. 



Mr. C. A. Samuelson has built a hand- 

 some conservatory 24x60 at the rear of 

 his store and the inter'or of the store is 

 being entirely refinished in solid ma- 

 hogany. It will be a remarkably rich 

 and artistic interior. 



Some additions are being made to the 

 store of ilr. E. Wienhoeber and both 



ire and conservator\ 

 inted and decorated 



being freshly 



The four games that completed the 1 

 li.urnament were played last Tuesday e 

 The Growers won one from 

 and three from the Seedsi 

 sulers took 



from the Retailers and the 

 the wholesalers and one from 

 e Seedsmen. The result of the tournament 



to give the Wholesalers first place and the 

 rowers second. Retailers third and Seeds- 

 en fourth. The Wholesalers take the first 

 ■ize of $7.00 and the Growers the second 

 ■ize of J5.0O. The John A. Evans prize, a fine 

 .wling ball, goes to Jos. Foerster for highest 



'■ragf. Twelve of r - . - ^ 



f;reatest number of spares. The five shirts 

 r.ffered by E. F. Winterson are to go to the 

 five highest men in the final roll off. This is 

 to be 10 games by the 12 highest men in the 

 tournament just closed and the six highest in 

 this are to compose the Buffalo team. The 

 first five of these games are to be played this 

 Thursday evening and the remaining five 



Wholesalers 



Games. Total. High. 



Now is the time to prepare your advs. 

 for our annual Convention Number to be 

 issued Aug. 8th. 



Make your arrangements now to at- 

 tend the convention of the Society of 

 AniPiiraii I'loii^ts at Buffalo, Aug. 6th 

 to liitli, II will he a great convention 

 and .Ml" laii at the same time view the 

 beauties of the Pan-American Exposition. 



The annual Convention Number of the 

 Florists' Review will be issued Aug. 

 S. Prepare advs. now. 



