The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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could do, and she said: "I can stem cape 

 flowers, that's wliat I h'nnicl in a week, 

 and was tnl.l llial I r.nil.l imw no into 

 tlie worhl ;iii.l apply I" ,ni\ li\i- llorist 

 and obtain a |»i^ili.in a^, .1 lirst-clasa 

 artist." Slic tried it. and n.nv says that 

 she will hrinj;- charges against Mr. Eden, 

 as she called liim, for obtaining money 

 under false pretense. I gave lier a little 

 fatherly adyice as to how long it would 

 take her to learn the trade. I told her 

 I was forty-five years old. forty-five 

 years in the business, and didn't know 

 it all yet. Since then I have had at 

 least a dozen calls from young ladies for 

 positions in the store, having finished 

 their educations at the Eden Floral Co. 

 in two weeks. They all had the same 

 story to tell. 



The members of the bowling club will 

 not bowl tonight (Monday) owing to 

 the opening of the tenpin league a week 

 earlier. The Florists' team will open the 

 season with three games with the West- 

 erns on Tuesday night, Oct. 1, 1901. 



but the demand seems smaller than is 

 usual at this date, so that prices are 

 not excessive, rarely being higher than 

 $2 per 100. 



Single violets have established a blue 

 streak in the market, selling all the way 

 from 50 cents to $1 per 100. Buyers of 

 them need to come early and look sharp. 

 Green material of all kinds in full cut. 



Good red roses are not in over-supply, 

 but pink and white roses are running 

 very freely and getting to be of good 

 quality. The Kaiserin is falling into 

 the background. 



In bygone years the rose men expected 

 a few "days' respite in competition be- 

 tween asters and chrysanthemums. This 

 has not been allowed them now for a 

 couple of years, but it looks as though 

 a return to the old plan may occur this 

 year. If so they can be depended upon 

 to rise nobly to the situation. 



Notes. 



I hear nothing whatever concerning 

 the present status of sterilization of soil 

 in this section. Am I slow, or is it not 



paralysis a few days ago while playing 

 golf, but is rapidly improving and com- 

 plete recovery can be expected, 



J, S. Manter. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply has improved somewhat 

 since last report, especially of carna- 

 tions, but shipping demand remains so 

 brisk as to take up all first class stock 

 at rates last quoted, though local call 

 is still small. In roses only the very 

 best bring $5, and not very many go 

 at tliat, the bulk of the selects going at 

 $4, while $3 is probably the average 

 on the general run of good mediums. 

 The quality seems to have fallen off a 

 trifle as the result of the warm weather 

 we have had lately, and there is quite a 

 lot of under grade Maids that are jobbed 

 nut at very low figures in order to move 

 them. The demand for Beauties is as 

 brisk as ever, and the supply is short 

 of demand, especially in the long 

 stemmed classes. 



Wreaths by W. J. Palmer & Son, Buffalo, for the President's Funeral. Also Decorated Portrait in their Window. 



Great things are expected' of both teams, 1 

 as they are very evenly matched. The | 

 result of those three games will appear 

 in the next issue of the Review. The 

 team that will open the season will con- 

 sist of A. Y. Ellison, C. A, Kuehn, John 

 Kunz, John Sturtz and J. J. Beneke. 

 The other members are R, F. Tesson and 

 Wm. Adels. Official scorer, Oscar R, 

 Beneke, J- J- B. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



There is a steady increase in the vol- 

 ume of business being- done here, but 

 plenty of room for future growth. Col- 

 lections are hard, both in the wholesale 

 and retail departments, but general 

 liopes run high for a good winters run 

 of trafRe, 



No frosts have occurred except very 

 slight ones on extreme low places, yet 

 outdoor mntrri.Tl i= practically out of 

 the fight .x,.pl rniMlyluft. Asters are 

 looking ralluT tin'il. 



The next tliin- lo do is to move the 

 coming crop of chrysanthemums, which 

 will very soon arrive good and strong. 

 E. N, Pierce & Sons are now cutting a 

 few regularly. 



Carnations are not yet in a nmjnrity. 



much in vogue? During a recent visit 

 to the establishment of W, J. Dana at 

 Wellesley Hills I found him busy at the 

 practice, in, to me, a new and novel 

 manner. He had placed three lines of 

 2 or 3-inch drain tile in his benches, 

 covered them with nearly a foot of loam 

 and spread the proper amount of ma- 

 nure on top. Connection between the 

 drain pipe and his huge boiler was made 

 wiht IJ-inch ])ipe and a good heavy pres- 

 sure of steam was rushed into them, at 

 the joints and all through the loam. 

 An immense heat was the result. Mr. 

 Dana says if no further benefit than the 

 sure destruction of weed seeds is ae- 

 complisliril lir is fiillv satisfied. 



Alimii llfi\ fr, I ill l.'ii-ili can best be 

 utiliz.-J 111 11 1 ■. init priiliiibly soil suf- 

 ficient 1"! i>\ir,- (lull iiiiiount of bench 

 surface can be liandlcd, the drain pipe 

 being romoved when the material is 

 worked over and spread further along 

 the bench. 



Tncidcnliillv 1 found Mr. Oamrs place 



in lil-l-rl;.,- mllilinnii ill rvrl V WilV. 



with a 1iiil;>< i)ii|i nf mscs Lrrtlinu- well 

 along, which will surely have to lio con- 

 sidered in the floral economy of the com- 

 ing winter, 



Geo. W. Patton, the Lowell florist, 

 was prostrated by a slight attack of 



Carnations are in noticeably better 

 supply, and $1,50 seems about the top 

 price for the best, with really good flow- 

 ers at $1 to $1.25. Clean up lots of the 

 poorer qualities are occasionally sold at 

 as low as 50 to 75 cents a hundred. 



Asters have improved some little in 

 quality and some now being received are 

 very good. White and purple are in 

 best demand and there are none too 

 many of the best grade in these colors. 

 Good sized, clean stock brings $1.50 to 

 $2.1)0, and some special fancies have 

 brought as high as $3,00, but the poor 

 grades and off colors are practically un- 



D.iblias and tuberoses are coming in 



I. Ill iii.i\.' ~l.i\\ly. Thriv ;iiv -lill a few 

 ul.i I'lli, Inn I lir\- iin- hiiiilU w irth men 



ti - MmIIiix i~ 111..1,. pl.'iiiy. There 



i- :^iii\ "I S|iirii'jri i. and some plu 

 IIP I -|'i;n-. iiiii -nings are scarce. 

 All 'iiiiii hii.'- Iiinr lin-n in very good 



Tlic advance guard of the chrysanthe- 

 mum host has arrived at Poehlmann's 

 They are cutting about 200 Fitz\vygram 



I Ki' ,lii]i|uiiL!- trade is making a new 

 n I I I'll III!' season. The houses that 

 i, 111 111 this liiii' report increases of from 

 ."id 111 1(10 per cent during September. 



