The Weekly Florists' Review, 



579 



The Ameer, dark maroon ; Souvenir, 

 scarlet tipped white; Maud Fellows, 

 white tip[jed with pink; George Eaw- 

 liiij^s. dark maroon; W. H. Williams, 

 bright starlet; Mrs. Kendal, light 

 tipped with purple; Penelope, fawn; 

 William Powell, yellow; Warrin, scar- 

 let. 



Cactus Varieties: Night, dark ma- 

 roon; Uncle Tom, maninn. more close- 

 ly quilled than Xiulit : ■^i.lli. bright 

 scarlet; Mrs. Chaiii- hn nn . Irar yel- 

 low (one of the b( -i • i ,ill ■ Mrs. A. 

 Pearl, creamy white; Mi>s Webster, 

 pure white: Countess of Lonsdale, sal- 

 mon; Capstan, brick red; Beatrice, rose; 

 Radiance, orange shading to red at tip; 

 Keynes' White, a very line while; Mrs. 

 Dickson, rosy pink liiilnl with yellow; 

 Strahlenkrone, deep riiiii-MH. i\quisite 

 orange: Lavenstdck l'.i-;nity. tinted sal- 

 mon; Jt F. Barber, center yellow, outer 

 petals orange red ; Madame Vanderdael, 

 center white, outer petals soft pink 

 (very decorative) ; Standard Bearer, 

 scarlet; Britannia, salmon; Eclair, 

 orange scarlet; King of Siam, shading 

 from purple to maroon; Mary Service, 

 shades of salmon and pink; William 

 .Jowett, rich scarlet with yellow center; 

 Maurice S. Walch, a delicate soft yellow. 



All the above can be depended on as 

 most beautiful flowers as well as good 

 growers. W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The quality of roses and carnations 

 is improving rapidly and the supply is 

 equal to last week if not greater on the 

 average. Demand holds up well, espe- 

 cially from out of town. From last Sat- 

 urday to Monday trade was remarkably 

 good. Tuesday it slackened some, but 

 Tuesday is generally a light day. 



Quotations are practically the same 

 as last week, namely, $S to $5 on roses, 

 with a few extra fancy going as high 

 as $6. But $3 to $4 is nearer the aver- 

 age on good stock and poor short stuff 

 is still cleaned up at as low as $1. 

 Good carnations range from $1 to $1.50, 

 \vith a very few extra fancy Bradts, 

 Americas, Cranes, etc., reaching the >$2 

 mark, while the poor shorts are cleaned 

 up at 00 to 75 cents. 



Beauties are improving materially in 

 quality and though there is no change in 

 quotations there are more of the bet- 

 ter grades to be had. 



Good violets are beginning to arrive 

 in quotable quantities and the best go 

 well. The top grade sell at $1 to $1.25, 

 while inferior stock brings GO to 75 

 cents. 



Last Tuesday Kennicott Bros. Co. re- 

 ceived 250 Harrisii lilies from Crabb & 

 Hunter, Grand Rapids, that were re- 

 markably good for this date. They sold 

 at $2 a dozen. How was it done, Bro. 

 Crabb? 



Chrysanthemums are beginning to 

 come in battalions and the regiments 

 are not far away. Fitzwygram is the 

 variety now most in evidence and the 

 flowers go well at $2 to $2.50 a dozen. 

 Poehlmann Bros, cut a thousand good 

 blooms on Monday, all of which sold 

 at $2 a dozen. Frank Garland has 

 25,000 to 30,000 mums coming and is 

 now cutting in fair quantity. 



Valley is scarce and there is practi- 

 cally no Asparagus plumosus. There is 

 plenty of Sprengeri but it is pale in 

 color and unsatisfactory, being evidently 

 the growth made in hot weather. As- 



ters are practically finished and are im 

 longer a factor. 

 .Peter K.iiil.r, ^. i. ,u\\\u- ;, U-. Hue 



Prosperil \ ' .n i.in- i li.ii i ' .i^iil ' i uej 



$3. He- I- a\-. . i.iiin- - DM I li .'. ii;n 



and Gal.'- lli. irj .-r, Me i- miieii 



encouraged abniii l.iliniy which prom- 

 ises to fully rcdieiii ii-rlt thi-, season. 



E. H. Hunt I- ie;eiviii;j some very 

 fine cattleyas and lliey an in good de- 

 mand. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening a paper on the treat- 

 ment of cut flowers as received from the 

 grower was read by Walter S. Heft'ron. 

 It appear-i eUewlieio in this issue. 



In the aiseii-.-.inu that followed Presi- 

 dent ^IrN.lani- -aid it had seemed to 

 him thai the ,|iialiiy of the Beauties 

 this ycMi I- tail u]i |,, thai of previ- 

 ous yeai-, it wa- -u-jr-t ,■,! that the 

 numernti- an-l \im|,iii JiniLiCS in the 

 weather weii' pinlmhly i e-ininsible. Mr. 

 Anderson, grower for Sinner Bros., said 

 that in a house of Brides and Maids 

 in which the plants were of equal size 

 and with equal advantages the Brides 

 had made much the best growth and 

 produced superior flowers. Golden Gate 

 had also averaged very good and he was 

 of opinion that this variety could bet- 

 ter stand extremes of temperature than 

 others. 



As regards the handling of flowers by 

 the grower the importance of having 

 the cut flowers in water for at least 

 twelve hours before shipment was re- 

 peatedly emphasized. Referring to car- 

 nations Mr. Hartshorne said the longer 

 the shipment the longer the flowers 

 should be in water before. If for a 

 one day journey twelve hours in water 

 first would answer but for a two day 

 journey twenty-four hours in water first 

 was none ton mneh. 



Mr. llait^l e had ..u ,li-|.lav f.., the 



ChiCat'e . ,iin:,l|,,n I . . ,, v:,-,. ,.1 1,1, ,,U1S 

 of his IHW ,MM,al Ml- lll^ll!h,,lh- 



am. the e,,h,| ,,t lliiyhreal. al it- h.'st 

 and of Flora Hill form and very fra- 

 gi-ant. It is a very attractive flower and 

 Mr. H. reports the plant to be a phe- 

 nomenally free and continuous bloomer. 

 There is certainly a place for it. The 

 variety had already been certificated by 

 the club so no further action was taken. 



Mr. Geo. W. Wienhoeber, son of Mr. E. 

 Wienhoeber, was elected to membership. 



At the next meeting, to be held Oct. 

 18, the annual election will take place 

 and Mr. Edgar Sanders will read a pa- 

 per entitled "Our Pastimes, by a Young 

 Sport." It will undoubtedly be decid- 

 edly gay. 



Various Items. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent, of Boston, visited 

 Mr. W. C. Egan at Highland Park last 

 week. Prof. Sargent's western trip is 

 for the purpose of studying the haw- 

 thorns. 



McKellar & Wintersnn enntiniie in do 

 a record-break in ■.; Im-ine-- in -npplies, 



Jos. Fleischnian. .,l \. w \. ik. i- in 

 town, to be ])resi,iit at the upenin^ of 

 his store in this city next Saturday. 



Ed. Bcnthc}' is again at the store of 

 Benthey & Co. after an absence of six 

 months in New Castle, Ind. 



Mrs. F. Kurd will open a store in 

 the Stock Exchange building, on the 

 Washington street side, next Saturday. 

 Mr. Thos. P. McCormick will be in 

 charge. 



John Bohan has returned from Salt 

 Lake City. 



Among recent visitors were Fred Heinl, 



Terre Haute, Ind., and Jlr. F 



Saginaw, Mich. 



Bowliog. 



In the second series of league ga 

 last Tuesday evening the Wholesale 

 from the Retailers while the latte 

 from the former. The Miscellaneoi 

 from the Growers and the Grower 

 nixed aggregatio 



the ! 



WHOLES.^LERS. 



The Market. 



The general tone and prospect of bus- 

 iness is much brighter than at cor- 

 responding time of "last week. Prices 

 for many grades of flowers, particular- 

 ly choice roses and carnations, have 

 advanced. Orchids are very plentiful 

 and remain at a low mark. White 

 chrysanthemums are being sought after 

 but very few are coming in; other col- 

 ors, particularly washy pink or ma- 

 gentas, seldom leave the florists' win- 

 dow; $4.00 and $5.00 per dozen are be- 

 ing asked for them, which seems a very 

 big price. 



Market quotations are now as follows: 

 Beauties: specials, $4 a doz.; fancy, $20 

 to $25 per 100; extra, $15 to $20; firsts, 

 $8 to $12; seconds, $3 to $6. 



Meteors: special. $10 to $12; fancy, 

 $S to $10; extra, $G to $S; firsts, $4 to 

 $5; seconds, $2. 



Brides and Maids: extra, $6; firsts, 

 $3; seconds, 50 cents to $1. 



Victorias: special, $10; fancy, $8; 

 extra, $6; firsts, $3; seconds, $1. 



Carnots: fancy, $8; e.\tra, $6; firsts, 

 $3; seconds, $1. 



Violets, 30 to 75 cents. Cattleyas, 

 $8 to $12. Dendrobium formosum gi- 

 ganteum $25. Chrysanthemums, $2 to 

 $3 per dozen. 



Various Notes. 



No serious frost is reported yet, and 

 out door flowers, especially dahlias, are 

 fairly good ; there is quite a demand for 

 cactus dahlias; many more could be 

 sold. 



Plant business is improving; growers 



