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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



KANSAS QTY. MO. 



A Flower Show. 



What promises to be one of the larj;- 

 est llower shows ever given in this coun- 

 try is now being planned by the man- 

 agement of Convention Hall. Two 

 months ago a circular was received by 

 the florists of the city from Mr. Shouse 

 asking their advice and assistance in 

 bringing this enterprise about, but the 

 proposition met with no favorable re- 

 sponse from the fact that heretofore our 

 flower shows had not been a financial 

 success, and that there is an insufficient 

 supply of good stock grown around here 

 to warrant the undertaking. But this 

 indiflference did not discourage the pro- 

 moters of the scheme, and Mr. Frank J. 

 Taggart, one of the directors, was given 

 full power to take necessary action. A 

 meeting was called of the directors of 

 Convention Hall, who decided to give a 

 show about the middle of November and 

 voted $10,000 as a guarantee of all ex- 

 penses in conducting the show. 



Convention Hall was built by popu- 

 lar subscription and is the pride "of Kan- 

 sas City. The arena floor is 12.5x200 

 and the hall has a seating capacity of 

 20,000. It is splendidly adapted for a 

 floral display of such inagnitude. 



The management of the whole aff'air 

 will be controlled by the hall directors, 

 all good representative business men. The 

 press has taken up the enterprise and is 

 already giving it lots of free advertis- 

 ing. Society people and business men 

 are becoming interested and several hun- 

 dred dollars in special premiums have 

 been offered. 



Mr. John Thorpe, of Chicago, has been 

 engaged to superintend the show and to 

 arrange the premium list. Mr. Thorpe 

 was here two days last week discussing 

 the plans with Mr. Taggart, and is now 

 in the east for the purpose of securing 

 exhibits from the leading growers of the 

 country. The hall is to be decorated 

 with southern smilax interspersed with 

 small incandescent lights. 



The florists have agreed unanimously 

 to make exhibits and to as.sist the maii- 

 agement in any way possible towards 

 making the show a success. 



Notes. 



Weather conditions continue favorable 

 for the production of good stock. If 

 Jack Frost will defer his visits for two 

 weeks yet we will have plenty of dahlias 

 and cosmos, which seem to be in favor 

 with the flower buyers. 



The old Baker place has again changed 

 hands. It was recently leased by Sam 

 Short, who has sold out his interest to 

 John H. Vesey, a well known grower 

 here of high grade carnations and until 

 last week had charge of a section of 

 glass with Mr. George M. Kellogg. 



H. J. M. 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



We are having a spell of that soft, 

 cloudy weather that is not very good 

 for any part of the greenhouse business 

 unless it is the mildew. We have had 

 copious rains and the lawns a'nd parks 

 are as green as in springtime. 



Business is picking up some in the cut 

 flower line, and as we have had enough 

 hard frosts to kill all outdoor stuff, the 

 flower store will be patronized more 

 now. Some may decorate with autumn 

 leaves, which are handsomer this year 

 than we ever saw them before. 



ORCHIDS 



Chrysanthemums 



White, Pink and Yellow. 



Wild Smilax 



CaTTLEYAS, 



Per dozen, $5.00; 

 Per 100, $37.50. 



Per doz., 

 $2 to $3 



Per Case, $2 

 and upward 



THE ABOVE SPECIALTIES CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

 OUR WILD SMILAX IS THE BEST OBTAINABLE. 



Beauties, 20-24-incli stem $2.00 to $3.00 



I.T-IS " 1.25 to l.,50 



12-15 ■• l.OOto 1.25 



Perino 



Brides and Bridesmaids $,3.00 to f:>(i(i 



Meteors 3.00 tn ., im 



Perles 2-OOt.i nm 



Carnations 1.00 t" 1 Xi 



Valley l.ooti) .'i.uo 



Violets, c 



$1.( 



single $0.50t 



.75 



Adiantnm 



Smilax 12.50 



Asparagus ."lOc tn 7.">c rer string 



Ferns $i .,(i per 1000 



Asparag-us Sprengeri Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 

 flumosns " 2.00 to 3.00 



J. B. DEAIVf UD, 



51 and 53 Wabash Ave CHICAGO. 



CHAS. D. BALL, 



i^igalffls, Etc. 



WHOLESALE GROWER OF 



PANDANUS Veitchii 



REFER TO EAST WEEK FOR PRICES. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG, 



Upsai Station, Penna. R. R., Cermantowa, 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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Grant Jacobs has opened a store at 

 702 Walnut street, the room formerly 

 occupied by Fulmer. We trust he will 

 succeed. He has four greenhouses to 

 market stock from. 



The parks have erected a small prop- 

 agating house at Union Park. 



J. T. D. F. 



Seasonable Stock. 



Ciirtv .lapoiiira Variegata, 2'4- inch pots, 12,60 



CyiMTus .\lteriiifoIiu8, extra strong, 3-ln. pots. 



Geraniums. S. A. Nutt and Marvel, 2Ji-in. pots, 



»3.6U per lUU. 

 Nephrolepis Cordifolia. 3-in. pots. $3.00 perlOO. 

 Nephrolepis UavaUloldes Furrans (Crested 



S2.50 per 100. Reading 

 i-lKj per 100. 

 •^. field grown. $5 00 per 



NATHAN SVHIH & SON, Adrian, Mich. 



Tarbytown, N. Y. — The third annual 

 exhibition of the Tarrytown Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held in the Music 

 Hall Novem'ber 5, 6 and 7. Copies of 

 the premium list may be had by address- 

 ing the secretary, Thomas Cockburn, Irv- 

 ington, K. Y. 



WoRCESTEK, Mass. — No chrysanthe- 

 mum show will be held by the Horticul- 

 tural Society this year, it having been 

 decided last year to abandon the chrys- 

 anthemum shows. The other exliibitions 

 are maintained as before. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — D. M. Eeichard has 

 removed his sales department from his 

 greenhou.ses to 80.3 Frederick avenue. 



Crestox, Ia.— E. a. Stahl has opened 

 a floral store on West Adams street. 



PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLETS 



2K-iii.. strong. $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 



! Marquis $6.00 per 100 

 Aim "newrose pink 6:00 ' ' 

 Genevieve Lord... 6.00 

 Armazindy 5.00 



DRACAENA INDIVISA, f™- ^r^^^}!^,^'-^'^ 



$15 



I per 



VARIEGATED VINCA,,i.M.si.oo„cr 100. 

 C. Merkel & Son, Mentor, Ohio. 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



all the leading varieties, 

 clieap in large lots. 



Wrie for price. 



J. S. LINTHICUM. '^^Tl'V^^Md^''*'- 



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