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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



mtii :n. 1001. 



Exchange team. Kuclm and Ellison 

 were our high men and the following 

 scores tell the tale. 



Florists. B. E. 1 2 3 Tot. Average. 



rioneke 2 5 134 ICS 164 466 155 1-2 



Kuehn 6 6 174 153 16S 495 165 



Adels 6 9 122 128 loS 408 136 



Sturtz 3 7 184 150 140 483 161 



Bllison 5 156 177 lU 487 162 1-3 



14 32 770 7S5 784 2339 155 14-15 



n. E. 1 2 3 Tot. Average. 



Imperials ..18 27 S40 817 S46 2.M3 168 13-15 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The unscaiionably warm weather has 

 considerably increased the supply, espe- 

 cially of poor grade roses, and as the 

 same influence seems to have curtailed 

 demand to a marked degree the market 

 is not in a very satisfactory condition. 

 Local demand is very light for the sea- 

 son and this condition promises to con- 

 tinue until we have settled cold weath- 

 er. With most of the retailers Septem- 

 ber averaged better than last year, but 



October promises to 



behind. 



good start for the season is hoped for 

 next week when the horse show and 

 the flower show will be held. 



This week there has been consider- 

 able shipping to southern points, not- 

 ably New Orleans, on account of All 

 Saints' Day, but aside from this, out- 

 side demand has been rather light. As 

 a result the market is full of stock, 

 the best of which moves very well, but 

 the great bulk of medium and poor 

 grade roses are sold at very low 

 prices. We hear of clean up sales of 

 the latter and held over roses at as 

 low as $2.50 to $5.00 per 1,000. At 

 the same time the best selects will bring 

 the quoted figures, $3.00 to $4.00 per 

 100. Owing to the open weather out- 

 door carnations are still coming in and 

 they help to swell the cut of poor grade 

 flowers. 



The e.Ktra select chrysanthemums of 

 fine varieties move very well at good 

 prices, the best Appletons bringing $4 

 a dozen, but on medium grades prices 

 are not as high as last year on the 

 average and poor stock is jobbed off 

 at -any price offered. 



Buyers will have no difficulty in se- 

 curing an abundance of good stock in 

 this market at present. 



Various Items. 



The annual exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society opens at the Auditor- 

 ium next Tuesday. Every florist in 

 Chicago and vicinity should be repre- 

 sented by an exhibit of some sort. The 

 exhibition is a benefit to the whole 

 trade and each one should do his share 

 toward making this exhibition an ad- 

 vance on its predecessors. Among re- 

 cently received special premiums is one 

 of $25.00 from the American Rose Co., 

 Washington, D. C, for the best vase 

 of twenty-five blooms of Golden Gate 

 rose. In class 185 best display of vio- 

 lets, Jlr. E. E. Pieser offers an addi- 

 tional premium of $25.00, making the 

 first premium $40.00. This violet com- 

 petition takes place Friday, Nov. 8. 



A regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will )>e held tomorrow (Friday) 

 evening. The new officers will be in- 

 stalled and final arrangements will be 

 made for the annual banonet next week. 



John Richter, of Duluth, has been in 

 the city several days buying supplies 

 for the store he is to open in PuUith 

 next week. 



Walter Kreitling & Co. arranged a 

 M'V handsome decoration last Tuesday 



n'-A li: lU-l :ii 111.' (1ii,-:l-.. Club, ten- 



Trade Items. 



The weather in this vicinity is hav- 

 ing a slight depressing ett'eet upon busi- 

 ness. It is entirely too warm. Great 

 quantities of stock are still coming in, 

 especially is this true of roses. The 

 past week saw more roses in this mar- 

 ket than at any other time this season. 

 Though the market was finally cleared 

 up on Saturday it could be done only 

 by putting the price way down. Even 

 carnations which have been so scarce all 

 this season made their appearance in 

 greatly increased numbers and for the 

 first time some were left over after 

 the morning business. The price suf- 

 fered in consequence and some very 

 good ones went at $1 per 100. Fancies 

 still held at from $2 to $2.50 per 100. 



The supply of chrysanthemums is now 

 equal to ail demands made upon it. 

 The warm weather is opening them very 

 rapidly and this tends to have a de- 

 moralizing effect upon prices. From 75 

 cents to $2.00 per dozen according to 

 quality are the ruling prices, and but 

 few bring the top figure. The demand 

 for mums is hardly up to the standard 

 so far this year. But I believe this 

 is caused more by the warm weather 

 than by a lack of popularity of the 

 flower. A good hard freeze is what 

 we want most at present and I be- 

 lieve it will help things wonderfully. 

 Some extra good Robinson are coming 

 in and 20 cents is asked for them, 

 but sales are slow at that figure. 

 Small mums in sprays cut from 

 plants are to be had now at $3 to $4 

 per 100 sprays. This is fine stock for 

 funeral work and meets with a ready 

 sale. Shipping trade is first class, 

 shnwing that the smaller towns are 

 awake and doing business. 



The dry weather has caused the wa- 

 ter supply of several of the boys to 



be very low. Win. Murphy, who gets his 

 supply from a large pond, reports that 

 the pond is almost dry. Geo. Murphy, 

 who takes his supply from a well, says 

 that for the first time in his experi- 

 ence he has been able to pump the well 

 dry. Rain is greatly needed and it can 

 not come too soon. A good soaking 

 rain followed by a cold snap is what we 

 want most now. Then both growers 

 and retailers will be happy. 



Personal Notes. 



B. P. Critchell is cutting some of the 

 best mums to be seen in this market. 

 Among them are a few Col. D. Apple- 

 ton, one of the finest yellows I have 

 seen, and is a mum that will bring a 

 top notch figure at all times. 



A. R. Aldrich, Si>ringfield, Ohio, is 

 sending in some very nice Robinson. 

 For some reason Robinson does not seem 

 to be taking the hold on the public 

 that it did in seasons past. We can 

 only attribute this to tlie weather and 

 hope for better things. 



Fred Gear had five baskets of flow- 

 ers, over three feet across, for an actress 

 who is playing in this city this week. 



H. H. Rltter, Dayton, Ohio, and C. 

 B. Dietrich, Maysville, Ky., were call- 

 ers. ' C. J. Okmeb. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Exhibition. 



Next week the great flower show is 

 to be held and nearly every fiorist in the 

 city is preparing to show something and 

 a great show of both plants and cut 

 flowers is expected. This city has had 

 no show during the last two years and 

 the public seems to be deeply interested 

 in this one. The papers are doing all 

 they can to make the people want to see 

 the show and if the weather is fit there 

 will be great crowds at the Tomlinson 

 hall. The state society has arranged to 

 take good care of all visiting out-of-town 

 florists and all such should report to the 

 secretary immediately upon arrival. 



Trade Conditions. 



Business has been very good all 

 around and good stock brings fair prices. 

 Mums of course are in the lead just now 

 and no good blooms are going to waste. 

 The second earlies are now being cut and 

 some very fine stock is being sent in by 

 several growers. Robinson, Bassett and 

 Perrin are the best just now, but in an- 

 other week there will be a good assort- 

 ment of midseason varieties in the mar- 

 ket. The great Timothy Eaton seems to 

 be late with everybody around here, and 

 from present indications will be about 

 right for Thanksgiving. 



Carnations are improving rapidly and 

 some very good blooms are seen, espe- 

 cially of several promising seedlings 

 which are growing at several places 

 either in second or third year. 



Most of the rose growers have more 

 or less mildew, which makes the stock 

 look bad, although the buds are of good 

 quality. Cyclamens are going to be fine 

 this season, especially at H. W. Rie- 

 man's and at Baur & "Smith's. The lat- 

 ter firm has some grand plants in 8-inch 

 pots which should find ready sale dur- 

 ing the winter. A. B. 



Montrose, Col. — W. H. Franklin is 

 starting in the business here. He is a 

 brother cf the senior member of the firm 

 of Franklin & Crosby, Brooklyn, Conn. 



