FEBRUARY 15, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



313 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Trade has fonsidorahly iiui'cased in 

 volume but the supply has enlarged 

 suflioiently to meet the improved de- 

 mand and fonditions are very satis- 

 factory. The supply of carnation.s 

 has shortened up some. Of bulb stuff 

 there is a surplus, especially of daffo- 

 dils. Violets, too. have with some 

 been a trifle too plentiful, in spite of 

 the increased call on account of Si. 

 Valentine's day. This is no doubt 

 due to the cold weather. The call 

 for the violet follows the thermometer 

 very closely, and when the mercury 

 drops below the freezing point the de- 

 mand falls off. 



There is no material change in the 

 prices of stock of shipping grade. But 

 there is a good deal of poor stuff in 

 the market. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are showing- 

 some fine mahonia leaves that meet 

 with much favor. 



Variouf Items. 



Mr. Wni. Fahoner, superintendent 

 of Schenley Park, Pittsburg, visited 

 the parks here last Tuesday. He is on 

 his way to California. 



Last Monday evening the bowlers 

 bowled a few games with Messrs Wil- 

 cox of Council Bluffs, Clark of Colo- 

 rado Springs, and .Joy of Nashville, 

 Tenn., as guests, and an enjoyable 

 time was had. 



McKellar & Winterson keep adding 

 to the variety of supplies they offer 

 to the trade. One of the latest is a 

 seed case suitable for florists' stores. 

 A sample displayed at their store 

 shows it to be a handsome piece of 

 furniture, and proof against mice, 

 etc., the drawers lieing of sheet metal. 



Miss Pauline Windmiller. Mankato, 

 Minn., and S. W. Pike, St. Charles, 

 111., were recent visitors. 



The delegation to the Buffalo meet- 

 ing of the American Carnation Society 

 on the Wabash train leaving at 3:15 p. 

 m. Wednesday included Messrs. O. P. 

 Bassett, W. N. Rudd. James Harts- 

 horne, George Garland. G. L. Grant. 

 Peter Reinberg, Henry Wietor, Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. C. Vaughan and J. S. Wilson, 

 of Chicago; J. C. Rennison, Sioux City, 

 la.; William Clark. Colorado Springs, 

 Colo.; Geo. H. Bancroft. Cedar Falls, 

 la., and .1. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, 

 la. 



Mr. B. Eschner. of M. Rice & Co., 

 was a caller this week. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held Thursday aft- 

 ernoon, Feb. S. President Ammann 

 called the meeting to order at 3 p. 

 m. The attendance was poor, only 

 twelve members being present. The 

 exhibition committee made a report 



and by next meeting of the club will 

 be able to make a final one and the 

 money on hand will be divided amoui? 

 the prize winners at our late show. 



A letter was read from Mr. Tlios. 

 F. Galvin stating that he had sent a 

 box of Lawson carnations for exhibi- 

 tion at this meeting, but they failed 

 to arrive and those present were much 

 disappointed in not seeing the famous 

 carnation. 



Bd. Walters, of GSl.") Virginia ave- 

 nue, made application for membership. 



The following florists were eleclc-d 

 to memlierslii)): Prof. Irish of Shaw's 

 (Jarden, Henry Kmundt of Belleville, 

 HI.; J. W. Dunford, of Central, Mo., 

 and Henry Blixen, of Edwardsville, 

 111. Several members were dropped 

 from the rolls for non-payment of 

 dues. 



The new carnation Peru was on ex- 

 hibition and was reported by the in- 

 spection committee as worthy of men- 

 tion. 



Dr. A. S. Halstedt. C. C. Sanders, 

 and R. F. Tesson were appointed a 

 committee to draw up resolutions on 

 the death of John M. Jordan. 



A committee of five was appointed 

 to look into the details of giving a 

 show this year and report at the next 

 regular meeting. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be our annual rose meeting and the 

 club has offered a prize of $5 for the 

 best vase of fifty roses, one or more 

 varieties, American Beauties exclud- 

 ed. The meeting will take place on 

 Thursday afternoon, March 8, at 3 p. 

 m. All florists are invited to attend. 



The question box was opened and 

 one question brought out quite a dis- 

 cussion: "Which is the Best Paving 

 Carnation?" Mr. H. G. Ude of Kirk- 

 wood said that Daybreak was his best 

 paying carnation. Frank Fillmore 

 said Daybreak, Flora Hill, and Al- 

 bertini. Wm. Trillow said Scott. 

 Chas. Connon. Daybreak and Triumph. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



The Market. 



Trade the past week has been very 

 good indeed. The demand was largo 

 on account of several funerals and 

 large quantities of flowers of all kinds 

 were used. On Friday the florists had 

 all they could do in connection with the 

 funeral of Mr. McKee Hauser, of the 

 Globe-Democrat. Never were there so 

 many flowers used at one funeral as 

 at this one. At one time there were 

 ten florists' wagons standing in front 

 of the residence. 



This large demand made the market 

 very scarce, as stuff was cut close. 

 Since then very little stock has come 

 in. hardly enough to go around, and 

 prices have gone up a little. Violets 

 are in great demand, and it's lucky 

 that plenty of them are coming in. 

 Quite a lot of orchids are seen in the 

 florists' windows, especially C. Young 

 & Sons Co., who are making a special- 

 ty of all varieties. They make a fine 

 show. 



Prices on stock the past week for 

 choice roses were from ?4 to ?8 per 

 luO; some extra fine stock went as 

 high as |10. Meteors, Maids and 

 Brides are good in quality. Vesey'S 

 Fort Wayne stock is coming in fine. 

 I'erles and Woottons are ?4; Beauties, 

 extra fine, very scarce and those in the 

 market bring ^'ISA) to |3 per dozen. 

 Carnations could not be finer than 

 now; Scotts, Daybreak, Flora Hill, El- 

 dorado and Jubilee are at their best 

 and bring from |l..iO to ?3; some ex- 

 tra fine Brailts and other fancy vari- 

 eties bring ?4. California violets are 

 still 10 cents; sinall singles, 20 cents, 

 with the demand good. Callas and 

 llarrisii are $10 and $12.50; Romans 

 and paper whites, $1.50 and $2; val- 

 ley, $3 and $4; freesia, $1 to $2; and 

 sniilax, $12.50 and $15. 



Notes. 



The funeral of our friend and fel- 

 low craftsman, John M. Jordan, took 

 place Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 7, 

 at 2 o'clock, from the family residence, 

 1812 Bacon street. The floral designs 

 were large and beautiful. Members 

 of Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and 

 Ascalon Commandery, Knights Temp- 

 lars, took charge of the funeral. Mr. 

 Jordan was also a member of the Roy- 

 al Arcanum and Legion of Honor. 

 The following florists were present, 

 some of whom were old employes: 

 John W. Kunz, Frank Fillmore, Fred. 

 C. Weber, J. J. Beneke, Albert Norton, 

 Carew Sanders, Luther Armstrong. 

 Chas. Connon, J. F. Windt. Will Young 

 and C. C. Sanders. The club sent a 

 large flat bouquet of Harrisii lily and 

 California violets. Religious services 

 were conducted by Rev. H. Luccock 

 of the Union M. E. church. The re- 

 mains were interred in Bellefontaine 

 cemetery. 



Visitors in town the past week were 

 Mr. B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co.. Phil- 

 adelphia. Mr. E. is well pleased with 

 his trip, using a new order book in 

 each city. 



Henry Johan. of Collinsville, 111., 

 was in town and reports that he has 

 been sick for two weeks, but is 0. K. 

 now. 



Dr. A. S. Halstedt and Wm. Tril- 

 low, of Belleville, were with us a day 

 last week. 



Plant Seed Co. and Schisler-Corneli 

 Seed Co., who were burned out last 

 Sunday a week, will resume business 

 as soon as the insurance companies 

 adjust their losses, which will be a 

 little more than was first reported. 

 Schisler-Corneli's loss will reach $28,- 

 000 and the Plant Seed Co.'s will be 

 about $5,000. It is very unfortunate 

 at this time of the year, as the sea- 

 son for their business is about to be- 

 gin and it will take a month or six 

 weeks to resume business as it should 

 be. In the meantime the Jos. F. Dick- 

 man Seed Co., who are only a few 

 blocks off, are taking care of the trade. 



Hudson & Co. have opened a whole- 

 sale store at 1527 Pine street. 



