MARCH 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



477 



have regained all they lost, and botli 

 roses and carnations have been fairly 

 well taken np. This, notwithstiUulinK 

 Iwo falls of snow ami a winter tcinijei- 

 atiire almost as low as any v;v have 

 had this year. Naturally the l^cnten 

 season has diminished the demand for 

 ttowers, as is always ilie cas'e. and Ijig 

 deeorations have been entirely lack- 

 ing, but teas, card parties and small 

 affairs have made a steady if not whol- 

 ly satisfactory trade, whilst funeral 

 requirements are not at any rate be- 

 low the average. 



The Charles street stores tVcl the ces- 

 sation of social festivities more than 

 do the smaller dealeis, and the con- 

 sensus of opinion inclines to the ver- 

 dict that Lent does not of late years 

 so markedly and summarily decrease 

 sales as it was formerly found to do. 



RIX. 



CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the F'lorists' 

 Club a very interesting display was 

 made by Mr. C. .1. Stromback, of Lin- 

 coln Park, of the hyacinths that had 

 been sent him from the state of Wash- 

 ington for trial. There were a dozen 

 plants in 4-inch pots, all in splendid 

 bloom, the varieties being Gertrude, 

 Norma, Gen. Pellis, Marie and King of 

 the Blues. These were three-year-old 

 bulbs, having been imported from Hol- 

 land when one year old and grown two 

 years by a Mr. Larrabee, of Fairhaven. 

 Washington, on land about five or six 

 feet above the sea level. AH bore two 

 good spikes of bloom, and Mr. Strom- 

 back said the bulbs were the largest 

 hyacinth bulbs he had ever seen. 



Among the visitors at the meeting 

 was Mr. B. D. Kapteyn. representing a 

 firm of bulb growers 'at Sassenheim, 

 Holland, and he said he was surprised 

 to see such fine spikes of flowers from 

 bulbs grown in America; they were far 

 ahead of what he had anticipated. He 

 expressed the belief that when experi- 

 enced growers of bulbs were employed 

 here that success in bulb growing 

 would be assured. He doubted, though, 

 whether American growers would be 

 so successful in propagating their own 

 bulbs as in growing on young bulbs 

 imported from Holland. He stated that 

 in Holland the bulbs were not grown 

 to maturity in the same soil. The soil 

 is varied from year to year, and long 

 experience had been required to dem- 

 onstrate which soil is best at each par- 

 ticular stage of development. 



The Holland growers had found some 

 varieties much easier to grow than 

 others and he predicted trouble when 

 American growers attempted to pro- 

 duce bulbs of such sorts as La Grand- 

 esse and Czar Peter. These varieties 

 are subject to a bacterial disease that 

 generally appears a few days after a 

 rain and which sometimes in a few' 

 hours will destroy a large number of 

 bulbs.- Its presence is first shown by 



till- appearance of small specks on the 

 leaves. No remedy has been discov- 

 ered and the Holland growers simply 

 remove the affected soil and start 

 afresh. They could never suc(-eed with 

 the delicate varieties when planted in 

 a heavy soil. 



Mention having been made of some 

 Washington grown tulips that bore 

 two flowers, he stated that this occa- 

 sionally happened witli certain varie- 

 ties, Pro.serpine, Chrysolora and Rem- 

 bi-andt being the only ones he had 

 known to bear twin flowers. 



Air. Simon, who had several times 

 visited the bulb growing section in the 

 state of Washington, read an article 

 descrijitive of the climate, soil, etc., of 

 the Puget Sound country and answered 

 inquiries as to the methods pursued in 

 growing the bulbs. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. disjilayeil 

 flowers of four of their seedling carna- 

 tions. No. 44, a fine large red with 

 ideal stem, scored 8t) points and re- 

 ceived a certificate. No. 82, a varie- 

 gated in the way of Bradt and Olympia, 

 and with an excellent stem, scored 8.S 

 points and also received a certificate. 

 No. ti4, a variegated somewhat in the 

 way of Sandusky, scored 70 points, and 

 Chicot, white, scored 81 points. The 

 judges were Messrs. .John Reardon, C. 

 J. Stromback and P. M. Broadbeck. 



Mr. John Reardon showed a small 

 plant of Western King chrysanthe- 

 mum bearing six very fair flowers. 

 This variety seems inclined to produce 

 flowers the year around. 



Four new members were elected, as 

 follows: Wm. Timme and Frank Fish- 

 er, .loliet: Martin. Magnuson, Bowman- 

 ville; Chas. Hughes, city. 



"Easter Plants" was the subject se- 

 lected for the next meeting. 



The Market. 



The supply has been somewhat cur- 

 tailed and flowers are rather scarce, 

 especially white carnations. There is 

 no appreciable change in prices, but 

 selling figures are kept well up to quo- 

 tations. Violets are an exception, how- 

 ever. The poor violet is badly in the 

 dumps. They don't move and there are 

 literally violets to burn. 



The cut of Beauties has materially 

 increased and they are selling well. 

 Bassett & Washburn are now cutting 

 1,000 Beauties a day and they all go. 



The cut of carnations has considera- 

 bly fallen off and it is feared there may 

 be a shortage for Easter, though a 

 good crop of rotes seems assured. 



Various Items. 



James B. Seward, for many years 

 well known to the trade in this city, 

 died March 17 of pneuraania. aged 70 

 years. Mr. Seward was a relative of 

 Wm. H. Seward, who was secretary of 

 state when Abraham Lincoln was pres- 

 ident, and had been a resident of Chi- 

 cago for torty-flve years. He marketed 

 his flowers personally for many years 

 and the old gentleman with his basket 

 was a familiar figure to the retailers. 



He had lived in his house on East 

 Forty-seventh street during the entire 

 period of his long residence in this 

 city. 



Mr. Philip Scott, Buffalo, son of Wm. 

 Scott, passed through the city last 

 Tuesday on his way to Denver, having 

 taken a position in tho store of the 

 Park Floral Co., of that city. He was 

 accompanied by the wife of Mr. M. 

 Hloy, who recently went from Buffalo 

 to take charge of the greenhouses of 

 the same firm. It was Mr. Scott's first 

 visit to the city, and he seemed to en- 

 joy the sights and the bowling in the 

 evening, ere taking his train for the 

 west. 



Three games were played at Anson's 

 anil the scores were as follows: 



, , .,. 12 3 av. 



I'lidip Scott 169 1,S2 170 175- 



Kd. VViriterson 151 IS.') ].=.l lui 



tii'ii. Asmus 205 172 lol 17!) 



J no. Dcguan 153 122 141 141 



The bowlers have arranged to visit 

 Joliet this coming Saturday evening 

 and try conclusions with a team select- 

 ed from the florists there. The em- 

 ployes of the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 will no doubt figure largely in the Jo- 

 liet team. 



Fire did damage to the amount of 

 $170 to the store of Chas. Neiglick at 

 239 North State street, last Saturday 

 morning. 



The Weiland-Risch Floral Co.. who 

 have quite a range of glass at Evans- 

 ton, will open a city wholesale store at 

 .'J9 Wabash avenue about April 1. 



Mr. Flint Keunicott, president of 

 Kennicott Bros. Co., though decidedly 

 an "old timer" in the trade, is still a 

 comparatively young man and keeps in 

 close touch with the details of the larg? 

 business of which he is the head. 



Mr. C. I.,. Washburn has returned 

 from his sojourn at West Baden, Ind. 

 considerably improved in health. 



Mr. O. W. Frese has returned to his 

 first love and is again in the wholesale 

 line, this time as manager for George 

 Reinberg. The retail store at 72 State 

 street is now conducted by his brother, 

 H. C. Frese. 



Mr. Adolph Poehlmann has with- 

 drawn from the firm of Poehlmann 

 Bros., his interest having been pur- 

 chased by his brothers John and Au- 

 gust, who will continue the business 

 under the old firm name. John will 

 continue in charge of the city sales- 

 room and August will look after the 

 greenhouses at Morton Grove. Adolph 

 is arranging to build greenhouses of 

 his own. probably at Morton Grove. 



Mrs. Bella Miller, who has conducted 

 the floral store at 7301/2 West Madison 

 street for the past five or six years, was 

 found dead in bed the morning of 

 March IG. 



.John Ring, a well known journey- 

 man florist, was killed by the cars last 

 Sunday at IjaGrange. 



Geo. T. King, of Boston, is in the 

 city, in the interests of Nicholson's 

 Dictionary of Gardening. 



