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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAY ID, 1900. 



the literature of the carnation, and 

 Secretary Herr is to be congratulated 

 on having put the matter together in 

 such convenient form. 



The Carnation Society is doing fx- 

 cellent work and its membership 

 .should be even larger than it is. You 

 can become a member, which 'mtitles 

 you to the report, by sending $2 to 

 Albert M. Herr, secretary, Lancaster, 

 Pa. 



C3DCAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club the coal question was discussed 

 and action was finally taken by the 

 appointment of a committee consist- 

 ing of W. N. Rudd, A. McAdams, Pe^er 

 Reinberg, Walter Retzer and J. C. 

 Vaughan, to get the coal users together 

 and endeavor to effect a saving by 

 purchasing in quantity for those who 

 desired to take advantage of such an 

 arrangement. 



It was ordered that a question box 

 be made a feature of future meetings. 

 and members having problems to solve 

 are requested to write out their ques- 

 tions and deposit them in the box. 



The programme arranged tor tiie 

 next meeting includes a paper on the 

 planting of small grounds by the flor- 

 ist, by Walter Retzer, and W. L. Pa- 

 linsky will open a discussion on come 

 subject of his own selection, probably 

 spring bedding plants. 



Mr. Thomas Savage, Joliet, 111., was 

 elected to membership. 



A B-inch pot plant of Petite Ami 

 chrysanthemum in fine bloom was ex- 

 hibited by .John Rearcon. He appar- 

 ently has chrysanthemums in bloom 

 all the year around. 



The Market. 



With some the supplv' has shortened 

 somewhat since our last report, but 

 with others there has been quite a 

 marked increase. But all note a less- 

 ened demand, especially local, and 

 there is a big lot of stock in the mar- 

 ket. Shipping demand holds up very 

 well, but the recent rainy weather 

 seems to have killed what little local 

 demand was left after the paralyzing 

 influence of the Dewey celebration. 

 Possibly aquatic flowers were what 

 were needed during the admiral's visit, 

 and certainly they are the only kiiid 

 for present conditions, for the .itreels 

 have been literally flooded by the 

 storms. Few possible flower buyers 

 are on the streets at such times, and 

 even the street men cannot .nn^'e the 

 accumulation. 



Paeonies are arriving and in a few 

 days the supply will no doubt be large. 



The prices of roses and carnations 

 have not materially changed from last 

 week, but you get a higher grade for 

 your money. 



Out-door valley is arriving and has 

 had the effect of lowering the price of 

 the indoor product. 



Lilac is being received in immense 

 quantities and is moving by flts and 

 starts. On Tuesday it seemed to be 



moving backwards. The price varies 

 from 10 cents to 50 cents a bunch, 

 quite a wide variation. This is due 

 almost wholly to the way it is cut and 

 bunched. That cut with good iong 

 stems and arranged in loose, shapely 

 and attractive bunches is the kind that 

 brings the top price, and certainly a 

 little skillful labor devoted to the 

 bunching brings mighty big returns. 

 The little bunches of short stemmed 

 flowers are always the ones that are 

 left unsold and when they do sell they 

 go at a very low figure. 



Smilax is more plentiful and a shade 

 lower in price. Lilies are good and 

 plenty, but move slowly at low figures. 

 Sweet peas are also hanging on the 

 dealers' hands. 



Peter Reinberg is cutting a good 

 many Golden Gate roses and the best 

 are selling readily at $10 to |12 a hun- 

 dred, even during present conditions. 

 It is an illustration of the desire for 

 variety in rose stock. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are receiving the 

 usual large quantity of outdoor bulb- 

 ous flowers that come to them at this 

 season, and there will be a Hood of 

 paeonies soon. 



The shortening in the rose supply at 

 some of the wholesalers' is undoubted 

 ly due to the fact that quite a few 

 growers are beginning to throw out 

 and replant. This is notably the case 

 with Bassett & Washburn. They have 

 already replanted about a third of 

 their Beauty houses and the teas are 

 being likewise replaced as rapidly as 

 possible. Mr. Bassett believes firmiy 

 in early planting, that he may have 

 strong, vigorous plants ready for a 

 good winter's work. 



Wild smilax is about out of the mar- 

 ket. The early spring in the south 

 started the new growth and it is too 

 soft to ship satisfactorily. Leucothoe 

 and galax are also about past for the 

 season. 



'Various Items. 



At .Morton (ii'ove, Poehlmann 'iros. 

 arc breaking ground for three new 

 houses, each 20x300. They aro the 

 largest growers of chrysanthemuhis for 

 this market and are rooting 1.50,000 

 cuttings this season. Their roses are 

 in fine shape. They are already le- 

 planting some of their Beauty houses. 

 A rjench of Marguerites in lar^^e pots 

 was a sea of flowers. They find them 

 quite a profitable flower. At Christ- 

 mas they marketed a cut of 17,000 

 flowers at $1 a hundrep straight. They 

 are still cutting fine lilies, but the bulk 

 of the crop has been marketed. They 

 forced T.OHO bulbs. They force valley 

 largely and the crop now in shows 

 some extra fine spikes. Mignonette 

 has been a feature with them and it 

 has proven a very profitable crop. The 

 spikes are of medium size only, but 

 there are lots of them, and they sell 

 well, and, last but not least, the odor 

 has not been lost through effort after 

 size. 



Adolph Poehlmann is negotiating for 

 the purchase of land near the Morton 

 Grove Greenhouses, and as soon as a 



perfect title is secured he will begin 

 building. 



At Niles Center, F. Stielow ,has his 

 rebuilt range in fine shape. He is en- 

 thusiastic about the Garland iron gut- 

 ter and says he would never dream of 

 building any more houses without it. 

 He feared that it would require more 

 labor to put on the roof, but found it 

 could be done fully as rapidly with the 

 iron gutter as with the wooden one. 

 The iron posts are set on a hard 

 burned brick and the hole In the 

 ground around the post filled in with 

 cement. He expects his grandchildren 

 to get just as good results from '.hese 

 houses as he does and that they will 

 be "new " for an indefinite period. 



Many of his rose beds are solid, v. ith 

 a layer of 3-inch sewer pipe under the 

 prepared rose soil that is changed 

 yearly. He is a believer in lime and 

 evidences of it are seei; under benches 

 and in and around the sewer pipe in 

 his solid beds. 



Mr. Stielow finds that Brides and 

 Maids like a heavier soil than other 

 varieties. He still grows Buttercup 

 carnations and says it is as free a 

 liloomer as Gold Nugget. 



.John Brod is doing well with the 

 former Schiller range of glass and has 

 a house of La France in splendid 

 bloom. 



Adam Harrer has been cutting some 

 splendid spikes of that white stock of 

 which he keeps the name to himself. 



Jacob Meyer's roses have bloomed 

 well, but his young stjck is troubled, 

 by a disease, of which we shall have 

 more to say later. 



The construction of Wietor Bros.' 

 new range at Rogers Park' is progress- 

 ing rapidly. There are 16 houses, each 

 30x300, and they cover a little over 4 

 acres of ground. 



McKellar & Winterson have begun 

 manufacturing wreaths of the small 

 prepared cycas leaves and are turning 

 out some remarkably effective speci- 

 mens. They meet with quick sale. 



Weiland & Risch have filled their 

 window with araucarias, which Ihey 

 are offering to the trade. 



Bassett & Washburn have si.^ued 

 their coal contract for the ensuing 

 year. It calls for 3.50 cars of ooal. 

 They used about S.OOO tons last season 

 and expect to use about 10,000 tons the 

 coming one. 



The tulip beds at Lincoln Park are 

 now a blaze of color and are well 

 worth traveling a few miles to see. 

 The hyacinths are still in fair condi- 

 tion, though a little past their best. 

 The spikes from the Washington- 

 grown bulbs were much the best of 

 any of the hyacinths at the park this 

 season. 



Among recent visitors were W. .\tlee 

 Burpee, Philadelphia: Challenge Ven- 

 tilator Evans, Sr., Richmond, Ind. ; H. 

 W. Buckbee, Rockford, III. 



P. J. Hauswirth made a flying rrip 

 to St. Louis this week. 



The bowlers rolled a few games at 

 .\nson's after the club meeting last 

 Friday evening. They will bowl again 

 at the same place tomorrow (Friday) 



