MAY 2i 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



793 



strange to say, took a big drop. Gera- 

 niums were sold in the auction rooms 

 for from 4 to 7 cents, with other kinds 

 of phiuLs al eoriosponding rates. This 

 week promises lietter all around. 



Ernst G. Asnius retMnip<l from his 

 flying trip to Kurope. looking all the 

 better for the experience. He, like 

 others who have got back from I'aris, 

 says that the exposition over there is 

 nothing as compared with the one 

 given in Chicago in '93. The build- 

 ings are very close together and are 

 less imposing. Mr. Asmus refuses to 

 state that he discovered another good 

 tiling like Liberty rose whilst over 

 there. Perhaps he didn't go to Ireland. 

 Most of the good in 'this world comes 

 from thcrer 



The name "Klunder" is once more 

 above the door of a retail florist store 

 in New "i'ork. This time it is i;36 

 Kifth avenue. O'ur friends, the other 

 papers, gave it out as "Beaumont & 

 Klunder." Mr. Beaumont is out of it 

 and the firm name hereafter will be 

 Klunder. The name has still a great 

 ring in this city and will have whilst 

 this generation is alive. Whatever 

 may be said, and people in glass 

 houses shouldn't throw missiles, ther.:' 

 are bright prospects here for a well 

 conducted store under that still magic 

 name. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society held a meeting 

 during the week and perfected ar- 

 rangements for the June rose show. It 

 is sincerely hoped that all hands will 

 turn in and make it another big suc- 

 cess. Let's see liow many kinds of 

 roses we really grow in this part of 

 the world. J. L D. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Cool spring weather has continued 

 since the sudden fall in the tempera- 

 ture last week, and the rough edges 

 have been cut off of the surplus. Qual- 

 ity has also improved somewhat and 

 prices are held a little closer to quota- 

 tions. There is some mildewed sock 

 as the result of the antics of the ther- 

 mometer, but less than might have 

 been expected, in view of the sudden- 

 ness and velocity with which the mer- 

 cury fell. 



The general opinion is that the sup- 

 ply for Decoration Day will l)e up to 

 the requirements, but that quality may 

 not be quite up to the standard of last 

 year. That standard may be reached, 

 however, if the present favorable 

 weather conditions continue. 



Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday 

 carnations moved well at a dollar, but 

 on Tuesday the market had a relapse. 

 For Decoration Day there will be a 

 fair supply and satisfactory prices are 

 anticipated. 



Club Meeting. 

 At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening the leading feat- 

 ures were papers upon spring planting 

 and aquatic gardening, by Mr. Walter 



Kit/.er, both of which appear else- 

 where in this issue. There was some 

 little discussion of the question of for- 

 mal bedding and the use of color, and 

 the opinion of the majority was that 

 there was a place for each and every 

 style of floral ornamentation and that 

 each one was desirable when kept in 

 its ])ropor place. 



The committee on cooperative i)ur- 

 (diase of coal reported progress and 

 asked the trade papers to print a re- 

 ([uest that all growers in the vicinity 

 of Chicago send to Chairman W. N. 

 Kuild. Mt. (ireenwood. 111., a statement 

 of the kind and qiuuitity of coal they 

 used last year. When this information 

 is tabulated, an effort will be made to 

 see if inside quotations cannot be se- 

 cured on the aggregate and the result 

 reported to those participating. Action 

 can then l)e taken if a saving can be 

 effected. 



The question box disgorged an in- 

 quiry as to why chrysanthemums were 

 inclined to bloom unnaturally early 

 this year. Several mum growers pres- 

 ent said they had not noticed such an 

 imdination among their plants and 

 thought that the cause of early Idoom- 

 ing elsewhere was local in character. 



Various Items. 



Kennieott Bros. Co. have over a 

 thousand dozen paeonies in cold stor- 

 age and just right for Decoration Day. 

 They fill 22i) buckets. 



.1. A. Budlong is cutting some ex- 

 cellent Brides and Maids in spite of the 

 remarkable weather conditions. 



Recent visitors: Arthur Ellison. St. 

 Louis; R. Livingston. Columbus, 0'. 



The price of iron pipe has dropped 

 about 30 per cent within the last two 

 weeks. 



The Chicago Florists' Club's com- 

 mittee on transportation to the New 

 York convention of the S. A. F. in Au- 

 gust is making very satisfactory prog- 

 ress and an economical and enjoyable 

 trip is assured. Florists in the west 

 and northwest will be invited to travel 

 with the Chicago party and share the 

 advantages obtained by the club. 



Superintendent Jensen has at Hum- 

 boldt Park a border of different native 

 azaleas in bloom that is a decided at- 

 traction. There is also an outdoor 

 group of Ghent azaleas in fine bloom. 



The Geo. W. Wittbold Co. are build- 

 ing two new houses, each 27x125. They 

 will also put in a show front a hun- 

 dred feet long in addition to what they 

 already have on Buckingham Place. 



The R. J. Lewis greenhouses on Dun- 

 ning street are no more. They have 

 been removed and the property will 

 be used for other purposes. The mate- 

 rial was purchased by the Geo. 'Witt- 

 bold Co. and they have taken out 

 about 40,000 feet of good glass and 17,- 

 000 feet of 4-inch cast iron pipe. The 

 houses were built for the growing of 

 vegetables, but were later remodeled 

 and devoted to cut flowers. The place 

 was at one time one of the largest in 

 and around Chicago, but was later 

 dwarfed out of sight by the irmmense 



modern plants erected in recent years. 



Weber Bros, have entirely rebuilt 

 their place at Bowmanvillc and now 

 have eight fine houses each 22x150. All 

 are devoted to Brides, Maids and Me- 

 teors. 



R. ii. Simon, of the Staats Zeitung, 

 has made arrangements for special 

 rates for a party to visit the bulb- 

 growing fields of Washington early in 

 July and says any florists who wish to 

 go can have the benefit of the special 

 rate secured. 



.\(lolph H. Poehlmann has now pur- 

 chased a twenty-acre tract in Morton 

 Grove and will put up 50,000 feet of 

 glass, for roses only. There will be 

 six houses, each 26i/ix250. George M. 

 Garland has the contract for the erec- 

 tion of the houses and it is needless to 

 add they will be fitted with the Gar- 

 land iron gutter. 



The bowling fever seems to have 

 waned some, though a few veterans 

 keep the balls in motion. There were 

 only five at the alleys last Friday 

 evening. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Like poor coffee, the antarctic con- 

 tinent, and your last winter's coal bill, 

 things are unsettled. Memorial D.iy 

 only is expected to play the part of the 

 egg-shell, the Yankee colony and the 

 flush debtor. Prices fluctuate spas- 

 modically, but do not make the mis- 

 take of getting generous to any great 

 degree except upon violets; a few good 

 ones bringing $1 per 100. Carnations, 

 1, 2 and .3 cents, and i cents in extreme 

 cases, with quite a few remaining for 

 the fakir. Roses from 1 to 8 cents in 

 pink, white and yellow; Meteors, 2 to 

 8 cents; Beauties. 2 to 25 cents, and a 

 full supply of Liberties from 10 to 35 

 cents; Jacks are out of it. All kinds 

 of odds and ends of everything dodg- 

 ing around and being caught up at all 

 kinds 01 prices from low to medium, 

 according to how badly the purchaser 

 wants the goods and the ability of the 

 salesman to ascertain it. Plants, trees, 

 shrubs, vines, bulbs and seeds rippling 

 along merrily, even if weather condi- 

 tions ai'e abnormal, and when has 

 there been a similar date when farm- 

 ers and gardeners were so behind-hand 

 in their work as today? 



Notes. 



There is some discussion as to the 

 relative value of grafted and ungrafted 

 rose stock, but actions vote for the 

 graft, as evinced by the fact that about 

 all rose growers are to use it. But can 

 they beat Aylward and McGorum? 

 These two, at least, thus far have kept 

 at the front with their full share of the 

 very best, and from ungrafted stock. 



Did you form an acquaintance with 

 the firm of Feinstein & Cartwright. of 

 Federal street? Too late, now; but 

 Feinstein still continues both at the 

 new stand and his old one on Portland 

 street. 



New stores are treacherous, but Mrs. 



