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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 12, 1901. 



city salesrooms never make the mistake 

 of holding back too long. They are in 

 daily touch with the market and see 

 the importance of having the stock in 

 when the buyers are hungriest for it. 

 Others can be in just as close touch 

 through their commission men if they 

 will give the latter the opportunity. On 

 Christmas orders shipping will begin on 

 Saturday (December 21) to distant 

 points (possibly some as early as Fri- 

 day), but the heaviest shipping days 

 will be Sunday and Monday (the 22nd 

 and 23rd ) . A few orders may be shipped 

 on Tuesday, but remember that if your 

 stock is of shipping grade it should reach 

 your dealer by Sunday or Jlonday morn- 

 ing. Your dealer will tell v'ou the best 

 time. Ask him and give him credit for 

 knowing his business. 



If he wires for more roses on Jlonday 

 don't reply that you haven't any and 

 then send in 2,000 "to 5,000 the nex\ day. 

 If they can be forced out so suddenly, 

 work the "forcing process" a little hard- 

 er yet and send them in when he calls 

 for them. We may seem to lay too 

 much emphasis on this matter, and some 

 growers will say we are speaking for the 

 dealer. It isn't the dealer we are wor- 

 rying about. His loss is insignificant 

 compared with that of the grower who 

 hits the market at the wrong time with 

 his stock. All the dealer loses is the 

 small amount of commission he might 

 have made and the peace of mind he 

 would have had if he could have been in 

 shape to fill his customers' orders prop- 

 erly, instead, as is often the case, of 

 having to job off good stock to the faker 

 at the last moment in order to save as 

 much as possible from the wreck. 



Surprise the market all you want to, 

 but don't surprise your dealer. If he 

 isn't worth taking into your confidence 

 he isn't wortli tr\isting at all. It may 

 be that a scarcity will continue right up 

 to Christmas day. But a scarcity on 

 that day and high prices to the end are 

 much more likely when the stock reaches 

 the market regularly and is handled with 

 full knowledge on the part of the dealer 

 as to what is still coming. 



On Wednesday the gloomy weather 

 was broken and the sun took a good look 

 at us. A few such days between now 

 and Christnuis will very materially help 

 the holiday supply. 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 first meeting held in the new meeting 

 hall last night (Wednesday), and there 

 was an excellent display of blooming 

 plants and cut flowers, including Gloire 

 de Lorraine begonias, poinscttias, prim- 

 roses, bouvardias, early l)l(H)ming aza- 

 leas and cut chrysanthemums. The 

 award for Ijest plant suitable for holi- 

 day trade was given to Walter Retzer 

 & Co., for a Gloire de Lorraine begonia, 

 and second to August Jui;gens for a pot 

 of poinsettias. 



.Joseph Reeve read a paper on Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine, which ap- 

 pears elsewhere in this issue. He illus- 

 trated his paper by showing three stages 

 ot the propagation of this begonia from 

 top cuttings, and indicated the various 

 ways of propagating it. In the infor- 

 mal discussion that followed leaf pro- 

 pagation was favored. The plants 

 shotild be started early so that large 

 plants may be had for this date. 



Two new members were elected. 



The next meeting will be held the 

 evening of Wednesday, January 8. 



Variotis Items. 



ilcKellar & Winterson are working 

 every night now on orders for holiday 

 supplies and are doing an enormous busi- 

 ness in these goods, as well as in cut 

 flowers. Jlr. Winterson was unfortu- 

 nate enough to have a finger crushed by 

 the fall of a hea\'y case last Friday, but 

 is hustling as hard as ever with the fin- 

 ger wrapped up in a section of rubber 

 hose — or something that looks like it. 

 He stopped "action" long enough to 

 say: "When anything — finger, hand or 

 anything else — gets in the way we sim- 

 ply cut it out and go ahead. Got no 

 time to nurse anything." 



Bassett & Washburn say shipping 

 trade is holding very steady and strong 

 and that the out-of-town florist must be 

 doing a good steady business. 



August Jurgens is marketing some of 

 the finest lily of the valley ever seen in 

 this city. It is reall3- remarkable for 

 size and quality. The spikes have 12 to 



^5 very large bells on eight inches of the 

 spike, while the whole spike measures 

 12 to l.T inches long. And it seems to 

 be more fragrant than ordinary valley. 

 August says it is not a new variety, but 

 that this splendid result is due to extra 

 care and skill in forcing. 



Mr. W. E. Hearne, of the Kemblc 

 Floral Co., Oskaloosa, Iowa, passed 



through the city last week en route for 



Xew York, from which point he will 



"cross the puddle'' and spend some 



months with relatives and friends in 



England. 



Frank Stuppy, St. Joseph, JIo., was a 



visitor last week, having come to act 



as best man at the wedding of Alex. 



Newett, at Joliet, December 4. 



George W, Scott, the West Madison 



street florist, was married November 30 



to Miss Ellen Wells, 



Wietor Bros, have just put in a fine 



new ice box as an addition to their 



equipment. It will enable them to more 



conveniently handle their large cut of 



flowers. 



Peter Reinberg has returned from a 



hunting trip in the neighborhood of Che- 



banse. 111., bringing back a good many 



rabbits and quail. 



E. H. Hunt has rented a large store at 



89 Kinzie street to be used for warehouse 



purposes. 



H. W. Buckbee, of Rockford, 111., 



passed througli the city early this week 



on his way to Xew York, 



A. H. Budlong has been confined to his 



home for a week witli an attack of the 



grip. 



Mrs. Emma .T. Church, Charlotte, 

 Mich., was a recent visitor. 



George Reinberg expects to have an 

 extra good crop of Beauties and carna- 

 tions for Christmas, 



P, J. Hauswirth has removed his 

 store to the Congress street side 

 of the Auditorium Anne.x, the number 

 being 13 Congress street, where he will 

 remain until the addition to the Miehr- 

 gan avenue side of the Annex is com- 

 pleted, when he will have a fine new 

 store in the new part of the Annex on 

 Michigan avenue. Mrs. Hauswirth is 

 mourning the loss of her mother, who 

 died Dec. 2 and was laid at rest on the 

 5th. 



Bowling;. 



In tlie league games last Tuesday 

 evening the Growers won three games 

 from the Retailers and the Wholesalers 

 three from the Jliscellaneous. The 

 scores follow: 



GROWERS. 



G. Stollery 223 1S5 166 



F. Matti 144 153 166 



J. P. Sinner 160 125 13S 



F. Stolleiy 182 201 186 



709 664 651 

 RETAILERS. 



P. J. Hauswirth 150 166 145 



Jno. Lambros 200 129 136 



E. Hauswirth 162 123 158 



Geo. Asnius 143 171 170 



655 5S9 609 

 WHOLESALERS. 



W, R. Heftron 134 127 14S 



E. Benthe.v 176 172 137 



Jno. Sterrett 15S 179 130 



E. Winterson 125 135 168 



593 613 5S3 

 MISCELLANEOUS, 



C. Balluft 165 118 119 



E. Bnders 127 108 118 



C. Pruner 167 103 159 



C. Hughes 133 121 141 



592 450 537 

 Results to date: Won. Lost. 



Growers 20 10 



Wholesalers 19 11 



Retailers 13 17 



Miscellaneous 8 22 



Owing to the coming of the holidays, 



when everyone in the trade will be very 

 busy, it was decided to omit the next 



three Tuesdays, starting in again the 

 first Tuesday in January. 



FEEDING EXHAUSTED TREES. 



It has long been supposed, even by 

 some of the successful growers of fruit, 

 that manurial matter, either in a liquid 

 form or as a top dressing, can only be 

 applied with advantage to trees when 

 they are in full growth and carrying 

 their crops. That such assistance to 

 trees, not excessively luxuriant, at that 

 stage is beneficial there can be no ques- 

 tion, but it is a mistake to suppose that 

 the trees are unable to derive assist- 

 ance from liquid manure or rich top 

 dressings at other stages of their growth, 

 and the productiveness of thousands of 

 trees is materially lessened owing to this 

 misapprehension. 



The first stage in the production of a 

 crop of fruit is not the expansion of the 

 flower buds in the spring, but the forma- 

 tion of the buds in the previous autumn. 

 This formation commences before the 

 crop has been gathered, but the process 

 is not completed until the trees have 

 been relieved of their heavy load, and are 

 in a position to divert their energies to 

 the completion of this important work. 

 Sometimes the.se energies are so enfeebled 

 as not to have the power of completing 

 the development of the embryo buds, and 

 the result is an indiff'erent crop the fol- 

 lowing year. You will readily under- 

 stand that bringing to maturity a heavy 

 crop of fruit is very exhaustive to the 

 trees, and that unless something is done 

 to enable them to recover from the ex- 

 haustion they will proceed to regain 

 their wonted vigor in their own way, 

 and that way is the non-production of 

 fruit for a season. 



If heavily cropped trees have received 

 top dressings or applications of liquid 

 manure until within a short time of the 

 fruit attaining maturity, the soil may 

 be stored with sufficient plant food to 

 enable the trees to complete their sea- 

 son's work. But, unless the trees are 

 very vigorous the safest course is to 

 assume that they are in need of assist- 

 ance, and give what may be considered 

 necessary. — flardciicrs' Magazine. 



If you want to make a valued employe 

 a Christmas present, nothing will be so 

 much appreciated, or return so much 

 value to the giver, as a copy of the 

 Florists' Manual, by Wm. Scott. 



