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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Ja.viarv 23. 19U2. 



no seed of tlii^- strain for sale this year 

 but will possibly [Jut it on the market 

 next year. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Roses continue very scarce and jjrices 

 have stifl'eued further, ^'ery ordinary 

 stock will bring .$4 to $0 and good stutl' 

 will sell at .$8 to $10, with some extra 

 fancy reaching as high as $12. Beau- 

 ties are as scarce as the teas and the 

 price for the long-stemmed stock ran<'es 

 from .$4 to .$G per dozen. The scarcity 

 of roses has increased the call for car- 

 nations and prices are stronger in eon- 

 .sequence. Good stock sells at $2 to $3, 

 mth some specially fancy reaching $4' 

 and poor Scotts selling domi to $1. 



\"iolets are a glut, the great quantity 

 of poor quality Uidy Campbells causimr 

 most of the trouble. Good colored Ma°- 

 rie Louise go all right, but there are 

 Campbells to burn. One dealer says that 

 Caniplwll is all right to help out. early 

 111 the season, but lliat after the holidays 

 they should be cleaned out and the space 

 devoted to something else, as no one 

 wants Campbell when good Marie Louise 

 are to be had, and the presence of great 

 quantities of the former simply glut 

 the market and pull down prices "for 

 all. \ 



Uulb stujr is also in excess of demand. 

 This applies to valley as well as Romans 

 and narcissus. Tulips are making their 

 appearance, but no one seems to be 

 specially hungry for them yet. 



Conditions generally are. however, good 

 for the season. Prices on all stock are 

 averaging well aboxe those of last year, 

 with the exception of violets. 



Carnation Exhibition. 



The annual carnation exhibition of the 

 Florists' Club was held Wednesday aft- 

 ernoon and evening' lliis week in a'larne 

 room ill the Atlas Block, corner Wabash 

 avenue and Randolph street. 



Two large vases of the splendid scar- 

 let carnation Adonis were shown by K. 

 G. Hill & Co., Kichmond. Ind., and ihev 

 attracted much attention. Hill & Co. 

 also had on display two vases of the 

 hue new pink variety Cressbrook, two 

 vases of their new variegated sort Gaiety 

 and a large vase of fine blooms of the 

 white Lorna. 



Henry Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., 

 showed a vase of Norway, a tine white, 

 and Dailledouze Bros.. Flatbush, N. Y., 

 sent a vase of their pink variety Flori- 

 aiia, while E. T. Grave, Kichmond, Ind., 

 exhibited a vase of fine blooms of Dor- 

 othy. E. Witterstaeter sent a vase of 

 his fine pink Enquirer. J. B. Goetz sent 

 a few blooms of his new pink carnation 

 priole, which were very inferior to ex- 

 isting varieties. Boehringer Bros.. Bay 

 City, Jlich., sent some blooms of "Day- 

 break Perfection" that were worthy the 

 name. 



The largest display was made by the 

 Chicago Carnation Co.. .Tolict. 111. 'They 

 init up a .superb lot of blooms and many 

 vases of them. Of their new varieties 

 they showed J\frs. Potter Palmer, a splen- 

 did scarlet; JMrs. Higinbotham. a fine 

 Daybreak pink; Harlowarden. a crand 

 crimson; Mar.shall Field, a fine varie- 

 gated, a cross between Bradt and Pin- 

 gree; and Chicot, lightly variegated. 

 Also unnamed white that made a very 

 favorable impression. A vase of their 

 Bon Homme Richard, white, contained a 

 fine lot of blooms with stems over 30 



inches b ng. They also showed vases of 

 Koosevclt, Norway, Lawson, Marquis 

 and Xydia. 



I'eter Reinberg showed vases of fine 

 blooms of Prosperity. Guardian Angel, 

 Marquis, Lawsoii and Genevieve Lord. 

 The (Jnardian Angel Orphan Asylum 

 showed vases of Guardian Angel. White 

 Cbnid and Armaziiidy. JI. Becker, Rose 

 Hill, showed a vase of a Avhite seedling 

 tliat seemed very promising, also a vase 

 of mixed seedlings. J. T. Anthony had 

 en exhibition a vase of a good pink seed- 

 ling, a cross between Red Bradt and 

 Tidal Wave, and vases of White Cloud 

 and Lord. 



C. Schweigert. Xilcs Center, showed 

 a vase of !Marquis that were very well 

 done, also a vase of fine giant mignon- 

 ette. F. Bahr, Highland Park, displayed 

 a huge bunch of Princess of Wales vio- 

 lets that were extra fine. 



Various Items. 



Those who expect to attend the com- 

 ing convention and exhibition of the 

 American Carnation Society at Indian- 

 apolis should report to Mr. E. F. Win- 

 terson, 4.) Wabash avenue, so they may 

 be provided with l^erths in the special 

 car that is being arranged for. 



Bent hey & Co. will in the spring add 

 to their plant at Newcastle, Ind., two 

 new houses, each 28x300. The Garland 

 iron gutters will be used and the style 

 of 'const ruction will be uniform with 

 that of the existing range. 



Bassett & Washburn are cutting some 

 splendid blooms of Prosperity carnation 

 which sell at ,$,S to .$10 per'lOO. They 

 grow it co<d and allow the blooms to 

 develop slowly. 



When the eight Chicago bowling teams 

 started for Buffalo to participate in the 

 great tournament there the Florists' 

 Bowling Club decorated their special 

 cars most elaborately with flowers. This 

 courtesy was acknowledged in a most 

 hearty way by the bowlers on the train. 



Recent visitors: J. F. Arnraann, Ed- 

 wardsville. 111.; .T. JI. Smelv, Aurora, 

 111.: E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



W. E. Lynch has rapidly recovered 

 from the attack of diphtheria noted last 

 week, but now his wife is dow^l with 

 the same disease. The tw'o children have 

 so far escaped. 



.\n adjourned meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago, for the elec- 

 tion of olficers and other business, will 

 be held at room 030 Rialto Building, 

 next Saturday, January 2.5. at 2 p. m. 



Mr. E. F. Winterson is enjojing a 

 visit from his brother, J. .1. W'interson, 

 and his wife, of Tacoma, Wash. This is 

 the brother \vho w-as in a bad railway 

 accident some time ago. He is pretty 

 lively for a man who has passed througli 

 such an awful experience and is ap- 

 parently much enjoying his visit here. 

 He brought Ed a little present in the 

 way of a gold watch, of which the lat- 

 ter is naturally very proud. 



Bo^irling. 



The regular games were resumed last 

 Tuesday evening. The Wholesalers won 

 two games from the Growers and the 

 latter one from the former, while the 

 Jliscellaneous took two from the Re- 

 tailers and the latter one from the 

 former. Following are the scores: 



WHOLESALERS. ■ 



.Tos. Foerster 172 203 I'O 



B. Benthey 191 153 158 



L. Coatsworth 163 117 123 



J. Sterrett 140 166 U4 



E. TVinterson 154 15s ISO 



820 799 764 I 



GROWERS. 



F. Stollerj' 154 137 155 



Q. Stollery ISO 170 172 



F. Matti 151 173 170 



J. P. Sinner 135 127 16S 



L. Shafer 13S 171 133 



75S 77S 803 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



C. BalluB 170 146 165 



C. Pruner 168 14S 162 



J. Degnan 168 165 198 



C.A.Hunt '.....ISS IM 147 



a. L. Grant 101 136 129 



743 759 SOI 

 RET.VILERS. 



P. J. Hauswirth 162 139 170 



W. Kreitling 107 113 97 



J. Lambios 147 209 169 



M. Foerster 134 



E. Enders 139 112 



Geo. Asmus 153 184 139 



703 784 687 



Results to date: Won. Lost. 



Wholesalers 23 13 



G rowers 21 15 



Retailers 15 21 



Miscellaneous 13 23 



At a meeting after the games arrange- 

 ments were made for the Milwaukee 

 trip and it was decided to go bj' the C. 

 -M. & St. P. on the train leaving" at 6:30 

 p. m. next Saturday. The fare will be 

 .$3.40 for the round trip. There promises 

 to be a large party and a jolly time. 

 Those not at the meeting and who in- 

 tend to go should notify P. J. Haus^yirth, 

 13 Congress street, so proper dining 

 car arrangements may be made in ad- 

 vance. The olficers of the bowling club 

 will be at the station ahead of train time 

 and will have a supply of the special 

 rate tickets there. 



THE BOGUS CHECK MAN. 



A subscriber in Evansvillc, Ind., 

 writes that a bogus check man recently 

 victimized him in an especially smooth 

 manner, and his familiarity with the 

 florist business leads him to believe he 

 may make a specialty of passing bogus 

 checks on florists. He warns others to 

 be on the lookout. 



The subscriber's place of business is 

 near a cemetery and the "customer" or- 

 dered a $.5 wreath to be ready to use at 

 the funeral of his sister who had died in 

 St. Louis, and whose body would arrive 

 from that citjv in the morning. He 

 stated that he was a cousin of a well 

 known citizen whom he called familiarly 

 by his first name, and finally tendered 

 in payment for the wreath a check for 

 $10, signed by the name of the well 

 known citizen. It seemed to be all right 

 and the $5 change was given him. The 

 whole thing was so smoothly done that 

 our subscriber had not the least suspi- 

 cion of anything being wrong. 



The fellow was a medium sized, well 

 dressed man, a decided brunette with 

 hea^■y dark moustache, and had a queer, 

 high pitched voice. Other florists had 

 better be on the lookout for him. 



CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS. 



The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, 

 Ohio, trade list for florists and dealers 

 only: L. Templin & Sons, Calla, Ohio, 

 illustrated catalogue of seeds, plants and 

 bulbs; The Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove. Pa., catalogue of roses, plants 

 and bulbs; W". Atlee Burpee & Co., Phil- 

 adelphia. Pa., Burpee's Farm Annual for 

 1002; H. A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut st., 

 Philadelphia. Pa., Drecr's Garden Calen- 

 dar for 1902; A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn., wholesale trade list; F. Lude- 

 mann (Pacific Nursery), San Francisco, 

 Cal.. special wholesale price list of trees, 

 shrubs, roses, camellias, etc.; W. A. 



