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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 13, 1902. 



Island was noticeable. Thus it became 

 even more of a local affair than ever, 

 emphasizing the fact that others do not 

 care to compete with our specialists. 



The affair was too cumbersome to be 

 given in detail. There were many new 

 seedlings staged and as good an exhibi- 

 tion of older varieties as the condition of 

 the crop allows. However, no better vase 

 of Lawsons was ever shown than that 

 of M. E. Patten. 



Among the new seedlings Fisher's 

 "Enchantress" and "Gov. Wolcott" got 

 the honors, but Warburton's "Cress- 

 brook" was a most worthy antagonist to 

 them both, while the three were so grand 

 that other seedlings with good qualities 

 could not well display themselves in such 

 close comparison. The crop of Roper's 

 "Fair JIaid" is just now in bad shape 

 to exhibit, but has taken first place at 

 other times and places. 



There is but little encouragement to 

 exhibit along general lines, but consid- 

 erable public spirit was shown in this 

 respect. Eobert Montgomery put up a 

 vase of roses, Peirce one of mignonette, 

 and several placed bunches of violets 

 upon the boards, 8im's three varieties of 

 singles being especially fine. 



D. Iliffe was on hand with samples 

 of his iron, as was the veteran horse-man, 

 H. E. Hodgdon, who tells a pleasant 

 hose-pipe dream about his "Plymouth 

 Rock." 



L. H. Foster attracted nuudi attention 

 with a new fern which he calls the Fos- 

 terianna, the two "n's" being compli- 

 mentary to ilrs. Foster. The plant is of 

 a peculiarly graceful branching habit, 

 which ilr. Foster describes by saying 

 that each pinna is like the main froud. 

 He has no plants over a year old, but 

 their size shows the plant to be fully as 

 vigorous as the Bostoniensis. 1 think 

 others will Foster its growth as quickly 

 as possible. 



The way in which exhibitors were 

 booking orders for cuttings proves the 

 financial value of the annual exhibition 

 too. J. S. Manter. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Violent changes are the order of the 

 day. Demand held up well till Tuesday, 

 and then it was different, and prices have 

 weakened again. The range on roses is 

 now $2 to $7, with the great bulk of the 

 stock selling at $3 to $6. Common car- 

 nations go at from $1.00 to $1.50, with 

 some poor stock dropping as low as 75 

 cents, while fancies run from $2 to $2.50, 

 only a few specials reaching $3. 



of Beauties there are very few of me- 

 dium grades, but there is a fair supply 

 of longs and plenty of shorts. The long- 

 est bring $5 a dozen and the shortest sell 

 as low as $5 per 100. 



The stretch of warm weather has of 

 course increased the cut some, but the 

 average of quality seems to be lower. 



There is plenty of bulbous tiowers and 

 prices rule very low, except on a few 

 specialties of extra good quality. Valley 

 is holding its position best of all in this 

 class. Dutch hyacinths and daffodils 

 seem to suffer most. A few Harrisii 

 lilies are seen. Of callas there is a great 

 plenty and they seem to move very slowly. 



Various Items. 



The very elaborate decorations for the 

 luncheon to Prince Henry at the Ger- 

 mania Club were arranged by Mr. E. 

 Weinhoeber, and not by the Geo. Witt- 



bold Co.j as reported last week through 

 an error. 



The George Wittbold Co. are building 

 three houses, each 27 ft. 4 in. by 300 ft., 

 on their newly acquired land at Edge- 

 brook. They are also building there a 

 brick cottage and boiler house, and are 

 digging a well, putting in roads, etc. 



The injury to John Zeck's ankle was 

 more serious than at first considered. He 

 is now able to be about, but will be 

 obliged to use a crutch for a week or 

 so more. 



The Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association is the title adopted by the 

 organization recently formed, and the 

 membership takes in practically every 

 wholesaler in the city. The officers are: 

 F. i . Benthev, ±'res. ; E. E. Pieser, Vice- 

 Pres. ; J. P. Risch, Sec 'y. ; E. C. Amling, 

 Treas. 



The regular weekly meeting of the 

 association was held Tuesday, 15 out of 

 a total of 16 firms being represented. 

 During the session a committee from the 

 Chicago Retail Florists' Protective As- 

 sociation, consisting of O. J. Friedman, 

 t . A. Samuelson, W. Kidwell, W. J. 

 Smyth, A. Lange, Leo Walz and J. Craig, 

 was received. They presented a courte- 

 ously expressed request for consideration 

 of the alleged practice of the selling of 

 flowers and designs in the wholesale mar- 

 ket, such practice being held to be not 

 only injurious to their individual inter- 

 ests but <letrimental to the cut flower 

 industry as a whole. -\ majority of the 

 committee expressed tlu'ir individual 

 views on the same matter. The president 

 of the Wholesale Association assured 

 them that the matter would be taken up 

 by that body for consideration at an 

 early date and that a report would be 

 made in due time. 



The association agreed to issue a uni- 

 form weekly prieelist, which will appear 

 hereafter in the trade journals. The 

 general policy of the association has 

 not been fully outlined yet but will be 

 perfected at the next meeting. 



Mr. B. Eschner, of M. Rice Co., Phila- 

 delphia, is in the city visiting the trade. 

 He reports a very satisfactory business. 



Jlr. H. MacMichaels, for the past few 

 years manager of the Morton C.rove 

 (ireenhouses for Mr. P. Kreisman, has 

 resigned his position and will soon start 

 on a trip to Scotland and England. He 

 will return in time to take charge of the 

 greenhouses of Weiland & Kiseh at 

 Evanston, June 1. 



The new manager of the Morton 

 Grove Greenhouses is Mr. Charles Duerr, 

 a well-known local grower, formerly at 

 Park Ridge. 



The program of the club meeting 

 Wednesday evening included an exhibi- 

 tion of plants suitable for Easter. 



The Florists' Club will give an enter- 

 tainment and dance the evening of April 

 8th, in the Drill Hall, ilasonic Temple. 

 A most enjoyable time is anticipated. 

 The committee in charge consists of .lohn 

 Degnan, P. J. Hauswirth and E. Enders. 



At Niles Center, F. Stielow has re- 

 cently added a new house, 18x70 ft., 

 using the Garland iron gutter, and Jacob 

 Meyer has added one 24x100. The ma- 

 terial for both houses was supplied by 

 the John C. Jloninger Co. 



N. Weltor, Evanston, formerly a vege- 

 table grower, is building a range of four 

 houses, each 25x150, for the growing of 

 cut flowers. The .John C. Moninger Co. 

 is supplying the material. 



Bowling. 



Last Tupsdaj* evening thp Growprs won two 



from the Retailers and the latter one from tho 



fnriuer. while the Wholesalers won three from 



the ill-fated Miscellaneous. The scores follow; 



GROWERS. 



C. Stoller.v 140 171 14l> 



F. Matti 144 mri III- 



J. I'. Sinner 12il 121 11)4 



L. Schafer ' 124 19S IT.'* 



F. Stollery 1U7 170 1S4 



731 855 SOS 

 RET.\1LER.S. 



P. .1. Hauswirth 1 38 178 !«« 



.7. Iluehner 157 120 132 



J. Lambrns 140 117 134 



E. Hauswirth lOt) 100 129 



G. Asmus 101 135 172 



771 722 73S 

 WnOLES.\LERS. 



Jos. Foerster 190 109 177 



G. Scott • 133 147 12S. 



Jno. Sterrett 147 134 109- 



C. Hughes 1 37 13:) 121 



E. Wiutersnn 135 151 10» 



742 731 7« 

 MlSCELLAXF-OrS. 



C. RallutT .' 14S 142 12S 



C. I'rnuer 132 118 137 



E. Enders 113 llll 123 



W. Kreitlhig 19;i 1»8 102 



G. L. Grant 132 138 145. 



715 010 635 

 Results to date: Won. Lost. 



Growers 30 21 



Wholesalers 36 21 



Retailers 29 28 



Miscellaneous 13 44 



Next Tuesday evening the series will be fin- 

 ished and a hot time is certain. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The cut flower uKirket was rather live- 

 ly the past week and, to oqr surprise, 

 everything except bulb stock was con- 

 siderably shortened up. The retail trade 

 in decorations was very quiet, but in the 

 cut flower line it was good, especially in 

 funeral work. 



There seems to be more crape pulling 

 being done now th:in ever before. At 

 ouo house no less than ten of these so- 

 called florists presented their cards and 

 each one was cheaper than the other. Any 

 kind of work seems to please the public 

 so long as it's cheap. One of the German 

 jiapers of last week had a notice in it 

 regarding one of these crape puller? 

 whiidi stated that artist so-and-so of 

 North St. Louis had all the floral decora- 

 tions. To call a shoemaker an artist in 

 the floral line is hard to swallow. 



The opening of the opera season at 

 Century Theater the past week helped the 

 trade a great deal as the first few nights 

 a number of large bunches were presented 

 to the favorites who have friends bj' the 

 score in this city. Prices on stock went 

 up a notch or two higher than the pre- 

 vious week. Eoses of all kinds are not 

 over-plentiful and good Brides and 

 Maids sell for $5 per 100, and from that 

 down to $2; Meteors and Perles are 

 about the same; Beauties of the first 

 grades are in good demand at $3 and $4 

 per dozen, but only a few of these grades 

 come in; shorts are plentiful at from 

 $2 to $5 per 100. 



Carnations have shortened up some over 

 the previous week, when a good many 

 were dumped. Fancies are now bringing 

 $3, and good stock sells at $2. Whites 

 were in great demand all of the past 

 week, and not half enough came in to 

 supply the demand. Some very fine Mar- 

 quis, Joost, Lawson and White Cloud were 

 seen which sold well. More stock has 

 been promised ns for this week. Callas. 

 and Harrisiis sold great the past week, 

 at 10 cents for callas, and 121-; cents for 

 Harrisiis. Romans, tulips, valley, frees- 

 ias and daffs are still plentiful and more 

 are coining in than the demand warrants. 

 Prices remain the same as last ncik oil 



