March 20. 1S02 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



583 



John Fay Kennell's Gladiolus Seedling, No. 1900. 



At the next meeting the question will 

 be taken up as to how to bring the mem- 

 bers ont to the meetings. If they will 

 only come and state what they want we 

 will gladly give it to them, and do any- 

 thing in our power to make it pleasant 

 for them all. The next meeting will be 

 held on Thursday, April 10, at 3 o'dock. 



The Market. 



Business was slow last week except 

 in funeral work, which seems to be very 

 plentiful at present, but as we are in 

 the middle of Lent, not much could be 

 expected from other sources. St. Pat- 

 rick's Day brought an extra demand for 

 flowers of all kinds — except yellow. 

 Plenty of bouquets were used in the 

 parade Sundaj'. At the wholesale mar- 

 ket there seems to be almost anything 

 one wants, and plenty of it, except white 

 carnations. The demand for the latter 

 was great, and not half enough came in 

 to supply it. 



In roses, Meteors, Brides and Maids 

 had a good call and enough came in to 

 supply demand at from $2 to $5 per 100, 

 according to quality. Good, long Beau- 

 ties are not any too plentiful, but shorts 

 seem quite abundant. 



Carnations are bringing $2 to $3 for 

 good, fancy stock; a few colored ones 

 sell below these prices. Colored ones arc 

 plentiful and white ones are scarce; 

 quality very good, with extra long 

 stems. Violets are down to 25 cents; 

 supply equals demand; very little sale 

 for doubles; Calif ornias have the call. 

 Bulb stock took a brace the past week 

 and sold quite well, owing to the fact 

 that quantities of this stuif are used 

 in funeral work. Romans and paper 

 whites are $2 ; valley, $2 and $3 ; dafifs, 

 $2 per 100. Harrisiis are more plentiful 

 at from $10 to $12..50, and callas sell at 

 $6 and $8. Tulips are not selling well 

 at .$1.50 and $2; a few fancy go at $3. 

 The market was a little short on smilax 

 last week, which sold well at $12.50. 



Notes. 



Mr. Carew Sanders and wife have re- 

 turned from their trip to California. Mr. 



Sanders will tell the members at the 

 next meeting of the club what he found 

 most interesting. California, he says, 

 will spread itself at our coming World's 

 Fair. 



C. Young & Sons Co. are very busy 

 now in their plant and seed department 

 with hea\'y mail orders. Dickman, Plant 

 Seed Co., and Schisler-Corneli Seed Co. 

 are having some heavy orders to fill and 

 all hands are kept busy all day long. 



Bowliog. 



The League team ended the bowling season 

 by winning two out of three games from the 

 leaders of the race, the great Enterprise team. 

 The Florist team is now located In fifth place, 

 and but for the crippled condition of the team 

 during the last twelve games we would now be 

 the leaders in the race. Friday night the team 

 bad only four men. and Benelie. with crippled 

 foot, had to talce part and help win the two 

 games. 



The scores were : 



Florists. B. E. 1. 2. 3. Tot. At. 



Beneke 5 12 123 99 174 396 132 



Kuehn 2 7 176 149 160 486 161 



Beyer 2 6 196 201 172 563 187 2-3 



■Sturtz 8 4 157 140 137 428 142 2-3 



Ellison 1 6 235 146 189 570 190 



IS 35 876 735 832 2442 



Enterprise. 



B. E. 1. 2. 3. Tot. 

 12 ,35 770 831 798 2,399 



J. .1. B. 



NEW GLADIOLUS. 



The aceompanjing engraving is from 

 a photograph of a single flower of Gladi- 

 olus "1900," which is being introduced 

 this year by John Fay Kennell, Eoches- 

 ter, N. Y. The color is a very rich shade 

 of red with prominent white spots on 

 the three lower petals, making it very 

 showy from a distance. 



Mr. Kennell has found it a very strong 

 grower with an abundance of dark green 

 foliage, growing about 3% to 4% feet 

 high, with a good stiff flower spike. It is 

 a medium to late bloomer, the season 

 of blooming from a single planting being 

 quite lengthy, as the bulbs usually send 

 up from two to four flower spikes. It 

 has been found to increase rapidly, both 

 from bulbs and bulblets, and the bulbs 

 are good keepers. 



The stitt' flower spike enables it to 



withstand high winds nmch better than 

 some others, and the flowers keep well 

 after being cut. It should prove use- 

 ful as a cut flower as well as a fine 

 bedder. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Up to last Saturday conditions re- 

 mained the same as reported in last is- 

 sue, with supply ample in all Unes and 

 only the fanciest stock reaching top quo- 

 tations. Then the effect of the cold 

 wave became apparent, and at present 

 writing the supply is short, especially in 

 roses, and prices are pretty close to Eas- 

 ter quotations for the best grades. 



The chances of a good supply for Eas- 

 ter are dependent wholly upon the 

 weather. Should we have a break in the 

 present cold and have a stretch of favor- 

 able weather from now on the supply 

 will undoubtedly be satisfactory. If 

 present conditions continue, which seems 

 hardly likely at this season, the shortage 

 will be serious. There is bound to be a 

 shortage in lilies anyway. Anyone de- 

 siring to be sure of their lilies had bet- 

 ter get their orders in early. 



As to prices for Easter, the quotations 

 of the Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association, on page 561 of this issue, 

 represent the combined opinions of fif- 

 teen of the wholesale houses. These 

 prices are, of course, not absolute, and 

 it is not expected that they will be rig- 

 idly adhered to. jr'rices will be deter- 

 mined by the supply and demand. But 

 they represent the best judgment of the 

 houses represented at this date. 



Referring to the lily situation, Mr. E. 

 E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., says 

 he recently visited a dozen lily growers 

 and an average of their crops shows that 

 40 per cent of the bulbs was a total loss 

 in the first place, and of what is left 60 

 ]ier cent of the flowers will be second 

 quality. 



The Fall Exhibition. 



The annual fall exhibition will be of 

 more than usual interest this year on 

 account of the co-operation of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America. The 

 premium list is now in preparation and 

 will soon be issued. Many valuable 

 prizes are offered, and among them we 

 note that the silver cup of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America is offered 

 for best ten blooms of one variety. The 

 prizes for vase of one hundred blooms, 

 one or more varieties, are: First, $50; 

 second, $40; third, $30. 



For chysanthemum plants prizes of 

 $15 and $10 are offered for single spe-i- 

 mens, the colors indicated being white, 

 yellow, pink and any other color, and 

 additional premiums of $15 and $10 are 

 offered for best plant entered in the 

 classes named. The prizes in all the 

 plant classes seem to have been materi- 

 ally increased, also in roses and other 

 cut flowers. 



Various Items. 



Mr. James Hartshorne, of the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Company, states that 

 their business in general has been very 

 satisfactory this season, running nearly 

 a hundred per cent ahead of last year. 

 They have already let the contract to 

 increase their plant to a size half as 

 large again as the present one, for 

 roses, adding about 40,000 ft. more of 



