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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 



of soda, cow manure, or almost any- 

 thing in reason. The best results I ever 

 saw were obtained by using bone meal 

 in conjunction with nitrate of potash, 

 the potash being used in the proportion 

 of one ounce potash to four gallons of 

 water. Fotasli in some form or other 

 is one of the great essentials of success- 

 ful fruit growing of any description. 

 Chas. H. Tottt. 



TORONTO. 



Toronto is such a short run from this 

 cold, clean and asphalted city that we 

 might take a three hours' ride by rail 

 in winter or the enjoyable four hours' 

 trip by boat in the summer time oftener 

 than we do to our profit. But we went a 

 few days ago, principally to see a new 

 metill gutter wluch is to be seen at 

 Walter Muston's, at North Toronto. It 

 is all right, but it was too late for us to 

 alter our plans. The new range of fine 

 houses was growing Brides and ilaids 

 in fine style. After an hour or two spent 

 with Jlr. Muston in discussing culture 

 and building, he went along to show us 

 the shortest and quickest route to John 

 Dunlop's. 



I have told many a florist on this side 

 of the Niagara to visit Dunlop of To- 

 ronto, and Dale of Brampton if they 

 wanted to see roses done well. But roses 

 are not all that is to be seen at the cor- 

 ner of Lansdowne and Bloor street, To- 

 ronto, Ontario. Every time 1 visit John 

 he has added to the place and now it is 

 about 150,000 feet of glass. There are 

 se\eral larger places in the world, but 

 not many where every foot tells. A 

 dozen carnation houses are looking well, 

 and I was glad to see several varieties 

 that I had not previously seen growing. 

 Among the newer varieties Lorna was 

 wonderful for quantity and size of 

 flower. The comparatively little grown 

 Glacier was also grand, and Mr. Dunlop 

 thinks it as good an all around white as 

 there is. He says he has no fault to find 

 with Jlarquis, as it has flowered continu- 

 ously and profusely since earl}- Novem- 

 ber. Lawson is here in its usual un- 

 equaled form, and strange to say, a 

 bench of the almost forgotten Olympia. 

 Olympia is grand, a perfect flower when 

 well grown, A bench about six feet wide 

 and over L'OO feet long is full of trans- 

 planted cuttings of all the desirable vari- 

 eties and a most healthy, strong lot they 

 are. 



Several houses -Here devoted to Easter 

 stuff, lilies, Ramblers, hydrangeas, etc., 

 but we do not need so nuicli education 

 in that line as in growing, and more 

 particularly propagating, roses. It's a 

 treat to look at house after house of 

 Brides and Maids and Meteors, and two 

 or three of Beauties and one of Liberty. 

 Morgan they also grow very finely, and 

 here you will see Perle, Sunset and Sun- 

 rise. Most of the rose houses except the 

 new range are short span to the south, 

 twenty feet wide, and although it is not 

 likely any more of this style will be 

 built, you cannot condemn the houses 

 when you see such beautiful roses pro- 

 duced. 



The new range was most interesting to 

 me. There are five or six houses, I am 

 not sure which, each 20 by 150 feet, no 

 partition between the whole lot. Of course 

 they run north and south, arc equal span 

 and the gutters are seven feet high, 

 supported by iron arches, so the path is 

 under the gutter. The benches are two 



and one-half or three feet high in this 

 range, but Mr. Dunlop admits that they 

 would be quite as well nearer the ground. 

 No, there is no use in discussing this 

 style of house, the proof of the pudding 

 is in the eating, and what is more con- 

 vincing to me is the remark of Mr. D. 

 when he said, "1 like them. I shall build 

 more like them." I don't pretend to have 

 seen many rose-growing places, but I 

 have never in my life seen a more 

 healthy, productive and finer flowered 

 lot of roses. 



The difference between the grafted 

 stock and own root stuff in these houses 

 (mostly Brides and ilaids) was most 

 striking. The grafted stock were 

 stronger plants, producing more flowers, 

 and Mr, Dunlop assured me that planted 

 at the same date the cut from grafted 

 stock was nearly 50 per cent more than 

 flom own roots. Mr. Dunlop is a thor- 

 ough disciple of grafting, and hence his 

 success. We heard of a place this sea- 

 son where they took out of the frame 100 

 per cent. He does not pretend to do 

 that, but I can vouch for what I saw. 

 There were not, apparently, any failures, 

 but he wa* honest enough to say that 98 

 per cent had been "his luck" this year. 

 He has it down to an exact science. 



There are many other little items 1 

 covild say about this neat, well run place. 

 But I will only say that when near that 

 part of the Canadian border don't fail to 

 go and see John Dunlop, who may not go 

 out and play bowls with you, but who 

 will take the greatest i)leasure in .show- 

 ing a student around his model place. 



W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The MarkfU 



There is a very good supply of stock 

 in the market but denuind is brisk and 

 ])rices were about up to Easter quota- 

 tions by Wednesday. The weather has 

 been bright and warm for the past five 

 days, and conditions are certainly very 

 favorable for a good supply at Easter. 

 We hear of grow<'rs who are between 

 crops, and whom the very best possible 

 conditions would not help at present, be- 

 cause they have little or nothing in sight 

 for the sun to open, but from what we 

 learn here and there we are inclined to 

 believe that by Friday and Saturday 

 there will be an unusually large supply 

 in the market, except of lilies, medium 

 length Beauties and possibly other red 

 roses. 



There was a remarkable dearth of 

 violets in the market early in the week 

 and the only reasonable explanation is 

 that they are probably being neld back 

 for Easter. Tf so, a very bad blunder 

 is being made by the growers, for stale 

 violets are about as worthless stuff' as 

 express charges can be wasted upon. 

 That some of the champion picklers are 

 at work was evidenced by some carna- 

 tions noted in the market as early as 

 Monday. The "brine" was thick upon 

 them, and flowers in the center of the 

 bunches • were in an advanced stage of 

 decay. Of course they were a total loss 

 to the grower. 



But there will be a lot of good stock 

 in the market and if the outside florist 

 finds himself running short of anything 

 outside of lilies and medium length 

 Beauties we feel sure he can get it in 

 this nnarket. Easter quotations will be 

 f<nind in the adv. of the Chicago Whole- 

 sale Cut Flower Association in this issue. 



Various Items. 



Construction was started Tuesday on 

 the eight new houses of the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., at Morton Grove. Four of 

 them will be 23V>x2D0, and the others 

 will be 23yjx2al, 23iox400, 23V>x36u 

 and 271^x255. All but the last named 

 will be planted with Beauties, giving 

 them 16,000 more plants to cut from, 

 making a total of 35,000 Beauty plants 

 lor the coming "season. The houses are 

 separate, being 16 feet apart. The large 

 shipping demand for Beauties during the 

 past season determined them to put al- 

 most all of their new glass into Beau- 

 ties. The material for the new houses 

 is being supplied by the Jno. C. Monin- 

 ger Co. 



John Mangel has given up the lease 

 on his store at State and Washington 

 streets, and has leased the store now- 

 occupied by John C. Schubert & Co., 

 corner of Wabash and Monroe. He will 

 take possession May 1. Mr. Schubert 

 will retire from the business. 



H. C. Rowe, for some years past man- 

 ager for Mr. Schubert, will start in busi- 

 ness on his own account at 35 Monroe 

 street, in the Windsor-Clifton Hotel 

 building. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. recently made a 

 floral pall or casket cover containing 

 about 15,000 violets and 10,000 lily of 

 the valley. It was a very handsome piece 

 of work. 



Jlrs. R. C. Mauley is about to open 

 a floral store at 29.56 State street. 



Dominick. Nicas, a Greek florist, was 

 held up a few nights ago and robbed of 

 .$70. 



The second annual entertainment and 

 ball of the Chicago Florists' Club will 

 be held in the Drill Hall, Masonic Tem- 

 ple, Tuesday evening, April 8th. Tne 

 entertainment commences at S o'clock. 

 Tickets for gentlemen and lady are $1, 

 and may be liail friun the committee and 

 at the wholesale houses. 



.J. A. Evans, Richmond. Ind., was a 

 visitor this week. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held at the usual place Wednes- J 

 day evening. "^ 



The growers and the wholesalers who 

 tied for first place in the recent tour- 

 nament have decided to divide the money 

 and not play off the tie. They have 

 other games to play now as tne club 

 has joined the West Chicago League, in 

 which there are many crack teams and in 

 which they will get some lively practice 

 that should keep them in good trim. They 

 made a good start last Thursday even- 

 ing, making team totals of 906, 900 and 

 862. with a five-man team. The other 

 prizes won in the late tournament will 

 be presented to the winners at the Flor- 

 ists' Club's entertainment the eveuiug of 

 April 8. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions for March 1 7-22. 



Business has liecn just fairly good, 

 and as material has been shortened by i 

 bad weather, prices have kept up fairly 

 well on an average. Figures fiuctuated I 

 during the week on all lines of goods, I 

 starting out with a downward tendency,] 

 but quickly regaining, being helped in 

 the ujnvard movement by visions of 

 Easter looming up through tjie mist. 



Small roses, however, have stood firm! 

 all the week, caused first by a littlej 

 order for 7,000 at a low figure for Mon-t 



