May 1, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



813 



John H. Sievers. 



the Ijenehes fully as profitable as his 

 carnations on the benches. 



Wm. Burger, of Germantown, is con- 

 templating erecting a new mushroom 

 house. 



The stock and fixtures of the Green- 

 mount Nurseries Co. were sold at auction 

 last Saturday. Phil. 



JOHN H. SIEVERS. 



We have pleasure in presenting here- 

 with an excellent portrait of Mr. John 

 a. Sievers, the well-known florist of San 

 Francisco, Cal., who has been making 

 an extensive tour of the east lately, and 

 regarding whose new carnations an arti- 

 cle appeared in our last issue. 



Mr. Sievers is not only unusually well 

 informed, but is an exceedingly pleasant 

 gentleman to meet, as those whom he 

 has recently visited will testify. It ap- 

 jiears that his becoming a tlorist was 

 somewhat accidental. In his early busi- 

 ness career he was in the banking line, 

 and being himself very fond of flowers 

 and plants was brought into association 

 with florists. He made some loans to 

 one of them which were not repaid, and 

 he finally found himself with an estab- 

 lishment' on his hands. He decided to 

 conduct the business himself, putting in 

 more capital, and has made a decided 

 success of it. He is now one of the 

 veterans in the trade and says he has 

 found no cause to regret the venture 

 made many years ago. 



As showing how trifles are apt to 

 change one's whole career it is interest- 

 ing to know that Mr. Sievers when a 

 young man visited the Philippine Is- 

 lands with the expectation of taking a 

 place in a German bank. Through an 

 unexpected change in the plans of some 

 member of the firm this fell through and 

 he returned to San Francisco. But for 

 this little accident Mr. Sievers would now 

 have been a banker in the Philippines 



instead of raising startling new carna- 

 tions in California. 



Mr. Sievers was surprised as well as 

 much gratified by the cordial welcome 

 given him everywhere by members of 

 the trade he visited on his eastern trip. 

 He talks now of re-visiting Europe, 

 which he has not seen since 1857. Then 

 it took him 180 days to go from Bremen 

 to San Francisco. Now he can make the 

 trip in twelve days. 



BOSTON. 



Week Ending April 26. 



Of course the situation was bad enough 

 during the week of April 20-l;6, but was 

 it not really as good as could well be 

 expected? Shipments of all kinds except 

 violets and double jonquils have been 

 fairly heavy and fairly well taken care 

 of. Prices have drooped a bit on nearly 

 everything, but have receipts to the 

 grower diminished as fast as running 

 expenses of his establishment? An un- 

 usual amount of coal has been used this 

 winter. I presume most florists' bunkers 

 are empty and high hopes are entertained 

 of small needs in that line from now to 

 the end of the season. 



I know of nothing special to be re- 

 marked concerning any one crop now 

 coming in. Violets are not plentiful, but 

 their place has been largely taken by the 

 mayflower, which has been good and 

 plentiful and still continues. I have seen 

 no good double jonquils lately, but plen- 

 ty of fine single ones, and a fair supply 

 of other bulb material makes the scarcity 

 almost unnoticeable. 



The recently reported sale of the En- 

 chantress by Mr. Peter Fisher, to the 

 .1. D. Thompson Carnation Co. of Joliet, 

 for $10,000, is the only movement of any 

 note in the carnation department. 



The deal for a new location for the 

 co-operative market hangs fire yet, but 



will probably go through all right. 



1. E. Coburn & Son, Everett, have a 

 particularly fine display of pansy plants 

 this season. No description can do them 

 justice. 



J. Austin Shaw, envoy extraordinary 

 to the Review, has lately enlivened us 

 with a call. He always enters more 

 gracefully than is possible for others of 

 his avoirdupois. J. S. Manter. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply of roses and carnations 

 has shortened some, and prices are some- 

 what firmer on roses. First-class teas 

 now bring .$6 readily, and lower grades 

 in proportion. Carnation prices remain 

 the same as last week — .$1 to $2 for good 

 stock and .$3 for fancy, but the cut is 

 rather better cleaned up. Lots of lilac 

 is now arriving and good stock moves 

 very well. Outdoor tulips also find buy- 

 ers at moderate prices, but the poets 

 narcissus doesn't seem to be wanted at 

 any price. There is a great accumula- 

 tion of these in the market. Calla lilies 

 also hang. Shipping demand continues 

 very good, but local call is light. 



Various Items. 



Last Friday a heavy hail storm did 

 serious damage south of the city. Among 

 the greenhouse establishments suffering- 

 being those of Heim Bros, and the Kil- 

 mers at Blue Island. Heim Bros, esti- 

 mate that it will take $2,500 worth of 

 glass to replace the broken lights in 

 their houses, and at Hilmer 's the loss 

 was also heavy. 



Glass seems to be still rising in price. 

 The best quotation a large buyer could 

 get last week ou 16x24 A glass was $4.55 

 per box. 



Paul Kopanka, who has for several 

 years been in charge of a rose section at 

 Peter Keinberg's, has gone to Pleasant 

 Hill, Mo., where he has taken the posi- 

 tion of foreman for George M. Kellogg. 



L. C. Chapin, of Lincoln, Neb., was a 

 welcome visitor last week. We under- 

 stand, though, that he could not find 

 time to show the bowlers that hundred 

 degree arm-swing of his. 



George Harrer is sending to E. H. 

 Hunt blooms of a pink sport of Ameri- 

 can Beauty that is certainly a very 

 promising novelty. The color is a very 

 pleasing shade of pink and the petals 

 have much substance. 



Charley Hughes has graduated from 

 Deam.ud's and has returned to his home 

 in Hinsdale, Mich., where he will take 

 a post-graduate course in greenhouse 

 work. 



Thomas Rogers has removed to White- 

 hall, Mich., where he has leased the C. 

 W. Redfern plant. 



Mr. L. Coatsworth has been in New 

 Castle for several weeks superintending 

 the building of the new range of glass 

 at the establishment of Benthey & Co. 

 He reports a heavy windstorm last week 

 that did some slight damage to partly 

 completed structures and that at one 

 time threatened to be serious. 



At the parks the tulips are nearing 

 their best and the herbaceous perennials 

 are showing their early spring foliage 

 tints. The trees are not yet in full leaf. 

 Tub weather continues cool. 



Arbutus is now arriving in quantity 

 and that which reaches the market in 

 good condition sells very well. 



