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The Weeldy Florists' Review^ 



June 5, 1902. 



' A representative of Dean & Co., 45 E. 

 Congress street, Chicago, was in town 

 distributing samples of their flower de- 

 veloper. It's a powder which will also 

 kill insects in the earth. 



Shaw's Garden was open to the public 

 Sunday, a most beautiful day for it. 

 The crowd numbered fully 20,000. Every- 

 thing looked at its best. The students 

 and directors welcomed the visitors and 

 answered all questions asked. The first 

 Sundays in June and September are al- 

 ways a great treat to the people who 

 have no time to visit the garden during 

 the week. On no other Sunday is the 

 garden open to the public. This is in 

 accordance with the will left by the 

 late Henry Shaw, who was truly a great 

 and good man to the people of St. Louis. 



Bowling. 



Seven members bowled three games 

 Monday niglit, which ended the ilay 

 series of twelve games. John Sturtz 

 wins the first prize with an average of 

 nine games of 191. Ellison and Miller 

 tied for second prize with an average in 

 twelve games of 174. The following 

 scores will show how the rest stand in 

 the May series. 



H. Total. N. G. Av. 



John Sturtz 15 1719 9 191 



Thco. Miller 35 2090 12 174 



Art Ellison 209B 12 174 



J. J. Bencke . 15 2005 12 1G7 



C. A. Kuehn 11 1453 9 101 



F. C. Weber 35 969 6 161 



F. M. EUis 35 148G 10 148 



The following scores were made Mon- 

 day night with Sturtz high man: 



12." Total. 



John Sturtz 174 169 215 5i8 



Theo. Miller 143 214 170 527 



C. A. Kuehn 170 162 192 524 



P. C. Weber 171 169 158 498 



J. J. Beneke 151 176 161 488 



F. M. Ellis 139 123 262 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market- 



Decoration Day trade easily broke all 

 previous records. Eoses were scarce and 

 poor as anticipated but carnations were 

 plentiful and immense quantities were 

 sold. Prices on these ruled somewhat 

 lower than in previous years, but the 

 quantity was so much greater that the 

 total receipts were very satisfactory. 

 Of paionies there was about enough to 

 meet demands. Jasmines were not much 

 called for, as there was plenty of carna- 

 tions. Had there been plenty of good 

 roses the business would have been very 

 much larger. The shipping demand was 

 great, and local call was also better 

 than in previous years. The number of 

 carnations received was remarkable. In 

 fact' some late arrivals had to be cleaned 

 up at very moderate rates. We hear of 

 two sales at the last, one of 18,000 at 

 $1.00 per 100, and 23,000 at $1.10 per 

 100. On the whole it was a very sat- 

 isfactory trade, everything being well 

 cleaned up. 



One dealer said the demand from out- 

 side was too good. When asked why, he 

 replied that good regular customers who 

 ordered late and whose orders could not 

 be filled couldn't understand why they 

 had been "turned down," and that it 

 hurt to have them feel that way. But 

 how can one fill an order when he has 

 not got and cannot buv the stock with 

 which to fill it? 



Since Decoration Day the shipping de- 

 mand has kept up fairly well, though 

 on Tuesday stock seemed to be accumu- 



lating, especially poor grade colored car- 

 nations. Good roses are still scarce and 

 shipping grade stock brings $5 to $6. 

 Good carnations range from $1 to $2, 

 but on the poorer grades prices are 

 very weak. We saw a lot of poor Ar- 

 gj-les and sleepy Marquis offered at 5 

 cents a bunch and the otfer declined. 



The quality of the roses has improved 

 a shade since Decoration Day, but the 

 return of warm weather, accompanied 

 by frequent rains, will no doubt soon 

 make quality register a still lower de- 

 gree. 



Variotis Items. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. alone sold 8,300 

 dozen paeonies for Decoration Day. 



Bassett & Washburn had a fine lot of 

 lilies for Decoration Day and sold over 

 10,000 of them. 



At Des Plaines Frank Garland is re- 

 building one house and W. S. Garland 

 is building two new ones, 27x250 each, 

 for roses. 



The wife of I. C. Silliman, the West 

 Side florist, died last Saturday and was 

 buried Monday. 



New wood ferns are being received 

 but they are rather soft yet. 



Liberty has been quite a factor in 

 the rose market of late. Bassett & 

 Washburn have been cutting 1,000 a day 

 and all have sold readily at good prices. 

 At this time of the year the buds ship 

 finelv, even better than Beautv. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Decoration Day proved to be a sur- 

 prise to many of us. Although we ex- 

 pected stock to be somewnat scarce, ow- 

 ing to the hot weather a few weeks be- 

 fore th^t brought in stock with a rush, 

 still no one looked for it to be as scarce 

 as it was. T^^ere was scarcely enough 

 to fill one-third of the orders taken, to 

 say nothing of regular business. Pso- 

 nies, which were expected to fill a big 

 gap. failed to materialize and roses were 

 also impossible to obtain. The only 

 flower that seemed to hold out to any 

 extent was the carnation; some really 

 good ones were to be had, but even they 

 were short of expectation. 



Despite the fact that flowers were so 

 scarce, bringing in some instances al- 

 most holiday prices, there was neverthe- 

 less a very large amount of business 

 done, and I believe that on an average 

 it was ahead of last year. 



At present stock is still very scarce, 

 especially good roses. Liberties, never- 

 theless, are still coming in fine shape 

 and sell well. At present roses are 

 quoted at from 2 to 5 cents according 

 to quality. 



Some first class carnations are still 

 to be had, but the supply is limited. 

 Ordinary grades are more plentiful and 

 as luck will have it, there are a goodly 

 lot of white coming in, which always 

 find a ready market. Red is going well 

 and as the high school commencement 

 takes place this week on Friday, there 

 will be a big demand for carnations on 

 that day. They are selling at 2 cents 

 for fancy and 1 to 1% cents for ordi- 

 nary grades. 



Outdoor sweet peas are proving to be 

 a failure. The dry spring did the busi- 

 ness for them. The indoor grown are 

 about played out, so this very desirable 

 June flower is almost out of the market. 



A little feverfew, candytuft, stocks, 



etc., is to be had and it forms very 

 acceptable stock for funeral work, of 

 Vv'hich there has been quite a lot lately, 

 and in the absence of roses and carna- 

 tions this class of stock comes in very 

 handy. 



There is a fine lot of smilax to be 

 had and it sells at 15 cents per string. 

 Asparagus is also plentiful at 50 cents 

 per string. 



Variotis Items. 



The election of the board of directors 

 for the Cincinnati Florists' Society will 

 take place at the regular meeting to be 

 held Saturday evening, June 14. The 

 polls will be open from 8 to 9:30 p. m., 

 thus giving all members a chance to cast 

 their ballots. 



J. Chas. McCullough and family will 

 sail for Europe about July 1, intending 

 to be abroad about three months. 



J. G. Fine, of Dayton, Ky., has rented 

 the plant belonging to Geo. Magrie at 

 College Hill, O. He will grow a gen- 

 eral line of stock for the retail trade. 

 During the recent heavy storms Mr. Fine 

 sustained considerable damage at his 

 Dayton place through water, which was 

 backed up into his greenhouses, at some 

 places being five feet deep. Mr. Ma- 

 grie will continue his retail store on 

 Elm street, now giving that business his 

 entire attention. 



Jos. E. Goldman, of Middletown, Ohio, 

 was almost swamped with funeral work 

 during the past week, owing to the death 

 of Mr. Paul Sorg, the tobacco merchant 

 of that city. E. A. Betzj of this city, 

 was called to help him out. 



The Queen & Crescent E. E. have 

 granted the florists of this city a rate 

 of one fare for the round trip to the 

 S. A. F. convention at- Asheville. This 

 amounts to $12.36 for the round trip, 

 which is a very good rate. The sleeper 

 rate will be $3.00 each way. Anyone 

 wishing to secure berths in adance can 

 do so by notifying Mr. E. G. Gillett, 

 113 East 3d street, this city, who has 

 (he diagrams of two sleepers and will 

 make assignments. 



ilr. Ed. Helfrich and sister were call- 

 ers. C. J. Ohmer. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Memorial week was a good one and 

 without doubt the best of its date ever 

 experienced here for the grower and re- 

 tailer. It was a great go-as-you-please 

 race for the growers with handicaps to 

 suit the keeping qualities of each man's 

 goods. 



The green-goods men started the very 

 first of the week and the rose men did 

 not get the word until Thursday morn- 

 ing after everything else was on the 

 gallop. 



Everything landed all right except 

 'cheaper grades of white stocks, candy- 

 tuft and such ilk, which was so plenti- 

 ful as to get crowded along the course. 

 Hardy ferns fell out of the race middle 

 of the week for lack of material and 

 caused some annoyance. Lilies very 

 scarce. Prices probably did not aver- 

 age quite up to former standards. A 

 noticeable feature was more red roses 

 than ever before but of course none too 

 many. Small roses got scarce but not 

 enough to create big figures. 



In spite of the cool weather of early 

 spring the few hot days of late hurried 

 up outdoor goods of all kinds enough to 



