July 24, 1902 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



253 



Comet Aster in a Bro^rn Jardiniere. 



There is great joy at the home of Emil 

 Schray. It's a big boy. Both are doing 

 quite well and Grandpa Sehray and Uncle 

 Julius are happy. Congratulations are 

 now in order from Mr. Sehray 's score of 

 friends. 



Bowling. 



Monday night the weather was fine 

 and cool. Ten members bowled. Two 

 teams were made up, which were cap- 

 tained by Weber and Beneke, the latter 

 team winning all three games. Both 

 teams made good scores, which are as 

 follows: 



Beneke's Team. 



12 3 Tot. Ave. 



Beneke 17ii 143 191 .IKi 170 



Kuehli 171 178 109 OlS 172 2-3 



SturtK 102 156 170 4SS 162 2-3 



Adels 172 165 167 -504 168 



Ellis 161 1S7 180 628 176 



S42 829 877 2548 170 8-15 



WebiT's Tu.im. 



12 3 Tot. Ave. 



Weber 107 170 133 470 I.-1II 2-3 



Mever 164 154 143 41,1 153 2-3 



Miller 151 150 141 442 147 1-3 



Sanders ...177 133 200 510 170 



Elllsiin ...169 179 210 558 186 



828 786 827 2441 162 11-15 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is little change from last week. 

 There is none too much good stock to 

 meet demands and the demand is natur- 

 ally very light. White carnations are 

 the best stock to have, and the choicest 

 of these sometimes bring $2, though or- 

 dinarily $1.50 is the top. On colored 

 sorts the range is from $1 to $2 for the 

 best and from that down almost indefi- 

 nitely. On Brides and Maids $4 seems 

 to be the top, while on the poorer grades 

 rates are by the potfull instead of by 

 count. For good Kaiserins as high as 

 $6 is obtained. On Beauties $3 is the 

 price for the best, but there are mighty 

 few in this class and many poor and 



short ones are jobbed off at unquotable 

 figures. 



Sweet peas have been knocked out 

 or drowned out by the heavy rains and 

 there are few good ones to be had. Some 

 of the bunches have a close resemblance 

 to soaked rags and are quite useless. 



The rains continue with only occa- 

 sional intermissions and the injury to 

 all crops in the field is bound to be se- 

 rious. One grower who donned rubber 

 boots and tried to capture a few blooms 

 from his carnation field got so deep in 

 the mire he had to be pulled out minus 

 his boots. And in pulling out the boots 

 afterward from between the rows the 

 plants came with them. Under these 

 conditions it is not surprising that flow- 

 ers from outdoor plants are few and far 

 between. 



Asters are being received, but in lim- 

 ited quantities. Those coming in must 

 have been from some plantations on hill 

 sides or other well-drained situations. 



Various Items. 



At the meeting of the Central Passen- 

 ger Association last Tuesday a rate of 

 one fare for the round trip to the Ashe- 

 ville convention was granted, which re- 

 duces the rate from this city to Ashe- 

 ville and return $4.80, making the rate 

 now only $20. 



Kennicott Bros. Co.'s place is tilled 

 with workmen who are entirely remod- 

 eling it. The enti'ance is being changed 

 and the whole interior is being rear- 

 ranged. The cool room is being tiled 

 throughout and other improvements are 

 being made. 



Geo. Anderson, the florist of 14 Colo- 

 rado avenue. West Side, has secured a 

 divorce from his wife, but upon her 

 agreeing to raise and educate their two 

 children he turned over his business to 

 her and he will go west to begin life 

 anew. 



Henry Gescheidle, the florist of 128 

 Cortland street, has had his business in- 

 corporated under the title, Henry Ge- 

 scheidle & Son, as a means of admitting 



his son, Peter Gescheidle, to partner- 

 ship. 



J. Austin Shaw, of New York, is in 

 the city calling on the trade in the in- 

 terest of the new J'oster fern. 



C. C. Arnold, of English Lake, Ind., 

 was a visitor this week. He says the 

 rains have been as heavy in his section 

 as here. He had to cut a drain through 

 a hill in order to prevent his pa;ony field 

 from being turned into a lake. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The MarkeU 



The cut flower market has been 

 strengthened since last report by a few 

 new crop Beauties from John Burton. 

 Tliis grower does young stock wonder- 

 fully well, producing a very fine plant 

 in small space. He is now cutting fair 

 flowers with stems of moderate length; 

 the best bring $1.50 per doz. Asters 

 are improving and sell well at $1 to 

 $1.50 per 100. Valley is choice and 

 brings $3 to $4 per 100. Carnations 

 and sweet peas are on the back track. 

 The out door carnations will be welcomed. 

 Are they not late? Asparagus plumo- 

 sus in strings does not sell. Out door 

 flowers of all kinds seem to be over- 

 done just now. 



Marketing Cut Flowers, 



In last week's issue of the Review one 

 of the large growers, Joseph Heacock, 

 gave his ideas on the establishment of 

 a market for the sale of cut flowers in 

 tills city. The force of his arguments 

 in favor of such a market will appeal 

 to all our florists, both growers and re- 

 tailers. Most of our small growers (I 

 am one of them) have regular orders 

 for their ordinary daily cut but we all 

 know how much valuable time is often 

 consumed in finding an outlet for our 

 surplus cut, to say nothing of the de- 

 terioration in value through bruising. 

 The retailers have their regular supply 

 engaged each day, but when extra stock 

 is needed time and worry would be 

 saved by having a market to which they 

 could go or telephone their orders. 



To make a market successful three 

 things are necessary: A central location, 

 some good stock, and a capable man- 

 ager. The location should be within easy 

 reach of the two great railroad terminals, 

 with plenty of room, but in an inexpen- 

 sive building. The stock will be assured 

 when half a dozen of our best growers 

 agree to give the plan their hearty sup- 

 port; the other growers will follow when 

 success is assured. The manager will 

 have to be the equal in business ability 

 of the bright young men who are de- 

 veloping our cut flower commission 

 houses to such a wonderful extent. 



The general method of conducting busi- 

 ness is for the growers to rent stalls 

 or tables on which the cut flower trays 

 may be exposed, the rental being fixed at 

 a price sufficient to cover the cost of fixed 

 charges — the rent of hall, manager's sal- 

 ary, telephone, etc. The stock should be 

 ready for inspection early and anything 

 left over may be left with the manager 

 if so desired for later orders. I am 

 confident that such a market properly 

 conducted would save the small growers a 

 nice little sum each year that is now 

 needlessly spent in selling their surplus 

 stock. 



Notes. 



George Anderson has torn down a 



