July 31, 1902 



TheWeekly Florists^ Review^ 



28 J 



first substitute. The regular team of 

 seven was unexpectedly downed by the 

 unsuccessful competitors, seven in num- 

 ber, by 122 in a three-game contest at 

 Horticultural Hall. Well! Well! The 

 regulars were minus Starkey, playing an 

 outsider in his place. They led by 70 

 pins at the end of the second game, but 

 the irregulars made a phenomenal finish, 

 winning the third game by 198 pins, .or 

 122 net lead. The regulars are going to 

 have another try and great sport is ex- 

 pected Phil. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Conditions iiave changed but little 

 from last week. Demand is very good 

 for the season and there is none too 

 much stock of fair grade. Beauties and 

 Meteors are especially scarce and poor. 

 On teas the rate ranges from $3 to .$4 

 for what is classed as good, with some se- 

 lects reaching $5, but a lot of them are 

 sold at .$1 to $2. In carnations the best 

 whites reach $2 but the range is gener- 

 ally $1 to $1.dO and some go below the 

 dollar mark. Asters are coming in quite 

 freely now. On select goods the range 

 is $1 to $1.50, the white ones leading 

 in. price. No outdoor carnations seem to 

 have been received yet. 



Sweet peas are still very poor in qual- 

 ity, as was to have been expected in 

 view of the continuation of the rains. 

 Gladioli are arriving in large quanti- 

 ties and move very slowly. The whites 

 and light shades go best and the se- 

 lects in these shades sometimes reach 

 .$3 to $4 per 100. Others sell at $1 to $2, 

 and it is very difficult to sell mixed col- 

 ors. The buyers insist on having the 

 colors separate. Water lilies are coming 

 in and sell readily at $1 per 100. 



Various Items. 



The autumn exhibition of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America and of 

 the Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 will be held jointly in the Art Institute 

 of Chicago, November 11th to 1.5th in- 

 clusive. 



The annual picnic of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club will be held at Bergman's 

 Grove, Tuesday, Aug. 12th. There will 

 be prize races and other entertainment 

 in addition to bowling and boat riding 

 and a game of base ball between the 

 wholesalers and retailers. Take Metro- 

 politan elevated (Garfield Park line) to 

 end station and La Grange ears to grove. 

 As many as possible will meet at Ran- 

 dolph and Wabash and start from there 

 at 10:30 a. m. Contributions of prizes 

 are solicited by the committee. 



E. Q. Gwynn, formerly of Nyack, N. Y., 

 is starting into the nursery and land- 

 scaping business at Glen ^iew. 



J. and E. Kalisch, secretary and 

 manager of Wm. Kalisch & Sons, St. 

 Louis, are spending a week visiting the 

 trade in the city and vicinity. They 

 will also visit points in Wisconsin and 

 Michigan, making a three to four weeks' 

 trip in all. 



C. M. Dickinson has returned from 

 his eastern trip looking well and hearty. 



Henry Payne, the green goods man, is 

 going on a fishing trip. It is rumored 

 that he will put a large hook on the end 

 of a string of smilax. 



The rains are still frequent but not so 



stead}' and continuous as previously. The 

 exact amount of damage to carnations in 

 the field can not be accurately determined 

 until the work of filling the houses is 

 undertaken, but it is certainly heavy in 

 some cases. 



At a meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Horticultural Society last 

 Saturday afternoon action was taken re- 

 sulting in the change of the date for the 

 annual exhibition from the first to the 

 second week in November. 



Mr. J. W. Hanford, Carbondale, 111., 

 was a visitor this week. 



J. Austin Shaw has returned to New 

 York, calling at Detroit, Cleveland and 

 Buffalo on the wav. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Last week proved, in more respects 

 than one, that summer business this year 

 is going to be away above the average 

 of other years. 



The general supply of stock keeps just 

 about the same, the majority of it being 

 of very fair quality. Roses from the 

 new stock are beginning to come iu, but 

 are very short stemmed, and, as a rule, 

 are hard to dispose of, except in white, 

 which go well for funeral work. 



A few good carnations are still to be 

 had, but not nearly enough to go around, 

 especially in white. Some field-grown 

 are to be seen, but the frequent rains 

 spoiled the greater part of them, especial- 

 ly the white, which are spotted badly. 



Asters are rapidly making a place 

 for themselves, and as there are not too 

 many of them as yet, they sell well. 

 Prospects are that there will be a very 

 large supply of these flowers later as 

 they seem to be doing remarkably well 

 this year. 



Notes. 



Mr. J. T. Conger has been on the 

 sick list but is able to be about again. 



Large funerals brought several out-of- 

 town florists to this city to buy dur- 

 ing the past week. Mr. C. P. Dieterieh, 

 of Marysville, Ky., had four large fu- 

 nerals at once, and lie had about all he 

 could do. 



Mr. Weltz, of Wilmington, O., was 

 also a caller, looking for cut stock for 

 a funeral. 



A nnual Outing. 



July 24th, the day of our annual out- 

 ing, proved to be all that could be de- 

 sired as to weather. Some 300 florists 

 journeyed to Norwood Park, and when 

 the day was over all were \ery tired, 

 but were unanimous in saying that they 

 had had a fine time. The outing com- 

 mittee kept things rolling from the start 

 to the finish and all events went off with- 

 out a hitch. 



The greatest event of the day was the 

 ball game in the morning between the 

 young florists. For amateur players there 

 was some first-class playing. And the 

 victors, headed by Heller, had all they 

 could do to win, the score being 7 to 6. 

 A feature of the game was the catching 

 of Lew Murphy and the pitching of 

 R. Witterstaetter. 



. The foot race for yoimg ladies was 

 very exciting, as there were over fifteen 

 entries. 



Many were disappointed in that the 

 ball game for the old florists was not 

 played owing to the lack of time. 



Mr. Jas. O'Malley deserves the prize 

 for the fat man's race, for, although 

 he did not run, he was the only one who 

 was ready to go. The others were care- 

 ful not to show themselves when that 

 race was due. 



All iu all, the picnic was a success and 

 the committee is to be congratulated on 

 its good work. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



NEW YORK. 



Nothing disturbs the serene quietness 

 of summer except the tolling for the 

 dead. That is, looking at things from 

 behind the florist 's counter ; of course 

 there are other view points. For in- 

 stance, some few of the craft are on 

 the way to Europe, and c;uite an army 

 of the boys and girls are away 'mong 

 the mountains or at the sea. 



There promises to be many changes 

 this fall, all, we hope, for the better. 

 Willie Hanft is out from Thomas 

 Young's. Some boys are leaving Broad- 

 way to adorn other stores, but we'll 

 speak of that later. 



We were out to South Orange 'tother 

 day and met several good people there. 

 Mr. Hemming, from Meehan 's nurseries 

 was after rarebits in the way of herba- 

 ceous plants. Mr. Adolfsen, Superinten- 

 dent for Spencer Trask, Saratoga, was 

 spending a few dollars on old favorite 

 plants, and Mr. Wm. Craig, of Philailel- 

 phia, was buying all the rare and new 

 plants he could see. It's always a great 

 pleasure to meet a man like William. 

 He^is one of a cycle of young men who 

 have a brilliant future before them and 

 know how to meet it. 



We regret to learn that Mr. Robert 

 Craig is not very well. He has been 

 spending a few weeks with Mr. John N. 

 May and others along the Jersey coast. 

 Mr. W. A. Manda, of course, was up to 

 the neck in priceless little bits of novel- 

 ties. He reports an unprecedentedly 

 busy season. 



Everybody is talking about Pierson's 

 new fern. All are anxious to get it and 

 we hear of some big orders being placed 

 for it by the most critical of our buyers. 



The first shipment of Harrisii looks 

 very good and the bulb men report good 

 trade in them. 



Walter Sheridan is busy putting a 

 hopeful tint of paint on his store, and 

 John Baynor is considering an extension 

 to his already large store. 



Coal— that's the word. There is a 

 vast amount of anxiety among growers 

 as to coal. This is the usual time for 

 filling up the bunkers, but no dealer can 

 supply, or even quote prices, and with 

 the cold, damp nights soon to be, and 

 even now, it 's a mighty serious matter, 

 this coal, even if it is black. 



We don't hear much about Asheville. 

 Only (he bowling clubs, the old guard, 

 a few of the very wealthy and, of course, 

 the representatives of the press are talk- 

 ing about the trip. Milwaukee, where 

 art thou? Pollworth, you'd get quite a 

 crowd out your way next year. Try it 

 again. Needn't employ a professional 

 spouter. J. I. D. 



BALTIMORE. 



Various Items. 



The cut flower trade keeps fairlj- good, 

 its volume being somewhat heavier than 

 last year, though the bulk of it is, as a 



