August 14. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



341 



Watching a Race at the Picnic of the Chicago Florists' Club, Tuesday Afternoon, this xveek. 



the best possible advantage. You will 

 have a glorious time and meet some real 

 good fellows, to say nothing of what 

 you will learn. 



Marketing Cut Flowers. 



The second meeting to prepare plans 

 for a cut flower market was held on 

 Thursday evening of last week, Joseph 

 Heacock in the chair. The ccmmittee ap- 

 pointed for the purpose outlined a plan, 

 which, after some changes, was adopted, 

 and a prospectus has been issued this 

 week to tlie growers outlining the plan 

 and asking them to come to a meeting on 

 August 14 and state whether they will 

 support the plan. Briefly stated, it is 

 proposed to form a stock company, char- 

 tered under the laws of this state, with 

 officers, a board of directors and a capi- 

 tal of $10,000, the company to issue 500 

 shares of stock at a par value of $20 

 a share, $5 a share to be paid October 

 1st and the balance when the board of 

 directors should require, probably not 

 until a year's success justified permanent 

 improvements. Four hundred of these 

 shares are to be offered for subscription 

 now, and the remaining li.0 shares will 

 be reserved for growers who join later, 

 each grower wishing to sell his flowers 

 in the market to hold at least one share 

 of stock. 



It is proposed to secure a suitable 

 I.ilace north of Market street, near the two 

 terminals, ami provide stalls to be rent- 

 ed to the members at $50 a year, payable 

 quarterly in advance. It was thought 

 best to have a manager to take charge 

 of the company 's business and to sell 

 any surplus flowers that might be left 

 in his care by the growers. The plan 

 received the support of most of those 

 present, in fact, the growers were a lit- 

 tle startled by the warmth of a small 

 but enthusiastic body of commission 

 men. This was explained, however, by 

 the street rumor that the two leading 

 spirits among the wholesalers had agreed 

 to try the experiment of taking their 

 wagons out of service if the market 

 succeeded. A message was received from 

 Jphn Burton to the effect that he would 

 support the market with his flowers and 

 financiallj'. It is believed that lialf the 

 stock is alreadv taken. 



A Dream. 



(Dedicated to Leo Niessen.j 



I see a stately pile 

 On quiet Filhert street. 

 Of medieval style. 

 In each detail comiilcte. 



Great doors stand open wide, 

 Crowds are hurrying in. 

 The flower mart inside 

 Just ready to begin. 



The hall is very full 

 ('Tis seven by the clock) 

 Of those who Bear and Bull, 

 And every kind of stock. 



There ia Crawford. Wolf. Stahl, 

 Liddon, Peuuock. Charles Fox, 

 Habermehl. young Frank Gaul, 

 Craig, Heacock, Burton, Cox. 



Look, who is this we see. 

 Coming down 'twixt the stalls? 

 The brilliant H. H, B. ! 

 Listen to what he calls. 



"One thousand Maids at four" 

 See how the growers stare! 

 "Taken for half" shouts Knorr. 

 Agreed to then and there, 



".\t five, here are the rest." 

 Palmer's deep voice rings clear. 

 From Sammy Weiss, "The best 

 At six are none to dear." 



Nine hu,2:e rooms round the hall 

 In semi-circle run. 

 Commission men have all 

 Their daily work begun. 



Bernhelmer. Baker, Moore, 

 Moss, Ehret, Dumont, Reid. 

 The "great" Sam, just next door 

 To Niesseu. strange indeed! 



Come. now. up stairs we go; 

 There's something very nice. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co. 

 Alongside Moses Rice, 



Each has a vast area 



Of space piled ceiling high. 



Of everything so dear 



To dealers in supply. 



If you would like to make 

 These airy fancies true, 

 .\ market stall you'll take. 

 And stock, a share or two. 



Notes. 



Of course i-ou are going to Asheville. 



Wm. C. Smith has returned to the flor- 

 ist business, having resimied his former 

 greenhouses at 60th and Market streets. 

 He is said to have a nice lot of Beauties 

 and other young stock, and is very busy 

 getting his houses in shape. 



Henry Miehell enjoyed Ms trip great- 

 ly. He says Dutch bulbs, especially hya- 

 cinths, will be unusually fine; French 



bulbs rather scarce; seed crops good, but 

 late owing to the wet season. 



S. S. Pennock spent part of this week 

 at Mt. Pocono, Pa. 



The Thackeua Refrigerator Co. has 

 just completed an ice box 17x17 feet 

 for Eugene Bernheimer. 



Joseph Heacock has put Beauties in 

 two of his tea rose houses and palms in 

 the other four. 



Base Ball. 



The second game of base ball between 

 the employes of R. Craig & Sons and 

 the "Hustlers" (a nine picked from 

 employes of retail and wholesale florists 

 about town) took place on Saturday, 

 August 9, at 49th and Chestnut streets. 

 The game was attended by a number of 

 retail and wholesale florists and growers, 

 who did their share of shouting for one 

 side or the other. There was lots of ex- 

 citement from start to finish, the score 

 being 16 to 16 at the end of the seventh 

 inning, and ended before the next inning 

 was completed owing to some of Craig's 

 players refusing to abide by a decision 

 of the umpire. Some of them were 

 thirsty and others hungry. There was 

 an abundance of sandwiches and other 

 things after the game and everybody 

 seemed to be having a good time. In 

 the game which took place a few weeks 

 ago, the "Hustlers" won out, and an- 

 other game is looked for in the future 

 to decide the championship. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The past two weeks have seemed to 

 me to be as quiet as anything in the 

 past seven years' history of the busi- 

 ness. There really has not been a very 

 large amount of first class material com- 

 ing in, although it has looked as if there 

 were enough to fill all first class orders 

 in spite of unfavorable weather condi- 

 tions. 



The sweet pea and aster men probably 

 get more than their share of what little 

 movement there is, but I do not think 

 they are to be envied for the wealth 

 thus obtained. The old saying of ' ' Too 

 much pork for a shilling, ' ' revised by 



