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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



September 4, 1902. 



trade in the continued illness of his wife 

 ■whose severe accident gives her little 

 hope of recovery. 



Mr. Schultheis, of College Point, is 

 nursing a sprained ankle which a trip 

 to the convention might have prevented. 



James Weir, of Brooklyn, has mastered 

 the intricacies of appendicitis and is rap- 

 idly getting well. 



Charles Small ana wife of J. H. Small 

 & Sons, are back from a two months' trip 

 in Europe, which was much enjoyed. 



Some shippers of bay trees and bulbs 

 to Asheville from this town are rejoic- 

 ing in the belief that the element of risk 

 will be eliminated next year, and that 

 their exhibits will reach the convention 

 at Milwaukee sometime before the ses- 

 sions close. Bobbink & Atkins and Clu- 

 cas & Boddington both have occasion 

 to remember the Asheville exhibition. 



The "Southland" brought vividly to 

 our notice the galax leaf industry. The 

 number handling this commodity in New 

 York is on the increase. A. J. Fellouris, 

 who has lately opened another store at 

 468 6th avenue, near 2Sth street, has 

 been in this line for years. His brother 

 is now associated with him and these 

 young men have built up an extensive 

 business, handling also all kinds of ferns 

 and evergreens. They were born near 

 Sparta, Greece, and like many of their 

 countrymen, have become excellent Amer- 

 ican citizens. 



September opens with about the hottest 

 weather of the summer; too warm for 

 bowling, but — well, look out for Mew 

 York at Milwaukee. The vrinter cam- 

 paign promises to be a warm one, and 

 with one-half the facilities and attention 

 and practice given the game by those 

 Philadelphians, the result of any future 

 contests would easily be foretold. It's 

 a wonder those Brotherly Love people 

 didn't take home the next convention 1 

 They got about everything else. 



Next Monday night is the regular 

 monthly meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club. It will be of importance in 

 view of the rapid approach of the flower 

 show. Some interesting exhibits are also 

 expected. The meeting will be held at 

 128 East 28th street. A large attend- 

 ance is expected. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply of stock is continually in- 

 creasing, but demand is very irregular. 

 Some days the demand will be brisk and 

 all flowers of good quality will be well 

 cleaned up at satisfactory prices, and 

 on others there will be so little call that 

 even the best stock will not move at any 

 price. What demand there is seems to 

 come from outside points, the calls from 

 local dealers being few. On some days 

 the shipments vrill be as numerous as in 

 the height of the season and again they 

 will be so few as to indicate a universal 

 lack of demand. The average results are 

 nearer those of the usual summer dullness 

 than we have had before this season. 



There seems to be an abundance of car- 

 nations from field plants, and the re- 

 ceipts of asters are probably double those 

 of last year. And the quality, at least 

 of the later blooming asters, is far ahead 

 of last year on the average. 



On roses of shipping grade, the quota- 

 tions are $3 to $4, and on carna- 



tions $1 to $1.50. A very good grade 

 of carnation can be had for $1.00. Large 

 lots of under-grade roses and carnations 

 are jobbed off on days of light demand 

 at unpleasantly -low figures. On asters 

 $1.50 per 100 is obtained for the best on 

 days of fair demand, while on the off 

 days some bad slaughters are made. On 

 Tuesday a sale of 10,000 asters, mixed 

 accumulated stock, was told at $1.00 

 per 1,000. Anotner lot of 5,0U0 fairly 

 good blooms was sold at $2.00 per 1,000. 

 And the dealer later had to dump 5,000 

 more. 



Under present conditions the growers 

 might as well sa^e themselves tue trouble 

 of cutting and shipping Golden Glow 

 rudebeckias and gladioli. They do not 

 find any demand at any price. 



Various Items. 



John Poehlmann is laid up with a 

 badly sprained knee, which he acquired 

 while making a home-run in a recent ball 

 game at Morton Grove. h.is foot caught 

 in a rut in the ground and his leg was 

 twisted as he fell. It will probably keep 

 him at home for a week or more. But 

 the injury is somewhat salved by the fact 

 that prior to the accident he rolled up 

 runs galore for his side by knocking the 

 bail several times into an adjoining 

 county. 



G. H. Pieser, secretary of Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., returned from his vacation 

 looking and feeling as fine as silk. 



John Muir has been on the sick list 

 several weeks, but is now improving. 



The latest report regarding Edgar 

 banders is that, while he has not been 

 improving as rapidly as could be wished, 

 Tuesday morning his condition was satis- 

 factory. 



Tnat scrub bowling team at Asheville 

 might have done a good deal worse than 

 it did. Second position was pretty good, 

 considering the fact that several who 

 make no pretension to be bowlers were 

 obliged to come in to fill out the team. 

 At Milwaukee we should have a team 

 that is all wool and a yard wide. St. Louis 

 will undoubtedly be there in full war- 

 paint, as well as Philadelphia and New 

 York. It is not too early to get to work. 

 A warm series of league games this win- 

 ter will put the olu-timers into good trim 

 and possibly develop some new blood. 

 Get together, boys, and go into training. 



Some extra fine asters with stems two 

 and two and one-half feet long, and some 

 of the blooms five inches across, were 

 noted this week at J. A. Budlong's. Even 

 under present market conditions thev 

 brought $2 per 100. And the most 

 interesting part is that these blooms were 

 grown by John Zeck, the manager, in his 

 own garden. 



The changes at the establishment at 

 Kennicott Bros. Co. are now about coni- 

 pletea, and they make this a model place 

 for the handling of cut flowers. 



L). Y. Ellison an . George Waldbart of 

 St. Louis, D. B. Woodruff ol Macon, Ga., 

 and Mrs. Milo Brown of Spirit Lake, la., 

 were recent visitors. 



The bcilermakers ' strike has now been 

 satisfactorily settled, and florists who 

 had boilers in course of construction are 

 relieved. 



lue greenhouses of Mrs. L. Hagemann, 

 v,ho died June 2, at Morgan Park, are 

 to be torn down and removed. 



At Des Plaines F. L. Pruse has retired 

 from the business, having leased his 

 greenhouses to the Des Plaines Floral 



Co., which is composed of H. C. Blewitt, 

 Harry Blewitt and John Prickett. The 

 lease dates from Sept. 1. The plant 

 will be devoted mainly to carnations. H. 

 0. Blewitt will retain his old establish- 

 ment as before, and the leased green- 

 houses will be in charge of his son, Harry 

 Blewitt, who has for many years been 

 with Peter Keinberg. 



Mr. J. J. Curran and family of Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich., are visiting Mr. D. Wood 

 Brant, of Brant & Noe, at Forest Glen. 



Mr. B. Esehner, of M. Eice & Co., Phil- 

 adelphia, was a \-isitor this week, and 

 reports large sales in the supply line. 

 He shows many very attractive special- 

 ties, including a remarkable line of rib- 

 bons and the silk velvet crepe paper, 

 which is a most decided advance on the 

 old style paper. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The cool nights of the past week have 

 improved stock of all kinds, and cut 

 roses of all varieties are looking fine, 

 with plenty of them in the market, ex- 

 cept first-class Beauties. I noticed last 

 week some very fine Meteors of good 

 color and elegant foliage, which brought 

 as high as $4, and from that down to $2, 

 according to the length of stem. Maids 

 and Brides are yet a little soft, but have 

 fine, long stems, the best of which bring 

 $3. Some good Kaiserins, Carnots and 

 Gates are also seen in the market. The 

 few good Beauties that come in bring 

 $2.50 per dozen; short stuff from 60 

 cents to $1 per dozen. 



Carnations are also lookii-g somewhat 

 better. The only trouble with them is 

 that the short-stemmed ones have good 

 blooms and the long stems have poor 

 blooms. Good Lawsons with short stems 

 bring $1 per 100. The whites are very 

 poor. The bulk of the stock is sold at 

 50 and 75 cents. The only other salable 

 flowers in the market just now are asters 

 of the Semple varieties. Those with fine 

 blooms and long stems bring from $1 to 

 $2 per 100. Only the white and purple 

 sell ; the other colors are usually dumped. 



Valley had a good demand the past 

 week, but seems scarce. We hope from 

 now on that the reports from the mar- 

 kets will be better, and that we all shall 

 have a good trade this coming season. 



Visitors. 



After-convention drummers flooded the 

 town the past week. The combination 

 was: Martin Eeukauf, representing H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co.; B. Esehner of M. 

 Rice & Co., and Mr. Fanoourt of Pen- 

 nock's, all of Philadelphia, and L. Bao- 

 mann of Eichter & Baumann, Chicago. 



Notes. 



Fred C. Weber and family, who stayed 

 a week longer at Asheville, returned 

 home Saturday much pleased vrith thm 

 trip. 



George Windier, vice-president-elect of 

 the club, and John Connon are back from 

 Asheville and report a grand time. 



John Young and family returned home 

 Saturday from Atlantic City, N. J., after 

 a stay of four weeks. Mrs. Young has 

 fully recovered from her recent injuries. 



George Waldbart spent a week in Chi- 

 cago before returning home from the 

 convention. 



John W. Kunz was around the past 

 week calling on his friends. John is 



