September 11, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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system of care and its beauty is remark- 

 able. 



A. I). Miller of Brooklyn took first 

 honors last week at the Ridgewood flower 

 show for mixed cannas. 



September 30 and October 1 and 2 oc- 

 curs the Plant Breeding Conference un- 

 der the direction of the New York Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Many renowned Imt- 

 anists and horticulturists from the old 

 country and the United States will be 

 represented, and the occasion promises 

 to arouse widespread interest. 



Mr. Bobbinlv of Rutherford returned 

 last week from his European trip after 

 a very enjoyable and profitable journey. 

 Arrangements for heavier importations 

 than ever before have been made by this 

 enterprising firm of Bobbink & .\tkiir', 

 and there seems to be no limit to their 

 ambition. 



Mr H. W. Gibbons reports a. very 

 large business in "amateur gi'eenhouses" 

 for private places of limited extent, at 

 a cost of from .$500 to $800. M^iny 

 houses, lOx.SO, have been erected by him 

 this season, and the demand seems to \>e 

 increasing. 



It is very unusual for anyone to have 

 a "cool reception" at Will Siebrecht's in 

 Astoria, but that is what I received one 

 hot day last week. Snow several feet 

 deep in September in the yaid was an 

 unlooked for exhibit, but there it was — 

 lots of it. After awhile the cold storage 

 plant erected awhile ago by this enter- 

 prising gentleman solved the mystery. 

 It was "cleaning" day and the pipes and 

 cellar with its several degrees of frost 

 had been scraped for the winter. I was 

 glad fo get out into the sunshine after 

 a visit to Greenland. But it is well 

 worth everyone's investigation. 



J. Austin Sh.\w. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The general conditions have improved, 

 demand becoming stronger and all good 

 stock being cleaned up. There is no 

 material change in prices, but the mar- 

 ket tone is better. On roses the range 

 for shipping grade is still $3 to $4, with 

 extra select reaching $5. On carnations 

 $1 to $1.50 is the price, and we hear of 

 an occasional sale of some special stock 

 at $2. On Beauties the price is "$1 per 

 foot." Figure it out for yourself. 



There have been some rapid changes 

 in temperature that have resulted in 

 shortening the supply in some direc- 

 tions, and a drop of 30 degrees in a few- 

 hours on Monday will no doubt be fur- 

 ther heard from before the week is out. 

 The supply of asters is shortening up, 

 though there are still too many, at least 

 of poor grade. The long, cold rain of 

 Monday night naturally did not help the 

 quality of carnations cut from plants in 

 the field. 



On the whole conditions are very satis- 

 factory for the season, and never before 

 were roses of such good color in early 

 September. The cool summer probably 

 accounts for it. 



The Coming Exhibition. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, held last Monday afternoon, a 

 new plan was adopted for the manage- 

 ment of the annual exhibitions, and 

 the following committees were appoint- 

 ed to put it into execution, under the 

 general supervision of the executive 

 committee : 



Finance: W. H. Chadwick, E. G. 

 Uihlein, J. C. Vaughan, E. A. Ivanst, 

 W. C. Egan, W. A. Peterson. 



Press: P. J. Hauswirth, G. L. Grant, 

 M. Barker. 



Program: J. C. Vaughan, G. W. 

 Wienhoeber, E. A. Kanst. 



Advertising: E. A. Kanst, C. A. .Sam- 

 uelson. E. E. Pieser. 



Music: W. H. Chadwick, E. G. Uih- 

 lein, W. A. Peterson. 



It was decided to ask the Chicago 

 Florists' Club to suggest committees on 

 the acceptance of plant and cut flower 

 exhibits, the province of these commit- 

 tees being to determine whether the en- 

 tries meet the requirements of the sched- 

 ule before being submitted to the judges. 



It was arranged that at least two 

 mcml)ers of the executive committee be 

 at the hall every hour the exhibition is 

 open, to at once pass upon matters out- 

 side the pro\ince of the superintendent. 



The exhibition will be held in the Art 

 Institute, Nov. 11 to 15, and the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of Amerita will hold 

 its exhibition in connection. The latter 

 society has appropriated the sum of 

 $150.00 to be expended in securing for 

 the exhibition some of the finest speci- 

 men plants produced by eastern growers. 



Various Items. 



Mr. P. J. Hauswirth, accompanied' by 

 his wife and daughter, is in attendance 

 at the Great Council of the Order of 

 Redmen at Norfolk, Va. 



John Poehlmann is not yet able to 

 u.se his injured knee and it promises to 

 be some weeks before he can again 

 run bases in a hot ball game. 



.4t Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s we noted 

 some Fitzwygram chrysanthemums on 

 Tuesday. 



The Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association held its annual meeting 

 Tuesday afternoon. 



The S. Wilks Mfg. Co., makers of 

 the Wilks boiler, has secured a whole 

 block of ground at Thirty-fifth street 

 and Shields avenue and has let the con- 

 tract for tile erection of a modern fac- 

 tory building 175x150 feet, to which 

 wings will be added later. This will 

 give the company greatly increa-sed man- 

 ufacturing facilities. The old establish- 

 ment on South Clinton street will he 

 maintained as before. 



Matt Mann and Jas. Paulsen are send- 

 ing in some extra fine carnations to Bud- 

 long. 



The latest report regarding the condi- 

 tion of Kdgar Sanders is that he is still 

 improving and is quite cheery this week. 



Benthey & Co. are making extensive 

 changes in their place, adding materially 

 to their ice box and counter space. A 

 sjieciai compartment will be provided for 

 ( ieo. Piepgras' voice. 



Harry Lutliner has opened the "Con- 

 sumers' Flower Store'" at 44 Randolph 

 street, and says he will ofl'er "red 

 violets" in variety. 



A. H. Crane, Nashua, Fla., was a. vis- 

 itor this week. He grows oranges and 

 bulbs. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennieott Bros. Co.. 

 "passed up" his vacation this year, and 

 has put in the summer directing the 

 many changes and improvements in the 

 store. He looks for a record-breaking 

 business this coming season. 



H. S. Harman, of E. H. Hunt's, is 

 on the sick list, ajid is seeking recovery 

 of his health at his old home in South 

 Bend, Ind. 



Lloyd Vaughan, representing E. H. 



Hunt, started Monday on his annual fall 

 trip and will not return until the holi- 

 days. 



Archie Spencer says Peter Reinberg 

 has sold an enormous number of field- 

 grown carnations this year and that 

 stocks are nearing exhaustion. 



Wietor Bros, have also sold many 

 plants, but still have a good assortment. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business of late has shown some 

 slight improvement. The bright days 

 and cool nights have also improved 

 stock greatly. There is a great abun- 

 dance of fine asters in the market just 

 now. which are selling fairly well. Sev- 

 eral of the new shades of Semple's sold 

 quickly. More have been coming in 

 than there is demand for. The prices re- 

 ceived for them lately would hardly pay 

 for the picking. 



In roses there are some fine blooms 

 in the market just now. A few days 

 the past week Brides became somewhat 

 scarce, as the demand was quite brisk 

 owing to a great deal of funeral work. 

 Froni $3 to $4 per 100 buys the best in 

 the market of Brides, Maids, Meteors, 

 Kaiserins and Perles. In Beauties the 

 market is still shy of first-class blooms. 

 The best demand $2 per dozen. Tlie 

 wholesalers have promised us this sea- 

 son to have a good supply on hand at 

 all times. It's a little early yet and 

 we will wait and see. 



Most of the growers around here have 

 all their carnation plants housed, which 

 they report in good shape. The grow- 

 ers have almost doubled the number of 

 plants they had last year, and if all 

 turns out well this market will be well 

 supplied with plenty of first-cla.ss blooms 

 this fall. At present only a few good 

 blooms are in, and their short stems 

 make them worth only $1 per 100. 



Tuljerose stalks and gladioli are not 

 so plentiful as they were. Our home 

 growers report that their chrysanthe- 

 mum plants are in fine shape, pot plants 

 as well as those on the bench. An- 

 other month will see them in the mar- 

 ket in full bloom. With them the usual 

 glut of roses and carnations starts in. 



St. Louis Fair. 



Catalogues of the forty-second annual 

 St. Louis Fair, which opens Monday, 

 October tith, and continues for a week, 

 have been circulated. Mr. .John D. Ayers 

 will .igain have charge of the horticul- 

 tural and floricultural departments, in 

 which over $500 will be oflfered in pre- 

 miums. Mr. Ayers reports that he ex- 

 pects a large number of entries, espe- 

 cially as there will be no show given 

 by tiie local club this fall. 



Notes. 



Shaw's garden was open on last Sun- 

 day fsjr-the second time this year, as pro- 

 videtf-ior in the will of the late Henry 

 Shafr. The crowd numbered 22,475, and 

 is reported as being one of the lar- 

 gest in the history of the Sunday open- 

 ings. The weather was all that could 

 be asked for. The orchid house was the 

 special attraction. This house is in 

 charge of young Mr. McClure, late of 

 Buffalo. This collection of orchids is 

 considered the finest in the world, which 

 speaks in tlie highest terms of Mr. Mc- 

 Clure's ability as an orchid grower. 



