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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 18, 1902. 



two weeks spent chiefly among his car- 

 nation glowers. He found the stock in 

 unusually good condition, many of the 

 houses planted ami work in the others 

 being pushed rapidly forward. 



D. U. L. Farson is again seen in tnis 

 city. He is selling bulbs for a New York 

 seed firm. 



W. Burger has completed and planted 

 his new carnation house, in addition to 

 two houses of fancy carnations. He has 

 this year two houses of tea roses, besides 

 a great variety of foliage and tiowering 

 plants. He is also enlarging his store, 

 making it very complete and attractive. 



Phil. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The French Chiysanthemum Society 

 oflfers as a premium to the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, to be competed 

 for at the November exhibition of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, a gold 

 medal, value 100 francs, and diploma. 

 The competition to be for not less than 

 36 blooms in six varieties of French 

 origin. Among these the following are 

 all eligible: 



Colette, 



Coppeha, 



Calvat's Sun, 



Calyafs 99, 



Pee du Champsanr, 



Madame G. Dehrie. 

 Mdlle. Marie Liger, 

 MdUe. Lucie Fauro. 

 Marie Calvat, 

 M. Verlot. 



H. J. Jones (Santel M. Chenon D. Leclip, 



1892). M. Pbillipe Roger. 



Le Grand Dragon, M. X Re.v .Touvin, 



L'Entant des Deux Nouvelle Vie, 



Mondes, Princess Bassaraba de 



Locadle Gentils, Brancova, 



Le Fakir, Vtlle de Bordeaux, 



Madame Ferlat, V, Morel, 



Madame Herrewege, Princess Alice de Mon- 



Madame R. Cadbury, aoo. 



Madame Carnot, Sollel d'Octobre. 



Madame Von Andre, Merveille du Louvre, 



Madame Deis. Mme. Emile Brandt. 



Other varieties of later introductions 

 can also be used, but all blooms must 

 be from varieties of French origin. This 

 being a special prize and the first ever 

 offered by the French Society in Amer- 

 ica, it is hoped that the honor of win- 

 ning this valuable trophy will bring out 

 a strong competition. The following is 

 a synopsis of the letters received from 

 the general secretary of the French So- 

 ciety bearing on the above subject. 



Lyons, France, August 8, 1902. 

 To the Treasurer of the Chrysanthemum Soci- 

 ety of America, Summit, N. J. 

 It is with pleasure that I have submitted to 

 the French Society of chrysanthemum growers 

 the request you sent to it. Although our society 

 is involved in rather heavy expenses by the 

 publication of a catalogue of the colors and 

 plates of the diseases of chrysanthemums, the 

 administrative committee has, however, main- 

 tained in testifying to your society a pledge of 

 the friendly relations which it holds with ours. 

 The committee has decided to offer you a gold 

 medal (value 100 francs) with the emblem of 

 our society. 



I shall give the necessary orders to the en- 

 graver so that the medal may be stamped and 

 I shall see that you receive it as soon as it is 

 ready. 



Meanwhile I pray you to accept my sincere 

 greetings. Yours, etc.. 



A. M. PH. RIVOIRB, 

 Le Secretaire General. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The cold rain mentioned last week 

 ■was followed by nearly a week of re- 

 markably chilly weather for the season 

 and fires were needed continuously up 

 to Tuesday of this week, when a vising 

 temperature helped out materially. As 

 a natural result, the supply did not in- 

 crease in roses, and in carnations there 

 was a serious shortage. On Tuesday any 

 decent sort of a carnation flower com- 

 manded $2 per 100, and only quite in- 

 ferior stock could be had at as low as 

 $1.50. The supply of asters has, of 

 course, been sharply cut under the 



weather conditions noted, but still a 

 fair lot has been received, and the best 

 have sold readily at $1.50 to .$2, and 

 down to ,50 cents for the kind that 

 wouldn't sell at all a short time since. 



Of roses there are none too many good 

 ones, and prices remain about the same 

 as last week— $3 to $4 for shipping 

 grade, with a few specials reaching $5 

 and short-stemmed stock going at $1 to 

 $2. The quality averages very good for 

 the season. Beauties have shortened up 

 in supply, especially those of medium 

 length. The rate of $1 a foot still pre- 

 vails. 



On the whole, conditions are very sat- 

 isfactory for the season. While the ad- 

 vent of a more seasonable temperature 

 is welcome, there is some fear of a 

 change from very cool to a stretch of 

 very hot weather, in which case some 

 fearful gluts would surely result, and at 

 the expense of the cut later, when it 

 will be most needed. We heard some 

 predictions to the etTect that stock of 

 all kinds would be too plentiful for 

 the good of all before the end of the 

 ])resent week if the temperature con- 

 tinued rising and the days remained 

 bright and clear. 



Various Items. 



The first fall meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club was held at Handel Hall 

 Wednesday evening, and steps taken to 

 outline an attractive program for the 

 winter. Meetings will now be held reg- 

 ularly twice a month. 



McKellar & Winterson Co. are receiv- 

 ing from eastern growers large consign- 

 ments of very fine asters that are a 

 big help in the market just now. They 

 are shipped in in chicken coops that are 

 lined with paper. They make just the 

 sort of packing crate needed for these 

 flowers, insuring plenty of air. All the 

 blooms so shipped have arrived in first- 

 class shape. 



On Monday Mr. Edgar Sanders sat up 

 in b?d for the first time, and he stood 

 the change in position nicely. He says 

 he is going to get out of bed and sit in 

 a chair this week, but it may not l>e 

 considered wise to permit him to carry 

 out his plan just yet. 



.John Poehlmann is again attending to 

 business, but still requires the aid of a 

 crutch. He threatens to use the crutch 

 as a bat soon, though, but will insist 

 that ruts be rolled out of the ball ground 

 before he makes any more double home 

 runs. 



The renovating at Benthey's is now 

 all completed except George Piepgi-as' 

 apron. 



C. S. Stewart, the famous painter, has 

 done a landscape on the counters at 

 Frank Garland's. It's like the one of 

 the Egyptians passing through the Red 

 Sea. It was all red, and the Egyptians 

 were underneath. Only this one is the 

 color of a last week's Bride, 



Peter Reinberg has begun cutting Lib- 

 erty, and the quality is much better 

 than at same time last year. Chatenay 

 and Sunrise are being cut in moderate 

 quantities, and they sell well, Chatenay 

 meets with especially good demand. 



It is reported that a local retailer is 

 in the market for a "live" automobile, 

 iMit has no desire for "dead" ones made 

 of wickerwork. 



Miss Lydia Steinmetz, for some years 

 past at Anton Then's store on Ijarrabee 

 street, was married last Tuesday night 

 to Mr, A, Gunnarson. 



Recent visitors: W. W. Adams, with 



the J. M, Gasser Co., Cleveland; E. C. 

 Keck, Washington, Iowa. 



In a recent large decoration the Geo, 

 WittlMild Co. used a large quantity of 

 the conunon garden asparagus that was 

 well filled with its red berries. It was 

 very elVective decorative material. 



BOSTON. 



Btisiness Conditions. 



There is as much going on as the 

 date and perfect weather allow us to 

 expect, and the demand has been fairly 

 steady during the week. All kinds of 

 roses are very plentiful. Carnations are 

 quite scarce, and better qualities of as- 

 ters becoming so. Sweet jieas are near- 

 ly out of the market, and practically 

 entirely out of fashion, so that the few 

 poor ones coming in do not sell. A few 

 single violets are coming in irregularly, 

 and while it is unexceptionally early 

 for them yet'they are of verv good qual- 

 ity. 



Choice of Stalls. 



The annual scramble for place where 

 tne tombs used to be, under Park Street 

 church, came oft' very pleasantly, with 

 just an undercurrent of grumble be- 

 cause of high prices for choice. And by 

 the way they bid to the blithely Car- 

 roU-ing auctioneer, you would think 

 flowers were up and all coal strikes 

 down! They began at .$13.5, and when 

 two-thirds of the 134 were gone^ still 

 figures were running between $65 and 

 $75. But the pressure was so lessened 

 towards the last that several poor stands 

 were sold for between $10 and $20. The 

 total amount raised for the benefit of 

 the Boston branch of the flower trust 

 was $7,748.50, as against .$5,733 of last 

 year's work, which was a great record- 

 breaker at the time. The New Market 

 is yet hardly old enough to talk, but we 

 may expect to hear a few words from 

 it next week. Tim Waters, who knows 

 all the ins and outs of the wholesale 

 business, is to be tne manager and Geo. 

 Sutherland has unearthed J. J. Kelly, 

 also well versed, to take Waters' place 

 in his employ. 



The "Anna Foster." 



About the best way to settle any ques- 

 tion you may have in your mind con- 

 cerning L. H, Foster's new fern is to 

 visit it in its cradle on King street, 

 Dorchester, Whatever I may say about 

 the fern business can go but a little way. 

 But Mr. Foster is a pioneer in the fern 

 business, and he shovi's his faith in the 

 new one by filling most of the benches 

 in his own place, and also those of the 

 old T. H. Meade place with it, but carry- 

 ing also a fine stock of Bostoniensis 

 and palms, 



■Various Items. 



A new venture in connection with the 

 traflic is that of the Boston Fern. Co., 

 at 14 Brattle street. 



Among the crowd at the auction sale 

 the one who got the most notice next to 

 the auctioneer was John J. Forbes, the 

 rotund Auburndale man, who broke his 

 leg almost exactly a year ago, and has 

 been on the shelf ever since. He is look- 

 ing fairly well, but has yet to crutch 

 himself around. 



It makes very good filling for some 

 empty afternoon to go out to Harrison 

 square to visit the newly established 

 plant of the Boston Carnation Co., com- 

 prised of Messrs. Dickerman and Palmer. 



