OCTOBEK 2, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



625 



CHICAGO. 



Market conditions are noted in con- 

 nection with the cut flower quotations 

 elsewhere. 



The weather has continued wet and 

 generally cool and though there has been 

 no frost outside flowers have been prac- 

 tically eliruinated from the situation. 



The demand was materially strength- 

 ened this week by the immense quan- 

 tity of stock usedi in the great decora- 

 tion for the opening of Marshall Field 

 & Co.'s store. 



The coal situation is getting serious 

 for the small growers. The large grow- 

 ers, who made their usual contracts for 

 the season in July, are getting their coal 

 all right, but those who buy a car at 

 a time at current market rates are 

 having all kinds of trouble. It is to 

 be hoped that the reports appearing in 

 the daily press to tbe effect that aset- 

 tlemcnt of the coal strike has been 

 brought about have foundation in fact. 



John Zeck, of Budlong's is spending 

 a few days in St. Louis. 



Edgar Sanders continues to improve 

 and gits up in a chair an hour or so 

 each day. 



The bowlers played another series of 

 games at Anson's last Tuesday night. 



Wictor Bros, say that the new white 

 rose Ivory continues to gain favor with 

 them. They now believe it will prove 

 to be a very important factor in the 

 trade and wish they had planted it much 

 more largely than they did. 



The decoration of the immense retail 

 store of Marshall Field & Co. for their 

 annual "opening" was probably the most 

 elaborate decoration of tlie sort ever at- 

 tempted. The total cost of the decora- 

 tions for the week aggregated $21,000, 

 and of this sum over $5,000 went to the 

 florists. 



Tlie Geo. Wittbold Co. supplied over 

 5,000 decorative plants for the week, 70 

 large cases of wild smilax, 1,000 strings 

 of smilax, 500 strings of asparagus and 

 six hay wagon loads of oak leaves. Their 

 bill was. $3,000. 



The cut flowers were purchased through 

 the McKellar & Winterson Co. and they 

 co.st $2,250. They included 0,700 Beau- 

 ties. 3,000 Brides, 4,000 Bridesmaids, 

 2,000 small red roses. 13,800 carnations, 

 1,600 asters, 1,000 gladioli, 500 smilax, 

 100 asparagus, and 175 blooms of the 

 new Enchantress carnation that broua-ht 

 $17..50. ° 



Tlie electrical eflfects and paper flowers 

 and shades cost about $15,000. Mr. Ben 

 Hinkley was in charge of the decorations 

 for Marshall Field & Co. and he certainly 

 has great abilities as a decorator. The 

 effect was superb. 



And the firm has now ordered 20,000 

 carnations to give away to school chil- 

 dren who visit the store next Saturday. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Hartford Florists' Club had an 

 outing Tuesday, the 23rd inst., going to 

 New Britain on the invitation of Messrs. 

 Traut and Slocum, of that city. Thir- 

 teen memljers were present, as follows: 

 President McRonald, Secretary Coombs, 

 Treasurer Wirth, Messrs. Karlstrom, 

 Huss, Burr, Zuger, Sternberg, Scrivner, 

 Phelps, Brooks. Mead and Osborn. The 

 fourteenth man, in the person of Mr. 

 Jackson Dawson, made the party coii] 

 plete. 



_Mr. .Justus A. Traut's place was first 

 visited, where was seen a typical German 

 garden, reflecting the ability of Albert 



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Biehnor, the gardener. After a stroll 

 under the linden trees through garden 

 and greenhouse a visit was paid to Mr. 

 Traut's billiard room, where insecticides 

 and fungicides were freely discussed, Mr. 

 Dawson branching into Phenomena and 

 Faith. After a unanimous vote tliat our 

 host left nothing to be desired and that 

 his place was a model one, departure was 

 taken. 



Coombs and Osborn were obliged at 

 this point to return home, the main body 

 moving on Mr. Slocum's place. Having 

 no report as yet concerning this second 

 manoeuver, this vnW be concluded in our 

 next. (). 



ST. PAUL. 



September trade has been most favor- 

 able and all indications point to the 

 continuance of good sales. Carnations 

 are becoming more plentiful and im- 

 proving iu quality. Mums are nearly 

 all late, owing to the cool summer, and 

 but few good blooms will be had before 

 November 1. 



The chrysanthemum exhibit to be held 

 November 4 and 5 has been postponed 

 to November 15. Exhibitors and others 

 will please take notice and govern them- 

 selves accordingly. 



The soft coal situation, while not es 

 serious as the hard, is receiving consid- 

 erable attention at the hands of our 

 florists. Prices are already 12i per cent 

 higher than last year, with a promised 

 increase of 25 cents per ton very soon. 

 There is a large shortage reported at 

 the head of the lakes, with only about 

 si.x weeks' open water in sight. One 

 large concern here is putting in ten or 

 twelve carloads of best Youghiogheny for 

 use in time of trouble, when the cold 

 weather comes and the north winds blow 

 and prices soar skyward while quality 

 drops downward, jfore of the brethren 

 would do well to do likewise. But while 

 coal is soaring in price, flowers sell at. 

 the same old figure. This is not a cor- 

 rect conddtion and we hope that florists 

 will form a trust of their own andi in- 

 vite the coal barons to look at roses 

 through telescopes at 50 cents a squint. 



The president's abandonment of his 

 proposed northwestern trip canceled one 

 floral decoration at least. But we must 



learn to take our disappointments as 

 stoically as Teddy did his. 



Dutch bulbs are iust arriving, like- 

 wise Japanese longiflorimi, which we 

 trust will be better in quality than last 

 year. X. Y. Z. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



It has rained almost incessantly for 

 the past ten days. Flowers are scarce, 

 especially carnations. Shipping orders 

 are numerous and steady, but lack of 

 carnations renders it difficult to fill them. 

 Roses are in fair supply, with slightly 

 mildewed foliage. VLmeriean Beauties 

 are very scarce. 



On Sunday last Phil Breitmeyer, Wil- 

 liam Dilger, J. F. Sullivan and Tom 

 Brown, of Detroit, and E. C. Brillhart, 

 of Hart, Mich., paid us a visit. They 

 were met at the depot by Henry Smith, 

 George F. Crabb, Alfred Hannah and 

 Charles Chadmek. After a substantial 

 dinner at the Eagle hotel the visitors 

 were driven through Ball Park, thence 

 to the places of Henry Smith, Eli Cross 

 Crabb & Hunter and Alfred Haimah, 

 after which, as it was getting near train 

 time, they reluctantly returned to the 

 depot. Tliey were all favorably im- 

 pressed with the extent of the plants 

 visited and the quality of the stock seen. 



All had something to say on the coal 

 question. It is beginning to look like, 

 not how much will it cost for coal, but 

 can we get it at any price? Here, even 

 at the advanced price, the coal men won't 

 sell except in limited quantities. 



Roses, $1 per dozen. Carnations, 25 

 cents per dozen. American Beauties, 

 $1.50 to $3 per dozen. Lilies, $2 per 

 dozen. G. F. C. 



Mr. 



NEW CARNATION. 

 M. P. Dilger, Waukegan, 111., 



sends us a bloom of a carnation sport 

 which he says he has christened Mrs. M. 

 P. Dilger. The bloom is of fair size, of 

 Daybreak shade of pink and has a very 

 good stem. 



HoBART, Ind. — A. Londenburg has just 

 completed two new houses, each 20x100, 

 both to be devoted to carnations. He 

 reports business as very good. 



