October :!n. I'JH- 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



753 



The Latest Addition to the Glass of Wietor Bros., Rogers Park, Chicago. 



of tlicui. As a rule a very fair figure 

 lias been obtained, and if tliey were any- 

 where near fancy they sold readily and 

 at a good price. This simply demon- 

 strates- the fact that you must grow 

 your stoek just a little better than your 

 neighbor. In so doing it is sure to he 

 sold and at a good priee. There are 

 plenty of white mums at present, hut 

 pink ones are a trifle scarce and a good 

 one is much needed. Yellows are more 

 plentiful and Col. D. Appleton is proving 

 it.self to be a world beater. Some of this 

 variety now being cut at B. P. CritchelTs 

 are supei'b. and bring the highest prices 

 ohtnincd for any mum, in quantity, so 

 far this season. .$3 per dozen. They are 

 certainly worth it and sell as fast as 

 they come in. In medium grades it 

 looks very much as if this market would 

 be overstocked by the last of this week. 



Roses are a glut. All have felt the 

 influence of the mum and the unfavor- 

 able weather. Brides, Maids, Gates, Lib- 

 erties, etc., all are in oversupply, and 

 the buyer gets his choice and at his own 

 price. Beauties are suffering along with 

 the rest, and quoted prices were prices 

 in name only. Still the majority of 

 them were sold and the net returns were 

 not so bad. The Beauties in most cases 

 were very poor in color, and the blooms 

 undersized. 



Carnations have not suffered in price 

 quite so much as other flowers. Fancy 

 ones sold well at the regular quoted 

 prices. Only the mediums and culls suf- 

 fered, and they were cleaned out fairly 

 well, but at slightly reduced prices. 



Dahlias and cosmos aie still to be had 

 but arc alx)ut played out. Violets are 

 rapidly increasing in supply and sell 

 fairly well. 



E. G. Hill Co. sent a chrysanthemum 

 to be passed upon by the local chrys- 

 anthemian committee, and was awarded 

 a certificate with about ten points to 

 spare. It was Mile. Marie Ligcr. the 

 new French variety which won the prize 

 olfered by the Chrysanthcminn Society 

 of America for best seedling mum in 

 build and color. C. J. Oumer. 



PITTSBURG. 



The increasie in the supply of all 

 kinds of flowers the past week was very 

 heavy. Roses w-ere thicker than Hies 

 around a molasses barrel on a hot day. 

 Maids arrived in very large quantities. 

 due to the warm bright days. Job lots 

 of these were sold at ruimentionable 

 prices. Large quantities of clirysanthe- 



mums are now to be had and the prices 

 on tlicm are low, quality considered; tlie 

 demand is good. Beiiiities are increas- 

 ing in supply; the better grades sell the 

 l:est. Carnations are also abundant ; the 

 poorer grades in pink and white remain 

 unsold. Some ver}- fine cosmos are still 

 to be had. For prices see this week's 

 issue under Pittsburg quotations. 



Henry Eichholz is shipping some very 

 good chrysanthemums; they compare fa- 

 vorably with any around. He also has 

 a seedling carnation which he named 

 Tiger; it is of a peculiar yellowish hue 

 and very large in size. 



Wm. Lauck. of Carrick, is now cutting 

 some very tine Robinson and Simpson 

 mums. Billy was always a good chrys- 

 anthemimi grower. 



Theodore Langhans, of the Cut Flow- 

 er Co.. who has been confined to his 

 home by illness, is at his desk again. 



The ne.xt meeting of the Pittsburg 

 and Alleglienv Florists" Club will be 

 held Wednesday evening. November 12, 

 and it is to be a chrysanthemum night. 



Superintendent William Falconer's 

 chrysanthemum show at the Schenley 

 Park conservatory opened Sunday. Oc- 

 tober 26. Its a double exliibit this year 

 of chrysanthemums and cacti. The ex- 

 hibit of cacti is new and contains si>eci- 

 mens from Africa. South America, Mex- 

 ico, the United States and Tndia. The 

 exhibit of mums is splendid, over 12,000 

 jilants being displayed. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS. 



:\li-. G. L. Creelman. secretary of the 

 Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, has 

 notified me that it is proposed to add a 

 new feature to the programme at their 

 next annual meeting to be held at Wal- 

 kerton. Out., December 1st and 2nd. 



A special session will be held for those 

 interested in the cultivation of plants 

 and flowers. Papers on these subjects 

 will be read and Mr. Creelman is anx- 

 ious to secure the attendance of other 

 gentlemen who are interested — trade or 

 otherwise. This opportunity should not 

 be lost, as a full report of the meeting 

 is issued by the government. 



A. H. EwixG, Secretary C. II. A. 



Woodstock, Ont. 



■VITIS COIGNETIAE. 



We are mailing you under separate 

 cover leaves of the vine sent out several 

 years ago as "Vitis Coignetife'' and rec- 



onnnonded at that time as a decorative 

 vine producing very brilliant colored fo- 

 liage in the fall. Until this year it has 

 not met our expeclations in tliis respect, 

 but just now either owing to the greater 

 maturity of the vine or a specially fa- 

 vorable season, or perhaps part of both, 

 the vine in question is certainly a most 

 beautiful sight, as the foliage has turned 

 the most brilliant crimson and yellows 

 as you will note by the leaves sent you. 

 If this plant will continue in the future 

 to produce such magnificent colors it 

 certainly is well worth more free use. 

 The Elm City Nursery Go. 



New Haven, Conn. 



[Tlie leaves were well colored, though 

 hardly as brilliant as we had expected 

 from the description. — Ed.] 



A COPY of the wholesale catalogue of 

 trade supplies recently issued by E. H. 

 Hunt. Chicago, has reached us. A very 

 striking feature is the line of original 

 half-tone designs that they print to or- 

 der on their Liberty cut flower boxes. 

 They are very artistic and cannot fail to 

 attract favorable attention. Half-tone 

 engravings from photographs have al- 

 most entirely superseded the old style 

 drawing or wood cut in this firm's cata- 

 logues and it is worthy of note that even 

 a coil of hose show's up much more at- 

 tractively by this process, while ribbons. 

 cords, baskets, vases, etc., are depicted 

 so much better than in a wood cut that 

 there is no compariscn. 



OxNARD. Cal. — At the Farmers' Insti- 

 tute held here recently a remarkable dis- 

 play of begonias was made by Mrs. Theo- 

 dosia B. Shepherd, of Ventura, Cal. Over 

 seventv-five different varieties were in 

 the eo'Uection. She delivered a lecture 

 upon hybridizing and cultivating the be- 

 gonia, her favorite flower, and was lis- 

 tened to with the deepest attention. In 

 her gardens at Ventura she has over 150 

 varieties of begonia, many of them seed- 

 lings of her own growing. 



Greenville, Texas. — The Greenville 

 Nursery and Floral Co. has been 

 organized with headquarters here 

 and the company will grow a gen- 

 eral assortment of bedding and deco- 

 rative plants, cut flowers, and a full line 

 of nur.sery stock. Mr. L. B. Seaman is 

 president. 



HuTCHi.N'.sox, Kaxs,— At the recent 

 state fair the j)rincipal winner of prizes 

 ill the floral classes was John Staaun, 

 who made an extensive display. 



