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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 3, 1904. 



in the show; the strength of stem and 

 size of flower being remarkable. 



Seedlings were quite largely shown, a 

 white from Louis Small, of Tewksbury, 

 scored 90 points. This is a well-formed, 

 full flower of a glistening white, stem 

 and caly3 A 1. If this is a free bloomer 

 it should prove a winner. A. Koper 

 showed quite a number of seedlings. A 

 fine striped variety, Chester Eoper, scored 

 85 points and will be heard from in the 

 future. His No. 305 and No. 307 

 were also good. The Rockland Green- 

 houses showed a few blooms of their 

 striped sport from Mrs. Lawson; had 

 twenty-five blooms been shown, this 

 would undoubtedly have scored high. 

 John Baxr had flowers of two whites of 

 large size, his No. 1 being the largest 

 white staged. H. A. Stevens Co. had 

 half a dozen flowers (not staged) of a 

 seedling white (Lawson X Woleott), a 

 large, full, well-built flower with an ideal 

 stem. The same grower has a sport from 

 Lawson of Enchantress color, which 

 should be a winner. Geo. E. Buxton 

 showed Marion Buxton and S. J. God- 

 dard a fine vase of his new yellow, which 

 showed up well, also a pure pink seed- 

 ling of Joost color from same pod of 

 seed. W. N. Eudd showed Phyllis, a 

 seedling of color and form of Fair Maid. 

 F. E. White showed a useful commercial 

 white, L. Cousins a rosy pink variety and 

 Geo. O. Beckham, Octavia, a striped va- 

 riety. Peter Fisher's exhibits were 

 missed on this occasion. It had been 

 hoped he would stage Nelson Fisher and 

 some of his newer seedlings. 



The committee of arrangements for 

 the exhibition _were W^ Nicholson, E. 

 Sutermeister, I. W. Mann and Geo. 

 Cartwright. 



The Market. 

 Between February S and February 20 

 there was a decided improvement in mar- 

 ket prices, but the past week has shown 

 a decline aU around, the Lenten dullness 

 being now well established. Brides and 

 Maids have brought from $4 to $10 per 

 100; a few extra fine netting $15. Beau- 

 ties are becoming a little more plentiful, 

 the best bringing $50 and from that 

 down to $6 for culls. A few Jacqs, 

 Brunners and other hybrids are now ap- 

 pearing and sell well. 



In carnations Prosperity has brought 

 as high as $10, but it is not considered a 

 money-maker even at that price. En- 

 chantress $4 to $6, Fair Maid $4, Lawson 

 $3. ordinary grades $1.50 to $2.50. 



Violets are abundant. Singles take the 

 lead with prices from 25 cents to 50 

 cents. Princess of Wales in single and 

 Campbell in double are the popular sorts. 

 Bulbous stock is decidedly druggy, 

 there being a heavy oversupply of the 

 Yellow Trumpet narcissus. The varie- 

 ties seen are Von Sion, Princeps, Golden 

 Spur, Horfieldi and Emperor; prices run 

 from $1 to $3 per 100. Tulips are in 

 good supply, but good freesia is getting 

 scarce. Lilies sell at $6 to $8. Valley 

 is in a druggy state, the price being as 

 low as $10 for some, while little sells 

 above $3 per 100. In the way of mis- 

 cellaneous flowers, English primroses, 

 nasturtiimis, myosotis, ixias, wallflowers, 

 pansies, sweet peas^the latter extra fine 

 — and a few anemones are seen. 



Orchid flowers are being more and 

 more used by the leading florists. At 

 present Gattleya trianae, Dendrobium 

 Wardianum and nobile, Coelygne cristata 

 and cypripediums are chiefly in evidence. 

 Various Notes. 

 The annual carnation show at the flow- 



er market brought out, as usual, a large 

 number of growers, many private gar- 

 deners as well as florists attending. It is 

 surprising that more novelties from a 

 distance were not received, for Boston is 

 an A 1 market and must have the very 

 best varieties procurable. 



Mac Mulkin, on Boylston street, con- 

 tinues to give the retail florists weekly 

 object lessons in window arrangement. 

 His windows are always arranged very 

 tastefully, one color only being used. A 

 few days ago he had a creation in yellow, 

 which was very effective, genistas, tulips, 

 narcissi, primroses, oncidiums, acacias, 

 carnations and roses being chiefly used. 



Newtonville Greenhouses are sending 

 some remarkably fine Bride and Brides- 

 maid roses at present. 



Carnation specialists are hoping that 

 the 1905 carnation convention will come 

 to Boston and are willing to subscribe 

 liberally toward securing it. Both the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society and 

 Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 have sent invitations and will offer spe- 

 cial prizes if the convention comes to the 

 Hub. 



At Horticultural Hall on February 27 

 an illustrated lecture on "Parasitic 

 Fungi," by Dr. G. P. Clinton, New 

 Haven, Conn., attracted a good audience. 

 A lively discussion followed the lecture. 

 Tlie severe winter has caused an extra 

 heavy consumption of fuel. Florists who 

 bought what they considered a sufficient 

 supply to last until warm weather have 

 had to secure large additional supplies. 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club is now in a flourishing condition and 

 adding new members at every meeting. 

 The discussions are of a thoroughly prac- 

 tical and helpful nature. Meetings are 

 now held on the third Tuesday in the 

 month at Horticultural Hall. 



W. N. Craig. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The pace has slackened perceptibly 

 during the past week. Eeceipts of stock 

 have increased largely under the influence 

 of moderating temperature and demand 

 has no more than held its own, if it has 

 done so much, and the result has been an 

 accumulation of stock in all departments 

 which weakening prices have had little 

 effect in moving. Good roses stUl com- 

 mand fair figures, but there are enough 

 of them for all requirements, leaving a 

 very poor market for short and small 

 stock. Carnations are coming in heavily 

 and at prices quoted the quality offers 

 very good value for the money. All the 

 painstaking growers are turning out first- 

 class stock; unfortunately the adjective 

 is still necessary. Everything in the 

 bulbous line is plentiful and the man who 

 will clean up a counter at a cheap price 

 is a welcome buyer. Violets are again 

 being received in enormous quantities, in- 

 eluding Hudson river stock. Quality, 

 while not up to the midwinter standard, is 

 far from bad, but the market is very 

 slow indeed. Prices have ranged from 

 75 cents per 100 down to $2 per 1,000, and 

 one large handler states that it is his 

 opinion that, counting what are not sold 

 at all, the entire receipts of the market 

 for the week will not average 25 cents 

 per 100, but this looks like an extreme 

 statement. Amling gets good Blanche 

 Ferry sweet peas, but says they sell 

 si owl V. 



Death of Walter Kreitling. 



The trade was shocked and saddened 

 on Tuesday to hear of the sudden death 

 of Walter Kreitling, of peritonitis. He 

 had been ill such a few days that few 

 had heard of his absence from business. 

 Mr. Kreitling was one of the most widely 

 known retail florists in the United States. 

 He conducted, with the aid of a sister, 

 recently married, a thriving business at 

 10 East Van Buren street, and had the 

 patronage of and from such institutions 

 as the Chicago Club and Washington 

 Park Club. But it was by his jovial dis- 

 position that he was best known. He was 

 a regular attendant at conventions and 

 club affairs and was always ' ' hail fellow 

 well met" in whatever company. His 

 death takes away a willing hand and a 

 cheerful friend. He was 41 years of age. 

 The funeral will be held on Thursday, at 

 1 p. m., at the residence, 1517 West Van 

 Buren street; interment at Forest Home. 



Various Notes. 



Following the Iroquois theater fire the 

 underwriters and city building depart- 

 ment have been very active and one of 

 the edicts of the underwriters is that no 

 more wild smilax shall be used in the de- 

 partment store decorations because of its 

 alleged highly inflammable character after 

 it has been up three or four days in a 

 steam heated room. 



W. A. Kennedy, of Milwaukee, was in 

 town last week, returning from the east, 

 where he was called by the death of his 

 father. While east he took occasion to 

 visit some of the trade points of interest 

 and says that the thing which impressed 

 him most was the wonderful quality of 

 the Liberty rose as compared with what 

 most western growers get. 



The firm of Benthey & Co. was suc- 

 ceeded by the Benthey-Coatsworth Co., 

 incorporated, on March 1. There is no 

 change whatever, save in name. 



Joseph Klimmer will try a number of 

 the carnation novelties this season, includ- 

 ing 500 lots of Crusader, Flamingo, Lady 

 Bountiful and White Lawson. 



Wm. Murphy and Thomas Windram, of 

 Cincinnati, who were in town last week, 

 visited many of the large growers and 

 had nothing but praise for the way the 

 places looked, particularly the carnation 

 houses. 



The Bellevue Place Co., at Batavia, is 

 sending the A. L. Randall Co. some very 

 fine stock, including Bride and Brides- 

 maid roses and Prosperity carnations. 



There is considerable unrest among the 

 retailers, particularly on the south side. 

 It is reported that both Mendonza and 

 Spencer, on Forty-third street would en- 

 gage in other business if they could find 

 customers for their places. 



Philip Shoup, a son-in-law of J. A. 

 Budlong, is now in that grower's whole- 

 sale store and taking hold like an old 

 hand. 



The park gardeners who have been de- 

 nied an increase in wages have voted to 

 lay their case before the governor of the 

 state. 



There are great quantities of Lawson 

 carnations in the market, but it is the 

 most salable variety on the list. 



Kennicotts are getting large quantities 

 of fine La Eeine tulips from Klehm 's. 



Nic Kruchten has had very good suc- 

 cess ever since he started in business, 

 growing carnations. He has enlarged his 

 place every year and contemplates exten- 

 sive changes and improvements this 

 spring. 



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