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The Weekly FloristJ^^ Review. 



APKIL 14, 190,4. 



H. C. Steinhoflf, of Hoboken, has left 

 for his annual trip to Bermuda. 



Thieves plundered the cash register of 

 Robert G. Wilson, Sunday, having en- 

 tered through an unlocked rear window. 

 Mr. Wilson said about $50 in bills and 

 silver was taken. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club met Jlonday after- 

 noon, and made somo excellent records. 

 The attendance was light. The best 

 three games follow: 



Haancr 163 155 233 



Slebreeht 150 140 152 



JJuB^nt 89 100 116 



Shaw 169 160 152 



Koflire 155 164 368 



James 158 14s 132 



Next Monday evening will be an im- 

 portant one. Matters of interest to the 

 club will be decided. Every member is 

 requested to be present without fail. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



Last week's market was very unsatis- 

 factory, the accumulation of stock being 

 decidedly unwieldy and prices low. There 

 was a surplus in practically every line 

 and a great deal of stock was sold in 

 job lots at whatever the buyer was will- 

 ing to give. This week conditions are 

 slightly improved, the few days of dark 

 and cold weather having served to retard 

 production. There is yet, however, an 

 ample supply for all requirements aad 

 prices are not as stiff as should be the 

 case in comparison with the high grade 

 of stock. It is seldom that the average 

 receipts in this market have graded as 

 well as at the present time but there is 

 considerable complaint upon the part of 

 wholesalers and growers that it is impos- 

 sible to clean up each day's receipts; 

 while the prospect is that a few bright 

 days will largely augment the supplv. 

 It looks very much as though the spring 

 glut were at hand. CJountry trade is 

 holding up fairly well, although require- 

 ments are light, but city demand is again 

 very weak, but this is nothing unusual at 

 this season of the year. 



Various Items. 



L. Coatsworth and Leonard Kill went 

 to St. Louis last night with some ex- 

 hibits for the rose show to be given to- 

 day by the St. Louis Florists' Club. 



August Lange has closed the Ploralia. 



Geo. Eeinberg reports that he used 121' 

 cars of coal this winter. 



A. L. EajidaJl Co. has put in an ad- 

 dressograph to facilitate getting out 

 price lists on short notice. 



Frank Garland and M. Winandy will 

 move into Room 218 in the Atlas block 

 the latter part of this week. 



Lottie Wilson, who was for a long time 

 employed by A. G. Prince & Co., and 

 later by Bassett & Washburn, died on 

 Sunday. Several of the wholesalers sent 

 flowers to her funeral Tuesday. 



L. P. Kelly has moved his retail store 

 to 423 W. Taylor street. 



Chas. Balluff is looking for an oppor- 

 tunity to get back into the florists' busi- 

 ness. He has had much experience in 

 both the wholesale and retail depart- 

 ments. 



A committee consisting of P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, H. C. Rowe and E. F. Wintersoii 

 made an effort to get the mayor to over- 

 ride the ruling which prohibited flowers 

 being sent to the council chamber for the 



aldermen who took their seats Monday 

 night. They had a petition signed bv 

 practically all the wholesale and retail 

 florists, but were told that they were too 

 lato to do anything for this year and 

 flowers were barred, at a loss to the 

 trade estimated at from $3,000 to $4,000. 

 The same committee will go ahead and 

 endeavor to get the rule rescinded before 

 another year comes around and they will 

 also take hold of the matter of the ban 

 placed on flowers by the superintendent 

 of schools, which is a more important 

 matter, even, than the ono relating to thi- 

 city council. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. reports that 

 March was the best spring month in its 

 history, both in the wholesale and retail 

 departments. 



Stephen Costigan, who formerly kept a 

 flower store on the north side, is reported 

 missing by his mother, who lives in Cleve- 

 land and who has asked the police to 

 locate her son. 



Among the week 's visitors were F. J. 

 Foster, of St. Louis, and Abraham Grof- 

 vert, of Kalamazoo, Mich. 



There was a meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society on Tuesdaj-. No business 

 was done further than to appoint a nomi- 

 nating committee. There was consider- 

 able discussion of fall flower show 

 affairs. 



Flint Kennicott has suffered all winter 

 with rheumatism and is now compelled to 

 use a cane. 



Ludwig Mosbaek lost about $800 in 

 the recent big wind, which demolished a 

 house filled with Boston and Piersoni 

 ferns. His windmill, barn and coal shed 

 were blown a long distance and all the 

 trolley and other poles for a mile were 

 blown down. 



P. J. Hauswirth had the decorations 

 for the Hamilton Club's large banquet 

 April 9. 



That many growers were late with 

 their Easter lilies is shown by the quan- 

 tities now in market. They are slow 

 sale. 



The weather man keeps a record of 

 average temperatures and has it figured 

 out that in the 102 days of the year to 

 April 13 we were just 452 degrees short 

 of the normal amount of heat. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Business in cut flowers is anything but 

 rushing and, with heavy crops coming 

 in, a general glut is not far off. Roses 

 are accumulating and so are carnations. 

 The demand for American Beauties is 

 very light; the best can be bought at 

 30 cents. Brides and Maids are offered 

 as low as $2 to $6 per 100. Some spe- 

 cials bring $10, but these must be fine. 

 Fine carnations are quoted at $15 per 

 1,000 while fancy novelties bring onl- 

 $3 per 100. Lilies are plentiful; $S 

 per 100 for the very best is the asking 

 price. Violets have no fixed value. An 

 abundance of fine yellow and white 

 daisies, mignonette, sweet peas, candy- 

 tuft, cut baby primrose and Ulae is 

 about. The only decidedly new flower 

 in the market is yellow, white and pur- 

 ple Spanish iris, which is very fine in- 

 deed. Smilax is a very scarce article, 

 but plenty of the other greens can be 

 had to fill out on this green. 



Bulbous stock, such as tulips, daf- 

 fodils, narcissi, etc., is almost a thing 

 of the past, and I judge from the left- 

 over stock previous to Easter and thi' 



week following, this industry was just a 

 trifle overdone. With all the growers 

 in this section indications point to an 

 abundance of flowers for some time to 

 come. 



Various Notes. 



Theo. F. Beckert is cutting quantities 

 of Spanish iris, which are handled by the 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. This firm is 

 also, receiving some extra fine Adonis, 

 Goethe and Enchantress carnations from 

 the Crystal farm at Bakerstown. 



Burki is adding one more grcenlious? 

 to his Bakerstown plant, also a filteration 

 plant for the water supply is now under 

 construction. 



Mose Ihinlevy is cutting very fine nar- 

 cissi, Bieolor Empress, Emperor and Sir 

 Watkins as big as any one would want 

 them. 



Charles Hoffmeyer is cutting strong 

 on a house of Kaiserins of good quality. 



H. L. Blind & Bros, have a full crop 

 of Maids and Brides which are hard to 

 beat. 



The season is exceedingly late, and no 

 opportunity for outside work has pre- 

 sented itself. 



Randolph & McClements say business 

 is very satisfactory. Numerous good- 

 sized wedding decorations are keeping 

 them busy. Nothing but the very best 

 stock is handled bv this firm. 



L. I. Neff, who has four retail flower 

 shops, reports business fair with good 

 prospects for a busy spring trade. 



A. W. Smith was very busy last week 

 with several large wedding decorations. 



P. Peterman is supplying E. C. Lud- 

 wig with pink dahlias, A. D. Livoni, 

 which were forced and came in for Eas- 

 ter. 



S. J. Hatch, of the Wilkinsburg Floral 

 Co., was married April 5 to Miss Marv 

 Schumaker, of Wilkinsburg. Another 

 florist has also joined the ranks of the 

 benedicts. .Tames Moore, who was mar- 

 ried April 9 to Miss Mary Watt, is fore- 

 man of the Phipps Conservatories at Al- 

 legheny park. 



Superintendent George Burk, of the 

 Phipps Conservatories at Schenley park, 

 estimated that 15,000 persons visited the 

 flower show last Sunday, April 10. 



Visitors: Charles liindaeher, Canton, 

 0. ; E. P. Hostctter, Manheim, Pa. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



Watektown. Conn. — H. A. Roeske 

 says that the season 's business is very 

 good. He is having his usual fine results 

 with sweet peas, for which he is noted. 



Knightstown, Ind. — Floyd Williams 

 has purchased Frank Brighthill's inter- 

 est in the Beeman greenhouses and will 

 continue the business with Will Konzle- 

 man. 



In the classified advertisements of H. 

 H. Berger & Co., March 31, the prices 

 of maples and magnolias should have 

 read each and per dozen instead of 

 dozen and hundred. 



Calla, O.— Richard and Wilbur Tenip- 

 lin have sold their greenhouse property 

 and all that pertains thereto to Norman 

 Bushinger and Charles W. Hendricks, 

 who will continue the business. 



Iron Mountain, Mich. — G. F. Plow- 

 man will buiM another house 20x100 

 feet this season. He reports Easter 

 trade as 100 per cent heavier than ever 

 before. Lilies were fine and sold out 

 clean. Flowering plants took the lead 

 but cut flowers sold well. 



