April 21, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



U73 



RETAIL FLORISTS. 



(CONTINUED.) 



C. B. Flick Floral Co. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



Extra Fine CABNATIOH'S in leadin^T 

 varieties. DOUBLE VIOLETS, JUITE 

 DAFFODILS and EASTEB LILIES. 

 DESIGNS ON SHORT NOTICE. Write or Telephone. 



Mrs. Chas. Eickholt, 



Avv.^vv. M. Galveston, Tex. 



S. B. Stewart, 



«o. 16th street, OIVfAHA, NEB< 



CARNATIONS! 



COTTAGE GARDEN 

 WINNERS at the 

 DETROIT EXHIBITION. 



VOW READY. 

 912 per 100; $100 per 1000. 



1st Prize— Class A. 



Best Pink. Scott shade. 

 As fragrant as Albertina; does not burst. As 

 free as Harrv Fenn. 



JIDGE HINSDALE: ],t^^-^eS!>^til^ 



Grand 3M-inch flower on 30-inoh stem. Beats 

 all other varieeated sorts. 



THE PRESIDENT: ^^l!^T^- 



Grand 3-inch bloom on 24 to 28-inoh stem. 



Sells better than any other, crimson. The 



best keeper and shipper of all the crimsons. 



These flowers traveled 1000 miles and kept in 

 good condition thrfnitrhout the entin' twti daps. 



For full particulars and descrii'Iinu see (»ur 

 Adv. in Dec. 10 number of the Florists' Review. 



Send for our Caruation catalogue. 



THE COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Inc. 



0. W. WIBD, Hgr. QUEENS, I.. I. 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



TORONTO. 



ETHEL WARD: 



The Market 



Weather this last week has certainly 

 been agaiust the development of flow- 

 ers, as well as against the sale of them, 

 having had nine inches of snow on April 

 15, and decidedly cold weather preced- 

 ing and following it. This has had 

 the effect of making both supply ami 

 demand very erratic. The development 

 of outdoor stock has been retarded so 

 that, where at this time of year we 

 are usually cutting outdoor tulips, we 

 now scarcely see a peep of them show- 

 ing above ground yet. Indoor bulb 

 stock has been scarce since Easter and 

 the demand for roses and carnations 

 has been keener on that account, which 

 fortunately have been quite equal to it. 

 At the time of writing, many of our 

 retail men are making preparations for 

 some big weddings and this will clean 

 up considerable stock. 



Various Notes, 



The Georgetown Floral Company, 

 who were frozen out after Christmas, 

 are again cutting some very fair roses. 

 Their carnation plants were completely 

 ruined. 



The hail storm which visited this 

 locality two weeks ago did considerable 

 damage to the greenhouses in this vicin- 

 ity. Miller & Sons, at Bracondale, had 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings. 



TO MAKE ROOM-Special low price. 



On FLORA HILL and GUARDIAN ANGEL, Stock Best Quality, 



$8,00 per 1000. 



1 



PINK. 100 looo 



Mrs. Lawson $2.00 $17.50 



Mrs. Nelson 2.00 18.00 



Guardian Angel l.OO 8.00 



Dorothy 1.50 12.50 



Mrs. JoGst 1,00 8.00 



WHITE. 



Flora Hill $1.00 $8.00 



White Cloud 1.25 10.00 



Queen Louise 1.25 12.00 



RED. 100 - 



G. H. Crane $2.00 



America 2.00 



Mrs. Palmer 2.00 



LIGHT PINK. 



HiKinbotham 2.00 



VARIEGATED. 



Prosperity 2.00 



1000 



$18.00 



18 00 



18.00 



18.00 



ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS. 



Bride $1.50 per 100; $12.50 perlOOO 



Maid 1.50 • 12.50 



Golden Gate $1.50 per 100 : $12.50 per 1000 



Ivory 1.50 ' 12.50 



ROSE PLANTS, 2-lncii Pots. 



Bridesmaids $3.00 per 100: $25.00 per 1000 I Perle $3.00 per 100: $25.00 per 1000 



Brides 3.00 " 25.00 " I Golden Gate 2.50 " 20.00 



Ivory $2.50 per 100: $20.00 per 1000. 



GEORfiE REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



their chimney struck by lightning, which 

 accompanied the storm, this being the 

 second time this winter. However, no 

 .serious damage was done. 



We had a visit during the week fronj 

 W. H. Kellem, proprietor of Nova 

 Scotia Nursery Company, Halifax, N. 

 S. It was his first trip to these parts 

 and he unfortunately arrived with the 

 snowstorm. D. J. 



BELLEVILLE, ILL. 



The Democrat, of this place, prints 

 the following under date of April 15: 



•liimes Gurne.v. the general superintendent of 

 Tower Grove pju-k and iShaw's Garden. In Sr. 

 I>oui8. and Philip C^hle. the foreman of the 

 |.r«.paf;atlon department of Tower Grove park 

 and Shaw's Garden, wore in this cit.v on 

 Wednesday. Tlsitinjr Dr. A. S. nalstedt. of the 

 St. Clair Floral Company. This was the tirst 

 time that Mr. Gurne.v ever visited Kelleville 

 and he was very well pleased with the eitv 

 and promised to renew his visits from time t'> 

 time during the summer. 



The two gentlemen came here on invitation 

 of Dr. Halstedt to visit the greenhouses of the 

 St. Clair Floral Co., and before leaving stated 

 that they were well pleased with the trip. 

 While here Mr. Gurne.v. who has been a botan- 

 ical student from childhood up. and who since 

 a boy has been connected with Shaw's Gar- 

 den, one of the most famous botanical gardens 

 in the conntr.v, commended Dr. Halstedt on 

 the wonderful varieties of original seedling' 

 geraniums. The St. Clair Floral Co. has tifty- 

 three varieties of geraniums, which were cross- 

 fertilized in the company's greenhouses here. It 

 is the intention of the compan.v to exhibit three 

 of the seedling geranium varieties at tho 

 World's Fair. Wlicn Mr. Gurney learned of 

 this he advised Dr. Halstedt to give up 

 the idea of exhibiting the plants, stating that 

 the plants are worth thousands of dollars, and 

 that the same should be carefnll.y tended and 

 watched. Dr. Halstedt is now considering 

 whether to exhibit the plants, or leave the 

 fiame in the greenhouses. Mr. Gurney was 

 very loud in his praise of the St. Clair Floral 

 (\>. and predicted great success for the same. 



Nashville, Tenn. — A farmer named 

 Tygritt lost a turkey from a load while 

 driving to town ; it was found by an 

 employe of C. J. Burdell, the florist. The 

 farmer had the florist indicted by the 

 grand jury for the theft of the bird, 

 but the indictment was quashed when it 

 was found he had nothing to do with 

 the case. 



Andeuson, Ind. — The four green- 

 houses of B. H. Xlus & Sons were de- 

 stroyed by fire April 14. The loss was 

 about -$^','000. 



.ToLTET, III. — The employes of the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. gave a very successful 

 cntcrtMiiiuu'iit and dance on the even- 

 ing of April !>. 



Davenport, Ia.— The Tri-City Florists ' 

 Association met April 14 and elected 

 tliree new members. The next meeting 

 will be held May 12 at Rock Island, 111. 

 ■lohn T. Temple is president. 



St. Louis, Mo. — ^Wm, Kalisch & Sons 

 have the large contracts for the planting 

 around the Chinese pa\'ilion and India 

 building at the World's Fair. Their 

 store business is the best they ever had. 



Des Moines, Ia. — The Morris Cut 

 Flower Co. has l»en incorporated ■with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. W. L. Mor- 

 ris is named as president and treasurer 

 and M. M. Morris as vice-president and! 

 secretary. 



Cadillac, Mich. — W. A. Tweedie re- 

 ports 16 degrees above zero April 18. 

 Over a foot of snow fell April 15 an.J 

 the ground is still covered. A year ago 

 we had July temperature and the 

 ground was dry and dusty. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — The seven grecu- 

 liouses of the Wheeling Greenhouse Co. 

 have been sold to John Dieckmann, its 

 manager, who took possession April 12. 

 Mr. Dieckmann retains his interest in the 

 store business, where Miss Clara P. 

 Forbes is in charge. 



Petoskey, JIich. — S. J. Long says 

 Easter trade was all that could be de- 

 sired, carnations, lilies and -violets 

 taking the lead. Saturday and Sunday 

 were ideal days for delivering and kept 

 us busy until Sunday noon. Everything 

 cleaned up, even inferior stock went, ex- 

 cept a few lilies which did not open 

 readily. Sales were twenty per cent bet- 

 ter than premous years. 



