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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



offer a gold medal. F. Pollworth & 

 Brother and Kurz Bros, have also do- 

 nated trophies. Great interest mil cen- 

 ter in i lie Mussey $21 prize, which Trill 

 be contested for among the high men 

 team and in the individual 

 n :>',wn_; it a championship game 

 in the S. A. P. tournament. The 

 will have an opportunity to bow] 

 Wednesday morning and their outing is 

 fur the afternoon. There will 

 many points of interest to visit 

 during their leisure moments. The ho- 

 tels are numerous and there will be ex- 

 cellent accommodations for all. 



C. C. P. 



DETROIT. 



Club Election. 



The last regular meeting of the club 

 was the annual one for the election of. 

 officers and it resulted in the election of 

 Bobt. Flowerdayas president; Kobt. Wat- 

 son, vice-president; B. Sehroeter, treas- 

 urer, and J. F. Sullivan, secretary. 

 Everything points to a very successful 

 year under the administration of the two 

 ' ' Bobs. ' ' 



Detroit will be represented at Milwau- 

 kee by about forty delegates, who will 

 go via the Grand Trunk to Grand Haven, 

 thence by boat to Milwaukee, arriving 

 on Tuesday morning at 6:30, and leav- 

 ing here Monday eveuing at 5 o 'clock. 

 standard time. Geo. A. Backhaul lias the 

 transportation in charge and has secured 

 a special ear, etc., and would like all 

 florists to join us who can do so. If no- 

 tified any time before L! p. m. of Monday 

 he will secure berth on steamer. The 

 fare from Detroit and return, including 

 berth, is $9.65. Rag. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The mountain weather which favored 

 this city during the early part of the 

 month had a beneficial effect on flowers. 

 We really need mountain breezes to waft 

 a little business this way. Alas, it is 

 chiefly the rider on the white horse who 

 comes now. Still there is a little activ- 

 ity at the Flower Market and the com- 

 mission houses, though many of the em- 

 ployes are enjoying their vacations. The 

 latest acquisitions are dahlias from W. 

 P. Peacock, of At. o. X. J., who is send- 

 ing in some flowers of Clifford W. Bru- 

 ton, a fine yellow, a sort of all-the-season 

 variety. Virtually the entire cut of this 

 great dahlia specialist goes to S. S. 

 Pennock. 



Coal. 



The coal situation showed a marked 

 change during the past week. The an- 

 thracite dealers, finding that bituminous 

 coal was replacing the small sizes of 

 hard coal to an alarming extent, put 

 down the prici I that stock af the mines 

 about 25 cents, m;ikiii_' the price of buck- 

 wheat, the most popular florists' size, 

 $1.15 to $1.25 a ton for the commercial 

 grades. This is from 5 to 15 cents a 

 ton higher than two years ago. At these 

 figures most florists will find hard coal, 

 if of fair quality, cheaper than soft, the 

 first cost difference being about 90 cents 

 a ton in favor of the former. Excepting 

 in excessive cold weather, it is not prob- 

 able that the soft coal will make up 

 this difference by the additioual heat 

 given out. Possibly prices may decline 

 still more, but in view of the unsettled 



HOW TO GET TO THE 



Principal Places About Chicago. 



The convention visitors passing through Chicago on their way to and from Mil- 

 waukee will wish to inspect the great greenhouse establishments for which this 

 vicinity is famous. Below we give directions for reaching the various places from 

 the center of the city; 



Bassett & Washburn— Take C. B. & Q. R. 



R. at Union depot. (Janal and Adams Sts., to 

 Hinsdale. 18 miles; short walk to greenhouses. 



Brant & Noe-Take C. M. & St. P. R. R at 

 Union depot. Canal and Adams Sts.. to Forest 

 Glen. 10 miles: short walk to greenhouses. Pet- 

 erson Nursery half mile iutther on same road. 

 Wittbold's new range at Edgebrook also access- 

 ible from here. 



J. ft. Bud long -Take Lincoln Ave. cable 

 cars on Dearborn street; take transfer to Bow- 

 manville electric; greenhouses close to end of 

 line. The places of Weber Bros.. H. Bauske. the 

 Kruchtens and others are close at hand. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. -Take C. 11 a St. 

 P. R R. at Union depot. Canal and Adams Sts . 

 to Morton Grove. 14 miles; greenhouses right 

 beside the track. Morton Grove Gre-Dhouses 

 close at baud. Niles Center establishments 

 accessible from here. 



Rei n bergs -Take Lincoln Ave. cable cars on 

 Dearborn St.: take transfer to Robey St electric, 

 which passes the greenhouses of Peter Reinberg. 

 George Reinberg's place one bleck to west. 

 Walking west one comes to Bauske's. Bu.llong's 

 and numerous others within a mile. 



Weiland & Riseh-Take C. .v N. W R. R. at 



Wells St. depot to Evanston. 12 miles; or take 

 Clatk St. cable on Deatborn St. and ttansfer to 

 Evanston electric. 



Wietor Bros.— Take No. Clark St. cable 

 cars on Dearborn St . and transfer to Evanstnn 

 electric: get off where car turns north from 

 Devon Ave. and walk west over the hill. Close 

 at hand are the places of M. Winandy. Jdo. 

 Mono. Adam Zender. Sinner Bros., the Beckers. 



Geo. Wittbold Co -Take Clark St cable 

 cars on Dearborn St. and transfer to Evanston 

 electric which passes greenhouses at North 

 Halsted and Buckingham PI. New range at 

 Edgebrook, 1 1 miles on C. M. & St. P. R. R. 



Joliet- At Joliet there are the places of the 



Chic 





Co.. .J a 



Ml-, 



and the J.D.Thompson 

 40 miles, is reached by frequent tiains on the C. 

 R. f. \- P. R. R_. station at La Salle and Van 

 Buren Sts.. on the elevated loop. The green 

 houses are some distance from the depot vi-it 

 ors will be met with a carriage if they give 

 notice as to hour of arrival. 



conditions at the mines, it seems good 

 policy to buy now. 



Some New Ideas. 



M. Bice & Co. have been devoting their 

 energies to makiug certain things that 

 they are confident will fill long felt wants 

 of the florists. For this purpose Mr. 

 Bice postponed his European trip and 

 he is justly enthusiastic over the results 

 obtained. The first domestic novelty, one 

 which seems destined to play an impor- 

 tant part in the work of the decorator, 

 was the willow screen. It stands five or 

 six feet high, about three feet broad. 

 and comes in either open work or closely 

 woven. What an acquisition! Every 

 decorator knows how often he wants to 

 hide an ugly corner, to conceal an or- 

 chestra, or what not. Perhaps room is 

 an object, or it is bitter cold, so that 

 plants arc not the thing, then here are 

 these screens. Tie several together, drape 

 with some graceful green, fasten on a 

 loose bunch of effective flowers, and 

 presto! it is done. 



The basket stands for plants have been 

 greatly improved. One of these filled 

 with a handsome specimen Boston fern 

 should prove well nigh irresistible. Next 

 came a collection of dainty little stands. 

 basket work with wooden top. just the 

 sort of tasty little thing that finishes off 

 an effective decoration when used here 

 and there to support a handsome jardi- 

 niere tastefully filled. 



Then there were urn-shaped baskets of 

 ' ' green straw ' ' made in sizes to fit fiber 

 i;is-. so that the busy florist can just 

 drop in one of his store vases, flowers 

 and all, when he wants to show a cus- 

 tomer how it will look, a kind device 

 truly, that means good-by to all frantic 

 rushing around to find a vase that will 

 fit. The decorator will be further as- 

 sisted by combination plant stands hold- 

 ing a specimen on high with four smaller 

 plants below; airy hanging baskets, tin 

 or foil lined: a wonderful reversible 

 plant stand and pedestal, which must be 

 seen to be appreciated, and ever so many 

 other fetching things. 



Then there are increased ribbon oases 

 filled with all styles, from 12-inch sashes 

 to %-inch showers, also object lessons in 

 the use of so called Porto Bican mats 

 and in the once well known immortelle 

 wreath, revived and adorned in new at- 

 tire. Mr. Bice is to be congratulated on 

 the good work his firm is doing for the 

 advancement of our calling. Rice sv Co. 

 are preparing a grand catalogue, to be 

 issued in a month. 



Notes. 



H. Bayei-sdorfer has returned from 

 abroad, bringing in his train many in- 

 teresting novelties which the Review 

 hopes to describe when they are safely 

 unpacked. Baul Berkowitz lias gone west 

 to arrange his firm's large exhibit at 

 Milwaukee. 



Samuel S. Pennock and Mrs. Pennock 



sail for Liver] I from this port on the 



steamer Haverford, Saturday, August 15. 

 Mr. Pennock 's many friends wish him a 

 pleasant vacation. 



The fine canna display at the August 

 meeting of the club was enjoyed among 

 others by Mr. Seeger, of Hartford, who 

 is staying in this city. He brought let- 

 ters of introduction to George Huster. 

 of Girard College, and. 1 think, to 0. B. 

 Paul, of Fairmount Park. 



George Anderson is rapidly pushing 

 the work on his new rose house, otic of 

 the largest in this city. Mr. Anderson 

 has been very successful with l:n I.- 

 maid. He has increased his planting of 

 this rose. 



The firm of D. Landreth & Sons, seeds 

 men, propose devoting their attention to 

 their wholesale business, relinquishing 

 their retail department after Septem- 

 ber 1. The street has it that both Peter 

 Henderson & Co., of New- York, and .1. 

 C. Vaughan. of Chicago, are considering 

 locating in this city. 



John F. Andre. .1 1 loylcstown. has 

 built two new houses this season. Mr. 

 Andre has been ill. He is recuperating 

 at Wildwood, X. J. 



C. A. Dunn spent a few days among- 



