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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



497 



returned from Bermuda. Look out for 

 him or he will sell you something. 



And then we saw quiet Martin, Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co. 's representative, with his 

 big eigar and his quiet ' ' That reminds 

 me, ' ' and then you know ! 



Albert Herr. of Lancaster, was seen 

 here today on his way to the convention. 

 Hoo-HOO. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 

 Still another week of fine, moderate 

 summer weather, and now it looks verv 

 much as if this season would pass with 

 out any sultry weather at all. There has 

 been very little rain, but owing to the 

 moderate temperature, flower beds and 

 outdoor stock in general, are in very 

 good condition. 



Business is rather quiet. The demand 

 is very light and white Mowers are about 

 all for which there is any call. Ship- 

 ping trade is very good for the season 

 and this helps out a great deal. 



The supply of nearly all varieties of 

 stock still remains quite good. Boses, 

 especially short-stemmed ones, are in 

 large supply. White and light pink sell 

 well, but Maids are a drug. Good long- 

 stemmed roses are few and sell out quick 

 ly. There is quite a demand for Ameri- 

 can Beauties, but the supply is very lim- 

 ited. 



B. P. Critchell is cutting some of the 

 finest Brides and Maids that are coming 

 into this market. They are long-stem 

 med, with clean foliage and good sized, 

 well-colored buds. They sell quickly and 

 at top prices. 



Carnations are still very scarce ani 



poor in quality. As might 1 xpected, 



there is a large demand for them and 

 notwithstanding their looks, they go at 

 good figures. Some of the pink ones are 

 good and bring 2 cents readily. 



The supply of asters is diminishing 

 very rapidly. The early varieties are 

 very nearly cut out and Sample's Branch- 

 There are a e 1 many tuberoses and 



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market. Some first-class spikes are hem^ 

 handled. There is a limited supply oi 

 lily of the valley which is of very good 

 quality. Water lilies are seen now and 

 then, but there is not much sale for 

 them, except for show window purposes. 

 There is plenty -of greens of all de- 

 scription and it sells fairly well. 



Notes. 



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TORONTO. 



With the Cincinnati party were many 

 other florists who joined them here. 

 Among them were: Mr. and Miss Deake, 

 of Asheville; -Miss White, of Lexington. 

 Kv.: Messrs. Papworth, Valdejo and 

 others, from New Orleans. 



C. S. Fu-.l. of Philadelphia. Pa., was 

 a cm Her. C. J. Ohmek. 



The Market. 



Although business was very slow dur- 

 ing the first few days of the month, it 

 now appears to be picking up and the 

 cool Heather has had its beneficial effect 

 upon stock generally. It is the general 

 comment on all sides that, with the ex- 

 ception of a few warm days, we have 

 had a very cool summer. This seems to 

 have helped everything, with the excep- 

 tion of Meteor, which is inclined to come 

 very dark in color where no fire heat 

 iv being used. Many small weddings have 

 made considerable demand for pink and 

 white roses, while the demand for table 

 cut flowers has kept up well. 

 Notes. 

 Toronto is at preseut making special 

 preparations for the great Dominion Ex- 

 hibition which is to be held here dur- 

 ing the first two weeks in September. Tins 

 should be especially interesting to the 

 horticultural trade, as the C. H. A. meets 

 .lining the first week and a special trade 

 exhibit is to be put up at the exhibition. 

 We hope to see many of our American 

 friends with us at that time and can 

 promise them a "Milwaukee" time. 



Sinclair's commission house received 

 the first shipment the other day of carna- 

 tion blooms off young stock. They came 

 from C. Turp, of this city, and consisted 

 of Lawson and other leading varieties, 

 cut off indoor grown stock. 



For early mums, we believe that E. 

 Jennings, of Brampton, leads, as he cut 

 his first this week. 



Charles Tidy returned from a month's 

 fishing trip arid reports lots of bites, but 

 refrains from making any more definite 

 statement. 



S. MacFadden, foreman for S. Tidy 

 & Son, is on a two weeks' vacation. 



D. J. 



Hall & Robinson, of Outremont, are 

 also building some houses of King con- 

 st met ion. We are waiting to see the 

 snow and how they will work then. 



Joseph Bennett has housed all his car- 

 nations. Those from the field are a bit 

 larger than those planted in benches this 

 spring. A selected, new variety of munis 

 are on trial there. His Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni are just grand. 



.1. Doyle is expected at Montreal in 

 the near future. His place in the dub 

 has never been filled since he left the 

 citv. A. Bee. 



MONTREAL. 



There is no improvement in I he trade, 

 yet enough is done to keep us alive. The 

 weather, dull so far. seems to be clear- 

 ing up a bit. Cut flowers are scarce all 

 around, excepting outdoor ones. Fine 

 asters are seen in some localities. 



The members of the chili at their last 

 meeting received with pleasure, a writ- 

 ten invitation from T. Manton, presi- 

 dent of the <'. 11. A., to attend the con- 

 vention at Toronto, September 1'. Many 

 of the boys have signified their inten- 

 tion to attend. 



The prospects for our chrysanthemum 

 show are all right so far, and prizes are 

 promised to be paid ill full. Any vari- 

 ety not yet disseminated is eagerly 

 sought for. Mums are making meat 

 growths; some new varieties are promis- 

 ing well. A new white delphinium has 

 been raised here by H. Drennan. 



A. T. Copperthwaite, of Outremont, 

 is now a member of our club, being duly 

 elected at the last meeting. 



William Hazel is on his third honey- 

 moon. He is well pleased with the 

 thanks of the chili for his zealous work 

 in behalf of our picnic. 



P. McKenna &Son have torn down 

 all their old houses and barns and 

 opened their store at the comer of Guy 

 and St. Catherine streets. 



s. S. Bain is erecting a double car- 

 nation house. L'niixfn feet, with iron 

 gutters. His American Realities are 

 looking fine since they are benched. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



One of the most attractive houses on 

 the place at present is a house of thi 

 new yellow rose, Frank Deegen. It has 

 most certainly given every indication 

 thus far of being a profitable rose from 

 the commercial standpoint, ami it is a 

 rose which is popular with the flower 

 buying public, judging from the call for 

 it by the retailers. It has shown some 

 tendency to black spot, but this disease 

 can be controlled very easily with this 

 variety and its susceptibility to it is not 

 great enough to make this weakness a se- 

 rious defect. 



The first Beauties have been cut and 

 in quality they tire the finest we havi 

 ever cut at this season of the year and 

 the house, as a whole, is in excellent con- 

 dition to produce high grade flowers. 

 Tins house was planted about the first of 

 May and has been practically free from 

 black spot thus far. A second house 

 i Beauties, benched earlv in July, will 



before December. 



The finest rose of the season every- 

 where seems to be the Kaiserin, and 

 with us it is a very popular summer rose 

 and a house of it in full crop is one of 

 the attractions on the upper place. 



On tin' lower place two very line 

 houses of Aditntum Farleyense attract 

 the most attention, but the numerous 

 chrysanthemum houses give promise of 

 a wealth of beauty in the fall. 



Asters are coming in now and meeting 



with a ready sale. These have 1 u 



grown inside' and are far superior to 

 those grown in the field. 



The carnations are planted with the 



Lincoln. III.— Good progress is being 

 made on the addition to the establish- 

 , ncnt of W. H. Gullett & Sons and the 

 new houses will soon be ready for 

 planting. 



Fond dtj Lac. Wis.— E. Haentze is 

 building three houses 14x274 using one 

 run of Jennings ' gutter and one of the 

 new Dietsch patent " U " gutter. 



Toledo. 0.— S. N. Peck is building one 

 more house for carnations. Mr. Peck ex- 

 pects to be at the convention. 



Please discontinue my advertisement 

 of field-grown carnations as I am get- 

 ting more orders than I can fill.'*— 

 JlEMtv Baer, Peoria, 111. 



