The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Plenty of Stock 



Good roses and all cut flowers in season. 

 "Green Goods" a specialty. Write for special 

 low prices on large quantities in any line. 



E. C. SML1NG, 



AMERICAN BEAUTY, 



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32-34-36 Randolph St., 



Long Distance Telephones 1999 and 1977 Central. 



Chicago, 111. 



Short stem $4.00 to $r,.00 per 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $3.00 to $.5 



Meteors and Gates 3.00 to 5 



Kaiserins 3.00 to 8 



Carnations 1.00 to 2 



Asters TSto 1 



Auratum Lilies, per doz.. $1.25 



to $1.50 



Gladioli 2.00 to 2 



Valley 4 



Asparagus, per string, 25 to 50c. 



As[i;ir:iuus Spnnceri 2.00 to , E 



Ferns... per 1000, $1.25 



Galax.. " 1.50 



A.hantum 50 to 



Smilax per doz., $1.25 i 



Subject to change wltbont notice. 



Mi-i:tl"li l:.'\kv. 'All' 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We have the G. A. E. encampment 

 with us at present and the city pre- 

 sents a gala appearance. Miles of ever- 

 green garland have been used to decorate 

 tin' principal streets and the use of deco- 

 rative palms and hardy outside flowers 

 has been very lavish in the show-win- 

 dows around town. Gladioli, dahlias, 

 coreopsis, asters and amaryllises, to- 

 gether with large quantities of huckle- 

 berry, brake ferns and oak branches 

 have been used and made a demand for 

 this class of stock that will last for 

 some days to come. Outside of decorat- 

 ing there is very little doing* Flowers 

 are very cheap and plentiful. Asters 

 are at "the height of their season at 

 present and are of good quality through- 

 out and very cheap. Roses hold their 

 own in price and are of better form and 

 color. Carnations are plentiful enough 

 for all demands. Tuberoses and amaryl- 

 lises are seen everywhere and can be 

 had for any price. 



Various Notes. 



Many of the carnation growers are 

 getting ready to plant their greenhouses 

 at this time and most of them are plant- 

 ing the usual list of varieties, Flora Hill 

 for white, Estelle for scarlet, Lawson, 

 Crocker, Schwerin, Mrs. Joost, Scott and 

 Triumph for pink, and Pingree and El- 

 dorado for yellow. Some Prosperity, 

 Cressbrook, Mrs. Bradt, Genevieve Lord, 

 America and Jubilee will be planted but 

 they are not as largely grown in this 

 section as the varieties first mentioned. 



The fact that the California State 

 Horticultural Society is forging ahead 

 rapidly was shown by the fact that forty 

 applications for membership were pre- 

 sented at the last meeting. Some very 

 fine specimens of dahlias were exhibited 

 and a verv enthusiastic meeting was 

 held. 



James Bell, of Dwight Way, Berkeley, 

 has leased his grounds to a company of 

 Japanese gardeners. 



John Vallance, of the Cox Seed Com- 

 pany, read a very interesting paper on 

 ' ' Seeds, Their Germination and Pecu- 

 liarities, ' ' at the last meeting of the 

 Oakland branch of the California State 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. Vallance has 



ad many years ' experience in this line 

 f work and his remarks were highly 

 istructive to the large audience pres- 

 ut. G. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



There is surcease of the heavy rains, 

 there is more sunshine and the thermome- 

 ter marks a higher temperature. The 

 thermometer of business, however, went 

 down last week almost to the zero mark. 

 Barring a few funeral orders, general 

 apathy prevailed. The stock of cut flow- 

 ers is abundant for all calls. Growers 

 arc busy with repair work, and if any- 

 one of the craft ventured on a trip to 

 the Cream City convention, he kept it 

 hid from scribes as well as pharisees. 

 Doubtless it is all the worse for the craft. 

 There is little news to dispense. 



Various Items- 

 Thomas Vincent, who has a store on 

 West Baltimore street, has rented another 

 on North Charles, corner of North ave- 

 nue, a very promising locality. J. Adam 

 Hitter, whose plaec is in thai immediate 

 vicinity and who does a handsome busi- 

 ness, is spending the summer in Atlantic 

 City. 



Alexander Scott, formerly of the Ex- 

 change here, is engaged in improving and 

 developing his property on the Hauford 

 road, a suburb which is increasing rapidly 

 in value and population. 



Mr. Johnson, for several years office 

 man and bookkeeper with S. Feast & 

 Sons, has severed his connection with that 

 concern, finding the conditions unfavor- 

 able to his health. 



Alexander MeCormick, Jr., a florist of 

 Fullerton, has received the Republican 

 nomination for commissioner of Balti- 

 more county, which is the largest, most 

 populous and wealthy county of our state, 

 this office corresponding to the mayoralty 

 of cities. The same gentleman is presi- 

 dent of the Timorium Fair Association, 

 which draws great crowds of visitors 

 and presents many attractions in the 

 way of stock, farm and garden products, 

 as well as horse racing, etc. There are 

 sections with moderate prizes for plants 

 in pots and tubs, cut flowers and floral de- 

 signs and., vases. The fair is held from 

 September 1 to 5. 



Another fair in the county is that of 

 the Prospect Park Association, from Sep- 

 tember 8 to 12, where premiums are of- 

 fered for groups of palms, collections 

 of cut flowers, bouquets and funeral de- 

 signs. 



James Glass, of Erdman avenue, makes 

 a specialty of ferns and in his house 

 may be seen an almost countless collec- 

 tion of many sorts and sizes, the cultiva- 

 tion of which he follows with great in- 

 telligence and consequent success. 



Messrs. Madsen and Anderson, formerly 

 partners, and now near neighbors, of 

 Govanstown, who are recognized as the 

 champion growers here of American 

 Beauties, have their respective places in 

 apple-pie order. The untoward season 

 denied them as favorable a start as 

 usual, but they may be expected to turn 

 out products of the usual high standard 

 when cutting time comes. Mr. Ander- 

 son is repiping his houses and has con- 

 verted his steam boiler into a hot water 

 one and will heat by that agency here- 

 after. B. 



TORONTO. 



Trade during the last week has been 

 decidedly slow and it is the remark of 

 many of our retail men that it is the 

 slowest of the season. With the decrease 

 of trade, as is often the case, we notice 

 the increase of supply. Good roses are 

 coining in abundance. This does not 

 speak any too well for the chances of 

 plenty of stock for October, when it is 

 usually wanted. Asters are in great 

 quantity and stock keeping very good. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Simmons are tak- 

 ing a tour of the resorts on the Atlantic 

 coast. They are expected home about the 

 first of next week. 



We are all looking forward to a big 

 time at the C. H. A. convention to be held 

 here September 2 and 3. D. J. 



St. Peter, Minn.— T. Kloss is build- 

 ew greenhouse 2SxlOO. 



Riverside. Cal.— P. H. Dorsett, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, is consider- 

 ing the advisability of locating here. 



Ottawa, Ont.— R. H. Wright has one 

 of the handsomest new stores in Amer- 

 ica, at 54 Sparks street. The fixtures 

 are fine and the storehouse extends back 

 to the next street. 



