The Weekly Florists' Review. 



753 



described as splendid. About 100,000 

 rose plants are accommodated in these 

 houses and the product has for years 

 been known far and wide. System, order 

 and cleanliness are everywhere apparent 

 and here, as everywhere else, it proves 

 that the man who keeps his place paint- 

 ed and up-to-date is the man who makes 

 the success, of his business. The young 

 Mr. Noe has a palatial dwelling com- 

 manding a view of as pretty a piece of 

 country as can be found in this broad 

 land. No visitor to this town should miss 

 seeing this model establishment of the 

 Noes. 



There are several other large places in 

 this vicinity, but lack of time prevented 

 any further examination, and one gets 

 tired seeing house after house, nothing 

 but ruses. There is no reason why ruses 

 should grow any better here than else- 

 where. While the soil is good it is no 

 better than can be found in any section 

 of the country, anil the reason why the 

 business has become so localized is sim- 

 ply because the early establishments 

 have served as schools for the later fol- 

 lows to graduate from. VISITOR. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The local retailers have been very 

 much disappointed with the business this 

 week, having anticipated considerable 

 increase as the result of the centennial 

 celebration, which has filled the city with 

 visitors. Of course, there are a few- 

 large orders, resulting from the enter 

 tainment of prominent guests, and 'lee- 

 orations for store openings, but nothing 

 in which the trade at large can share. 

 Shipping trade has been good, however, 

 and the wholesalers are not complaining. 



There has been a large increase in the 

 receipts of Beauties and all require- 

 ments can now be met without difficulty 

 and even with some concession in quoted 

 rates. Good Brides and .Maids are 

 scarce, but there is plenty of low-grade 

 stock. Chatenay is plentiful, but good, 

 and red roses are also in better supply. 

 Carnations are very good for the season 

 and are so plentiful that they leave little 

 opening for the late asters. A few 

 chrysanthemums are coming in. and sell 



bu1 



g I and green goods plentiful. 



Various Notes. 

 There was a well-attended special meet- 

 ig of the Florists' Club at the Sherman 



supper at the 

 suggestions as 

 terest may lie 

 the club. It • 

 inn that the 

 conserved by 

 cago Florist'.' 



the one 



pine, 



ago. The next meeting is sched 

 tiled for October 14. 



Gunnar Teilmann, of Marion, Intl., on 

 Tuesday began sending E. C. Amling 

 some very good chrysanthemums. Mon- 

 rovia for yellow being remarkably good 

 for, so eaily in the season. 



Peter Reinberg shipped 1,000 Beauties 

 to J. M. Gasser, Cleveland, on Tuesday 



I.. Coatsworth has been at New Castle 

 this week, and is pleased with the way 

 stock looks. 



B. Eldredge, of Belvidere, is sending in 

 some very good carnations. 



The wholesalers have agreed that, as 

 the express companies will not pick up 

 packages after b' p. m., there is no use 

 keeping open beyond that hour. 



The Fhischman Floral Co. had a very 

 attractive turnout in the eentennial pa- 

 rade Tuesday evening. 



Lester E. Partridge, of Sharp, Par- 

 t n. lee & Co., the glass dealers, is just 

 out after a five weeks' lay oil. recovering 

 from an operation for appendicitis. 



Flint Kennicott has been under the 

 weather for several days. 



W. N. Rudd was at Springfield Tues- 

 day, to help organize an association of 

 the cemetery interests of the state. 



.1. E. Hidden is doing a very nice busi- 

 ness on Forty-seventh street, between 

 Calumet and Prairie. 



Fred Bowe, brother of Harry Bowe, 

 the Monroe street retailer, has .gone to 

 Joliet to take charge of the Chicago Car- 

 nation Company's new retail store and 

 plant houses. 



It is stated that one of the local 

 growers has benched plants of forty- 

 three varieties of carnations. 



P. J. Hauswirth. Mrs. Hauswirth and 

 Miss Kreitling returned last Tuesday 

 from their very enjoyable New York 

 trip. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has sent out 

 a large edition of a very up-to-date cata- 

 logue. 



Visitors : Hugo Schroeter, Detroit, 

 Midi.; E. K. Gesler and Mrs. Gesler, 

 Galesburg. III.; M. Stanch, foreman for 

 .1. F. Wihox, Council Bluffs, la.; Fred 

 Dorner, Jr., and F. E. Hudson, Lafay- 

 ette. In.l.; E. (.'. Keck, Washington, In.; 

 A. E. Crooks, Benton Harbor, Mich.; 

 .1. H. Vincent, of the Flower City Plant 

 Food Co.. Rochester, N. Y. 



TORONTO. 



The Market. 



Trade during the past two weeks has 

 been somewhat irregular, yet on the whole 

 very good. A few large weddings about 

 tie- mi. Idle of September cleared up stock 

 and. with small decorations, everything 

 has been moving nicely. Retail and 

 wholesale men, with scarcely any excep- 



t claim a good margin over last 



year's business, while the prospects for 

 ( (ctober are very bright. 

 Notes. 



The decoration put up this week by J. 

 S. Simmons for the Canadian night at 

 Masonic lodge was very unique. Maple 

 leaves and palms were used for banking, 

 while baskets of dahlias and roses were 

 used tor floral work. Some baskets in 

 tho form of ships aud automobiles were 

 used to good effect. 



Geo. Card, of l-'ape avenue, took unto 

 himself a wife this week. They have 

 gone on a trip through the eastern states. 



H. Endean, of St. Lawrence market, 

 reports prospects very good for the com- 

 ing season. The new St. Lawrence mar- 

 ket has not been a great success financial- 

 ly for those doing business there. How- 

 ever, Mr. Endean has stuck faithfully to 

 it right through and notices a gradual 



improvement in business and others give 

 encouraging reports. 



Visitors : John Dobbie, Niagara Falls, 

 Ont.; Miss L. C. Bradt, St. Catherines. 

 Ont. D J. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade among the retailers is reported 

 as slow in all lines. The cool spell did 

 not last long enough, the weather having 

 I.e.-. nne quite warm again, and the cut 

 flower displays have disappeared from 

 the show windows of the retailers. The 

 glowers say that a good, hard frost is 



i led to start the business up for good. 



There is every evidence that the coming 

 season will be an improvement over tho 

 Ias1 from a business standpoint. A look 

 through the wholesale houses several 



(lines the past week showed plenty of Well 



grown stock of all kinds, with very littlo 

 demand, conditions just opposite to those 

 of the previous week. The cut stock that 

 is in is of very good quality, especially 

 the roses, which have good color and foli- 

 age. Prices on choice Brides, Maids and 

 Meteors range from $6 down to $2 per 

 100. Perles sell slowly at this time of the 

 year. Beauties are selling fairly well, 

 with a good supply in the market at 

 present. The choice this week bring $3 

 per d,,/en and the shorts bring 75 cents. 

 Carnations are more plentiful than they 

 have been for some time, but the demand 

 has been slow. Fancies sell well, but for 

 common stock there is hardly any de- 

 man. 1. Short outdoor stock nearly all 



cents for short stock. A few chrysanthe- 

 mums are coming in, but not enough to 

 quote prices on. A few violets also are 

 in, but they are not good enough to put 

 on the market. Valley is of good qual- 

 ity and the market is fairly well supplied. 

 Outdoor stock is about over, very little 

 of it coming in at present. Single tuhe- 

 roses are still selling well, at $4 per 100 

 stalks. Smilax is in rather good supply, 

 but the demand is rather slow. In other 

 greens the market is in a healthy eondi- 



Notes. 



Man M.-K'oiie. representing W. A. Man- 

 da, of South Orange, X. J., is in town, 

 looking none the worse from his recent 

 sickness in Chicago. Dan says business 

 was never better in his line. 



Harry, eldest son of A. Jablonsky, 

 florist at Wellston. had his leg crushed 

 in an elevator the past week. From last 

 reports the young man is mending nicelv. 



Miss Theresa Badaracco left last Fri- 

 day lot Chicago and West Baden Springs 

 for a ten days' stay. 



George Brown, landscape gardener 

 from England, has arrived to take charge 

 oi the landscape work at the English 

 building at the World's Fair grounds. 



The Civic Improvement League, at 

 Tower Grove and Shaw avenues, awarded 

 first, prize to Richard Hatch for having 

 the best garden plot in the five-acre tract 

 managed by the Junior Horticultural 

 school. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers, who has been sick 

 so long, has about recovered and expects 

 to be at her place of business in about 

 ten days. 



C. A. Kuelm and J. F. Ammann visited 

 Springfield last Sunday and Monday, call- 

 ing on the trade and attending the State 

 Fair, which opened on Monday, Septem- 

 ber 28. 



