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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



of Rockford, and his foreman, C. W. 

 Johnson. Not only have they a line lot 

 d in prospect, but 

 one house, 22x150, has been devoted to 

 ii plants, and better could hardly 

 1 10 asked. John Roni'don, tun 

 to Martin A. Ryerson, has an unusually 



ot of plants, or had until he 

 stopped training them, 



the status of an. Hibbard, 



Spencer, Bartlett & Co. building, corner 

 Waliasii and Lake', is suggested for tho 

 show. 



. mpanies have united in 

 serving i Mors that 



ill bi no ' ' pii k up ' ' after six 

 p. in. Out of town buyers will I 

 itii e, and get the orders b 



time to get the boxes 

 packed b itoi •■ I hi last call of the wagons. 

 J. Mendel lias opened a store at 422 

 W. Eighteenth street. 



A new store at Fifty-first and Wood- 

 lawn has linen opened by a Floisehnuin 

 who has no connection with the State 

 street firm. 



The property at the corner of Madi- 

 son and Wabash, now occupied in part bv 

 derson Floral Co., has been leased 



to Otto Y< 



ng for a term of years at. 

 h makes it the most, valu- 

 I'abash avenue. A big office 

 be put up next summer, 

 inka, of the Chicago Car- 

 inas received word "of the 

 brother long thought to be 



nation Co 

 safety of 

 dead. 



George Reinberg reports a constantly 

 increasing demand for carnation plants. 



James Hartshorne rode the Elks' goat 

 at Joliet a couple of weeks ago, and 

 upon dismounting found a mere scratch 

 on his foot, but it kept him in bed for 

 a week with a touch of blood poisoning-. 



P. J. Foley is figuring on getting some 

 time to "mix" with the trade this win- 

 ter, for he has his brother, J. P. Folev, 

 here from Seattle to take charge of the 

 office end of the business. He is an old 

 Chicago newspaper man. 



B. E. Gage, of the Peterson Nursery, 

 is out after a two weeks' siege of the 

 grippe. 



Swain Nelson & Sons are building a 

 new greenhouse at their west shle nur- 

 sery. 



Visitors: Simon Dumser and Miss 

 Dumser, Elgin. 111.; T. L. Metcalfe, 

 Hopkinsville, Ky. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market, 



Cold weather arrived with a vengeance 

 during the past week, the temperature 

 dropping over 30 degrees in one night. 

 It was not quite cold enough for frost, 

 but there was a decided shortening in 

 stock. This was noticed in all lines, 

 but in asters the supply seemed to be cut 

 <en two days. The demand for 

 them, which had been very good right 

 along, did not diminish, so there was a 

 d.ml.d rush for what few were to be 

 had. The supply of American Beauties 

 also went down and the quality of the 

 stock was also affected. Brides are not 

 sufficient to fill orders. Maids are more 

 plentiful and some of them are very 

 good. Ivory also is good and the short- 

 stemmed ones sell well for funeral work. 



Carnations are coming better every day. 

 The floral world would be a sorry one 

 without this flower and its return after the 

 summer months meets a hearty reception. 

 Some blooms of Enchantress are very I 



g I and tin an is in. trouble in disposing 



of them. Many other varieties are show- 

 ing up well and soon will be up to the 



standard. Some cosmos is coming in 

 now and it sells well. The market is still 

 will supplied with green goods. 



Table Decorations. 



On September IT the contest for the 

 prizes oil ered I Festival Asso 



eiation for the best decorated table was 

 decided. This brought forth the finest 

 examples of the tlorists' art ill this kind 

 of work ever seen in this city. The ta- 

 bles w.ae truly beautiful, and the judges, 

 i t v ladies of tins eity, had all 



Id .I h ide which was the 



best. As everything on the table was 

 taken into consideration in judging, there 

 was some beautiful cut-glass, silver and 

 china shown. The table winning the first 

 prize of $200 was decorated by Eardesty 

 >S. I'... American P.oauty roses and valley 

 were the flowers used. The winner of the 

 second prize, $150, Julius Baer, showed 

 a table of very pretty design. Kaiseiin 

 roses and valley were the flowers used. 

 The green and white made a very pretty 

 effect, and the detail work was well done. 

 Miss Edith Kyrk and Charles Gardner 

 won the third prize of $100. Their table 

 was made up of plants only and was a 

 model in that class of table decorations. 

 The plants used were adiantums, pan- 

 danus, begonias and crotons, with favors 

 of valley. 



There were seven entries competing for 

 the prizes, and those who, according to 

 the judges, failed to win, still received 

 much praise from the public and their 

 exhibits were truly worthy of it. 



Notes. 



Jos. R. Goldman, who has been spend- 



ing the summer months in touring Cali- 

 fornia, is at home again. Tie is in much 

 letter health and was well pleased with 

 what he saw. 



Visitors during the past week, most of 



"1 i .nine to s. e Tin table decorations 



at the fall festival, i re. ] ouis Elsa--. ..f 

 Chillicothe, O. ; Geo. Wiegand, Indian- 

 apolis. 1 ml. : .Miss White. Lexington, K \ . ; 

 II. II. Witter. Dayton, O. ; Then. Bock, 

 Hamilton, O. < . J. Ohmek. 



PITTSBURG. 



The reports from different retailers in- 

 dicate that fall trade has opened up 

 quite satisfactorily and that the society 

 calendar shows many social affairs and 

 weddings for the next two months. This 

 looks very encouraging for a good sea- 

 son's business. Growers in this vicinity 

 say the stocks of roses, carnations and 

 Beauties were never so good. A suf- 

 ficient supply of carnations is now arriv- 

 ing; the color of the flowers is almost 

 perfect and the blooms are remarkably 

 good for so early. Most all the newer 

 sorts of carnations planted this season 

 are doing finely. Asters are no more 

 a glut and in about one more week they 

 will be done for this season. Gladioli are 

 still numerous and sell slowly. Some 

 dahlias are arriving but meet "with poor 

 sale. 



Various Notes. 



At the Pittsburg Rose & Carnation 

 Company's place at Bakerstown the 

 Beauties, Maids and Brides are looking 

 good and show promise of an abundant 

 crop in the near future. Some space is 



also devoted to that oldtime rose, Cusin. 

 With them last year this rose produced 

 huge cuts of first-class flowers. They are 

 growing the following varieties of carna- 

 tions: Boston Market, Queen Louise, 

 Flora Hill, Lawson, Hector, Nelson, 

 Joost, Goethe, Adonis, Lillian Pond, 

 M.nning Glory, Genevieve Lord, Enchan- 

 tress and Peru. This place is the largest 

 in this section and the best constructed. 

 They consign the cut to the Pittsburg 

 ( nt Flower ( 'ompany. 



The first chrysanthemums reached this 

 market September 17. Marquis de Mont- 

 iimrt was the variety, shipped by Henry 



Eiehholz, of Wu.Mle-bnro. 1". P.Ul'ki is 



now shipping the Cut Flower Company 



P.. L. Elliott, of Cheswick, is branch- 

 ing out as a dahlia grower. lie is cutting 



some g 1 blooms of this flower. 



Ernest Fisher has opened a flower 

 stand in the Pittsburg Market. 



Frank Faulk has started a new enter- 

 prise in the Allegheny Market. He is 

 manufacturing a very good red immortelle 

 bell. 



Breitenbaugh & Brother recently made 

 a floral freight car, six feet lung, two 

 feet wide and three feet high. The work 

 was well executed. 



Gustav & J. W. Ludwig are displaying 

 a very fine pink dahlia which they have 

 named Ludwigana. 



Henry Blind acted as "our host" last 

 Tuesday. The affair was a ' ' corn roast ' ' 

 and about thirty florists and their wives 

 enjoyed the fresh, sweet green corn. 



E. C. Ludwig entertained his friends at 

 his home September 17. The affair was 

 a stag card party and a most enjoyable 

 evening was spent. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams is on a bus 



trip to Boston. 



Recent visitors included J. W. Glenn, 

 Kittanning; T. Malbrony, Johnstown ; H. 

 G. Flemniing, Fairmount, W. Va.; Max 

 S.hreibor, McDonald; Edward Reid, 

 Philadelphia. Hoo-Hoo. 



THE INDIAN PIPE. 

 I forward herewith a plant I found 

 growing near Detroit, which no one can 

 identify. There were a number of clumps 

 in a damp, shady place, the stalks grow- 

 ing directly out of the ground. 



B. H. G. 



The plant forwarded is a fine specimen 

 of the Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora 

 L., the type of the fourth sub-order of 

 the Ericaceae, a singular little plant 

 which is always something of a pleasant 

 stir]. rise to the collecting botanist. Its 

 pure white color and graceful shape and 

 its waxy texture at once distinguish it 

 from the rest of nature 's handiwork. 

 The Indian pipe is a low, fleshy plant 

 which grows parasitica lly on the roots of 

 the trees under which it is found, in this 

 region mostly under lindens, in deep, 

 rich woods. The stems bear scales in- 

 stead of leaves, and spring from a dense 

 mass of gristly-looking, matted fibrous 

 rootlets. Each stem bears one pendant 

 flower turned to one side, making, with 

 the waxy stem, a pretty model of a tiny 

 calumet, or pipe of peace. This strange 

 plant has, besides, a host of popular 

 names. It is called American ice plant. 

 bird's nest, fit-plant, one flowered wax- 

 plant, corpse plant, etc. The Indian pipe, 

 being a root parasite, can hardly be 

 transplanted, and the chance of growing 

 it from seed is exceedingly small. 



John Higgins. 



