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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



795 



in this week. There are 53,000 of all 



sizes, an increase over last season. 



Bowling. 



The following very interesting account 

 and BCore of the match played on the 

 boms alleys last week shows a spirited 

 contest from start to finish. The names-, 

 Wholesaler and Retailer, gave waj to 

 those of Grower and Dealer. 



The first games of the series between 

 the Growers and Dealers, as expected, 

 proved close and exciting. The first 

 game went to the former, with a margin 

 of twenty-seven pins. In the second 

 game the Dealers braced up and won by 

 forty-seven pins, leaving them in tin- 

 lead by twenty. The third game proved 

 equally exciting until tin- finish, when the 

 Growers showed their superiority by win 

 ning the contest by eighty pins. Second 

 meeting October 9. Following are the 

 scores : 



Growers 1st. ■_',!. ::,l T'l. 



rates ...... 194 156 I. "is jss 



VWstcott' 

 Totals 



Dealers. 

 Kift ..... 

 Gibson 



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I"he Market, 



Since a week ago supplies have in- 

 creased all along the line and qualities 

 have improved, but there is warm 

 weather all around us, north, west and 

 south, and it looks as if we shall have 

 a fen warm days to take the crispness 

 out of the roses and till the markel with 

 soft stork. Trade is fair bu1 it is largely 

 out-of-town demand and somewhat er- 

 ratic. 



Beauties are in large supply, but the 

 .-all t..t them has improved with the 

 quality, and several times lute orders 

 could not l"- filled. Brides and Maids, 



are showing g I length of si, on. and 



with autumn weather would s i supply 



all that could In- asked for quality. 

 Meteors seem to not have developed so 

 rapidly, and are still small and short. 

 Liberty is doing better. Chatenay and 

 Sunrise are plentiful and good. A low 

 good Kaisorin are still scon. There are 

 plenty of carnations, all the way from 

 very poor to remarkably good. I'no- 

 are fair on good stock, for the demand is 

 such that the best material goes quickly, 

 and it is frequently impossible to fill 

 late orders for special colors. Violets 

 are better and very good chrysanthe- 

 mums are seen in liberal quantity, rather 

 earlier than usual this year. Dahlias are 

 more numerous than ever before in this 

 market, and selling pretty well the last 

 week or two. It looks as though the 

 supply of greens this year will break all 

 records. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Fred Hills was taken suddenly 



ill with appendicitis last Friday night, 



and on Saturday was operated on at the 



critical period, and is thought to be 

 well on the road to recovery. 



Brant & Noe are now selling their cut 

 at the Growers' market. Mr. Brant tak- 

 ing personal charge. 



Miss Justine Evert, daughter of Matt 

 Evert, was married yesterday to John 

 Hoesen. a lu'osnerous young contractor. 



The Hilmers' greenhouses at Blue Isl- 

 and have been leased by Fisher & Poppe. 

 Frank Fisher has been with James 

 Hartshorne for some years, and Carl 

 Poppe is an expert pla ntsinan, having 

 the west side parks for years. 



Konnieott Bros. Co. 

 class dahlias from E. 

 South Haven, Mich. 



John Muno returnei 



ve s tirst 



Thompson, of 



Matt Evert were with him. but retur I 



a few days before. i)n the way home 

 Mr. Muno passed through St. Charles, 

 Minn., a few hours after the bio cycl 



.1 1 ill ii Storrett is now with W'eiland \ 

 Risch, who are beginning to cut heavily 

 from their new range. They are also 

 getting in a big cut of green goods. 



The first regular meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club, for this season, was 

 called for last evening, at Handel Hall. 

 The election of officers will be held Oc 

 tober 21. 



August Jurgens has finished putting a 

 new roof on his valley lions,, and is now 



marketing some particularly g I -t,„[. 



easily bringing 5 i ents. 



They have some very fine plants of 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine at Lincoln 

 park, also some good , hrysanthemums. 



Bert Budlong is putting in his span- 

 time acquiring the management of a 

 steam automobile purchased hist week. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is cutting chry- 

 santhemums in quantity. fclondaj How 

 had 500 in. 



Visitor: Victor Thomas, Augusta, I j 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



The trade in this city is anxioi 



n ait ing for a killing frost to get rid 

 outdoor flowers, to make trade pick 

 again as it should by this time. 

 very early chrysanthemums are growr 

 this vicinity, as past experience 

 proven that there is no sale for them 

 until real fall weather sets in and we 

 cannot depend on that until the middle 



of i tetobei i r lati i . The first - are 



ready to cut and these will soon bo fol- 

 lowed up by the early midseason varie- 

 ties, etc. the varieties ready now are 

 Mrs. George Kalb, Willowbrook and 

 Monrovia. Lady Fitzwygram has lost 

 favor here and is not grown any more. 

 Carnations are improving rapidly and 

 as soon as cool weather sets in then will 

 be line blooms in quantity. John 

 Hartje's Moonlight and Baur o: Smith's 

 Indianapolis are both in grand -Impound 

 both an- worth going to see. Hoses are 

 good on some places and poor on others. 

 There is much mildew- around. 



Notes. 



We are to have a (lower show again 

 this fall and indications point toward a 

 great show. \b,,ut $2,000 is to be di- 

 vided up in premiums and some very 

 liberal ones are offered. Ours is to be 

 about the only large show in this part 

 of the country and there should be plenty 

 of competition to make things lively. 

 Tli, more the merrier, you know. The 

 premium list has been revised and is 

 ready for distribution. Drop I. Berter- 

 niann a postal and he will send you one. 



Sidney Smith, of the firm of Baur & 

 Smith, has returned from a three weeks' 

 trip to Texas, his former home. He 



says Indianapolis is good enough for 

 him, both the carnation and the town. 

 I harlej Wheatcraft also took a run into 

 the sunny south, visiting relatives down 

 in Georgia. 



The coal situation promises to be as 

 interesting to some of our boys this win- 

 ter as it was last. Those who pushed 

 the coal company early have their sup- 

 plies, but those who allowed them to 

 choose their own time for delivery are 

 now beginning to feel uneasy. Some 

 have a few tons, while others have none, 

 and winter almost here. The railroads 

 are already unable to transport the coal 

 fast enough, and what will it be when 

 actual freezing weather sets in? "With 

 -I much to lose in a single night without 

 coal, surely the florist should make 

 doubly sure of his fuel supply early in 

 the summer by getting it into his place. 

 A. B. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 The Market 

 Cloudy weather has been the rule for 

 the past, week and indoor flowers have 

 not been plentiful. Carnations are off 

 crop with most of the growers at pres- 

 ent, as everyone is in the midst of re- 

 planting. Outside 'mums are not yet 

 offered in quantity, but the prospects are 

 for a very bountiful crop. Roses are 

 really scarce and cannot be had in quan- 

 titj at oiu price. A few fair Brides and 

 Maids are seen, also some Testout and 



business is beoinnino ugain and bids 



fair to continue ". I foi so time to 



come. We have had a few o,„,,| wedding 



funerals have boon frequent enough to 

 give all the retailers a. slice of business. 

 Outside flowers are beginning to get 



shabby and we. cannot count on much of 

 anything else in that line except chrys- 

 anthemums. Smilax is to be had any- 

 where and is of good quality. Maiden- 

 hair fern is getting somewhat scarce. 



Valley is g I and in demand. Japanese 



lilies are about over. [ndoor chrysan- 

 themums bring from $1.50 to $2 per 

 dozen for Ivory. Pacific and Louise 

 Sievers are in their glory at present. 



Notes. 



F. Felicano says business is much bet- 

 ter than at this time last year. His 

 show windows are one of the sights of 

 the city. 



J. P. Meyer, of Burlingame, is at 

 present in the midst of his rose planting 



and he 

 He has secured a 

 stock and as lus 

 to date he will ui 

 harvest later on. 



fill about 



quantity of fine 



idly have a good 

 G. 



New Haven, Conn.— Alfred Oster- 



mann has started in the retail florist 

 business. The season has been even bet- 

 ter than seemed possible. Chrysanthe- 

 mums will follow our asters and be fine. 

 No frost to do serious damage yet. 

 Hoses coming on good, carnations back- 

 ward but promising, violets fair. 



Adams, Mass.— T. D. Brown has 

 housed a fine lot of carnations in 

 spite of the \i-ry poor season we have had. 

 lie is growing more roses and chrysanthe- 

 mums than in past seasons. Funeral work 

 is about all the business done just at 

 present. Mr. Brown has secured four fine 

 lots upon which he intends to increase 

 his plant in the future. 



