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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Very large quantities of stock are 



■ oved daily, bnl the market lacks 



i which i! was hoped the frosty 



"rather would give ami the low grade's 



are affording a good deal of trouble. 



Supplies are adequate all along the line, 

 the ruts of BesTaties even being equal to 

 rad. There arc plentj of Brides 

 ami Mai. Is. although not too many extra 

 select, ami Tucs.kn I .cyan t • . see another 

 accumulation, almost before lasl week 's 

 beer worked off or dumped. 

 ' hatenaj and Sunrise are abundant and 

 good. Meteor is plentiful, but mostly 

 bull-headed, but Liberty is in good shape 

 and very plentiful, especially short- 

 stemmed. 



Carnations are very good indeed and 

 there are em. ugh for all needs. Chrys- 

 anthemums are not coming in so heavily 

 as a few days ago but there are still 

 more than ean be moved at -ati-la.ti.i \ 

 figures. It is undoubted that the re- 

 turns on 'mums this season are less than 

 ever before in this market and Flint 

 Kennieott says he thinks it is largely 

 accounted for by the failure to hold a 

 flower show to awaken public interest in 

 the queen of autumn. Violets, valley 

 and all the miscellaneous items of stock 

 are abundant, including green goods. 



Partnership Dissolved. 

 Peter Reinberg and Peter Weiland 

 have dissolved partnership in the busi- 

 ness at New Castle, Ind., and papers 

 have been signed which will put the lat- 

 ter in full possession of the plant July 

 1, 1904. In the meantime each will op- 

 erate one-half of the establishment, 

 which consists of ten houses 300 feet 

 long, a total of iMI.OIKI feet of glass, half 

 of which is devoted to Beauties and the 

 whole place in very good shape. Air. 

 Weiland will send his cut to E. C. Am- 

 ling. 



Various Notes. 



On Sunday afternoon fire destroyed 

 three greenhouses, several buildings and 

 a tract of four square blocks of nurs- 

 ery stock at G ia. eland cemetery, the loss 



I rank i.arland cut taper White nar- 

 cissi ..n X.ivembei In. He has Harrisii 

 a foot high and 15,000 bulbs potted up. 

 He is forcing 112,000 Dutch bulbs and 

 about 75,000 Paper Whites. 



L. Coatsworth is visiting at his old 

 home in Canada and enjoying a little 

 good shooting. 



Louis Gresenz, of Basseti & Wash- 



stock there. All the Beauties are good 

 ■ in I I'.eiitliev's tea roses something out 



..t tl r.linaiy. 



Mr*. \. I'. Kohlbrand underwent a sur- 

 gical operation at the West Side hospital 

 November 4. ami is now recuperating 



ir Reinberg i- at Effingham, III., 

 ■ Cor trissionei u innigan, for 



. Katherine Muno. the oldest resi- 

 )f Rogers Park, died November 8, 

 il years. She was an aunt of John 



nar Teilmann is sending in some 

 fine blooms of Lavender Queen 



There are very good showings of 

 chrysanthemums at all the parks. 



I i.m 't forget the ll..wer show at the 

 Atlas block next Tuesday and the supper 

 to follow. Bverj man ill the trade 



should be there. 



\ isitors: II. W. Buckbee, Rockford 



HI.: A. C. Heal. I'll..,,,;,. 111.; E. J. 



Finney, Goshen, 1ml. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 

 There is an awful glut of stuff in the 

 market, with only fair business. < lux 

 santhemnms are much overdone also 

 Beauties; in fact, all roses. Last week 

 ended badly. Saturday brought a brisk 

 demand for erimson and red and blue 

 flowers for the Lie football garni . II. II. 

 Battles was especially busy for this' oc- 

 casion. A temporary rush of insanity, 

 it was aptly styled. Gimbel Bros., con- 

 tinuing their show this week, helped 

 matters somewhat. This firm, by the 

 way, claims that over lno.iinn people 

 saw thtir slum last Saturday. The fu- 

 neral of Wm. L. Klkins on Tuesday, 

 caused considerable demand for choice 

 Ivory chrysanthemums, valley, etc. The 

 Pennsylvania Society 's annual fall shov, 

 had a good effect on the demand for the 

 queen of autumn. 



Notes. 



It is my melancholy duty to take a 

 cipher off the very fine chrysanthemum 

 order mentioned last week.' It should 

 have read 1,600. Now, lovelv proof- 

 reader, it may be nothing to you to 

 demurely add a naught to my figures 

 but pray forbear or the town will be too 

 hot for Phil. 



Carl Jurgens, Jr., Newport, R. I., was 

 in this city last month. This firm ships 

 great quantities of valley and late, ,,, i he 

 season many varieties of bulbous flow- 

 ers to Leo Niessen. 



John C. Gracey held an opening on 

 Friday of last week at his new store, 

 2034 Columbia avenue. The store is *-» 

 of the finest in the city, affording ample 

 opportunity for display. Many visitors 

 crowded the place and all received sou- 

 venirs. 



Charles H. Fox will open a new store 

 ar Broad and Sansom streets, it is un- 

 derstood, on Monday next. 



Wm. J. Young, Jr., has turned the 

 end of a greenhouse adjoining his office, 

 into a tastefully arranged conservatory, 

 filled with palms, ferns and flowering 

 plants. It should prove an object les- 

 son to his customers. 



The Germantown Horticultural Society 

 held its Xuvemb, r , ■!,„.. last Monda'v 



gave an interesting talk on an amateur's 

 observations of the season. 



The Henry A. Drcer Co. has fnt out 

 an immense quantity of its new golden 

 pandanns. So well has this variety been 

 propagated that they are still offering 

 some of each size. 



Robert Crawford, Jr.. is at his post 

 bright and smiling. showing xisit.us 

 about his beautiful store. 



The Florists' Club held a joyous smok- 

 er last Wednesday and many visitors 

 were present. By the way, I am in- 

 formed that plan of prepaying was not 

 passed last week, but will' be voted on 

 next month. 



Henry F. Miehell Co. has good ex- 

 hibits at all the local shows this week. 



Joseph Heacock has a fine lot of 10- 



inch areeas on his palm factory at Wvn- 

 eote. 



The Philadelphia Carnation Co. is 

 sending in some nice blooms of Enchan- 

 tress and other fancy carnations. Their 

 large mushroom plant is expected to be 

 in crop early next month. 



Edwin Lonsdale has been over in New 

 V..rk this week judging the chrysanthe- 

 mum society's show there. 



The Flower Market. 



The full 



tg letter sent by President 

 lleac.ck to the stockholders of the Mar- 

 ket ,- self explanatory. The account 

 given last week was based on the opinion 

 for which the special meeting was called 

 and it was believed would be accepted by 

 the present management: 



At a spe.-i.-it meeting ..I' ttie stockholders of 

 tile I'lal.,.l.l|.,e.i \\i„.l.-:il, IImu.i- Market, held 



tellers reported that there wen- .".07 shares 

 v..,e.l in favor of this amendment, and 611 

 shares voted against the amendment. The 

 president decided tl,.- amendment carried. 



This notice is sent in pursuance of section I. 

 icle VIII. which says, "A copy of 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The cut flower business last week was 

 fairly good, but not brisk enough to use 

 up the supply of stock. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are very numerous and of course 

 they are the leading feature in the 

 market just now. First-class blooms 

 ean be bought at $8 per hundred, a 

 few blooms of fancy grade bring $3 

 per dozen, but they are choice. Weak- 

 necked stock has no value at all and 

 is a drug on the market. A less number 

 of pink chrysanthemums are grown in 

 this vicinity this season, for what rea- 

 son I am unable to state, but I am in- 

 formed there is a demand for more than 



the suppU . 



American Beauties are more than 

 abundant and hard to move at fair 

 prices. Specials and extra grades are 

 the best sellers. Medium and short- 

 stemmed are sold as low as $2 per hun- 

 dred. In tea roses there was no selling 

 pressure, ami at the same time no aggres- 

 sive buying; specials and extras find 

 r.a.h sale, but first and seconds are a 

 glut. tarnations of the fancy sort, are 

 more plentiful and are offered at $2 

 per hundred. Some fancy Lawsons 

 brought if?.. Violets continue plentiful 

 a,,. I lim I a light demand. 



Various Notes. 



Geddis & Blind Brothers, Ltd., opened 

 up for business last week. 



E. I . Ludwig made up a large "gates 

 ajar" from mmortelles and artificial 

 flowers, nhi. h was shipped to Scotland. 



Randolph & McClements are keeping a 

 number of men busy out doors, planting 



Patrick Maier. who succeeded Charles 

 Koenig, is busy planting bulbs for 

 forcing. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. is dis- 



