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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



i i. Mir. i: I'll, l'.iOS. 



and beautiful varieties 

 ■ • u a 11. over" foi sevei 



mperot pi 



then thai 



The Market. 



The hoi-c show tin - given an impetus 



trade this week, violets and or- 



est 1 eni fit, bu1 all 



along the line condition-, l;:i \ ■ ■ improved 



more or less. I 'erhaps 1 tie 1 rosty weather 



1 as much to do with the change 



as any other factor, for there is a 1 



which was lacking as long as the outdoor 

 sleek was in the market, lit eourse the 

 eee] weather lias served to reduce cuts a 

 little. 



Fhere bi 1 supplies oJ Beaui les, 



but all grades are moving according to 

 their deserts. Good Brides and .Maids 

 are not plentiful, but qualities should 



has been abundant for several weeks. 



The l.ulk of thi stoi k mot es at from 

 $1.50 to $2 a dozen. Violets are improv- 



qua litj I g i i>n. es have been 



realized for first-class stock, but poor 

 bunches "ill not sell at all and pull down 

 the averages badly. Valley is plentiful. 

 Asparagus and smilax are in large supply. 



Various Notes. 



There has been a gTeat call for orchids 

 this week. E. C. Amling had 200 fine 

 ■ at t bo as t'r.iru an eastei n ^ i ewer and ran 

 short. 



Wietor Urns, are preparing to go into 

 the rutting and plant business more 

 heavily than 1 ver before 



Peter Eeiuberg is at Fox Lake this 

 week, shouting. 



.Mrs. George B. Scott is recovering from 

 a severe illness with bronchitis. 



The E. P. Winterson Co. has been busy 

 this week with a big line of low-priced 

 glass \ asi s. 



Crabb & Hunter. ,.f Grand bapids. haw 

 taken a stand in the Exchange. Miss 

 Muffikei is Ln 1 barge. 



returned foi a three weeks' trip to New 



W. I.. 1'nlinsky has Ins place in very 



good shape, all the bouses but one having 

 bi en rebuilt this season. 



Jas. Ilartshorne has been ou the sick 

 list for a few days. 



Leonard Kill had a birthday i tver- 



■ 1 tohei -Jt and 1 a 

 :i \ erj fine emblemat ic K. of C. ring. 



The South Parks are planting 50,0 

 bnll.s tins week. 



The dailj papers report that twice 



within two weeks attempts bavi I 



made to bum th. -j 1 • • ■ 1 . S -• ■ of John 



Jensen, 7506 Euclid ai enui 



John Pehrson, of Wittbold's E . 



w-ent to Ni -H Fori a few days ago to 



mert t lie girl of ins 1 1 :e on her arrival 



in this country. They wen- married in 

 New York. 



Percj Jones Ls salesman for W. S. Gar- 

 land. 



Sinner Urns, report $1.50 for violets 

 Octobei '7 



Paul Kopanka is now foreman i-n the 

 ' hieago Carnation Co., at Joliet. 



Visitors: Philip Breitmeyer and .T. P. 

 Sullivan. Detroit; Fred ]>orner, Jr., La- 

 fayette, Ind.; Fred. H. Lemon. Rich- 

 mond. I ml.: C. W. Johnson, Eockford, 

 III.: Otto Speidel, Oconomowoc, Wis. : 

 W. A. Ilartman. South Haven, Mich.; B. 

 Juerjens, Peoria. 111.; Geo. P. Crabb, 

 Grain! Rapids, Mich.; E. X. Kring. Fair- 

 burv. 111.; H. W. P. Goetz. Saginaw. 

 Mich.; Chas. Milhahn, Dolton, 111. 



to go 



ier 1 is All Saints' day and the 

 n- shipments promise to be very 

 many large orders are booked 

 Friday. 



Mrs. P. E. Hills is at home from thi 

 hospital and convalescing rapidly after 

 her operation for appendicitis. 



The bowlers will meet at P. J. Ilaus- 

 wirth's tonight for their annual election 

 of officers. 



George Eeinberg on October 26 began 

 propagating for the season of 1904. 



Weiland & Eisch have a pink sport of 

 Timothy Eaton of which they expeel 

 great things. In about ten days they will 

 .nt tins variety in three colors — white, 

 yellow and pink. 



George Piepgras is again on duty at 

 Benthey's, after two months in the hos- 

 pital. 



Burglars visited the home of Mrs. Pie 

 ser, mother of the Pieser brothers, of 

 Kenniintt 's. last Sunday night and made 

 way with all the solid silver. 



Major Bonnaffon has made its appear- 

 ance at Poehlmann's. 



J. A. Budlong has been cutting Timo- 

 thy Eaton in good shape for several days. 



N. J. Eupp, of the Moninger ' 



GARDENING SKg 



sibees, fancy hothouse, an quoted 

 it 1 Ibicago at from 50 to 75 cents per 



dozen. 



Ni.« Castle, Ind. Cal. Osborn, who 

 has a fruit farm of five acres, has 

 bought the E. Johnson greenhouse and 

 will remove it to his property, to be usi 1 

 for forcing vegetables. 



CUCUMBERS. 



-1. i. table trouble is sometimes ex- 

 perienced in starting the seeds of cu- 

 . umbeis, especially during the short, 

 dull days, through their damping off 

 just after germination has taken place. 

 B careful planting the danger of this 

 trouble may be considerably lessened. 

 By a little si adj ... I hi seed it will be 

 seen that the embryo breaks through 

 the shell at the pointed or thin end. the 

 root being first emitted. When 

 seeds are carelessly sown the 

 little plant just after germina- 

 tion, is often so awkwardly 

 placed that it is unable to extricate 

 itself and succumbs in the attempt. 

 But if the seeds are planted so that the 

 ro.n and top are free to take their nat- 

 ural course without a n \ handicap, the 

 danger of their dying off is considera- 

 bly lessened. 



A light, sandy compost should be 



used. The s Is planted singly in small 



pots, and the pots plunged in a bed 

 with a good bottom heat. The soil 

 should be kept moist, but not ..ver wet, 

 and the atmosphere kept rather close 

 until the seeds have started, but as 

 soon as they are well up, removal to 

 lighter and airier quarters w il] prevent 

 their becoming drawn. Shade from 

 strong sunlight will be beneficial for a 

 few days, until the plants gain strength 



to enable them to stand without wilt- 

 ing. The temperature at which we 

 have found cucumbers to succeed best 

 is 65 degrees by night, with a rise of 

 15 degrees by day. 



The most troublesome insect enemy is 

 red spider and frequent syringings are 

 necessary to keep this in check, but 

 care should bo taken not to use too 

 much force, as the foliage is soft and 

 . asilj lacerated. Both green and black 

 fly sometimes put in their appearance, 

 but if tobacco stems are kept around 

 and changed occasionally when they be- 

 gin to lose strength, there should not 

 be much trouble from this source. 

 Smoking should never be resorted to if 

 it can possible be avoided, as it is al- 



-1 sure to result in damage to the 



foliage. W. S. Croydon. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Nicotiana Sandebae.— One of the 

 most strikingly beautiful plants of the 

 year was raised by .Messrs. Sander & 

 Sons, of St. Albans, and exhibited by 

 them at the Temple and elsewhere. N. 

 attinis. with its fragrant white flowers, 

 is a universal favorite. Less well known 

 is a Brazilian species, X. Korgetiana. 

 which bears numerous red flowers. By 

 crossing the two Messrs. Sander obtained 

 a plant of bushy habit, with bold oblong 

 leaves tapering at the base, and a loose- 

 ly-branehed inflorescence bearing a pro- 



— F or some 

 tendency in 

 e extent to 

 carried, as 

 ) flowers or 

 he occasion 



elsewhere, to request t 

 wreaths should I.,- sen 

 of a death. As this custom becomes more 

 popular it will entail considerable loss on 

 the florist-. A member of the Societe 

 Xatb.nale d 'Horticulture who lately died 

 left a request that no Bowers should be 

 sent, and as if to compensate for the loss 

 to trade bequeathed a thousand francs 

 to the society above named. 



Victoria rkoja. — F. W. Moore, Eoyal 

 Botanic Gardens. Glasnevin, Dublin. 

 writes: "Two large and fully developed 

 flower buds on the plant of Victoria 

 regia in this garden opened simultan- 



sly. and remained open during the 



oighl and also during the following day. 

 One leaf only was developed with these 

 buds, which were on opposite sides of the 

 plant. This is a unique experience in my 

 cultivation of this glorious aquatic, ex- 

 tending now over many years. I have 

 ] previously only seen one flower open, al- 

 though a strong bud has frequently been 

 above the water while it was in flower, 

 but this bud would not opi n for two days 

 after the open flower had withered. Cul- 

 tivators of the victoria will also know- 

 that with each flower a new leaf appears, 

 these young leaves having frequently to 

 be cut .nit to prevent overcrowding." 



Nevada. Mo. — Trade is very good for 

 the time of year. We have no killing 

 frost as yet, so dowers are still blooming 



oiitd s. J. W. Primmer, who has leased 



the Weltmer greenhouses, reports demand 

 greater than supply. He has a very fine 

 house of Asparagus plumosus that is 

 setting seed nicely. Conditions here seem 



to be very g I for growing asparagus 



seed, as .me heavy crop from these plant» 

 h.i already been marketed. 



