N'OVEMBKE 19, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1087 



The Market. 



With the weather cold, receipts have 

 shortened a little and trade has taken 

 some new life, but there is still an abun- 

 lance of stock for all requirements, with 

 I 'inspects for plenty for Thanksgiving. 

 The local retailers say it is remarkable 

 how trade has gone against roses. They 

 .say Beauty is the only thing wanted in 

 the rose line, and the reports at the whole- 

 sale houses bear out this statement, al- 

 though there is a good call for special- 

 ties, .such as choice l.ibil I \ , ( , hutona\ ami 

 Sunrise. 



There are and have been plenty of car- 

 nations of very fine grade. At no time 

 this season has there been any shortage 

 and it has generally been counted an ex- 

 ceptionally brisk day when the market is 

 sold clean. Of course, there is always 

 seme skirmishing to fill particular needs, 

 and cold weather may cut production. 

 Chrysanthemums are selling better now 

 and C. L. Washburn says it begins to 

 look as though it was cold weather, not 

 a flower show, which was needed to en- 

 liven business in this department. 



Violets are going well, prices, of course, 

 being according to quality and a good 

 twenty-five per cent below last year's av- 

 erage at this time. Valley is very plenti- 

 ful. A few Paper Whites are coming in. 

 All green goods are plentiful. 



The Greek Trade. 



Some of the down town retailers are 

 said to be wondering if there is any 

 connection between the fact that their 

 trade is no greater than a year ago, 

 if it is even up to that, and the absence 

 of the sidewalk merchants from the 

 streets. One of those who fought them 

 hardest is quoted as saying that he has 

 about concluded the street salesmen were 

 good advertising for the trade, it being 

 something like a case of "out of sight 

 out of mind" with flowers. Moreover, 

 as most of the Greeks have rented stores, 

 they are now doing business in direct 

 competition with the retailers, handling 

 good stock at close prices. Some of the 

 boys who were driven off the curb have 

 located in other cities, with a buyer here 

 who picks up the job lots and ships them 

 out, greatly to the disadvantage of the 

 wholesale trade, for doubtless there is 

 not a wholesale house which has not 

 heard from one or more good customers 

 who were incensed because of this new 

 form of cheap competition. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists ' Club will hold its annual 

 ball at the drill hall in the Masonic Tem- 

 ple on the evening of December 2. A 

 large attendance seems assured. The 

 club held its second November meeting 

 last night. 



0. J. Friedman had a big wedding or- 

 der for Tuesday, for the nuptials of the 

 daughter of Otto Young. 



Next Tuesday John Mangel will go to 

 La Porte, Ind., to decorate for the Tav- 

 lor wedding. The caterer and decorator 

 will go down with a special car. 



E. C. Amling says he could supply 

 3,000 strings of asparagus on notice suf- 

 ficient to cut the stock. He says the 

 sale for this has increased greatly, but 

 not so fast as the supply. Bunches of 

 plumosus are selling very well. 



George Eeinberg is getting in a big 

 cut just right for Thanksgiving. 



Kennicott Bros, are getting violets 

 from a Wisconsin grower that are easily 

 the best coming to town, and the grower 



maintains this quality year after year. 



Sinner Bros, are beginning to cut 

 sweet peas. They have boxed up about 

 70,000 Dutch bulbs and Paper Whites. 

 The latter will be in in a few days. 



E. II. Hunt reports a big business on 

 wild smilax. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has given the 

 name "Perfect Shape" to the wire work 

 they turn out. 



Visitors: Fred Dorner, Jr., Lafay- 

 ette; A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis; Geo. 

 L. Stiles, Oklohoma; E. S. Thompson, 

 South Haven. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



A Progressive Concern. 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. has added 

 a new carnation range of 10,000 feet 

 during the past season and an additional 

 50,000 feet is projected for next year. 

 This place, consisting of 100,000 square 

 feet, is the most extensive in the state. 

 Twenty thousand roses are planted this 

 season. Mr. Monson claims own root 

 stock will produce more good blossoms 

 during the season than grafted stock. 

 Grafted stock is stronger and produces 

 larger and better roses earlier in the sea- 

 son but this is offset by the larger crop 

 from own root stock at the holidays and 

 during the winter when roses are more 

 in demand. All the standard roses are 

 grown and two or three good seedlings 

 from France are very promising, espe- 

 cially for summer bloom. 



In the new range erected the past 

 summer he has 10,000 carnations, good 

 strong plants, just now in crop. The 

 leading varieties here are Enchantress, 

 Lawson, Queen Louise, Mrs. Nelson, 

 Crane, Bradt, Prosperity, Apollo, Mrs. 

 Joost and White Cloud. 



In the line of violets Mr. Monson has 

 been particularly successful. Last season 

 from two benches of about 2,700 plants 

 he picked 285,000 blossoms, which netted 

 him upwards of $3,000. I don't know 

 whether this would be considered a big 

 crop among the Eastern growers, but in 

 .Minnesota it is the record. This season 

 two houses are planted to violets, with 

 about 5,500 plants, and they are looking 

 better than they did a year ago. 



A full lino of 'mums is grown, some 

 very fine blooms and plants being noted. 

 Bedding plants are also grown, as well 

 as a large stock of palms, ferns, etc. 

 Nearly 500,000 bulbs are planted for 

 early forcing. 



Notwithstanding the immense output 

 of this place, Mr. Monson is obliged to 



He has lately taken 

 n Northrup, King & 

 here he does a thriv- 



x. y. z. 



INDEPENDENCE, IA. 



The home of Florist Bland, of the 

 State Hospital here, was recently the 

 scene of one of the prettiest weddings 

 of the season, the occasion being thi 

 marriage of his oldest daughter, Emily, 

 to Archer Henderson. The house was 

 tastefully decorated, the bride and 

 groom standing in a bower of palms, 

 while roses and carnations were used 

 in profuson in the other rooms. 



A visit to the greenhouses showed 

 improvements still being made. A new 

 palm house. 35x25, is near completion, 

 being Lord & Bnrnham 's iron frame 

 construction. In the other houses the 



stock was much crowded awaiting the 

 room which the new house will provide. 



Among other things are some magnifi- 

 cent plants of Adiantum cuneatum and 

 grandiceps, also Areca luteseens and the 

 kentias in tubs were very fine. Owing 

 to crowding rendered unavoidable by 

 late building, chrysanthemums had lost 

 some foliage, yet grand blooms were 

 fast maturing. Roses and carnations 

 looked fine. The grounds and planta- 

 tions all show skillful care. 



A brief visit to Florist Bissell found 

 him bright and active for a man of 

 his years. lie enjoys a good local 

 trade and has a neat little plant of 

 about 3,000 feet of glass. His roses 

 were not quite so good as usual, but in 

 carnations he would be hard to beat, 

 every variety being in the best of con- 

 dition, while his Lawsons were the fin- 

 est I have ever seen. A nice batch of 

 mums in a cool house was promising 

 good returns later, while in a dwarf 

 late chrysanthemum he has something 

 he is not talking about, but is awaiting 

 it to show its true character. Some nice 

 plants of Nephrolepis Piersoni and Bos- 

 toniensis were also to be seen. H. S. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 

 C. D. Beadle, Biltmore Nursery, Bilt- 

 more, N. C, submits for registration the 

 following named seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums and announcement thereof is hereby 

 made in accordance with the rules of the 

 society. The description given in each 

 instance is based upon plants grown to 

 single flower in benches. 



Miss Blrnie-Philtp (Mrs. H. Robinson X Ad- 

 vance). Flowers ten to twelve inches in dirm- 

 eter, of the Japanese incurved type, borne on 

 stmng. stiff stems six to seven feet till; color 

 white with delicate shading of rosi-pink it the 

 base of the very numerous rays, the longest 

 of which arc live U< six inches l"Ug ami nestle 

 tubular from ..no t" two-thirds of their lcrgth. 

 tic- uj'1'cr or liiallate pirti.ui cue ijiuirtcr to one- 

 half inch wide, niestlv plaited and sor.:t ti-ies 

 cleft or toothed; foliage gradually diniaikliing 

 in size (rem far down The -tern; leaves large, 

 lively rich green, produced t<: within a few 



>re complete maturity; 

 ashing in size upwards: 

 deep green, produced to 

 hes of the flower, 

 liginbotham X Mrs. II. 

 ?n to twelve Inches in 

 lese incurved type, pro- 



Flowe 



if the [i 



stiff an 



t hiding 

 X Mrs. 





foliage produced almost a- the Howe.-; leaves 



Rose Sir Thomas Lipton, presented for 

 registration by the Conard & Jones Com- 

 pany. West Grove. Pa., on October 17, 

 1903, has been duly registered. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Sec. 



