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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 1G. 1897 



weather put a damper on us. However, 

 it is safe to sav that the preseut season 

 will prove sati'sf acton.-; this seems to be 

 the a;eneral opinion about town. 



Resume ot the Flower Market. 

 Prices are advancing, and it might be 

 said that the advance is so steady that we 

 see the upward move every day, hence to 

 quote prices toda\- would lie misleading. 

 The growers are having their inning now, 

 bith the plantsmen as well as the cut 

 llower growers. Plants play an exten- 

 sive part in the holidav trade in this city, 

 and, it is evident that the sale of decora- 

 live and flowering plants increases each 

 year. On everv hand the florists are 

 preparing for th'e coming rush, and all 

 the spare lime is devoted to fixing up, 

 Iireparing the dried work, and innumera- 

 ble other et ceteras. 



Christmas Greens. 

 At this season we come face to face 

 with the Christmas greens man. This class 

 of merchants hail from the lower counties 

 of New Jersey. They come to town 

 in greater numbers just before Christmas, 

 than at any other time of the year, and 

 each and everv one offers the same line. 

 It is well for the city florist that we have 

 a contingency of this kind, as they bring 

 to our doors the rough goods that have 

 become indispensable to the retail dealer, 

 especially those whose trade in large 

 decorations form an important branch of 

 their business. When we consider the 

 vast quantity of this material used, it 

 appears enormous. Take the trade in 

 Christmas trees alone, and imagine the 

 nuiuber used. It is reported on reliable 

 authority, that at this writing, there has 

 been received at one of the railroad ter- 

 minals in this city 165 carloads of Christ- 

 mas trees, which come from the forests of 

 Maine and New Hampshire. This is only 

 the shipment over one road. What will 

 1)e the numlier when the entire output is 

 on hand? 



Sickness in the Trade. 

 Mr. Thomas Cartledge, who has been 

 under the doctor's care for some weeks, 

 is on the improve. When seen in the 

 city this week he .showed marked signs 

 of convalescence; may it continue. 



Mr. Robert Craig, \vho is still confined 

 to the house with typhoid, is on the road 

 to recoverv. 



Mr. Edwin A. Sidewitz, of Baltimore 

 and Annapolis was with us this week. 



The appearance of the Florists' Re- 

 view, which came to hand this week, 

 was complimented on every side, for its 

 valuable contents and artistic makeup. 

 It has a bright prospect before it. F. 



CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club the amendment to the con- 

 stitution which will make it possible for 

 former members who have been dropped 

 for non payment of dues to come in again 

 on the same basis as new members, was 

 adopted. It is hoped that this will bring 

 into the club a lot of former members 

 who allowed themselves to drop out at 

 that period in the club's history when it 



was so unfortunate as to have financial 

 secretaries that did not attend to their 

 duties; during this period the dues of the 

 members accumulated to such an extent 

 that the amount seemed too large to 

 liquidate. 



A committee, consisting of Messrs. f. 

 J Hauswirth, E. Wienhoeber. G. Stol- 

 lerv James Hart.shonie, and J. S. Wilson 

 was appointed to act with the officers of 

 the American Carnation Society m pre- 

 paring for the annual convention of lliat 

 bodv in this citv next February. The 

 conuuittee was instructed to mvite all 

 the prominent members of the trade m 

 this city to act with them ill the matter. 

 Ten new members were added to the roll, 

 asfollows; John Uegnan, Lloyd Vaughari, 

 I C Mulder, John Cook, Robert Lund- 

 strum, Anton Then, Fred. Hills, Henry 

 Hilmers, E. F. Winterson, and William 

 Martin. 



The special order of the evening w;as 

 the discussion of "Fumigation versus Va- 

 porizing. ' ' The discussion was opened by 

 iMr. Edgar Sanders, who had with him a 

 sample of tobacco paper, manufactured 

 by the Skabcura Dip Co., of this city. It 

 w'as a paper which had been saturated in 

 a form ot nicotine which the manufactur- 

 ers thought would, when perfected, take 

 the place of all other forms of tobacco in- 

 .secticides in the greenhouses. A piece of 

 this paper was lighted and passed around 

 to the members, each one taking a sniff, 

 but all agreed that this would not settle 

 the question as to the value of the fumi- 

 gation. In the discussion which followed, 

 the majoritv of the members seemed to 

 pin their faith to vaporizing with the 

 Rose Leaf Extract of tobacco, though in 

 certain cases thev found that the old- 

 fashioned method' of fumigating with to- 

 bacco stems w-as most effective when 

 there was a bad case of fly and there were 

 no flowers in the house to be injured by 

 the smoke. The general opinion, how- 

 ever, was that such a condition of affairs 

 should never be permitted and that per- 

 sistent vaporizing with the Rose Leaf Ex- 

 tract would avoid any necessity for the, 

 old-fashioned smoking process. One 

 large grower stated that he had found the 

 Rose Leaf Extract efficacious in the case 

 of thrips on roses, though it took large 

 and frequent vaporizations to accomplish 

 the object. 



Messrs. W. H. Ellis, of Milwaukee, 

 Wis , and Nixon H. Gano, of Knigbts- 

 towii, Indiana, were present as visitors. 



As the date for the next regular meeting 

 falls on December 23rd, when all the 

 members will be rushed with Christmas 

 business, it was decided not to attempt to 

 hold a meeting at that time, therefore the 

 next meeting will be held January 13th. 

 This will be Ladies' Night and the com- 

 mittee on programme will have a special 

 entertainment arranged for the occasion. 

 All the members are requested to bring 

 their wives, daughters and sweethearts on 

 this occasion and a very enjoyable even- 

 ing is promised. 



Among recent visitors to the city was 

 Mr. Alex Gait Robinson, of the Louisville 

 Spirit Cured Tobacco Co. , Louisville, Ky. 

 It is to be regretted that he arrived too 

 late to attend the club meeting and hear 

 all the pleasant things the members said 

 about the Rose Leaf Extract. 



The Chrysanthemum Show. 



The report of the managers of the last 

 chrysanthemum show appears below: 



RECElPa'S. 



Gate receipts ■ *1.389.3o 



Cut flower bootli. commission and pro- 

 gramme advertisements ^""■ ^° 



Total receipts .••■■,■•;■ '.t' • c' ^•"^='-3-' 



Premiums given by friends of the bo- 

 ciety »l..»ii.ii» 



Total receipts from all sources *fi,138.' 



EXPENDITURES. 



Installation, maintenance and rent.... *1. 



Advertising 



Preliminary 



Recording and accounting 



Art Exhibit 



Music 



Judges 



Admission 



Programme 



Premiums ' 



444.16 

 894.64 

 87.00 

 117.50 

 162.24 



ifis.on 



i:«,H4 



IIII.IHI 



■J(I4.S() 



.748.00 



rp^^l^j^j f,^,056."J8 



Excess of receipts over expenses $1.08244 



Deficit of the show on its merits (that 

 is. if donated premiums are not con- 

 sidered) . 310.9.:. 



The St. Louis Trip. 



The pilgrims returning from St. Louis 

 report that thev were received with open- 

 handed hospitality by the St. Louis boys 

 and that they were presented with every- 

 thing in the city except the winning 

 scores in the five games of ten pins. The 

 party was met at the station by a com- 

 mittee from the St. Louis Club, taken to 

 breakfast and then shown all the down 

 town florists' stores, both wholesale and 

 retail, after which the cars were taken to 

 the most accessible stores in the West 

 End. A good deal of territory was covered 

 and it is a question if anyone could have 

 seen more and to better advantage than 

 this partv of fifteen or more. 



At 1 p' M. tlie games were started and 

 the mournful tale is told in the scores in 

 the St. Louis notes. After the games 

 came a verv enjoyable supper, and then 

 the trip to the station, escorted by a large 

 delegation of the local people. The party 

 reached Chicago with the bowling fever 

 somewhat subdued but with many pleas- 

 ant recollections of the time that pre- 

 ceded and succeeded the games. 



But the games were not so bad either, 

 and we rejoice that the highest average 

 was made bv Mr. John Zeck of the Chi- 

 cago team. ' And that third game! It is 

 no disgrace to be beaten by such magnifi- 

 cent bowling as the St. Louis boys did. 

 The alleys were strictly regulation and 

 the rule's were rigidly enforced. The 

 third match will probably be played in 

 Chicago at the time of the Carnation So- 

 ciety convention next February, and it is 

 hoped that Milwaukee and Cleveland will 

 send teams to take a hand in at that 

 time. St. Louis will stand at the head 

 until then. 



Among the Growers. 



A trip among the Bowmanville grow- 

 ers will convince one that they ' 'are on 

 to their job.'' The stock on all the 

 places hereabouts is in excellent shape. 

 On the places of Johnson & Carlson, Otto 

 Ristow, and Magnuson & Pearson, the 

 Brides and Maids were particularly good. 

 Magnuson & Pearson have four houses in 



