December 10, 1897 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



155 



imislm.iiii.s, aiiil A. V. Jackson has two 

 liouses planted with them Allen vS: 

 Ockerlanil are cutting fine Beauties. 



Chas. Schafer has liis place planted to 

 carnations excepting one house in which 

 he has some fine Kaiserins. Louis Ris- 

 liiw also grows carnations almost exclu- 

 sively. 



Welier Kros. were not at home, but 

 from the appearance of their carnations 

 one would assume they generally are, for 

 tlieir stock is particularly fine, especially 

 their Scotts and Daybreaks, which are 

 the finest we have seen in many a day. 



.\nton Then grows largely pot plants in 

 fiower. We noticed some good cycla- 

 mens and Be.giniia incarnata in 8-inch 

 pans, an<l some excellent 6-inch Pteris 

 seirulata. 



h'or a tidy place that of Herman A. 

 Rauske cannot be sur[ assed. It is as 

 neat and clean as it is possible to keep a 

 greenhouse, a d his stock shows that he 

 does not spend all his time in cleaning 

 up, as that too is in excellent condition. 

 Mr. Banske was not at home when we 

 called. 



J. .\. Budlong has a finely equipped 

 place. His heating plant appears as near 

 jierfect as it is possible to have it in a 

 connnercial place, with valves .so arranged 

 that any mnnber of coils of pipe may be 

 used to maintain the desired temperature. 

 .\Md his stock shows that it jiays to equip 

 a place in a proper manner. 



We found Mr. E. Nelson busy cutting 

 some fine Imds. He took time, however, 

 to show ns over his place, which is in 

 good order. 



At Oak wood Cemetery the stock, 

 which is mostly bedding plants, is in ex- 

 cellent condition. They also grow a 

 house of roses and several houses of car- 

 nations. Mr. Reid has a sport from 

 '1 idal Wave. It is identical with the 

 yiarent except in color, which is a bright 

 and pleasing shade of red. This sureh' 

 will find favor when placed upon the 

 market. 



Jacob Me\-er, of Niles Center, has two 

 houses of violets in the finest possible 

 condition. None better have been seen 

 in this neighborhood. They are nudched 

 with shavings and sawdust to keep the 

 llowers clean. The blooms are excellent. 



Cut Flower Market. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. predict a .serious 

 shortage of roses for Christmas, and that 

 violets will be good but scarce. Of car- 

 nations they hope to have a fair supply. 

 Owing to the gloomy, wet weather, 

 quality will be soft. They report that in 

 previous years there has been a demand 

 for cheap flowers, but this year everyone 

 wants the best and there is not enough 

 extra grade to supply the demand. 



Vaughan, McKellar&Winterson report 

 roses off in qnalitv, and that the carna- 

 tion growers seem to be holding stock 

 back. Violets are selling at good prices. 



A. L. Randall says there will be a big 

 .shortage in Beauties and violets for 

 Christmas. 



Bassett & Washburn fear a serious short- 



where he has been quite ill fur .several 

 days. 



J. I). Bnsch, Kl.gin, 111., was a recent 

 visitor. 



Mr. Kelley, shipping clerk for Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co-, was recently the victim of 

 a "hold up." 



Next Monday Mr. K. C. Anding will 

 remove to 5[ Waliash avenue, where he 

 will have nuich larger quarters, and be in 

 better shape to handle his increasing busi- 

 ness. 



Mr. John J- Ring, who was formerly 

 with various Chicago growers, and who 

 will be rememliered as a rose grower of 

 much ability, is now with Mr. Geo. M. 

 Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



age in roses. 



Various Items, 



Mr. Roach, representing M. Rice & Co., 

 Philadelphia, is at the Sherman House, 



William (Jrey died at his home on 

 Coming's Farm, Albany, N. Y., Novem- 

 ber 25th, of dropsy of the heart from 

 which disease he has been afflicted for the 

 past few years. He \\'as buried with Ma- 

 sonic honors, Sunday, Novend)er 28th, in 

 Rural Cemetery. 



Deceased was widely known both in 

 America and Europe as an ardent lover 

 and successful cultivator of orchids. The 

 collection a few )'ears ago was the largest 

 in America, comprising over 2,300 spe- 

 cies, and was brought together at a 

 large expense by the late Hon. Erastus 

 Corning, an enthusiastic admirer of na- 

 ture who at one time employed three col- 

 lectors in South America and Borneo. 



Mr. Grev was a native of Greenlaw, 

 Scotland, where he was born February 

 iS, 1S28, and like his father brought up 

 in the gardening profession. He came to 

 the I'nited States in 1S51, worked awhile 

 in the nursery of Mr. James Wilson and 

 for Mr. Joel Rathbone, of Albany, N. Y. 

 In 1853 he went to Western Iowa and 

 started in the nursery business, but sever- 

 ity of the climate and hardship soon 

 caused his return East and he entered the 

 employ of Mr. John T. Norton, Farming- 

 ton, Conn. 



In the fall of 1856 he returned to Al- 

 bany as gardener to Gen. John F. Rath- 

 bone and from there engaged with Mr. 

 Corning as superintendent, where he re- 

 mained nearly forty years, surviving his 

 employer and friend only three months. 



Of late years he was nnicli interested 

 in rai.sing liybrid orchids and left behind 

 many noted examples of his skill. 



Mr. Grey was also an enthusiastic ento- 

 mologist and had made a life .stud\' of 

 lepidoptera. His collections enibracin.g 

 over 30,000 species, have been left to his 

 son Robert, who is also interested in the 

 same study. He leaves a wife and five 

 children to mourn his loss. 



John Rowan. 



I regret to report the decease of John 

 Rowan, who for seventeen years per- 

 formed faithful service with the house of 

 Robert Veitch & Son, of New Haven, 

 Conn. Bright's disease, followeil by 

 pneumonia, was the cause of death. 



The deceased was a native of Scotland, 

 sixty years of age, and leaves a wife and 

 seven children, with a large circle of 

 friends, to deplore his departure beyond 

 the bourne from whence no traveler re- 

 turns. W. M. 



CLEVELAND. 



Outlook for Christmas Supply. 



The weather in conjunction with the 

 outlook for Christmas stock, forms the 

 principal topic of conversation in floricul- 

 tural circles at present. E)ver since the 

 disappearance of the chrysanthemum as a 

 factor in the cut flower situation, there 

 has been more or less difiicnlty in getting 

 good stock, either locally or from out of 

 town .sources, to properly supply the de- 

 mand. This has been more particularly 

 true of carnations, which have been in 

 ver)' short supply and not of overly good 

 quality in general. 



There is nothing intended by the fore- 

 going to imply that trade has been par- 

 ticularly good on the average, for it cer- 

 tainly has not been .so with the majority 

 of the florists here. Wherever one went 

 the story was usually aboui the same. 

 "No, business is nothing extra, but there 

 is enough for the flowers to be had." 



Weather Conditions. 



The weather possibly has been an im- 

 portant factor in bringing about this un- 

 desirable condition of affairs, there having 

 been an exceedingly long spell of very 

 dark, cloudy, rainy and generally disa- 

 greeable weather, the most unfavorable 

 that could be imagined. There has been 

 no frost to freeze up the mud under foot 

 and render buying to the average shopper 

 anything but the most disagreeable of 

 necessary duties, hence a good deal of 

 business that might have been develojjed 

 has not made itself manifest. There has 

 been only about two days of late in which 

 the sun has been visible with sufficient 

 potency to advance the growth of cut 

 flower stock appreciably. 



Scarcity of Stock. 



Should this state of affairs continue a 

 short time longer, good stock, or very 

 likely stock of any kind, good or bad, 



