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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



APRIL 28, lS9>i. 



important branch of the business, not 

 so much, perhaps, in the liome trade 

 as on the present anil future import 

 trade. It is almost impossible to se- 

 cure freight rates for fall importa- 

 tions: in fact, some companies will 

 not figure on space at all on their 

 Jjoats. Then, again, there is another 

 <>ritical question arises, as seen from 

 the following extract of a letter fiom 

 France received b.v a prominent house: 

 "In the danger of war betwee:i the 

 I'. S. A. and Spain, we ar? afraid that 

 same is 'cas de forc= majeure' (free 

 translation, 'a case that cannot be fore- 

 seen'), which our customers can allege 

 for not paying for or not accepting 

 goods ordered." So it is seen unless 

 a customer will guarantee acceptance 

 and payment for goods, taking the 

 "casus belli" into consideration, con- 

 siderable friction is liable to ari.se and 

 great inconvenience besides. 



Jeriey Notes. 



Last Thursday the New Jersey Flor- 

 icultural Society held an Eastertide 

 lloral festival and musicale at Berkley 

 hall. Orange. The results were quite 

 gratifying. The floral display was 

 grouped along the outer edge of the 

 room and contained some very flatter- 

 ing exhibits. 



Malcom MacRorie. the president, 

 had an excellent group of foliage 

 plants, particularly a fine specimen of 

 Kentia Belmoreana. He also showed 

 a specimen Pandanus v'eitchii. 



Peter Duff, the genial secretary, 

 showed some delicious strawberries In 

 pots, well fruited, and some well-flow- 

 ered pelargoniums. 



George Smith exhibited a vase of 

 carnation Mayor Pingree. and some 

 well grown foliage plants and roses. 



James Keenan showed a well grown 

 group of ornamental foliage plants. 

 Including some tine arecas, ferns, 

 raphis, araucarias, etc. 



John Hayes had some excellent cro- 

 tons, all well colored and good varie- 

 ties. 



Dietrich Kingsgrab staged some 

 very fine foliage plants, including a 

 handsome piece of Phoenix rupicola; 

 also specimen Adiantura cuneatum. 



Thomas Urley exhibited a group of 

 hydrangeas and Spiraea compacta, 

 well grown. 



W. A. Manda showed an excellent 

 collection of new and rare plan's, in- 

 cluding Tillandsia fenestralis. 



Dr. J. M. W. Kitchen exhibited quite 

 a comprehensive collection of orchids, 

 including cattleyas, cypripediums, coe- 

 logynes. laelias, etc. 



Robert ftlcArthur displayed a num- 

 ber of excellent carnations. 



Thomas W. Weathered's Son showed 

 a construction model of their wood 

 and iron greenhouse, very practical. 



A CAUSTIC COMMENT. 



In a recent newspaper paragraph the 

 writer speaks of the flowers in a huge 

 floral cross as: "Beautiful parts of a 

 hideous whole." 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Market reports are rather conflicting, 

 but the majority feel that business is 

 rather better than at the same period 

 last year. With few exceptions, prices 

 rule generally moderate, and occasion- 

 al large lots go at prices discouraging 

 to the grower. Still, there have been 

 large sales of select stock at very 

 good figures for the season. There is 

 a surprising dearth of bulbous flowers 

 for the season, which is probably to 

 be accounted for by the fact that 

 growers aim to have their forced bulb- 

 ous flowers out of the way by this 

 time, and the outdoor stock has not yet 

 arrived in any quantity. First-class 

 carnations hold their own as well as 

 anything. Lilies are now pretty well 

 cleaned up. One of A. L. Randall's 

 consignors missed Easter by a very 

 wide margin with a big lot of longi- 

 fiorum. and is now just beginning Co 

 cut some very fine blooms. He ex- 

 pects his cut to last till Decoration 

 Day. 



Taken all in all, the wholesalers seem 

 generally satisfied with conditions for 

 the season. 



Various Items. 



Mr. E. H. Hunt is gaining, but is still 

 unable to visit his place of business. 



Mr. John Zeck. long in charge of 

 Reinberg Bros.' wholesale store, re- 

 signed his positon, taking effect last 

 Saturday, and is now with Mr. S. B. 

 Winter. Archie Spencer is now in 

 charge at Reinberg Bros, and is keep- 

 ing things moving in good shape. 



Messrs. O. P. Bassett and Flint Ken- 

 nicott are both sojourning at West 

 Baden. Ind. 



This Thursday evening (April 28) 

 the Florists' Club will hold its last 

 meeting in the old quarters in the 

 Masonic Temple. An interesting pro- 

 gram has been prepared. 



The bowlers have arranged to meet 

 every Friday evening for practice at 

 the new alleys under the Illinois res- 

 taurant, at 77 Randolph street, at 7:.'!0 

 p. m. These are strictly regulation 

 alleys and an attempt will be made to 

 get the boys in good training for the 

 match at Omaha in August. 



Billy Wells, the famous North Side 

 ex-florist and park superintendent, will 

 soon start to the front in search of 

 glory. 



Geo. Wittbold is now fairly well set- 

 tled in his beautiful new store on 

 Buckingham place. adjoining his 

 greenhouses. The store proper is 3.5x 

 ;Ci feet and is very handsomely fitted 

 up. The 3.5 feet of store front is all 

 glass, two of the large plates of glass 

 being each 10x10 feet. Adjoining the 

 store is a light and spacious work- 

 room. At the back of the store will 

 be built a conservatory and show- 

 house .'.l.^xOo. Another new house is 

 contemplated, size not yet determined, 

 but probably ISxIiMi. Air. Wittbold re- 



ports a good retail business as well as 

 a large shipping trade in palms. Keu- 

 tias of good commercial sizes are 

 scarce. 



B. J. Blameuser is moving into his 

 new place at 718 Wells street. The lot 

 is 3."'>xll7 and he has secured a fiV'?- 

 year lease. He has built a neat store 

 and two greenhouses, one Ti.jxKj and 

 the other ll.'ixlii. the end of the lar.ter 

 facing the street side of the store, with 

 a broad sheet of glass that will make 

 possible a very effective display to- 

 ward the street. 



The tulips at Lincoln park are 

 showing strong color now and will be 

 in almost full bloom by Sunday. In a 

 geometrical bed of red. yellow and 

 white, the blooms are coming with re- 

 markable evenness. The varieties are 

 Vermillion Brilliant. Chrysoloia and 

 La Reine. These sorts are excellent to 

 plant together, as they all bloom at 

 just the same time, at least they do so 

 here. 



The special feature at the Florists' 

 Club meeting this Thursday evening 

 will be a paper on "Bedding Plants." 

 I)y Mr. C. J. Stromback. head gardener 

 of Lincoln park. 



Luther C. Farwell. manager of the 

 greenhouses at Oakwoods cemetery, 

 committed suicide April 19. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Trade Rather Slow. 



Trade reports are not very encourag- 

 ing for the past week. There is plenty 

 of stock in the market and very little 

 sale for it: in fact, the general verdict 

 is that since the war excitement there 

 is no business in town worth speaking 

 of. 



The commission men's ice boxes are 

 filled up to the brim, and it is only the 

 outside shipping orders that make 

 room for the next day's consignments. 

 Even some of the fakirs complain 

 that there is nothing doing just now. 



Prices. 



Roses are firm, but sell at very low 

 prices. Select Beauties range from 15 

 to 25 cents each, and the short ones 

 are sold for little or nothing. 

 Brides. Bridesmaids. Meteors. Carnots 

 and Jacques bring $4 for select stock 

 and from $2 to $o for seconds: in 1,000 

 lots the price was $10. Hybrids do not 

 sell well, in spite.of the fact that they 

 are fine. 



Carnations have been and are now 

 very plentiful, there being a glut in 

 all varieties, especially in reds. Whites 

 are always in demand and sell better 

 than any others. Reds are 75 cents and 

 $1 per 100; same price on Scotts. Day- 

 break and Wocher: whites, $1 and 

 $1.50; fancies. $1.50, and extra fine 

 stock, $2. 



Violets are growing poorer and 

 smaller, and sell at 25 and 35 cents per 

 100. Bulb stock is very dull and there 

 is very little sale for anything in this 

 line, except perhaps valley, which 



