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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



MAT 5, 1S98. 



antha nana in a thumb pot with one 

 good bloom at the top. The plant was 

 only -IS (lays from seed. It seems as 

 though there would be a sale for a 

 limited number of such diminutive 

 plants, for the ladies who saw this 

 plant all agreed that is was "just too 

 cute for anything." 



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CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is an abundant supply of all 

 stock, and prices are very moderate. 

 Tea roses range in price from $1 to $";i 

 a hundred, with rare sales of the very 

 choicest at .~t;4, the bulk of the sales 

 being made closer to the lower figure. 

 Carnations range from 4i> cents up to 

 SflM) per KHi. only the very fancy go- 

 ing above the latter figure. There 

 have been large sales of out-door bulb- 

 ous flowers and lilac which seem to be 

 of superior quality this year, and this 

 has undoubtedly affected the prices of 

 roses and carnations. The Greeks are 

 thick on the streets, and they are evi- 

 dently an important factor in dispos- 

 ing of the bulk of the stock after the 

 choice shipping grades have been se- 

 lected out. The returns to some of the 

 growers must be very small. At the 

 same time the opinion is general that 

 conditions are not so unfavorable as 

 at the same time last year. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists" 

 Club was held last Thursday evening 

 and the timely paper on bedding plants 

 by Mr. C. J. Stromback was listened to 

 with much interest. The paper and a 

 full report of the discussion appear 

 ■elsewhere in this issue. 



This was the last meeting at the old 

 ■quarters. The next meeting will be 

 held in room 417 at 40 Randolph street 

 Friday evening, May (1. This brings 

 the two meetings rather close together, 

 but was necessitated by the change in 

 meeting nights from the second and 

 fourth Thursdays to the first and third 

 Fridays of the month. At the meeting 



tomorrow night the subject will be, 

 "Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants," 

 and it will be opened by Mr. E. Wien- 

 hoeber. 



At the adjourned session last Thur.?- 

 day evening several hot games were 

 rolled. Samuel Murray and Arthur 

 Newell, of Kansas City, and Mr. Nich- 

 olson, of the Texas Seed and Floral 

 Co.. Dallas, Tex., were visitors and 

 took a hand. But most noteworthy of 

 all was the presence of the veteran 

 Sam Pearce. It isn't often we get Sam 

 out to a meeting nowadays. 



The bowlers will in future meet ev- 

 ery Friday evening for practice at the 

 alleys at 77 Randolph. They are good 

 alleys to train on, being full regulation 

 in every respect. Fat scores are not 

 common, but when you see one you 

 know it was earned. The hoys have 

 an eye out for the honors at Omaha. 



Various Items. 



Bassett & Washburn have rented the 

 big Mitchell greenhouse at Hinsdale 

 and will use it for carnations. Thi.s 

 house is '<<> feet wide and ."i.-iO feet lon.g. 

 It will be entirely remodeled, iron pipe 

 supports substituted for the present 

 wooden ones, ventilators added, tile 

 benches built, and new water supply 

 provided. The carnations to be grown 

 include .'>.ii(K> Mrs. Bradt, 7.IHK) Flora 

 Hill, :!,(Hlii Mary Wood, .'^imm* Mayor 

 Pingree, ;'.,<i(ii> Jubilee, l,tHHi Lily and 

 Maud Dean, l,ii(i(> Psyche, 1,<mhi Paint- 

 ed Lady, 1,«MH> Armazindy, :<(») Mrs. 

 Frances Joost, 'ii«> Gold Nugget and 

 ."idO assorted novelties. This house is 

 so close to their present large plant 

 that it can be easily handled in con- 

 nection with it. It is evident that 

 Bassett & Washburn have faith that 

 novelties are profitable. The high 

 prices obtained here all season for 

 really high-grade blooms of Mrs. 

 Bradt and others undoubtedly influ- 

 enced them in the matter. 



A. Anthes has opened a floral siore 

 at I'cSii North Clark street. 



Mr. ,J. A. Budlong, the Bowmanville 

 rose grower, will open a city Whole- 

 sale store May \'>. 



A. L. Randall has heard so much of 

 the springs at West Baden. Ind., that 

 he has decided to try them himself, 

 and will spend a week or ten days 

 there. 



Klehm's Nursery is growing a fine 

 lot of longiflorum lilies for Decoration 

 Day trade. They will be sold by Ken- 

 nieott Bros. Co. Wire John, at Ken- 

 nicott's, who can build most anything 

 In wire, has just completed a wire 

 frame model of the warship Maine, 7 

 feet long. It is for F. Mendonza. the 

 Forty-third street florist, who will use 

 the piece for a window decoration, 



E. H. Hunt is gaining strength very 

 slowly and is still unable to visit his 

 place of business. 



A gardener by the name of Herman, 

 employed at the greenhouses of the 

 Rogers Park Floral Co., dropped dead 

 of heart disease last Saturday. 



Mr. Henry Wietor is still confined 

 to his house by illness. 



NEW YORK. 



In the Wholesale District. 



The market is still inactive and 

 prices are what you can get, not wliat 

 you ask. The early part of the week 

 was only characteristic of what it has 

 been since Easter. The latter part im- 

 proved somewhat, however. This was 

 rather the result of a lightening of 

 shipments than any excess of demand, 

 and prices ruled the same. 



Beauties are still a bugbear, and will 

 continue so, it is expected, till the hy- 

 brids pan out. Other stocks of roses 

 far exceed the demand, and there is 

 considerable mildew among the poorer 

 grades of flowers. To say that $."i to 

 iL'd per 1,(HH> was a fair average price 

 would not be far from the mark. Beau- 

 ties reaching top at 20 cents. Hybrids 

 are still coming in, and are of excep- 

 tional quality and command fair prices. 



Carnations have not been over-plen- 

 tiful, and sold slowly till the slight 

 reaction. Poor stock suffers severely 

 at these times, and the only outlet 

 seems to be the fitful Greek, who soars 

 around like a bird of prey, ready to 

 take advantage of the least glut in any 

 line, but alas! what could we do with- 

 out him; he is the scavenger of the 

 market, so to speak, and one asks, 

 what would become of this overplus 

 if this outlet was completely cut off, 



Violets are getting poor and "while 

 eyed." The demand is corresponding- 

 l,v low, and stock is cleaned up at any 

 price, only a few choice lots realizing 

 a fair picking and living price. 



Bulb stock, nit I Very few orchids in 

 the market. Smilax is increasing in 

 quantity, with less demand and price 

 lower. A few white sweet peas, Emily 

 Henderson, are to be seen, and some 

 variegated varieties. The old standby, 

 Blanche Ferry, seems to have the call, 

 however. 



The Retail Trade. 



There is no material change in the 

 stores and an inert lassitude reigns. 

 You ask the reason, and tiie answer is. 

 War. It is undoubtedly playing more 

 or less havoc in all lines, the florists 

 as usual feeling the tightening of the 

 purse strings first. 



One of the oldest and best known 

 florists in the city. J. M. Hodgson, is a 

 victim of the first of May, and his 

 store, which has been one of the land- 

 marks of Fifth avenue, is being torn 

 down to make room for a more mod- 

 ern structure. Meantime Mr. Hodg- 

 son has moved up the "avenoo" a lit- 

 tle higher to Forty-sixth street, and we 

 hope continued success will atteml 

 him. 



The Marts. 



Brother John Cleary is nothing if 

 not patriotic, but he has been so busy 

 lately that he did not know a state of 

 war existed, and while his neighbors 

 were displaying "Old Glory," he un- 

 wittingly hung out "his red flag." Since 

 then he has been explaining to deputa- 



