MAY I'.i h'.K 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



947 



View in the Wholesale Store of Mr. E. C. Amling, Chicago. 



out door stock, such as Poets' narcis- 

 sus, lily of the valley, etc.. unless we 

 should have some phenomenally hot 

 weather between now and that date. 

 Present indications are favoralile for 

 an unusually large supply of flowers 

 for Decoration Day. and that the out- 

 door stuff will be of extra quality on 

 acount of the cool weather we have 

 had. Decoration Day prices on tea 

 roses will be about $:'..i«» to $t).tK), and 

 on carnations $l'.iw> to %'■'>.()(>. 



Club Meeting. 

 The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held in room 417 Handel 

 Hall Building. 4(i Randolph St.. to- 

 morrow I Friday) evening. The sub- 

 ject for discussion is: "Sweet Peas 

 and Plants for Summer Blooming." 

 Bowling. 



The bowlers had another bout at the 

 alleys at 77 Randolph St., last Friday 

 evening. The high single score was 

 again IS.S. but this time was made by 

 C. W. McKellar. Following are the 

 scores and averages: 



1st. 2nd. 3rd. Av. 



C-. W. McKellar 149 131 ISS 156 



E. F. Winterson 167 124 160 150 



G. 1^. Grant 161 129 112 134 



G. StoUerv 106 141 147 131 



C. Balluff 120 125 147 130 



A. e. KohUirand 114 122 153 129 



O. Kreitling- 116 103 151 127 



A. McAdam.<5 167 99 104 123 



Robt. Schenk 119 123 ... 121 



\V. Kvle 145 101 103 116 



J. Degnan 90 107 137 HI 



\V. H. Kidwell 78 119 88 95 



S. Snedeker 85 70 94 83 



The next games will be played after 

 the Florists' Club meeting tomorrow 

 night. 



Various Items. 



Last Sunday President Gude and 

 Secretary Stewart, of the S. A. F.. were 



the guests of Mr. W. C. Egan. at High- 

 land Park. They spent Monday in Chi- 

 cago and left that evening for Cleve- 

 land, where they spent a day before 

 proceeding home. 



J. A. Budlong has opened his np-.v 

 wholesale store at .")7 and o'J Randolph 

 St. It is in the basement, but well 

 lighted from the street, and it is being 

 fitted up in good style. A. H. Bud- 

 long is in charge and reports good 

 business from the start. John Zeck is 

 on deck and gives the regulation grip 

 to visitors. 



John Michel has opened a floral store 

 at S71 Lincoln Ave. 



The Standard Floral Co. have a neat 

 store at L".li!l Wentworth Ave. 



J. F. Kidwell certainly has faith in 

 Pteris cretica albo-lineata. judging 

 from the quantity he is growing. He 

 grows a lot of other ferns and every- 

 thing on the place is in fine condition. 

 W. H. Kidwell now has a half interest 

 in this establishment and is in charge, 

 while J. F. spends most of his time at 

 his place near Lafayette. Ind. 



Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson re- 

 cently received an importation of two 

 and one-half tons of Italian wheat of 

 extra fine quality. This firm is con- 

 tinually developing its department of 

 florists' supplies. Charlie McKellar has 

 "collared" both the American and Cu- 

 ban flags, while Ed. Winterson carrie.^ 

 the colors on his bald spot. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are receiving 

 from Klehra's Nursery some gladioli, 

 with stems four to four and one half 

 feet long, and well flowered. 



Mr. E. E. Reiser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co.. announces his intention to offer 

 !j;2(i in special prizes for carnations at 

 the Chrysanthemum show. There will 



be first prizes of $3 and second prizes 

 oS ifli for '2'> white. 2.5 yellow. 2."> red 

 and 2.") mixed commercial seedlings. 

 Mi\ Reiser's idea is to encourage the 

 smaller growers to compete. 



.'Mbert Fuchs is building five new 

 houses, one 2."ixl7ri and four 2.')x7.">. He 

 is growing a lot of palms, having :'itMI,- 

 (KM( seeds in the soil. 



Mr. A. McAdams reports that the 

 spring plant trade has opened fully 

 equal to last year. Among plants re- 

 cently imported is a batch of Acacia 

 paradoxa which he will offer next sea- 

 son as an Easter plant. 



The stars and stripes now wave at 

 Lincoln Park. They lay on the sloping 

 lawn in front of the conservatories, 

 but they wave just the same. The red 

 stripes are of Alternanthera Lindenii. 

 the white ones of Leucophyte Brownii 

 and the stars are echeverias in a field 

 of crushed blue stone. 



J. C. F. Meyer had quite a siege of 

 illness this winter, for several months 

 being unable to attend to business. He 

 is now about again and endeavoring to 

 make up for lost time. He has the old 

 Lewis establishment on Dunning 

 street. Fred is one of the old-timers. 

 He was foreman at the Miller & Hunt 

 greenhouses when that establishment 

 was an important factor in the trade 

 in this city. He tried a bed of m\ish- 

 rooms under one of the benches this 

 winter and was very successful, cut- 

 ting over KX) lbs. of mushrooms from 

 the one bed. 



J. Austin Shaw, the Brooklyn Bard, 

 and Alfred Orchid Dimmock, were re- 

 cent visitors. Also Mr. N. J. Kraft, 

 Roekford, 111., the inventor of Kraft's 

 Plant Tonic. 



Bassett & Washburn will plant a 

 house with Asparagus plumosus nanus 

 to be grown for sprays. They find a 

 constantly increasing call for these 

 sprays, and will grow them instead of 

 adiantums. 



Little Ned Washburn, son of Mr. 

 Washburn, met with a very unfortu- 

 nate accident recently. While playing 

 with some boy friends in a barn he 

 was lifted up by them, and while try- 

 ing to reach something overhead, 

 caught his hand in a rusty wire hook 

 that tore his hand badly before it 

 could be disengaged. Prompt medical 

 attention was given, and it is hoped 

 no serious results will follow. 



Paeonies are beginning to arrive 

 from southern points, and there is 

 lilac galore. Billy Lynch trims the 

 stems of his lilac with his "little 

 hatchet." It reminds him of that 

 cherry tree. 



A. L. Randall has returned from the 

 West Baden Springs much benefitted 

 in health. 



O. P. Bassett's stay at the springs 

 seems to have done him a world of 

 good. He is the picture of good 

 health. 



SEND IN your order now for a copy 

 of The Florists' Manual, by William 

 Scott. It will cover the whole field ot 

 commercial floriculture and will be the 

 standard work of reference for the 

 trade. Price $5.00. 



