JANIAIIV S, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



257 



View in the Rose House of Mr. J. F. Ammann, EdwardsviU?, 111. 



worth of stock left on the place. This 

 is veiy little when tlie enoiinous quan- 

 tity of stock handled is considered. Mig- 

 nonette was hetter than formerly. Car- 

 nations were very tine, but alas, many 

 were kept too long. Mr. Xiessen said 

 liis rose growers had implicitly followed 

 his directions at the time of shipping 

 their flowers and he believed they had 

 obtained tlie verv best results thereby. 



Samuel S. Pe"nnock sold 2.5,000 lily 

 of tlie valley at Christmas. He was 

 pleased with his lioliday business in ev- 

 ery way, excepting that part which re- 

 lated to the flowers held too long. He 

 thinks that the growers who hold back 

 their stock do themselves and their com 

 mission man great injury. Often their 

 flowers look well wlien packed in tlic 

 box. but when they reach the city, and 

 later the buyer, they show unmistakable 

 signs of sleepiness, making them entirely 

 unfit for use. Too nuuh stress cannot 

 be laid on this point, large sums being 

 lost this year through holding. Mu'. 

 Pcnnock fared well with the express 

 companies. He experienced a good de- 

 mand for violets and handled many fine 

 orchids. He thought that the market 

 took more kindly to the flowers that 

 advanced but slightly than to those that 

 doubled their price for the holidays. 



Kdward Keid was much pleased wilh 

 both local and shipping business. He 

 had large consignments of fine sweet 

 peas. His roses and carnations were 

 of excellent quality. A letter received 

 from a city in Georgia commended high- 

 ly a shipment of carnations made De- 

 cember 8 and said that day. December 

 15. some of these carnations were in 

 perfect condition. Jlr. Reid believes 

 these results are due to the care with 

 which his growers carry out his direc- 

 tions in regard to time tor picking these 

 flowers, and because he never uses an 

 ice box for carnations. They are always 

 kept in a cooling room. 



Notes. 



There was a large representative club 

 meeting Tuesda_v evening and the le- 

 marks by Messrs. Daillcdouze and 

 Thompson, wdio were visitors, were appre- 

 ciated. There was an unusually fine ex- 

 hibition of carnations, among the many 

 choice varieties displayed being Adonis. 

 Pres. ilcKinlej-, Fragrance, Queen, En- 



chantress. Mrs. Nelson Craig and others. 



Herman Schoenfeld has removed tem- 

 porarily to the west side of Seventeenth 

 street. He will return later to a new- 

 store near his old site on the east side. 



Adul])!] Farenwald is sending some 

 wvy fine Liberty roses to Leo Niessen. 



Sanuu^l S. Pennock is receiving choice 

 Brides and Maids from W.. A. Leonard. 



Henry Eichholz, of Wayneslwro, Pa., 

 has joined the Florists' Clnb of this 

 city. He made a fine exhibit of carna- 

 tions on Tuesday night. The rooted 

 cuttings from his stock will be handled 

 by Leo Niessen. 



M. Kicc & Co. report a splendid holi- 

 day business. 



Kdwin Lonsdale did exceptionally 

 well with his l^)rraine begonias. A large 

 number was grown and flowered in 3- 

 inch pots. They were made up in fancy 

 baskets of growing plants, or made up 

 into i)ans. Mr. I^nusda.e says it is sur- 

 prising how fine a plant can be grown 

 in this small sized pot. 



l.*o Niessen is receiving fine daft'odils 

 from Carl Jurgens, of Newport, R. I., 

 and not from the South as stated last 

 week. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



(Juict. b\it very fair for the time of 

 year. If business were good material 

 would lie scarce, but there is enough for 

 all demands, violets and yellow joncjnils 

 probably running scarcest. Of the for- 

 mer onlv the single variety is yet com- 

 ing at all; the only double one I have 

 seen being shown as a curiosity by W. 

 W. Tailby. Stevia is pretty well gone 

 and no one bringing it in except Kid- 

 der Brothers, who have had a large 

 amount of extra good quality, which 

 is holding out remarkably well. 



New Year's day has never seemed to 

 affect our business enough to amount to 

 anything until this year, when a marked 

 increase was felt. 



J. Walsh & Son. 



This firm started in quite a small 

 way in JIalden some seven or eight 

 years ago but has made a very rapid 

 and vei'y substantial growth, which is 

 just what could be expected bv those 

 who liavc tlie honor of an acquaiiitanee 

 with the members of the firm. As they 



recently moved into a new store special- 

 ly built for their business, I took a fly- 

 ing trip thereto and found it a model 

 for suburban business, and indeed very 

 few Boston stores surpass it. It is 

 beautifully situated in just the right 

 place to cater to the best trade in their 

 city, which is of a highly aristocratic 

 class. 



iWO large, elegant show windows, 

 large room, elegant fixtures and a jewel 

 of a conservator}- in the rear with all 

 modern equipments, completes the 

 ground floor, with nothing above, and 

 a fine large cellar beneath. We need 

 not", bother to wish them success. It is 

 too late. 



Among the dangerous looking new- 

 •coiners to the business for 1903 is 

 Backer & Co., of Billerica, who have 

 been sending in a good cut of fine car- 

 nations right along and have faith 

 enough in "their abilities so that they 

 luive decided to add 22.5x30 feet to the 

 plant. This will be of iron construc- 

 tion throughout and up to the twenty- 

 first century in every way. 



Tlie seven greenhouses of F. W. 

 Fletcher, Auburndale, were frozen solid, 

 December 27, owing to lack of suflicient 

 fuel. This is the third serious loss Mr. 

 Kletcher has sustained within two years 

 but he takes his latest loss philosophi- 

 cally, only remarking that it "is a hard 

 Idow for my creditors." He has become, 

 however, a determined opponent of the 

 governmental policy that not onl.v pro- 

 tects but encourages the formation of 

 monopolies to rob the public. 



J. S. Ma.vtku. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Trade is quiet, as \n be expected at 

 the season, and the supply, though not 

 great, is suflicient to meet demands ex- 

 cept for a slight shortage in roses. The 

 quality shows some improvement as the 

 result of the more seasonable weather. 

 Prices have eased some from our last 

 quotati(ms, but they are well held at 

 our prices of this week, ^^ere the sup- 

 ply much larger the demand would be 

 too light to keep prices at present level. 

 On the \\-liole the market is in a very 

 satisfactory condition for the season. As 

 is well known, there is always a dull 

 two weeks after the holidays, and if 

 the supply does not increase materially 

 for another week it will be just as well. 



Various Items. 



Mr. C. INI. Dickinson, manager of E. 

 H. Hunt's, is confined to his home by 

 illness. 



On New Year's day Oscar Kreitling, 

 the West 12th St. florist, was fatally 

 shot by his brother-in-law. The news 

 of the tragedy was a great shock to his 

 many friends in the trade. He was laid 

 at rest on Sunday. 



The new cut flower market was opened 

 by the Flower Growers' Co. last Tues- 

 day. The company has a space 85 by 

 90 feet on the second floor of the build- 

 ing at the northeast corner of Wabash 

 Ave. and Randolph St. Though not yet 

 fully fitted up, selling began Tuesday 

 morning, stands being occupied on thei 

 opening day bv F. R. Hills, Sinner Bros,, 

 Mrs. A. M. Schafer, Matt Everett, Mrs. 

 F. Beu, Mrs. Foote, B. Eldridge and H. 

 W. Lyons. On Wednesday J. A. Swan- 

 son and A. B. Everett were stand holders. 

 Tlie directors of the company are F. R. 

 Hills, E. Buettner, John Sinner, Mrs. 



