I.Ti:BRUAKY 12. 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



445 



Greenhouses of Mr. N. Grievelding, Merrill, Wis. 



Tiger was also shown. Candor com- 

 pels me to confe.ss tliat I do nut care 

 for its color, hut that is only my own 

 opinion and 1 realize that there are 

 others. 



Several promi.sed exhibits of new va- 

 rieties did not materialize, so they were 

 most likely delayed in transit. 



The exhibits from the local gardeners 

 of standard varieties were very fine. Mr. 

 Bennett's Olympias Ijeing the finest 

 flowers we have ever seen of this variety. 

 Mr. Hayes deserves particular mention 

 for his Prosperity, which were of won- 

 derful size and color, and Peter Duff 

 was not one whit behind with Lawson 

 and other varieties. 



George Smith set up a very fine vase 

 of roses and Jlr. Macrorie, a grand dis- 

 play of Lorraine begonias. 



Tliis society has instituted a compe- 

 tition of exhiliits to run throughout the 

 year, the awards to be four silver cups, 

 one each for plants, flowers, vegetables 

 and fruits. The exhibits each month 

 to be judged by a scale of points and 

 the grand total of points to determine 

 the winners in the respective classes. 

 This competition will, it is hoped, hold 

 the interest of the members and keep the 

 attendance up to high water mark. 



President Gf^orge Smith makes an ex- 

 cellent presiding oflicer and looking at 

 the society with the unbiased eye of an 

 outsider I predict for it one of the most 

 successful 3'ears of its history. 



ClIA-S. H.TOTTY. 



A WISCONSIN FLORIST. 



We illustrate in this issue the green- 

 house establishment of Mr. Nic Greiv- 

 elding, at Merrill, Wis. Mr. Greiveld- 

 ing is a gardener of the old school. He 

 worked with his father, who conducted 

 a nursery and seed establishment in 

 Germany, and after severing his con- 

 nection there he went to Paris and put 

 in several years in large private estab- 

 lishments. He later came to this coun- 

 try and found employment with the 

 Salzer Seed Company. His first venture 

 wag at Sparta, Wis., where he conducted 

 an establishment for seven years and 

 then sold out to Z. K. Jewett. His 

 present establishment at Merrill is built 

 on modem lines and right in the heart 

 of the city, being directly opposite the 

 court house and on all street car lines. 

 He has five houses, each 100x18, all 

 heated by steam, also a dwelling house. 



potting shed and barn. Mr. Greiveld- 

 ing's hobby is carnations and all the 

 i!ev>er sorts are grown on his place, as 

 well as some fine seedlings of his own. 



C. 0. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



Tlie supply has considerablv increased 

 and prices are easier. There is now 

 plenty of roses, except Beauties and 

 red sorts. Special Brides and Maids 

 rarely reach above $10 and gowl stock 

 can be had at $G to $8. The poorest 

 .sells as low as $3, though not many are 

 in this class. In carnations few other 

 fancies tlian Prosperity reach beyond $4 

 and excellent stock can be had at $.3. 

 As will be seen by referring to our quota- 

 tions in this issue there has been a slight 

 lowering in prices, nearly all through 

 the list. The buyer will certainly have 

 his innings now. With plenty of stock 

 he is in shape to make a profit on the 

 naturally increasing trade at this sea- 

 son. 



Carnation Meeting. 



The annual carnation exhibition and 

 meeting of the Florists' Club was held 

 in Handel Hall, Tuesday afternoon and 

 evening. Tlie exhibition was not so ex- 

 tensive as in previous years, but there 

 were some interesting features. Of 

 these the new light pink carnation Phyl- 

 lis, shown by W. N. Rudd, attracted most 

 attention. Tlie fact that it captured the 

 first prize for vase of 50 blooms with 

 Enchantress in competition added to the 

 interest. Phyllis gives promise of being 

 one of the monej' making sorts. It is 

 but fair to Enchantress to say that the 

 blooms displayed on this occasion were 

 not equal in quality to those previously 

 seen here. They seemed to l5e entirely 

 lacking in substance, going to sleep in 

 a few hours. It looked to some as 

 though this result may have been due 

 to overfeeding. Mr. Thompson would 

 certainly have done better to keep these 

 blooms out of competition. He was first 

 in the class for 2o blooms with Gov. 

 Wolcott, which continues to increase its 

 reputation as a good white. He also 

 won the prize for best collection, having 

 much the largest exhibit. 



Messrs. F. F. Benthey and F. W. 

 Timme acted as judges, and scored the 

 seedlings shown as follows: Phyllis, 



light pink, W. N. Rudd, 01 points; No. 

 130, crimson. F, Corner & Sons' Co., 90 

 points; No. 193, pink, Dorner, 87 points; 

 Alice Kennicott, by J. T. Anthony, 80 

 points; No. 38, by C. J. Rcardon. 70 

 points; No. 15, white, W. N. Rudd, 87 

 points. Those receiving 85 points or 

 n)ore received certificates. A fine vase 

 of the new yellow rose Franz Deegen 

 was shown by the South Park Floral 

 Company. 



At the meeting in the evening action 

 was taken that may have an important 

 bearing on the express rate problem. 

 By resolution the secretary was in- 

 structed to request the S. A. F. to 

 take up and investigate the question of 

 the legality of the business methods of 

 the various express companies in the 

 United States. It was stated in the 

 meeting by people who ought to know 

 that the relations between the companies 

 constitute a trust, which is illegal, and 

 that by subpo?ning any express agent 

 and bringing his filed orders from his 

 superiors into court ample evidence 

 could be secured to successfully invali- 

 date .the charters of the companies. It 

 was suggested that in case tlie managers 

 of the companies do not restore the old 

 rate peaceably then the S. A. F. should 

 employ an attorney to bring suits to 

 invalidate their charters. The knowl- 

 edge that such action would be taken 

 would undoubtedly help to make the 

 managers see wherein they had erred in 

 raising the rate on cut flowers. 



Mr. Rudd donated to the club the 

 prizes he had won, requesting that the 

 sum be made the nucleus of a fund to 

 establish a club room that shall have 

 a pair of bowling alleys. He added $25 

 to the donation ' to give the matter a 

 start. Mr. Philip Foley also donated 

 $25 and a committee was then appointed 

 to secure further donations. 

 Various Items. 



The Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association has prepared a form of peti- 

 tion to the express companies in line 

 with the suggestion of Mr. Pieser, that 

 appeared in these notes last week, and 

 in the preamble states that since the in- 

 creased rate went into effect the ship- 

 ments of cut flowers in and out of Chi- 

 cago have fallen off 30 per cent. 



A note will be found elsewhere in this 

 issue regarding the trip to the Brook- 

 lyn convention of the Carnation Society. 



Coal is still high in price, but cut 

 flowers are cheaper. 



Tlie Gloede Floral Company started 

 up again at Evanston. February 1. 

 They were obliged to shut down some 

 time ago as the result of a freeze out due 

 to carelessness of contractor in putting 

 in the heating system; the loss amount- 

 ing to several thousand dollars. 



Plans are being made to add 158 acres 

 to Lincoln Park, 22 acres to be pur- 

 chased and the remainder to be taken 

 from Lake Michigan by filling in. 



Recent visitors: J. A. Evans, Rich- 

 mond. Ind.: Jerome Bock, Burlington, 

 la.: Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin, 111.; C. A. 

 Maxson and W. C. Cook, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich.; Mr. Neal, Worcester, Mass. 



John Thorpe is reported to be on the 

 sick list. 



Jos. Foerster made an average of 226 

 in three games in the local bowling 

 league last week. 



Mrs. O. W. Frese and son are at Bat- 

 tle Creek. 



Burlington, Ia. — J. J. Gavatte, the 

 nurseryman, died suddenly of heart 

 disease February 2. 



