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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 5, 1903. 



large and beautiful decorations. Also 

 some social eveiits where the florist and 

 decorator were practically given carte 

 blanche in producing novel and lovely 

 effects. 



A dinner given on Fiiday la.st by Gen. 

 Thos. J. Shryock to Mr. Geo. W. Stevens, 

 president of the! Chesai>eake & Ohio K. 

 R., was tlie occasion of a unique color 

 treatment by Wm. J. Halliday. who had 

 charge of the adornment of the rooms 

 and table. Tlie walls and ceiling of the 

 dining room were hidden by southern 

 smilax arranged on trellises, intersijersed 

 with niunerous bunches of jonquils and 

 yellow tuli])s. At the ends of the room 

 were alcoves tanked with palms of fine 

 stature and handsome ferns. The table 

 wa.s decorated with smilax. Perle roses 

 and yellow tulips. Among the vines of 

 the ceiling and walls were incandescent 

 electric lights of varying colors and de- 

 grees of inten-sity, and the color effeicts 

 were frequently clianged by the majiipu- 

 lation of a skilled electrician. 



Tlie valentine luncheon decorations de- 

 scribed in your last Baltimore notes were 

 also by Mr. Halliday in the same hand- 

 some residenc-e. which by its size and ap- 

 pointment lends itself to large and hand- 

 some treatment. 



Anotlier recent noteworthy event was 

 a reception by Jlr. G. W. Gail. The dec- 

 orations were by Miss jSIatilda Held, 

 whose taste is everywhere recognized. 

 A featiu-e wa.s a floral tower in which 

 reposed about a hundred Ijouquets of 

 the finest flowers, one of which went to 

 each ladv gtiest. 



Still anotlier handsome, arranged-for 

 function was the Riggs ball at Leh- 

 man's Hall. Here the Black Bros, had 

 char"-e. giving great satisfaction by their 

 beautiful disposition of vines, plants, 

 flowers and lights. 



Jlrs. J. A. Craig, of G-ovansto«-n. who 

 ha.s had considerable glass under which 

 she raised flowers for commercial pur- 

 poses, has leased her plant txi Thos. Stev- 

 enson & Bro., who will carry it on for 

 their own account. Mr. Steveiuson is one 

 of the bright yotmg men in the! trade 

 here, of whom it will be risking little 

 to predict success. He has skill, en- 

 ergy- and brains, and has had goo<l train- 

 ing under Isaac H. jVIoss. with whom he 

 has long worked faithfully. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Tlie supply has enlarged considerably 

 and demand shrunk some so that prices 

 are decidedly easier, especially on roses. 

 Tlie best Beauties are down "to $4.00 a 

 dozen and the shorter lengths in propor- 

 tion, though the medium lengths are 

 holding up in price l>etter tlian the otli- 

 ers. The best Brides and ilaids do not 

 now reach above- $8.00 jier 100, but the 

 greate'st weakness is in the poorest 

 grades in whicli clean up sales have been 

 made occasionally at prices considerably 

 below our lowest quotations. Very fair 

 stock can be had at $.5 and $6. The 

 supply of red roses shows no material 

 increase, however, and there are none too 

 many of good quality. 



Carnations are also lower in price 

 than last week, but are holding up rather 

 better than roses. Whites still have th/' 

 best of it. Outside of good Prosperity, 

 which bring $6.00. the fancy colored 

 sorts range" from $3.00 to $4.00. with 

 common colored at $1..50 to .$2. .50. and 

 occasional clean up sales at as low as 

 $1.00. Fancy whites sell at $3.00 to 



$4.00, while conunon whites range from 

 $2.00 to $2.50. Any good white will 

 command $2.00. 



In other stock the changes are slight. 

 Bulbous flowers are abundant Liut not a 

 glut. Smilax continues rather short of 

 demand. 



Items. 



Jlr. B. Eschner, of JI. Rice & Co., 

 Philadelphia, was a visitor during the 

 week and reports large sales of their 

 two-toned crepe paper and also of gen- 

 eral florists" supplies. 



Peter Reinberg has purchased 4 J acres 

 of land across the street from his resi- 

 dence and will build a large range of 

 new glass on same. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis. Mass., was a visi- 

 tor this week, as were also J. Ijouis 

 Loose, Washington. D. C, and A. X. 

 Kinsman. Austin. Minn. 



Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Ba.ssett are on 

 their way home from the Pacific coa-st 

 and were recently at Salt Lake City. 



Mr. C. W. MeKellar is expected home 

 from New Orleans shortly. 



.John Zeck has a "new boy" at hi' 

 house. 



Mr. C. L. Brunson, Paducah. Ky.. was 

 a visitor on Wednesdav. 



dNdNNATL 



carnations. Some very good prizes are 

 offered and a first-class show is antici- 

 pated. Besides carnations, there is a 

 prize for best display of violets; also 

 one for best general display. 



Visitors were: ilr. Buseck. of New 

 York; Chas. Weltz. of Wilmington, 

 Ohio; H. H. Ritter, of Dayton. Ohio. 

 C. J. Ohmer. 



The Market. 



The supply of stock is equal to the 

 demand, but is not so heavy now as it 

 was the first of last week. "The supply 

 of roses at present is equal to the de- 

 mand, with tlie exception of select stock. 

 There is an abundance of short and weak 

 stemmed stock. There are more Beau- 

 ties to be had now than for some time 

 past, and the quality is fairly good. 

 Brides and Bridesmaids are Iwth in good 

 supply. Golden Gates are coming in 

 more plentifully and are of very good 

 quality. Meteors and Liberties are not 

 equal to the demand. 



Carnations, except the poorer giades, 

 are short in supply and bring good 

 prices. Many more fancy ones could be 

 sold. The demand for white is very 

 large and cannot be met. 



Bulbous stock is still doing very nice- 

 ly. Harrisii lilies and callas are of very 

 good quality and sell quickly. Daffodils 

 and jonquils have dropped in ])rice, but 

 large quantities of them are being dis- 

 posed of. 



Violets, which were a glut the first of 

 last week, are now somewhat scarce, and 

 the price is mounting again. Some nice 

 sweet peas are to be seen and they sell 

 quickly. 



So far Lent has scarcely made itself 

 felt on the wholesale market, but some 

 of the retail stores are comjilaining. 

 Business, on the whole, is very good 

 and we have no reason for complaint. 



Notes. 



The Florists' Club entertainment com- 

 mittee has decided to give a progressive 

 euchre party on Thursday evening. March 

 20. at the club rooms of the society and 

 playing will liegin at S p. m. There will 

 be fine prizes, music and refreshments. 

 Tickets will lie out by Saturday of this 

 week, and every one who can possibly 

 do so is requested to make arrangements 

 to be present, as a great time is going 

 to be had. 



E. G. Gillett was in Dayton, Ohio, 

 during the past week. 



The next meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society, which takes place 

 JIarch 14. will be a special exhibition of 



ST. PAUL. 



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Trade and Personal Notes. 



Trade is improving daily and has 

 nearly reached the flood tide of its his- 

 toiy here. Flowers have been scarce all 

 winter, but they have sold at good prices 

 and evervthing salable has been disposed 

 of. 



Bulbous stock is now coming into 

 bloom quite freely and sells at better 

 prices than for several years. Daffodils 

 and tulips are worth 3 to 4 cents at 

 wholesale and are in good demand. This 

 is giatifying to the smaller growers, as 

 many of them have not been cutting any 

 other flowers for many weeks. 



Carl Petersen, who Duilt some houses 

 on Stryker avenue last summer, has 

 justly earned the title ot the Hyacinth 

 King, as for six weeks past he has been 

 bringing in extra fine Dutch hyacinths 

 «-ith spikes 15 to IS inches long, heavily 

 loaded with good blooms. 



Since my last report we have had 

 many visitors which it might be well to 

 record here: Clias. Schwake. with C. 

 F. Meyer: Ralph Ward, of Wni. Hage- 

 niann "& Co.; Jlr. Wade, traveling for 

 Aug. Rhotert; W. G. Schucht. represent- 

 ing Holton &. Hunkel: H. F. Philpott, 

 of Winnipeg; Mr. Graver, of Shotwell 

 & Graver. Fargo. X. D. : D. Wood Brant, 

 of Meteor fame and Forest Glen. 111., 

 and John Nilson, of the State Reforma- 

 tory Greenhouses, St. Cloud, Minn. 



E. F. Lemke's stock is rounding into 

 shape again after being badly frozen at 

 Christmas. 



Fred Franke has some sweet peas that 

 will soon furnish an abundance of 

 blooms. His violets are not in good 

 shape, due no doubt to lack of sunshine. 

 His carnations are in good shape, how- 

 ever, and will throw an abundance of 

 blooms from now on. 



Henry Puvogel is grow ing some very 

 nice primroses, cyclamen, asparagus, etc. 

 W. Strehlow is growing the best vio- 

 lets in town and all the other boys are 

 wondering how he does it. 



Mr. WHiatton. gardener for R. Sehiff- 

 niann. our local orchid king, has a fine 

 lot of cattleyas now coming into bloom. 

 At the time of my call he also had some 

 fine specimen Coelogyne cristata, Laelia 

 anceps and phalaeno])sis. The latter, 

 he thinks, should become popular. 

 W. has had a wide and varied experience 

 in growing orchids, botii in England and 

 America, and is good authority on them. 

 Dr. Schiffmann and family are en route 

 to Manila on a trip around the world 

 occupving five or six months. 



A. Hallstroin. florist for .J. J. Hill, 

 has such a variety of good things that 

 it would he useless for nie to attempt to 

 describe them all. He grows cut flowers 

 and blooming plants at all seasons, 

 spring bedding stock for the lawn, 

 grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, 

 radishes, etc.. under glass, as well as 

 palms, ferns, rubliers. auracarias. etc., 

 for general decorating. Everything is 

 well grown, while the houses are mod- 

 els of neatness. His orchids are in fine 

 I shape at present. X. Y. Z. 



