September Hi, 1!»>,S 



HORTICULTURE 



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Largest Shippers of Florist Supplies in New England 



84 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass. J 



The Trade Outlook 



SOME CHICAGO VIEWS. 



Zech <£. Mann. 

 "We think trade is opening up well 

 for the early part of September and 

 predict that within two weeks business 

 will lie fine." 



J. A. Budlong. 



"Judging from the way business has 

 held up during the summer I think 

 the outlook for the fall and winter 

 very encouraging." 



E. F. Winterson Co. 

 'It is pretty hard to determine the 

 future, but people we are meeting from 

 outside are very hopeful and we pre- 

 dict a good fall and winter business." 



Hauswirth, the Florist. 



"We think the hard times are not 

 entirely over, but do feel that better 

 times are on the way. We think with- 

 in a month business will be about nor- 

 mal." 



A. L. Randall Supply Dept. 

 "We are pleased with the opening 

 up of the fall trade. The dull season 

 gave a chance to work off old stock 

 which leaves the market now in good 

 condition for a revival of business." 



Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 

 "It is too early to form definite 

 opinions regarding fall trade, but I 

 consider the panic practically over and 

 think by the middle of the season 

 trade will be equal to that of former 

 years." 



J. P. Weiland of Weiland & Risch. 



"I realize that we have been through 

 hard times hut believe them about 

 over. I look forward to an exception- 

 ally good year and have largely in- 

 creased my greenhouse plant to meet 

 it. Everything points to a good year 

 ahead." 



A. L. Vaughan. of Vaughan & Sperry. 

 "We can only judge from the condi- 

 tion of the August business which was 

 decidedly better than that of last year. 

 From inquiries for certain lines of 

 stock 1 think the outlook for the fall 

 trade good, and the worst of the hard 

 times are over, no matter who is 

 elected." 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



"Compared with the opening up of 

 the spring trade the fall season is 

 starting in more favorably. We be- 

 lieve the worst of our hard times are 

 over." 



S. F. Leonard of the Leonard Seed Co. 

 "In my opinion the hard times are 

 over. Many of the seed crops are 

 short but this makes the prices belter. 

 1 know the coming season will be a 

 good one." 



Bassett & Washburn. 

 "The shipping trade is better than 

 last year while the city fade hardly 

 as good. This shows that the vast 

 country which has Chicago for its buy- 

 ing center has not been affected any 

 by the panic. The outlook is for a 

 continuance of a good shipping trade 

 equal to if not exceeding former 

 years. The city demand we consider 

 will be below normal. However a good 

 deal will depend on what takes place 

 after the election, this event having 

 more effect on the city trade than on 

 t he shipping. We also look for a 

 larger supply of flowers than last 

 \ ear." 



COMING EVENTS. 



Springfield, 111.. State Fair. Sept. 25 

 to Oct. 2. 



White Marsh, Md., Maryland Horti- 

 cultural Society, with R. Vincent & 

 Sons, Sept. 22. 



Huntington, N. Y.. Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society, sixth annual ex- 

 hibition, Sept. 25. 



Providence, R. I., Rhode Island Hor- 

 ticultural Society, fall show, Sept. 17, 

 is, Francis Willard Hall. 



Hartford, Conn., Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, fall show, Sept. 23; 

 chrysanthemum show, Nov. 5. G, Unity 

 Hall. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, exhibition, Sept. 22, 23, 

 24; chrysanthemum show, Nov. 11-13, 

 Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Harry Gessner, 12afi Broadway, New 

 York. 



A. Elberfield. 11th and Main streets, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



FAIRS AND NEIGHBORHOOD 

 SHOWS. 



\t the Montgomery County Fair, 

 Dayton, Ohio, the Dayton Floral Co., 

 the Advance Floral Co.. and H. H. 

 Ritter had fine exhibits. 



School children under the auspices of 

 the Improvement Society, N. Andover, 

 Mass., had a fine exhibit of flowers and 

 vegetables on September 11. 



The floral exhibition at the State 

 Fair. Concord, N. H., was very credit- 

 able, and the largest in years. A. G. 

 Hood of Manchester acted as judge. 



In the competition for garden prizes 

 offered by the Village Association, 

 Lenox, Mass., there were 48 competi- 

 tors and $146 was distributed in prizes. 



Sept. 2 and 3 were the dates of the 

 flower carnival at Conesus, N. Y. 

 Chas. Larrowe of Cohocton had a fine 

 display of gladioli and H. A. Dreer of 

 water lilies. 



The success of the first flower car- 

 nival held at E. Rochester, N. Y., will 

 probably lead to a repetition. The ex- 

 hibits were unusually good and the 

 financial results satisfactory. 



The Melrose Horticultural and Im- 

 provement Society, Melrose, Mass, 

 held its annual exhibition on Septem- 

 ber 11, the attractive feature being the 

 exhibits from children's gardens. 



The annual show of the Cleghorn 

 Landscape and Garden Improvement 

 Society at Fitchburg. Mass., closed on 

 September 7 with numerous awards. 

 Interest has grown until an St) foot 

 tent was required to house the ex- 

 hibits this year. 



The show of the Westmouth Hor- 

 ticultural Association held on Sept. 5 

 at Westmouth, Can., while perhaps less 

 ambitious than last year, had some 

 good exhibits of asters; wedding bou- 

 quets and ferns were shown by Hall & 

 Robinson, and gladioli by H. Drennan. 



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