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Jdne 23, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



209 



New G>n8ervatory at Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Tliis is ordinarily one of the best weeks 

 in the year but, while total sales may 

 not be far from normal, it is probable 

 that average returns for the stock mar- 

 keted were never before so low for the 

 third week in June. There is the nor- 

 mal amount of business doing' and twice 

 the normal amount of stock is moved, 

 but the demand makes no appreciable 

 impression on the supply and it is nec- 

 essary to force sales on practically 

 every item. The only exceptions to this 

 are Beauties and valley. Really good 

 Beauties are practically out of the mar- 

 ket and receipts are light on what would 

 be called fair summer stock. The result 

 is that wholesalers are having consider- 

 able diflBculty in filling orders in this de- 

 partment. The demand for valley for 

 wedding bouquets is keeping this item 

 cleaned up and has resulted in an ad- 

 vance in price where practically every- 

 thing else in the market is on the down 

 grade. 



There continue to be heavy receipts of 

 tea roses, with quality not so good as it 

 was a week ago. The best stock moves 

 fairly well, but it is almost impossible to 

 get rid of the low grades. Carnations 

 are, however, holding back worse than 

 the roses. Much of this stock is of very 

 good quality, but it seems impossible to 

 move it at any price and the poorer 

 stock is generally sold out at from 3 to 

 5 cents per bunch. 



The peony crop is very nearly at an 

 end, but there are still very large daily 

 receipts, the quality varying from very 

 good to very poor. Some of the stock 

 is selling for 75 cents per dozen where 

 large quantities of other varieties are 

 scarcely bringing express charges. How- 

 ever, the trade is getting tired of hand- 

 ling the low grade peonies and the de- 

 mand is noticeably better for the good 

 stock, which is as it should be. There 

 are considerable quantities still in cold 

 storage, so that there are likely to be 

 plenty of peonies for Fourth of July, if 

 anybody wants them. 



The market is full of sweet peas, 

 longiflorum and candidum lilies, gladioli 

 and many odds and ends, the latter of lit- 

 tle value under existing conditions. 

 Ferns are down to $1.50 per 1,000 and 



smilax is bringing good money because of 

 the scarcity in asparagus. 



Various Notes. 



Thomas Best has returned from Akron, 

 Ohio, where he was for a brief perio<i 

 in partnership with E. J. Bolanz in his 

 retail store. 



Mj. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett have been 

 down to St. Louis to see the exposition, 

 but were not favorably impressed with 

 its state of completion. 



Weiland & Risch are not adding to their 

 glass this year, but are already planning 

 for a big extension next spring if busi- 

 ness conditions next winter are up to 

 their anticipations. 



Miss Jessie Ludlow and C. E. De 

 Wever were married June 16. The bride 

 is a granddaughter of Edgar Sanders 

 and has been employed as cashier of 

 Vaughan's Seed Store many years. Mr. 

 De Wever is of the Belgian plant-growing 

 firm of De Wever Bros., and has been 

 acquiring familiarity with the American 

 trade at Vaughan's for some time, hav- 

 ing recently been in charge of the ex- 

 hibit at St. Louis. The couple will make 

 their home in Belgium. 



J. S. Wilson and George A. Kuhl took 

 possession of the Albert Fuchs place last 

 Thursday. It is their intention to con- 

 tinue the retail business and largely ex- 

 tend the wholesale plant trade. 



The Florists' Club will hold its final 

 meeting for the season tonight. The 

 newly drafted by-laws have been placed 

 in the members ' hands and will be up for 

 adoption at this meeting. 



At the installation of the eminent com- 

 mander of Englewood commandery last 

 Friday night M. G. Holding, of the 

 Sprague-Smith Co., presented the emin- 

 ent commander with a magnificent bunch 

 of peonies. 



Ed. Winterson is suffering with rheu- 

 matism in his left knee, which the doctor 

 says comes from working on the damp 

 cement floor. 



The Georere Witt.bold Co. has been get- 

 ting in a big crop of peonies from its 

 Edgebrook establishment. They are re- 

 building one of their hoiipes at the citv 

 place for growing chrysanthemums. 

 Louis Witt bold has been at Wheeling, 

 111., for several days this we^'k. 



Louis Winterson and Miss Steen are to 

 be married Jure 29. The groom is a 

 member of the E. F. Winterson Company 



and is already receiving many congratula- 

 tions. 



Henry Klehm has returned from a two 

 weeks' stay in Iowa, where his firm, 

 Klehms' Nurseries, are doing a large 

 amount of landscape work this season. 



J. G. Steinfield's place at Forty-third 

 and Drexel boulevard, is closed and the 

 landlord has attached the fixtures to se- 

 cure $180 arrearages for rent. 



John Muir will have a very handsome, 

 modem place at Forty-seventh and Grand 

 boulevard, which will be ready for occu- 

 pancy in a few days. 

 , Anton Then is still bringing in Crim- 

 son Ramblers. 



There is a move on foot to cause all 

 the wholesale houses to close at 5 p. ra. 

 during July and August. 



This week has seen an unusual num- 

 ber of visitors, including Geo. A. Kuhl, 

 Pekin, 111. ; H. E. Larsen, Galva, 111. ; D. 

 B. Long, Buffalo, N. Y. ; John Morehead, 

 Detroit; E. C. Kranz and family, Musca- 

 tine, la.; Mr. Pallas, of J. W. Vestal & 

 Son, Little Bock, Ark.; W. H. Drake, 

 Kenosha, Wis. ; Harry Balsley, Detroit ; 

 the Hulsizer brothers, Des Moines, la.; 

 H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



This is commencement week in the 

 schools but it doesn't help the dress- 

 makers or the florists. Superintendent 

 Cooley has decreed that "simple muslin 

 frocks" are to be worn and no flowers 

 or other gifts allowed. The daily papers 

 give some space to Mr. Cooley 's auto- 

 cratic rulings, several "poems" on the 

 situation having been published, but, un- 

 fortunately, sentiment seems to be with 

 him in this case and a pretty strong ef- 

 fort win be required to restore the for- 

 mer custom during Mr. Cooley 's term. 



The death of Charles Netchert, pro- 

 prietor of the Boston Store, and his 

 funeral on Wednesday made a consid- 

 erable call for funeral work, of which 

 the south side retailers had the bulk. 



Charles Klehm says that their cold 

 storage peonies are reduced to about 

 2,000 dozen and he expects to clean up 

 in good shape by the middle of next 

 week. 



C. M. Dickinson is attending the ses- 

 sions of the republican national conven- 

 tion and officiating as an assistant ser- 

 geant-at-arms. 



E. E. Pieser says Monday's business 

 was like a small Christmas, but that the 

 demand has fallen away since then. 



