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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembeb 15, 1904. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



19 Randolph SW 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



In making up our mailing list for the coming season, we desire to reach all those 

 who are interested in the Chicago market. If you do not receive our prices please notify 

 us — a postal will do. 



Wc devote our time exclusively to CUT FLOWERS^ and always ship the best 

 the market affords. 



Mfiitlon Thi- KPTlfw when yon writ* 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



In looking about the stores and mar- 

 kets the past week one gets a few more 

 smiles and finds a much better state of 

 affairs. The cause is a decided improve- 

 ment in business, generally distribu^ted 

 among the stores and markets. How- 

 ever, there is no scarcity of stock, except 

 carnations, and reports from the whole- 

 salers is that even with the increase in 

 business the amount of stock coming in 

 is so great that there is almost as large 

 a glut as ever. 



A New Store. 



Geddis & Blind Bros, opened their new 

 south side store Saturday, which is 

 built on the site of the old one. They 

 are to be congratulated on having one 

 of the pr«ttiest and best appointed stores 

 in the city. All the furnishings are in 

 a very pretty shade of green and the 

 rear of the store opens directly into a 

 conservatory about 20x75, which • they 

 had nicely stocked with palms, ferns, and 

 Harrisii lilies in bloom. Instead of giv- 

 ing out cards or souvenirs of any kind, 

 they had several thousand small jardin- 

 ieres which held a well grown 3-inch 

 fern. They sold the plant and vase for 

 10 cents, only oae to each person. They, 

 no doubt, lost a few cents on each sale, 

 but still it was a lasting and good ad- 

 vertisement. Mr. Geddis says that 

 every house on the south side had one 

 or more on their Sunday dinner table. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met last Tuesday 

 evening and those who were not there 

 were the losers. The discussion was on 

 gladioli and asters. The out-of-town ex- 

 hibitors of gladioli were Frank Banning, 

 of Kinsman, O. ; John Lewis Childs, 

 Queens, N. Y., and Arthur Cowee, Ber- 

 lin, N. Y. These gentlemen exhibited 

 about seventy-five of their very best 

 varieties and caused a great deal of dis- 

 cussion as to which were the best. The 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., was the only 

 exhibitor of asters. They had some of 

 the finest and largest ever seen here, as 

 well as some of the smaller sorts. Some 

 of the boys wanted to know how they 

 grew them, but Mr. Falconer explained 

 that it was stock consigned to them, and 

 they did not know anything about grow- 

 in? flowers. 



Mr. Zimmerman, of Dixmont, had been 

 to St, Louis and our president, who had 



been there himself, requested Mr. Zim- 

 merman to tell us about aj^^ he saw. 

 The question' was so large it almost 

 scared him, but being gently led by 

 Mr. Falconer, in his own inimitable way, 

 he told us about the nice people and the 

 pleasant meeting of the S. A. F., the 

 horticultural and floricultural features of 

 the Fair, and the parks. After dispos- 

 ing of a large basket of apples furnished 

 by Frank Banning, a motion was made 

 to have the secretary send letters of 

 thanks to the exhibitors and to make 

 special mention of the apples. "When 

 the boys went home they expressed them- 

 selves in a hearty manner that it was 

 an evening well spent. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. McClements, of Eandolph & Mc- 

 Clements, met vnth a painful accident 

 last week, by falling in his barn, re- 

 sulting in a sprained wrist and a bad- 

 ly bruised face. 



Gustav Ludwig is back at his place of 

 business after being confined to his home 

 for some time with hay fever. 



Jim Higgins is back with Mrs. E. A. 

 Williams. 



Visitors: S. S. Skidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia, who reports business good and a 

 big demand for the new carnation, Fred 

 Burki; W. M. Steel, of Barton Bios., 

 Uniontown; Chfts. Peterson, E. Liverpool, 

 O. ; L. Swarthout, Washington, Pa. 



Hoc-Hoc. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business is undeniably better than it 

 lias been for some time but still it is not 

 what it ought to be. The demand is not 

 what it was a year ago, and it must be 

 remembered that at that time there was 

 no particular scramble on the part of the 

 buyers. However, a very slight increase 

 has served to give a better tone to the 

 market. Beauties are still easy and Maids 

 do not show much change, but Brides are 

 stiffer than last week. There are ade- 

 quate receipts were quality not to be con- 

 sidered, but the supply which is good 

 enough to ship is decidedly limited, 

 though increasing. Chatenay is abun- 

 dant but it is not a warm weather rose, 

 for it quickly opens wide. A few La 

 France are seen, also a few La Detroit. 

 These are not yet large enough in stem 

 to be notable but the best sell up to 8 

 cents. Liberty in short lengths is very 

 abundant but sells fairly well at low 

 prices. 



Beceipts of carnations are on the in- 

 crease but the market has stiffened con- 

 siderably within the past week. Asters 

 are on the wane ; there are still plenty of 

 them but they are mostly white and there 

 is room to move around in the wholesale 

 houses. Gladioli are not so abundant as a 

 week ago and auratum lilies are scarce. 

 A few good longiflorums are seen. Sweet 

 peas are about done. Valley is faring a 

 little better and so is smilax. There is no 

 shortage in any "green goods." 



Club Meeting. 



In the absence of the president and 

 vice-president, James Hartshorne pre- 

 sided at the first regular club meeting at 

 Handel Hall September 8. The order of 

 the evening was general discussion. 



John C. Ure brought up the subject of 

 Impatiens Sultani for winter blooming. 

 H. N. Bruns said he grew it ten years 

 ago, but dropped it. Mr. Ure said few 

 have it, yet it is a good seller and he is 

 propagating all he can. He has it in all 

 sizes up to 8-inch and 10-inch pots and 

 finds customers vrill give $2 for good 

 plants. The George Wittbold Co. bought 

 800 plants of him. He propagates from 

 cuttings, which root readily. It is a 

 good grower. 



It was the consensus of opinion that 

 the season is going to be a good one, 

 better than last, and that next spring 

 will see another big increase in the bed- 

 ding plant business. 



It was stated that the ninth floor of 

 the Auditorium has been engaged for 

 the flower show the week following the 

 national election. The carnation show 

 will be held in the same hall the last 

 Wednesday and Thursday in January, 



Mr. Hauswirth reported on the S, A, 

 F. convention, taking occasion to say a 

 word for the bowlers. He pointed out 

 that, although a critic has said few of 

 the bowlers are "best at anything of 

 much value to the society," the fact is 

 that of the fifteen living ex-presidents, 

 of whom ten were present in St. Louis, 

 four were active participants in the 

 bowling and most of the others were 

 present. 



W. L. Palinsky called attention to the 

 fact that, while New York and other 

 clubs had badges, the Chicago delegation 

 had no distinguishing feature other than 

 its size, which was thereby less appar- 

 ent. It was the unanimous opinion that 

 the club should have an official badge, 

 which could be either furnished or sold 

 to members, and a motion prevailed that 

 the chairman appoint a committee of 



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