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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Sbftbubeb 16. 1004. 



ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE 



IN OCTOBER 1st, )904, the undersigned firm will open a first-class Wholesale Jobbing 

 Cut Flower and Florists' Supply Store at 58-60 Wabash Ave., Growers' 



Exchange* This will fill a long;-felt want among: the city buyers, inasmuch as we will carry 



a complete line of up-to-date Florists' Supplies and Requisites. All g;rowers consigning; stock to 

 us should bear in mind that we are not strang:ers to the business by any means* as our Mr. Vaug;han's 

 experience extends over sixteen years in travel among; the trade, soliciting; orders in nearly every branch 

 of the Horticulture and Florists' Supply business. Promptness and integ;rity of purpose is to be the watch- 

 word in all our business transactions, and we ask g;rowers and buyers alike to g;ive us a fair share of their 

 business and we will ** deliver the g;oods.'' 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 



A. L. VAUGHAN, 

 FRED SPERRY. 



58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon wrtte. 



Countess of Lonsdale dahlia. At the 

 meeting of the club the second Monday 

 in October, the exhibits will consist of 

 cannas, dahlias and early chrysanthe- 

 mums. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to all growers to participate. 



Considerable time was devoted to re- 

 views of the convention and the World's 

 Fair by those who were at St. Louis and 

 H. Beaulieu was instrumental in having 

 accorded every speaker a vote of thanks. 

 Among those who had interesting exper- 

 iences and observations to recount were 

 John Scott, Charles Lenker, Theo. Lang, 

 P. O'Mara, H. A. Bunyard, W. J. Stew- 

 art, Mr. Abram, of St. Louis, who made 

 the floral clock and was a visitor, and 

 others. 



Announcement was made of the forma- 

 tion of the bowling club, fifteen mem- 

 bers having already given their names 

 and the first meeting being called at the 

 'old alleys, on Twenty-third street and 

 ■jSixth avenue, the first Friday evening in 

 ■ October. 



The Sangerbund Show. 



The sixteenth annual exhibition and 

 flower show of the Sangerbund ended 

 at Eidgewood park, Brooklyn, on San- 

 . day, after four days of large attend- 

 ance. • The exhibit of plants and flow- 

 ers gave opportunity to many prominent 

 local florists for display. John Scott 

 had a fine group of his new fern and re- 

 ceived special recognition. A $45 prize 

 for a palm group was won by John Mel- 

 sem, of Elmhurst, and $35 by Chas. 

 Koch, of Flatbush. Henry Bottjer ex- 

 hibited vegetables and E. Buckingham, of 

 Brooklyn, seeds and bulbs. Many carpet 

 beds for competition were planted, the 

 prizes going to John Dryer, John Bau- 

 mann and Emil Miller. For mixed gera- 

 niums F. Marquardt, of Middle Village, 

 won first honors; for cannas, A. L. Mil- 

 ler, of Brooklyn, and for cacti, F. Wein 

 berg, of Woodside. The salvia and helio- 

 trope prizes went to Mr. Marquardt. Mr. 

 Miller won the tuberous begonia award. 

 August Schrader lead all competitors for 

 foliage plants. H. Maenner, of Mas- 

 peth, was first for coleus. 



The management of the show included 

 the well known Long Island florists, 

 Messrs. Koch, Miesem, Schrader, Bau- 

 mann, Maenner and Marquardt. 



Various Notes. 



J. E. Lager, of Summit, was in the 

 city Thursday. He announces the cutting 

 of the last of the Cattleya gigas and the 

 advent of C. labiata, of which he wiU 



have an abundant supply. One branch of 

 C. gigas at McManus' was on exhibition 

 holding eight perfect flowers readily com- 

 manding 75 cents each. Lager & Hurrell 

 will exhibit as usual at all the great fall 

 shows. 



Ford Bros, received their first ship- 

 ment of violets September 3, a box of 

 2,000 from Walter Pell, of Rhinebeck. 



L. K. Peacock, of Atco, N. J., was in 

 the city last week and among other in- 

 teresting dahlia information told me that 

 his 102 acres this year will produce 1,- 

 300,000 roots, that he has over 1,000 

 named varieties and produces 50,000 to 

 100,000 seedlings every year, that out of 

 20,000 only one is considered worthy of 

 saving and that out of 100 excellent new 

 varieties so obtained, not over one is 

 named. All poor ones are destroyed im- 

 mediately after flowering. 



Jos. Fenrich has added electric light to 

 his other facilities and is much pleased 

 with his progress as receiver of good 

 rose§ and an abundance of them.-^^:- : .;} 



A. J, Guttman, of 52 W. Twenty-ninth 

 street, and Chas. Weber, of Lynbrook, 

 L. I., have bought the carnation known 

 as red seedling No. 3 from Jos. Sake- 

 wich, of New Hydp Park, L. I., and con- 

 trol the output. The controversy relative 

 to the original ownership of this seed- 

 ling has been satisfactorily adjusted. 



W. H. Gunther reports after a trip 

 among his growers up the Hudson, that 

 several of the * ' violetists " around 

 Poughkeepsie and Highlands have thrown 

 out violets entirely and are growing car- 

 nations, that the violets remaining show 

 a better plant growth than for five years 

 past and that, while last year fifty-six 

 new violet houses were erected not one 

 has been built this season, ensuring a re- 

 duction of the over-supply and a more 

 uniform and satisfactory price for grow- 

 ers. 



Chas. Millang has stocked his conser- 

 vatories again with the best the plant 

 market affords and I noticed a liberal 

 space devoted to the new fern, Scottii. 



J, Van Kleef, of Boskoop, Holland, is 

 in the city with reference to his Ameri- 

 can agency and has arranged for its con- 

 tinuance with the C. H. Joosten estate 

 as usual. 



Suzuki & lida have already distributed 

 their big importation of Chinese lilies 

 and have just received their first supply 

 of Japanese callas. The war to date has 

 not interfered with their business in any 

 way. Messrs. Suzuki and lida are both 

 in Japan at present. 



Beed & Keller have been busy men 



since the convention; never such a de- 

 mand for supplies in their career as this 

 fall. If their diagnosis of the pulse of 

 trade is correct, a great season may be 

 counted on. 



The auctions from now on will be in 

 full blast and the ram's horn will sound 

 no more clarion echo than the voices of 

 the aggressive auctioneers. Elliott be- 

 gins to-day. 



Martin Shonatus, gardener for Payne 

 Whitney, at Great Neck, L. I., reports 

 the loss of valuable and rare plants by 

 vandals last week, over $500 worth being 

 destroyed. 



Michael Schultz, of Madison, N. J., 

 died September 8, aged 73. He was the 

 father of the three Schultz boys, promi- 

 nent rose growers of that town, and the 

 trade extends its sympathy in their be- 

 reavement. 



Shaw 's Garden, in St. Louis, now holds 

 the big plants of Scottii so much admired 

 at the convention and other plants from 

 the convention exhibit are still on exhibi- 

 tion in the Horticulture building at the 

 Fair. 



J. K. Allen has a fund of interesting 

 experiences of his European travels with 

 which he delights his friends, but he is 

 quite satisfied to spend his next fifty 

 years under the stars and stripes. 



Enterprise is in evidence at Chas. Zel- 

 ler & Son's, in Flatbush, considerable 

 building now being done and all stock in 

 the houses and out of them in splendid 

 condition for the approaching season. R. 

 Dryer, of Woodside, also shows unlimited 

 faith in the future and is adding con- 

 stantly to his plant. 



William Ghormley is back from his 

 outing at Dansville, N. Y,, and J. H. 

 Troy has returned from Europe. 



Henry Hentz, of Madison, has added 

 the Tilden greenhouses to his extensive 

 plant, which means more special rose 

 shipments than ever this season. John 

 Nash, of this house, has just completed 

 his annual tour among the Jersey rose 

 growers. 



John Burton, of Philadelphia, and J. 

 L. Dillon, of Bloomsburg, were among 

 the week's visitors. 



J. B, Nugent, Sr., one of the veterans 

 of the business and 82 years of age is 

 reported seriously ill. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Columbus, Ind.— Chas. S. Bamaby 

 found trade so good last season that 

 he is adding two houses 23x100 feet for 

 the purpose of increasing his facilities. 



