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Sbptkmiwu 22, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



859 



ASPARAGIS 



FOR FALL 

 OPENINGS! 



You can use a great deal of ASPARAGUS (long, 

 heavy strings) in the decorations for the Fall Open- 

 ings. We can supply the goods in any quantity. 



E. C. SNLING, 



Th* IiMrflr««t, Best Sqnlppod and BCost Centrally Ibooated 

 Wholeaale Cnt Flower Konse In Chlcag'o. 



32-34.-36 Randolph St., 



Chicago, 111 



IBIOAV BBAVTT, Per dOB. 



80-36-incb Btem $8.00 



24-mcb stem 2.60 



ao-incb stem 2.00 



16-incb stem 1.60 



12-incb stem 1.00 



Sbort Item 18.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



Brides and Maids 12. 



Meteors and Gates 2. 



Liberty 8. 



Kalserin > 8. 



Oamatlons.. 1 



Asters 1 



Valley 2. 



Gladioli per doz., 26c to S5o 



Tuberoses. " S^c to 50c 



Auratum lilies, " $1.25 to $1.60 

 LonKiflorums " 1.60 

 Asparagtis, per string, 35 to 60c. 



AsparaKus Sprenfceri 2 



Ferns per 1000, $1.00 



Galax, Green and Bronze, per 



1000.11.25 



Leucotbce 



Adiantiun 



SmUaz per doz., $1.60 



Bibjeet t» ehfuve wttkoat aotlM. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There has been a visible improvement 

 in the state of the market since last re- 

 port. Not only is city business more 

 active, but out of town customers are 

 buying in larger quantities. There has 

 also been an improvement in so far as 

 stock is concerned. Asters are very near 

 their finish and the result is a better- 

 ment in many other departments. Car- 

 nations are increasing in quantity and 

 improving in quality, finding a very fair 

 market at remunerative prices. In gen- 

 eral the quality is considerably ahead of 

 what it has been at this reason in pre- 

 vious years. Of course the grade is not 

 up to the midwinter standard, but it is 

 a decided improvement on what has been 

 in the market in recent weeks. 



With some of the large growers Beau- 

 ties are going off crop and with others 

 the first cut is just coming on. There 

 are large supplies of the short-stemmed 

 material and in general there is little 

 diflSculty in filling orders in this depart- 

 ment. Tea roses are of better average 

 quality, but it still takes considerable 

 grading to supply the kind of material 

 necessary for the shipping trade. Neither 

 Bride nor Bridesmaid is in abundant 

 supply. Chatenay is ahead of the de- 

 mand and there is plenty of Liberty. 



The first violets arrived Tuesday and 

 a few premature Fitzwygram chrysan- 

 themums are seen. Gladioli are about at 

 an end and outdoor stock now cuts lit- 

 tle figure in the market. There are large 

 quantities of "green goods" and the 

 demand in this department is showing 

 considerable increase. 



Varioos Notes. 



The death of Mr. Adams, of Adams & 

 Wertlake Co., of Highland Park, gave 

 the retailers considerable business. Fritz 

 Bahr had more than he could do, work- 

 ing all night Monday and being com- 

 pelled to call in outside helpi 



The Chicago Carnation Co. has leased 

 a stand in the Growers' Exchange from 

 October 1. Crabb & Hunter have also 

 arranged for space October 1. Stollery 

 Bros, resumed selling there on Tuesday. 

 ^frH. Stollery is still in California. 



Weiland & Risch are believers in east- 

 ern talent. They have Dennis Murphy, 

 well known to New Jersey rose growers. 



as foreman. John Lord is now with 

 Mr. Eisch in the wholesale store. Mr. 

 Lord is experienced in the New York 

 and Boston markets. 



E. E. Pieser returned on Monday from 

 a two months' vacation spent in Canada. 

 He has some very interesting stories to 

 tell of the things he saw where people 

 live close to nature. 



E. C. Amling is having his place re- 

 decorated preparatory to the reception 

 of the big chrysanthemiim cut expected 

 next week. 



Charles Fisk reports everything lovely 

 on the west side. Business has been 

 quite satisfactory to him. 



A. Lange and family returned this 

 week from a nine weeks' visit in Colora- 

 do. They made Colorado Springs their 

 headquarters and visited all points of 

 interest in that vicinity. Mr. Lange 

 speaks highly of the establishments of 

 Wm. Clark, the Park Floral Co. and J. 

 F. Wilcox, which he visited recently. 



J. A. Budlong has returned from his 

 visit to Providence, R. I. He made the 

 trip going on his bicycle but came back 

 by train. 



John Sterrett is now with C. \V. Mc- 

 Kellar and in a rhort time his son, Willie 

 Sterrett, will be added to the force 

 there. 



N, J. Wietor calls attention to the 

 blooms of Enchantress which they arc 

 cutting in considerable quantity. The 

 stock was grown indoors all summer and 

 is an evidence that this treatment suits 

 that variety to perfection. 



The Florists' Club meets tonight and 

 nominates oflScers for next year. 



There is a new grower at Maywood, 

 Wm. Wichtendahl. He built two houses 

 during the past summer and has them 

 planted to the newest varieties of carna- 

 tions. There are now four growers in 

 one block at Maywood. Albert F. Am- 

 ling, Hugo Luedtke. Henry Wehrman 

 and ^^r. Wichtendahl. They all ship to 

 E. C. Amling. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. reports busi- 

 ness in Dutch bulbs to have opened in 

 fine shape in the last few days. 



Geo. Reinberg has put in seven More- 

 head return traps to dispose of con- 

 densation in his steam pipes at.d insure a 

 hetter circulation. Peter Reinberg put 

 in three of these machines early last 

 spring and found them to work so satis- 

 factorily that he has put in ten more 

 this season. Several other growers in 



their vicinity are adopting the same de- 

 vice. 



The daily papers are devoting consid- 

 erable space to the retirement of Chas. 

 J. Strombaeh as head gardener at Lin- 

 coln park. Mr. Strombaeh has been con- 

 nected with the park for thirty-five years 

 and is now given the position of con- 

 sulting gardener. The nevf head gar- 

 dener is Alois P. Frey, formerly of Hart- 

 ford, Conn., where he has been in the 

 florists' business. He has been Mr. 

 Strombaeh 's assistant for more than a 

 year. 



W. E. Lynch has spent his spare mo- 

 ments this summer in building a ribbon 

 case at Hunt 's and has demonstrated his 

 qualifications for cabinet making. The 

 case holds 2,500 bolts of ribbon. 



Bassett & Washburn have all their 

 tea roses grafted this year and Mr. 

 Washburn calls attention to the diflfer- 

 ence between their first cut this season 

 and the first cut when their stock was 

 on its own roots as a visible evidence 

 that the grafted stock has much advan- 

 tage. They cut more heavily than from 

 own root stock and the quality early in 

 the season is decidedly superior. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. reports a large 

 number of big decorations to be put up 

 in the State street stores within the next 

 week or two. 



The Butler Floral Co. has opened a 

 neat store at 291 Dearborn street. The 

 active member of the concern is Miss 

 Butler, who was formerly with Fried- 

 man. 



John Muir opened his new store at 

 4647 Grand boulevard yesterday, sending 

 out neat cards of invitation to an in- 

 spection of the very handsome establish- 

 ment. The old place on Michigan avenne 

 is still maintained, but is on the market. 



Charlie Duerr is now located at 8e- 

 dalia. Mo., with Gelven & Son. He has 

 moved his family there. 



Visitors: J. W. Schrader, Mattoon, 

 111.; C. 8. Ford, Philadelphia. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



L. E. Williams, Nottingham, N. H., 

 collected plants; Anton Schultheis, Col- 

 lege Point, N. Y., plants; Nathan Smith 

 & Son, Adrian, Mich., plants; United 

 States Cut Flower Co., Elmira, N. Y., 

 cut flowers; The Stiles Co., Oklahoma 

 City, Okla., bulbs. 



