

1014 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 13, 1904. 



"Your Own Interests'' 



Qnii iA/:in^ 4lii> Ko€* flr^iA/orc ^^^^ money will boy, of coansc, and you want to know 

 OU Wani mC DCSI llOWerS beforehand that your order will bring them to yo«i 



Not once in a while, but any time and every time* We are that kind of a house ; dependable, 

 responsible gfrowers and shippers of cut flowers* We can prove it by the number of our customers 

 or by any one of that number. You will never be disappointed by us in not g^ettins: what you want, 

 as you want it and when you want it* 



We don't quote prices here for erood reasons, bnt we issue a reg^ular weekly price list that's fall of profitable 

 sugrffestions and profit possibilities for you. If you'll tell us what your name is we'll send it forever. 



WEILAND & RISCH, 



59 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



LEADING WESTERN GROWERS 



AND SHIPPERS OF CUT FLOWERS. 



I,ONO DISTANCE TELBPKONS CEHTRAIi 879. 



m>'iiiImii I III' KfvlfW w'h«*ii you write. 



best grade goes as high as $3 to $4 per 

 dozen, but averages are not nearly so 

 good as a week ago. There are plenty 

 of good Brides, Maids, Liberty and 

 Chatenay for all needs, also some extra 

 good Kaiserin. Some of the extra select 

 are bringing above quoted rates, but 

 there is a large proportion of each day's 

 receipts which are very near rubbish and 

 must be sold in quantity at prices to 

 bring down the average to a very low 

 figure. 



Carnations seem to be holding their 

 own better than any other flower. Re- 

 ceipts are large, but some days demand is 

 active and the stock is cleaned out to bet- 

 ter results than the rest of the staples. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in heav- 

 ily and the wholesalers find it difScult 

 to move them all. The result is that 

 prices on good stock are going down con- 

 siderably faster than is usual at the open- 

 ing of the season. 



There are large quantities of Campbell 

 violets and it is almost impossible to 

 move them. The retailers say that they 

 can be used only in funeral work and 

 average returns to the growers are in 

 keeping with the very poor results ob- 

 tained last year. Singles do only a little 

 better. New York violets again have the 

 call. 



The absence of frost has resulted in 

 some very fine dahlias and these are do- 

 ing as well as could be expected with the 

 market so heavily burdened with other 

 material. There are also large quantities 

 of cosmos of very fine quality, which is 

 a good seller for decorations, although 

 prices must necessarily be low. The fall 

 openings have made a very good demand 

 for long strings of asparagus and the 

 fall weddings are calling for smilax, 

 which is very plentiful. 



Tuesday was cool and wet, a very dull 

 day. The weather man predicts cold 

 weather, which will shorten receipts and 

 stiffen prices. 



Flower Show Matters. 

 There was a meeting of the executive 

 committee of the Horticultural Society 

 and the Chicago Florists' Club at the 

 Union Saturday evening, at which flower 

 show matters were talked over and a 

 number of committees appointed to fur- 

 ther the work. A successful exhibition 

 November 15 to 19 now seems assured. 

 It was announced that the following slate i 



of officers had been determined upon for 

 the Horticultural Society: President, 

 Edward G. Uihlein; chairman finance 

 committee, Charles A. Hutchinson; vice- 

 presidents, H. G. Selfridge and Ernst 

 Wienhoeber; secretary and treasurer, 

 Willis N. Budd. These officers were duly 

 elected at a meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society at the Auditorium on Tuesday 

 afternoon. 



There is much renewed discussion for 

 a permanent horticultural hall and a pos- 

 sibility that it may be eventually attained 

 on the lake front. 



Gu-oation G>nventioiu 



The Florists' Club will hold its regu- 

 lar meeting this evening and President 

 Rudd will announce the general commit- 

 tee on entertainment of the Carnation 

 Society, as follows: J. C. Vaughan, P. 

 J. Hauswirth and Leonard Kill. They 

 have authority to appoint all necessary 

 sub-committees. The management of the 

 exhibition will probably be placed in the 

 hands of Mr, Hauswirth by the officers 

 of the Carnation Society. 



Various Notes. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. has had a busy 

 season. At their city establishment they 

 have built a large new house for decorat- 

 ive plants, that end of their business 

 having grown to large proportions. They 

 have also rebuilt their Buckingham 

 placs store and put it in first-class shape. 

 They recently purchased a battery of 

 five steam boilers taken from the Wo- 

 man's Temple and are installing two at 

 Edgebrook and two at the city place. 

 Not only is retail trade good with them, 

 but Louis Wittbold says that the whole- 

 sale plant business for the past three 

 months has been the largest in the his- 

 tory of the concern. Next year they pro- 

 pose to rebuild another large section of 

 the city range. 



E. S. Thompson, of South Haven, 

 Mich., is sending J. A. Budlong a large 

 cut of very fine dahlias. The season has 

 besn most favorable on the Michigan 

 shore and Mr. Thompson says that not 

 in years has he had such good results. 



The Kennicott Bros. Co. is receiving 

 white orchids which are in good demand 

 for choice wedding and funeral work. 



Frank Garland has given up his city 

 wholesale store and M. Winandy now is 

 the only occupant of roo'm 218, 52 Wa- | 



bash avenue. Mr. Garland's crops are 

 going to Percy Jones in the Growers' 

 Market. 



Weiland & Risch have been expending 

 a considerabl3 sum of money in building 

 sewers to take care of the water at their 

 boiler rooms. Quicksand has been giv- 

 ing them a great deal of trouble. 



E. F. Winterson Co. is making a spe- 

 cialty of autumn foliage, which the re- 

 tailers are using in window decorations 

 with chrysanthemums. They have a soft 

 ilex, well berried, which is very useful. 

 Mr. Winterson spent Sunday at Dubuque 

 and Des Moines. 



Vaughan & Sperry are receiving large 

 quantities of chrysanthemums and vio- 

 lets from Grand Rapids. The mums have 

 sold well but buyers have to be coaxed 

 to take violets. 



Peter Reinberg is erecting a fine new 

 residence adjoining his present home on 

 Robey street. The removal of two green- 

 houses was necessary to make room. 



Thomas Allen, out Bowmanville way, 

 is not a large grower in comparison to 

 the establishments of some of his neigh- 

 bors, but there is none of them who can 

 give him points on growing Beauties. 

 He is cutting practically no short stems 

 and a great many which are five feet 

 long, with buds in proportion. J. A. 

 Budlong sells his cut. 



Edgar Sanders was 78 years of age 

 on Monday. His health is generally 

 good, although he does not go far from 

 the house. 



Lubliner & Trinz have abandoned 

 their place on Jackson boulevard. Graff 

 & Trinz have opened a store at 90 Wash- 

 ington street. 



Mrs. Fred Stollery has returned from 

 a visit of several weeks with relatives in 

 California. 



Singler Bros, are building a new brick 

 stack to take the place of the one de- 

 stroyed by the big storm last spring. 



Mr. Jahn, of New York, imported by 

 O. J. Friedman, has resigned, having 

 married Miss Butler, formerly Fried- 

 man's right hand man and mow in 

 business for herself on Dearborn street. 

 W. E. Lynch, of E. H. Hunt's, is on 

 a trip to eastern sources of supply. 



A. L, Randall and family are home 

 from Michigan, where they spent the 

 summer on their fruit farm. 



Kring Bros., Fairbury, HI., are send- 



