OCTOBEB 27, 1904. 



The WeeUy Florists' Review. 



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Violets are actively sought, for the first 

 time this season, and it is probable that 

 there will be a good market for them 

 all through the week, for many thou- 

 sands are worn at the horse show. The 

 Beauty crop seems to be coming off all 

 along the line, perhaps due to the change 

 to cool weather, which has had a bene- 

 ficial effect in point of quality, color 

 now being much better than it was dur- 

 ing the heated term. The change to 

 frosty nights has given many of the tea 

 roses another attack of mildew and aver- 

 ages are very low for growers who have 

 failed to take necessary precautions. 

 Those whose cut is of good average qual- 

 ity are now getting satisfactory re- 

 turns. 



This week has brought a change in 

 the carnation market, colored sorts hav- 

 ing been in fair demand for almost the 

 first time this fall. The mid-season 

 varieties of chrysanthemums came on in 

 full force very suddenly, Monday the 

 market being bare of good stock, while 

 Tuesday saw large receipts of Bonnaf- 

 fon, Duckham, Appleton and other fancy 

 sorts. "With so much good stock the 

 under grades are very slow sellers. The 

 growers of these will not be satisfied 

 with the returns. 



While we have had light frosts, no 

 harm has yet been done to outdoor stock 

 in many localities and there is still 

 plenty of cosmos to be had, also a few 

 poor dahlias and few gladioli.^ The 

 green goods are in fair demand and not 

 too abundant supply. 



Large quantities of stock are ordered 

 for shipment to New. Orleans Saturday 

 night for All Saints' day. 



The Flower Show. 



There wijl be a meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Horticultural 

 Society this afternoon to complete de- 

 tails for the big exhibition November 

 15 to 19. A superintendent has yet to 

 be engaged. Henry Wittbold is men- 

 tioned as a capable man for this difiicult 

 post. The show will be advertised as 

 in the Fine Arts building, the entrance 

 being by way of the elevators there, 

 although in reality the larger part of 

 the show will be in the Auditorium, the 

 two buildings being as one on this floor. 



Various Notes. 



Peter Reinberg says that heating 

 plants have changed as much as any 

 other feature of a greenhouse since the 

 days when he did his own night firing. 

 Then he used hot water; now he installs 

 steam, with which one of the greatest 

 troubles is returning the condensation to 

 the boiler. The pumps refuse to take 

 the water too hot. This difficulty he 

 overcomes by using the Morehead steam 

 trap, which he says works to perfection. 

 Another difficulty with steam is that 

 temperature will vary more or less every 

 time the boiler is fired, changing the 

 pressure on the gauge. To obviate this 

 he attaches a regulating valve to his 

 main feed pipe just inside the green- 

 houses. This is a big valve made by 

 the Foster Engineering Co., Newark, N. 

 J., which makes the steam pressure in 

 the coils whatever is desired, no matter 

 whether the boiler pressure is ten or 

 sixty pounds. If the weather grows 

 colder, instead of turning on more pipes, 

 the man in charge simply opens the regu- 

 lating valve to admit more steam. 



One of the largest buyers in this 

 market is the Pittsburg Florists' Ex- 

 change, conducted by P. J. Demas, a 

 countryman of John Mangel and akin to 



him in his ability to handle large quan- 

 tities of cut flowers. But the Pittsburger 

 wholesales his stock and receives, in ad- 

 dition to his large purchases here, con- 

 siderable quantities of roses, carnations 

 and seasonable flowers produced in his 

 own vicinity, which he sells on commis- 

 sion. 



Poehlmann Bros, are right in the 

 midst of their chrysanthemum season, 

 cutting splendid Appleton and fine, well 

 developed Bonnaffon in quantity. 



E. C. Amling is among those who are 

 getting fine blooms of Wm. Duckham 

 chrysanthemum, last season's great nov- 

 elty. 



Wm. Dittman, of New Castle, is send- 

 ing J. A. Budlong a large cut of fine 

 Beauties. 



P. J, Hauswirth had a big decoration 

 for the Auditorium Monday night, the 

 hotel being filled to its greatest capacity 

 by horse show visitors. 



E. H. Hunt is getting in some very 

 fine Vi viand -Morel chrysanthemums. 



Sinner Bros, have 320 feet of callas 

 five feet wide, planted out, just coming 

 into full bloom. They are very healthy. 



George Eeinberg is getting a heavy 

 cut of Liberties and Beauties. 



E. E. Pieser at Kennicott's says the 

 business this week has looked like old 

 times, but there is still too much poor 

 ttock for a good market. 



C. W. McKellar is again receiving 

 orchids in quantity and variety. 



Bassett &• Washburn are cutting La 

 Detroit of fine quality. The introducer 

 saw it the other day and agreed it would 

 be hard to beat at St. Louis. 



F. C. Struvy has bought out C. 

 Paasch, at 224 Clyboum avenue, and is 

 giving his personal attention to the 

 place, leaving his daughter in charge 

 at the Halsted street stand. Mr. Paasch 

 and his wife had long done a fine trade 

 on Clyboum avenue and have gotten to- 

 gether a competence. 



Wietor Bros, say that business is very 

 good and they sell out quickly twice a 

 day. Benthey's is another place where 

 the fashion is to sell out early. 



Weiland & Risch are getting in a big 

 cut of mums. They report the best 

 call for medium priced yellows. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. will make a 

 specialty of wild smilax now that the 

 weather is cool and it can be kept. 



Albert Fuchs landed in New York on 

 Monday and is expected to reach Chi- 

 cago today. 



Vaughan & Sperry have made connec- 

 tion with two large rose growers and 

 are now receiving good sized daily re- 

 ceipts in all lines. 



The A. L. Randall Co. reports good 

 business in violets and fancy mums, the 

 local demand being good since the horse 

 show opened. 



Percy Jones, manager of the Growers' 

 Market, reports that David Reed, pro- 

 prietor of the Downers Grove Floral Co. 

 will again send his stock to the Market 

 after November 1. 



J. B. Deamud is getting mums as 

 good and as plentiful as anyone. 



M. Winandy has dropped Meteor in 

 favor of Liberty, from which he is cut- 

 ting well. 



This is election night at the Florists' 

 Club. Flower show matters will also be 

 up for special attention. 



Visitors: President Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit ; E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind. ; F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; 

 G. Heinrich, Crete, 111.; Wm. La Hyn, 

 Chesterton, Ind. 



Bowlins;. 



Four teams and the ladies bowled Oc- 

 tober 25. Following are the Ecores: 



WJntersons. ist 2d 8d 



Scott 176 laa IM 



Haague 16» ]12 160 



U H. Winterson 148 146 135 



Totals 492 "^ 44» 



Hauswlrths. i«t 2(1 3d 



1. J- Hauswirth 151> 139 .155 



\. Kreltllng 107 124 184 



Totals 407 4;,j) 437 



Lambros. Ist 2d 3d 



«e»ekos •.:::i^s m i^ 



Vensou ]«o 212 174 



Totals 0S7 "741 "627 



Asrau*.. ],t 2.1 .3d 



2"PP^ 14^> 104 137 



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k:Jf winterson 80 114 loo m 



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-T ; ALL ABOUT FIANCEE. 



Wc have received from James Harts- 

 liorne, manager of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., Johet, 111., the f(/llowing communi- 

 cation, to which he gives the title, "A 

 Plain Statement Regarding Carnation 

 J' lancee ' ' : 



r»r*''i* /"T"-^*'"'"'"'*'"" '« « 5000 seedling 

 raised by K. Dorner & Sous Co.. La Fayette 

 lud,. and grown by them until and during the 

 season of 1902.1903. In the fall ot S ihl 



of the wHfi?'%'^i?''""'-* attracted the attention 

 ?L «.^'."*^ *•' ^^^'^ "«'««• who at once asked 

 Af «. ? JS^"""* J^ '"■''^ '<''• t»>e entire stock. 

 At first Dorners declared they would not Belt 

 the variety, as their Intention was to grow It 

 iZ Zli^t^'f^ themselves and not dlssfmlnate 

 Ih!v !^**i*7 '"■■. ™»"*' ^■^"'■8 to come. boUevln« 

 they could make more money out if It that 

 way. lour scribe, however, continued negotla- 



in"?hi'"*"K,Vf"'"*" •"""•■'1 " P'-lw' which took 

 all the ambition out of me so far as ever Dor- 

 chaslng the stock was c-oncerned. but I c6^d 

 not resist the temptation of going to La t^Jr- 

 t <f.«"»S** *•** ^'■'*ty Knowing, and the sight 

 I saw there more thi.n ever convinced me that 



'Jfif'""^'}'^''"'*,.'^'"'"''""" «"8 in a class by 

 Itself and would take many years to beat. 

 whereupon negotiations were again opened, with 

 the result that the stock of 15() plant* and all 

 t».e cuttings that could be produc^ed from tb^m 

 that season (1902-0.-») were purchased bv S 

 Chicago Carnation Co. for the sum of »10 000 

 no more, no less. w^^.vw, 



i,I^^ """Ju* •'■''^ w"* ''^P' " s^frpt for a lone 

 time as the new owners did not want to maki 

 the carnation famous any other way than by 

 Its own merits. This we have succeeded In 

 1«M^, to our entire satisfaction and to tbe 

 satisfaction of all those who have seen the 

 variety on exhibition and growing ta the 

 greenhouses at Jollet. '^ * 



1 pt'rsonally named the carnation at the Chi- 

 cago Flower Show, immedlatt'ly after It w«i 

 ..1 sweepstakes and Judged as the finest can^ 



V" 'k '" *« '*7""''^- ^y ^'"-'*' competent Judg..r«B 

 Arfhur Herrlngton. Mudlsnn. N. J • Prof 



KldjTe ■ 11?"""°' ^'- ^■'' ^""^ Buettner. Park 

 The name Fiancee was at once popular and 

 he vase of bloomn with their numh^ nf pr"^ 

 tagged to It was the sengatlon of tbo abrnr 

 and. us the secretary of the Uortuiilnir^ 

 Society said at that t4e. had been the me.M 

 of swelling the receipts of admissions to the 

 show considerably, larger than they otherwise 

 would have been. "<"t:iwi»e 



It is needless to say what benors Fiancee 

 *""?.. Vi f'"^.« '•'"t time as they have b^n 

 imhllshPd In the trade papers from ttoT to time 

 It has maintained ^s reputation and won over 

 >Ml comers every tjme exhibited and whit 

 pleases us most Is that we and all who see It 

 growing, believe It to be as free a blo^m^ as 

 ..i>y carnation In commerce. This Is now the 

 second season we are growing It. We are 

 more than pleased with Its behavior. We have 

 not lost a single plant out of the 30,000 we 

 I...V0 benched through stem-rot. It has nT rust 

 , i "?u ''acterla. Propagates very easily: 



r*fv„n *.*"*^ T^^^^^i ^"»« to thrive and di 

 "8 well In field culture (■ pot-grown Last 

 senson we benched It In"^ Very heavy tjn 

 Ihls season the solV Is much lighter and seems 

 frJ .M?"^"^ as well; In fact. It seems n^ 

 fr<^ this .vear. We now have about S.OriO plants 

 I", f""^ .V'oom, and about 25,000 pinched back 

 fiVLr^.J*"- ^^."^i^ anticipate no trouble In 

 fiUIng orders, which can be done without over- 

 propagating the variety, the one thing which 

 we have avoided all along wuicu 



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