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January 2«. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



545 



CHICAGa 



The Market. 



The first fifteen days of January were 

 without doubt one of the dullest fort- 

 nights in the history of this market. 

 The next week saw considerable improve- 

 ment and by Saturday the wholesale dis- 

 trict had its old air of Ufe, with stock 

 well cleaned up. Shipping trade has 

 shown an increase and the city demand 

 is once more fair, the two combined 

 bringing a very satisfactory business and 

 the best since Christmas. 



There is no decided change in the 

 situation with regard to Beauties. The 

 crops are gradually diminishing and qual- 

 ity nothing extra. Brides and Maids, 

 however, are of unexcelled quality and 

 there is a smaller proportion of the un- 

 available stock than usual. Active de- 

 mand has resulted in a further stiffen- 

 ing in the price and extra select stock 

 is now fetching better money than usual 

 at this season, with the lower grades 

 also making a good average. Liberties 

 are less abundant and the cut of Chate- 

 nay is lighter than at any time this 

 winter, although some splendid stock is 

 seen. 



The carnation market has taken what 

 might almost be called a boom. Prac- 

 tically everything but the splits and culls 

 are cleaned up on receipt and the buyers 

 who are late in getting into the market 

 do not always get their orders filled in 

 full. Many growers are holding back for 

 Friday and Saturday. The stock in gen- 

 eral averages exceptionaUy good grade. 



The receipts of violets continue heavy 

 and prices weak. Eomans and Paper 

 Whites are doing a little better than they 

 did. Harrisii clean out fairly well, but 

 callas are quite abundant. Considerable 

 quantities of tulips are seen, but most 

 are too short stemmed to be greatly 

 in demand. Stevia is done. There are 

 considerable quantities of sweet peas but 

 not of extra quality. Green goods have 

 a fairly steady sale, with adiantum good 

 property. 



Carnation Prices. 



There is a good deal of uncertainty 

 as to what carnations will be worth at 

 the end of this week. Last year McKin- 

 ley day cut some little figure and so 

 much has been said about it this year 

 that the growers have the idea that they 

 ought to get pretty good money. But 

 the wholesalers are not disposed to force 

 prices up until this very commendable 

 way of observing the anniversary of 

 Mr. McKinley's birth is a little more 

 firmly established. However^ supply and 

 demand will govern on this occasion, as 

 always. Good weather on Sunday is 

 pretty sure to see a very heavy retail 

 demand. "What the wholesale demand on 

 Friday and Saturday will be is more 

 or less problematical. It is sure to be 

 good; it may be enormous. But grow- 

 ers are hoarding stock and the result 

 is in doubt. The wise man has sent 

 his cut in each day and got excellent 

 prices. 



The Winandy Matter. 

 There was a meeting of thirty-two 

 creditors of Michael Winandy at the of- 

 fice of Weber & Kranz on January 19, at 

 which $65,000 of claims were represented. 

 It was agreed to continue the business 

 under the direction of Peter Beinberg 

 and Henry Kranz, it being thought that 

 by this course enough might be realized 

 to meet the liabilities and possibly put 

 Mr. Winandy on his feet again. 



Various Notes. 



The George Wittbold Co. will add two 

 houses to its plant at Edgebrook this 

 spring and will plant seven 150-foot 

 houses to carnations and roses for next 

 season. They will grow Brides, Maids, 

 Bichmond and a few Beauties in roses, 

 Lady Bountiful, White Lawson, Fiancee 

 and either Estelle or Cardinal in carna- 

 tions, with some older sorts which they 

 already have at the city place. 



E. H. Hunt is putting up To-bak-ine 

 Liquid in kegs to meet the needs of 

 the big growers. He sold Emil Buettner 

 a ten-gallon keg and Wietor Bros, a 

 twenty-gallon keg. Each keg is fitted 

 with a faucet, the handle of which has 

 a lock and vrill not turn until the lock 

 is released with a key which belongs 

 in the foreman's pocket. This is l»- 

 cause To-bak-ine Liquid is worth $15 a 

 gallon. It is pure nicotine. 



The E'. Wienhoeber Co. speaks highly 

 of E. G. Hill's new rose, Bosalind Orr 

 English. Peter Reinberg has a few of 

 the plants on trial and Wienhoeber gets 

 the cut. They like the color and the 

 way it opens and the customers like the 

 way it keeps. 



L. Coatsworth, of the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co., spent last week at the com- 



THIS MAN IS 



FROM MISSOURI 



I enclose my renewal of 

 subscription to 



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I coont it by an odds the 

 Florists* Best Paper, 

 either for information on 

 trade topics or for adver- 

 tising. 



M. L. BONHAM. 

 Clinton, Mo., Jan. 16,'05 



HEOHAS BEEN SHOWN ! 



pany's plant at New Castle, looking over 

 the ground preparatory to determining 

 the season's building operations. 



Wietor Bros, are cutting a very fine 

 lot of Chicago, the Red Bradt. 'They 

 say it is a great producer and they like 

 it better than any other red, 



J. A. Budlong is very well pleased with 

 the world these days, for he has a big 

 cut of Brides and Maids of extra qual- 

 ity just when he wants them. 



Visitors at the J. D. Thompson place 

 at Joliet say that Robert Craig carna- 

 tion is looking very good indeed. There 

 will be many to look at it the latter 

 part of the week. 



Both the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. and 

 C. W. McKellar have rearranged mat- 

 ters to get more oflBce space and have 

 that department in nice shape. 



Leopold Koropp will conduct the As- 

 mus & Co. 's place under the name of the 

 Sheridan Park Floral Co. and will in- 

 corporate. 



Vaughan & Sperry are getting some 

 Princess of Wales violets that would be 



hard to beat. They bring as much as 

 the best Marie Louise. 



Emil Buettner will add three houses 

 30x125 to his plant this spring. 



Mrs. Leonard Kill has been quite ill 

 for several weeks but is improving slow- 



O. W. Frese has been on the sick list 

 for a few days. 



John Thorpe is reported to be en- 

 gaged upon a series of articles on trade 

 topics for the Sunday Tribune. 



FLINT, MICH. 



We are having a mild winter, which is 

 making a great saving in fuel, but this 

 item does not hit us as hard as it does 

 some, for we burn Michigan coal and 

 find it very good and at quite a little 

 lower figure than eastern coal. 



We have three florists here. B. Has- 

 selbring's remodeled place is in very fine 

 shape and up-to-date. He grows carna- 

 tions, roses, bedding stock, etc. George 

 Evans has not a large place but grows 

 some very good stuff and is prospering 

 finely. D. P. Smith does a general busi- 

 ness. 



Trade was very good here at the holi- 

 days and is holding up nicely since. 



And we all read the Rin^iEW. 



D. P. S. 



OCEANIQ N. J. 



The semi-monthly meeting of the Mon- 

 mouth County Horticultural Society was 

 held January 20. Visitors were Messrs. 

 Charles Tot^, Madison ; Alfred Richards, 

 New York, ana Anton Bauers and John 

 Schackla, Deal Beach, N. J. G. H. Hale 

 exhibited some Primula obconica grandi- 

 flora and grandiflora rubra for which he 

 received ninety points. William Turjier 

 showed some very fine carnations, Harlo- 

 warden, E'nchantress and Gov. Wolcott, 

 which scored eighty-five points. H. A. 

 Kettel was asked how he raised such fine 

 tulips at such an early date as December 

 15, with stems nine inches and over. He 

 explained that when they are boxed he 

 leaves them outside without any cover- 

 ing for about three or four weeks. Then 

 he puts them in a cool cellar and covers 

 them with about a foot of salt hay. 

 When he puts them in the house he 

 covers them with an empty box to draw 

 them. The society decided to hold its 

 annual ball on February 10. Remarks 

 were made by Charles Totty, Alfred Rich- 

 ards, H. A. Kettel, N. Butterbach, A. G. 

 Williams and others. The judges of 

 the evening were W. W. Kennedy, A. G. 

 Williams and Percy Hicks. B. 



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 Pa. 



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 Review for the next two years. — Charles E. 

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The considerable number of subscrib- 

 ers who, in renewing, send $2 to pay 

 for two years in advance, afford a con- 

 siderable satisfaction to the editor, for 

 it indicates a very general appreciation 

 that the Review is well worth reading 

 every week and a confidence that its 

 standard will be maintained; we hope 

 to be able to advance it. 



Watseka, III.— Marshall Wyatt is 

 getting a very fine cut of carnations and 

 expects big business for McKinley day. 



