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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



FEBBUAitT 2S, 1905. 



1 1 We Produce First Grade Stock in Such Great Quantities tiiat 



' WE CAN TILL SHIPPING ORDERS 



FOR SELECT STOCK AT ANY TIME. 



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IBZOUr BBAUTT- 



Extralons atem per doz., (6.00 to $6.00 



SO-lnobttem ". 4.00 



at-lncb stem 800 



ao-incbstem ' 2.60 



U-inobatem .. 200 



12-inobatem ' 1.60 



8-incb8tem 100 



Brideamald .....perlOO, 16.00 to 10.00 



Bride 



Golden Gate 



Obatenay 



Liberty 



Meteor 



Oamationa, Rood., 

 fancy. 



6.00 to 10.00 

 6.00 to 10.00 

 6.00 to 10.60 

 6.00 to 10.00 

 6.00 to 10.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



All other stock at lowest Market rate*— Mo charge for packiag. Prices ssbject to chaage withoat aotke. 



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WIETOR BROS. 



51 Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



ette is oflfered. There are green goods 

 for all requirements, smilax being of 

 particularly good quality. Common ferns 

 are advancing in price. 



Trade was fair at the end of last 

 week and Monday saw a better demand, 

 although the increase was not so great 

 as the increase in receipts, but Tuesday 

 was dull and the accumulation will be 

 hard to work off as long as fine, warm 

 weather holds; several days of it will 

 mean a glut. 



Jensen Enters Business. 



J. E. Jensen, formerly grower for the 

 J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., and J. 

 S. Dekema on February 17 bought the 

 establishment of Matson & Kron, 631 

 West Foster avenue. The plant consists 

 of six houses, about 48,000 feet of glass, 

 built less than two years ago and thor- 

 oughly modem in every respect. The 

 place is planted with up-to-date varieties 

 of carnations and the new owners, who 

 will do business as Jensen & Dekema, 

 will make a sj>ecialty of carnation cut- 

 tings and fancy blooms. The plant has 

 been in charge of Mr. Dekema as grow- 

 er. He, like Mr. Jensen, is a grad- 

 uate of Peter Fisher's school of carna- 

 tion culture and was with Mr. Jensen 

 at Thompson's for a short time. The 

 former proprietors were among those 

 who entered the field a couple of years 

 ago under the impression that cut flower 

 growing was a quick road to wealth. 

 They have found that the receipt of the 

 commission man's check is not exactly 

 like getting money from home, but have 

 made a splendid opportunity for two 

 young men brought up in the business. 



Since leaving the Thompson place Mr. 

 Jensen has made a western trip, visit- 

 ing Denver, Salt Lake City, Ogden, San 

 Francisco, Seattle, Spokane and St. 

 Paul. At each place he visited the lead- 

 ing growers. He says that there is good 

 stock everywhere but that Chicago has 

 transportation facilities which make it 

 the only place for a wholesale business. 



Market for Bulbous Stock. 



IjBst season it was very certain that 

 the market for bulbous stock was un- 

 profitable but better things were hoped 

 for this spring because of the retire- 

 ment of Frank Garland, the largest 

 grower, from this field of activity. Very 

 fine tul\ps are now coming in but the 

 price is little if any better than last 

 year; probably the only change in con- 

 ditions is that last year there was a 

 bad glut and tftis year the adjective may 



be omitted. Yet the visiting Dutchmen 

 report business good; or are they only 

 whistling to keep up their courage? 



A Gintraction of Credit 



Those recent bankruptcy proceedings, 

 the Lutey case in Michigan and the 

 Klingbiel case in Iowa, coupled with 

 the unexpected Winandy matter, although 

 the latter did not affect the wholesalers, 

 has had the effect of causing a contrac- 

 tion of credits. Losses through busi- 

 ness failures have been so few in re- 

 cent years that credits were easy, but 

 it's different now and even those who 

 are somewhat new to the experience are 

 bei^g asked to pay up. 



Iron Gutters in Favor. 



George M. Garland reports orders for 

 iron gutter to date aggregating 14,000 

 feet, of which 6,000 feet is for one 

 order to replace wooden gutter only five 

 years old. This is the Peter Reinberg 

 job, Mr. Beinberg figuring that the space 

 gained by the use of the iron gutter 

 will quickly pay for the cost of re- 

 building. Mr. Garland says inquiries in 

 hand indicate that this will be his best 

 season to date. 



Various Notes. 



Wednesday, Washington 's 'birthday, 

 was a legal holiday, but as the postoflBce 

 neglected to send out an announcement, 

 it was generally overlooked until the one 

 mail delivery of the day arrived. A 

 good many orders failed of delivery 

 until the next day. 



Z. Wolniewicz, on School street, has 

 been troubled by boys breaking his 

 greenhouse glass. Hearing the glass 

 crash one day this week he seized his 

 gun and fired at the fieeing miscreants, 

 with the result that it took the doctor 

 an hour to pick the bird shot out of 

 one of them. 



Emil Buettner has not yet determined 

 what he will do in regard to rebuild- 

 ing this season. He will tear down 

 from five to niAe old houses and will 

 put up eight new and larger ones. 



On February 15 E. C. Amling ob- 

 tained judgment for $124.50 against T. 

 D. Mosconesotes. 



N. J. and Henry Wietor are active 

 in the management of the approaching 

 bazaar of the new St. Henry's church 

 at High Ridge, to which Henry Wietor 

 donated $7,000 for the building fund. 



E. F. Winterson Co. is getting in some 

 Lilium speciosnm rubrum which sell well, 

 a leading retailer using them in some 



fine work the other day when he could 

 not get orchids. 



Ernest Weber will drop roses next 

 year and plant his whole place to car- 

 nations, having already bought the nec- 

 essary cuttings of George Reinberg. 



George Muno is proud of a baby boy 

 who arrived February 6. 



A. L. Randall Co. reports a big out 

 of town call for fancy mignonette, sev- 

 eral recent orders calling for from 100 

 to 200 spikes. 



J. A. Budlong is still cutting heavily 

 of Brides and Maids. He has had a 

 very successful season. 



E. H. Hunt reports eastern violets 

 coming in in extra good shape. Their 

 supply department is again quite active. 



J. A. Evans, of Richmond, was in 

 town last week and among other or- 

 ders he took was that of Bassett & 

 Washburn for thirty ventilating ma- 

 chines for their new range. 



The Garfield Park Floral Co., which 

 is the principal local source of supply 

 for flowering plants for Christmas and 

 Easter, will enlarge its facilities this 

 season by erecting several greenhouses. 



The Butler Floral Co., in the Old 

 Colony building, is opening a branch 

 store in the First National Bank build- 

 ing, a very good location. 



At the Florists' Club meeting tonight 

 E. G. Routzahn is to deliver an address 

 "How to Make Chicago Beautiful," 

 with special reference to the florists' 

 interests. He speaks for the Bureau of 

 Civic Co-operation and will illustrate his 

 remarks with the stereopticon. The 

 committee has invited the club members 

 to bring friends and ladies. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The market demonstrates a livelier 

 condition since Saturday and, while 

 prices remain on the low level of the 

 past week, the activity and increased 

 demand leave little stock unsold. The 

 milder weather also has helped to change 

 the conditions, creating the usual street 

 outlet for the surplus and establishing 

 normal supply and demand. The intense 

 cold remained with us until Saturday. 

 Business that day was very satisfactory. 

 Monday a rising temperature and snow, 

 turning to rain in the evening, brought 

 a continuance of Saturday's improve- 

 ment. The tide has turned. 



Carnations and violets do not appre- 

 ciate in value, for the supply of each is 



