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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 2, 190S. 



Bowling. 



The club met as usual Monday even- 

 ing and will bowl from 7:30 to 11:30 

 hereafter. Arangements were made for 

 the match with Hoboken on Saturday 

 evening, at the Hoboken alleys at 7 

 o'clock. The scores Monday night 

 were: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



Fenricb 173 



Hoffmeyer 114 



Traendly 116 123 



Craw 100 112 



Holt 131 111 



O'Mara 121 166 117 



Shaw 101 104 103 



Kessler 180 134 147 



Slebrecht 170 152 125 



Manda 185 149 131 



Flatbush did some wonderful bowl- 

 ing two weeks ago. Zeller 204, Wocker 

 205, and H. Dailledouze 225. Last 

 Thursday the usual weekly enthusiasm 

 prevailed. The scores of the two best 

 games follow: 



Mellis 138 108 



Morrison 80 93 



Shaw 133 102 



Wocker 109 132 



Kemper 72 72 



Zeller 130 130 



Soott 143 132 



Riley 176 176 



Smutz 142 157 



P. Dailledouze 162 144 



H. Dailledouze 127 192 



Flatbush has a challenge for the New 

 York Club "up its sleeve" after Hobo- 

 ken and Madison have had another ses- 

 Bion with the " unbeatables. " 



J. 'Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Continued warm weather with bright 

 sun has brought a still further increase 

 in receipts. Carnations may be said to 

 be in full crop and the cuts of tea 

 roses are now quite large and fully 

 equal to requirements. However, the 

 demand is active for the better grades 

 and the many choice Brides and 

 Maids are bringing good returns. The 

 short-stemmed material constitutes a 

 considerable part of the receipts and 

 this is sold cheaply. There has been 

 no change in the Beauty situation, crops 

 being pretty well off with most of the 

 growers, but receipts are equal to the 

 demand. 



Carnations were never better in qual- 

 ity. The demand continues to be first 

 for white, but there are enough of all 

 colors. So large a proportion of this 

 season 's planting was Lawson that pinks 

 are in oversupply and the Greeks are 

 able to buy job lots at the close of the 

 day's business at very reasonable prices. 

 The principal streets are lined with 

 flower stands and the town has a spring- 

 like appearance. 



Since the cold weather departed the 

 shipments of New York violets have 

 increased very greatly. There is seldom 

 a time but what the wholesalers have un- 

 broken boxes of the Hudson River goods 

 in stock, but there is a larger outlet for 

 the violet now that it can be worn on 

 the street and, by comparison with what 

 we hear from New York, returns to the 

 growers should be satisfactory. 



The receipts of bulbous flowers con- 

 tinue to increase. The quality is excel- 

 lent. There is a big surplus of daffo- 

 dils and jonquils. The growers say 

 tulips in pans sell fairly well. Harrisii 

 and callas are so abundant that prices 

 are on the downward grade. Freesia 

 is not so often seen this season. Con- 

 siderable quantities of valley are about. 



WHEN WE SAY THAT WE CAN FILL YWR ORDERS WITH THE 



BEST STOCK 



That can be found on this market, we talk direct from the shoulder 

 for we can fully back up our assertions. 



MW jr B— <^ Because we carry the kind of stock that you are looking 



Yv n ir # ^°^' ^s ^c make a specialty of producing high grade stock 



of all kinds, being strong in 



ROSES AND 

 CaRNATIONS 



In addition to the cutting of a choice line of stock from our own large green- 

 houses, we also handle the production of a number of the best growers in this city, 

 thereby placing us in a position to fill all orders in a very satisfactory manner, as 

 a trial order will convince you. We are cutting^ heavily of Maids and Brides 

 of extra fine quality. Also a choice variety of hig>h gra,de Carnations. 



So if you wish to avoid disappointments and want your orders filled satisfact- 

 orily, just give us a call and you will be more than pleased that you called upon us- 



J.A.BUDL0NG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



Roses and 

 Carnations 

 A Specialty. 



CUT FLOWERS 



WHOLESALE 



6R0WER of 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Shasta daisies and marguerites are re- 

 ceived but move slowly. The call for 

 "green goods" shows something of an 

 improvement. 



The shipping trade the beginning of 

 this week was very active and helped ma- 

 terially to clean up the large receipts. 

 Next week much stock will be needed at 

 New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, ship- 

 ments going out Saturday and Sunday 

 night. Local trade is improving and the 

 prospects would be quite encouraging 

 but for the prospect of a big glut of 

 stuff with continued bright weather. 



Qttb Meeting. 



At the Florists' Club's meeting Feb- 

 ruary 23 there was a good attendance, 

 but the majority missed a treat in not 

 hearing E. G. Eoutzahn's lecture on 

 beautifying Chicago. His address was 

 full of interest and well delivered. If 

 every florist could show his customers 

 the pictures thrown on the screen it 

 would result in a general cleaning up 

 and in a lot of planting of trees, shrubs 

 and bedding plants. The pictures proved 

 that a very little work will add vastly 

 to the attractiveness of a neighborhood. 



The club voted to have a business ex- 

 hibition of Easter stock and florists' 

 supplies at the second March meeting. 

 No premiums are to be awarded but 

 every exhibitor is expected to book some 

 orders. A supper is planned for an 

 early date. A smoker is announced for 

 March 9. 



Varioos Notes. 



There was a gathering of the florists 

 of the state at Springfield yesterday 

 to urge upon the appropriations commit- 



tee the necessity for the provisions asked 

 for floricultural work at the Experiment 

 Station at Urbana. Most of the delega- 

 tion represented Cook county, which pays 

 forty per cent of the taxes that support 

 the station's work for the farmers, but 

 has never had any share in the direct 

 benefit. There was a meeting of a dozen 

 or more at the Benthey-Coatsworth of5.ce 

 last Saturday to plan the work of get- 

 ting the appropriation through the leg- 

 islature. Those appointed to go to 

 Springfield were P. J. Foley, W. N. 

 Budd, James Hartshorne and Leonard 

 Kill. 



Just as we go to press Mr. Eudd tele- 

 graphs from Springfield as follows: 



Florists' bill Introduced In house and senate. 

 Our committee had a hearing before the appro- 

 priation committees of tx>th houses and feels 

 much encouraged. We have received good sup- 

 port. 



Charles Penshorn, who is one of the 

 veterans of the trade, is engaged in su- 

 ing the city for damage done his prop- 

 erty at Sixty-first and Throop streets 

 by opening a street which took off about 

 ten feet of his greenhouses. The city 

 allowed him a little over $1,700 damages 

 but assessed most of it back to him for 

 benefit to his remaining property. The 

 case is, up this week and Mr, Penshorn 

 has subpoenaed J. F. Kidwell, L. Coats- 

 worth and Sam Pearce as experts to 

 show the extent of the damage done 

 him. 



George W. Caldwell, the Woodsman, 

 at Evergreen, Ala., reports to Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. that long continued rains have 

 made it impossible for the wild smilax 

 gatherers to get into the woods. Conse- 

 quently shipments are much delayed. 

 Kennicotts have worked up a big busi* 



