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14 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 25, 1906. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. y . 



Toward the close of last week the ac- 

 cumulation of stock was moved out, Fri- 

 day and Saturday being exceptionally 

 good days, the former with shipping 

 business and the latter with city trade, 

 which has been unprecedentedly dull ever 

 since the teamsters' strike took effect. 



This week the receipts of long Beauties 

 are excessively heavy as a new crop is 

 on with many growers. Brides and 

 Maids are undergoing the annual spring 

 change in character and receipts are not 

 so heavy as they have been. There arc 

 very large supplies of Chatenay of su- 

 perb quality and Liberty is more abund- 

 ipnt in all grades. The receipts of car- 

 nations were somewhat lighter until 

 Tuesday when the market became again 

 over-burdened. There are abundant sup- 

 plies of sweet peas of fine quality. Out- 

 door valley has taken the place of the 

 gretenhouse product to a large extent. 

 The glut of callas and Harrisii has 

 passed and these flowers promise to be 

 better property from this time on. There 

 are large supplies of daisies and still a 

 few tulips. 



The southern shipments of peonies 

 have come to an end and it is reported 

 that local crops will hardly be at hand 

 for Decoration day, so that the supplies 

 for this occasion will come from cold 

 storage. There is at least one large lot 

 in the freezer. Kennicott Bros. Co. says 

 that 75 cents a dozen will be the price, 

 except on some special sorts, 'aA they find 

 that peonies do not move freely enough 

 to suit the present condition if the price 

 goes up above the 75-cent limit. 



Cape jasmines of good quality are com- 

 ing in from A. H. Brandt, of Alvin, Tex- 

 as, and other shippers of that locality in 

 spite of the assertion made by one pack- 

 er that Texas jasmine would not cornel to 

 Chicago this year. Jasmines have ceased 

 to be the factor they once were. Abund- 

 ant supplies are assured. 



The Strike Situation. 



For several days there have been indi- 

 cations that the teamsters' strike might 

 be called off at any moment, but it 

 makes little difference to the wholesale 

 florists, except for the effect on general 

 business, whether it is ended or not. 

 There is no trouble with outgoing ship- 

 ments; in fact, the express companies 

 have offered to resume pick-ups with po- 

 lice guard at any time they may be de- 

 sired. They are now making regular de- 

 liveries with policemen on the wagon'? 

 but without a sign of disturbance. 



Decoration Day. 



The indications are that the Decora- 

 tion day business will be heavier than 

 ever. Many advance orders have been 

 booked and shipping will be heavy from 

 Friday until Monday night. The grow- 

 ers have? wisely refrained from pickling 

 and stock should be good. There will be 

 no unusual supplies and both carnations 

 and peonies are likely to be in demand 

 before the shipping business is well out 

 of the way. 



Various Notes. 



Ernst Weber is sending E. C. Amling 

 a nfew crop of Beauties of extra qualitj'. 

 Mr, Amling says that he is looking for 

 a very large business at the close of this 

 week, Decoration day shipping beginning 



on Friday and continuing until Monday. 

 He is of the opinion that there will be 

 no surplus of stock, even with big re- 

 ceipts, as the early demand is excep- 

 tionally strong. 



D. J. Murphy, who went east to be 

 married a couple of weeks ago, is ex- 

 pected back in Chicago within a few 

 days. He has several good offers froni 

 the growers here, but would like to--gii 

 into business for himself. 



J. W. Niesen, who recently bought the 

 Holden store at 753 E. Forty-seventli 

 street, reports business as good as h.' 

 could expect. Mr, Holden. started May 

 10 to spend the summer in the west. 



Dredgers found the body of Otto 

 Kroeschell in the north branch of the 

 Chicago river on the evening of May 17. 

 It had evidently been in the water for 

 a number of days. The indications are 

 that Mr, Kroeschell either fell or jumped 

 into the river while mentally deranged. 

 He was the secretary and treasurer of 

 the Kroeschell Bros. Co. and the second 



Our business could run about as 

 well without a boiler as without 



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In regard to advertisins;, during 

 the past season we have received 

 ordm for carnation buttings irom 

 as far east as New York, west to 

 Denver and south to Texas, and 

 the buyers said "Saw your adv. 

 in the Review.'* It seems to us 

 the Review covers the 

 ground pretty thoroug^hly. 



W. C HILL FLORAL CO. 

 -, Per F. R. Thornton. 



Streator, IlL 

 May 22, 1905. 



member the firm has lost in less than a 

 year. 



One of the week's visitors is E. E. 

 Kennicott, of Carbondale, who usually 

 comes in with his last shipment of 

 peonies. 



The daily papers had a story one day 

 last week about an attempted kidnapping 

 of one of Henry Wittbold's daughters at 

 Edgebrook. There was nothing in it. 



Bassett & Washburn are again ship- 

 ping a considerable part of their stock 

 from the city store. 



The prospect of a spread of the strike 

 to include the teamsters for the lumber 

 concerns has led the wholesalers to 

 stock up heavily on wooden shipping 

 boxes. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. reports a verv 

 good sale of bridal wreath spiraea, which 

 has begun to come in this week. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is having one of 

 the heaviest cuts in its history. They 

 are particularly strong on roses. 



George Reinberg is beginning on an- 

 other big cut of long Beauties, 



Chas. Klehm says that there will be 

 few peonies at Klehm's Nurseries before 

 Decoration day, but a big cut imme- 

 diately thereafter. Quality will be es- 

 pecially good this year. 



At E. H. Hunt's they are sending out 



a great many Decoration day supplies. 

 The express companies are now making 

 pick-ups whenever requested and ship- 

 ments go without interruptions. 



Vaughan & Sperry are receiving some 

 exceptionally good red carnations. 



The A. L, Randall Co, reports large 

 bookings of Decoration day orders, most 

 of them for shipment on Sunday, 



Albert Amling reports another grower 

 at Maywood, Wm, Collatz is building 

 two houses 15x200 and nine feet to the 

 if6n gutter. He will grow carnations, 

 sweet peas and chrysanthemums. Mr. 

 Collatz has been foreman for Mr. Amling 

 for the past eight years and is the fourth 

 man to graduate into business for himself 

 from that training school for good gard- 

 eners. They are all located with ins a 

 stone's throw of Mr. Amling's place, 



John Porte, who has for three years 

 bad charge of the Illinois Central's 

 greenhouses at Champaign, has returned 

 to his old position at the south parks. 



Charles Heim, formerly of Heim Bros., 

 but now in partnership with A. Jill- 

 son as the Blue Island Floral Co., reports 

 a good season. The greenhouses are on 

 Western avenue near One hundred and 

 thirty-ninth street, 



Carl Muno, who has been growing 

 vegetables on Tuohy avignue, in Rogers 

 Park, will put his six houses in carna- 

 tions this fall. He is a brother-in-law 

 of John Muno, who has had a very sat- 

 isfactory season, 



J. A, Budlong has been doing a big 

 business all season and finds trade hold- 

 ing up well now. Phil Shoup, manager 

 'of the store, is well pleased with the 

 quality of stock he is receiving and is 

 locking forward to a big record for Me- 

 morial day. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores made by 



the bowlers May 16: 



Player. 1st 2d 3a 4Ui 



J. LambroB 178 191 185 114 



Steyens 167 213 209 199 



P. J. Hauswlrth 160 162 183 189 



Bergman 130 126 195 168 



E. F. Winterson 132 164 129 148 



Henry Klunder 122 121 112 92 



J. P. Degnan 138 192 147 124 



George Asmus 143 160 170 198 



Chas. Balluff 169 133 149 166 



Geo. Scott 140 148 168 170 



Pasternlk 146 109 101 180 



V. KreltUng 149 154 167 130 



At the same time the ladies made fol- 

 lowing scores: 



Mesdames — 1st 2d 3d 



E. F. Winterson 103 77 90 



Geo. Scott 89 101 74 



Geo. Asmus 115 79 111 



P. J. Hauswlrth 99 83 79 



W. ^reltUnc 96 108 110 



The following are the scores made by 

 the bowlers May 23: 



PUyer, Ist 2d 3d 4tb 



Asmus 126 178 176 164 



Stevens 198 165 179 181 



Winterson 124 131 122 IBS 



KreltUng 173 163 168 146 



Bergman 173 170 146 154 



Klunder 122 149 125 161 



Pasternlk 125 128 135 193 



Hauswlrth 163 185 175 161 



Balluff 160 167 143 137 



Degnan 171 168 133 160 



Scott 147 127 164 134 



At the same time the ladies made the 

 following scores: 



Mrs. Asmus 106 74 121 



Mrs. winterson 115 75 78 



Mrs. Scott 102 75 77 



V. KreltUng 114 101 119 



Mrs. Hauswlrth 100 105 99 



Mrs. F. Stollery 66 70 



Miss Moore 54 77 



Don't stop the Review; we would 

 not want to get along without it, — S. 

 W. Marshall & Son, Fresno, Cal. 



