JULY 6. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



36J 



WE DON'T PROPOSE 



to suspend business just because summer is at hand* 

 Not by a long shot. We have, and shall have, a 

 fine cut of fancy Kaiser ins and especially good Beau- 

 ties* Also all other items of seasonable stock* 



Send us the order; youMI get what you want, 

 promptly, and the best in the market* 



>>GREEN GOODS'' FOR aLL SORTS OF USES 



We close at 6 p. m. during July and Aug^ust. 



E. C. SNLING, 



The Laxg'est, Best Equipped and Most Centrally located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower House In Chlcagro. 



32-34-36 Randolph St."'?'«|j^i* CHICAGO, ILL 



AmBZ04Jr BBAVTT. Per doi. 



8(h36-lnch Btem $8.00 to $4.00 



24-liich item 2.60 



ao-iucb Item 2.0$ 



15-lnob stem IM 



12-incb stem l** 



Short Btem. per 100, $4.00 to $6.00 



Per 100 



Brldei. Bridesmaids '^.M to $5.00 



Ohatenay 300to 6.00 



Kalserln. Golden Gate 800 to 6.00 



Liberty fJOto 8.00 



CBmattons 100*0 JS" 



larre and fancy.... 2.00 



Peonies per doz., 6O0 to 76o 4.00 to 6.00 



VsUey 2.00to 4.00 



Auratums per doz., $1.60 



Easter Lilies perdos.. 1.60 



SweetPeas 25to .60 



Feverfew., per buncb, 260 to 36c 



MarKuerites 



Shasta Daisies 



Asparacns, per strlns. 26c to 600 



Asparagus Sprenserl 2.00 to 6.00 



Galax per 1000. $1.26 .16 



Adlantom -To 



Smllax per doz., 81.60 10.00 



Fancy Perns per 1000, $1.00 .18 



SoUeet (0 ekuce wlthoat aotlee. 



.76 

 1.00 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



club, urged the formation of a club in 

 Toledo as tending to bring about a 

 more friendly feeling among the mem- 

 bers of the craft and urged a large at- 

 tendance at the convention of the S. A. 

 F. in Washington. 



The party then walked to the green- 

 houses of Mr. Heinl, where they found 

 everything looking fine, the planting of 

 roses being under way with all the soil 

 sterilized. A field of carnations of 30,- 

 000 plants, all healthy and large for 

 this time of year, was a beautiful sight. 

 Mr. Heinl is erecting cement benches to 

 replace the wooden ones as fast as pos- 

 sible. Here the party divided, a part 

 returning to the ±'arm, where a match 

 game was bowled between Detroit and 

 Toledo, five men on a side, and for the 

 first time in history Detroit won by 95 

 pins. The non-bowlers visited the large 

 plant of George Bayer, constructed on 

 the Dietsch plan, and found his houses 

 full of carnations and tomatoes, with 

 50,000 chrysanthemum plants outside to 

 replace the tomatoes, A visit was made 

 to Krueger Bros, and also Davis & 

 Magee, after which the party was 

 transferred across the city to Wal- 

 bridge park, where Mr. Zirhus, the 

 genial superintendent, took us in 

 charge, showing us through the green- 

 houses, containing hiany valuable tropi- 

 cal specimens. A lunch was served here 

 under the shade of the trees, to which 

 ample justice was done. A trip in a 

 steam launch up the beautiful Maumee 

 river for four or five miles was much 

 enjoyed. All returned to the Farm, 

 where good-byes were said and an invi- 

 tation extended the Toledo brothers to 

 return the visit and a most enjoyable 

 •lay was ended and the party left for 

 Detroit at 10 p. m. 



The pleasure of the day was very 

 "uich enhanced by the company of E. 

 H. Cushman, from Sylvania, O. Rag. 



Richmond, Ind. — Mr. and Mrs, E. G. 

 Hill are expected home from Europe 

 Inly 25. 



Toronto, Ont. — J. H. Dunlop is mak- 

 ing a rush job of this season's addition 

 to his glass in order to have the new 

 Jange ready for early planting. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



The last week of June was one of the 

 most satisfactory of the spring season, 

 for business continued quite active up 

 to the very last day of the month. The 

 city florists had a good many weddings 

 and a great deal of funeral work and 

 the call from out of town was all that 

 it ever is at this season. The result was 

 that the peony crop has cleaned up 

 equal to the expectations of the most 

 sanguine and better t&an many whole- 

 salers thought possible. There are only 

 a few hundred dozens left. They are all 

 in good shape and prices have been stif- 

 fened to make the supply last for a few 

 days longer. 



Beginning July 1 there was a break 

 to the summer level. Business has been 

 very quiet, as was to have been ex- 

 pected. Saturday is never an active day 

 in the summer, there is little doing Sun- 

 day, Monday was the day before the 

 Fourth and on the nation's natal day 

 the florists all go to the picnic. Wednes- 

 day morning saw a little business stir- 

 ring, but not more than enough to cre- 

 ate a ripple on the surface of the mar- 

 ket. 



With the first of the week receipts of 

 roses increased materially and there are 

 more than adequate supplies, quality av- 

 eraging quite up to the best that might 

 be expected of July. The buds are not 

 large, but the color is good and so is the 

 substance. Foliage is clean with most 

 growers, Kaiserin commands the best 

 price. Liberty next, Brides and Maids 

 weak in price and Chatenay at the foot 

 of the list. 



Carnations are also in increased sup- 

 ply and selling at very low prices. Qual- 

 ity is very good and the growers are 

 slower to throw out the old stock than 

 had been expected. The call for funeral 

 work has made a fair market for the 

 lilies and also for the lighter colored 

 odds and ends of outdoor stock. Dahlias 

 are arriving in limited quantity. The 

 supply of sweet peas is something tre- 

 mendous and no profitable market can 

 be found for other than the extra select 

 bunches. The outlet for ' ' green goods ' ' 

 has been closed since the end of the 

 month and prices are at a very low level. 



Will Ask a Rebate. 



The Chicago Wholesale Florists' As- 

 sociation, which took care of the team- 

 ing interests while the express companies 

 were tied up, has been perpetuated for 

 the general good and one of the first ef- 

 forts will be to induce the express com- 

 panies to refund all or a part of the 

 $841,60 expended in making the pick- 

 ups which the express companies usually 

 do without cost to shippers. Express of- 

 ficials have stated to wholesalers that 

 the cost of the pick-up service is 32 cents 

 a package, incredible as it may seem. 

 The cost to the Wholesalers' Associa- 

 tion was only a little over 11 cents, so 

 that, so the wholesalers say, the com- 

 panies will be really saving money by 

 paying the bill! 



Various Notes. 



P J, Hauswirth had the decoration for 

 a dinner to 750 homeopathic physicians 

 at the Auditorium June 30. But he made 

 the decoration on the allopathic prin- 

 ciple, stock being cheap. 



The funeral of Graeme Stewart on 

 June 29 bought out one of the largest 

 floral displays ever seen in the city. 

 All the leading retailers had a share. 



It is something surprising the way 

 George Eeinberg's cut is keeping up this 

 summer after the big crops of the wm- 



Mrs. Horton, of Bassett & Washburn, 

 is spending the week at Tomahawk Lake, 



There was a very good attendance at 

 the special club meeting last Irid^y 

 evening. Some of the members wJl 

 make L expedition to Milwaukee this 

 evening for the purpose of stimulating 

 the convention enthusiasm there. 



Charles Erne, of E, H. Hunt's, is at 

 Terre Haute, his old home, for a vaca- 

 tion. Mis^ Lillie Tonner, who bas charge 

 of the supply department at Hunts, 

 ?eaves Saturday for a trip to the Port- 

 land exposition. -d «.„i„ q„tiir. 



p J. Hauswirth goes to Buffalo Satur- 

 day for the Elk's gathering. 



One of the week's visitors was J. L. 

 Dillon, of Bloomsburg, ?«., on his way 

 to New Mexico, where he has interests. 



The daily papers chronicle the slug- 

 ging, by a highwayman, of Thomas Boul- 



