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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Are Ready 



To take better care of our customers than ever, as we are now cutting heavily from our 

 New Crop of ROSES* which is the best to be found on the market. We are 

 especially strong on 



Bride, Maid, American Beauty, Liberty, 

 Ciiatenay, Uncle Joiin and Rictimond. 



Carnations — Of all the leading varieties in season 



In addition to the cut from our own larg^e place we shall have the product of bot* 

 eral first-class g^rowers of Roses. Ana we shall have other new consignors 

 who are growers of high grade CARNATIONS and other stock. We shall be in a 

 position to give you the best the market affords at fair prices, and would like to add you 

 to our list of satisfied customers. We can do it if you give us the opportunity. Write us 

 about it. We make no charge for P. and D. on orders amountmg to $4.00 and over. 



A. BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



QNONNATI. 



The Market 



Business the past week showed con- 

 siderable improvement. The demand 

 was mostly for funeral work and it used 

 up about all the stock that the commis- 

 sion houses received. The price steadied 

 also, and in some cases increased. 



The supply of roses was fair. The cut 

 from new stock is increasing in quantity 

 and quality. Beauties head the list and 

 some re&lly good stock is to be bad. It 

 sells first-class. Brides, Maids, Kaiserins, 

 Gates, etc., all sell well and the price 

 has advanced. 



Some field-grown carnations are in the 

 market, but there are but few that can 

 be called even fair. They sold well in 

 spite of bad quality. 



Asteaf ^wve been scarce and owing to 

 the good demand for them the price ad- 

 vanced sharply. The prospects are for 

 a heavy cut of them for this week, as 

 the late varieties are being cut now. 



There are some very fine gladioli in 

 the market, but they do not sell as well 

 as they did last year. Most of the time 

 it is very hard to move them. Lilies are 

 in good demand and fair supply. Other 

 mixed stock sells readily. All kinds of 

 green goods sell well and smilax was not 

 equal to the demand. 



Variottt Notes. 



The floral exhibit of the Oakley fair 

 was a great success this year from every 

 point of view. The display of flowers 

 was far in advance of that usually seen 

 at county fairs. There was keen compe- 

 tition also and os $500 was offered in 

 the various premiums, it was worth 

 while. The awards were as follows: 



Best collection of plants, first, George & 

 Allan; second, George Maguire. Best 

 single plant, first, George & Allan. Best 

 collection of begonias, first, Henry 

 Schwarz. Best fern, first, George & Al- 

 lan. Best geraniums, first, George & Al- 

 lan. Best collection of palms, first, 

 George & Allan; second, George Ma- 

 guire. Best hanging basket, first, Henry 

 Schwarz. Best collection ferns, first, 

 George & Allan. Best floral design, first, 

 George & Allan; second, Henry Schwarz; 

 third, George Maguire. Best lodge em- 

 blem, first, Henry Schwarz; second, 

 George & Allan. Best original design, 

 first, Henry Schwarz; second, George & 

 Allan. Best display of asters, first, 

 George & Allan; second, Edith Kyrk. 

 Best display tuberoses, first, George & 

 Allan; second, George Maguire. Best 

 displ«,y cMwations, fir»t, Bditk Kyik; 

 second, George & Allan. Best display of 

 roses, first, Edith Kyrk; second, George 

 & Allan. Best display gladioli, first^ 

 Edith Kyrk; second, George & Allan. 

 Best display lilies, first, George & Allan; 

 second, Edith Kyrk. Best display valley, 

 first, George & Allan; second, George 

 Maguire. Best general display, George 

 & Allai). 



W. Murphy, C. C Murphy and W. H. 

 Gear h^^SB gone on a trip among the 

 northern lakes. 



Frank Benson is busily engaged in fix- 

 ing up his store, which will be a very 

 pretty place when completed. 



At the recent meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society, the following of- 

 ficers were elected to serve the ensuing 

 year: Wm. Murphy, president; Ben 

 George, vice-president; C. J. Ohmer, sec- 

 retary, and D. Eusconi, treasurer. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



We are experiencing a fine growing 

 season for plants, all stock outdoors be- 

 ing in splendid shape. Cool nights and 

 occasional rains are well suited to peren- 

 nials, which never looked more showy 

 than at present. Hardy phlox fairly 

 luxuriates here, making a glorious show 

 in its varied colors. This is the home 

 for hardy annuals; balsams, sweet peas, 

 nasturtiums and the like flourish here 

 as I have never seen them elsewhere. 

 Asters look grand in the open. Vick's 

 Snowdrift and Mott 's Queen of the* Mar- 

 ket are the earliest whites, being in 

 bloom July 15. 



Chautauqua has had a good season. The 

 floral displays eclipsed anything yet seen. 

 H. W. Girton, of Ridgeway, had charge 

 of the grounds. The lawns never looked 

 better. 



Two items worth special mention are 

 the grand beds of tuberous-rooted be- 

 gonias in the grounds of A. M. Kent, of 

 this city. Each bed is planted in sepa- 

 rate colors, making a long and contin- 

 uous display. The other is a magnifi- 

 cent bed of Impatiens Sultani, a round 

 bed about fifteen feet across the center, 

 a naturally formed mound rising to 

 about three feet, edged with Centaurea 

 candidissima. It is most effective. Im- 

 patiens Sultani is one of our most com- 

 mon and desirable popular flowers. The 

 bed described is in the garden of E. W. 

 Jones, Celoron, where there is also a 

 fine display of hardy aquatics, originally 

 from Dreer. 



Vegetable crops are satisfactory. Good 

 seeds, rich soil and favorable weather are 

 the necessary ingredients for a good 

 crop. These wq have with one excep- 

 tion, corn, which outside the early sweet 



