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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Sepi'cmber 14, 1905. 



Coming October I 



150,000 to hand out during October and November. 

 All the best varieties, all sizes, all colors, all prices. 

 We need YOUR help to handle these 



All other stock in season. If you are not on our mailing 

 list for our wholesale cut flower prices, drop us a postal* 



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 CHICAGO. 



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manufacture of a crepe paper Christmas 

 bell. It is made of bits of paper twisted 

 and glued on a frame. The effect is very 

 good, indeed. Stock sizes are from 6-inch 

 to 24-inch, but larger sizes are made to 

 order, many buyers taking one big bell, 

 with an electric light in it, for the cen- 

 ter of the Christmas window decoration. 

 A number have been ordered at $30 each. 



The North Shore Horticultural Society 

 has been incorporated at Lake Forest. 

 The incorporators are Emil Bollinger, 

 gardener for Byron L. Smith; G. A. 

 Blanchard. superintendent for the C. H. 

 McCormick estate, and Geo. Koffen- 

 holfer, gardener for L. F. Swift. The 

 directors include many wealthy residents. 

 An exhibition is planned. 



One of E. C. Amling's growers has 

 notified him that he will have Monrovia 

 chrysanthemums ready to cut by Sep- 

 tember 18. It is exceptionally early to 

 have yellow mums on the market. 



E. S. Thompson was at the Growers' 

 Market last Saturday with a fine lot of 

 dahlias from his farm at South Haven. 



E. E. Pieser, of the Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., returned Monday from his hunting 

 trip in Canada, above Quebec. The 

 deer's head will be forwarded after it 

 has been stuffe't and mounted. 



Wietor Bros, recently shipped Crabb 

 & Hunter a large order of field-grown 

 carnation plants. Usually the Grand 

 Rapids firm has plants to sell, but be- 

 cause of the high water, which flooded 

 their fields for many days this summer, 

 this year they are compelled to buy stock 

 to fill their benches. 



Sinner Bros, are installing another 

 rocking grate made by the Martin Grate 

 Co., which is selling its device to so many 

 of the north end growers. 



C. W. McKellar on Tuesday received 

 the first consignment of orchids for the 

 season. 



A. L. Randall was over from Michi- 

 gan on Satur«iay. He reports a big 

 peach crop and low prices. The heavy 

 crop will be ready about September 23. 

 Mr. Randall expects to return and take 

 hold of the violet situation about Octo- 

 ber 15. 



Miss Lillian Tonner, who has been at 

 Hunt's for many years, has resigned. 



Mt. Greenwood Cemetery has torn 

 down the oM packing and salesroom and 



will put up a plate glass show house, the 

 finest greenhouse front in the city. 



Mangel had violets in his window Sep- 

 tember 9. 



A. L. Vaughan, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 is spending a few days with the trade in 

 the vicinity of Grand Rapids. 



J. P. Degnan, of the E. F. Winterson 

 Co., spent Tuesday in Detroit. George 

 Scott is in Michigan for a rest. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. J. HausWirth are at 

 Nashville this week, where the Red Men 

 are in session. 



Chas. E. Siegk, once with wholesalers 

 here but lately with Wilcox at Joliet, is 

 now with Weiland & Risch. 



C. L. Washburn and his son, Edward, 

 returned Monday from a week 's hunt in 

 northern Michigan. 



J. B. Deamud had the first mums of 

 the season September 11, Lady Fitz- 

 wygram at $2 a dozen, but they were 

 slow sale. Clematis paniculata at 40 to 

 50 cents a bunch was liked better. 



Visitors. 



Among the visitors since last issue 

 were: Wm. F. Gude, of Washington, en 

 route home from Colorado and enthusias- 

 tic over mountain scenery and the pro- 

 fuse use of flowers he noted everywhere; 

 Geo. A. Kuhl and wife, Pekin, 111., en 

 route home from the convention and a 

 two weeks ' stay at Jersey shore resorts ; 

 Paul Berkowitz, Philadelphia, the popu- 

 lar partner of H. Bayersdorf er ; J). C. 

 J>Joble, Columbia City, Ind., who was 

 getting a line on the cost of 12,000 feet 

 of glass he plans to put up early in the 

 spring; H. F. Greve, Dallas, Tex., who 

 recently opened the Dallas Floral 

 Bazaar; S. J. McMichael, Findlay, O., 

 the vegetable plant grower; J. Stern, 

 Philadelphia, selling supplies, including 

 a green status wreath which takes well; 

 Vincent Gorley and R. Windt, St. Louis, 

 the former on his way home from the 

 convention. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



A number of very sad accidents the 

 pa.st week resulted in business in the 

 way of funeral work being very brisk. 

 A number of the florists are also busv 



preparing their exhibits for the state fair, 

 i'airly good carnations are to be seen 

 in large quantities. Roses are still very 

 poor, especially Maids, which are hardly 

 fit to sell. White asters are still holding 

 their own at from $1 to $2 per hundred, 

 but, while good purple, lavender and pink 

 sell well, it is almost impossible to dis- 

 pose of short stuff. "Green" is plen- 

 tiful, except smilax. 



Qub Meeting:. 



The regular meeting of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club was held Wednesday even- 

 ing, September 6. President-elect Wm. 

 Dilger was escorted to the chair by A. 

 Bemb to assume the duties of his office. 

 After calling on the retiring president, 

 Robert Watson, for a few remarks, Mr. 

 Dilger thanked the members for the 

 honor conferred on him and said that 

 with the able assistance of the other 

 officers and members of the club, he will 

 see to it that the coming year is a ban- 

 ner one. Among other things, he said he 

 hoped in the future more use would be 

 made of the question box, remarking 

 that very often what look like the most 

 absurd questions elicit the greatest 

 amount of discussion. He also spoke of 

 appointing a committee to arrange for 

 a series of essays and lectures on differ- 

 ent subjects, also to get up a few enter- 

 tainments to take place during the year, 

 thereby getting the ladies and sweet- 

 hearts of the members better acquainted 

 with one another. Mr. Dilger also 

 thought it a very good plan to have a 

 show of the plants and flowers in season, 

 about every month or so, similar to those 

 held in other cities. 



This being the first meeting since the 

 convention, a number of the delegates 

 responded with a few remarks. Of 

 course, Washington is a very beautiful 

 and interesting city, the fine shrubbery 

 in the parks exciting much comment, but 

 it seems that the Botanical Gardens made 

 a very poor impression on the visitors; 

 they are far behind those of European 

 cities. Instead of every plant being a 

 specimen, there are a lot of inferior 

 plants, some in pots or tubs a number 

 of sizes too large, rubbers with no leaves, 

 etc. 



The only fault found with the trade 

 exhibition Avas its being scattered, for 



