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Srptbmber 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Coming October I 



J 50,000 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 gtock in seasoD. If you are not oaour maillnK list for our wholesale cut 

 flower prices, drop ub a postal. Bend for a list of cat flower Boxes. 



VAUGH AN & SPERRY 



56-60 Wabash Ave., CHlCA^iGiO. o 



did the other two and the coming week 

 will see a lot more in this line. We 

 have not heard of any society events call- 

 ing for much of the floral art or ma- 

 terial. 



The gladiolus and aster have been 

 the staple flowers for weeks and the sight 

 of them is getting tiresome. Asters are 

 getting to be poor, scrubby things and 

 people are looking for the old favorites, 

 roses and carnations. Enchantress, Lady 

 Bountiful and Boston Market can be had 

 in fair quantity and excellent quality. 

 As usual, Charlie Guenther is sending 

 very fine Bridesmaid and Bride. Large 

 quantities of American Beauties are 

 daily received by Wm. F. Kasting and all 

 seem to go. It is only the truth to say 

 that "Billy" Palmer buys more and 

 sells. more of this queen of roses than all 

 the florists of Erie county put together. 

 Get your reputation built for always 

 having a fine stock of some most de- 

 sirable article and there is no limit to 

 what you can do. 



We hear that two of our number are 

 hosing around for ward honors in our 

 city government. S. A. Anderson is 

 looking for the nomination for super- 

 visor of the Twenty-fourth ward, the 

 most popular and wealthy in the city, 

 and W. A. Adams is looking for a sim- 

 ilar job in his ward, I think the Twenty- 

 second. Let them go it. I can only say 

 they are both immensely ahead in intel- 

 ligence of the average city supervisor. 

 Most city supervisors are keepers of 

 lager beer saloons. If not that, the re- 

 mainder are worse. For worse they call' 

 them "real estate and insurance," so I 

 trust our brother florists will be elected, 

 to help along pure and economical gov- 

 ernment, but if Andy Adams should be- 

 come a supervisor and any one from a 

 school janitor to an alderman should 

 turn up their toes, you can bet Andy will 

 be on hand without any false modesty. 



I spent 15 cents in car fare Sunday 

 afternoon, the first time in weeks I had 

 ventured from home. First I went over 

 to Delaware avenue to see "Aleck" 

 Scott and his neat place. He does not 

 pretend to grow a great variety, only 

 what the houses are suitable for. It 

 is a cemetery trade, cut flowers and vase- 

 filling in May. Just now the two princi- 



pal houses are filled with mums, looking 

 very good. Kalb, the good-growing, 

 early white, will be fit to cut in a week. 

 What pleasant associations these chrys- 

 anthemums do recall and we welcome the 

 early varieties with gladness. 



Our next stop was out on Summer 

 street to see Joe Streidel, who manages 

 the old Katoll place for Mr. Anderson. 

 We have realized for several years that 

 Joseph was a high-class gardener and 

 greenhouse man, but never more so than 

 now. Here, too, the area of glass is too 

 limited to grow a great variety and 

 specialties are handled for Mr. Ander- 

 son's fine store, poinsettias in every size 

 and shape, a fine bench of cyclamens, 

 ficus and araucarias, but Joseph's pride 

 is his Begonia Lorraine. Not in my 

 travels anywhere have I seen their size 

 and health excelled. He has his 2,000 

 little plants for next year already potted 

 from the sand. He does not think he 

 lost a cutting, but he has a method of 

 his own. 



Then we strolled up to see L. H. Neu- 

 beck, corner Main and High. Here is a 

 different place, for "Louie" has a fine 

 retail business and it is all done there. 

 There is no attempt to grow cut flowers, 

 except bulbs, but the place is kept most 

 attractive with ferns and palms, the 

 most popular plants. He has a great 

 corner and most substantial and elegant 

 houses and no one knows better how to 

 look after a good business. 



And then we climbed aboard a troUey 

 ear and were as weary and glad to land 

 at our door as the migratory bird who 

 has sailed a thousand miles north to his 

 last year's favorite meadow or orchard. 

 I may get back my old strength some 

 day, but it's a long time in coming. 

 W. S. 



NEW YOHK. 



The Market. 



With "a cold and nipping air," clear 

 skies and brilliantly lit and artistically 

 decorated retail windows, one walking up 

 Broadway and Fifth avenue on Monday 

 evening of this week could easily imagine 

 that the clouds had lifted from the mar- 

 ket and "the good time coming" had 

 actually arrived. Everything felt and 



looked like a busy winter evening, and re- ■ 

 tailers were as busy as- they could expect.' 

 to be before October. Stores are open ^ 

 later again, wholesalers have lengthened ' 

 their hours materially, and stock of all 

 kinds, except the outdoor prodttct, is 

 rapidly improving. Everybody seiems ex-, 

 pectant and hopeful of a splendid season.' 

 It is in the air, but on Tuesday ' and • 

 Wednesday depression was again felt in' 

 the wholesale district. 



Dahlias are abundant. Peacock is 

 sending to the New York market daily, 

 some of the finest blooms ever seen here.' 

 The common stock is unpopular and can 

 hardly be disposed of at any price. Asters 

 are in the "sere and yellow leaf." Thic 

 week evidently will about see the end of 

 them. Gladioli evidently are without end. 

 There is no let-up to the flood. It is 

 hard, sometimes, to move them at any 

 price. Retail windows illustrate the 

 popularity and increased shipments of the 

 orchid. Prices hold well and the demand 

 from other cities grows constantly. 



Fine valley was selling for $3 per 

 hundred the first of the week and grand 

 lilies are again abundant. Wild smilax 

 is in demand and from now on the daily 

 shipments from the south may be de- 

 pended upon. The quality is excellent. 

 Kreshover was shipping a good many 

 boxes out of the city Monday. 



Chrysanthemums are here. For two 

 weeks Dailledouze Bros, have been send- 

 ing in the big pink, Montmort, and a 

 Broadway florist has found a quick mar- 

 ket for all of them. In another week 

 or two they wiU be in every window. 



American Beauties are improving in 

 size and quality, and plenty for the de- 

 mand are arriving daily. Thirty-four 

 boxes of them reached the Cut Flower 

 Co. Monday morning. The "Beauty 

 king" was in his glory. Mr. Pierson was 

 down from Scarboro to see how his pets 

 were appreciated. The best brought $25 

 per hundred easily. 



Violets are everywhere, better in color, 

 but too small by half and too abundant 

 for the demand. The top price for the 

 best of them was 50 cents. The cold 

 snap is helping their sale and if they can 

 be kept out of the clutches of the street 

 merchants all will yet be well and the 

 ferir of a retrograde movement dispelled. 



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