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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBEB 12, 1905. 



The Prize Winning Stoclc 



IS AGAIN AT YOUR COMMAND 



We arc beginning to cat heavily in all departments. Strictly fancy Beauties, Maids, 

 Brides, Perles, Chatenay, Sunrise, Liberty, Richmond and Uncle 

 John; all the best varieties of Carnations; Harrisii; Mums now ready j finest 

 Valley; large stipply of Plumosus Strings, extra long and heavy j Smilax, 

 8 to (0 feet long; Sprengerl and Plumosus Sprays. 



Send for price list and let as have an order. You will like our stock and the 

 way it reaches yotu We want your business now and all through the season. 



POEHLMANN Bros. Co. 



Greenhouses, IVIorton Grove, III. 



800,000 Feet of Glass. 



Address all Cut Flower Orders to 



35-37 Randolph St., Chicago. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



E. Eisfe, an old time florist, died 

 October 7 at his residence, 4812 N. 

 Broadway. Mr. Eisse was well known 

 among the local florists. 



J. F. Windt's show house was look- 

 ing at its best the past week. A big 

 lot of extra fine carnations were seen, 

 also a nice assortment of decorative 

 stock. 



The Ellison Floral Co. had the con- 

 tract to furnish nine complete tables 

 decorated for the Simmons Hardware 

 Co. for the opening of their china de- 

 partment this week. The room is hand- 

 somely decorated with plants and wild 

 smilax and the place is crowded with 

 society folks. Mrs. Ellison is personally 

 in charge. 



Fred Foster was appointed one of the 

 judges by the Horse Show Association 

 as to window decorations of the down- 

 town stores. 



The Eiessen Floral Co. did a rushing 

 business in American Beauties for the 

 Prophets' ball. Carnations and violets 

 also sold well with them. 



October 2 the florist bowlers redeemed 

 themselves by defeating the strong 

 Fern Glens two out of three games. 

 Capt. Beyer was high man, with 548; 

 Ellison, second, 539; Kuehn, 536; Mein- 

 hardt, 513; Boneke, 477. The scores 

 per game were: 



™'r*«J"- 1 2 .1 Total. 



^'<""'8ts 7!»0 902 912 2,613 



Fern Glens 882 894 910 2.686 



J. J. B. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



"The oldest inhabitant" cannot re- 

 member a more beautiful October, but 

 it is not the weather that makes busi- 

 ness and to all but the dahlia growers it 

 is most unwelcome. Monday was sim- 

 ply charming, not a cloud 'in the sky, 

 warm enough for straw hats, and stock 

 of every kind abundant. 



The chrysanthemum is here and as^- 

 serting her prerogatives with no uncer- 

 tain sound. Magnificent stock in white, 

 yellow and pink already makes the re- 

 tail windows beautiful. "With the ad- 

 dendas of orchids, tritoma and violets 

 and the splendid background of the 



many varieties of nephrolepis you can 

 imagine how little need the New York- 

 ers find for flower shows, when every 

 prominent retailer has one of his own, 

 so attractive that even blase society 

 stops to view the entrancing color com- 

 binations. 



Fine prices arc realized for the best 

 mums, as high as $5 a dozen. But the 

 flood has already broken over the dykes 

 and the inrush can already be felt on 

 every side. Six steady weeks of the 

 beautiful stream without cessation and 

 then the real New York season will be- 

 gin. 



Eoses of all kinds are abundant. The 

 finest of the Beauties hold at $25 and 

 Maids and Brides at $5 per hundred, 

 but these are only the aristocrats of the 

 shipments and the plebeian horde go at 

 such sacrifices that it would be a shame 

 to quote the prices. Carnations get bet- 

 ter in quality every day and, of course, 

 more abundant. Only the best were in 

 demand at $2 and the lower grades fell 

 again to 50 cents. Asters and gladioli 

 have gracefully retired. The dahlia still 

 holds its own. Gunther still receives 

 daily some of the finest blooms from 

 Peacock's 130 acres. New York has 

 been educated this year to an apprecia- 

 tion of the possibilities in this beautiful 

 flower. 



Cattleyas are abundant and the retail 

 windows show how they are appreciated. 

 Violets are improving in color, but there 

 are too many of them and the misfor- 

 tune of street competition makes the 

 situation a serious one both for grower 

 and retailer. The best still hold at 50 

 cents. 



Club Meeting. 



The October meeting of the club was 

 held on Monday evening. Over sixty 

 were present and one of our most inter- 

 esting meetings resulted. Messrs. Hal- 

 lock, Eeid, Ward, Donohoe and Bonilon 

 were elected to membership and Messrs. 

 Hansen, Hoflfmeyer, Coyle and Ernshaw 

 proposed. The outing committee gave 

 its final report, showing a balance of 

 $6.29 with all expenses paid. The board 

 of trustees reported, showing a balance 

 of $1,667.23 in the treasury. The com- 

 misserate provided abundant refresh- 

 ments. 



A grand exhibit was staged. C. H. 



Totty exhibited for the first time the 

 chrysanthemum novelties, Mrs. D. Willis 

 James, scarlet with golden reverse; 

 Lady Henderson, straw yellow; seed- 

 lings No. 23 and No. 99, bronze yellow. 

 Of last year's prize winners he showed 

 Mrs. A. J. Miller, pink; Albert Chand- 

 ler, deep yellow; Merstham Yellow; 

 Lady. Hopetoun, heliotrope pink ; Beat- 

 rice May, pure white; Souv. de Calvat 

 Pere, white, cream center, and White 

 Coombes. For the new varieties a cer- 

 tificate of merit was given and for the 

 old varieties a cultural certificate. Mr. 

 Duckham characterized this exhibit as 

 wonderfully meritorious, especially on 

 account of its earliness, and the best 

 display at so early a date he had ever 

 seen. He particularly commended Beat- 

 rice May, Lp^dy Hopetoun and No. 99. 

 F. E. Pierson Co., of Tarrytown, 

 staged seventy-five varieties of dahlias, 

 many of them new varieties, for which 

 honorable mention was granted. Henri 

 Beaulieu showed a large vase of assort- 

 ed dahlias and received honorable men- 

 tion. A. L. Miller showed Pearl of the 

 Park, Camaeliaflora and Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria, for which he received a 

 cultural certificate. J. T. Lovett, of 

 Little Silver, N. J., made a fine exhibit 

 of single and cactus dahlias, through his 

 New York representative, Joseph Fen- 

 rich, for which a cultural certificate was 

 given. 



Louis Dupuy, of White Stone, showed 

 a grand vase of Eareniti chrysanthe- 

 mum, a massive pink, for which he re- 

 ceived a certificate for culture. Gutt- 

 man & Weber staged a vase of Carna- 

 tion Victory, in splendid condition and 

 quite up to the quality which won it so 

 many honors last season. L. K. Pea- 

 cock, of Atco, sent a grand display of 

 dahlias, which was staged by his New 

 York agent, W. H. Gunther, showing 

 over 150 varieties. A certificate for 

 culture was accorded. In Mr. Peacock's 

 130 acres are over 1,000 varieties. Leh- 

 nig & Winnefeld exhibited several plants 

 of their new pink begonia, for which 

 they secured honorable mention. 



Wm. Duckham gave a cordial invita- 

 tion to the club to attend the meeting 

 of the National Chrysanthemum Society 

 at Philadelphia on November 7. John 

 Birnie addressed the club on his trip to 



