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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



October 12, 1905. 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



WHITE AND YELLOW 



Wc are now able to fill all orders on Chrysanthemums with the finest and best stock 

 in Chicago. Fancy Dergmaniit White, $2.50 to $3.00 per doz. 



Panpy Omega, yellow, 3.00 to 4.00 per doz. 



Smaller varieties, I.50 to 2.00 per doz. 



VIOLETS : If you want the best, you can always get them here, 50c to $(»00 per JOO. 

 CARNATIONS : $7.50 to $iaOO per lOOa Fancy stock, $1.50 per (00. 



A. L. RANDALL CCi^^'iTg^ 



Mention The Review when yoo wrltf. 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



The Fair. 



New England's greatest outdoor ear- 

 nival, the well known Brockton Fair, 

 was held on October 3 to 6. Weather 

 conditions this year were perfect and 

 gate admissions totaled 160,000. On Oc- 

 tober 5, known as Boston day, 80,250 

 were present, probably the largest at- 

 tendance ever recorded at any similar 

 fair in America. 



In spite of early frosts there was an 

 extensive display of dahlias from J. K. 

 Alexander, W, P. Lothrop, W. G. Win- 

 sor, W. H. Symonds, T. L. Tinkham 

 and many others. Gladioli were also 

 largely shown. Floral designs were 

 quite numerous, but potted plants were 

 below the average, largely because too 

 small a proportion of the $40,000 in pre- 

 miums is allowed them. Next year we 

 believe they are to be better provided 

 for. 



Vaxiotts Notes. 



Business at the stores is now picking 

 up nicely and prospects for fall trade 

 are excellent, A killing frost to wipe 

 out the remaining dahlias, asters and 

 other flowers would be acceptable. 

 Some very good chrysanthemums are 

 now arriving and carnations and roses 

 are daily improving in quality as well 

 as quantity. 



W. W. Hathaway reports the past sea- 

 son 's trade the best on record. He is 

 well equipped for the coming season, 

 with all the best novelties in plants and 

 cut flowers, as well as sundries. Wel- 

 lesley rose is a fine seller here and Cat- 

 tleya labiata is used more each season. 



C. A. Bead and Mrs. Moir, on Cen- 

 ter street, are both anticipating a first- 

 class season. Their windows are quite 

 attractive at all times. Brockton fiower 

 stores are equal to any in this state 

 outside of Boston, the owners being 

 thoroughly up to date. 



Harry Cole, at the Copeland green- 

 houses, is cutting good Glory of Pa- 

 cific and other early mums, also a fine 

 lot of Cattleya labiata. A bench of 

 Cypripedium insigne promises a wealth 

 of bloom. Some 10,000 carnations are 

 grown here and are looking well. 



Thomas Greaves, at the Crawford 

 greenhouses, has some 16,000 carnations 

 benched, including some of his own 

 seedlings, which are grown in quantity. 

 Fair Maid is preferred here to En- 

 chantress. Chrysanthemums are grown 

 in considerable numbers. A good many 

 of the singles such as Mizpah and 

 Zeroff in pots make very salable stock. 



W. N. C. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The Market. 



The past two weeks have been like 

 July, far too hot for the good of stock 

 in the benches. Roses are popping out 

 too fast. Carnations are coming too 

 quickly. Even mums, if the heat con- 

 tinues, are going to all open at once 

 and in a few days the market will be 

 overloaded with the bulk of the early 

 sorts, such as Polly Rose, Bergmann, 

 October Sunshine, Pacific and Willow- 

 brook. Opah and R. Halliday are now 

 practically over. Halliday has demon- 

 strated its claim to being the best and 

 earliest yellow. Lilies are the only 

 scarce flowers; there will soon be plenty 

 of callas. 



Business has improved, although the 

 hot weather has hurt shipping, as the 

 out-of-town buyers have most of their 

 own flowers now. 



Various Notes. 



There have been several store open- 

 ings. The decorations were mostly 

 plants and asters. The roses used were 

 supplied by a Chicago commission house. 

 The (irand Rapids Floral Co. had two 

 decorations and Crabb & Hunter one. 



The West Michigan Fair was a suc- 

 cess, both artistically and financially. 

 In the floral department the Grand 

 Rapids Floral Co, and Crabb & Hunter 

 were the main exhibitors. In floral de- 

 signs Crabb & Hunter were first witli 

 a large broken wheel done in white 

 asters, white and yellow roses; the 

 Grand Rapids Floral Co., second. On 

 fancy basket of Beauties, Crabb & 

 Hunter were first, also on best general 

 .display of roses and general collection 

 of greenhouse plants. The best table 

 was a surprise, an amateur, Mrs. Well- 

 man, getting first, Crabb & Hunter sec- 



Peter Reioberg 



51 Wabash An., CHICAGO. 



WHOLESALE 



Cut Flowers. 



LARGEST GROWER 

 IN THE WORLD...... 



1,300.000 FMt of Kodern OlMS. 



Current Price List. 



AMBSZOAV BBAUTISB- Per dox. 



Extra select'. $3.00 



30-inch stems 2.50 



'i4-inch stemK 2.00 



18-inch stems 1.50 



15-inch stems 1.25 



ri-inch stems 1.00 



Short stems $4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



PerlOO 



LIBERT\' $3.00 to $8.00 



RICHMOND 4.00 to 8.00 



CHATKNAY 8.00 to 6.00 



MAIDS and BRIDES 3.00 to 5.00 



UNCLE .lOHN 3.00 to 5.00 



CARNATIONS 1.00 to 1.50 



All flowers are perfectly fresh and properly 



packed. No charges for P. & D. 



on orders over $5.00. 



ond, the Grand Rapids Floral Co. third. 

 The Floral Co. took first on Beauties 

 and carnations, Crabb & Hunter sec- 

 ond. Other premiums were pretty even- 

 ly divided. 



The loss by stem-rot in carnations is 

 very heavy. Violet plants are good but 

 the real test, as to whether you are go- 

 ing to have a successful crop or not, 

 depends on carrying them through from 

 the first change of weather to Decem- 

 ber 1. 0. F. C. 



BOUVAEDIAS. 



We have no new varieties of bouvardia 

 this season, says a writer in the Horti- 

 culturul Advertiser, but judging from 

 the quantities of plants which I have 

 seen at various nurseries I have recently 

 visited, they are as popular as ever. 

 King of Scarlets, which is one of the 



