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The Weekly Florists^ Review; 



OCTOBEK 12, 1905. 



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DENVER. 



The Market. 



The month of September proved to 

 be one of the best in many years, proba- 

 bly owing to the large number of wed- 

 dijags and general trade incident to the 

 number of tourists here during the G. 

 A. B. encampment, who left quite a 

 little money in the city. And October 

 starts out very well. We have had a 

 good frost which was perhaps welcomed 

 by most of the growers, but higher tem- 

 perature the past week somewhat checked 

 the retail trade. The indications are, 

 however, that fail trade will be brisk. 



Outdoor stock being all in, the buyers 

 have gone back to the old favorites, 

 roses and carnations, both of which are 

 now coming in large quantities, and most 

 of which are of good quality. Ameri- 

 can Beauties, generally speaking, are 

 especially fine. The Park Floral Co. is 

 cutting some of the finest they have ever 

 grown, which perhajps is true of all the 

 other growers. Bride, Maid and Chat- 

 enay are coming in large quantities, 

 the majority of them good in stem, size 

 and color. The new Richmond, of which 

 80 much has been said, appears to be 

 pretty fair, but as yet it has not beat 

 Liberty very much. A few Rosalind Orr 

 English are seen and look pretty good, 

 being a fine color. 



Carnations are improving in quality 

 every day, while the quantity is increas- 

 ing also, all pretty good with the ex- 

 ception of the reds. Enchantress, Lady 

 Bountiful and White Lawson are the 

 best. Fiancee also is coming in fine, the 

 color being good, as well as the stem. 

 It looks liRe a favorite. 



A few chrysanthemums are now on 

 the market, both cut and plants. As the 

 weather gets colder some fine stock will 

 be seen. There has been some call for 

 violets the past week and a few not 

 very good ones are coming in. All 

 "greens" are plentiful. 



Varioof Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Valentine have re- 

 turned from their trip to the Pacific 

 coast. 



The Florists' Bowling League has or- 



ganized for the season, electing R. S. 

 Mahan, of the Alpha Floral Co., presi- 

 dent, and E. S. Kennedy, of the Park 

 Floral Co., secretary and treasurer. The 

 league will bowl every Monday evening 

 at the Brunswick alleys. It is starting 

 on a good foundation and promises to be 

 a banner season for the bowlers. 



J. F. Wilcox, of Council BlufPB, la., 

 was in the city a few days last week. 

 Mr. Wilcox reports a very busy season. 



N. A. Benson is cutting some very 

 fine Enchantress, Lady Bountiful and 

 Fiancee carnations. 



Miss Scott, daughter of William 

 Scott, has returned to her home in Buf- 

 falo after a two months' visit with her 

 brother, Phil, and his family here. 



E. S. K. 



OCEANIC N. J. 



The meeting of the Monmouth County 

 Horticultural Society was held at Red 

 Men's Hall, October 6. President Hale 

 presided. Mr. Turner exhibited some 

 Gattleya gigas measuring nine inches, the 

 most beautifully colored we ever saw, 

 scoring 95 points; and Odontoglossum 

 grande, four sprays of enormous size 

 with seven to nine flowers on a spray, 

 which received 90 points. The society 

 decided to have the school children in- 

 vited to enter the flower show free if 

 they are escorted by their respective 

 teachers. B. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



VIOLETS. 



An Alien's Industry. 



The entire violet growing industry in 

 the vicinity of San Francisco has within 

 the past few years passed into the hands 

 of the Italians, Chinamen and Japanese. 

 The other growers no longer seem to find 

 this branch of the business profitable. 

 There are several reasons for this but 

 the principal one is that whenever any 

 of the nationalities mentioned get inter- 

 ested in growing anything in the fiower 

 line that does not call for any particu- 

 lar skill they usually squeeze the balance 



of the trade out of it. Another reason I 

 might mention is the question of help. 

 Violets, above any other article, certain- 

 ly take up time with the picking of the 

 flowers, otherwise at this season of the 

 year there is little to do. The Italian 

 growers first solved this problem by 

 training their children, 6 and upward, to 

 go into the fields and do the cutting and 

 bunching. As children are much better 

 adapted to this sort of labor than are 

 grown folks and as the Italian element 

 fre far famed for their large families, 

 it was only a short time before the ques- 

 tion of wages was settled. With the 

 Chinese and Japanese the same spirit 

 prevails and the subject of picking does 

 not cut such a figure. It is wonderful 



The Tottenliam Nurseries Ltd. 



(Bst»1>llBh«d in 1878.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER Ef ST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headqaartera for Kurdy P«»« nn i>l«, among 

 whidi are the latest and eboicest. 13 acrec 

 devoted for RrowinR ttiia line InchidinK Anemo- 

 ne, Aster. Oampannls. Delpblnlam, Funkiaa, 

 HemerocalUs. Uepatica. Incarvillea. Iris, 

 Peonies, Pblox decossata and soflraticosa. 

 Prtmala Pyrethrum, Tritoma. Hardy Heatti. 

 Hardy Ferns. AIro 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres 

 of Conifers, specially younR choice varieties to 

 be gTOvra on; 3 acres Rhododendrons, inclndlng 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to irrow all 

 tbe latest novelties in these lines. Aslc for catalog. 



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One million fine, one-year, Engrlisb-Krown. 

 Also a large stock of Roses, all leading kinds, 

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BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sweet Bays. 

 Palms, Begronias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belflrium. 



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