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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBiDB 26, 1905. 



ANTHENUMS 



ALL COLORS 



Price, $J.OO to $3.00 per dozen. Special prices on lots of 

 100 and over. We grow 100,000 Mums and can fill any 

 order on short notice. No order too small and none too 

 large. The best stock in the Chicago market. . 



Our Roses never looked better and are coming in fine. 



Our Carnations as usual are the best in Chicago. 



Let us convince you with a trial order. 



Wl ETOR BROS. 



51 WABASH IWE.^ CHICAGO. 



AKBRICAir BBAUTT Per doz. 



Extra long stems ^.60 



30-lnch stems ; 8.00 



24-inch stems 2.50 



20-inch stems 1.50 



16-lnch stems 1.25 



12-lncb stems :,..', 1.00 



Short stems 60 



&OVO 8TEM8 Per 100 



Kalserin, fancy $7.00 



good $4.00 to 6.00 



Brides, fancy 6.00 



" good 3.00 to 4.00 



Bridesmaids, fancy 6.00 



good 3.00 to 4.00 



Liberty, fancy 7.00 



good 3.00 to 5.00 



Richmond, fancy 7.00 



good 3.00 to 5.00 



Meteor, fancy 6.00 



" good 3.00 to 4.00 



Chatenay, fancy 6.00 



good 3.00 to 4.00 



Golden Gate, fancy 6.00 



" good 3.00 to 4.00 



Perle 4.00 to 5.00 



tiarnations, fancy ^. .W**^.^ to 4.00 



good 2.00 



Meptlon The Rerlew when yoa write. 



would do more harm than good, a num- 

 ber of instances being mentioned of bereft 

 families who had received such postals 

 and who felt very keenly about it. 



The meeting was made exceptionally 

 interesting by a few exhibits. Nathan 

 Smith & Son sent some fine blooms of 

 their beautiful pink seedling mum, Kosi- 

 ere. Although the first flowers were cut 

 October 10, it is a fine deep pink, with 

 long stiff stems and good foliage and 

 evidently a good keeper. Honry Fruek 

 showed two new nephrolepis, each having 

 a growth somewhat similar to Wittboldii, 

 but of a much more graceful habit. B. 

 Schroeter showed a vase of pink Enchan- 

 tress. 



Various Notes. 



Painters and decorators were busy in 

 Sullivan 's and Schroeter 's stores the past 

 week. 



Walter Taepke recently had a cus- 

 tomer who demanded a female Boston 

 fern, saying the male ones are not so 

 hardy. 



Breitmeyer'fl executed a very elaborate 

 decoration at the Detroit Club for a 

 dinner tendered Truman H. Newberry, 

 assistant secretary of the navy. A minia- 

 ture man-of-war made of chenille and 

 cape flowers and used as a center-piece 

 attracted much attention. 



A new publication made its appearance 

 in Detroit last week. The Detroit Flo- 

 rists' C^ub Rambler. This is without 

 doubt the first publication ever issued 

 for private circulation among the mem- 

 bers of a trade organization. The hon- 

 orable secretary, J, F. Sullivan, was the 

 originator. A publication staff is to be 

 appointed, as it is hoped to make the 

 Rambler a permanent club paper. 



H. S. 



DES MOINES, lA. 



A Club is Organized. 



On the evening of October 20 the fol- 

 lowing florists, florists' employees and 

 ornamental horticulturists met at the 

 Iowa Seed Company's store for the pur- 

 pose of organization: Peter Lambert, 

 Chas. McAnniff, Julius Ledig, Wm. Tril- 

 low, J. D. Lambert, Chas. Simons, M. J. 

 Wragg, Chaa. Gay, G. J. Bennett, Frank 

 Stevens, J. B. O'Neill, J. F. Marshall, 



Chas. N. Page, H. J. Lozier, F. L. Bar- 

 ter, D. O. Finch and Robt. Newcomb. 

 Chas. N. Page was chosen temporary 

 chairman and J. F. Marshall secretary. 

 On Mr. Trillow's motion those present 

 voted to consider themselves organized 

 under the title of the Des Moines Flo- 

 rists' Club. The object of organization 

 as outlined by Messrs. Page, Trillow, 

 Wragg and others, is the promotion of 

 good fellowship, social enjoyment and the 

 financial betterment of the members. 

 Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Trillow and Mr. Page 

 spoke in favor of inviting several gentle- 

 men from Chicago to assist in getting 

 the club in first-class working order 

 and to infuse enthusiasm into the mem- 

 bers. On Mr. Marshall's motion the 

 chair appointed the following committee 

 to draft a constitution and by-laws, se- 

 lect new members and report at the next 

 meeting : J. B. 'Neill, Wm. Trillow and 

 H, J. Lozier. On Mr. Gay's motion the 

 club proceeded to elect permanent oflScers 

 on ballot. . J. D. Lambert was elected 

 president, Wm. Trillow secretary and 

 Chas. N. Page treasurer. On Mr. Gay's 

 motion the club voted to admit to mem- 

 bership on equal terms all persons inter- 

 ested in commercial floriculture and orna- 

 mental horticulture without regard to 

 sex. Wm. Trillow, Sec'y. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market 



Business continues first-class. The 

 rush of chrysanthemums is on. There 

 are very few large mums coming in now 

 but the quantity of smaller ones is large, 

 and, while the price obtained for them 

 has dropped considerably, the total sales 

 are much higher. All orders are bfeing 

 filled and all colors can be had. 



Roses are very plentiful and the price 

 remains the same. Some first-class stock 

 is coming in. Beauties are scarcely equal 

 to the demand. Other red roses are also 

 scarce. Carnations are in short supply 

 and the price has risen to $3 per hundred 

 for the best. It is hard to figure out why 

 carnations should be so scarce, but there 

 are not nearly enough to go around. 



Sunday night brought a pretty heavy 

 frost and it looks as if dahlias and cos- 



mos have been killed. Green goods are 

 selling nicely. 



Various Notes. 



The schedule committee of the Flo- 

 rists ' Society has made its report and the 

 first show of the season, held in our club- 

 rooms, as usual, will take place on Satur- 

 day, November 11. It will be devoted tO' 

 chrysanthemums exclusively. The follow- 

 ing prizes are offered: Best twelve 

 blooms white, first, $6 ; second, $4 ; third,. 

 $3. Best twelve pink and yellow, the 

 same. Best twenty-five Bonnaffon, first, 

 $10; second, $8; third, $6. Best gen- 

 eral display, $10. The printed schedule 

 for all three shows will be out in a week 

 and can be had by addressing C. J. 

 Ohmer, secretary. Everyone is invited 

 to compete and all those having seedling» 

 are requested to enter their blQ.oms for a 

 certificate of merit, which will be givei> 

 to all seedlings judged worthy of same^ 



C. J. Ohmeb. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The frost of last week has ended the 

 dahlias and some of the other tender 

 flowers. Cosmos is still in its glory, 

 great quantities of every shade being 

 seen in the stores and on the streets. 

 Despite the absence of dahlias, the mar- 

 ket conditions have not improved. The 

 demand is only fair and the supply far 

 exceeds it. There are too many medium 

 and poor grades of chrysanthemums, but 

 hardly enough of the choicer sorts. The 

 Leo Niessen Co. has a novelty in the 

 shape of Easter lilies of excellent qual- 

 ity. They expect to have them steadily 

 throughout the winter. 



The Plender Co. 



John C. Graeey has completed his im- 

 provements in the Plender Co. 's nur- 

 series at 1230 N. Twenty-sixth street. 

 Two buildings and an alleyway have 

 been thrown into one large store about 

 40x50 feet, with a greenhouse about 30 

 xl25 feet in the rear. A covered way 

 admits wagons to the rear of this house. 

 The store contains a rockery, with foun- 

 tain and pool and a number of aquar- 

 iums, a specialty with the proprietor. A 



