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1338 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 2, 1005. 



CHRYSANTHENUNS 



ALL COLORS 



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

 J 00 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. 



WIETOR'BROS. 



51 WABASH AYE., CHICAGO. 



AMBBTCAN BBAVTT Per doz. 



Extra long: stems $8.50 



80-iDCta stems S.OO 



24-incb stems 2.60 



20-inch stems ^ ^.^r. n.. 1.60 



15-iDcb stems 1.25 



12-inch stems..., 1.00 



Short stems 60 



&ONO »TBM8 Per 100 



Kaiserin, fancy $7.00 



good $4.00to 5.00 



Brides, fancy 6.00 



" good a.OOto 4.00 



Bridesmaids, fancy 6.00 



good S.OOto 4.00 



Liberty, fancy 7.00 



good S.OOto 6.00 



Richmond, fancy. 7.00 



good S.OOto 6.00 



Meteor, fancy 6.00 



" good S.OOto 4.00 



Ohatenay, fancy 6.00 



good S.OOto 4.00 



Golden Gate, fancy 6.00 



" good S.OOto 4.00 



Perle 4.00 to 5.00 



CARNATIONS, fancy 4.00 



good 2.00to 3.00 



Mention The RfTlew when yog write. 



Phil's attention to the nice valley they, 

 are receiving. 



W. E. McKissick has been handling a 

 good white seedling chrysanthemum of 

 John A. Shellem's. 



Geo. Burton has been fortunate in 

 harvesting a very fine house of Beauties 

 to advantage during October. These 

 were two-year-old plants that have made 

 splendid growth. His Meteors should be 

 just right for Thanksgiving. 



Bowlinsf. 



The Philadelphia team, minus one man, 

 went down to Baltimore last Friday to 

 bowl the first of two rounds in the tri- 

 city match for the silver cup presented 

 by Samuel S. Pennock. "While the re- 

 sult was not wholly satisfactory, better 

 things are hoped for in the return match 

 to be played in this city at the Casino 

 alleys at 4 p. m. on November 8. The 

 score : 



Baltlniure 2,60.3 



Washliigtou 2.397 



Pbiladelpbia 2,548 



Phil. 

 BOSTON. 



The Market. 

 Conditions have improved quite a lit- 

 tle since our last report. There is, of 

 course, no chance for any upward bound 

 with so many chrysanthemums arriving, 

 but prices on some staples have hardened 

 a little. Chrysanthemums sell from $4 

 to $12, more at the former price than at 

 the latter. Some very good Miss Alice 

 Byron, Bonnaffon, Duckhtun, Dr. Engue- 

 hard, Merza and other varieties are seen. 

 Beauty and Liberty roses remain about 

 the same, but the better grades of Brides 

 and Maids are selling higher. Carnations 

 fetch from $2 to $3, a few selling lower 

 and fancies a little higher. Violets are 

 coming of improved quality. Some of 

 the best realize 75 cents, ordinary stock 

 40 to 50 cents. Callas come from one or 

 two growers and realize 12% cents each. 

 Some Paper White narcissi and stevia 

 are seen, but are not in much request. 



Floriste' Qub Field Day. 



The outing to the Waban Eose Con- 

 servatories on October 28 was a decided 

 success. Weather conditions were ideal 



and about sixty members attended. An 

 inspection of the extensive blocks of rose 

 houses was first in order and, as usual, 

 everything was found in as near perfect 

 condition as possible. The big Beauty 

 house, 40x700, was in grand order and 

 will produce a big Christmas crop. This 

 house contains six beds and 13,000 

 plants. Brides and Maids filled quite a 

 number of houses and were carrying 

 grand crops of flowers. Quite a number 

 of Morgan and Mrs. Oliver Ames are 

 grown on front benches, each producing 

 large quantities of flowers. 



Liberty looked extremely well and so 

 did a batch of 1,500 Richmond. This lat- 

 ter was closely scrutinized, as seen here 

 it appeared to be an unusually good 

 grower and was flowering with great free- 

 dom, producing strong shoots which 

 should give very fine flowers later. Many 

 of the visitors considered it better than 

 Liberty and perhaps another year, with 

 good home-propegated plants, it may 

 eclipse that fine variety. We would not 

 venture a definite opinion so early in 

 the season. The greatest interest cent- 

 ered in the houses of Wellesley, of which 

 10,000 plants are being grown this sea- 

 son. These look splendid and show won- 

 derful vigor and freedom of bloom. 

 Mme. Abel Chatenay and La Detroit 

 grown on a part of one bench for com- 

 parison were entirely outclassed. Well- 

 esley is increasing in popular favor in 

 the Boston market, and many other New 

 England cities experience an increasing 

 call for it. 



A house of Ejllarney was doing finely. 

 This has not been grown here before but 

 promises to be a very profitable one. A 

 striking contrast was presented by two 

 rows of plants on own roots. These were 

 greatly inferior to the grafted stock. 

 Excepting the Beauties and one lot of 

 Wellesley, all roses at Natick are graft- 

 ed and very few raised benches are now 

 seen. Other roses of great merit are 

 likely to emanate from here in the fu- 

 ture, for many excellent seedlings were 

 noted in bloom. 



Chrysanthemums, which used to be a 

 star feature here, have now been dropped 

 entirely. The decline in demand as also 

 in prices for specimen blooms are causes 

 for this. 



Inspections of the model heating plant, 

 offices, etc., having been made, an ad- 

 journment was made to the roomy pack- 

 ing shed, where a staff of young ladies 

 served a bountiful collation. President 

 Wheeler called on a number of members 

 for short speeches. Among those who re- 

 sponded were: E. O. Orpet, T. H. West- 

 wood, M. A. Patten, J. W. Duncan, Hen- 

 ry Wild, W. N. Craig and others. A 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Montgomery and 

 his able son was enthusiastically carried. 

 Mr. Montgomery, in responding, ex- 

 pressed the great pleasure it gave them 

 to have the club with them. Three 

 cheers and a tiger for the generous hosts 

 brought to a close one of the most de- 

 lightful field days the club has yet held. 



Flower Market Banquet. 



The stallholders and stockholders of 

 the Boston Co-operative Flower Growers' 

 Association, with a few invited guests, 

 enjoyed their annual banquet at Young's 

 Hotel on Saturday evening, October 28. 

 About seventy-five gentlemen were pres- 

 ent. After the very excellent menu had 

 been disposed of, W. C. Stickel took 

 charge of the post-prandial exercises. 

 He first called on W. H. Elliott, whom he 

 introduced as the dean of the market cor- 

 poration. Mr. Elliott spoke entertain- 

 ingly of Porto Rico, life insurance and 

 the work the Park street market was ac- 

 complishing. W. J. Stewart spoke for 

 the press and F. R. Mathieson for the 

 retired florists. Allen Peirce was intro- 

 duced as the dean of baby culture but 

 declined to discuss so delicate a question. 

 Wm. R. Nicholson, who just returned 

 from his honeymoon, also felt a natural 

 feeling of hesitancy and was excused. 

 Addresses were made by J. W .Duncan, 

 W. N. Craig, Andrew Christiansen, H. 

 A. Stevens, H. S. Parker, H. L. Cameron, 

 H. M. Robinson and Elijah A. Wood, the 

 latter making an excellent comparison of 

 flower sellers twenty-eight years ago and 

 today. 



Alexander Montgomery was called 

 upon to speak for the American Rose So- 

 ciety. He said he was glad to announce 

 that they had secured a large number of 

 valuable cups, shields, vases and other 

 prizes for the show to be held in Bos- 

 ton next March and predicted that it 



