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NOVEMBSB 9, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



HIS 



bug, etc., but three good houses of let- 

 tuce pay him very well. 



August Von Boeselager's was as clean 

 as a whistle. Beside a house of very 

 fine Kaiserin, he has several houses of 

 good carnations and mums; also some 

 good violets. 



Our old friend, James Carey, had the 

 glad hand and a glass for every one. 

 His roses, carnations and violets are 

 very fine. 



At the Lakeside Inn another lunch 

 was served. After a number of speeches 

 Mr. Eackham, in behalf of the club, 

 presented our ex-president, Eobert "Wat- 

 son, with a gold chain and charm for 

 services rendered, 



Qub Meeting. 



The meeting of the Florists' Club 

 held at the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change November 1 showed a fine in- 

 crease in attendance. The main feat- 

 ure was an exhibition of cement and 

 tile benches and posts. The most com- 

 plete exhibit was that made by the 

 Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Guy Bate 

 mentioning a number of the good points 

 of the bench. L. Bemb showed cement 

 slabs, each having one end turned up 

 to form the sides of the bench. E. A. 

 Scribner showed a rapid and inexpen- 

 sive way of constructing a bench. 

 After stretching a wire net across the 

 top of the posts, which were made of 

 ordinary drain tiles set on end and 

 filled with cement, he spreads about one 

 inch of cement over some burlap laid 

 on the wire. James Taylor uses com- 

 mon building tile, split in half. The 

 TuflCa tile was shown by William 

 Dilger. Ed Beard showed a bench and 

 supports made of cement and sand, the 

 proportion being about one to four. 

 The legs and cross pieces were made 

 in one piece, the cement being put into 

 a mold of wood, placed where the post 

 is to remain. Ordinary slabs of cement 

 are used on top, the sides being at- 

 tached. 



The verdict of the judges, Gus 

 Taepke, J. F. Sullivan and B. Schroeter, 

 is to be made known at the next meeting. 



C. H. Pease was elected a member. 



Various Notes. 



In a recent trip made by Charles 

 Tuson to Brampton, Ont., he was very 

 much impressed by the general appear- 

 ance of both the place and stock of 

 the Dale estate. 



Ferdinand Zube, employed by B. 

 Schroeter, received a broken rib and 

 other internal injuries by falling into 

 a cellar. 



Philip Breitmeyer has returned from 

 New York. 



S. S. Skidelsky reports a heavy sale 

 of the rose pink Enchantress, and re- 

 grets that the supply of cuttings is 

 limited. 



While returning home from the club's 

 outing Thursday night O. A. Stoll, of 

 Oxford, was severely cut about the face 

 and hands in a collision of two cars. 

 H. S. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Milwaukee Florists' Club had a 

 largely attended meeting this week and 

 final business pertaining to the flower 

 show was taken up. A considerable num- 

 ber of entries came in and many more 

 are expected before the opening of the 

 sho'tr. The show will be held in theGim- 



bel building, located in the center of the 

 city, and everything points to a success- 

 ful show. A banquet will be given all 

 visiting florists Thursday evening, No- 

 vember 16. A delegation of about twenty- 

 five members of the Florists' Club will 

 attend the Chicago show Thursday. For 

 premium list, ,«ntry blank or any matter 

 pertaining to the Milwaukee show ad- 

 dress H. V. Hunkel, secretary, or C. C. 

 Poll worth. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business has been good since last re- 

 port, showing a decided increase over 

 last week. The weather continues cool, 

 and the quality of stock coming in is 

 much better. Chrysanthemums are tak- 

 ing the lead now, although there is a 

 good demand in all lines. Some fine 

 roses are being offered. The prospects 

 for a successful season were never 

 better. 



The chief interest in trade circles cen- 

 ters round the flower show, which opens 

 Monday. We are all looking for some- 

 thing unusually fine and the indications 

 are that we will not be disappointed. 

 There is such a demand for space that 

 the time for making entries has been 

 extended to Friday, November 10. 



L. A. Goodman is attending the St. 

 Louis show this week and W. L. Rock is 

 at the Chicago show, getting pointers for 

 use at the coming show. 



Ed Humfeld has one of the prettiest 

 store windows in the city. He is dis- 

 playing some unusually fine Appleton 

 mums this week. 



From the appearance of Samuel Mur- 

 ray 's stock he will certainly carry off his 

 share of the premiums this year. 



W. J. Barnes is another local florist 

 who will have a nice display at the show. 



Kay-See. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are the whole show, 

 and have been for the past two weeks. 

 Eoses and carnations were short the 

 greater part of the week, but even 

 this could not keep up the prices on 

 the moms. Where one could afford to 

 buy them in large lots the price, even 

 on the finer stock, was shamefully low. 

 This was the wholesalers' tale of woe, 

 but among the retailers things were go- 

 ing with more snap. All of them seemed 

 busy and several of them had just about 

 all that it was possible for them to do. 



Various Notes. 



David Frazier, gardener for H. C. 

 Frick, reports his show larger and bet- 

 ter than ever, and says the public are 

 taking advantage of the open house 

 which is extended them. Mr. Frazier 

 keeps Mrs. Frick supplied, while she is 

 in New York, with flowers from her own 

 conservatory in Pittsburg. 



A. W. Smith is making improvements 

 in his store in the way of rearranging 

 his ofSces to get more privacy. 



Another street stand has been opened 

 on Fifth avenue. One of the odd things 

 is that there are only three street stands 

 in the city and all inside of 100 feet. 



Good Asparagus Sprengeri seems to be 

 scarce in this section, as most of it is 

 short and rubbishy. This green has 



become so popular that it seems to be 

 hard to keep up a supply. 



We are now ready to declare Ed Mc- 

 Collum a real foot ball player. His team 

 has not been scored on this season. 



T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., has just returned from a trip 

 up the Hudson, where he visited violet 

 growers. 



Wm. Bessinger, manager of the Calla 

 Cut Flower Co., Calla, O., was a recent 

 visitor. Hoo-Hoo. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The fine weather, the election and the 

 big flood of mums made the underpinning 

 of the market shaky early in the week 

 and a rather depressed condition was 

 manifest. Next week the horse show 

 will lift things and then comes Thanks- 

 giving and prosperity for all. 



Violets are holding their higher plane 

 very creditably, $1 to $1.25 being real- 

 ized easily for prime stock on Monday. 

 There were few left-overs and ther^ is 

 little danger of a slump until after the 

 holiday. The violet growers up the river 

 are in high spirits over the additional 

 outlets for their products and after all 

 there will be less demoralization than in 

 the season of 1904-5. 



Orchids are advancing, but there are 

 plenty of vandas, oncidiums and cattle- 

 yas. Soon there will be no surplus and 

 their growing popularity in the larger 

 cities outside New York will be felt here 

 seriously as the winter advances. 



Mums are exceptionally early this year 

 and the stock was never finer. They 

 have had a most satisfactory season to 

 date and prices have been reasonable at 

 all times. Fine roses of all kinds may 

 be had at from $5 to $6 per hundred. 

 The demand for KiUarney and Eichmond 

 is persistent. A great winter is assured 

 these new and popular varieties. Mrs. 

 Oliver Ames is asserting itself deserv- 

 edly. Beauties hold at $30 per hundred 

 for the best, and next week the horse 

 show will boost them to $50 without a 

 doubt. 



Carnations continue to improve and 

 prices are firm, with an upward tendency. 

 Election week has always been a men- 

 ace and prices have always fallen. Pos- 

 sibly this one may be no exception to the 

 rule. Meaatime wo will possess our souls 

 in patience and so be ready to enjoy 

 with grateful consciousness of abundant 

 blessings, the reunions and contentment 

 of our annual Thanksgiving. 



Various Notes. 



On November 1 the business of Wm. 

 Ghormley, 57 West Twenty-eighth street, 

 was purchased by H. E. Froment, who 

 has been in charge of the financial de- 

 partment of the house since its incep- 

 tion. Mr. Froment is well and favor- 

 ably known by the trade and is univer- 

 sally popular and respected. James 

 Coyle continues with the firm and par- 

 ticipates in the management. The best 

 wishes for the success of the new house 

 are tendered Mr. Froment in his venture. 

 He begins his business career as a whole- 

 sale florist with an established trade and 

 a large circle of growers, customers and 

 friends. 



The Limprecht Florists ' Supply Co., on 

 West Thirtieth street, has a large stock 

 of evergreens and holly on hand for 

 Thanksgiving and has over 500 large 

 boxes already engaged for the Christ- 

 mas holidays. 



