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NOVEMBBB 16, 1905. 



THE BEST SCARLET CARNATION. 



■ y. Mention The Review when you write. 



and dinners and receptions have kept 

 many of the florists busy in decora,tion8^ 

 his every movement being to the advan- 

 tage of the market. 



Fred Atkins, of Bobbipk & Atkins, 

 was elected councilman on the republican 

 ticket last week, at East Rutherford, by 

 a good safe majority and, no recount will 

 be demanded. J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market weakened perceptibly last 

 week and opened on Monday in a state 

 of more or less depression. The total of 

 business foots up ifairly well but the de- 

 mand lacks the snap it has had for the 

 past two or three weeks. Last week the 

 retailers were in search of novelties and 

 fancy stock for their displays at the 

 flower show, but business was light local- 

 ly. Shipping demand called largely for 

 fancy stock for exhibition purposes. 



A week of beautiful weather had the 

 result of increasing receipts to a percept- 

 ible extent and weakened prices, par- 

 ticularly on the lower grades, which are 

 always the first affected. Chrysanthe- 

 mums have been very abundant and are 

 selling at moderate prices. It has been 

 possible to clean out each day and whole- 

 salers in general are satisfied with the 

 business. The stock most in demand at 

 present is that which sells at about $1.50 

 per dozen. 



American Beauties are of splendid 

 quality and the supply is equal to the 

 demand. The best long stock, the kind 

 people want for flower show purposes, 

 with stems five feet long, brings as high 

 as $5 per dozen. Roses have felt the 

 stimulating effect of the sun, have im- 

 proved in color and substance, and teas 

 are much more plentiful than a week ago. 

 The market has weakened in this depart- 

 ment to a greater extent than elsewhere, 

 with the possible exception of chrysanthe- 

 mums. Richmond sells better than 

 Liberty. 



Carnation cuts are slowly increasing, 

 but prices are still held firmly and the 

 average returns must be a source of much 

 pleasure to the growers. A change to cold 

 weather on Monday will serve to check 

 production again. 



Violets have been in light supply this 

 week, doubtless due to horse show activ- 

 itiep in New York, but the demand has 

 not been large. Quality now leaves little 

 to be asked. Valley is in demand but up 

 to the requirements. There is little call 

 for Harrisii or callas. Some fine Paper 

 Whites and Romans are seen. 



There is an active market for green 

 goods, including practically everything on 

 the list. A new addition to the popular 

 items is boxwood sprays. These are being 

 used to make wreaths, where galax was 

 formerly employed, and are also used 

 like Sprengcri for filling in all sorts of 

 floral arrangements. 



Thankssiving. 



All the growers talk of good crops for 

 Thanksgiving but, in view of the con- 



ditions which have prevailed for a month, 

 if a word to the wise is sufficient, buy- 

 ers will not be slow to place orders. 

 There is little chance of carnations being 

 plentiful and roses are likely to command 

 higher prices than advance quotations un- 

 leiMjyj^ie weather is favorable. Quality 

 win doubtless be good all along the line. 



Various Notes. 



Chicago is well represented at the Kan- 

 sas City show this week. Among those 

 who are there are George Asmus, P. J, 

 Hauswirth, Leonard Kill, N. J. Wietor, 

 J. Q. A. TurnbuU aud Phil Shoup, the 

 latter of Budlong's, who will visit cus- 

 tomers in St. Louis, Louisville and other 

 cities before returning. 



C. M. Dickinson went to St. Paul Mon- 

 day night to take a look at John Mon- 

 son 's new rose at home. It is anticipated 

 that E. H. Hunt will introduce this novel- 

 ty next spring. 



The Garland family at Des Plaines, 

 Sol, Warren and Frank, are right in line 

 with chrysanthemums. Their crop is of 

 medium size sorts and Percy Jones, who 

 manages the cut, says it sells much more 

 quickly than the larger grades. 



C. N. Thomas, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., was one of the jurymen in the 

 O'Neill breach of promise case which 

 has occupied so large a share of public 

 attention the past ten days. 



A. L. Vaughan is on duty but suffer- 

 ing from stomach trouble. 



C. L. Washburn says that Bassett & 

 Washburn were among the considerable 

 number who imported stock 'of the new 

 red rose, Etoile de France. But he says 

 they do not like it. The buds are nearly 

 all bull heads. 



P. J. Hauswirth took time from his 

 flower show duties last week to put up the 

 decoration for the Commercial Club's 

 banquet at the Auditorium Saturday 

 night. 



Mrs. Frank Beu is again at her stand 

 in the market after having spent the 

 summer in Europe. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is mailing its new 

 catalogue, listing wire work and a large 

 line of supplies, witli an interesting page 

 on peonies. 



Mrs. Oscar Weber died November 10. 

 She was known in the market as Tinie 

 Tebbins and was married and left busi- 

 ness only six months ago. 



The Republic Floral Co., 209 State 

 street, will open about December 1. 



Emil Buettner is indignant. While en- 

 joying a little ramble in his automobile 

 Sunday afternoon a policeman stepped 

 in front of his machine and Mr. Buettner, 

 in order not to seem discourteous, had to 

 stop and be arrested, charged with speed- 

 ing. He says he will take the case to the 

 highest court rather than pay a fine, for 

 he wasn 't going fast. Those who know 

 Mr. Buettner 's conservative ways will be 

 inclined to believe the policeman exag- 

 gerates. 



L. Baumann & Co. are very busy ship- 

 ping Christmas orders. They say that 

 business is good in all departments. 



John Zech was busy last week, between 

 Zech & Mann's affairs, the flower show 

 and the church fair at Rose Hill, for 

 which Mr. Zech published the program 

 and in which many florists took part. 



The Moninger Co. is already running 

 on the bars for the Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 addition for next spring. Part of the 

 material is to be delivered during No- 

 vember and December. As stated in the 

 Rkview several weeks ago, this is to be 

 the largest single addition ever built by 

 the Poehlmann Bros. Co., the plans call- 

 ing for a total of 280,000 square feet of 

 new glass. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. recently made 

 a good sized shipment of stock for a 

 Avedding decoration at Manchester, N. 

 H, The distance is 1,300 miles but the 

 stock is reported to have arrived in per- 

 fect condition. 



Joe Foerster, manager of Georgfe Rein- 

 berg 's city salesroom, says that last sea- 

 son cannot long be referred to as their 

 best season if they have a few more 

 months like October and the first half of 

 November. 



A. L. Randall Co. finds shipping trade 

 holding very steady. They are handling 

 large quantities of New York violets ' 

 again this year. 



C. W. McKellar reports a very active 

 demand for cattleyas this week. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



Business in cut flowers has been so 

 changeable since the last report that 

 one can hardly realize the irregular con- 

 ditions of .the market. Saying that 

 chrysanthemums are plentiful is putting 

 it mildly; they have been a glut the 

 past two weeks and in order to move 

 them in any quantity one had to give 

 special low figures. Roses have also 

 been more plentiful and quite a num- 

 ber were carried over, which the next 

 day would go to the street men, and 

 that means low prices. 



Carnations seem to be the only flower 

 that has been short in supply, which is 

 not often the case at this season of the 

 year, when chrysanthemums can be had 

 in any quantity and of almost every 

 grade. Best single and double violets 

 can be had at 60 cents per hundred and 

 more could be handled. There are 

 enough greens to meet the demand. 



Various Notes. 



H. Reinhardt, of Orangeville, has 

 opened a flower store on Eastern ave- 

 nue, Highlandtown, under the name of 

 the Reinhardt Floral Co. A. F. 



MoartisoN, III. — This city has a num- 

 ber of cucumber growers whose com- 

 bined area is five acres imder glass and 

 the average daily output in the winter is 

 tiiree wagon-loads of cucumbers. Chas. 

 D. Gallentine has built a new range of 

 houses and has just completed a 90-foot 

 chimney. 



