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The Wcddy Florists' Reviov* 



NOVBMBUt 16, 1905. 



GEO. REINBERG 



Wholesale Grower 

 and Shipper of 



Cut Flowers 



51 WABASH SVENUE, CHICAGO. 



Our specialties are Beauties, Richmondt Libertyt Chatenay, Bride and Maid, and Carnations. 

 Our cuts are large, quality excellent and we want a chance at your orders; we*Il treat you 

 liberally. Can supply Mums, Valley, Asparagus, Ferns, Galax, Leucotho?, etc., in any 

 quantity at lowest market rates. Send for Thanksgiving price list. 



VICTORY 



THE BEST SCARLET CARNATION. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. __^___ 



ONCaNNATL 



The Market 



Business the past week was very good 

 and was generally distributed among all 

 branches of the trade. Several first- 

 class decorations used up a large quan- 

 tity of stock. Funeral work also was in 

 good demand. The wholesale houses 

 were kept cleaned out of almost every- 

 thing save mums. 



Mums are selling well this year and 

 bringing prices that are very satisfac- 

 tory. This market is well supplied with 

 all kinds. The best sellers are those that 

 can be had from $8 to $12.50 per hun- 

 dred. The very large varieties move 

 slowly. There are large quantities of 

 small, bunched mums for work and, 

 while there is a very good demand for 

 this kind of stock, yet the supply is so 

 heavy that it is hard to move them all. 



Boses continue to improve in quality. 

 Beauties are especially fine and sell fast. 

 Carnations, though still scarce, are com- 

 ing more plentifully. They sell well 

 and at good price^i. Prospects are for 

 a fine Christmsw crop. Yalley is in good 

 demand and scarce. Violets, also, are 

 scarce and selling quickly. Green goods 

 are not very plentiful, with a good de- 

 mand. 



The Show. 



Our annual chrysanthemum show was 

 held November 11. There was not as 

 much stock on exhibition as is usual, 

 owing no doubt to the number of large 

 shows taking place in this section of 

 the country this week. Nevertheless, the 

 quality was there and the 5,000 people 

 who viewed the show went away well 

 pleased. Richard Witterstaetter made 

 his usual good display. Besides several 

 vases of fciely finished mums, he staged 

 many vases of carnations in fine form. 

 His Aristocrat was worth going a long 

 way to see. Among other varieties 

 staged were J. A. Valentine, a light 

 pink which has been heard of before; 

 No. 1021 J 1, scarlet ; No. 1021 1 2, dark 

 pink; LilUan May, white; No. 102114, 



a medium shade of pink, and No. 1003 C, 

 shell pink. 



George & Allan staged several vases of 

 nicely grown stock. H. T. Schmidt, 

 of Oxford, staged two vases of mums, 

 which did him great credit. Chas. 

 Pfeiffer exhibited a vase of very finely 

 grown Appleton. Geo. Bayer, of Toledo, 

 sent twenty-five blooms of Bonnaffon, 

 right up to the best. The prizes were 

 awarded as follows: 



Twelve blooms white, H. Schmidt, first ; 

 R. Witterstaetter, second; George & Al- 

 lan, third. 



Twelve pink, H. Schmidt, first; E. 

 Witterstaetter, second; George & Allan, 

 third. 



Twelve yellow, Chas. Pfeiffer, first; 

 E. Witterstaetter, second and third. 



Twenty-five Bonnaffon, E. Witter- 

 staetter, first; Geo. Bayer, second. 



Best general display, B. Witterstaet- 

 ter, first. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 sent a seedling to be passed upon by the 

 chrysanthemum committee. It was a fine 

 exhibition variety, very large bloom, fine 

 form, incurved, white shading to pink in 

 the center. It was named President 

 Eoosevelt. 



The judges of the show were E. Sun- 

 derbruch and C. E. Critchell. The prize 

 blooms were sold for the benefit of the 

 society. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 in the evening. Ben George and J. W. 

 Eodgers bpth asked for the endorsement 

 of the society for the position of park 

 superintendent under the new adminis- 

 tration. After some discussion the so- 

 ciety decided to keep out of politics. 



Variotu Notes. 



Thomas Win drum has just returned 

 from a hunting trip in Florida and re- 

 ports having had a fine time. 



George Walker and George Murphy 

 are going on a hunting trip next week. 



Ben George was in Louisville, acting 

 as judge at the show last week. 



J. A. Peterson went up to the Chicago 

 show. C. J. Ohhkr. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



It is rather hard to give the exact 

 status of the market, as it has been so va- 

 riable of late, some days good and others 

 druggy. On the whole, however, it shows 

 an improvement over a year ago. Chrys- 

 anthemums are now arriving in less num- 

 ber and, with these removed, prices on 

 other stock will improve quickly. Prices 

 remain about the same on chrysanthe- 

 mums, except on white/, which are in 

 rather short supply. Some growers are 

 now holding back supplies for Thanks- 

 giving. Eoses are in abundant supply. 

 Best grades sell fairly well, but many of 

 the smaller sizes are sold very low. Car- 

 nations hold their heads up well and even 

 show a slightly hardening tendency. 



Violets are abundant and of fine qual- 

 ity, at last week's quotations. A little 

 bulbous stock is coming in and rather 

 more stevia is seen. Asparagiis and 

 adiantum are unchanged. 



Various Notes. 



The chrysanthemum show brought in 

 the usual large influx of gardeners and 

 florists from a distance, quite a number 

 coming from other states. 



A fire at N. F. McCarthy & Co. 's estab- 

 lishment at 84 Hawley street, damaged 

 sundries to the extent of $700 on Novem- 

 ber 7. 



Considerable interest is being taken in 

 the coming election of trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society on 

 November 18. Among others W. H. El- 

 liott is one of the regular nominees, while 

 Peter Fisher and A. H. Fewkes are run- 

 ning as independents. 



The exhibition to be given by the Amer- 

 ican Eose Society next March promises to 

 far eclipse the one held last March. More 

 special prizes than ever will be offered 

 and a magnificent show is assured. 



Galvin is receiving some extra fine Zy- 

 gopetalum Mackaii from Eeed, of Whit- 

 man. He had a very attractive window 

 of orchids the past week, which included 

 Vanda ceerulea, cattleyas, Epidendrum 



