January 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



433 



Retail Store of the Shaeffer Floral Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



without introduction will acquire it 

 slowly. In the country, as in other coun- 

 tries, it is more or less according to dis- 

 tance apart, conditions of roads, etc. 

 As to the schools, I am told by more than 

 one, my informants including teachers 

 and parents of both north and south, 

 that the teachers are better paid than 

 in the north and east, are educated and 

 ■competent and the smaller number of 

 pupils, owing to smaller population, en- 

 ables them to give the pupils greater in- 

 dividual attention. 



As to health, I have seen people who 

 in the middle states have been troubled 

 by malaria, chills and fever, cease hav- 

 ing them here and it is a usual thing 

 for pale and sickly women and children 

 to immediately become robust and rosy. 



For three or four weeks in the middle 

 of winter we have a cold that bites as 

 hard and in summer heat that is as un- 

 comfortable as anywhere else, but neither 

 last long enough to wear upon the con- 

 stitution. 



Bounded on one side by the great river, 

 on another by a beautiful stretch of salt 

 water, where ride the ships of all na- 

 tions, to the east the great and beauti- 

 ful mountains, where vegetation is almost 

 tropical in its luxuriance, is not Missis- 

 sippi worth considering as to the possi- 

 bilities for our trade rapidly opening 

 there? E. B. C. 



Glencoe, III. — Edward Jordan, the 

 colored florist, died on Sunday, Decem- 

 ber 24. 



Lyons, Kan. — Mrs. H. B. Smith says 

 the holiday trade was very good this 

 year and more stock might easily have 

 been sold. She says she could always 

 «ell more, but for the fact that customers 

 are afraid to order ahead for fear prices 

 will be too high for them. 



SHAEFFER FLORAL CO. 



llie accompanying illustration is 

 from a photograph of the Chas. A. 

 Shaeffer Floral Co. 's new retail store 

 at aOS Walnut street, Kansas City. This 

 was^ opened only a few weeks ago, and 

 is ope of the finest and best appointed 

 cut 'flower stores in the west. It is* fin- 

 ished in quarter sawed Finish oak, 

 witlf large French plate mirrbrs on the 

 sout^ side of the room, with marble 

 couiter and wrapping table, while the 

 cashier's desk occupies the «orth side. 

 A cozy corner is provided for the lady 

 patrons, fitted up with easy chaiirs and 

 a dainty writing desk. Across the rear 

 of the room extends one of the hand- 

 somest cut flower refrigerators in this 

 country. The front is of plate glass and 

 the interior is» fitted up with French 

 mirrors and lighted with incandescent 

 lights. This firm did an enormous holi- 

 day business, much greater than they 

 expected so soon after their start. L. 



erect, brilliant and of perfect form. If 

 it will only come like this in England it 

 is quite worthy of the gold medal N. E. 

 S, awarded it at Glasgow in 1903.— Gar- 

 deners' Magazine. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Aurora, III. — Vegetable forcing ia a 

 novelty here and the W. B. Davis A Co. 

 plant attracts much attention. There 

 are two houses 30x200 in cucumbers. 

 Visitors' days are advertised and do 

 much to help local 'trade. 



• ROSE HUGH DICKSON, 



The hybrid perpetual Hugh Dickson, 

 raised by Hugh Dickson & Sons, is a va- 

 riety of much promise. The color is what 

 we want, bright scarlet-crimson, with 

 orange glow, like Horace Vernet at its 

 best. Flowers pointed, deep petals, good 

 form, a trifle small perhaps, but last- 

 ing and keeping color. As the blooms 

 are pendant, and it is not free flowering, 

 it cannot be recommended for garden 

 purposes, but as an exhibition rose it has 

 a future. Growth vigorous, foliage hand- 

 some. The Irish climate evidently suits 

 it, for the raiser has exhibited grand 

 blooms this year, especially at the N. E. 

 S. autumn show, where seven glorious 

 unsurpassed flowers were staged in the 

 vase class, every flower on stout wood. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, January 3. — Cucumbers, $1 



to $1.75 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 80c case; 



head lettuce, $2 to $3 bbl.; tomatoes, 

 $1.25 to $2.25 case. 



Boston, January 2. — Cucumbers, $2.50 

 to $11 box; lettuce, 50c to 90c doz,; rad- 

 ishes, $2.25 box; tomatoes, 35c to 40c 

 lb. ; parsley, $2 box ; mushrooms, $2 to 

 $2.50 per jfour-pound package. 



New York, January 2.— Boston cu- 

 cumbers, $1 to $1.50 doz.; head lettuce, 

 25e to $1 doz.; radishes, $2 to $3 100 

 bunches; mushroom?, 10c to 40c lb.; toma- 

 toes, 10c to 30e lb. 



THE SEED ORDER. 



The avoid disappointment and delay, 

 the seed order should be made ready and 

 placed in the seedsman 's hands in good 

 time. It is better for the buyer and 

 better for the seedsman, as it gives him 

 a chance to execute your order without 

 undue hurry and insures against mis- 

 takes. Most seedsmen in their price 



