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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 18, 1906. 



TEILMANN'S HOUSE. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph takfn in the carnation house 

 of Gunnar Teilmann, MarionJ^Ind./'a few 

 days before Christmas, The vawty,at 

 the right is Moonlight, a Avhite sent out 

 two or three years ago but not very .wide- 

 ly disseminated. Mr. Teilmann finds that 

 it does excellently with him and is his 

 most profitable white. On the bench to the 

 left are Crane and Flamingo. Crane has 

 always done well with Mr. Teilmann and 

 the crop for Christmas was a sight. He 

 says wholesale and retail prices were the 

 same at that time, $1 per dozen, at 

 retail in Marion and at wholesale in Chi- 

 cago, 



Mr. Teilmann does a large trade in 

 cemetery vases and window boxes in the 

 spring and it will be noted that he has 

 material for this purpose along the edges 

 of the carnation benches. 



The photograph also shows the style of 

 construction peculiar to this place. There 

 are no purlin posts, but every few feet 

 the bars are trussed with a wire which 

 can be tightened or loosened at will. The 

 roof also supports the flow pipe, which 

 runs down the center of the house sus- 

 pended from the crosspieces. 



HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS. 



I would like to know why they al- 

 ways say to use hydrocyanic acid gas at 

 night. Why can't it be used in the day- 

 time? It makes it bad about firing and 

 ventilating at this time of the year if 

 used at night. Two hours after opening 

 the ventilators I go in and fire up and it 

 generally gives me a sore chest and dry 

 throat for a few hours and I am not in 

 good condition to sing at the funeral of 

 the pests, although I feel like it. 



I know of no reason why this gas 

 should be generated after dark any more 

 than fumigating with tobacco is always 

 done at inconvenience after dark, but we 

 think the reason for this old established 

 belief is that during the day, particu- 

 larly a day of bright sunshine, our plants 

 are slightly weakened and they are less 

 able to resist any gases or fumes dele- 

 terious to their health. 



As for any trouble with your throat 

 or chest, you have not surely followed 

 the methods that have for several years 

 been advised for generating this gas or 

 you would have no occasion to moderate 

 the temperature of the house or inter- 

 fere with ventilation. An hour before 

 sunset you can put your jars in place, 

 mix the water and sulphuric acid, drop 

 in your parcels of cyanide, lock your 

 house and go home and contemplate the 

 final going home of myriads of black, 

 brown and green aphis. W. S. 



TWIN QTIES. 



The Market. 



Business the past week has been very 

 dull. Occasionally one would be favored 

 with a funeral order, but as a rule there 

 was practically nothing doing. Prices 

 remained firm. Stock is coming in stead- 

 ily, and it appears that the supply about 

 equals the demand. While some stores 

 were carrying heavy stocks at the end of 

 the week, by inquiry it was found to be 

 stock shipped in from outside points. 

 Our growers are not cutting much stock, 

 possibly on account of the cloudy weather 

 that we have had the past week. But 



there appears to be considerable stock in 

 the bud, 



Minneapolis. '^' 



The Powers Mercantile Co, appear^ to 

 be disposing of considerable stock, but 

 most of it is of a second grade; for in- 

 stance, carnations that sell for 75 cents a 

 dozen and roses for $1,25 and $1.50 a 

 dozen. Owing to the great number o/ 

 people that pass through their place every 

 day it is not to be wondered that they 

 do a large business. A small percentage 

 of them stopping at the cut flower de- 

 partment insures a good trade. 



Swanson seems to be doing very well. 

 He has a fine, attractive place and, while 

 business is net rushing, there are some 

 good sales. 



The New York Florist, located in the 

 Nicollet hotel block, are disposing of 

 large numbers of carnations, which are 

 a specialty with this concern. 



There was some demand for flowers 

 for the victims of the West hotel fire, 

 but as the majority of the unfortunates 

 were from a considerable distance from 

 here, the demand was not as heavy as it 

 would otherwise have been. 



St. Paul. 



The writer had the pleasure of a call 

 at the St. Paul Floral Co, plant, run by 

 Frank Gustafson, formerly of L, L, May 

 & Co, In all he has about 35,000 feet of 

 glass. Brides and Maids are grown prin- 

 cipally and, while the weather has been 

 against us, he is cutting some good stock 

 daily. He also has some Enchantress 

 carnations which are very good. Jubi- 

 lee is still grown here and seems to be a 

 success. 



A short distance from the St. Paul 

 Floral Co. is the plant of N, C, Hansen, 

 who grows nothing out carnations, and 

 they are all fine. He has for a white 

 The Queen, with which he has been very 

 successful. He has also had good 

 success with Enchantress and Flamingo. 

 Guardian Angel is grown extensively, Mr, 

 Hansen is to be complimented on the 

 neatness in which his houses are kept. 

 A few years ago Mr, Hansen started with 

 one small house; today he has five houses 

 24x100 feet, which is evidence of thrift 

 and energy. 



Among the callers for the past week 

 were J. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs; J. 

 Jensen, Hillegom, Holland; J, Q. A. 

 Turnbull, representing E. H, Hunt, Chi- 

 cago, Felix. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The market holds its own, which means 

 that it is as good as usual at this season 

 of the year and prices hold fairly steady. 

 This is perhaps due as much to the lim- 

 ited shipments as to any other cause, 

 nothing unusual in the way of weddings 

 and funerals having taken place since 

 our last report. This week the largest 

 automobile show the world has ever seen 

 may furnish power to give a little more 

 speed to society's demand. 



Carnations have been retrograding in 

 price during the past week, but close at 

 hand is McKinley day, more talked of 

 and written about than ever before and 

 more likely to be observed. 



Lilies are in good demand at advanc- 

 ing prices. Violets are abundant and 

 non-aggressive. It is hard work to force 

 the price above 75 cents for the very 

 best. May as well call it an "off year" 

 for violets and have done with it. Some 



stock begins to regain its natural per- 

 fume again. This sells readily. 



Orchids hold steadily and there is 

 never an overstock. There is too big a 

 field now for that, and too limited a 

 supply for this big country. 



Various Notes. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club will take place at the St. 

 Denis hotel Saturday evening, February 

 3. Tickets may be had of Walter F. 

 Sheridan, 39 Wtest Twenty-eighth street. 



The ex-officers of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club have formed an association 

 for mutual benefit and reunion, inau- 

 gurating its existence with a dinner at 

 one of the famous hostelries. All the 

 presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries, 

 treasurers and trustees are eligible and 

 enthusiastic as to its success. 



John Scott, the new president, is a 

 busy man, with greenhouse building and 

 Scottii shipments and the absorbing 

 duties of his new office. He was in at- 

 tendance at the first meeting of the out- ■ 

 ing committee last week, where complete 

 arrangements were made for the club's 

 annual holiday. Liberal donations were 

 assured and the committee, with Wheeler 

 as chairman, promises something much 

 larger than usual. 



The ball of the wholesale employees 

 was a great success. At midnight there 

 must have been nearly 1,000 in the grand 

 march, the enormous floor space being 

 entirely filled. The decorations were pro- 

 fuse and to Frank Sheehan belongs the 

 credit, Christmas trees and an abund- 

 ance of lycopodium roping were used and 

 flowers were distributed to the ladies. 

 The wholesale and retail houses bought 

 tickets liberally and the boys figured up 

 a handsome profit as the result of their 

 enterprise. The officers were: Nicholas 

 C, Schreiner, president; Charles Mat- 

 thews, vice-president; John Foley, treas- 

 urer; Elmer Greatfield, financial secre- 

 tary; John Egenbrod, recording secre- 

 tary; Arthur Wiese, sergeant-at-arms ; 

 Frederick K. Bohlman, floor director; 

 George J, Allen, assistant floor director. 



So impressed were some of the retail- 

 ers present by the success of the ball 

 that arrangements were made for an 

 organization of retailers and their em- 

 ployees with a view to a similar event 

 early in March, at the Lexington opera 

 house or Madison Square Garden, All 

 interested are asked to meet at the store 

 of Harry Hoffmeyer on the evening of 

 Monday, January 22, to perfect arrange- 

 ments. Messrs. Gottlieb, of McConnell's, 

 and Good, of Scallen's, are prominent 

 boomers of the enterprise, which can be 

 made a great success. 



The Tarrytown dinner came along 

 Wednesday evening of this week, a little 

 later than usual. This is the only florists ' 

 club dinner in the country I have met 

 where only temperance beverages prevail. 

 But its popularity and excellence are 

 proverbial and the men who miss it are 

 few and far between. There was a large 

 New York delegation and with it the 

 award committee of the New York 

 Florists' Club on a visit to the new in- 

 troductions of the F. E. Pierson Co. 



Henry Smith, a gardener, has brought 

 suit against Helen Gould for $10,000 

 damages for injuries received while 

 spraying trees on her estate. It seems 

 a chemical solution was scattered 

 through some defect of the hose, injur- 

 ing his eyes, face and arms. This could 

 not have been Esler's reliable hose, 

 which needs no insurance against any- 

 thing, not even hail. 



