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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Maucu 1, lOOG. 



NOTICE 



Because of the new wage scale which 

 tfie Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing to staler 

 interruption of their business, especially 

 because of that part of the scale which 

 makes overtime practically prohibitivet 

 it is of first importance that the Review 

 obtain its advertising ''copy'' earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 Hut all advertisers mail their "cop/* 

 to readi us by Monday or Tuesday 

 moming, instead of Wednesday mom- 

 <ngt u many have done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



lIlBoellan^oiis Sensonable Hints 985 



— Preparations for Easter 985 



— Bulbous Stock 985 



— Btaododendrons 985 



— Axaleaa 985 



— SUrting Caladlums 985 



— SmiUx 985 



A Small &. Sons' Decoration (illus. ) 985 



Wben to Plant Pansles 986 



Bosea — Tbe Value of Records 986 



— Boae Uncle John (lllus.) 986 



Hardy Flowers 986 



Price Competition 987 



Omrnatlons— Sorts to Grow with Lawson.... 988 



— Trouble with Estelle 988 



A Mrw Tork Place <»taB.) «88 



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Abmos tbe Growers 989 



— H. A. Stevens Co., Dedham, Mass 989 



— Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass 989 



Vegetable Forcing — Radishes and Lettuce.. 989 



Cb^Bftntbemums — New Chrysanthemums... 990 



Col. B. H. B. Green (portrait) 991 



Tloleta — The Rhlnebeck Industry (lllus.).. 992 



tBweet Pea Countess Spencer 992 



Concrete Floors 993 



PhlUdelpbla 994 



Twin Cities 995 



Obltnary — J. C. Rennison (portrait) 995 



Cblngo ., 996 



«t. LouU 997 



Detroit 998 



Mortbera Texas 999 



Clereland 1000 



New York 1002 



Boston 1003 



WMblnKton 1004 



New Bedford, Mass 1004 



Ponstakeepsle 1005 



Want Advertisements 1006 



tBeed Trade News 1007 



— Boropean Seed N«t«« 1007 



— tUStfr Braslan. of ^n Hoeay 1008 



—^^^mmtittc View 1008 



WvtMMmi 'NBS 



Cstaloffues Received 1000 



nUBcuItles of Importing 1009 



Notea from England 1010 



Toronto 1019 



Padflc Coast— Varieties of Roses 1020 



— San Francisco 1020 



The Oldest Gardener 1021 



Mnnery News 1022 



— Frelglit Classification 1023 



— Storing Tree Seeds 1024 



Kansas City 1026 



Indianapolis 1028 



LoalsTtllc, Ky 1030 



Denver 1032 



Creenhoiwe Heating — DifTerence in (Dost 1044 



— Better Results Needed 1044 



— Tk> Stop I^aky Joint 1044 



— Boiler and Flues 1045 



Cincinnati 1046 



Plttabnrg 1048 



AdTertlsing Rates 1050 



MARSHALTi, Mich. — Z. G. Blakeslee 

 has juat or.mpleted a house 20x80 feet 

 an.l will stock up for the local spiing 

 trade. 



Columbus, O. — Valentine's day 

 brought a heavier demand than in former 

 years, violeta being especially sought. 

 Beauties, too, are much in demand. 



Saddle River, N. J.— J. G. Esler, 

 i?ecretary, states that the Florists' Hail 

 AB80ciation now insures more than 24,- 

 000,000 square feet of greenhouse glass. 

 Some of this is in extra one-half and 

 extra whole insurance and Mr. Esler es- 

 timates that the mutual protection covers 

 approximately one-third the glass in the 

 <!Ountry. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There was steady retrogression 

 throughout last week. Starting strong 

 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday al- 

 ready saw the weakening tendency, and 

 by Friday and Saturday conditions were 

 the most unfavorable which have pre- 

 vailed- in weeks. Roses were the only 

 things which held their values. The sup- 

 ply in this department has not at any 

 time since the holidays been more than 

 equal to the demand. All other items 

 required price concessions to clean out 

 stock and Saturday night found the 

 market with large quantities of carna- 

 tions, bulbous stock and, especially, vio- 

 lets to carry over. Sunday did not make 

 any impression on the surplus. The 

 New Orleans Mardi Gras business was no- 

 table, but only for its absence. The 

 shipments south were much less than in 

 recent years, possibly because prices 

 were considerably above the normal level 

 for this season, but probably largely be- 

 cause the mild winter is affording a 

 large supply of outdoor flowers at the 

 south. Mississippi jonquils reached this 

 market February 20. Heretofore about 

 March 12 has been the usual date of 

 first arrival. 



Saturday was an exceedingly unpleas- 

 ant day and the retailers bought almost 

 nothing. Many of them had, on Friday 

 evening, stocked heavily on carnations 

 and violets, which they were unable to 

 dispose of either Saturday or Sunday, 

 and which they had on hand Monday 

 morning. This naturally gave this week 

 a poor start so far as local business is 

 concerned. The cold weather is serving 

 to check receipts, but nevertheless there 

 is a large surplus of bulbous stock and 

 an ample supply of carnations, so that 

 averages will show a considerable falling 

 off. Violets suffer especially. Roses 

 hardly hold their own, but nevertheless 

 prices are well above normal. Quality 

 is excellent in every department. 



The Deamud Company. 



With the opening of the doors this 

 morning the business of John B. Deaaiud 

 passed to the John B. Deamud Co., for 

 which application for a charter has been 

 made. Mr. Deamud is to be president of 

 the corporation, Wm. Kyle vice-president 

 and Miss Emmett secretary. Mr. 

 Kyle has for many years been with 

 the Kennicott Bros. Co. and is one 

 of the best liked young men in the mar- 

 ket. Miss Emmett has had charge of 

 Mr. Deamud 's books for a long period. 

 The new firm proposes to considerably 

 extend the business. 



At Poehlmannville, 



Fred Frillman, for seven years book- 

 keeper for the Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 most of the time employed at the green- 

 houses at Morton Grove, but spending 

 a part of each week at the city store, 

 died February 21 of pneumonia. He was 

 43 years of age and leaves a wife and 

 three children. 



Fred Kaeding has been arrested, 

 charged with the theft of $580 in cur- 

 rency, which John Ahrens, a gardener 

 at Adolph Poehlmann 's plant, had 

 lioarded in a trunk at their boarding 

 liouse. 



Various Notes. 



There was much regret at receipt of 

 the tidings of the death of J. C. Renni- 

 son, whitii cnmo to hand February 24. 



There was a meeting Wednesday 

 afternoon at the office of the Benthey- 

 Coatsworth Co. to discuss further plans 

 for the Peoria convention of the State 

 Florists' Association, which has been 

 postponed to March 9. Chairman James 

 Hartshorne presided. The carnation ex- 

 hibition of the Chicago Florists' Club 

 takes place March 8 and a large party 

 will go directly from the club meeting 

 to the train for Peoria. 



George Keller & Sons' pottery at 3G1 

 Herndon street was visited by fire on 

 the morning of February 28. The dam- 

 age was sufficiently great that it is 

 thought it will take thirty days to get 

 back into shape to ship orders for pots. 



G. M. Dickinson is again suffering 

 with rheumatism, and Flint Kennicott is 

 able to be about only with the use of 

 his cane. 



Klehms' Nursery is having exception- 

 ally good results with the Novelty tulip 

 this year. They are sending Kennicott 

 Bros, Co. 800 to 1,000 a day, finely 

 colored and as like as peas in a pod. 



E. C. Amling is receiving Glendale 

 carnation from W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 

 The flowers are fine and it takes well. 

 The retailers say it has fine keeping 

 qualities. 



Harry Rowe expects to move next week 

 to his new store at 42 Monroe street, 

 in the Palmer House block, where he 

 will have very fine facilities. J. 

 Bruckner, recently with A. Lange and 

 now doing business as the Majestic 

 Florist, has made a lease on Mr. Rowe's 

 old store from May 1. 



W. E. Lynch calls attention to the 

 fact that most common ferns now being 

 shipped are slightly frozen and should 

 be placed in a cool place, without being 

 dampened, to thaw out gradually. 



Ed Kanst was the speaker before the 

 Gardeners ' Union at its meeting Wednes- 

 day evening. 



A. L. Vaughan is at New Orleans this 

 week. 



Peter Reinberg is having an excep- 

 tionally large cut of short Beauties at 

 present. Beauty crops in general are 

 on the increase. 



The Florists' Club's carnation show 

 March 8 will be held at room 531 on the 

 fifth floor of the Atlas block, in the room 

 recently vacated by Joseph Ziska. 



N. J. Wietor has been fully occupied 

 the last ten days in the management of 

 St. Henry's annual church bazaar, whicli 

 came to an end on Tuesday. 



J. A. Budlong reports a good New 

 Orleans demand last week. 



Last Saturday Weiland & Risch began ' 

 grading for their new range of glass, 

 which will exactly double their plant 

 and which will be, like the present range, 

 all devoted to roses. 



The Retailers' Association met last 

 Thursday evening in Handel hall. Re- 

 ports were made as to progress in the 

 association 's various enterprises. 



A. L. Randall Co. is handling apple 

 blossoms and bridal wreath spiraea from 

 Emil Buettner. 



Bassett & Washburn do quite a retail 

 business at Hinsdale, where many of 

 Chicago 's business men reside, and had 

 a large wedding decoration on Monday. 



The Chicago Rose Co. had a shipment 

 of Scottii ferns last week, which sold 

 out very quickly. 



One of the local dailies with a pen- 

 chant for scare heads found some of its 

 favorite material last week in the set- 

 tlement of differences between Amelia 

 Schafer and John Assa. 



The Chronicle for February 25 devot- 



