1868 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 17, 1906. 



week, where the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 

 has nearly finished its new houses. 



At E. H. Hunt's a good demand is 

 reported for wheat sheaves, cycas and 

 other Decoration day supplies. They 

 sent out a special red, white and blue 

 illustrated price list of these goods. 



N. J. Wietor is employing his spare 

 moments in compiling a catalogue for 

 the trade in cuttings and plants, the 

 first Wietor Bros, have ever sent out. 

 It will be issued in early winter. 



At J. A. Budlong's plant they are 

 very busy with building and replanting. 

 A. H. Budlong's soil pulverizer is at- 

 tracting the attention of visiting 

 growers. 



At this date last year the express 

 drivers' strike was making trouble and 

 business was at its lowest ebb. 



August Dresel, at Crown Point, Ind., 

 suffered a slight stroke of paralysis a 

 few weeks ago. He is now about as 

 usual, but will shortly sell out and retire 

 from business. 



The Blair Grocery Co., Galax, Va., put 

 two cars of galax leaves in cold storage 

 at Chicago last fall and has made de- 

 liveries from this stock on orders for 

 this territory. They are now pretty well 

 cleaned up. 



Vaughan & Sperry have about an 

 acre of poet's narcissi which they expect 

 to arrive within the week and continue 

 for ten days to a fortnight. 



The following is the score made by 



the bowlers May 8: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



Bergman 164 165 194 



Degnan 116 125 136 



C. Scott 133 135 134 



G. Scott 139 180 134 



Asnius 199 131 175 



CINCINNATL 



The Market 



After a period of dark, rainy and 

 chilly weather we are having some warm 

 sunshine and it looks pretty good. Busi- 

 ness is picking itself out of the dust and 

 has improved a great deal since last 

 report. Not only has the supply dimin- 

 ished greatly, but the demand has in- 

 creased. Consequently, prices are begin- 

 ning to rise and everything has an en- 

 couraging aspect. Weddings are using 

 up large quantities of flowers, and there 

 is a good amount of funeral work. 

 After about two weeks of very poor 

 business it is certainly good to see stock 

 moving out as it ought to. From pres- 

 ent indications the market will not have 

 a chance to become glutted, so several 

 weeks of good business should be be- 

 fore us. 



The supply of carnations seemed to 

 fall off all at once. Between two days 

 the glut vanished and there was almost 

 a scarcity. At present the wholesale 

 houses arc entirely sold out of them 

 after the morning rush is over. Still, a 

 pretty large cut is being received every 

 day. 



Kosos liave held in better supply than 

 carnations, but tliey are letting up. They 

 are smaller, but there is not so much 

 mildew as is usual at this time of year. 

 The demand is lieavier for white and 

 these sell out quickly. 



Largo quantities of iris arc coming 

 in and a few peonies are to be seen. 

 They are of the earlier varieties and are 

 not very good. In a few days the finer 

 varieties will be with us and if they 

 sell as well this year as they did last we 



WE AGAIN SAY 



IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF 



Good Stock 



We are fully confident that we are in a 

 position to fill your wants 



wm FB^ 4^ Because we carry the kind of stock that you are looking 



jI^ MM^r • ^°'"' ^^ ^^ make a specialty of producing high-grade stock 



^ — of all kinds, being strong in 



ROSES AND 

 CARNATIONS 



In addition to the cutting of a choice line of stock from our own large green- 

 houses, we also handle the production of a number of the best growers in this city, 

 thereby placing us in a position to fill all orders in a very satisfactory manner, as a 

 trial order will convince you. 



Therefore, if you wish to avoid disappointments and want your orders filled sat- 

 isfactorily, just give us a call and you will be more than pleased that you called 

 upon us. 



J.A.BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



CUT FLOWERS 



WHOLESALE 



Roses and 

 Carnations «„«,..ri» t 



A Specialty GROWER Of 



Mpntion The Review when you write. '' 



will have no kick coming. Sweet peas 

 are being cut in good quantities and 

 the quality is first-class. 



NeAv southern ferns have made their 

 appearance, the old, eastern stock 

 holding out in good shape. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Society was lield last Saturday evening. 

 There was a larger attendance than 

 usual. The main topic was the rapidly 

 approaching convention at Dayton. It 

 was decided to call a general meeting 

 of all of the florists in this city, to be 

 held in the club rooms, Saturday, June 

 9. At this meeting full arrangements 

 will be made to organize a large delega- 

 tion to attend the convention. Besides 

 this it is the intention of the local craft 

 to go prepared to boom the Queen City 

 and show the florists of the country what 

 hustlers we have in this city. So just 

 keep your eye open for the Cincinnati 

 delegation. 



C. E. Critchell, who is chairman of 

 our bowling committee, is hustling to 

 get the bowlers together and Cincinnati 

 will be on hand with a bowling team 

 which will give a good account of itself. 

 Cincinnati wants the S. A. F. to meet 

 liere in 1909, which will be its twenty- 

 fifth anniversary. It is being talked 



over every time a party of florists gets 

 together and plans are already maturing. 

 We want everyone to keep this in mina^ 

 and when the time comes, as it will al- 

 most before you know it, we want every 

 florist in the whole country to be on 

 hand for the greatest convention ever 

 held by the national society. 



The planting-out season is now on in 

 earnest, and from all reports it will be 

 a record-breaker this year. The demand 

 for all kinds of bedding plants has 

 never been better. 



George & Allan are sending in some 

 very fine valley and they say that they 

 will have a steady supply through the 

 wedding season. 



Visitors were C. H. Kunzman, of 

 Louisville, Ky., and Miss White, of Lex- 

 ington, Ky. C. J. Ohmer. 



Prince Bay, N, Y.— F. W. O. 

 Schmitz has recovered from an illness 

 of several weeks. 



Wichita, Kan, — Kuechenmeister, 

 Culp, Mueller and Eose have joined in 

 their second annual flower show, on this 

 week at the store of Innes & Co. 



^Marion, Ind, — Guy Bate, of the Cleve- 

 land Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, was here 

 the other day and sold Gunnar Teilmana. 

 a car of his everlasting tile bench. 



