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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Septembbk 20, 1906. 



{250,000 



Mums for October and November 



Our first stock, Monrovia, ready Sept. 80-86 



Asters, all shades, $1.00 to $2.00 per 100. Good supply Tea Roses, 

 Beauties, Carnatioiis and Valley. Wild Smilaz now ready. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 



68-60 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



no danger of starvation at Fort Erie be- 

 cause of the "sandwiches there." I 

 hope this ancient joke will not need a 

 key next week. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. McHutchison of New York, that 

 progressive and philosophical young man 

 from the Antipodes, gave us a very brief 

 visit, not on business, but to locate one 

 of his office staff who had met with 

 an accident while spending his vacation 

 at Niagara Falls. W. S. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



The back of the dull season is surely 

 broken now, business having picked up 

 considerably. Although funeral work is 

 the main factor, weddings and some few 

 parties are again noticeable. 



Good roses and good asters are at a 

 premium. Carnations are better every 

 day, Enchantress showing up the best. 



Various Notes. 



As the result of a dissolution in part- 

 nership C. H. Pease is no longer con- 

 nected with the Detroit Cut Flower Sup- 

 ply House. Hubert Pierce, the proprie- 

 tor, is at present also acting as manager. 



A visit to Gus Taepke's new range 

 of houses is interesting. Two new rose 

 houses have just been completed. In 

 carnations, they are growing Enchan- 

 tress, Crane, White Perfection, Flora 

 Hill, Glacier and Guardian Angel. In 

 roses. Bride, Bridesmaid, Killarney, 

 Richmond and Sunrise. Five up-to-date 

 houses are devoted to this stock and but 

 for a slight touch of mildew on the 

 roses it is in fine shape. Foley ven- 

 tilators are used throughout, giving en- 

 tire satisfaction. 



Joseph Berry's private place in Grosse 

 Pointe Farms is receiving a thorough 

 overhauling. Henry Fruck, the head 

 gardener, has some fine specimens of his 

 new fern, Nephroplepis Fruckii. 



P. J. Hauswirth and George Asmus, 

 of Chicago, stopped off at Detroit Satur- 

 day, en route from Niagara Falls. E. 

 J. Fa'ncourt, representing S. S. Pennock, 

 of Philadelphia, also was a visitor. 



H. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The situation may be briefly summed 

 in this way: flowers are very plentiful. 

 There are far more than enough to fill 

 all requirements. Best stock brings 

 fair prices, as a rule, but many of the 

 poorer flowers are wasted. 



Asters are seen everywhere. It is 

 probable that more fine flowers could 



Please change our advertisement 

 again in 





The Mums went out even faster 

 than the Cyclamen plants. Two 

 insertions brought us orders for 

 10,000 Mum plants. We had to 

 turn away orders, and they are 

 still coming. 



Thanking you for good service, 

 we are. 



Very truly youri, 



BAUR & SMITH. 



Indianapolis, 

 July 16, 1906. 



be used, but poor asters are a drug. 

 Dahlias hardly seem as important a fac- 

 tor as at this time last year. The sup- 

 ply at several places is late. It is said 

 that the best flowers will come in at 

 the end of this week, and continue until 

 frost. Carnations are abundant, with 

 no special demand for them as yet. The 

 openings at the department stores this 

 week have improved the demand for 

 showy flowers. Hydrangea paniculata, 

 gladioli, dahlias, asters and wild smilaz 

 being especially sought. Autumn fol- 

 iage is also used. Orchids are becom- 

 ing a • little more plentiful. There is a 



fair demand for choice flowers, although 

 at times they are hard to sell. Greens 

 are abundant. 



Various Notes. 



The directors of the Philadelphia 

 Wholesale Flower Market have called a 

 meeting of the stockholders to be held 

 on Tuesday, September 25, at 3 p. m., 

 in the secretary's office. Horticultural 

 hall, to consider plans for liquidation. 



Xavier E. Schmidt, superintendent of 

 Horticultural hall in Fairmount park, is 

 preparing a catalogue that will embrace 

 all the greenhouse plants under his 

 charge. Mr. Schmidt is a botanist of 

 great ability, and his work when com- 

 plete will be of decided value. 



John Mclntyre, the "buyer of Phila- 

 delphia," will on Monday, October 1, 

 start in business as a wholesale florist 

 at 1235-1237 Filbert street, where he 

 has rented four stalls in the Flower 

 Market. Mr. Mclntyre has had valuable 

 experience with Heron & Nisbet, Joseph 

 Heacock, Edw. Eeid, H. H. Battles and 

 The Leo Niessen Co. He is an excellent 

 judge of flowers, energetic, and the re- 

 tail florists say he calls the birds every 

 morning. Mr. Mclntyre 's belief that 

 a good buyer is necessarily a good seller 

 will now be proved. 



P. J. Klingspom is out among the 

 growers. 



Chas. F. Edgar, who has many 

 friends in this city, is now with Edw. 

 Reid. 



The Leo Niessen Co. have found ship- 

 ments of wild smilax very useful in the 

 department store openings. 



The price of rooted cuttings of Car- 

 nation John E. Haines in Samuel S. 

 Pennock 's card should have read $12 

 per 100, not $6 per 100. 



Chas. Henry Fox had the first white 

 chrysanthemums at the Sign of the Rose 

 last Wednesday. 



J. J. JIabermehl's Sons, the Wm. 

 Graham Co., and B. Stahl have been do- 

 ing some decorating at the department 

 stores. 



Julius Wolff, Jr., is cutting some nice 

 cattleyas and oncidiums from his place 

 at Twenty-eighth street and Sedgley 

 avenue. 



Eugene Bernheimer, who always makes 

 a specialty of autumn foliage, is re- 



