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'=>;• August 8, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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48-50 

 WABASH AVE., 



CHICAGO 



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Any kind of Cut Flowers to be 

 found In the Chicago Market. 



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LILIES, 

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CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



Business continues good for this time 

 of the year. Flowers are not plentiful 

 and the demand is such that it uses up 

 about everything that comes in. There 

 are some few exceptions, though, of 

 which the gladiolus is a good example. 

 This flower has been selling poorly so 

 far this season. It is true that the 

 quality of the blooms coming in is not 

 of the best, but they ought to sell better 

 than they do. The retailers say that they 

 can not sell them, as the public does not 

 want them, and so they are bought only 

 to fill out on the window display. It 

 is to be expected that the later varieties 

 will prove to be more profitable to the 

 growers, as the quality is much better. 

 In fact, the man who has gladioli late 

 in the season is usually the one who 

 makes out well on them. Carnations are 

 hard to find and roses sell out on sight. 

 Asters are now coming in fine style and 

 they are selling well. Some of the mid- 

 season varieties are in and are of good 

 quality. 



The Florist*' CXttinc. 



The florists' annual outing was held 

 August 1, to the enjoyment of some .300 

 persons, young and old. The day turne«l 



out to be a most beautiful one and D. 

 Busconi and Henry Schwarz are to be 

 congratulated. The ball game furnished 

 a great deal of sport, as it was hotly 

 contested from start to finish and was 

 altogether a good game. The teams were 

 captained by Harry Baer and Al Grey. 

 Harry Baer's team won by a narrow 

 margin. George Murphy and ' ' Tuts ' ' 

 Grey were umpires and they had a rather 

 lively time of it. In the bowling con- 

 test for men, Mr. Kirkpatrick was first, 

 with 17.5; Charles Critchell, second, with 

 171, and James Allan third, with 1.50. 

 The ladies' bowling contest was won by 

 Mrs. Charles Pfeiffer, with a score of 

 124. The crowd left the grove at 9 p. 

 m. by a special train, and all expressed 

 themselves as having had a thoroughly 

 pleasant time. 



Various Notes. 



Tlie trustees of the Flower Market 

 let the contract this week for the paint- 

 ing of the outside of the building. It 

 will be painted a, stone color with dark 

 red trimmings, which ought to give it a 

 good appearance. Considerable repairing 

 also had to be done, but now the market 

 w^l be in first-class shape again. 



I have just learned of the sudden 

 death from heart disease of our old 

 friend and tradesman, George F. Breh- 

 mer, of Chillicothe, O. Mr. Brehmer 



was one of the whole-souled sort of men 

 and he had a host of friends in this city. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Gillett and daugh- 

 ter left August 6 for a three weeks' 

 outing and fishing trip in Michigan. 

 They will spend the greater portion of 

 their time in Manistee, Mich.. 



Max Rudolph leaves shortly for a vaca- 

 tion trip to Snow Islands, where he ex- 

 pects to be joined later by William 

 Murphy. 



William Gardener is spending a two 

 weeks' vacation with his folks in Lon- 

 don, Canada. 



ThomaSi Windram is busy making re- 

 pairs and building two large houses, 

 which will be planted to carnations. 



Saturday, August 10, is the regular 

 monthly meeting time of the Florists' 

 Society. This will be the first meeting 

 at which the new elected officers will 

 have charge and a large attendance is 

 earnestly requested, to give them a good 

 send-oflf. C. J. Ohmer. 



Richmond Ind. — v. M. Mitchell's 

 greenhouse i& nearing completion. 



New Orleans, La. — Proi)osals were 

 received August 6 for the erection of 

 a glass range and greenhouse for the 

 Now Orleans City park. The architect 

 is .lulius Koch. 



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