OCTOBEB 24, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



23 



WABASH AVE., CHICAGO 



WILD SMILAX 



^^^^^ 50.1b. Case, •S.OO. 



IW^y^'V*^ Chrysanthemums 



u ^^^ All Colors and Kinds. 



VALLEY, BEAUTIES, ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS 



QUALITY At 



We can fill all orders at Chlcai^o Market Rates Day of Shipment. 



Dahlia Roots, Strong, Krlemhilde, A. D. Livoni, Arabella, $5.50 Par Hundred. 



carnations on this place looker! promis- 

 ing. 



Fred Pantke's place showed that a 

 considerable variety of stock can be 

 grown with profit even on a small scale. 

 An exceptionally fine lot of pompons at- 

 tracted attention. A bench of violets 

 and sweet peas is coming along nicely. 

 Mr. Pantke is having some trouble with 

 the rules against smoke and therefore 

 is adding another fifteen feet to his 

 stack, A nice retail business is also 

 being done here. 



George Rackham's greenhouses, on the 

 east side of the city, were next paid a 

 visit. As stated some time ago, Mr. 

 Kackham has been laid up with a bad 

 knee for several months. He has been 

 using crutches as a means of getting 

 around for nearly eleven weeks and 

 thinks it will be another month before 

 he will be able to get along without 

 them. All the stock on this place looked 

 very well. At present they are cutting 

 some fine Halliday and Eosiere. The 

 ••arnations look fine. This firm is also 

 building up a nice local retail trade. 



Out on Gratiot avenue Charles Plumb 

 has a nice span of glass devoted to a 

 variety of stock. Mr. Plumb was just 

 potting up a nice lot of palms, which 

 came through in good shape. A large 

 stock of small ferns is ready for the 

 market. Besides roses, carnations and 

 chrysanthemums, the usual large quan- 

 tity of bulbous stock is being grown. 

 The many friends of Mr. Plumb will be 

 glad to learn that Mrs. Plumb is again 

 on the road to recovery, after a long 

 illness. 



VariotM Notes. 



The Twentieth Century Club, which is 

 composed of Detroit's 400, held a meet- 

 ing at its building last Thursday, 

 October 17, and had as the subject of 

 the day "Town Gardens." J. F. Sul- 

 livan and E. A. Scribner were the only 

 florists in attendance. Both these gen- 



Mentlon The Bevlew when yon write. 



tlemen gave the ladies a talk on garden- 

 ing, which was much appreciated. Mr. 

 Scribner says this was no easy task, as 

 the ladies are all well informed and 

 can ask many unheard-of questions. 



Painters have been busy at Breit- 

 meyer's store the last week. This store 

 always makes a fine appearance, but now 

 that mums are in season it looks like a 

 fairy-land. 



J. F. Sullivan has been displaying 

 some exceptionally fine yellow chrysan- 

 themums in his window. They are being 

 shipped from Fort Wayne, Ind. 



B. Schroeter had a large wedding job 

 this week, using several hundreds of the 

 best mums on the market, a number of 

 cases of smilax, palms, etc. The color 

 scheme was white and yellow. This is 

 something unusual for a wedding, but 

 the effect was very fine. H. S. 



SEDALIA, MO. 



The State Fair. 



The Missouri state fair was held here 

 October 5 to 11. In the floricultural ae- 

 ])artment Charles H. Gelven was super- 

 intendent, and Hugo Busch, of Jeffer- 

 son City, was judge. The following pre- 

 miums were awarded: 



Colleotlon of palms, Gelven & Son llrst, Chas. 

 I'felfTer second. 



Collection of ferns, Gelven & Son first, Chas. 

 I'felffer second. 



Collection of orchids. Gelven & Son first. 



Twelve geraniums, Gelven & Son first, Chas. 

 I'felffer second. 



Twelve Hex begonias, Chas. Pfelffer first, 

 Gelven Sc Son second. 



Twelve carnations In Moom, Gelven & Son 

 first. 



Collection of cacti, Gelven & Son first, Chas. 

 Pfelffer, second. 



Collection of succulent plants, Gelven & Son 

 first. 



Ten fancy leaved caladhnus. Gelven &. Son 

 first, Chas. Pfelffer second. 



Twelve coleus, Gelven & Son first, Chas. 

 Pfelffer second. 



Blooming begonias, Gelveu & Son first. Chas. 

 Pfelffer second. 



Ten dracienas, Gelven & Son first. 



Ten flcus, Gelven & Son first. 



Twelve tropical plants, other than named 

 above, Gelven & Son first. 



Six pandanus. Gelven & Sou fir^t. 



Plant sweepstakes, Gelven & Sou first, CUas. 

 Pfelffer second. 



Best and most artistic floral design, staudiug, 

 Gelven & Son first. 



Best and most artistic floral design, flat. 

 Gelven & Son first. 



Vase of Bride roses, Gelven & Son first. 



Vase of Bridesmaid rosea, Gelven & Son first. 



Vase of Perle roses, Gelven & Son first. 



Vase of Richmond roses, Stuppy Floral Co., 

 St. Joe, first, Gelven & Son second. 



Vase of pink carnations, Gelven & Son first, 

 Stuppy Floral Co. second. 



Vase of white carnations, Stuppy Floral Co. 

 first, Gelven & Son second. 



Vase of red carnations, Stuppy Floral Co. first. 

 Gelven & Son second. 



PRICES AND VALUES. 



Prices cannot be determined as ex- 

 cessive or as cheap, merely from an ex- 

 amination of catalogues. Bulbs or seeds, 

 or plants of a particular variety appear 

 much the same as one reads the descrip- 

 tions in a catalogue, but the samples 

 offered for sale may vary in quality to 

 a greater extent even than the prices 

 asked for them. "We are not concerned 

 with the particular circumstances in any 

 case, and have no desire to determine 

 which firm gives the better value for the 

 money it receives. It is conceivable that 

 the firm which asks the lower prices 

 also supplies the better articles. If this 

 be so, however, matters may be left to 

 right themselves, for eventually the pub- 

 lic will discover which is the best mar- 

 ket, ,and, having ^obtained that knowl- 

 edge, will be certain to act upon it. For 

 ourselves, we cannot pretend to give an 

 opinion on the .matter, but must leave 

 the dealers to adjust their prices ac- 

 cording to the value they place upon the 

 goods they have to distribute. Their 

 customers, however, should not hastily 

 conclude that prices are dear because 

 they are high in comparison with others, 

 or cheap because they are lower. If they 

 are to be judged satisfactorily they 

 must be compared after a careful in- 



