NOTEUBEB 14, 1907. 



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The Weekly Rorists^ Revicwv 





A Corner of G. S. Credo's Field of A*tert in 1907. 



Charles F. Hodgson having been head 

 of the old Hodgson firm now in bank- 

 ruptcy. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



IN THE LAND OF GRAIN. 



The illustration opposite shows the 

 establishment of A. N. Kinsman, at 

 Austin, M^inn. There are in all seven 

 greenhouses of up-to-date construction, 

 with a boiler-room and chimney capable 

 of taking care of a big growth in the 

 range. The plant at present comprises 

 practically 32,000 square feet of glass. 

 As instancing the proportionate demand 

 in such towns, it is interesting to note 

 that Mr. Kinsman grows 7,000 rose 

 plants and 11,000 carnations. Of course 

 he also has a line of general stock, such 

 as is required for a retail trade in a 

 small city. He forces bulbs in spring 

 and does a large business in bedding 

 plant^s at the opening of summer. 



Mr. Kinsman makes no doubt of the 

 continued prosperity of the northwest. 

 The farmers in his region, the south 

 tier of counties in Minnesota, grow two 

 great staples, com and wheat, and while 

 the yield this year has not been so great 

 as in the two preceding seasons, the 

 price at the time of marketing the crop 

 was so much higher than usual that the 

 farmers have more money than ever be- 

 fore. All business men in Austin will 

 get their share of it as the winter pro- 

 gresses. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— The New York 

 Central is building a new station and 

 will have several stores to rent, one on 

 the State street side having been leased 

 by John C. Hatcher, of Amsterdam, 

 who will open a branch flower store 

 in it about January 1. 



TH« CREGO ASTER. 



Our illustration shows a portion of a 

 field of this new aster as grown by the 

 originator near Maywood, 111. It had its 

 origin in a chance seedling ten years 

 ago and has been in process of selection 

 and improvement ever since. Like 

 many other hybrids, it is a shy seeder, 

 many of the largest and finest blossoms 

 producing no seed at all. It has been 

 offered to the Chicago trade as a cut 

 flower for three seasons and has had a 

 remarkable success, selling readily at 

 good prices even when the market has 

 been badly overloaded with older va- 

 rieties. The stock at present is made up 

 of three colors, light pink (Enchantress 

 shade), white and rose-pink. Two oth- 

 er colors, purple and lavender, are being 

 worked up and will probably be offered 

 for the approval of the trade within the 

 next two or three years. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade last week did not show much 

 improvement over the week previous. 

 Society is still dull, as only small affairs 

 ara being reported by the uptown florists 

 who do most of this work. The florists 

 in the downtown district sa-y that while 

 there has been plenty of funeral work, 

 other work was dull and even transient 

 trade dragged, which should be good at 

 this time of the year. 



The wholesale market was lively 

 enough. There is plenty of good stock. 

 Violets have taken a brace in price and 

 quality. The demand, too, is much bet- 

 ter. Only Californias are in the mar- 

 ket. Chrysanthemums of extra fancy 

 grades will be scarce this week, as the 



growers will save them for the show this 

 week. Still there are enough for the de- 

 mand. Ivory is a great seller and so is 

 Eaton. Beauties have been quite plenti- 

 ful in all grades. Kichmond and Chate- 

 nay are extra fine and other sorts are 

 plentiful and of good quality. Paper 

 Whites and Romans, though, are looked 

 for daily. 



Carnations are in great demand. Bose- 

 pink Enchantress, Enchantress, Lawson, 

 White Perfection and Cardinal are 

 classed among the fancy grades. Lady 

 Bountiful is fine, but the buyers fight 

 shy of it for its sleepy habits. There is 

 plenty of valley of good quality, but the 

 demand is not extra. Smilax and aspara- 

 gus sell clean. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors last week were Henry Johann, 

 Collinsville, HI,; J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville, 111.; R. H. Mandeville, New 

 York; R. S. Halstead and E. W. Guy, 

 Belleville, 111. Mr. Guy reports that he 

 has just returned from a two weeks' 

 fishing trip and that he will be judge at 

 the flower show at Marissa, 111., Novem- 

 ber 20 and 21. 



Quite a number of our retail stores are 

 displaying Gothia berry globes, which 

 are sent out by Mark Aitken, of Spring- 

 field, Mass. This is something new and 

 seems to be a great window attraction 

 for the passing public. 



Goorgp Kessler, of Kansas City, has 

 been engaged to lay out the new Yeat- 

 man park. Commissioner Scanlan and 

 Mr. Kessler left November 4 for a trip 

 to Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit to 

 look over park improvements in these 

 places. Superintendent George Ostertag 

 will be in charge of the department dur- 

 ing Mr. Scanlan 's absence. 



At this writing, November 11. the 



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