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0, luuEB 14, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Edsfebrook Nursery and Greenhouse Establishment of the Geo. Wittbold G>., Chicago. 



;,ml ricultural hall. Here all kinds of 

 (ill,. >, . imens of fruits, grains and vege- 

 talil, v(>re displayed in profusion. The 

 fruit- Tom Iowa were worth going many 

 milt"- ■" wi'c. In this same hall the dec- 

 (irati ' phuits were displayed and made a 

 fine -now. 



roi I lie best display of decorative plants 

 Samii' : Murray received first prize, W. L. Rock 

 secciii" prize, Ed Humfeld third. The Rosery 

 luiiiil' iiid W. J. Barnes fifth. 



Best display of crotons, W. L. Kock first, 

 \V. J. i!:inii'S second. 



lie^i .:.'iou]) of six arnucarius, Ed Humfeld 

 tiist, W. J. Barnes second. W. L. Uock third. 



licst group of six pandauus, W. L. Rock first, 

 \V. .1 liarnes ijeeond. 



Itr^i firoup of six kentlus, The Rosery first, 

 \V. I.. Kcick second, W. J. Barnes third. 



Itcsi ^Toup of .-iix Whitman! ferns, W. J. 

 liariif- lirst, Sauiuel .Murray second. 



Ki'si ;,'n>np of six Boston ferns, W. L. Rock 

 fust, i ill- Rosery second, W. J. Barnes third. 



(iii.ii|i of six ferns any other variety, Samuel 

 .Mmr:n tirst. The Rosery second, \V. L. Rock 

 ihinl. 



Hcsi iiiiir of standard bay trees, W. L. Rock 

 lirsl. 



Spri i:il new ferns. The Rosery first. 



lirsi illspl.iy of tloral designs, any arrauge- 

 iiiciii .•<!iiuuel .Murray first, Ed Humfeld second, 

 W. I. Kock third. 



Sam .Murray's pxliibits wore worthy of 

 s|i((ial inontion, both plants and designs. 

 Till' lattor were the work of Miss Haydeu 

 ami were as high class a lot of designs as 

 I'vci have been shown here. There is 

 iiotliiiiy that Mr. Murray does that is not 

 ilmic well. 



'rill' automobile parade called out noth- 

 iii;; Init artificial flowers. This week we 

 liH\i I lie stock show and horse show at 

 till' -lock yards. 



Various Notes. 



Ii. y. Brown is preparing for winter. 

 ll<-' iMiiight fifty gallons of Mastica and 

 i^ : iiig over his houses, filling every 

 (la K with it. Mr. Brown is busy, as 

 'iJ^'i '!. and is looking quite well since his 

 illii.->. 



- I'. Barbee is fixing to keep warm 

 till \vinter. He has installed a new 

 j''' •: boiler and by the way his place 

 '"'^ . he is expecting a good trade. 



H. Heusen, the lettuce man, has 

 'j' busy planting his range of houses. 

 ^'' IS it about half planted and lettuce 

 '•' •(' scon in all stages of growth. 



'• Rock Flower Co. is cutting some 

 Jit iKscs. The new ran^^c of seven 

 " ■■ l-'7xL'60, all in roses, surely is 

 '' 'tji line. The new smokestack, whieii 

 '" ' feet tall, is made of cement and 

 It shows up fine and can be seen 

 ■' ' •;,' ilistance. 



'• I'roudenthal is having fine busi- 

 " • The only trouble he has is to keep 

 ''' ^ enough on hand to meet the de- 

 '" '"'• He had quite a lot of funeral 

 ^ '^ last week. 



''!^s- Humfeld, from Clay Center, 

 ^ "^M Mas a visitor last week. 



W. H. H. 



MERELY A SUGGESTION. 



A reader of the Eeview sends the ad- 

 vertisement of the Eastern Nurseries 

 herewith reproduced, with the comment 

 that "it merely is a suggestion for other 

 readers, but one which if generally em- 

 ployed would largely increase the autumn 

 business in hardy plants. ' ' 



One of the special advantages with 

 hardy stock is the fact that planting can 

 be done in the autumn, as well as in the 

 spring; the florist has two chances each 

 year to do business, as against one 

 chance with the ordinary bedding plants. 

 Every florist who does garden work in 

 the spring should eqiup himself to do 

 garden work in the autumn,- when the 

 season is longer and the pres.sure less 

 great. Pretty nearly everyone has as 



TO GARDEN 

 LOVERS 



Do you know that HerbaceouB 

 perennials put in now get estab- 

 lished during the winter and 

 will prove more satisfactory than 

 if you wait until next spring to 

 plant them ? 



Send for our illustrated booklet 

 and order now for best results 

 next year. 



EASTERN NURSERIES 



Tel. Jam. 377, JAMAIQ PLAIN, MASS. 



"KADiNG, Pa. — George W. Beears has 

 " '^ed to 206 North Ninth street. 



nuuh as he can do in spring. The busi- 

 ness in autumn can be increased much 

 more easily than the spring trade can 

 be built up. 



WITTBOLD'S EDGEBROOK PLACE. 



For the last three or four years the 

 George Wittbold Co.. Chicago, has been 

 engaged in building up an establishment 

 at Edgebrook, just outside the city, where 

 it could produce the stock needed, pri- 

 marily, for its landscape work, and where 

 also cut flowers and decorative plants 

 could be produced in greater quantity 

 and more cheaply than can be done at the 

 range of glass in the city, where every 

 foot of ground has long since been occu- 

 pied and there was no room for expan- 

 sion. The Edgebrook establishment rep- 

 resents to the Wittbold Co. an invest- 

 ment of more than $100,000. The accom- 



panying illustration is from a photo- 

 graph taken with a revolving camera, and 

 shows the greenhouse establishment and 

 also a portion of the nursery grounds. 

 The nursery is just beginning its period 

 of greatest usefulness, for it has taken 

 time to stock it. The Wittbold Co. does 

 a large amount of garden work in Chi- 

 cago and vicinity and it now has on this 

 Edgebrook place practically everything 

 that is required for this purpose. The 

 aim has been to eventually work into 

 the wholesale end of the trade in herba- 

 ceous stock and shrubs, but the local de- 

 mand has thus far exceeded the supply of 

 stock, so that little has yet been done in 

 the wholesale way. This, however, is 

 expected to come later. The Edgebrook 

 plant is in charge of Otto Wittbold, who 

 makes his home on the nursery. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



Business opened this week with evi- 

 dent lethargy. The handsome' spurt of 

 tlie last ten days has lost its force ; the 

 market is full of roses, carnations' and 

 chrysanthemums, while the warm weather 

 and complete lack of frost to date have 

 l)rolonged the stay of gladioli, dahlias 

 and asters. The supply of Beauties is 

 now abundant, and the few selected ones 

 maintain their price encouragingly, but 

 short stemmed roses of all kinds are too 

 numerous to meet witli satisfactory sale. 

 (Quality improves daily, however, and as 

 is always the case in New York, the best 

 of everything finds a ready market. My 

 Maryland and Killarney vie with each 

 other in popularity. These, with Rich- 

 mond, seem to be assured of continued 

 appreciation. 



There are few now varieties of carna- 

 tions and no specialties in quantity this 

 fall. But the favorites of last season 

 are again at the front, and Prosperity. 

 White Perfection. Winsor, Alma Ward 

 and all the old standbys have asserted 

 their sway and are in wide demand. 

 Orchids are here in thousands; the 

 sources of su{ii)ly are many and few of 

 the lea<ling wholesalers are without a 

 share of them. Cattleyas. oncidiums. 

 Vanda ca'rnlea. Dendrobium formosum 

 and I). I'liala-nopsis were never finer in 

 (jiiality and are widely used. Prices 

 having receded, retail windows are gor- 

 geous with combinations of orchids and 

 chrysanthemums. Lilies advanced last 

 week and have held their values well. 

 The stock of chrysanthemums increases 

 in quantity every day. In another week 

 the market will he heavily loaded, and a 

 tremendous flood of Idoom is certain 

 until December. 



The hot weather worked the inevitable 

 shunp in violets. The street is already 



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