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and Kaiserin are in full crop and can 

 be had in almost every grade, fancy, 

 good and short, while the Aaron Wards, 

 Mrs. Taft, Melody, Sunburst, Jardine, 

 Eeid, Lady Hillingdon and Kadiance 

 are to be seen in moderate quantities 

 in all grades. Little favoritism is at- 

 tached to any particular variety and 

 they all move along in about the same 

 shape, it not being possible to clean up 

 thoroughly. 



With the declining days of the car- 

 nations the asters are taking their 

 places and during the last week all the 

 good stock in these was moved readily, 

 although there was a good deal of 

 trouble in moving the inferior ship- 

 ments. A few days more will find the 

 aster an important factor in the daily 

 doings of the market. Arrivals of 

 good stock, however, are rather slow 

 at present. Peonies, while there 

 are plenty of them, are not occupying 

 the same position as three weeks ago, 

 when they held the center of attrac- 

 tion. The last ten days have been 

 productive of little demand for them 

 and not nearly so many were moved 

 as previously. Valley has found some 

 little call, but not an unusual one. 

 Gladioli have come into the market in 

 large quantities during the last week 

 and, while increasing from day to day, 

 the supply already is more than equal 

 to the demand. Sweet peas still are 

 abundant, but are showing the effects 

 of the heat and are hard to sell. There 

 is little call for cattlcyas. All outdoor 

 flowers are plentiful and show sale. 



No special demand was noted for 

 greens, although they continued steady 

 in price. Smilax was probably the only 

 green that was lacking and not fully 

 up to the demand. 



County Association's Picnic. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion held its first annual picnic last 

 Sunday at Karthauser's Grove, when 

 over 200 florists and their friends were 

 in attendance. Everyone had a good 

 time and competition for prizes offered 

 in the athletic events was exceedingly 

 keen. Treasurer John Zech reports that 

 the picnic iietted a neat sum for the 

 association and was a success from 

 every standpoint. 



The summaries of the contests are 

 as follows: 



Girls' race, 6 years and under — Ruth Keimel, 

 first; Alice Henderson, second. 



Boys' race. 6 years and under — F. Ottenbacher, 

 first; R. Koropp, second. 



Girls' race, 10 years and under — Esther Keimel, 

 first; Alice Henderson, second. 



Boys' race, 10 years and under — M. Palinsky, 

 first; D. Discoll, second. 



Girls' race, 15 years and under — L. Koropp, 

 first; M. Koropp, second. 



Boys' race, 15 years and under — J. Sipp, first; 

 R. Wittey, second. 



Single ladles' race, over 16 years — R. Auber, 

 first; M. Jacobs, second. 



Married ladles' race — Mrs. Peter Olsem, first; 

 Mrs. Plank, second. 



Fat men's race, 200 pounds or over — Frank 

 Potocka, first; M. Mayer, second. 



Open race for men, 150 yards — Leo Koropp, 

 first; W. Peglas, second. 



Sack race — Leo Koropp, first; J. Jacobs, sec- 

 ond. 



Pie eating contest^Lco Koropp, first; J. 

 Jacobs, second. 



Various Notes. 



Charles L. Washburn was the victim 

 of an expert porch climber July 11, to 

 the extent of $500. Working under 

 the cover of darkness, the invader paid 

 a midnight visit to Mr. Washburn in 

 his bedroom after having fed the 

 watchdog an opiate earlier in the eve- 

 ning. Attaching a hook to a rope, the 

 second story worker managed to con- 

 nect the same to the iron balcony just 

 off Mr. Washburn's sleeping room. 

 Entering without waking him, he 

 "lifted" a gold watch from the vest 

 hanging within six inches of Mr. 

 Washburn's head, extracted $65 from 

 a pocketbook in his coat and, replacing 

 the latter, helped himself to a diamond 

 ring belonging to Mrs. Washburn, val- 

 ued at $350, as well as a gold necklace. 

 Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Washburn were 

 aroused by the intruder and knew 

 nothing of the affair until morning. 

 The thief has not been apprehended as 

 yet and the burglar insurance company 

 is preparing to stand the loss. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held an 

 adjourned meeting at the Union res- 

 taurant Thursday evening, July 11. 

 The revised by-laws were presented by 

 the committee and were ordered 

 printed for distribution to the members 

 in advance of a vote on their adoption. 

 The committees in charge of the con- 

 vention arrangements reported every- 

 thing progressing finely, all the details 

 being now pretty well settled on. The 

 following were elected to membership: 

 James Fisher, Paul Dieball, Tony Ein- 



