Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw22amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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FIRST EXHIBITION IN NEW HALL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. (A view from the logfjia). there is some stock of fair quality the shipments of a great many growers go to sleep without provocation, and a very large part of each dealer's stock comes in the fakirs' grade; that means 30 cents to •10 cents a hundred, nothing more. It takes a strong minded grower to thor- oughly appreciate that a week ago car- nations were worth 3 cents each, and now only 8 cents a bunch. There is no scarcity of paeonias, but qualities are generally better than in previous years. The lilies are about gone and callas are not so plentiful as formerly. The June wedding business has made quite a call for smilai, and on some days the receipts have been short of the demands. The supreme court has handed down a decision which affects a reduction of twenty per cent in taxes of property own- ers in Rogers Park. This saves John Muno about $65. Peter Phillip, one of his neighbors, who is in the vegetable line, had already paid his taxes, amounting to about $700, and is wondering how he can get a rebate. Wietor Bros, are jnst across the street from the boundary line of the territory affected by the decision. Amaza Kennicott, who undoubtedly has the largest field of paeonias in the west, if not in the United States, says his stock never looked finer than at the present. He has about finished cut- ting the "old red," but the new and improved sorts are hardly ready. He disbuds his pseonias almost as faith- fully as does the successlul carnation grower. It is said that $40,000 has been sub- scribed to organize the John D. Thomp- son Carnation Co., at Joliet, 111. Mr. Thompson has been connected with the Chicago Carnation Co , of the same place, and proposes to commence opera- tions at once for the new concern with the erection of five houses, each 30x300 feet. The work of bedding out at Washing- ton and Lincoln parks is very nearly completed and promises fine showings a little later in the season. At Washington Park, particularly, the improvement will be marked, as the amount ol space devoted to bedding plants has been doubled this year. Henry Phillip, at Rogers Park, has completed his new range of five houses, 25x142, and has them planted with Bride, Bridesmaid and Meteor roses. He has a model range. The houses are built with the Garland gutter, and each has four benches, four feet wide. Steam heat is used. Carl Sachman, who worked for Bas- sett & Washburn, at Hinsdale, left May 1, and his wife, who lives at 210 Elm street, in Buffalo, is not aware of his present whereabouts. They had been married only about a year and she fears misfortune has befallen him. Frank Garland had tulips for Memorial day, outside grown, which brought him as good prices as were realized this sea- son. He says he will go into outside tulips more extensively for another year. During the past season he forced 330,000 bulbs. J. A. Budlong is at home from his cycling trip toward the south and is carrying his right arm in a sling, having broken his shoulder in a fall from his wheel while going down a hill at Jack- son, Tenn. Otto Wittbold has planned a vacation trip to Belgium to see how palms are grown in the vicinity of Ghent. He expects to return in time to attend the S. A. F, convention at Buffalo in August, E. F, Winterson has the sympathy of many iriendsin the sad accident by which his brother, John, of Tacoma, Wash., lost both legs and right arm in a railroad disaster at Walla Walla, Weiland & Risch are busy on their new range of houses at Evanston, They have ordered two big boilers of the Kroeschell Bros, Co,, one for steam and one for hot water. Walter Retzer says that the demand for bedding stock in Lake Viewfarexceedi his most sanguine expectations. He has all the planting which his force of men can attend to. George Reinberg is busily engaged in rebuilding the remaining old houses in his range at Summerdale. The comple- tion of the work will see his place in model shape. Peter Reinberg has been at New Castle, Ind., this week looking over his new range there, while Mrs. Reinberg has been at Aurora attending the wedding of a cousin. It has been decided that June 25 is to be Illinois day at the Pan-American Exposition. *

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