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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_3 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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MARCH 23, 1899. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 4J3
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Phoentx Pumila. tention of a certain class of flower buyers who are always on the outlook for something new. We fear, however, that the color is not deep enough to make the rose a general favorite, though the name may give it a brief season of popularity. We fear also that a sport from Testout will not appeal very strongly to the average grower, who will have unpleasant recollections of the general unprofitableness of that variety. It is to be hoped that Dewey has not inherited this undesirable characteristic of Testout. CHICAGO. The Market. There was a noticeable shortening of supply the past week and prices have stiffened materially. Many grow- ers seem to be off crop and this has been supplemented by a stretch of dark weather, broken by only two bright days during the past week. If we could have bright weather from now till Easter it would be a great help, but probably not enough to in- sure a satisfactory supply of roses for Easter. The lily situation is very puz- zling and the outlook seems rather less favorable than last week. Car- nations have been quite scarce lately and this has caused some little sur- prise. It is probable that quite a num- ber are being held on the plants, though this would not seem to wholly account for the present marked scarcity. Bulb stuff is moving rather more freely on account of the scarcity of other flowers. The stretch of wet weather had a dampening effect on violets. Club Entertainment. The second annual entertainment of the Florists' Club, given in Handel Hall last Friday evening brought out a large attendance in spite of the very unfavorable weather, and all who came enjoyed themselves thoroughly. It was a decidedly floral affair, every- one taking part having huge bouquets passed up to them on concluding their part of the program. The following letter, read by Mr. A, C. Kohlbrand, was greeted with much laughter and applause. Shaumburg, Marz 16, 1899. Teer Sur:—It glfs me much bleasur to wrote yon again yet as I hat not wroten mit you since de lats flower shows. But it seems to me dat my lata ledder was not recelfed in de same spirit in wich it was giten. It was not indented to pe funny, und It griefs me such a much to hear dat it caused such much laughingness. De Idees wat I hat in regard- ment to flower shows was not indented as a choke und I tink it shows wery bat form und very little edlmenticatlon for beople to laft at idees too far adwanced for delr dl- minutif gomprehenslon. Since de lats time wot I wroten mlt you I haf peen drying some exberimentatlonB on my blace to broduce some noweltles for de next flower shows, but the noweltles was not up to my exbectations. De first ding wot I dried was some crafdlng. I crafded some pickle-vines on my wloletz blands und It hat a wery beculiar effect. I got a goot grop oti cucumbers wot schmelled like wloletz und a poor crop of wloletz wat schmelled like cucumbers. But as dere ar« enough wloletz sold in Chicago wot schmell like cucumbers I didn't dink It worth while to continue exberlmentations in dot line. De next ding wot I dried was someting wlch has peen botterlng me for a long time. I dried to crow some gold dollars on golden- rot blands. Dls mite haf brooved successful hat not de wetter inderfeared. I hat one bland wich was almost showing ploom, In fact I could count as much as dirty cents in change on de one bland, when one night de wlnt bio wed de glass from de house off und all my money froze up. I haf often heard of beople who hat money to bum, but when It freezes on de blants It was dime to stop ex- berlmentations in drying to crow money in a greenhouse. De loss of all de goldenrot blants made me so mat dat I nailed de greenhouses up mit poarts ofer de top und dought I would raise mushrooms, but de woot bucks got In und raised de difel mit de mushrooms. So I dought dot If dey liked mushrooms day woult not oRject to a nice beece of porter-house steak to eat mit de mushrooms, so I went ofter to Krause, de putcher, und bought me for 15 cents a steak wlch I blaced in de mush- room ped after fixing It up according to my Idees. De next morning de mushroom ped was gofered mlt de det podles off millions of woot bucks. De following week I reet In de bapers dot seferal off my gustomers hat been bolsened from eating toad-stools. Dat made me mat. I don't raise toad-stools. But may- be my gustomers got some of de barls green wot I hat sprinkled on de steak for de woot bucks. Dot settled the mushroom exberlmentations. I fixed up de greenhouses again und raised some seedling gamations, und among de new warleties I haf got one wat peeds de dirty tousand dollar Lawton all to beeces. It Is 6 Inches across, weighs a pound und %, and you can't break de callx mit an axe. De golor is not mooch, a sort of a brlndle blue. It has not peen glfen a name yet, but my wife wants me to name it after her. Such foolishment! How woult It sound for a lady to go In a fiower store und ask de fiorfsts, "Haff you got any nice Mrs. Fritz Blumenschnelder gama- tions?" Ha! It makes me laff to dink of It. If It was calVbltch de name would be more abbropriate. No, I will wait til some man mlt more money dan prains gomes along who woult giff me aboud dirty tousand dollars for de brlfilitch off naming It after his wife— or somebody else's wife. Den can de green- houses go zu de difil. Den I can start me a nice saloon und get up a bad rebutatlon, get elected alderman of de wart, und haf a goot time In cheneral. Talking aboud time d!s flower pislness Is noting but a matter off time. Time to blant de flowers. Time to raise de flowers. Time to cut de flowers. Time to take de flowers to de city. Time to trow de flowers out. Wishing you a green St. Patrick's day and a busy Easter. I remain yours. FRITZ BLUMENSCHNEIDER. Another very amusing number was the recitation by Mr. C. Balluff, tell- ; 1 .>i.'k^~ii-hjji

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