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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



"EBKIAKI' 28, 1901. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The fust few days of Lent have al- 

 ready shown their effect on the ilorists' 

 business. There is not the rush at the 

 wholesale houses that there was the 

 week before Lent set it. The shipping 

 trade has fallen off and the local demand 

 is rather light. The shipping trade so 

 far this year was never better and it 

 kept brisk up to the closing day before 

 Lent. Prices of course are easier and 

 should the fine weather continue there 

 is likely to be a drop all along the line. 



The varieties of roses most called for 

 are more plentiful and also of improved 

 quality. There is no apparent glut of 

 any one variety but there is no telling 

 what will happen in the next few days, 

 as all growers have been off crop at the 

 same time for quite a while. 



Beauties are very scarce with demand 

 brisk for long-stemmed stock, $3 per doz- 

 en is the price asked for them just now; 

 Brides and Maids are good, but not over 

 plentiful, $4 to $G per 100 is the best 

 price; Golden Gates are the same; Perles 

 and Woottons are from $3 to $o per 100 

 for choice stock; Meteor is of much bet- 

 ter color but rather small and good stock 

 finds ready sale at from $5 to $8 per 

 100. 



Carnations sell well and although 

 quantities of fine flowers are coming in 

 the price holds up very well. The pre- 

 vailing price for good stock is $2, with 

 a few extra fancies, $2.50 and $3. Klock- 

 cnkemper is sending in some fine stock 

 to Ellis, Dunford to Berning and the 

 Udes to Kuehn. Some very fine Law- 

 sons were seen at Kuehn's, which came 

 from the Chicago Carnation Co., also 

 other fine varieties of their new stock. 



Bulb stuff of almost every variety is 

 slow; daffs and tulips are a drug and 

 plentj' of them are going to waste; Dutch 

 hyacinths are coming in and are in fair 

 demand : valley can be bought in good 

 quality at $1.50 to $2; freesias, $1 and 

 $1.50; Harrisiis are not plentiful and 

 arc >.l)inL; fur .?2 per dozen; callas also 

 l,:r. , nand. 



many violets coming in 

 :ni : is glutted, 25 and 35 



c( III , ' ' - asked for them. Cali- 



fornias have the call; doubles sell slow- 

 ly and southern stock can't be given 

 away. 



In greens there is little rOianije; smi- 

 lax is extremely -I" a ,ii ;-1l':,0; adian- 

 tum is in good sii|i].l\ ii si |.ri 100. 



The growers air In-, h-h [neparing 

 Kaster stock. AII1i1i'-;im I.imI, mj; well ; 

 there is some disoa-^ nn lu ihnn, still, 

 it is no wor.se tlim in hiin-r years. 

 Sanders has a fine lot; liis ..iImt stock 

 is also looking well. Schraj-, Fillmore 

 and Beyer all have a fine lot of them, 

 which will be in good shape for Easter. 

 Their other Easter stock is in the best 

 possible condition. Eraundt and Guy of 

 Belleville also have a fine lot in good 

 shape for Easter sales. 



Notes. 



A floral euchre party will be given at 

 the Concordia hall next month by the 

 younger people in the trade. No doubt 

 nearly all the florists of the city will at- 

 tend and assist the young folks in their 

 undertaking. 



Mrs. M. Lueekinsmeier has opened a 

 floral store at 261C N. 14th street. 



The next meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be' a notable one. It is not only 

 "mixed flower" night — and this alone will 



be worth coming for — but there will be 

 the essays by Messrs. Sanders, Tesson 

 and Berning, which will be well worth 

 spending a few hours with the boys. And, 

 too, at this meeting it will be definitely 

 decided whether we hold a show this 

 year or not. All members should bear 

 this in mind and come and have their 

 say in the matter. 



Bowline. 



The bowling club rolled thnee games Monday 

 night. There was a good attendance and some 

 very good scores were made. After the rolling 

 a meeting was held and It was decided to have 

 the ladles with us on next Monday night. All 

 members are requested to be present and bring 

 their ladies with them. The rolling will start 

 Iiromptly at 8 o'clocli. The scores of last night 

 were as follows: 



1. 2. 3. Total. Ave. 



C. A. Kuehn 210 153 195 658 186 



J. J. Beneke 158 169 134 461 154 



J. W. Kunz 150 134 167 451 150 



C. C. Sanders 175 105 159 437 146 



P. C. Weber. 

 Will Adels .. 

 John Young .. 

 P. M. Ellis... 

 Theo. Miller 



132 157 139 428 



80 111 137 



BUFFALO. 



On reaching home on Monday the news 

 abroad is that they all feel the dullness 

 of Lent and flowers are very plentiful. 

 Our great city had not been visited by 

 any calamity great or small so there is 

 nothing of importance to report. All 

 are glad to hear our impressions of 



Baltimore. 



In our humble opinion the show, for 

 quantity and quality of flowers, was in 

 advance of any previous meeting. It was 

 so differently arranged that it was diffi- 

 cult to compare it with Buffalo's conven- 

 tion. The latter was arranged just to 

 show the carnation. At Baltimore there 

 was more a study to make the whole 

 room effective, and it certainly was. 

 The design of carpet bedding by l\lr. Sey- 

 bold near the stage was well done. The 

 decoration of wild smilax on the walls 

 was most artistic. The group of palms 

 in the center we thought rather high, as 

 it obstructed the view. I know the Bal- 

 timore men will excuse candid criticism 

 and I would say the laM.s miulil, with 

 advantage have been -is iim li, - lii-her. 

 It was inspiring to sn- lii. ilmu-aihls of 

 Baltimore's best people \i>il llio sliow 

 on both days. Never mind whether it 

 was a free show or not. Such an attend- 

 ance must do good to the trade. It must 

 stimulate an admiration and desire for 

 the best. 



The leading florists of Baltimore are 

 as much to the front as those of any big 

 city, Iiul «(■ nuMird (Imziii- <if little ones 

 who 1 ili'ii'l liili.x.- l:;ul any idea that 

 such lliiwri- \M 1 . ■Jl■'^^ll, iiiul 1 fervent- 

 ly ho|ir' (iiai .\.ix (,ii,. ,,!' them visited 

 the slinu. Ii i!n\ ilhl it would certain- 

 ly wiilrii I III II \ 1,1, 111, as it has in all 

 comniiiiiii h - iliai ilii' society has visited. 

 It was iLiiiai kaljlc huw the Lawson stood 

 out as the grand llower of the exhibition. 

 It was not exactly Lawson first and the 

 rest nowhere, but as a grand flower, with 

 magnificent stem, it has a clear lead 

 and the result of the show must have 

 made the worthy Peter Fisher feel real 

 good. 



Your correspondent was altogether too 

 miserable to take notice of all the good 

 things. Every one wanted to see Adonis. 

 It is a wonder,_ but as you cannot buy 

 it for two years there will be lots of 

 time to make its acquaintance. Norway, 

 Messrs. Weber's white, is, if a satisfac- 

 tory grower, ahead of anything; in size 

 and perfect in form. Ward's 



Golden Beauty is another grand flower 

 that leaves little to be desired in yellow. 

 The markings are very similar to those 

 of old Buttercup, but it is a grand, large 

 flower. We need a satisfactory yellow 

 very much. There were several seedlings 

 which scored high, but your premium 

 list would show all this. There is no 

 finer flower in existence than the beauti- 

 ful Enquirer, as grown by Richard Wit- 

 terstaetter, but he will tell you candidly 

 that to make it profitable and produce 

 these perfect flowers it must be grown 

 in pots. 



The business meetings were held in 

 rather a cool room for a baldhead, but 

 were well attended. The paper on dis- 

 eases of the carnation by Professor 

 Woods should be read by all. What a 

 lot we owe to these patient researches. 

 The moral of it all was, or rather the 

 great lesson to be learned is, keep your 

 plants absolutely free of all fly, spider 

 and thrip, for their attacks on the plant 

 is the cause of no end of trouble, which 

 we lay to other causes or bad luck. Mr. 

 Fisher"s paper on cross-fertilization and 

 seedlings was grandly plain and explicit, 

 and if we wish to go into the business 

 there will be no excuse that we don't 

 know how. But, gentlemen, be careful, 

 and imless you can afford to face lots of 

 expense and still more disappointment, 

 leave the raising of seedlings to the spe- 

 cialist. There are already plenty of 

 these specialists in the field. The trouble 

 is so few men can look on their own off- 

 spring impartially. In their eyes a very 

 moderate flower appears far superior to 

 others and to its faults they are blind. 

 This is no fairy tale, for I have seen it 

 occur in more than one establishment 

 and almost begger the owner because he 

 grew his pet to the exclusion of all good 

 varieties and no one wanted his. 



The hard work and unbounded hospi- 

 tality of the Baltimore men was in evi- 

 dence from the moment we arrived till 

 we left the fair city, and it must have 

 been a relief to some who gave every 

 moment of their time to our enjoyment. 

 There were many little jaunts taken by 

 parties of a score or so and nothing, I 

 believe, could have been better arranged 

 than that mid-day lunch, which was so 

 entirely free and easy yet so much en- 

 joyed. It held us so well together and 

 afforded a good chance for a social chat. 

 W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 

 The shipping trade is holding up very 

 well, but local demand is light and there 

 is a Lenten feeling in the market. The 

 call is strongest for white and prices on 

 this color in carnations and roses have 

 held up to last week, though they are 

 easier on colored stock. On tea roses the 

 range is now from $6 to $8, with a very 

 few sales of extra select at as high as 

 $10. Iir Beauties the best bring $o a 

 dozen and from that down to $1 a hun- 

 dred for the short cripples. There is a 

 large supply of the shorter lengths and 

 a fair amount of the extra lingths, but 

 rather a scarcity of ilir miiliiiiii lengths. 



In carnations the i.nij, hi l: i stock 



is from $1.50 to .*:i. ^Mlll -al.s of poor 

 ordinaries somctiiius as low a- .^l, and 

 even 75 cents, and liire select Lawsons 

 and other fancies occasionally go as high 

 as $4. In common stock white holds up 

 best in price, indicating a considerable 

 demand for funeial work. 



