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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



March 14, 1901. 



mand fairly good; $2 to §.j is about the 

 top price for good stock; sliorlstemmed 

 stock of the poorer grades is do\\n to $1 

 per 100. The quality of this stock is 

 better just now than it has been at any 

 time this year. A few cold and cloudy 

 days the past week put a check to the 

 supply, but it is still more than suflicient 

 to meet the demand. 



The market is overstocked with vio- 

 lets and the commission men have great 

 difficulty in soiling them. Prices, of 

 course, are way down, some selling as 

 low as $1 per 1,000 in 5,000 lots. A 

 great many of them were dumped the 

 past week. 



The same can be said of bulbous stock. 

 Greal piles of all kinds are stacked up 

 at the commission houses. Romans, pa- 

 per whites, daffs, Dutch hyacinths, tu- 

 lips, valley, freesias, eallas and Harrisii 

 sufTer alike. Prices can hardly be 

 quoted at this writing. Sweet peas are 

 a drug on the market and can hardly be 



the skillful manner in which the work 

 was done. 



The Engelman Botanical Club met 

 Thursday night, March 7, at the St. 

 Louis Medical College. Prof. William 

 Trelease spoke on "The Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden" and illustrated his talk by 

 stereopticon view? 



Honiv 0-l,.,(;,^. ,,f n-iortag Bros., 

 leaves i.iiii-lii i<'i I In ijo to decorate 

 the si'M,. imi ilir ,.|i. iiiirj ii£ the new 

 branch nt Max. M.rii \ ( •■. 



Theo. Jliller makes a line show of 

 blooming plants at his place on Delmar 

 boulevard. 



The bowUng meeting was poorly attended 

 Monday night, only six members being pres- 

 ent, and the rolling was not up to the standard. 

 The scores were as follows: 



12 3 4 Tot. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn...; 167 203 153 160 683 171 



J. J. Benelte 177 137 163 179 656 164 



J. W. Kunz 154 145 146 ... 445 148 



John Young 158 125 138 ... 411 137 



Will Adels 79 179 143 128 529 132 



F.C.Weber 121 127 134 122 504 .126 



J. J. B. 



The Bumham Boiler, 



given away. Smilax is selling well and 

 seems plentiful. 



A very active shipping trade was re- 

 ported the past week, and this helped 

 the wholesalers to dispose of some of 

 their surplus stock. 



Among the local growers Easter 

 stock, such as azaleas, daffs in pots, tu- 

 lips and hyacinths in pans, hydrangeas, 

 spiraeas, pot lilacs and other stuff, is 

 looking fine and all of them e.\pect a 

 great business in that line for Easter. 



Various Items. 



It was a great sight and a .great 

 crowd that gathered at the Union Sta- 

 tion last Thursday to celebrate the re- 

 turn of ex-Governor Francis and his as- 

 sociates from Washington. Xearly ev- 

 erybody brought a bouquet to throw at 

 the governor and his colleagues, and they 

 deserved all they got, as they have done 

 much to bring the World's Fair to St. 

 Louis. 



In the afternoon Governor Francis 

 and the rest of the World's Fair workers 

 were given a dinner at the Planters'. 

 On the tables were four large bouquets 

 of American Beauties, six dozen in each 

 vase, tied with the national colors. The 

 decorations were much admired and ^Irs. 

 M. M. Ayers deserves sireat credit for 



WASHINGTON. 



Tlio il.-rornliiiiii nt llii" rc.-i-nt inaugural 



ball WiTc ll.M iirallx an n\,]r, t of soiue lit- 

 tle iul. 1. -1 I.- I ia . I all . and all who 



could .-.1 ,, -liiiii-. -I li lid so. The 



others in the iiaJ.- «Im. in^iir. i..l ila m 



it was agreed Ihal ll »a- l hr hla-l i!ri 

 trical displa.\ • \'i -, , n anx « la i . . Willi 

 out til.' iiiillhiii- .ii .1" 111' lights the 

 dec-oral 1. ill- v.-'u].] lin. I- '-k.al very ordi- 

 nary. I la in.ihi i.il M-. -I i.ir the main 

 decoration- \ia- ii.,,ll. pinrs and south- 

 ern smilax. On the lirst balcony at in- 

 tervals of about fiteen feet were clusters 

 of red azaleas. Victor wreaths were used 

 all around the hall. A group of Bou- 

 gainvillea Sanderiana in the center of 

 the hall, with specimen areca palms was 

 fine. 



As to corsage flowers, every one seemed 

 to have agreed to wear violets with few 

 exceptions. 



The stores report business very good 

 during the inaugural ceremonies. Violets 

 were scarce, as it was a Monday. Nearly 

 all of the violets used here come from 

 Virginia, and the Virginians will not 

 pick flowers on Sunday. 



Mr. Gude reports business as very 

 satisfactory. Loose's sweet girl clerks 

 were busy when wc called, and Small's 

 had about a> much as thev could handle. 



Charley Hale was hustling violets Mon- 

 day, and he had some fine Beauties In 

 his window. Blackistone is doing well 

 and is getting in shape for Easter. Just 

 across the street a very artistically ar- 

 ranged window strikes the eye; Mr. 

 Oehmler reports business as even better 

 than expected, considering the short time 

 he has been there. Bolgiano and the 

 rest up F.iiiii., mil ^i. all -..•in to be 

 moving. Mi i:..l.. i i - n .ai i ..imeetieut 

 .\ve.. repoi 1 - - ' 1 im-na-- la-i ur.'k, and 

 Jfr. Freeman, m,, lln, i .niili St., has some 

 exceptionally line cyclamen and azaleas 

 in his window. 



Fourteenth St. has at present seven 

 florists, and some of them keep open till 

 midnight. It looks as though there 

 might soon be some all night flower stores 

 here.- 



Senator Foraker had a large dinner on 

 the 3d and another on the 7th. The 

 flowers used were double yellow and red 

 Tournesol tulips, and the center piece 

 was a scroll running from the center to 

 each end of the table. It was arranged 

 by Mr. Oehmler, and was much admired. 

 He also arranged the decorations at 

 another dinner on the 3d, at which many 

 Meteors and Romans were used. The 

 parlors were decorated with palms and 

 azaleas. Baeox. 



ST. PAUL. 



Various Items. 



Lent has produced an appreciable dull- 

 ness in trade, though Saturday night 

 usually firrds stocks pretty well cleaned 

 out. Prices are somewhat lower than 

 they were but are still high enough to 

 be profitable to the growers. 



As Easter approaches the shortage 

 of good stock becomes more apparent 

 and unless we have exceptional weather 

 during the next tline week- iln're will 

 not be enough for tin ,1. nian.l. Lilies are 

 late, while many i.i ila kiUMiiloi um seem 

 to lack vitality "to brin^ bluoiiis. Azaleas 

 as a rule are looking nice and will be in 

 good shape aird full of blossoms for the 

 spring holiday. Some very good ciner- 

 arias are seen, and a few nice hydrangeas. 

 There is the usual abundance of cheap 

 bulbous stock, such as tulips, hvacinths, 

 etc. 



In cut tlo«i I- ilurr will be a good sup- 

 ply of all -r.i -. II ilil. -iiirU. A careful 

 study of tia I' al hi.irkct from a re- 

 tailer's point oi \ 1. « -uggests the fol- 

 l.wiiiL.' liints to the growers in this 

 \ainity: Plant more carnations, vio- 

 1,1- ,111.1 Beauty roses, if you have the 

 iiuiis.; to grow them in. Grow the fancy 

 varieties of carnations and do not invest 

 too heavily in high-priced novelties. The 

 trade here demands good stock, but will 

 not pay fancy prices for novelties. There 

 has been an uirusually good demand for 

 Beauties this winter, but do not attempt 

 to grow them in old or poor houses. 

 Violets pay handsomely, provided you 

 can get a full crop for Christmas and a 

 good supply from then until Easter. 

 Grow fewer bulbs, but put in Harrisii 

 and longiflorum. In bedding plants 

 grow geraniums and carmas, and in every 

 line you undertake endeavor to grow only 

 the best. 



Travelers of late have been very num- 

 erous, and all report good sales. We re- 

 member the following. Others may have 

 been here but are forgotten for the mo- 

 ment. Jos. Rolker and J. JIcHutchison, 

 of New York; ilartin Rctikauf. of Phil- 

 adelphia; Mr. Schucht, of Milwaukee; 

 the representative of Waarnar & Co., of 



