The Weekly Florists' Review. 



?87 



Auditorium for the forthcoming Catho- 

 lic convention. 



T. J. Corbrey has sold his business on 

 West Madison street to H. N. Uruns. 

 Mr. Brims t*ok possession at once, but 

 will retain his old place al.-o until his 

 lease expires iicxi July. Mr. (Jorbrey 

 has moved U< t>.il r.nk. lie will spend 

 the summer m \\ i -. ..n-iu and in the 

 fall will go (,) ( ;ilii..ini.i i,ir a long stay. 



The prizes olt'erod by the Tribune for 

 best gardens, window bo.xes, etc., this 

 summer, have very considerably stimu- 

 lated the sales of the seedsmen and flor- 

 ists. 



Geo. Dolinski has been convicted of 

 the murder of Anton Lisle and has been 

 sentenced, to death. Lisle was employed 

 at the greehouses of Brant & Noe, For- 

 est Glen, and was waylaid and murdered 

 one evening on his way home. Mrs. 

 Lisle was considered indirectly the cause 

 of the tragedy. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. recently made 

 shipments of their new fern and other 

 plants to England, Germany and Den- 

 mark. 



Mrs. Thadon has closed her store on 

 41st street and has returned to Cincin- 

 nati. 



Chas. Probst has bought the store 

 business of John Venson at 39 State 

 street. 



Jlr. and Mrs. Fred Holton, Milwau- 

 kee, were recent visitors. 



The tulips are now in gorgeous bloom 

 at the parks. 



A. L. Vaughan was confined to the 

 house by illness for some time, but is 

 now about again. He will soon leave 

 for New York and will probably remain 

 «ast for a couple of months. 



Bowling. 



The "League Games" were started 

 with great eclat and much enthusiasm 

 last Tuesday evening at Worden's alleys 

 and three hot games were served up, 

 all elTectively garnished with noise 

 enough to wake the dead. Ed. Winter- 

 son's yell at each strike made by mem- 

 bers of his team was undoubtedly heard 

 in St. Louis, New York and Buffalo and 

 must have had a terrifying effect on the 

 bowlers of those cities. The scores 

 (which are not so terrifying) follow. 

 The Growers win from the Retailers and 

 the Wholesalers win from the Seedsmen. 

 The games will be continued at the same 

 place each Tuesday night. 



157 12S 



G. StoUery 1st 



F. Mattl 167 



N. A. Schmitz 114 



J. Paulus 174 



F. Stollery 153 



Totals 7S9 



RETAILERS. 



C. Ealluff 175 



W. Kreitling 144 



P. J. Hauswirth 121 



O. Kreitling 84 



Geo. Asmus 109 



Totals 693 



WHOLESALERS. 



E. "Wlnterson 145 



Jno. Zeck l.'iS 



W. Heftron 124 



H. Metz 99 



G. L. Grant 



Totals CS9 



SEEDSMEN. 



Jno. Degnan 153 



C. A, Hunt 157 



C. W. Scott 91 



W. Nagle 86 



A. L. Vaughan 101 



After the last club meeting a few 



games were rolled and the scores follow: 



G. L. Grant 144 155 148 182 157 



E. P. WInteison 121 189 338 151 150 



]■, -J. Hauswirth 141 147 146 151 146 



N. A. Schmitz 173 139 S7 127 131 



Jno. Ucanliin 120 120 133 1.3.5 12S 



I'xccssive supply of all 

 111(1 the local trade seems 



to ha 

 whole 



there . 



oveisupply in this market. 

 But there are indications that the sup- 

 ply will soon decrease, as much of the 

 stock shows the weakening effects of the 

 hot weather. 



Roses, generally, are soft and suffer 

 in color, too. Some of the best Beauties 

 sold as low as $2 and $3 per doz. ; some 

 good Beauties as low as $1.50 per doz. 

 and from that down to $1.50 per 100. 

 Other roses sold at $1.50 to $3 per 100 

 for select stock; in large lots at $10 

 per 1,000 and from that down to $6 per 

 1,000. Carnations are extremely plen- 

 tiful, more so than roses, and stock can 

 hardly be given away. General stock, 

 50 cents per 100; selected fancies, from 

 $1 to $2. They are suffering from the 

 heat and a great many come in badly 

 bleached. The wholesale men claim they 

 had to got rid of them at $4 and $5 per 

 1,000 and plenty, even at this price, went 

 to the dump pile. The retailers down- 

 town are selling them at 10 and 15 cents 

 per doz. Violets are about out of the 

 market; only a few from the south come 

 in and they don't sell. Sweet peas, too, 

 have taken a drop to 10 and 35 cents 

 per 100 and the market is overstocked 

 with them also. Harisii lilies are down 

 to $4 and $5 in hundred lots; callas the 

 same, though like everything else they 

 go slowly. 



Outdoor stock is swamping the mar- 

 ket; lilac is overflowing the wholesaler. 

 Bulb stock is also a drug; good valley is 

 coming in and sells at .$2. In greens, 

 ferns are again in the market and the 

 wholesalers say there is no lack of any- 

 thing except buyers. 



Trade at Union Market has improved 

 greatly and plenty of stuff is sold every 

 day. 



Notes. 



Henry Schnell formerly with the Mich- 

 ell Plant and Bulb Co., has for the past 

 few months been with Max Herzog. Mr. 

 Schnell has the making of a good man 

 for just such a place as Herzog's. He 

 will have full charge of the place, as- 

 sisted by Miss Martha Herzog, while 

 Max and his wife are away this sum- 

 mer. 



Mrs. Eugene Wurst left Friday night 

 to join her husband in New York. Mr. 

 Wurst is now employed as foreman at 

 Siebrecht & Son's place. 



The Engleman Botanical Club gave a 

 free exhibition of wild flowers, this be- 

 ing the fifth annual. The exhibition 

 was opened at noon Saturday on the 

 fourth fioor of the Board of Education 

 building. The flowers were gathered last 

 Friday, by 100 members of the club, in 

 the woods and fields near the city. A 

 large crowd was present to view the ex- 

 hibition, which was pronounced a suc- 

 cess. 



Bowling. 



In the April series of games, which 

 closed last week, Ellison, who rolled only 



six games, won the championship; 

 Kuelin, who rolled in all games played, 

 was .second. Weber has the high single 

 score, with 222; Ellison, second, with 

 215. The scores arc: 



No. G. Total. Av. H. S. 



A. Y. Ellison 6 1.026 171 215 



C. A. Kuehn M 2.319 165 193 



F. C. Wober 12 1.828 152 222 



.r. J. Beneke 14 2.H9 152 186 



Will Adels 3 433 144 157 



■Tohn Kunz 9 1.274 142 1»8 



.lohn Youns ..' « "84 131 153 



F. M. Ellis 7 716 102 139 



The bowling meeting was poorly attended 

 Monday night, only live members being pres- 

 ent. The followlns scores were made: 



Tl. Av. 



Kufhn 139 ... 219 20-1 563 IST 



Wobor 117 154 158 149 678 145 



Htm-ko 163 144 131 121 147 706 141 



A.i.-l.H 114 116 108 141 173 652 130 



Voung 80 136 142 ... 358 120 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



It will be well not to dwell at length 

 on the cut flower market this week. 

 There is little activity. Prices are un- 

 certain and stock is not easy to move; 

 even carnations are affected. Still busi- 

 ness is generally poor in May; June 

 will be better. 



The street men are important factors 

 just now. They offer a dozen very nice 

 carnations for the modest consideration 

 of 15 cents and other equally fetching 

 bargains. The old adage, "When Greek 

 meets Greek," is often applied to a par- 

 ticularly fierce battle. This may apply 

 to our industry, as it is rumored that 

 some of these venders think their com- 

 petitors are spoiling the business and 

 propose to keep them out of it. As far 

 as can be learned no steps have yet been 

 taken in this directiou. Some of the 

 commission men think an association of 

 street men would be a good thing and 

 help maintain prices, while others wash 

 their hands of the whole matter. 



The Philadelphia Times in a recent 

 article puts a different light on this 

 matter, stating that the street men's 

 organization is determined to force the 

 commission men to sell them only fresh 

 flowers and not those that have been a 

 week or more in cold storage on the pain 

 of being boycotted. The object of pub- 

 licity being to agitate the matter as one 

 of general interest among buyers. It 

 is not likely that the commission men 

 can yield to this demand except at cer- 

 tain times, as the stock sold to the 

 Greeks is always at less than cost of 

 production. 



■Various Items. 



The novelty in the plant line is Rob- 

 ert Craig & Sons' house of hybrid cal- 

 ceolarias, which are very fine. They are 

 grown in bench and in 7-inch pots, 

 showing a great variety of color. The 

 plants are moving quickly at from $1 

 to •$2.50 each. 



James Burrows, a well known and re- 

 spected florist of Germantown, is dead. 

 Mr. Burrows was in business with his 

 two sons on Wakefield street. He had 

 a good trade, chiefly in bedding plants, 

 and was especially interested in gera- 

 niums, having helped to popularize 

 many of the leading sorts. 



The bedding plant business has opened 

 briskly and indications point to a lively 

 season. In geraniums, Le Pilote and 

 S. .-v. Nutt are the leading scarlets. 

 There are some fair pinks about, but a 

 really first-class onp is needed; will 

 Jean Viaud fill the bill? The average 



