DECEMBER 1, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Group of Members of the Detroit Florists' Club. 



good stock coming in, though sales 

 are occasionally forced on lower 

 grades. American Beauties are held 

 stiff at top figures. 



The Jewish bazaar is helping trade 

 considerably this week. There have 

 been very heavy purchases for the 

 flower booth, at which it is expected 

 fully $4,000 worth of flowers will be 

 sold during the week. Mr. C. A. Sam- 

 uelson is managing the booth for the 

 committee. 



Various Notes. 



Several changes among the whole- 

 salers are reported. Klehm's Nursery 

 will discontinue their city sales place. 

 F. F. Benthey has left S. B. Winter 

 and is interested in a new commission 

 house to be opened next Monday at 

 41 Randolph street. 



There seems likelihood of a scarcity 

 of bouquet green. 



Mr. J. H. Brumby, who has for some 

 years been interested in the Twin City 

 Floral Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., is 

 now in charge of the large private 

 place of Mr. F. C. Austin, Harvey, 111. 

 Among the new work at this place will 

 be the laying out of a 10-acre park. 



Bowling, 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2na. 3d. Av. 



J. S. Wilson 130 197 161 162 2-3 



E. F. W^interson 170 171 146 162 1-3 



W. Kreitling 123 123 



Jno. Dcgnan 104 128 119 U7 



A. Henderson 90 125 HI 108 



After the above series was played 

 the party had some hot sport playing 

 four-back. 



SALEM, MASS.— Henry T. Conant & 

 Co. have succeeded T. W. Head & Co. 

 at 133% Essex street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving Day business was 

 good and there was enough doing 

 since to keep the trade lively. The 

 commission men claim that local trade 

 was about the same as last year, with 

 shipping trade better and on the in- 

 crease. Beauties of first quality are 

 very scarce, with demand good; price 

 ranged from $10 to $25 per 100. Good 

 first class Meteor stock is selling well 

 as this is about the best keeping rose 

 in the market; the dealers always buy 

 heavy of this variety. They bring $4 

 and $6. For the best Brides and Maids 

 the price is the same. Perles and Woot- 

 tons are plentiful and bring $2 and $4. 



Carnations advanced a little in price 

 last week. The best Scott, Daybreak, 

 Flora Hill, and .Jubilee sold as high as 

 $3, but the bulk went at $2 and $2.50 

 per hundred. Double violets seem very 

 scarce and bring $1 per 100. California 

 are of very fine quality and sell at $1; 

 small single sold at 35 cents last week. 

 Valley still brings $4. A few narcissus 

 have made their appearance, but no 

 Romans or Harrisii are seen. Smilax 

 is $12 and $15 and Asparagus 50 cents 

 per string. 



A few of the shippers to this city 

 will suffer the loss of some of their 

 consignments last week on account of 

 arriving in a frozen condition. 



Notes. 



The Ayers Floral Co., who have just 

 opened a new store on Grand avenue, 

 received on Saturday, six large boxes 

 of plants, mostly palms, from the East, 

 which arrived frozen and not one of 

 them can be used. The plants were to 

 be used to stock their new green liouse 

 in the rear of their store. 



Martin Reukauf, representing H. 

 Bayersdorfer or Co., Philadelphia, was 

 in the city a few days last week with 

 novelties for the holiday trade. 



W. R. Snead. with Caldwell, The 

 Woodsman Co., of Evergreen, Ala., was 

 a visitor a week ago, selling Christmas 

 greens. 



The Florist Club meeting will be 

 held on Thursday, Deo. 8. at 3 o'clock 

 p. m. President Sanders wishes all 

 members to be present as the Exhibi- 

 tion Committee will make its report 

 and matters of great importance will 

 come up. This will need a full at- 

 tendance and every member who has 

 the interest of the club at heart should 

 be present. 



A meeting of the Exhibition Com- 

 mittee was held Saturday night. In 

 looking over the expense account it 

 was found that they were not so deep 

 as they anticipated as all special prizes 

 are not yet paid. 



The new store of Alex. Waldbart & 

 Sons is at 603 Washington Ave., in- 

 stead of 605, as we had it last week. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club has not been hav- 

 ing its weekly bowling of late as the 

 mum show interfered greatly with the 

 members, most of the committee be- 

 ing regular rollers. After the show 

 matters have been finally adjusted the 

 Club will settle down to hard work 

 every Monday night until we go to De- 

 troit and again win the Evans' Chal- 

 lenge Cup, now safely in our hands. 



J. J. B. 



DETROIT. 



Trade Exhibitions, 



Last week one of the most elaborate 

 displays of chrysanthemums and or- 

 chids was given by John Breitmeyer & 

 Sons. This firm makes a practice of 

 holding a show each year, but this one 

 eclipsed all previous efforts. A short 

 description of the arrangement may 

 interest the trade in general. 



On entering the store one sees large 

 vases filled with specimen blooms at 

 each side of the entrance to the private 

 office in which is made each day a ta- 

 ble decoration of a different character. 

 The pilasters and mirrors of the walls 

 were arranged for mantel effects, be- 

 ing vased with cosmos, pink and 

 white, and bordered with A. plrmosus. 

 The entrance to the conservatory was 

 formed by a rustic arch composed of 

 orchids of many varieties, which 

 seemed to be growing in plumosus and 

 ferns and >vith colored incandescent 

 lights arranged for best effects formed 

 a study in beauty. At the extreme 

 end of the conservatory was a gallery 

 where a mandolin orchestra furnished 

 most delightful music. 



Of the many varieties of mums 

 shown those which attracted the most 

 attention were Western King, Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, Golden Wed- 

 ding, and a novelty named Rough 

 Rider. The show was very success- 

 ful as to attendance for Wednesday, 



