DECEMBER 15, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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charge of the large private establish- 

 ment built up tliis fall by Mr. R. Sib- 

 ley in this city. Under his experiencea 

 supervision many alterations in the as- 

 pect of the grounds have Deen going on 

 this fall, more are to follow in the 

 spring. A good part of the planting 

 was done in October and November, 

 and would probably have been finished 

 had not the cold weather interrupted 

 operations. The greenhouses are In ex- 

 cellent shape, though it was very late 

 in the season when these were ready to 

 receive the plants. Roses, which were 

 planted in benches some time in Sep- 

 tember, have made remarkable growth 

 and carnations and violets, some ot 

 them housed in November, are bloom- 

 ing as freely now as those in other 

 places where they had an earlier start. 

 The plant houses are fillea with a mis- 

 cellaneous variety; no very tall speci- 

 mens are wanted here. Mr. K. does 

 not look favorably on height, but pre- 

 fers short, stocky individuals. He goes 

 in for diameter and allows his plants 

 plenty of room to spread out; no 

 drawn up, weak stems are seen any- 

 where on the place. K. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the Florists' Club 

 was held Thursday afternoon at 3 

 o'clock with only about 17 members 

 present. The exhibition committee 

 read their report, which brought out 

 quite a discussion as to how to pay 

 our losses. It was finally settled that 

 all prizes offered by the club would not 

 be paid, all special prizes paid at a 

 rate of 70 per cent and Shaw prizes 

 paid in full. The committee was then 

 instructed to pay out what money they 

 had on hand and the balance to be 

 paid just as soon as it comes in from 

 parties offering the prizes. 



Mr. Otto Koenig was elected to mem- 

 bership. It was decided that the club 

 give an entertainment the third week 

 of January, the proceeds, if any, to go 

 toward paying the club prizes. The 

 president appointed a committee of 

 five to look after the details, consist- 

 ing ot Fred C. Weber, John Young, J. 

 W. Kunz, J. J. Beneke and Robt. 

 Ayers. 



The question bos was then opened. 

 "Do Flower Shows Hurt the Retail 

 Trade" brought out the most discus- 

 sion and wound up by the president 

 instructing Mr. John Young to read 

 an essay on this question at the next 

 regular meeting of the club. 



W. E. Jordan and J. W. Kunz were 

 appointed a committee to draft resolu- 

 tions on the death of Christopher 

 Young. 



The meeting then adjourned until 

 January 12, 1S99, at 3 o'clock p. m. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market remains about 

 the same, flowers of all kinds plentiful 

 and stock selling very low. First-class 



roses bring from $4 to $5, seconds |1.50 

 and $2, and in large lots at flO per 

 1,000. Good long Beauties are scarce 

 at 35 cents each, but short stemmed 

 stock plentiful, the bulk going at not 

 over 3 cents, though some will run to 

 5 cents. Carnations are good and 

 plenty, and the price holds up at $1.50 

 for fair stock, fancy bringing $2 and 

 $2.50. 



California violets have gone up to 

 $1, small singles 35 cents, with 

 doubles at 75 cents to $1 per hundred 

 and plenty of them just now. Good 

 valley holds up to $5, but considerable 

 is sold at $4. Romans are not yet plen- 

 tiful. As usual at this season they 

 bring from $1.50 to $4. Paper whites 

 are piling up with very little sale at 

 $3 Harrisii are still out of the mar- 

 ket, but some good callas can be had 

 at $10. Smilax and asparagus are sell- 

 ing more freely this season than at 

 any previous time. 



Christmas greens are scarce this 

 year. Those who placed their orders 

 ahead are in great glee and those who 

 have to buy now are paying at the rate 

 of $10 per 100 lbs. Heavy orders are re- 

 ported for all kinds of Christmas 

 greens. 



The fakir is having a hard time 

 just now, with plenty of stock in the 

 commission houses. They can't stand 

 on the street corners, it's too cold and 

 their stock freezes. Should the cold 

 weather continue, with green stuff 

 scarce, the fakir will have a hard row 

 to hoe in St. Louis. 



Notes. 



Mrs. Ayers whose plants were all 

 frozen that were shipped from W. K. 

 Harris and Joseph Heacock wishes to 

 state that both these gentlemen made 

 good the loss by sending duplicate or- 

 ders, which came in first-class shape. 

 Mrs. A. is very grateful to both firms 

 for the prompt attention paid to the 

 matter. 



R. F. Tesson, the genial correspon- 

 dent of the American Florist, has been 

 quite sick the past week and from last 

 reports was improving, but not able to 

 attend to business. 



The condition of J. M. Jordan is still 

 unchanged. Mr. Jordan was taken to 

 his bed some two months ago, and has 

 not been able to leave it since. 



The bowling club had a good attend- 

 ance Monday night and rolled five 

 games. Kunz, Tesson and Finlason are 

 not well enough to roll, but by New 

 Year's every member will be back to 

 his post. Following are the scores: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. Av. 



J. J. Beneke 168 165 184 152 189 S68 175 



Carl Beyer 169 143 157 130 ... 699 149 



Emll Schray 128 112 141 142 150 676 135 



C. A. Kuehn 135 106 158 141 121 664 133 



F. C. Weber 125 129 121 137 ... 632 133 



O. C. Sanders 133 129 118 132 141 658 131 



P. J. Fnimore....l20 114 147 108 122 611 122 



J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



On Dec. 2 Mrs. Jennie Thorley was 

 ordered by a jury In the Supreme 

 Court to render an account to W. A. 



Bridgeman, who sued her for $30,000. 

 He testified that in October, 1S89, he 

 entered into an agreement with Mrs. 

 Thorley, as the agent ot her husband, 

 by which he was to have a one-eighth 

 interest in the business. He said that 

 in this way $50,000 became due him be- 

 tween that time and February, 1896. 

 He admitted that he had received from 

 time to time $20,000. 



Assuming these figures to be correct 

 the total profits of Mr. Thorley's bus- 

 iness were in excess of $50,000 a year 

 for seven years. Not a bad showing, 

 even for a leading New York florist. 



CINCINNATL 



Exhibition. 



The carnation meeting ot December 

 10th, held at the club rooms of the 

 Florists' Society, was not up to the 

 former shows, especially in standard 

 varieties. Several good entries were 

 made in the seedling classes, promi- 

 nent among them were tne following: 

 J. M. Gasser, Cleveland, O., with a 

 pink, flower medium size, color about 

 the same as Grace Wilder; the flowers 

 arrived in poor condition. 



F. Dorner & Sons, La, Fayette, Ind., 

 showed Gen. Maceo, a very dark crim- 

 son variety, beautiful rich color, but 

 with us a hard one to sell. Their 

 vase of G. H. Crane, a bright red, was 

 excellent, and will no doubt be a valu- 

 able variety. The flower is large, well 

 formed, stem strong and clean, and the 

 color all that can be desired. 



E. G. Hill & Co. showed in the seed- 

 ling class a vase of America. This will 

 be a rival to G. H. Crane; some of 

 the craft seem to think the latter the 

 better, while others are more Im- 

 pressed with the former. 



Weber & Son. Oakland, Md., showed 

 a seedling. No. 38-96, flower very large, 

 color shell pink, growth and foliage 

 strong and robust. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., sent a 

 vase of his Mrs. Thos. Lawson. a beau- 

 tiful deep pink, which was greatly ad- 

 mired. 



R. Witterstaetter had a collection of 

 seedlings, and among them were sev- 

 eral promising ones. No. 557 was the 

 largest pink on exhibition, but rather 

 short in the stem. His 547A was a 

 bright scarlet flower, fringed and very 

 fragrant. These two will be heard from 

 later. 



Wm. Murphy had on exhibition some 

 of his money-making varieties, such as 

 Armazindy, Gold Nugget, Portia and 

 several others. Thos. Windram showed 

 Mrs. Geo. Bradt, Flora Hill, Daybreak, 

 Evelina, Victor and Bridesmaid. 



George & Allen, our enterprising 

 young hustlers, showed up well, filling 

 one of the center tables. Their collec- 

 tion comprised in carnations Bradt, 

 Scott, Flora Hill and Armazindy, and 

 captured the $5.00 prize offered by Wm. 

 Murphy for the best 100 standard 

 blooms. In roses they showed Perles, 



