JANUARY 5, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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that can be desired in a violet. Wax 

 Bros, control the output of the bloom. 



P. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



New" Year's business called for no ex- 

 tra demand and as this holiday has 

 ceased to be a factor in the cut flower 

 market not much was expected. On 

 New Year's morning the lowest point 

 touched being zero and the hard cut- 

 ting for Christmas kept stock scarce 

 and the market firm. Transient busi- 

 ness the past week was very quiet, but 

 a great deal of funeral work was re- 

 ported as a number of prominent peo- 

 ple died during the week. This made 

 white stuff in great demand, callas and 

 Harrisii having the call. 



The rose market has been short all 

 the past week. Perles have been sell- 

 ing for ?o to $6, Maids and Brides $10 

 and $12, Meteors $10 to $18, but very 

 scarce; $18 was for extra prime stock. 



Beauties, extra long, $75 and $100, 

 shorts, $25 and $50: Woottons and La 

 France brought $8 and $10 for the best. 



Carnations are in good demand. Re- 

 ceipts are light with not enough to go 

 around; average price is $4 with $5 and 

 $6 for fancy stock. 



Bulb stuff is selling better this sea- 

 son. Romans and narcissus being $3 

 and $4. Harrisii $12.50 to $18, callas 

 $10, valley very good, but none too 

 plenty at $5. 



California violets have been a glut 

 and are down to $1, small single 35 

 cents with double 75 cents. Asparagus 

 and adiantum sold well. Smilax too 

 was in big demand and none too 

 plenty. 



Notes. 



Mr. Archie Spencer, with Reinberg 

 Bros., Chicago, spent a day with us 

 last week. Archie says the holiday 

 trade with them was great. 



Julius Koenig, Sr., was reported 

 very sick last week but was somewhat 

 better at last reports. 



J. M. Jordan is about the same as 

 last reported with very little prospect 

 of improvement. 



Carl Beyer was also reported sick 

 with the grip, but not dangerously ill. 



The members of the Florist club 

 should not fail to attend the next meet- 

 ing of the club, which takes place on 

 the afternoon of January 12 at 3 p. m. 

 The committee will report on enter- 

 tainment, and John Y^oung w-ill read 

 his essay. This alone should bring out 

 a full attendance. 



Bowling. 



I herewith present to the readers of 

 The Review the averages of the cham- 

 pions for the past year. The club 

 rolled 144 games, of which J. J. Beneke 

 won the champion medal five times and 

 the lucky medal four times; C. A. 

 Kuehn the champion medal twice, 

 lucky medal once; J. W. Kunz cham- 

 pion medal and lucky medal once; 

 Duncan Finlayson champion medal 



twice, lucky medal once and Emil 

 Schray the lucky medal three times. 



Mr. Duncan Finlayson, our new 

 member is a great bowler, has been a 

 member only two months and won the 

 champion medal both times. Mr. Fin- 

 layson will cut quite a figure at De- 

 troit this summer and if he keeps up 

 his present gait the cup will be ours 

 for keeps. 



Your correspondent has offered a 

 prize for the best average bowler dur- 

 ing the months of January and Febru- 

 ary. The winner must take part in no 

 less than 20 games. The prize is the 

 first 52 copies of The Review elegantly 

 bound with morocco cover with the 

 name of the winner in gold on front 

 cover. 



Following are the averages of all the 

 members of the year for 1898: 



High 



No. To- Aver- S'gle 



No. Names. Games, tal. age. Score 



1. J. J. Beneke 144 23.109 160 246 



2. Carl Beyer 44 6.916 157 266 



3. John Young 58 9,037 155 234 



4. E. Schray 112 17,348 154 268 



5. J. W. Kunz 04 14.655 154 220 



6. (.'. A. Kuehn 144 22.498 154 228 



7. D. Finlayson 3T 5,660 153 200 



S. R. Beyer 4 612 153 186 



9. H. Helwig . .^.... 41 5,975 145 216 



10. F. C. Weber 55 7.910 143 179 



11. C. C. Sanders 93 12,988 139 222 



12. R. P. Tesson 23 2.899 126 191 



13. F. J. Fillmore 132 15.728 110 209 



The Bowling Club had its first roll- 

 ing this year last night and seven 

 members rolled. Mr. Carl Beyer, who 

 was reported sick last week, was oh 

 hand and was in great form, making 

 an average of 195 in four games, Carl 

 says he's out for that Review prize. 

 Following are the averages of the 

 games rolled: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. A\: 



Carl Beyer 150 226 204 200 ... 780 195 



C. A. Kuehn 164 133 127 147 171 742 148 



J . J. Beneke 142 157 140 165 127 731 146 



D. Finlayson 122 163 174 123 133 715 143 



C. C. Sanders 137 140 158 136 ... 671 143 



Emil Schray 112 149 130 152 136 679 136 



F. J. Fillmore. ...105 95 106 102 139 547 109 



J. J. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



Christmas was the day upon which 

 castles were built up by all the flor- 

 ists; by the florist who now and then 

 during the past years had suffered ad- 

 versities and who had a strong belief 

 that he should make up for these ad- 

 versities on Christmas; by the pros- 

 perous florist who hoped to add more 

 money to his already big pile; by the 

 always hustling Diamond market and 

 Allegheny market people; but above 

 all by the florist in the new East End 

 market; they waited for this day with 

 anxiety; the time they had been out 

 this market was a time in which for- 

 tune didn't favor them, the market is 

 too new to be well known^ the public 

 has to learn their way there, too, and 

 the enterprising man who had energy 

 enough to commence business there 

 has to go through all the troubles 

 which a new enterprise brings with it. 



The preparations made by the two 

 wholesale houses here to meet all the 

 wishes of their customers were really 

 painstaking, and I am pleased to state 

 that they accomplished what they 

 promised. The florists here in Pitts- 



burgh who were in the beginning not 

 convinced that a wholesale house was 

 needed and was one of the necessities 

 for the florist trade in a town as large 

 as Pittsburgh, congratulated them- 

 selves that the opportunity was opened 

 for them to call on these firms for the 

 flowers they needed during the holi- 

 days. Their orders were punctually 

 filled and both houses deserve the 

 thanks of the florists in this city and 

 iu near-by towns. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. was 

 provided with lots of fine stuff, the 

 flowers of Mr. Fred Burki. their presi- 

 dent, taking the first place amongst 

 those of their other consignors. I 

 called on the youngest wholesale firm 

 here, 'William F. Kasting fc Co.; it 

 seems that Kasting possesses the 

 knowledge to infuse a great deal of 

 Ills energy and business ability into 

 his employees. His manager showed 

 me a collection of Meteors, Beauties, 

 Maids, Brides, and carnations which 

 were worth looking at. Speaking to 

 one of the most prominent florists 

 here, he assured me that Kasting had 

 done more than he had promised to do, 

 that he believed that they have won 

 the sympathy of all, and that there is 

 no doubt the good services they gave 

 will be very much appreciated. 



All were busy, trade was excellent, 

 and the supply was good, except of 

 carnations. Good window decorations 

 were scarce. The best windows in the 

 city were those of Britenstine & 

 Flemm and A. W. Smith; the first had 

 a variety of all seasonable flowers of 

 the best grade, artistically arranged in 

 vases. The latter had his window and 

 store decorated with the finest speci- 

 mens of poinsettias I have seen for a 

 long time. They were arranged with 

 skill and art; his idea was certainly 

 good and the effect was charming. Jim 

 claimed that it was just as nice as in 

 New York. 



Neff, our hustling florist of Sixtli 

 street, showed in one of his windows 

 that he was the man who had flowers 

 enough for sale; in the other window 

 he proved that he was able to make up 

 the most beautiful designs in immor- 

 telles. Cape flowers and dried grasses. 



Murdoch didn't think it necessary, 

 or had no time to spare to decorate his 

 store: it seems that he was sure the 

 public knew that they could have 

 whatever they wanted in his store; 

 that he knows how to decorate was 

 shown a short time ago when he made 

 up one of the finest decorations in 

 Braddock. 



Elliott & Ulam showed some nice 

 Bougainvillea, a plant which lends it- 

 self very readily to effective decora- 

 tion. 



I have to apologize that I didn't put 

 Mrs. E. Williams the first in the ranlt. 

 In the first place, because she belongs 

 to the fairer sex, and last but not least, 

 because she has the right to be ranked 

 amongst the most prominent florists of 

 the city. This Christmas she showed 

 once more that woman as well as man 

 can have the required push in them to 

 do good business. She put up the 



