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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JANUARY 12, 1899. 



carnation America, which was much 

 admired. 



Various Items. 



Mr. John Mangel has a very effec- 

 tive window display this week, main- 

 ly of fancy carnations and cattleyas 

 with a big plant of Asparagus Spren- 

 geri in the corner. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. say they want 

 the growers of the cuttings to get the 

 full benefit of their advertising of the 

 Evanston carnation. 



Bassett & Washburn consider Mary 

 Wood their best white carnation, and 

 blooms seen at their store justify 

 their verdict. The blooms are as big 

 as those of Bradt, with fine strong 

 etems and a split calyx is never seen. 

 It needs a strong soil, though, and 

 would not do well in a sandy soil. 



At a recent banquet of the Commer- 

 cial Club at the Auditorium the deco- 

 ration, arranged by Mr. P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, simulated a winter scene. There 

 were 80 covers, the tables set in the 

 form of a square, the diners being 

 seated at the outer edge of the square 

 only. The center square was trans- 

 formed into a winter landscape by 

 the use of various sizes of Christmas 

 trees, with shreds of cotton to rep- 

 resent snow on the branches. About 

 every eight feet a holly wreatli was 

 attached to the table cloth on the 

 side facing the square and these were 

 connected with festoons of holly. 

 Over the central square was suspend- 

 ed an artificial ceiling of solid holly. 

 Heavy pillars around the hall were 

 decorated with wreaths formed of 

 two cycas leaves tied with sprays of 

 holly and red ribbon. Holly was 

 scattered over the table cloth, the 

 only flowers used being red carna- 

 tions for the boutonnieres. 



Kalous Bros, have closed their store 

 on Twenty-second street and will now 

 do all their business from the green- 

 houses. 



Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson are 

 showing a fine lot of cattleyas now, 

 and they sell well. 



Mr. A. C. Kohlbrand's wife is in 

 a dangerous condition as the result of 

 a recent operation. 



The annual meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago will be 

 held next Saturday at the Sherman 

 House at 2:30 p. m. The executive 

 committee held a meeting last Tues- 

 day afternoon, at which action was 

 taken on the final details of the last 

 exhibition. 



The sheriff took possession last week 

 of the property of J. C. F. Meyer, the 

 florist in Dunning street, on an execu- 

 tion on a judgment for $3,198 in favor 

 of Lena Meyer, a sister. The claim 

 was for money advanced. 



Bowling. 



The club smoker lasted till such a 

 late hour last Friday evening that 

 there was time for only one game of 

 ten pins afterward. The interest in 

 this was very warm, however, as Ed. 

 Winterson had brought with him a 

 box purporting to contain a prize 



sent by the St. Louis Florists' Bowling 

 Club to be awarded to the one making 

 the highest score on this evening, box 

 to be opened only by the winner. The 

 prize was duly won by Mr. P. J. Haus- 

 wirth and on opening the box it was 

 found to contain a fine large medal of 

 solid metal, the whole weighing about 

 7 lbs. and 17 ounces. Mr. Hauswirth 

 attached the trophy to his clothes 

 amidst the shouts of the spectators, 

 and if his clothes and his strength 

 hold he will recover all right. 

 Following are the scores: 



p. J. Hauswirth 163 



John Def^nan 144 



Ed Winterson 143 



G. L. Grant 132 



C. BaUuft m 



James Hartshorne 114 



A. Henderson 114 



C. W. McKellar Ill 



W. Kreitling 110 



H. C. Rowe 103 



A. Lange 9S 



After the game a business meeting 

 was held at which it was decided to 

 play the match games on each Friday 

 evening upon which a Florists' Club 

 meeting is not held. And the execu- 

 tive committee was authorized to ar- 

 range for new alleys. 



ST, LOUIS. 



The Market. 



A few complaints are still heard of 

 dull business, while some report trade 

 as satisfactory. The commission men 

 claim that outside sales seem better 

 than city trade and since New Year's 

 the complaint has been general. Some 

 of the West End florists have a fair 

 amount of decorating to do, and there 

 is about the usual activity in funeral 

 work. 



Receipts of flowers of all kinds have 

 been plentiful, and about the only 

 scarcity the past week was white 

 roses. On Friday not a white rose 

 could be had at any of the commission 

 houses after 10 a. m., while colored 

 stuff went begging. 



Prices have fallen a little. Though 

 stock is plentiful, there is no glut of 

 anything except violets; a great many 

 of them are dumped. Roses range all 

 the way from $3 to $8; Brides, Mete- 

 ors and Bridesmaids, first quality, 

 bring $7 and $8: these varieties are in 

 good demand; Perles, $4 and $6; Beau- 

 ties, first quality, $6 per dozen; demand 

 good. Carnations are also plentiful, 

 except white, still the price is up to $3 

 and $4 for ordinary and as high as $5 

 for extra fancy. No white went to 

 waste the past week, as the demand 

 was fine. Bulb stock is coming in 

 more plentiful and sells well. Romans, 

 the best, the price is $4, and $3 for sec- 

 onds; Paper Whites the same; valley 

 scarce at $4 and $5; no freesia in this 

 market yet; Harrisii stand $12.50 to 

 $15; callas, $10 and $12. Violets are a 

 drug on the market and sell slow. So 

 far this season the supply in our mai'- 

 ket was never better. Price on Cali- 

 fornia is kept at $1; doubles, 75 cents; 

 small singles, 25 cents; home grown 

 and Southern, 15 cents. Smilax is 



more plentiful now and demand fairly 

 good at $12.50. 



Club Notes. 



The committee on entertainment will 

 report at the next meeting of the club. 

 The different halls in the West and 

 South ends are being looked over and 

 the one offering the best inducements, 

 will be selected. Mr. F. C. Weber, who. 

 is chairman, will call a meeting some 

 time this week and make all the ar- 

 rangements for our entertainment. 



Arrangements were completed this 

 morning (Tuesday) that the Florist 

 Club entertainment will be given at 

 Concordia Club Hall, 1423 Chouteau 

 avenue, Friday night, January 20, 1899. 

 It will be a floral euchre party. Euchre 

 will be played from 8 until 11 p. m.. 

 after which dancing until 2 a. m. Ev- 

 ery club member will donate some- 

 thing. Tickets will be 50 cents a per- 

 son. Chairman Weber says no free 

 tickets go. Every fiorist will have 

 tickets to sell and all are expected to 

 attend as everybody will have a good 

 time. 



Bowling. " 



The Bowling Club rolled four games 

 Monday night with some of the old 

 faces in attendance. Some of the 

 scores show up well, while others are 

 below their usual average. 



1st. 2d. 3d. 4th Tl. Av. 



D Finlayson 165 188 161 ISO 694 IISM 



Carl Beyer 196 172 144 171 6S2 170Vi- 



R. P. Tesson 155 155 155 



.Tohn Young U4 132 186 ... 432 144 



John Kunz 145 129 ISl 125 580 145 



C. A. Kuehn 115 150 170 125 360 140 



C. C. Sanders 123 135 152 ... 410 137 



J. J. Beneke 104 167 134 141 546 137 



P C. Weber 108 93 162 167 630 133 



P. J. Fillmore 184 144 112 125 525 131 



J. J. B. 



DETROIT. 



Owing to the fact that your scribe 

 was out of town last week The Re- 

 view had no report of Xmas trade, but 

 can only say that every one had all the 

 business they could attend to. 



At the last meeting of the club a 

 very interesting paper on greenhouse 

 heating was read by Prof. Coryell, 

 which was full of information and 

 points to benefit the amateur. The 

 club, by a unanimous vote, decided to 

 invite The Am. Carnation Society to 

 hold its meeting in Detroit in 1900 

 and appointed G. A. Rackham a rep- 

 resentative to go to Philadelphia to 

 extend an invitation to the society at 

 its meeting in February. The various 

 committees for the entertainment of 

 the S. A. F. are getting down to work, 

 believing it best to take time by the 

 forelock. G. A. Rackham was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of space, sub- 

 ject to approval of the executive com- 

 mittee. The bowlers are getting into 

 good shape and will put up a hard 

 fight for that cup. 



SCORES. 



Dunn 124 137 140 



Ferguson 147 140 139 



Harry 114 139 151 



Watson 123 129 170 



Beard 126 148 142 



Holznagle 154 166 172 



RAG. 



