FEBRUARY 2. 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



231 



nuson & Pearson, at Bowmanville, also 

 lost a few houses. 



Mr. W. A. Johnson will build a range 

 of houses for violet growing at Hins- 

 dale the coming spring. The aim will 

 be to produce the highest grade ot 

 flowers. 



H. G. Berning, of the St. Louis Cut 

 Flower Co.. St. Louis. Mo., was a re- 

 cent visitor. 



Reinberg Bros, are marketing a fine 

 stock of roses and carnations. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett starts on a trip 

 through Florida this Thursday. 



W. C. Lynch is acting as Chicago 

 selling agent for the new variegated 

 carnation Sandusky. He has also 

 handled the flowers sent in by Mr. 

 Hall and says they are quick sellers at 

 good figures. 



Larry Kelly, manager for S. B. Win- 

 ter, says business is all right and in- 

 creasing steadily. 



Wietor Bros, seem to always sell out 

 «arly. Good stock goes quick. 



E. C. Amling is receiving some mag- 

 nificent Beauties. In a recent ship- 

 ment w-ere some specimens with 7-foot 

 stems, every leaf perfect and splendid 

 blooms. 



Benthey & Co. seem to be getting 

 their share of the trade and are han- 

 dling some good stock. 



The feature of the meeting of the 

 Florists' Club to be held to-morrow 

 evening (3d inst.) will be a paper on 

 bedding plants and window box plants 

 by Mr. Joseph Reeve. 



Bowling. 



Following are the score and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: 



1st. 2(1. Sil. 4th. Av. 



P. 3. Hauswirth 140 153 1S4 129 151 



J. S. Wilson 130 155 146 1.53 146 



•G. Asmus 145 113 145 172 143 



E. F. Winterson 128 156 130 ... 134 



W. Kreitling 110 138 104 139 125 



A. Lange 115 124 136 ... 123 



C. Balluft 154 127 108 106 123 



C. Vr. McKellar 134 142 92 ... 122 



A. Henderson 138 105 114 127 121 



G. L. Grant 113 138 108 122 120 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business is picking up a little, but 

 not so marked as it should. Prices 

 on stock keep up better this year than 

 ever before, and flowers of all kinds 

 are by no means scarce. The only 

 real glut on hand just now is in vio- 

 lets, and these are selling at the re- 

 tailer's own price. The commission 

 men are all well stocked with season- 

 able flowers; plenty of roses and car- 

 nations. 



In roses the leading varieties are 

 Brides, Meteors. Maids, Carnots and 

 Beauties. First quality bring as high 

 as $8, with seconds $3 and $4. First 

 class Beauties continue scarce, but a 

 great many (Reformed and short- 

 stemmed ones are in the market that 

 bring $3 and $.5. Perles and 'Woottons 

 are selling from $3 to $4 per 100. 



Carnations are also holding their 

 own in price, bringing from $2 to $4. 

 Reds are scarce and keep in good de- 

 mand. H. Aue and the Ude's are send- 



ing in some fine stock every day. The 

 less said about violets, the better, as 

 the dump pile gets most of them. 



Bulb stock is good and sells well. 

 Romans range from $2 to $4: Paper 

 Whites, same: valley, $4; freesia. $4; 

 daffodils. $4; Harrisii have stiffened 

 somewhat and are selling at $15; callas 

 $10 and smilax $12.50. 



Plant stock among the growers about 

 town is looking well and the Easter 

 stock is looking at its best. 



Notes. 



Don't forget the next Florist Club 

 meeting. February 9, at 3 p. m. Mr. 

 John Young has promised to read his 

 essay. Presiuent Sanders has some 

 very important matters to bring be- 

 fore the meeting and expects a full 

 attendance. The late flower show com- 

 mittee will bring in their final report. 

 The entertainment committee will also 

 make a report and all tickets are re- 

 turnable at this meeting, 



Ellison & Tesson on Friday last 

 very tastefully decorated the big Music 

 Hall in the Exposition Building, the 

 occasion being the graduating of the 

 normal class of the high school. 



Charlie Kuehn's place at 1122 Pine 

 street was visited by burglars on 

 Thursday night last, the amount se- 

 cured being a few hundred dollars. 

 Wirework, tinfoil, supplies and tools 

 were taken. Charlie telephoned every 

 florist in town, asking them to be on 

 the lookout in case they came to sell 

 the goods. In this way he hopes to 

 catch the thieves. 



Sonnenfeld's millinery store, on 

 Broadway, will give up their cut flow- 

 er department on February 1. 



Mr. C. W. Wors is now doing a gen- 

 eral retail business in connection with 

 his wholesale store. 



Mr. Frank Ellis, of the St. Louis 

 Cut Flower Co.. and Miss Julia Mur- 

 phy, of the Bell Telephone Co.. give 

 skating exhibitions at the Ice Palace 

 every evening. Mr. Ellis is the best 

 gentleman skater in St. Louis. 



Henry Berning, president of the St. 

 Louis Cut Flower Co., returned Tues- 

 day morning from a trip through Illi- 

 nois, visiting Chicago and other 

 points. Mr. Berning reports business 

 at these places about the same as in 

 St. Louis. 



Bowling. 



The January series ended Monday 

 night with Carl Beyer high for the 

 gold medal, also for highest single 

 score; D. Finlayson second, and 

 Kuehn third. Next series will decide 

 the Review prize. The averages were 

 as follows: 



No. G. Total. Ave. H.S. 



C. Beyer 16 2703 169 226 



Finlayson 21 3353 160 201 



Kuehn 21 3262 155 211 



Benecke 21 3083 146 183 



Young 14 891 148 18G 



Sanders 14 2000 143 168 



Kunz 16 2179 136 181 



Schrar 5 679 136 153 



Weber 16 2243 140 190 



Tesson 3 399 133 155 



FiUmore 17 2131 125 184 



Owing to the great blizzard last 

 night, only a few of the bowlers were 



at the alleys, and those that came 

 rolled four games. C. A. .Kuehn was 

 again high man with an average of 

 160. The scores were as follows: 



^ , T- ,. 1 3 3 4 To. Av. 



(-. A. Kuehn 158 129 ISl 173 641 160 



D. Finlayson 129 172 138 201 640 160 



J. J. Beneke 143 131 182 135 591 148 



J. W. Kunz 146 127 153 133 679 145 



P. c. ^Aeber lis 161 155 124 566 142 



^^_ J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The prices on carnations were much 

 the same as last week, there being 

 no perceptible increase in the demand 

 or supply. 



There was a slight increase in the 

 supply of roses over last week, but 

 no change in the price, with the ex- 

 ception of good Beauties, which are 

 still very scarce. The few that were to 

 be had were snapped up very quickly. 



There was a slight improvement in 

 the supply of bulbous stock in gen- 

 eral, with no change in prices. 



Various Items. 



Mr. H. C. Sims, representing the H, 

 A. Dreer Co., has just returned from 

 a trip to California. 



Hugh Graham did the decorating 

 for the annual charity ball given in the 

 Academy of Music. 



Mr. Ed. Seidewitz, of Baltimore, 

 was in town last week. 



Mr, John Scott, proprietor of the 

 Keap Street Greenhouses in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.. was also a recent visitor. We 

 have information that he was in the 

 market for $300 to $400 worth of aza- 

 leas, principally in larger sizes. The 

 probabilities are that he succeeded in 

 finding them, for when last seen he 

 was on his way to Riverton. 



We are informed that Albert Wolte- 

 mate has a block of Phlox divari- 

 cata canadensis which he intends forc- 

 ing for Easter to sell as a pot plant. 

 It is one of our rare native varieties. 

 The color of the flower is a bright 

 lilac, produced in large, showy heads 

 borne on stems 8 to 10 inches high. 

 It is also very fragrant. 



The show windows of Jos. Kift & 

 Son were very attractively decorated 

 the past week. r. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The past week has been, with per- 

 haps the exception of one day, a good 

 business week. The retailers are get- 

 ting rid of a large quantity of flowers, 

 and the wholesale trade seem to be 

 busy making shipments -and attending 

 to local trade. The result is that the 

 grower is right in it. and is well satis- 

 fied with himself and the buying pub- 

 lic. 



Roses still continue scarce, especial- 

 ly white ones, and both Brides and 

 Maids are good property at from $6 to 

 $16 per 100, with a few of extra qual- 

 ity bringing $2.50 per dozen. Meteors 

 run from 75 cents to $1.25 per dozen. 



