FEBRUARY 9, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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have the best wishes of their many 

 Belleville and St. Louis friends. 



The many friends of Gus Grossart, 

 the well-known Belleville florist, will 

 be surprised to learn that he has as- 

 sociated with himself a partner, a 

 young fellow who is destined to have 

 a voice in the direction of the affairs 

 of state in time. Mr. Grossart's new 

 associate is young, hearty and vigor- 

 ous, of fine presence and possesses a 

 magnificent voice. Mr. Grossart was 

 introduced to him for the first time 

 last Thursday morning. The young 

 fellow is only a few days old, weighs 

 12 pounds and is said to be the image 

 of his father and mother. Mr. Gros- 

 sart spent all day Thursday in describ- 

 ing to friends the superlative qualities 

 of the youngster. 



Dr. Halstedt, ex-president of the St. 

 Louis Florist club, is seen very seldom 

 nowadays, owing to his large prac- 

 tice in his dental establishment. 



Wm. Trillow. Adolph Pehr, Henry 

 Emundt and M. Semmler are well 

 satisfied with business since the first 

 of the year and are keeping close 

 watch over their houses these cold 

 winter days. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club had nine mem- 

 bers rolling Monday night and some 

 fine scores were made. Charlie Kuehn 

 was in fine form and made an aver- 

 age in four games of 183. Charlie is 

 now crowding Beyer and Finlayson 

 for the Review prize. The member 

 making the highest average during the 

 February series will get a fine pocket 

 knife. He must take part In all the 

 games played during this njonth to get 

 an average, as under ttiese conditions 

 the knife was given. Following are 

 the scores made Monday night: 



t. 2. 3. 4. Tot. Av. 



r. A. Kuehn 210 173 139 212 62" 1S3 



J. J. Beneke 144 155 168 166 633 15S 



Pinlayson 146 165 161 153 627 157 



C. C. Sanders 150 126 159 ... 435 145 



John Young 127 14? 153 ... 428 142 



J. Kunz 128 159 141 124 652 138 



C. Beyer 145 129 145 117 536 134 



F. C. Weber nO 120 126 117 .513 128 



F. J. Fillmore 1.58 95 153 99 .505 126 



J. J. B. 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business in both plants and cut 

 flowers was very good during the fore 

 part of the week, ow'ing to the fact 

 that dinners, parties and balls were 

 quite numerous. Roses have held their 

 own in price: Brides and Bridesmaids 

 sold very readily at $10 and $12; me- 

 dium sized Beauties are still very 

 Scarce. Prices on carnations ranged 

 from $1.50 to $4 peC 100, according to 

 variety. Samuel Pennock got in some 

 very fine Swanley White violets, some 

 ■of them so large as to cover a half 

 dollar: we believe them to be the 

 largest ever produced in this city; we 

 understand they sell on sight at |1 

 per 100. Good Marie Louise and Lady 



Campbell sold at the same price, with 

 single selling at 7.5 cents per 100. 

 Mignonette sold for $4 and ?5 per 100, 

 Freesias at from $3 to $4. 



There are some fine tulips coming 

 in and they sell very quickly at $4 

 and $5. Some very fine Von Sions 

 found ready sale at $6 per 100. 

 Romans were quite plenty at $3 and 

 $4. Lily of the valley was also very 

 plentiful, selling at $4. 



Notes. 



J. J. Habermehl & Sons report the 

 past week as being an exceptionally 

 good one for decorations, they having 

 the decorating for four large events, 

 which required all the decorative stock 

 they had on hand. 



M. W. Woodroffe has succeeded to 

 the business or W. C. Smith, the 

 wholesale fiorist. 



Preparations are completed for the 



reception of the delegates to the con- 

 vention of the American Carnation 

 Society next week. The meeting 

 pro^mises to be largely attended and 

 the exhibition unusually fine. R. 



OBITUARY. 



Harry Prince. 



Harry Prince, on January 30th. 1893, 

 in the 29th year of his age, after a 

 short illness of typhoid fever. 



Mr. Prince was born in Uxbridge, 

 Essex county, England, coming to this 

 country when quite young, but not be 

 fore he had laid a solid foundation for 

 his future life work with Mr. James 

 Taplin, seedsman, of his native city. 

 Shortly after landing in Philadelphia 

 he connected himself with the house 

 of Henry A. Dreer, and by close atten- 

 tion to business and by unremitting 

 efforts he gradually advanced his posi- 

 tion until he was admitted in 1896 as 

 a stockholder. 



His loss will be much regretted by 

 the firm and its employes, not only on 

 account of his value as one of their 

 staff, but on account of his genial and 

 pleasant manner to all with whom he 

 was associated. 



He leaves a widow and one little 

 girl besides his parents and two broth- 

 ers to whom the sympathy of scores of 

 his friends will go out. 



PITTSBURG. 



Trade Notes. 



Business in the past month has been 

 beyond the average. The demand for 

 funeral work has been unusually large 

 which to some extent caused a scarcity 

 in some varieties -of flowers. The 

 wholesale cut flower market has been 

 very satisfactory also, and often the 

 supply did not meet the demand: 

 this is caused by some of the growers 

 being off crop with roses and carna- 

 tions. A limited supply of extras in 

 Brides and Bridesmaids are being re- 

 ceived, selling at $10 to $12 a hundred: 

 the lower grades that bring $4, $G and 

 $8, are more plentiful. The general 

 average stock of carnations sell at 

 $1.50 per hundred, some extras at $2 

 to $4. 



Bulbous stock is not plentiful. Tulips 

 bring $2 to $3. Paper White narcissus 

 and Romans are selling at $2 to $4. 

 Daffodils and Jonquils are being re- 

 ceived in limited number. Lilies 

 average $15 to $20 per 100, supply fair. 

 Freesias find ready sale at $3 per 100, 

 some extra fine at $4. Asparagus in 

 bunches and smilax are short; enough 

 cannot be obtained. 



During the past week the mercury 

 has been hovering below the zero 

 point. At one place near here 14 de- 

 grees below zero was registered. 



It is rumored that one large grower 

 has suffered severely from the unusual 

 cold spell. This rumor has not yet 

 been verified. 



Club Meeting. 



The Pittsburg and Allegheny Flor- 

 ists' and Gardiners' Club held its meet- 

 ing Thursday, February 2nd, and 

 elected the following officers for the 

 ensuing year: E. C. Reineman, Pres. ; 

 E. C. Ludwig, Vice-Pres.; James Sem- 

 ple, Treas.: T. P. Langhans, Secy; 

 Geo. Oesterle, Asst. Secy; Fred. Burki, 

 John Bader, P. S. Randolph, Executive 

 Committee. The club is now com- 

 pletely reorganized, and there are 53 

 members in good standing. The 

 executive committee was empowered 

 to make arrangements for the annual 

 banquet to be held some time in the 

 near future. The members look for- 

 ward to this affair with pleasant an- 

 ticipation. 



J. W. Ludwig and Wm. Lauch are 

 forming a bowling team that will go 

 into training with bright visions of 

 the first prize at Detroit to fill theii 

 imaginations. 



Pittsburg will be represented at the 

 Carnation convention. Fred Burki, E. 

 C. Ludwig and wife will go, others will 

 probably .ioin them. 



T. P. LANGHANS. 



