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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MARCH IG, 1899. 



which he received the club's certificate. 

 Mr. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y., ex- 

 hibited a vase of his tine new carna- 

 tion, The Marquis, which was highly 

 commended. After the meeting a right 

 good social time was given the boys 

 present. 



Notes. 

 I Mr. Wm. Plumb has resigned his po- 

 ;sition as superintendent for C. P. 

 iHuntington, and has gone on a visit to 

 'his father in England, who will be 100 

 years old in January next. Whilst in 

 Europe Mr. Plumb will study the mar- 

 ket, with a view of going into business 

 on his return here. 



Thos. Young, Jr., has almost recov- 

 ered from his recent severe illness and 

 will soon be on the bourse. 



Bowling. 



The bowling contest between New 

 York and Flatbush resulted in New 

 Y'ork being the winner. Following is 

 the score: 



FLATBUSH. 



wm. Prosser j}' ^ 13= 



A. Zeller 1» "' j-' 



N. DaiHedouze » W' 1" 



D. MeUis W9 50 147 



P. Riley »? "S 138 



^■|^"!\::..:::::;:::;::;:;:::i« 1I2 II 



E. Dallledouze M2 125 150 



NEW YORK. 



I: §:^;^y-.. •::;;:;::;:;:::;::: I fi ft 



A B^rns Wl "0 147 



T Manda 1« ^ 5' 



T Roehrs " . 146 128 115 



D. Mellis won the Troy prize offered 

 for the highest average among the vis- 

 iting team. The return match will be 

 played soon after Easter. IVERA. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The March meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was the best attended in the 

 history of the club. This was our 

 annual carnation meeting and a fine 

 lot of them were on exhibition. Be- 

 fore the meeting opened quite a num- 

 ber of society ladies visited the rooms 

 to look at the exhibition. This is a 

 good feature and should be repeated. 

 The meeting opened at 3 o'clock, with 

 all the officers present and fifty mem- 

 bers in attendance, and the following 

 visitors; George A. Kuhl, Pekin, Ills.; 

 J. W. Duoford, Central, Mo.; Alex. 

 Wilson and T. W. Guy, of Kimmswick, 

 Mo.; Martin Reukaut, Philadelphia; 

 Chas. Connon, T. Carroll and T. Peter- 

 son, St. Louis. H. G. Ude, E. W. Guy 

 and Julius Koenig, Jr., were appointed 

 a committee to look into the merits 

 of the carnations on exhibition. 



L. B. Eastburn, of Kennett Square, 

 Pa., showed his two new whites, Mary 

 A. Baker and Anna C. Eastburn, con- 

 sidered two good whites. R. Witter- 

 staetter, Cincinnati, sent Opal, an im- 

 provement on Daybreak, and a very 

 fine large pink seedling, No. 557, 

 which attracted every one's attention. 



E. G. Hill & Co.. Richmond, Ind.. 

 staged America, a fine red. 



Fred Dorner & Sous Co., Lafayette. 

 Ind.. had on exhibition G. H. Crane, 

 Gen'l Maceo. Gold Nugget, Glacier 

 and White Cloud, which made a fine 

 group and was the centre of attrac- 

 tion. Frank Niquet, Patchogue, N. Y., 

 sent a fine lot of Maud Adams, which 

 came too late to be staged, but in good 

 condition and was much admired by 

 all who saw it. Miss Flick, of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., showed a vase of red and 

 white seedlings. 



Among the home growers who ex- 

 hibited were J. F. Ammaan, vase of 

 Scott; J. W. Duntord, also Scott; Theo. 

 Richterand F. J. Fillmore, mixed vari- 

 eties; E. W. Guy, Jubilee and Day- 

 break, very fine; Henry Aue, a very 

 fine vase of Eldorado and Wm. Tril- 

 low, well grown mixed blooms. 



The application of W. Winter, of 

 Kirkwood, Mo., was read for the first 

 time. A vote was taken on "Shall We 

 Hold a Chrysanthemum Show This 

 Year?" and it was unanimously decid- 

 ed to have the show as usual. J. J. 

 Beneke was again elected chairman of 

 the executive committee and manager 

 of the show. The committee will be 

 announced in next issue and steps 

 will be taken at once to secure the 

 Coliseum at the most reasonable 

 rates. 



Dr. Halstedt spoke for Mr. Tom Car- 

 roll who is totally blind and at one 

 time one of our best and largest car- 

 nation growers. He is in need, hav- 

 ing lost everything he had. A col- 

 lection was taken and quite a nice sum 

 realized. Any further donations should 

 be sent to J. J. Beneke, treasurer of 

 the club, who will take charge of the 

 fund. 



There was quite a discussion on 

 Harrisii bulbs and from the reports 

 of the different growers about 50 per 

 cent of them will be lost this year. 



The next meeting will be our an- 

 nual Rose meeting, which will be held 

 Thursday, April 1.3, at 3 p. m. 



The Market. 



Trade in cut flowers the past week 

 was very good and flowers of all kinds 

 plentiful but still up in price. Beau- 

 ties first class choice stock, are scarce 

 and in demand, and bring $35; Meteors, 

 Brides and Maids, $4 to ?6; Perles and 

 Wootons, $3 and ?4; carnations are 

 piling up at the commission houses 

 and sell at 75 cents in 1.000 lots; in 

 small lots of 25, $1.50 and $2; some 

 fancy stock bring $3. 



Bulb stuff is in better demand just 

 now. Harrisii and callas sell at $10 

 and $12.50; Romans and tulips, $2 and 

 $3; Dutch hyacinths, $3 and $4 and 

 freely called for; daffodils had a great 

 call last week at $2 and $3; valley is 

 in fair demand at $3. Violets are sell- 

 ing well but at low prices, owing to 

 the large quantity; small singles sold 

 as low as 50 cents per 1,000. and Cali- 

 fornia at $2.50 per 1,000. Doubles sell 

 slow. Sweet peas are becoming plen- 

 tiful at 75 cents per 1,000; forget-me- 

 nots, $2 per 100; smilax a little 

 scarce at $12.50. 



News Items. 



Visitors in town last week were G. 

 M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill. Mo.; George 

 A. Kuhl, Pekin, Ills.; Joe Rolker, New 

 York; Martin Reukauf, Philadelphia; 

 Jno. F. Geary, representing T. F. 

 Leonard, Chicago. 



Jordan Floral Co. made a fine dec- 

 oration at the fiftieth anniversary of 

 the Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co. About 

 10,000 daffodils were used, also plants, 

 wild smilax, sheaves of wheat and two 

 large floral designs. 



Ellison & Tesson had the Lawson 

 carnation on exhibition at their store 

 last week, which drew good crowds; 

 $9 per dozen was the price. 



Harry Rieman is reported very sick 

 at his home and Mr. Wm. Adles. for- 

 merly with Chas. Shoenck, is running 

 the place for him. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club had eight men 

 rolling Monday night. C. A. Kuehn as 

 usual was our high man in the four 

 games, rolling with an average of 

 170. Fred Weber made the high single 

 score with 222. The scores were as 

 follows; 



12 3 4 Tot. Av. 



C A Kuehn 169 168 156 187 680 170 



F C. Weber 138 135 124 222 609 153 



Carl Bever 162 140 164 140 606 15H4 



J. W. Kunz 142 149 166 133 590 147^4 



C. C. Sanders 129 112 178 128 647 137 



J. J. Beneke 126 148 139 134 647 137 



John Young 133 136 135 100 603 126 



F. J. Fillmore 103 142 84 135-464 116 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply is somewhat larger and 

 prices a trifle easier than last wesk, 

 but on the whole trade is holding up 

 exceedingly well for the season. The 

 recent warm weather was largely re- 

 sponsible for the increase in the sup- 

 ply, and as this has been succeeded by 

 colder and darker weather the in- 

 crease may be checked soon. 



As to the outlook for Easter there 

 is quite a variety of opinions, but all 

 seem to agree that there will be a 

 satisfactory supply of carnations. 

 Many look for a shortage of good 

 roses. A good deal cf guessing is be- 

 ing done on the lil.r outlook. A ma- 

 jority of the dealers think there will 

 be a pretty good supply when all the 

 growers are heard from, but there are 

 reports of various lots of longiflorum 

 that are apt to be tco late. A great 

 deal will depend upon the v.'eather 

 for the next two weeks. 



Kennicotl Bros. Co. are receiving 

 some G. H. Crane carnations from 

 Dorner & Sons Co. that are superb. 

 They leave nothing to be desired as a 

 scarlet carnation. 



E. C. Amling is receiving some val- 

 ley that will rank with the oest to be 

 seen anywhere in the country. 



■Various Items. 

 The second annual musical enter- 

 tainment of the Florists' Club will be 

 held at Handel Hall, 42 Randolph St., 

 at 8; 30 p. m., tomorrow evening 



