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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AI'RIL 20. 



US, are: President, W. F. Kasting; 

 vice-president, C. D. Zimmerman; sec- 

 retary, William Legg; financial secre- 

 tary, George Schmidt; treasurer, C. H. 

 Keitch. A good lot of workers. When 

 cigars were lighted and the ice cream 

 swallowed, Mr. Kasting ably and 

 earnestly thanked the members for 

 their good will in making him presi- 

 dent. He promised to be a good boy 

 and work hard, and W6 feel sure that 

 he promised no more than he V("ill co. 

 And then he introduced W. S. as toast- 

 master, who was both retrospective 

 and prospective, impressing the mem- 

 bers with what was before us in the 

 coming carnation convention, saying 

 that the exhibition to be held here in 

 February next will not only be the 

 greatest exhibit of carnations that this 

 locality has ever seen, or this nation 

 has ever seen, but that the world has 

 ever seen. He did not trace the evo- 

 lution of protoplasm up to higher or- 

 ganisms as on a recent date, but called 

 on Mr. Legg to speak for the club, 

 which he did in brilliant style. 



There were several toasts, all get- 

 ting a good response, some serious and 

 earnest, other facetious, and here they 

 are: "On Pastimes," C. Keitch; "Re- 

 tail trade," S. A. Anderson; "The 

 Commission Man," W. F. Kasting; 

 "Art in the Business," D. B. Long; 

 "The Man Who Keeps Us Warm," E. 

 L, Cook; "The Pan-American," C. D. 

 Zimmerman; "Our Visitors," Harry 

 Balsley; "Our Suburbs," T. Mansfield; 

 "The Ladies," W. A. Adams; "The 

 Grower," Rudofph Boettger. Mr. Henry 

 Buddenborg was asked to talk of the 

 phases of our late Easter trade, but 

 being a natural and vigorous talker as 

 well as a philosophical one. he rami- 

 fied into the fascinating subjects of the 

 single tax, municipal ownership, politi- 

 cal economy in general and kindred 

 vital sociological subjects. But it was 

 not all dry wind that wafted to our 

 ears. A youth with a skillful touch of 

 the zither and a splendid tenor voice 

 sang lots of songs. Mr. Boeilger gave 

 us a melange of popular airs, and 

 Tommy Coleman, a florist associate, 

 sang several "bloomin' White Chapel 

 songs, ye know." 



Death of George Savage. 



We have just received by wire this 

 Monday night the sad news that Geo. 

 Savage, the well known orchidist, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., died this morning. 

 He was known far and wide and will 

 be greatly missed. W. S. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



The past week has been a continu- 

 ance of the Easter reaction — in fact, 

 business has been very dull and prices 

 on all kinds of flowers are very much 

 lower. The daily market has been al- 

 most devoid of buyers from the retail 

 stores; the fakirs seem to be the only 

 ones in the swim. 



Roses are in over-stock and a good 

 rose can be bought for $2 per 100 to 

 $1.50 per dozen. Jacks run from 75 

 cents to $1.50 per dozen; Beauties 

 from $4 per 100 to $4 per dozen; Me- 

 teors, ?4 to $5 per 100. Carnations, 

 although not over plenty, also feel the 

 depression. Common stock, $1.50 to 

 ?2 per 100, with some sales made at 

 ?1; extras, from $2 to $3 per 100; 

 strictly fancy, $4 to $5. Violets very 

 slow, $3 per 100 being an average. 

 Lilies plenty; held at ?1 per dozen; 

 callas a drug at 75 cents; valley. $3 

 to $4 per 100; bulb stock selling fairly 

 well at f3 to $4 per 100. 



The News. 



The talk among carnation men is 

 the Cincinnati exhibit, with conjec- 

 tures as to whether the same results 

 will happen at the February meeting 

 in Detroit. 



Owing to the backward season the 

 seedsmen are complaining about the 

 dullness of the seed trade. It will 

 probably all come with a rush. 



Mat. Rogers, for many years a dis- 

 penser of bulbous stock on Boston 

 Market, died last week of pneumonia, 

 having been sick only three or four 

 days. 



J. Austin Shaw and various bulb 

 growers have been visitors this week. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club was held 

 Thursday afternoon, April 13, with 

 President Sanders in the chair. The 

 increased interest was shown by the 

 large attendance. This being our an- 

 nual rose meeting a large number of 

 fine roses were on exhibition. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., showed a fine group of cut blooms 

 consisting of Beauties, Perles, Brides- 

 maids, Brides and Meteors, which the 

 judges considered very fine. The Hoff- 

 meister Floral Co., of Cincinnati, had 

 Maid of Honor on exhibition which 

 undoubtedly was fine when shipped 

 but suffered a great deal from the 

 shipping. They were much admired. 

 J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 111., 

 showed four vases, one each of Brides, 

 Meteors, Bridesmaids and Perles; 

 these were clean and well grown, es- 

 pecially the Perles, as Mr. Ammann is 

 known as the king of Perle growers. 

 Max Herzog's vase of mixed roses of 

 Maids and Brides were well grown 

 and fine, healmy stock, the same must 

 be said of Frank Fillmore's fine vase. 

 Julius Koenig, Jr., had a plant of 

 Spirea superba on exhibition, sent him 

 by G. Speelman & Son, which was a 

 fine specimen. 



Mr. Hodgeman addressed the meet- 

 ing in regard to subscriptions from 

 the florists for the St. Louis World's 

 fair and asked the chair to appoint a 

 committee to solicit subscriptions 

 among the craft. He also spoke for a 



party of wealthy West End gentlemen, 

 stating that they would give the Flor- 

 ists' Club from $300 to $500 to offer In 

 prizes for the best kept back yards 

 along the Suburban R. R., from Van- 

 derventer to Union avenues, to be div- 

 ided into three districts. The propo- 

 sition was accepted. The chair then 

 appointed a committee to serve on 

 both of the above, which is as follows: 

 Frank M. Ellis, J. W. Kunz, J. J. 

 Beneke, R. F. Tesson, Emil Schray, 

 and J. F. Windt. The committee is 

 to go to work at once and report at 

 the next regular meeting of the club. 



Wm. Winter was elected a member 

 of the club. Six members were 

 dropped from the rolls for non-pay- 

 ment of dues. Julius Koenig, Sr., was 

 reported very sick and a resolution 

 was passed wishing him a speedy re- 

 covery. The next meeting of the club 

 will be a miscellaneous flower meet- 

 ing, which will be held Thursday af- 

 ternoon. May 11. 



Notes. 



W. Van Zonneveld, of Holland, was 

 in town last week. 



Albert J. Bauer, once a prominent 

 member of our Florists' and Bowling 

 Clubs and President of the late Mound 

 City Cut Flower Co., died Sunday aft- 

 ernoon, at 3 p. m., of pneumonia and 

 Bright's disease, he leaves a widow, 

 a sister of Mr. Chas. Fleckenstein. 

 Funeral Tuesday morning at 10 a. m. 



Will Adles is again in the employ 

 of M. M. Ayers, on Grand avenue. 

 Miss Theresa Badaracco was very busy 

 last week, furnishing one of the lar- 

 gest weddings of the season. Max 

 Herzog will soon begin building his 

 new house for American Beauties. A 

 visit to Max's place found everything 

 looking in tip top shape, all roses 

 clean and healthy and carnations the 

 same. Mr. Herzog also has a fine 

 house of smilax. 



The Market. 



Business in general was demoralized 

 the past week by the sudden change 

 to summer weather and the market is 

 in a very unsettled condition. Stock 

 of all kinds is very plentiful; roses in 

 particular and they and carnations 

 have become a glut which has been 

 looked for for some tim^ past. Prices 

 have changed considerably and good 

 Brides, Maids, Meteors and Carnots 

 brought from $2 to $4; 1,000 lots, $15 

 and $20; Perles and Woottons even 

 cheaper. In carnations there is no 

 scarcity in any one variety; the col- 

 ored sorts are more plentiful than the 

 lighter shades, still the price was a 

 little high; fancy stock brought $3; 

 good general stock $2; common, $1 

 and $1.50; in 1,000 lots they were a 

 little cueaper. Bulb stock is still very 

 good and plenty of it, Dutch hyacinths, 

 Romans. Paper Whites, tulips, valley 

 and daffs are cheap and the demand 

 fair. There are still a great many 

 Harrisiis and callas about and no 

 reasonable offer is refused for them. 

 California violets are abundant at 35 

 cents per 100; sweet peas not over 



