JULY 12, 19(10. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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this road. You will see liim at sev- 

 eral stations, but at one called "Law- 

 tons" he is most numerous. The half 

 dozen I saw were sitting down on their 

 sitting down place doing nothing, 

 which is their usual occupation. Big, 

 strong men with faces as expressive 

 as a ham. 



Jamestown is a beautiful little city, 

 well paved with brick. After a call at 

 the fine store of the Lakeview green- 

 houses, which is presided over by a 

 fine young lady, I called on Mr. Bart- 

 lett, whose store is very near and both 

 in the center of the town. Mr. Bart- 

 lett is kept busy at his houses a mile 

 or so nearer the lake and the store is 

 run by Mrs. Bartlett. Although our 

 acquaintance was short I am satisfied 

 that the store is in good hands, for 

 Mrs. Thrall has every quality to please 

 her patrons. 



There, is, according to the directory. 

 half a score of florists in this growing 

 city, but time did not allow me the 

 pleasure of a call. W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply has materially lessened 

 since our last report and though the 

 demand is very limited indeed there 

 is really a shortage of good roses and 

 carnations and the dealers are get- 

 ting better average returns on the 

 lower grades than they were a week 

 ago. Of course most of the rose 

 houses have been replanted and where 

 the old carnation plants have practi- 

 cally played out many have wisely 

 quit picking. Alore really good roses 

 and carnations could be sold, though 

 not very many. Take it all in all, 

 conditions are satisfactory for the 

 season. 



The receipts of sweet peas are 

 much smaller than last week, evident- 

 ly due to the fact that under condi- 

 tions then existing it did not pay to 

 pick the flowers. As a result the 

 good ones that come in now move 

 fairly well, though prices are still 

 very moderate. 



Most of the wholesale houses now 

 wear the customary summer aspect 

 and wear it peacefully. Vacations are 

 the order of the day. 



Various Items. 



Plans for the pilgrimage to New 

 York are progressing and present in- 

 dications are that the number of pil- 

 grims from this point will be unusu- 

 ally large. The more the merrier. If 

 enough delegates center here from the 

 west and northwest it may be pos- 

 sible to secure a special train, in 

 which case the Manhattanites had 

 better be on their guard that such- a 

 strong party does not take possession 

 of their island and run away with it. 



Mr. W. T. Bell, Franklin, Pa., 

 spent Monday in the city, visiting 

 Washington and Lincoln Parks and 



the Field Museum, where he found 

 several fossils to which he had not 

 before been introduced. He wended 

 his way westward to the land of gold 

 mines and recent discoveries of gi- 

 gantic fossils. Though a fcssil hunter 

 W. T. is no fossil himself. It is ru- 

 mored that he will have a confer- 

 ence with Sam Degraw while in Col- 

 orado, and they may then determine 

 the exact relation of buffalo horns to 

 the ichthyosaurus. 



J. Austin Shaw is back from his 

 trip to St. Paul. He left the city hall 

 and several other of the larger build- 

 ings when he came away. 



W. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee, was a 

 visitor on Monday. He reports that 

 the Chicago river has lost some of its 

 former aroma but that he can still 

 recognize it with his eyes shut. 



C. W. McKellar is still at Chillicothe, 

 O., and the latest report is that his 

 father is very low, with the end ex- 

 pected at any time. 



Carl Hagsnburger, West Mentor, 0.. 

 was a recent visitor. 



Bowling. 



The following scores were made in 

 the second game for position on New 

 York team, played Friday, July B: 



1 2 3 4 To. Av. 



Ed. AVinter.son ....154 170 230 ... 554 185 



Geo. Asmus 195 175 174 160 704 176 



J. S. ■Wilson 163 162 142 ... 467 156 



Chas. Balluff 157 158 124 179 61S 155 



F. Stollerv 155 162 132 ... 449 1.50 



John Deghan 122 166 144 ... 432 144 



P. J. Hauswirth ..136 120 156 ... 412 137 



W. Kreitliiig 124 149 132 ... 405 135 



The positions of the contestants to 

 date is as follows: 



High 



Games. Score. Tot. Av. 



Geo. Asmus 4 195 704 176 



Ed. Winterson .. 6 230 970 162 



Chas. Balluff ... 4 179 618 155 



J. S. Wilson 6 163 S94 149 



F. Stollerv 6 173 S92 149 



John Degnan ... 6 166 S54 112 



P. J. Hanswirth. 6 156 S37 140 



W. Kreitling .... 6 149 745 124 



During a recent special contest Ed. 

 Winterson made some great scores, 

 his average being 195 in tour games. 

 This was on Anson's alleys. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



At this writing very little stock is 

 coming in but there is enough for the 

 amount of trade there is just now. 

 Roses are very small and show the 

 effects of the heat. Meteors are the 

 best, although some good Kaiserins 

 are to be seen. Brides and Maids are 

 small, yet they ask 3 cents for them. 

 Best Meteors bring 5 cents. Beauties 

 are all out; none to be had. Carna- 

 tions are still selling for fl.OO per 100. 

 Some good Scotts and whites are 

 seen, but other varieties are not so 

 good. Outdoor stuff is a glut, sweet 

 peas selling at 20 cents per 100, $1.50 

 per 1,000, and gladiolus and tuberose 

 stalks at $5,00 per 100; asters are not 

 yet plentiful; $2.00 is asked for the 

 best. Smilax still holds at $12.50. 



Notes. 



Dr. A. S. Halstedt, H. G. Ude, and 

 C. C. Sanders, trustees of the St, Louis 

 Florists' Club, held a meeting Thurs- 

 day afternoon and decided that the 

 picnic be held this year at Creve 

 Coeur Lake, on Wednesday, July 25th. 

 Take Delmar a\enue cars for the lake, 

 and the price for the round trip is 30 

 cents. For full particulars, see any 

 of the trustees. 



E. W. Guy, wife and children, of 

 Belleville, left last week for Cincin- 

 nati to attend a reunion of Mrs. 

 Guy's family. They expect to be gone 

 two weeks. 



S. S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia was 

 in town last week calling on the trade. 



August Shuerman. of the Shuerman 

 Floral Co., left Sunday night for Bur- 

 lington, la., and Chicago, expecting 

 to be gone a week. 



Eugene Wurst has given up his 

 place in East St. Louis. Mr. Wurst 

 will go east, seeking employment on 

 some private place. A better man 

 cannot be found. 



Prof. Wm. Trelease reports a pleas- 

 ant time during his trip east. He 

 says he will not be able to attend the 

 convention this year. Geo. McClure 

 of Buffalo has not yet arrived. Young 

 Mohr of the Botanical Garden reports 

 a good time at Philadelphia. 



Bowling. 



The first five games of the series of 

 twenty between Kuehn and Beneke 

 resulted as follows: 



1 2 3 4 5 To. Av. 



Kuehn 165 147 134 178 165 789 158 



Beneke' 135 14.7 139 166 141 726 145 



The first real bowling done by the 

 club since the street car strike was 

 last Monday night, and, as the strike 

 is on again this morning, there is no 

 telling when we will bowl again. The 

 boys all rolled good games, as the 

 scores below will show, Kuehn and 

 Weber doing the best rolling. Carl 

 Beyer, not feeling well, rolled only 

 one game, John Young was in excel- 

 lent form. Sanders, Kunz and Schray 

 could not attend. It is now an al- 

 most settled fact that St. Louis will 

 not be represented in the bowling 

 match during the convention, so we 

 will let Buffalo or Philadelphia take 

 the new cup this year, and as the con- 

 vention is going to be held in Chicago 

 next year we will be on hand to take 

 it away with us. For the benefit of 

 our readers that they may see what a 

 few rusty bowlers can do, or what 

 they would do were they in practice, 

 we present the following scores: 



12 3 4 5 6 To. Av. 

 C A. Kuehn... 124 167 202 200 177 176 1046 174 



P. C. Weber... 171 173 147 152 643 161 



Carl Beyer ....154 154 154 



J J. Beneke... 165 164 144 116 150 151 S94 149 

 John Young ...143 15S 103 146 166 ... 716 143 



J. J. B. 



CARLISLE, PA.— The Civic Club is 

 arranging to hold a chrysanthemum 

 show in November. 



