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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JULY 26, 1900. 



the second Monday in August. But, 

 there, we are forgetting. The house 

 committee, under the auperintendence 

 of .John P. Cleary. did its best to dis- 

 pel the sultry atmosphere. Mr. Cleary 

 urges all intending to exhibit their 

 goods at this convention to notify him 

 at once. 



It will be a mistake, and he will 

 have cause to regret, who does not at- 

 tend and, if possible, bring his family 

 to this city on the occasion of this 

 great convention. The Florists' Club 

 is determined to wipe out all records, 

 and you being there will help them to 

 do it. 



Bowling. 



The great international bowling 

 tournament just finished over in Ho- 

 boken was very successful. Philadel- 

 phia sent the only florist team to com- 

 pete. There were no less than 71 

 teams competing in the strike and 

 spare match. The Fidelia Club, of 

 New York, won with a score of 898, 

 five men, one game. The Philadelphia 

 florists were in the 2Sth place by a 

 score of 756. Following are the names 

 of the team and their score: Geo. 

 Moss (Capt.), 126; D. P. Connor. 139; 

 John Walker, 165; L. H. Johnson, 132; 

 L. Peterson. 194: one game, strange 

 alley, no practice ball. 



The writer, with President P. 

 O'Mara, went over to see what the 

 Phillies could do and to wish them 

 luck; we found the boys were chaper- 

 oned by the veteran John Westcott. 

 The day was intensely hot and the 

 scores were good under the circumstan- 

 ces. Mr. Johnson rolled in several 

 other classes; the result of his efforts 

 is yet in doubt. 



Bowling scores in New \ork Mondav alternoon 

 were: 



Traendlv ..!« 138 138 Manda.... 97 1S6 168 



Schenck.lBO )37 130 Burns 156 144 117 



Small 1.57 130 139 Butterfield . . , lU l.'iS 



Roehrs ....141 141 106 Lang 164 166 



Trov 121 130 80 Hetrington.. - 95 102 



Donlan 113 



The Geo. M. Stumpp Bowling Club n.lled the 

 following scores Saturday, July 21: 



G Stumpp. .163 189 203 Haussler. . ..150 178 188 



Scbreinck ..149 167 198 Link 148 182 174 



Hoffman.... 169 167 171 Schafer 144 141 1(6 



E. Stum pp.. 174 168 178 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The market is taking its midsummer 

 nap and Is slumbering quietly. Few 

 roses and carnations are coming in 

 and they are equal to all demands. The 

 best Brides and Maids bring $4 and 

 from that prices range down to zero. 

 The best carnations now coming in 

 are from plants in the field. The top 

 grade of these bring $1.00 a hundred, 

 the great bulk going at 50 cents and 

 from that down to nothing. Asters 

 are more plentiful and lower in price. 



Several dealers report the quality of 

 the roses coming in as unusually good 

 tor the season. 



The market is still full of sweet 

 peas and the variations in quality are 

 remarkable. Dealers say it is a mis- 



take to send in two days' picking at 

 one time. They say they stand a much 

 better chance to move them to advan- 

 tage when they are kept coming in 

 regularly every day. And having them 

 reach the market a few hours after 

 picking is very important. The dif- 

 ference in those picked and delivered 

 to the market the same morning and 

 those that have been picked over 

 night is very marked. The latter stand 

 little chance of being sold. 



Tuesday there was a steady down- 

 pour of rain and this will probably 

 cut down the supply for a day or so. 

 But it won't pay to send in any flow- 

 ers unless they are flrst class. As 

 one result of the rain sales were poor 

 everywhere in the city on that day. 



Budlong is receiving some good 

 auratum lilies and they sell very well. 



Sniilax is very plentiful and it inoves 

 very slowly. 



Various Items. 



Full details regarding arrangements 

 for the trip to the New York conven- 

 tion will be found elsewhere In this is- 

 sue. 



McKellar & Winterson are giving 

 their establishment the annual clean- 

 ing, repainting, etc. 



E. C. Amling seems to be keeping 

 cool and comfortable in his marble 

 lined and mosaic floored summer gar- 

 den. 



Peter Reinberg has rearranged his 

 city salesroom so as to considerably 

 increase available space. 



Bowling. 



The lollowing scores were made at .Anson's al- 

 leys on Friday, and if the boys could keep up this 

 gait we might keep some of tiie prophets guess- 

 ing. The ne^t games will he rolled at Mussey's, 

 Friday: 



12 3 4 Tot. Av. 



Winterson 222 186 1.58 ... 566 189 



Hauswirtli 196 199 148 ... 543 181 



Asmus 168 197 170 175 710 178 



Degnan 187 159 182 ... 528 176 



Balluff 144 187 199 156 686 172 



Kreitling 143 189 154 ... 486 162 



Wilson 126 145 138 ... 409 136 



Tlie result of the above games made several 

 changes in tiie positions for place on team, which 

 are as follows: 



Games. High. Total. ,^v. 



Asmus 12 197 2126 177 



Winterson 12 230 1984 165 



Balluff 12 199 1915 160 



Degnan 12 187 1826 152 



Hauswirth 12 199 1806 151 



Stollery 9 173 1307 145 



Wilson 12 163 1730 144 



Kreitling 12 189 1652 138 



CHICAGO TO NEW YORK. 



The Chicago Florists" Clui/s Committee on 

 Transportation to the New York Convention of 

 the Society of .\merican Florists, to be held Aug. 

 21,22,23 and 24, has arranged with the Lake Shore 

 and Michigan Soutliern Railway for a special 

 train, winch will be vestibuled, and will contain 

 as many Pullman sleepers as may be necessary, a 

 buffet smoking car. a dinmg car and a day coacii. 



The running time of this train will be as follows: 

 Leave Chicago, '-< p. m., Sunday, Aug. 1'.'. 

 Arrive Niagara Falls, i::''Oa. m., Monday, Aug. 2U. 

 Leave Niagara Falls, '.t::^0 a. ni,, Monday, Aug. '20. 

 Leave Buffalo. Ul;l.^ a. m., Monday, Aug. -0. 

 Arrive Grand Cent. Sta.. N.^'., '.< p. m., Monday, Aug. M. 



The railroad fare for the round trip will be $26.70 

 on the certificate plan. The sleeping car fare will 

 be $5.00 for a double berth to New York. But if 

 sleeper accommodations are desired to Buffalo 

 only, sleeper tickets from Chicago to Buffalo may 

 be had for $3 00 and the remainder of the distance 

 travelled in the day coach. 



.\t Niagara Falls an hour will l>e devoted to a 

 trip around the Gorge Route Electric Line, which 

 on tile .American side runs lor miles below the 

 falls along the rapids, whirlpool, etc. Special 

 trolley cars will await the arrival of our special 

 train. 



Those not wishing to take tlie trip through the 

 gorge can devote their time to seeing the falls in 

 any way tlie\ desire. 



Returning from New York the members of the 

 part> have the option ol returning by all rail 

 route, or of taking tlie boat as far as Albany. 

 .\nd as a daylight ride up the Hudson is an ex- 

 ceedingly enjoyable trip, the matority will no 

 doubt take ad\antage of it. The boat leaves New 

 \'ork, foot ol Desbrosses street at 8:40 a. ni. daily, 

 reaching .Albany at 6:10 p. m. A west-bound train 

 leaves .Albany at 10 p. m., which arrives Cliicago 

 at 9 p. m. next day. 



Berths may lie reserved in the special sleepers 

 by addressing L. F \'osburg. City Passenger and 

 Ticket .Agent, Lake Sliore and Michigan Southern 

 Railway, l.SU Clark street, Chicago, who will also 

 suppl> any other information desired. Railroad 

 tickets may be had at above address or at the 

 Lake Shore Station, Van Buren street. 



In reserving bertlis be careful to state wiiether 

 you wisli a berth to New York, or to Buttalo only, 

 and mention that vou desire to travel in the Flor- 

 ists' Special Train. 



B\ vote of the Cliicago Florists' Club the Com- 

 mittee was instructed to invite all florists in the 

 west to travel with tlie Chicago part\ and to share 

 the advantages secured by the Committee. We 

 siiall be pleased to lia\'e your company on this 

 trip. The New \'ork Convention promises to be 

 a memorable one, and every florist wlio can possi- 

 bly do so should go. 



Please make your berth reservations as early as 

 pnssible. 



G. L. GRANT, ) Transportation 



( Cod 



W, N. RUDD, 

 WALTER KREITLING, 



nmmittee, 

 ( Chicago 

 ) Florists' Club. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions remain unchanged. 

 There is a .good demand for good stock 

 while the poorer grades have not much 

 call just now. The cool weather of 

 late has improved the young stock 

 very much. The West End florists 

 claim that funeral work is all the busi- 

 ness they have now; some are paint- 

 ing and others are making alterations 

 to keep themselves busy. The down- 

 town florists have a little transient 

 trade now and then but in general the 

 trade is very dull. 



In roses, Kaiserins have the lead at 

 $4.00. Brides, as a rule, are poor with 

 short stems, $2.00 anu $3.00 is the 

 price for the best. Some short-stem- 

 med Beauties were sold at $4.00 and 

 $6.00; choice stock of this rose is very 

 scarce, in fact, none to be had. Maids 

 and Perles are the same as Brides. 

 Carnations are of poor quality and are 

 not in much demand except whites, 

 which are used for funeral work. As- 

 ters are improving in quality, the bulk 

 of them are sold at $1.00 and some 

 extra fancy ones bring 50 cents more 

 per 100. Tuberose stalks are not over 

 plentiful and sell fairly well at $5.00. 

 Smilax sold well the past week. 



The Picnic. 



Everybody is talking picnic now and 

 the trustees are doing everything to 

 make the day one to be long remem- 

 bered. The boat ride down the river 

 will be a pleasant trip, and from all 

 the talk there will be a very large 

 attendance as everybody says they are 

 going. 



