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The Weekly Florists' Revie\^. 



AUGUST IC. 1<I0». 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The trade in cut flowers remains 

 about the same as last week. The 

 weather is hot and dry. A few mid- 

 summer weddings and funeral worlc 

 kept a few of the West End florists 

 busy last week. The supply of good 

 stock is short of the demand, while 

 the poorer grades are still plentiful, 

 with little demand at low figures. 



The best of Meteors, Brides and 

 Bridesmaids are bringing from $3 to 

 $5; seconds, $1 and $2. Carnations, 

 from the reports of the growers, are 

 in tip-top shape, especially the new 

 varieties. Those that are coming in 

 now are very poor and short-stemmed. 

 The best price is $1 per loO. while 

 some are sold as low as 50 cents. 

 Violets at most places are looking fine 

 and the growers expect great things 

 from them this fall. More violets are 

 being grown this year than ever be- 

 fore and the market will, no doubt, 

 be overloaded when their time comes. 

 Sweet peas are very scarce and almost 

 out of the market. Asters are very 

 plentiful and great lots of them can 

 be seen at the wholesale houses every 

 morning in all colors at $1 per MX) for 

 the best, or $5 in 1,000 lots. Hardy 

 hydrangeas are also plentiful and fine, 

 large heads being sold at 5 cents each. 

 Gladioluses, too, are a glut and there 

 is very little call for them. Tuberose 

 stalks are fine and sell well at $5 per 

 100. Good smila.x is still to be had. 



Notes. 



The bedding at Forest and other 

 parks is very attractive this year, and 

 Superintendent Pape is doing all in 

 his power to give us the best he has. 

 The front part of City Hall park espe- 

 cially is very attractive, and much 

 attention is given to the lawns. Fred 

 is making a record for himself this 

 year. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buechel of the 

 Reissen Floral Company are enjoying 

 themselves at the northern lakes in 

 Michigan. They are not expected 

 home before Sept. 15. 



Arnold Ringier left Friday morning 

 to meet Mrs. Ringier at Quiucy, 111., 

 and from there they will take a boat 

 for St. Paul for a few weeks' vacation 

 among the northern lakes. 



Mr. Eugene Wurst and son will leave 

 St. Louis for New York, Aug. 16, both 

 having secured positions in the east. 



Club Meeting. 



The midsummer meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club was not so well 

 attended as it should have been, it 

 being election of officers. President 

 Ammann opened the meeting, with 

 sixteen members present. The exhi- 

 bition committee reported that the 

 chances were good for the show to 

 be held in the music hall in the Ex- 

 position building. The transportation 

 committee reported that .$28.10 for the 

 round trip is the best that could be 

 obtained over the Big Four. The 

 resignation of Andrew Meyer was read 



and accepted. The invitation of the 

 Philadelphia Florist's Club inviting all 

 visitors to the convention to stop over 

 and visit them was accepted. William 

 F. Adels, with Ayers Floral Company, 

 made application for membership. 



The election of officers took place 

 and resulted as follows: For presi- 

 dent, E. W. Guy of Belleville, III.; for 

 vice-president, Charles Juengel; for 

 secretary, Emil Schray; for treasurer. 

 J. J. Beneke; three trustees, F. J. 

 Fillmore, J. W. Kunz and R. J. Mohr. 

 The secretary's report shows that the 

 largest single attendance during the 

 year was twenty-five; the smallest, 

 seven; average attendance, fifteen. 

 The year opened with sixty-tour mem- 

 bers in good standing; nine were 

 dropped from the rolls, two by death 

 (J. M. Jordan and W. C. Pape), leaving 

 fifty-three members in good standing. 



The treasurer's report shows that the 

 club is in good condition financially. 



The club extended a vote of sym- 

 pathy to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lons- 

 dale of Philadelphia upon the loss of 

 their two daughters. 



A report was heard from the carna- 

 tion-growers present. F. W. Ude, Jr., 

 of Kirkwcod; Ethel Crocker and Crane 

 are doing fine. All the old varieties 

 in good condition. 



Henry Emmons, Belleville: Olyni- 

 pia, fair; l.,awson, fine; Crocker best 

 of all. All the old ones in good shap'\ 



Charles Connon of Webster Grove: 

 Crocker the best; America, good; 

 others in tiptop shape. 



Fred Ammann: Genevieve Lord 

 best ever grown: Crane, White Cloud 

 and Joest are fine. The old varieties 

 are also doing well. 



Otto Koenig of Julius Koenig's Sons 

 reports that they are building two 

 new houses, one 20x240, the other 10 

 x240. and wants to know which is 

 the best boiler to use. Perhaps some 

 of our advertisers can give him this 

 information. 



Those who attended the meeting 

 from out of town were as follows: 

 Theodore Richter and F. W. Ude, Jr., 

 of Kirkwood; Charles Connon, Sr.. of 

 Webster Grove; Dr. A. S. Halstedt 

 and Henry Emmons of Belleville: F. 

 J. Ammann of Edwardsville, and Ar- 

 nold Ringier of Chicago. 



Before the meeting adjourned Presi- 

 dent "Ammann invited the members of 

 the club to visit his place at Edwards- 

 ville next Sunday, Aug. 12, in a body. 

 The invitation was accepted. 



President-elect Guy expects a large 

 attendance at the next meeting, Sept. 

 13, at 3 p. m. Installation of oflicers 

 will take place and other important 

 matters will come up. 



Visit to Edwardsville. 



The invitation extended to the mem- 

 bers of the club by Fred Ammann to 

 visit his place at Edwardsville was 

 accepted by ten members, seven from 

 St. Louis and three from Belleville. 

 They were as follows: Emil Schray, 

 F. J. Fillmore, George Windier, C. A. 

 Kuehn, F. W. Ude, Jr., Max Herzog 

 and your correspondent (who repre- 



sented the Review) of St. Louis, and 

 Dr. A. S. Halstedt and wife, E. W. 

 Guy and wife and Henry Emmons of 

 Belleville. AVe were met at the Ed- 

 wardsville depot by Mr. Ammann and 

 his foreman, Henry Blixen. They 

 were assisted by Alderman Fred Bern- 

 reuther, Alderman Bartels, George 

 Schmidt tbetter known as Brother 

 Schmidt) and Fred Rohrkaste, all rep- 

 resentative business men of Edwards- 

 ville. The party was taken to Mr. 

 Ammann's place in carriages. Arriv- 

 ing there the party was introduced to 

 the household and then a trip through 

 the houses. All the growers were de- 

 lighted at the looks of the stock, as 

 Fred is known as the 'King of Perle 

 Growers." The party was unanimous 

 in saying that the name was justly 

 given. His carnations were a surprise 

 to them also. 



After this the men folks were taken 

 for a drive through the city. The first 

 stop was at the mayor's house to get 

 the keys, and Brother Schmidt says 

 "The town is yours now, boys." The 

 keys of the city wouldn't fit the lock 

 of the bowliug alleys, so we drove 

 through N. 0. Nelson's place, looking 

 at the beautiful bedding. A stop at 

 the Leland Hotel for dinner was next, 

 after which speeches were made by 

 ex-President Halstedt. President Am- 

 mann and President-elect Guy. After 

 this we were driven back to Mr. Am- 

 mann's place, where tables and ciiairs 

 were spread on the lawn under the 

 trees. Mr. Fillmore was selected as 

 master of ceremonies and Brother 

 Schmidt as sergeant-at-arms. Every- 

 body called upon had to respond with 

 a song or a speech. The best on the 

 programme was the brother act of 

 Kuehn and Schray. A nice lunch was 

 spread on the lawn and a photograph 

 was taken of our florists alone, which 

 will appear in the next issue of the 

 Review. Preparations were then made 

 for the trip home. At the depot three 

 cheers were given for Mr. Ammann 

 and his friends, and a better time was 

 never had, and it will long be remem- 

 bered by those who took part. 



J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



We are still on the map — very still! 

 The "boxers" have made daily attacks 

 upon the Park street legation since 

 my last cable, but have as yet done no 

 damage. Their boxes were too small 

 and they did not bring ammunition 

 enough. 



Goods never were so plentiful dur- 

 ing the month of July, so many of 

 them were never sold and prices never 

 ran so ridicuously low. Many of the 

 rose growers are cutting quite large 

 crops from new bushes. Prices run 

 from 50 cents to $4 per 100. Of course 

 the best are rather small but there 

 have usually been a few quite heavy 

 Kaiserins around although that par- 

 ticular kind has not been quite so 

 plentiful or quite so large as usual. 



Not many out-door pinks yet, prices 

 from 25 cents to $1 per 100. Sweet 



