SEPTEMBER 6, 19t0. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



423 



Exhibition Group ot Eremurus. Ground Covered by Primula Japonica. 



P. J. Tuohy, the South Boston re- 

 tailer, has sold the establishment to 

 his brother, Martin E., who has man- 

 aged it for the past two years. P. J. 

 continues the greenhouses at Dedham. 

 He will become a stallholder on Park 

 street, where his honest methods of 

 doing business cannot help bringing 

 him his share of trade. Martin is 

 taking a man's load upon his almost 

 boyish shoulders, but two years' expe- 

 rience must have told him where he 

 stands. The Review kindly extends 

 both a hearty handshake and a good 

 wish from their many friends among 

 the growers and wholesalers. 



Drop a tear and heave a sigh for the 

 Philadelphia fakir who chanced to 

 enter the market, invest two or three 

 dollars in 1600 roses and went upon 

 the wavy lanes ot Beanville to "sell 

 and get again." Behold, he had no 

 license and the cops came down and 

 devoured him. He brought his goods 

 back and a day or two later they went 

 the way of the waste-barrel. 



B. T. 



EREMURUS. 



This is a genus of plants closely al- 

 lied to the asphodels, but having the 

 stamens cylindrical, not flattened, and 

 with smooth seeds. They are natives 

 of the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and some 

 parts of the Himalayas. The roots are 

 fasciculate, the leaves linear. How ef- 

 fective they are in the back rows of 

 an herbaceous border may be judged 

 from our supplementary illustration, 



which represents a group exhibited by 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Sons of Chel- 

 sea at the Drill Hall in the course of 

 the present summer. The ground- 

 work from which the tall spikes of the 

 eremurus sprang consisted of Primula 

 japonica in full bloom. We should 

 hardly have considered this a desira- 

 ble association; nevertheless, it was 

 very effective. 



There are about twenty species, the 

 best known in British gardens being 

 E. robustus, with rose-colored flowers; 

 E. himalaicus. B. Bungei, with yellow 

 flowers; E. Elwesianus and E. specta- 

 bilis. They are easily cultivated as 

 herbaceous perennials, and propagated 

 by division. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Stock of all kinds is looking better 

 and plenty of it is coming in to sup- 

 ply the demand, which has been very 

 light the past week. Some of the 

 downtown florists report that the 

 business is looking up somewhat and 

 transient trade has begun. The open- 

 ing of the Exposition this month will 

 help the trade as a great many plants 

 are used each year for decorating. 



In roses. Brides, Kaiserins, Meteors 

 and Maids look better, but are short- 

 stemmed, and sell from $2 to $4 per 

 lOO; the poorer ones are sold at $1. 

 Beauties, too, are better and sell well, 

 but choice blooms are scarce and out 



of the question in this market just 

 now. Carnations are still in good 

 supply, with the demand only fair and 

 quality poor, and sell at 25 cents to 

 $1 per lOO. 



Housing carnation plants is pro- 

 gressing favorably and the growers 

 have plenty of work before them just 

 now. 



Large white and purple asters are 

 in demand at $2 per 100, but the bulk 

 of them go at 50 cents and $1. Tube- 

 rose stalks have been scarce, owing 

 to the dry weather. Armstrong's sin- 

 gle, sell at $4; others, $3. 



Various Items. 



W. J. Hesser of Plattsmouth, Neb., 

 called on the trade the past week 

 selling palms. Mr. Hesser reports fair 

 trade. 



Theodore C. Wendell, salesman for 

 The Plant Seed Co., who has been 

 missing since Saturday, August 25, 

 committed suicide Saturday at the 

 Manhattan Hotel. Financial trouble 

 was the cause. Mr. Wendell was con- 

 nected with The Plant Seed Co., as 

 salesman and buyer, for the last twen- 

 ty years and was well known through- 

 out the country, especially among the 

 seed merchants. 



Mr. C. A. Kuehn has returned from 

 the New York convention in a most 

 enthusiastic frame of mind and loud 

 in his praises of eastern hospitality. 

 Mr. Kuehn had a most enjoyable trip 

 and visited Washington, Philadelphia 

 and Cincinnati on his return trip. Mr. 



