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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEM3ER 2iJ. l!K:o. 



proved quarters, which will probably 

 also mean more dimes, halves and 

 dollars. 



The sale ot stalls on Park street 

 went off without a hitch. The high- 

 est bidder was E. M. Wood, the rose 

 king of Natick. who took two stalls 

 at $57.00 premium on each. The low- 

 est figure was $12.50. Total premiums 

 paid were $3,250.00 as against $1,800.00 

 last year. Better buy a church, tear 

 out the graves under it and put up a 

 few cheap tables; above all this, you 

 know, each little 3x3 table space 

 brings $3.50 per month. 



We shall have to get along without 

 the smiling face and courtly manner 

 of Mr. Roberts, of Patten ^- Roberts. 

 He has made a move from junior 

 member ot that firm to president of 

 an incorporated livery firm in his city. 

 We wish him well. 



A cartridge intact, one knocived 

 down and a very pleasant memory is 

 all that is left me of a trip to the 

 Walnut Hill range to see Rose- 

 Grower Dana exercise his Roxbury 

 Horse Guard carbine in a trial match 

 for election to the rifle team of ten 

 men required by law. The require- 

 ments are pretty strong and Dana 

 came out a bit better than any other 

 of the squad, scoring 23 out of a pos- 

 sible (or rather almost impossible! 

 25 points. In order to do this you 

 must be able to plug a Chinaman's 

 head 200 yards off four times out of 

 five and come very close to it the 

 fifth time. Stand up and stick your 

 gun right out into the air. too. 



B. T. 



NEW YORK. 



The Season. 



We are having a cold spell of 

 weather this week and in consequence 

 stock shortened up considerably and 

 business got a little brisker. It is 

 most likely though that we will have 

 plenty of warm days yet when roses, 

 etc., will lay around in heaps. How- 

 ever, there's nothing at present visible 

 to denote that we will have anything 

 besides a very good season, in fact 

 confidence is high. Still with a pres- 

 idential election on hand Wall street 

 might have fun with the crowd, but it 

 would not last long whichever way 

 the votes go. This country is too 

 large and prosperous to be the shut- 

 tle-cock of any party. We will have a 

 good season; good stock and patience 

 will be necessities. 



This is the time of the year when 

 most growers are on the "fence" look- 

 ing for the wholesaler who can offer 

 them the largest gold brick. Comedy 

 and tragedy too could often be writ- 

 ten on the doings of these city and 

 country folks. Put your stock where 

 the best part ot the trade will see it, 

 and be satisfiedl to get what it is 

 worth. 



Auction sales have commenced and 

 the fall season in general has started 



with a flourish. Considerable com- 

 petition annually occurs in the violet 

 growing district as to who can send 

 in the first violets. The honor this 

 year belongs to J. W. Feeter of High- 

 lands. He commenced shipping them 

 to Thomas Young. Jr., on Sept. Sth. 

 So far very few chrysanthemums have 

 been seen. Asters continue to be in 

 demand, but the high grade quality 

 has been rather scarce. Our growers 

 don't seem to be posted on the best 

 varieties; the few who are and grow 

 them well get ample reward. There's 

 always plenty of room on top in the 

 matter of high grade flowers or plants. 



Flower Shows. 



New York will see no flower show 

 this fall except that ot the American 

 Insititute, which will be held the lat- 

 ter part of this month. All the sur- 

 rounding villages and towns are to 

 have their usual annual shows. Many 

 good big prizes are offered, but apart 

 from that it is to be hoped all will 

 turn in and help make them success- 

 ful. 



Ruling Prices. 



Following are the prices ruling as 

 We write: Beauties — special. 25; 

 fancy. 15 to 20; extra, 12; flrsts, 6 to 

 8; seconds, 2 to 3. Brides and Maids 

 — fancy, 5; extra, 4; firsts, 1; seconds, 

 50 cts. Meteors and Liberties — spe- 

 cial, 10; fancy, 6; extra, 4; firsts, 1 to 

 2; seconds, 50 cts. 'Victorias — special, 

 10; fancy. 6; extra, 4; flrsts. 1: sec- 

 onds, 50 cts. Testouts — special, 10: 

 fancy. 8; extra, 6; firsts, 4. Carnots — 

 special. 10; fancy, 6; extra, 3; firsts, 

 1 ; seconds, 50 cts. Cusins and Mor- 

 gans, firsts. 1 ; seconds, 50 cts. Perles 

 —extra. 3. Hostes — extra, 3; firsts, 

 1; seconds, 50 cts. Carnations. 50 cts. 

 to 1. Violets, 75 cts. to 1. Valley. 2. 

 .\sters, 1. Hydrangeas, 2. Cattleyas. 

 $4 per doz. Smilax, 8. Sprengeri. 2.j 

 cts. a bunch; plumosus, 25 to 35 cts. 

 a bunch. Adiantum. 50 cts. to 1. 



J. I. D. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Marfceu 



The weather the past week was not 

 favorable for our business. It was 

 hot; but today (Monday) it is really 

 cold and if the cool weather contin- 

 ues business surely will improve. 

 Most of the retailers are kept fairly 

 busy with funeral work and this helps 

 the wholesaler to sell his surplus. 



White flowers are the leaders and 

 they are pretty well cleaned up each 

 day. Flowers of all kinds seem plen- 

 tiful and some are very much im- 

 proved in quality and no advance in 

 price. Bridesmaids and Perles are 

 looking much better and the price 

 runs from $2 to $4; Kaiserins and Me- 

 teors hold their own. the best selling 

 at $('>; while shorter stemmed ones 

 bring from $2 to $4 per 100. Beauties 

 are coming in more plentiful but with 

 color bad. Choice Beauties with good 



long stems are not to be had just 

 now. 



Indoor carnations are coming in in 

 limited numbers and find good sales. 

 Outdoor flowers are not so good and 

 many of them go to waste. Prices 

 range from 50 cents to $1.25 per 100. 

 Nearly all the carnation plants have 

 been housed. The plants are uniform- 

 ly flne and the best flowers sent to 

 the market are cut from stock 

 benched some time ago. 



Very little outdoor stuff is coming 

 in now. Asters and hydrangeas are 

 nearly all gone, but tuberose stalks 

 are still plentiful and the sale good 

 at $4 per 100. Smilax and asparagus 

 are looking Ijetter. 



Notes. 



.1. D. Gorman, formerly a florist at 

 Burlington. Iowa, is now with the 

 Monmouth Pottery Co. Mr. Gorman 

 is manager of the St. Louis branch at 

 17 North Main street. 



Walter Mott. the genial salesman 

 for Henry Dreer, Philadelphia, is in 

 town visiting the trade. James Wolf, 

 of Waco. Texas, was also a visitor tor 

 a few days calling on friends. 



The Edwardsville street fair, under 

 the able management of our well- 

 known craftsman, Fred Ammann, was 

 a grand success. The Belleville street 

 fair, held the past week, was a grand 

 success, too, owing to the able man- 

 agement of another one of our crafts- 

 men, Dr, A, S. Halstedt. Quite a num- 

 ber of St. Louis florists spend a few 

 days each year at these fairs. Mr. 

 Wm. C. Young, of C. Young & Sons 

 Co., was one of the judges at the 

 Belleville fair. 



The Belleville florists report good 

 business the past week owing to the 

 fair. E. W. Guy. A. G. Fehr, Henry 

 Emmons, Grossart and Dr. Halstedt 

 were busy supplying flowers to the 

 many visitors who attended the big 

 fair. 



Eugene Wurst, formerly ot St. 

 Louis, is now with Siebrecht & Son 

 at New Rochelle, N. Y. Mr. Wurst 

 writes that he is well pleased with 

 the change and speaks well of his new 

 position. 



C. A. Kuehn and Henry Berning. 

 our wholesale merchants, report that 

 business is steadily increasing and 

 they both anticipate an unusually 

 prosperous season, They_ are receiv- 

 ing daily plenty of stock of all kinds 

 and of the best quality. 



Paul Berkowitz. representing H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia, ,is 

 in town calling on the trade and re- 

 ports business better than ever. 



Bowling. 



The Florists' Bowling Club inaugu- 

 rated their bowling season last Mon- 

 day night by rolling flve games. Some 

 very fair scores were made, while 

 others were not so good, but with a 

 little practice the boys will be rolling 

 their usual good games again. After 

 the rolling a meeting was held and 



