OCTOBER 4, mm. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



525 



N. Bostoniensis. 



N. Wittboldii. 



The October Outlook. 



The outlook for Octolier is bright in 

 all branches of our business. One 

 dark spot, the coal strike, now seems 

 in a fair way to be removed. Many a 

 grower will breathe a sigh of relief 

 when the miners go back to work. It 

 is a serious matter to run a place 

 through the dull season and then have 

 to choose between paying an advanced 

 price for all or part of your coal or 

 taking the risk of not getting it at 

 all. 



Notes. 



On Monday, October 1st, Mr. Min- 

 gey, takes charge of Holy .Cross cem- 

 etery at Darby. 



On Tuesday, the 2nd, Mr. Kift re- 

 peats his convention lecture with 

 magic lantern slides in Horticultural 

 Hall. 



On Wednesday, the 3rd, the entire 

 stock of the Stoke Pogis Nurseries on 

 the Phillips estate, near Haverford, 

 •will be offered at auction. PHIL. 



orative value anu the greater breadth 

 of the frond makes the plant look 

 very full and well furnished. 



N. Wittboldii originated with the 

 Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, who will 

 introduce it. 



NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII, 



The accompanying engraving from 

 a photograph of fronds of this new 

 fern and the Boston fern side 

 by side shows quite distinctly 

 the difference in the character 

 of the two, the habit being practical- 

 ly the same. The undulated margins 

 of the pinnae of the fronds of Witt- 

 boldii add very materially to its dec- 



ST. LOUIS. 



The MarkeU 



Business in the cut flower line can 

 hardly be called good just now. The 

 unsettled weather of late has a great 

 deal to do with it. But take it in gen- 

 eral the business has improved some. 



This week will, no doubt, be much 

 better owing to Fair week, and our 

 annual Veiled Prophets' ball, which al- 

 ways calls for a lot of extra choice 

 stock and especially American Beau- 

 ties, so from this on we can expect the 

 trade to improve steadily each w-eek. 



Some of our chrysanthemum grow- 

 ers report that the buds on Glory of 

 Pacific, Bergmann and other early va- 

 rieties are rapidly maturing and the 

 chances are good for blooms by the 

 15th. Carnation growers are done with 

 their work of housing and all say that 

 their stock is in first class condition 

 and especially so with all the new va- 

 rieties. Roses at the different places 

 are looking their best, all speak well 

 of the Liberty and expect great things 

 from this rose this winter. 



The rose stock of the past week was 

 quite plentiful, especially so with 

 Bridesmaids. It looks as if more of 



this variety is grown than of the oth- 

 ers, or it may be that the demand is 

 not so good for this rose. Some very 

 fair Maids can be bought for $1 per 

 100 and much cheaper in 1000 lots. 

 Of course this is not choice stock; the 

 choice ones bring from $3 to $5. The 

 same can be said of Meteor, Brides, 

 Kaiserin and Golden Gate, only that 

 they are not so plentiful. Beauties 

 have been quite plentiful and some 

 very good long-stemmed flowers can 

 be had for $1 to $2 per dozen. Short 

 stemmed ones can be had for 50 cents 

 per dozen. Carnations are selling well 

 and are better in quality. White still 

 have the call. Scott. Daybreak and 

 reds are having better calls than for 

 some time; prices range from 75 cents 

 to $1.50 per 100. Asters have been 

 very plentiful the past week, the 

 whites selling well, but the colored 

 stuff went to the dump pile. The 

 flowers were very good, but the stems 

 were too short. Most of them were 

 shipped from the East. A few good 

 valley came in last week and sold for 

 $3. Tuberose stalks are still selling 

 well. Smilax, adiantum and aspara- 

 gus are selling fairly well. 



Various Notes. 

 The big St. Louis Fair opened this 

 morning and the floral exhibits are 

 fine. The principal exhibitors are Wm. 

 Sehray, C. Young & Sons Co., and El- 

 lison & Tesson. The exhibits will be 

 judged by Thursday, on which day the 

 cut flowers will be on exhibition. The 

 awards will appear in full in the next 

 issue of The Review. 



The decorations for the Veiled 

 Prophets' ball at the Chamber of 

 Commerce were more elaborate than 

 ever. The large fountain in the center 

 of the hall was banked up with palms 

 and foliage plants interspersed with 

 blooming plants. Plants could be seen 

 everywhere in the immense corridors. 

 Up the stairway a large Latania was 

 placed on each newel post. Wild smi- 

 lax was also freely used and it can be 

 safely said that the hall never looked 

 better than this year. The work was 

 done by the Riessen Floral Co., assist- 

 ed by the Beyer Bros., who furnished 

 the plants. The work began Monday 

 and they had until 4 p. m. Tuesday to 

 finish up. 



Fred Weber, Jr., left Thursday night 

 for Cromwell, Conn., to enter the em- 

 ploy of A. N. Pierson. We wish you 

 well, Freddy, in your new undertak- 

 ing. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berning have 

 returned from their bridal trip. They 

 will be at home to their friends at 

 1141/2 South 14th street. 



.1. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111., 

 is sending in a fine cut of American 

 Beauties. His other roses also are 

 among the best that come to this 

 market. 



The stock of John Stiedel's at Cen- 

 tral, is reported to be in very fine con- 

 dition and he will soon be sending in 

 an abundance of fine stock to this 

 market. 



