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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBER IS, 1900. 



No one knows what a day may 

 bring forth just now. 



Notes. 



The E. M. Wood Co. has a selling 

 force in the city consisting of two 

 teams and six men, two being drivers 

 only. 



There is considerable discussion of 

 the fact that the Co-operative Mar- 

 ket must soon engage larger quar- 

 ters. They are now In need of a 

 couple of dozen more stands than 

 their Park street location can allow 

 and these stands are too small for 

 many users. But proper accommo- 

 dations at right rental are not easily 

 found. I saw half a dozen stock- 

 holders on their way to the annual 

 meeting and banquet last Saturday 

 evening. This is probably the only 

 affair that can call together so many 

 of the gravers together, togged out 

 in purple and fine linen and all with 

 their boots blacked. It is quite a 

 society function. The Review was 

 honored by the extension of a very 

 cordial invitation by the officials for 

 its correspondent to be present, 

 which he was obliged to decline. 



The "directorial" slate was changed 

 a bit, so that it now reads: W. C. 

 Stickel, president; Wm. Nicholson, 

 vice-president; George Cartwright, 

 treasurer; John Walsh. E. Sutermeis- 

 ter, Lester Mann. Peter Fisher, W. 

 Edgar and E. N. Peirce filling out 

 the remaining positions, the only 

 change being that of Mr. Nicholson as 

 vice-president in place of Mr. Peirce. 



B. T. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business this week has been fair. 

 A few weddings have taken place 

 that helped to make business lively 

 for some of our florists. Of late 

 marriage seems to be a fad among 

 the "buds and belles" and quite a 

 number of them are getting married 

 — part for the fun of it; the more 

 the merrier. 



The general crop of chrysanthe- 

 mums are in the market and move so 

 slowly that prices are away down to 

 almost nothing. 



Prices: American Beauties, 23 cents 

 to $2; Brides, Bridesmaids and Me- 

 teors, 25 to 75 cents; Liberty, 50 cents 

 to $1.50; Kaiserins, 50 to 75 cents; 

 Cecil Brunners, 12% cents per dozen. 

 Carnations — Hobarts, $1; Crocker, 35 

 to 50 cents; mixed fancy, 20 to 50 

 cents; Bradt, 25 to 35 cents; Hill, 

 25 cents; Scott, 15 to 25 cents; Por- 

 tia, 10 to 12% cents per dozen. Chrys- 

 anthemums — BonnaflSon, 50 cents; 

 Queen, 50 cents to $1; Morel, 25 to 

 50 cents; fancy, new sorts, $2 per 

 'dozen; outside blooms, 5 to 25 cents 

 per dozen. Violets — Princess of 

 Wales, $1.50; Marie Louise, $1. 



Meeting of the State Floral Society. 



A meeting of the State Floral So- 



ciety was held on Oct. 12 at 233 Sut- 

 ter street, Mrs. E. E. Smith presid- 

 ing. A report of the committee on 

 exhibition and awards showed an en- 

 couraging prospect for the coming 

 floral show to be held at the Sher- 

 man. Clay & Co. Hall, on Oct. 25, 

 26 and 27. At the meeting some rare 

 specimens of plants and flowers were 

 exhibited by the members, notable 

 among them being a cactus dahlia 

 of unusual color, the property of J. 

 W. Bagger. The meeting was ad- 

 dressed by .J. A. Maguire. 



Notes. 



Mr. F. Hooper is now in charge of 

 the nurseries of J. H. Sievers. 



Fick & Faber, 1401 Woolsey street, 

 have some fine seedling carnations 

 that can be looked for later on. 



At the Golden Gate Park conser- 

 vatories a fine display of chrysan- 

 themums in pots can be seen. The 

 blooms are extra well grown, making 

 a visit to the park worth the time 

 spent. 



E. Lacazzette, Fruit vale, has just 

 completed one house 35x100, and will 

 be planted with Flora Hill carna- 

 tions. Mr. Lacazzette says it is the 

 best white carnation to date. 



Mr. G. N. Millar dropped suddenly 

 into town last week from the countv 

 hospital, where he has been treated 

 for some mouths past. Mr. Millar 

 says no more hospital for him. He 

 says he has a few more years yet to 

 live and he doesn't care to take any 

 chances. Shortly befofe Mr. Millar 

 left the hospital he was walking 

 through the grounds when he heard 

 a noise at one of the windows of the 

 hospital morgue. On looking toward 

 the window he beheld a naked man 

 calling at the top of his voice for hi.'; 

 clothing. George gave the alarm and 

 the poor fellow, who had been laid 

 out on the cold slab for two days. 

 was put into a warm bed, where ho 

 soon recovered. Mr. Millar lost no 

 time in taking the first car for town. 

 George says he was a good looking 

 corpse. 



Mr. E. Gill. Oakland. Cal., has the 

 largest acreage of young rose stock 

 this year that he has ever had in the 

 history of his establishment, 250,000 

 plants, including 5.0OO La France. 

 Quite a little inquiry has been made 

 this year for La France stock, and 

 it looks as if the good old rose might 

 come to the front once more. 



J. N. 



GALVESTON, TEXAS. 



At a meeting of the Galveston flor- 

 ists, Oct. 9, a correction was ordered 

 made in the estimate of Steding 

 Bros., same to read $2,500 instead of 

 $1,500, due to the fact that both 

 brothers were conducting their busi- 

 ne.ss under joint account, though lo- 

 cated'apart. Mrs. Latour's loss was 

 adopted at $500, which kindly include 

 in previously reported list. 



Two cases, those of L. Margot, of 

 Hitchcock, and H. A. Condron, of 

 Dickinson, were referred to the proper 

 committees for investigation. 



There has not so far been made 

 any distribution of funds that have 

 arrived and will not be until the 

 schedule is adopted finally. The 

 money remains in trust at Sealy, 

 Hutchings & Co.. until such time. 

 THE GALVESTON FLORISTS, 

 Per F. G. Laeverenz, Sec'y. 



KANSAS CITY. MO. 



Various Items. 



The fall festivities which occurred 

 the first week in October were not as 

 beneficial to the florists as to some 

 other lines of trade. For the past four- 

 teen years the business people of this 

 city have contributed liberally to a 

 fund for the celebration of the fall fes- 

 tivities which occur during carnival 

 week under the auspices of the Priest 

 of Pallas association and the Kansas 

 City Karnival Krew. The principal 

 feature which brings thousands of peo- 

 ple to town, is the night parade, 

 through the brilliantly illuminated 

 streets of the Priest of Pallas headed 

 by their patron goddess, Pallas Ath- 

 ena. 



The K. K. K. parade in the after- 

 noon consisted of a series of floats 

 representing a trades display. W. L. 

 Rock, the only florist in the parade, 

 exhibited a tastefully arranged float 

 which was awarded a prize of $50.00. 

 The week's amusements wound up 

 with a grand ball at the magnificent 

 Convention Hall, which was beauti- 

 fully decorated for the occasion. 



Business is slowly but surely im- 

 proving with plenty of stock to meet 

 all demands. Mums have not yet 

 made their appearance. A few violets 

 are seen but they are not worth the 

 picking. The present salubrious 

 weather should be favorable to most 

 all indoor stock and the growers have 

 consumed very little fuel so far this 

 season. No frosts here yet, and out- 

 side bedding is as bright with bloom 

 now as two months ago. especially 

 the beds of salvia and Vinca rosea on 

 the Paseo; these flowers luxuriate in 

 this climate at this season of the year. 

 The moon vines on the columns of the 

 Pergola at the north end of the Paseo 

 are at night a mass of bloom, exciting 

 the admiration of all beholders. 



Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Broman. of In- 

 dependence, Mo., spent one day in 

 town carnival week, and were seen 

 exercising "Black Bess" hitched to a 

 swell conveyance. Mr. Broman is 

 now supplying his customers with 

 some choice material, the quality of 

 which indicates that- he is rapidly 

 establishing a reputation for himself 

 as a producer in the Kansas City mar- 

 ket. 



Paul Ducret, of Union Cemetery, 

 has returned from a three months' 

 trip to Switzerland, where he went to 



