June 16, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



57 



Among the visitors to tlie club meet- 

 ing were: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hen- 

 shaw, New Brighton. L. I.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Louis Schmutz, Flatbush. L. I.; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Atkins. Orange, N. 

 J.; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. P. Imbert, 

 Wood Ridge, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 

 E. Prosser. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Wm. Plumb, Throggs Neck. N. 

 Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Logan, While 

 Plains, N. Y.; Mrs. H. H. Berger and 

 daughter; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Don, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. 

 Joosten, Brooklyn. N. Y.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Jas. W. Withers, Greenville, N. .1. 



President Plumb was in fine fettle 

 and entertained an appreciative audi- 

 ence with an extraordinary tale of his 

 "Grandmother's Cat," ably seconded 

 by John Young, whose beautiful tenor 

 voice harmonized most beautifully 

 with Mr. Plumb's. But the climax 

 was reached when V. P. Logan sang 

 "Annie Laurie" in a deep basso pro- 

 fundo. Prof. Elson's selections were 

 frequent and varied, and the club and 

 its guests will always remember his 

 entertainment with a great deal of 

 pleasure. 



The Market. 



Business, if there has been any jf 

 late, is still contracting all the time, 

 and seems to be on its summer legs 

 for sure. It would be ridiculous to at- 

 tempt to quote prices, for there are no 

 set market values, and the less said 

 the better in this line. There is stock 

 of all kinds in abundance, the outside 

 stuff helping to swell the coterie, and 

 at the same time to depress what 

 prices there are. 



Comparatively little movement has 

 been going on in the retail trade. June 

 weddings there are a few, but the 

 steamer trade, unually quite an item at 

 this season of the year, has dropped 

 almost into "innocuous desuetude." 

 One would imagine this would help 

 the home market, on account of trav- 

 elers staying home, but alas! it is not 

 so. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Alfred Dimniock, the popular 

 American representative for Sander & 

 Co., England, and who, in spite of 

 himself, is becoming quite a Yankee, 

 reports an exceptionally good trip in 

 the face of war and its effect on trade. 

 He returns to the old country next 

 Saturday per steamship Campania. 

 Farewell delegation will meet at 

 Cleary's. 



A recent visitor was Mr. Frank Mc- 

 Mahon, of Seabright, N. J. He says 

 that business is rushing and that the 

 season is likely to be a large one. He 

 looks as brown as a coffee berry, and 

 some of his friends on Twenty-eighth 

 street took him for a Cuban. Another 

 visitor was Mr. R. G. Hanford, Nor- 

 walk. Conn. 



Mr. Will Donahue has opened a 

 store at Seabright, N. J., for the sea- 

 son. 



Visitors: F. H. P. Imbert. Wood 

 Ridge, N. J.; J. G. Esler, Saddle River, 

 N. J.; Geo. C. Exhibition Watson, Rob- 



ert Craig, Philadelphia; A. Whiting, 

 Hartford, Conn.; Dr. Rudolph Schiff- 

 maun, St. Paul, Minn.; Charles Flem- 

 ing, Bridgeport, Conn.; M. J. Lynch. 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



The popularity of the bay tree this 

 season is the subject of much com- 

 ment. Many of ihe dealers report 

 large sales of bays, and it appears 

 that they have again come to stay. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Florist Club. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florist Club was held Thursday, June 

 9, at 3 p. m. The meeting was not well 

 attended, owing to the heavy rain- 

 storm a few hours before the meeting. 

 President Halstedt was not present, 

 and Vice-President Fred Ude presided. 

 W. H. Hudson. Julius Koenig. Jr., and 

 Gustave Eggling made application for 

 membership. 



The new committee on transporta- 

 tion tor the convention is as follows: 

 J. W. Kunz, chairman; R. F. Tesson 

 and J. J. Beneke. 



The chairman appointed the commit- 

 tee on picnic as follows: C. C. Sand- 

 ers. Max Herzog, Frank Fillmore, J. 

 W. Kunz and R. F. Tesson. The com- 

 mittee will meet some time this week 

 and fix a place and date for the picnic, 

 to take place the latter part of July, 

 they say. 



In the question box a very important 

 query came up for debate: "What has 

 been the experience of the members 

 with red thrip this spring, and what 

 success has attended efforts to keep it 

 in check?" Perhaps our Buffalo cor- 

 respondent could answer this question 

 in the next issue of The Review. It is 

 a very important one to us, nearly all 

 our growers having suffered this sea- 

 son with red thrip. 



The secretary was instructed to send 

 a postal card to every florist in the 

 city, with a request to do all in his 

 power to make a good showing at 

 Omaha next August. Some fifteen 

 florists have already expressed the.r 

 willingness to attend the convention. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



The next meeting of the club, which 

 calls for nomination of officers, will be 

 held July 14 at 3 p. m., and all mem- 

 bers are requested to attend same. 



The Market. 



The past week the market was a lit- 

 tle more active, owing to a large num- 

 ber of June weddings. There is an 

 immense supply of all kinds of flowers. 

 and especially sweet peas, which sell 

 for almost nothing. Roses, too, are 

 very plentiful, but in poor shape, and 

 nearly all varieties are badly mil- 

 dewed. Prices remain about the same 

 as last week. First - class Meteors. 

 Brides, Maids and Kaiserins bring $4, 

 and choice select go as high as !f-J. 

 Poor stock is down to $1 per loO. 



Carnations are still small, but of bet- 

 ter color. Scott and Daybreak are the 

 best that come in; price $1 and 7.') 

 cents: poor grades, ."ii* cents. 



Notes. 



This week will wind up the school 

 commencements and weddings and the 

 demand for flowers from this source is 

 considered about over for the season. 



Prof. Wm. Trelease, of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, who is now in Scot- 

 land, will return home about July 2. 



John F. Ammaun, of Edwardsville, 

 111., reports that on Thursday last, 

 while attending the Florist Club meet- 

 ing, a heavy rain and hail storm did 

 damage at his places to the extent of 

 $500. 



Chas Connon & Sons made a fine 

 decoration for the graduating class at 

 the Mary Institute last Friday. 



Ellison & Tesson will on next Fri- 

 day decorate Music Hall (Exposition 

 building) for the graduating c'.ass of 

 the High School. 



Gus Eggling out-did himself at the 

 Spencer-Cnristy wedding last Wednes- 

 day. This was one of the largest wed- 

 dings held in St. Louis for some years. 



Park Commissioner Ridgeley left on 

 Sunday to attend the meeting of the 

 Park and Outdoor Art Association, of 

 which he is chairman. The meeting 

 takes place June 23 at Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Bowling Items. 



The bowling club celebrated the 3Sth 

 birthday of our "high cock-a-lorum," 

 John Kunz. There was a large dis- 

 play of. refreshments of all kinds on 

 hand and plenty to drink and smoke. 

 After the second game the club pre- 

 sented Mr. Kunz with a handsome 

 statue of -Little Egypt." The pre- 

 sentation speech was made by Dr. Hel- 

 wig. We then drank to the health of 

 Mr. Kunz. wishing him many happy 

 returns of the day. Mr. Kunz made a 

 few remarks, thanking the club mem- 

 bers and saying that he will take the 

 statue with him to Omaha. Mr. Frank 

 Fillmore. Sr., was a visitor, and he 

 greatly enjoyed the sport. The scores 

 were as follows; 



Names— Total. 



E. Schray 165 153 244 5S2 



r. Beyer 202 137 206 545 



J. .T. Beneke 210 163 164 537 



O. A. Kuehn 194 167 168 529 



John Younff 164 234 105 603 



John W. Kunz 144 156 154 454 



C. C. Sanders 176 132 146 454 



Fred Weber 176 114 150 440 



Dr. Helwig 148 134 lit 39:! 



F. Fillmore 123 115 125 363 



J. J. B. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Florist Club of Omaha held its 

 regular monthly meeting on Thursday 

 evening last, and completed its pre- 

 liminary arrangements for the coming 

 convention, appointing Mr. S. B. Stew- 

 art superintendent of exhibits, and dis- 

 cussing ways and means of making the 

 meeting in August one worthy of the 

 organization and of the city. 



I am sure no mistake was made In 

 choosing Omaha for the convention, 

 apart from the^act of the Trans-Mis- 

 sissippi Exposition. If President Gude 

 will complete his arrangements for a 

 special train from the east, the attend- 

 ance will be phenomenal. 



