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The Weekly Horists' Review. 



exposition grounds which he states are 

 very fine. 



F. C. Weber and family left Satur- 

 day night to spend the Fourth with 

 relatives in Illinois. Fred will be back 

 in time to bowl with us next Thursday 

 night. 



Charlie Young, wife and mother, 

 left last week to spend the summer 

 north. Mrs. Ellison, of Ellison" and 

 Tesson, and Dr. Helwig, wife and 

 baby, will join them next week. 



The Picnic 



The picnic committee held its sec- 

 ond meeting Friday afternoon at Jor- 

 dan's and decided to hold the .5th an- 

 nual picnic Wednesday, July 20, at 

 Star Park. Belleville, 111. 



A special train will leave St. Louis 

 in the morning and take us direct to 

 the park. Those coming on the after- 

 noon train will be met at the depot 

 and taken to t\ie park. The florists 

 this year seem to take a great interest 

 in making the picnic a great success. 

 Chairman Kunz has appointed the fol- 

 lowing committees to act at the pic- 

 nic: 



Reception — A. S. Halstedt. chairman; 

 E. W. Guy, William Trillow, Adolph 

 Fehr. Gustave Grossart, Michael Semm- 

 ler, William Hucke and Henry Emmons. 



Transportation — Fred C. Weber, chair- 

 man; C. A. Kuehn and John W. Kunz. 



Finance— C. C. Sanders, cliairman; F. 

 W. Ude and Emil Schray. 



Games and Sports— J. J. Beneke, chair- 

 man; C. C. Sanders and A. Fehr. 



Music — Max Herzog. chairman; J. P. 

 Ammann and P. J. Fillmore. 



Shooting— Robert F. Tesson and E. W. 

 Guy. 



Bowling— Carl Beyer and A. S. Hal- 

 stedt. 



Refreshments— John Steidle, chairman; 

 Theo. Faller and Herman Ude. 



Medical Advisers— Doctors Helwig and 

 Halstedt. 



Bowling Items. 



No bowling notes this week, as we 

 did not bowl on Monday night, it be- 

 ing the 4th of July, but in the next 

 issue of The Review will be found the 

 scores of Thursday, July 7, and Mon- 

 day, July 11. I will state for the bene- 

 fit of my friend, Mr. Austin Shaw, that 

 St. Louis cannot afford to cease its 

 phenomenal work, as we are out for 

 the trophy and the Omaha boys will 

 have to roll some great games to beat 

 St. Louis or even our friends from 

 Chicago, as both the latter teams are 

 rolling on very difficult alleys. Phila- 

 delphia, Buffalo and New York please 

 take notice. j. j. b. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 

 This week, as usual, has been a 

 busy one for both retail and whole- 

 sale florists, with an elegant demand 

 for the best grades of roses, which 

 have been sold up so close as to al- 

 most create a scarcity. Kaiserin has 

 been the leader, and easily brought 

 from $1.00 to $2.00 per dozen, as have 

 also some nice blooms of Bridesmaids. 

 Common varieties have been a little 



more plentiful and have averaged 

 from $4.(Wl to $8.00 per hundred, while 

 a few have sold for less. Out-of-door 

 roses are about done, but what have 

 come in have sold well at about the 

 same price as Brides. Meteors have 

 now come to the front, and will have 

 the call now as a red rose, although 

 Beauties will always be good prop- 

 erty, for which $3.00 per dozen is the 

 outside figure. 



Carnations are plenty, but the de- 

 mand for school purposes has kept 

 them fairly well cleaned up; ."lO cents 

 to $1.')0 per hundred is the ruling 

 price, while strictly high grades sell 

 readily at $3.00. Sweet peas are 

 plenty, but not of a high quality, 

 stems running very short; priced 

 from 2."'> to oO cents per hundred. Lil- 

 ies are in ample supply at same prices 

 as past few weeks. Valley of only 

 fair quality sells for from $2.00 to 

 $3.00 per hundred. There is plenty of 

 odds and ends, such as candy tuft, 

 feverfew, stocks, campanulas, etc., 

 which have sold fairly well, being 

 used for bouquet work. 



The Weekly Market. 



The exhibition this week brought 

 out some fine specimens of seasonable, 

 hardy flowers, including an exceed- 

 ingly fine display of roses, for which 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, James Comley and 

 Mrs. B. P. Cheney took all the honors. 

 John L. Gardner exhibited Iris 

 Kaempferii and received all of the 

 prizes. He also received first prize 

 for Campanula Medium, with W. N. 

 Craig a close second, who also re- 

 ceived second for a nice collection of 

 sweet Williams. There were three 

 nice lots of delphiniums shown by 

 John L. Gardner, A. W. Blake and 

 Rea Bros., who obtained first, second 

 and third prizes respectively. 



W. N. Craig received first for a col- 

 lection of herbaceous plants, Rea 

 Bros., second, and George L. Clark, 

 third. Miss Hattie B. Winter secured 

 first for vase of flowers, and Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill second. Among other exhib- 

 its, W. W. Lunt showed a fine speci- 

 men of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, and 

 Geo. Hollis a nice collection of gera- 

 niums. 



News Items. 



Carbone made a decided success 

 with the decorations at Harvard Col- 

 lege, using all the Jack roses he could 

 get hold of. 



The exodus to the old country still 

 continues. Charlie Halbrow, the New- 

 ton rose grower, sailed on June 30, 

 and D. Duncan, of Arlington, expects 

 to leave this week. John Price, with 

 Howard, of Somerville, and Carl 

 Beers, a Bangor florist, are both now 

 well on their way to old England. 



Allen Pierce, the genial salesman 

 for the well known chrysanthemum 

 growers. E. Pierce & Son, has been 

 called into the service of Uncle Sam, 

 and is in camp with the Fifth Mass. 

 U. S. Volunteers. 



As has been the custom for years, 

 the city government presented to each 

 and every graduate of the Boston 

 schools a bouquet. There were some- 

 thing over three thousand given away, 

 creating quite a rivalry among the 

 dealers and being a good thing for the 

 growers. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is practically no bottom left 

 to the market. Prices are what the 

 wholesaler is able to get. The only de- 

 mand seems to be for good Beauties 

 of which there is a limited supply. The 

 young stock is necessarily short stem- 

 med but the color is good and the fo- 

 liage very fair. In tea roses the call 

 is for Maids and Meteors, Brides tak- 

 ing a decided back seat." 



Carnations are an absolute glut and 

 can scarcely be given away. This is 

 also true of sweet peas. 



Some very good longiflorum lilies 

 were seen, which meet with a ready 

 sale and at fair prices, 50 cents a doz- 

 en being the usual figure quoted. These 

 are used to good advantage in funeral 

 work. 



Club Outing. 



The first summer trip of the Florists' 

 Club will be made next Sunday (July 

 10) to the establishment of H. & R. 

 Kilmers at Blue Island. The party will 

 go by the Illinois Central R. R., on 

 train leaving Randolph St. station at 

 12:45 P. M. and reaching Blue Island 

 at 1:50 P. M. Returning will leave Blue 

 Island at 6:30 P. M. and reach the city 

 again at 7:30 P. M. By buying 25-ride 

 tickets the round trip rate will be 32 

 cents. It is expected that there will be 

 quite a turnout in response to the gen- 

 erous invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Hil- 

 mers. A large attendance of the ladies 

 is specially requested by Mrs. Kilmers, 

 and there will be a 'bus at the depot 

 for their accommodation. The gentle- 

 men will find the walking excellent. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Lloyd Vaughan, of Vaughan, 

 McKellar & Winterson, and Miss Ida 

 Dunham were married June 29. The 

 wedding was private and very few 

 were aware of the event until the cer- 

 emony had taken place. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Vaughan will be at home after Aug- 

 ust 1st at 305 Campbell Ave. Congrat- 

 ulations are now in order and the new- 

 ly wedded pair have our best wishes 

 for a long and happy life together. 

 Lloyd's friends in the trade are legion 

 and they will all rejoice to hear that 

 he is the head of another new firm and 

 that his new partner is blessed with 

 all the material and mental charms 

 that make an American Beauty. 



Ed. Winterson and C. S, Stewart 

 started last Tuesday noon on their 

 long cycling trip, noted in last week's 

 issue. They were fitted out with all the 

 necessary paraphernalia, including 

 extra tires, tent, etc., and were headed 



