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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



AUGUST 4, 1898. 



you Will be likely to attend. More 

 credit is to be given to the man who 

 spends his time, his money and ability 

 by his presence at all conventions 

 without seeing any pecuniary gain, but 

 the far greater satisfaction that he has 

 enjoyed the fellowship of his brother 

 florists, and there has been a mutual 

 time of pleasure and indirectly of prof- 

 it to the man who attends the conven- 

 tion and has something to sell, has an' 

 honest axe to grind, in spite of any 

 sickly moralizing by Job. or anvbodv 

 else. W. s. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The condition of the cut flower trade 

 remains about the same as last re- 

 ported; even funeral orders have been 

 lost sight of the past week. 



There is considerable new rose stock 

 coming in at present. Prices on roses 

 are from $2 to $3. some extra fine 

 stock going as high as U and $5. 

 Beauties have quite a call, but supph- 

 is short. Extra long stems are quoted 

 at from $8 to $15. but the majoritv go 

 at $2 and $6. 



Carnations are poor and not over- 

 plentiful; price opened this week at 

 75 cents and $1. Sweet peas have been 

 a drug and only white and pink sell 

 at 15 cents per 100; others as low as 

 10 cents. Asters are selling well and 

 the market is not overstocked: price 

 $1 per 100. Hardy hydrangeas are 

 coming in now and will help out con- 

 siderably when one has lots of funeral 

 work; price $3 per 100. Plenty of 

 gladiolus stalks are going to waste at 

 the wholesale houses. 



The Florist Club. 



The members of the Florist Club arc 

 requested to attend the next meetin? 

 of the club without fail, as the elec- 

 tion of officers for the ensuing year 

 will- take place; also all florists who 

 expect to go to Omaha should then 

 hand m their names. The meeting 



7 if 7%n'"'' °° M°"'!ay night. August 

 », at 7:30 p. m. sharp. 



St. Louis t J Omaha. 



The St. Louis Florist Club has ar- 

 ranged to travel by the Missouri Pa- 

 cific railway in a special car. train 

 leaving St. Louis Sunday night, Au- 

 gust 14, at 8:25, at Union Station. The 

 tare for the round trip will be $13 50- 

 sleeping car $5 extra for round trip. 

 Tho.se wishing to take advantage of 

 this low rate will remit to John W 

 Kunz, 822 Olive street, on or before 

 August 12. There are now eighteen 

 names in the hands of Mr. Kunz. and 

 we expect to make it twenty-four bv 

 meeting of the club. 



Notes. 



Prof. Wni. Trelease, of the Missouri 

 Botanical Gardens, is back from his 

 trip abroad, feeling in the best of 

 health. The professor expects to go 

 to Omaha with the boys, if business 

 will permit. 



Frank Ellis, of the St. Louis Cut 



Flower Co., returned home Sunday 

 morning from his two weeks' trip 

 through Missouri. Frank made the 

 longest stay at Slater, and expects to 

 visit that town as often as he can, 



Mrs. E. C. Buechel, of the Riessen 

 Floral Co.. left Monday evening for 

 Okauchee Lake, Wis. Mr. Buechel 

 will join his wife at the same place 

 Saturday to spend the summer. On 

 their way back they will call on their 

 many friends in Chicago. 



C. Young & Sons. Co. are repainting 

 and decorating their store and mak- 

 ing many changes. Mr. John Young 

 and daughter will leave in a few days 

 for Atlantic City, N. J. 



Mr. Walter Mott. one of Billy 

 Scott's "Blooming Buffalo Bowlers," is 

 in the city on his way to Omaha. Mr. 

 Mott represents H. A. Dreer, of Phila- 

 delphia. He reports trade good in his 

 line. 



Bowling Items. 



The Bowling Club on last Monday 

 night ended its July series of thirteen 

 games. J. J. Beneke wins the average 

 medal and J. W. Kunz the high score 

 medal. Following are the scores and 

 averages: 



Xo. To- Av- High 



Name,':. CJames. tal. erage. Score 



Beneke 13 209.-i 161 218 



Schray 10 1583 158 198 



Kuehn 13 1972 152 217 



C. Beyer 10 1510 151 189 



Helwig 6 S92 149 183 



Kunz 13 1917 147 220 



Weber 6 S12 133 172 



Sanders 13 16G1 12S 168 



J. Young .s 980 122 174 



F. Fillmore 13 1170 113 163 



The cool night on Monday brought 

 out ten bowlers, who rolled four 

 games. Walter Mott was a visitor and 

 rolled with the boys. The scores and 

 averages of the four games will be 

 found below, and I think they are 

 pretty good for "hard alleys." We 

 will not bowl next Monday, as the club 

 meeting is on that night. 



Names. 12 3 4 Total. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn 177 224 203 165 769 192 



E. Schrav 169 1.30 186 134 639 159 



J. J. Beneke 175 156 120 179 630 157'i 



Carl Beyer 196 1.38 157 113 624 156 



John Young 163 134 173 470 156 



R. F. Tesson 154 151 1.57 125 587 149 



.7. W. Kunz 113 161 167 140 581 145 



W. Mott 159 140 121 147 567 141 



C. C. Sanders 184 140 113 112 549 137 



F. J. Fillmore 115 120 110 99 444 111 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market continues dull, the de- 

 mand being confined chiefly to white 

 flowers. Kaiserin continues to im- 

 prove in quality. The selected grad'^ 

 is excellent. Carnot makes a pretty 

 companion rose for Kaiserin and 

 should become a fair summer sort. It 

 is rather too easily bruised to be per- 

 fectly satisfactory. Asters are becom- 

 ing more plentiful. The great im- 

 provement in hardy phlox gives prom- 

 ise that this flower will appear as .1 

 candidate for favor in the summer cut 

 flower market of the future. 



Notes. 



Chestnut Hill Park proves wonder- 



fully attractive this hot weather, espe- 

 cially to the working men of our great 

 city. Quite a lot of planting was done 

 at this park. Coleus is much favored. 



Rather a curious factor entered into 

 the competition for this contract. The 

 company in asking for bids, specified 

 that the stock must be grown in pots 

 of certain sizes, which were named, 

 and must be ready for planting May 

 10, if required. Of course this only 

 applied to geraniums and to plants of 

 that degree of hardiness, as nobody 

 would be foolish enough to risk plant- 

 ing coleus outdoors for at least ten 

 days after that time. 



It afterward appeared that most of 

 the stock was not required until about 

 the 10th of June. This fact was prob- 

 ably known to the successful bidder at 

 the time; the company overlooking the 

 difference twenty or thirty days woubl 

 make. All tne best 4-inch plants 

 for early orders can be gotten out of 

 the houses the second week in May 

 and the space filled by shifting up 

 small stufl:, which by June 10th should 

 be quite as good as the first batch was 

 a month before. This second lot can 

 be profitably sold at twenty per cent 

 lower than the price of the first batch. 

 Florists desiring to bid successfully for 

 such contracts in the future should 

 make a point of finding out whether 

 the time clause will or will not be 

 strictly enforced and base their calcu- 

 lations accordingly. 



Edward Heacock is remodelling a 

 private greenhouse for W. W. Frazier 

 of Jenkinstown and building another 

 for that gentleman's son. 



The flag made of plants on the island 

 at Chestnut Hill Park has been re- 

 placed by one made of electric lights. 



Robert Craig is going to the conven- 

 tion. J. w. Y. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Company, 

 Limited, has been organized, and will 

 caiTy* on an exclusively wholesale bus- 

 iness in cut flowers. The orticers are: 

 Fred Burki. president; Theodore P. 

 Langhans, secretary; William A. 

 Clarke, treasurer. Mr. Burki is the 

 well known grower of Bellevue. Mr. 

 Langhans was formerly of Langhans 

 & Co., Allegheny, and Mr. Clarke was 

 with Elliott & Ulam. of this city. Lo- 

 cation has not yet been selected, but it 

 is intended to have the business in 

 operation by September 1. This will 

 be the first wholesale cut flower com- 

 mission house in Pittsburg. The stand- 

 ing of the men connected with the new 

 venture will undoubtedly assure suc- 

 cess. 



KEROSENE EMULSION. 



Replying to "R," the fo.inula for 

 kerosene emulsion is as follows: 



One-half pound hard soap. 



Two quarts kerosene. 



One gallon hot water. 



Stir with a syringe till the whole is 

 curdled. When cool and well mixed it 

 will be quite thick. When using re- 

 duce fifteen times in water. W. S. 



