SEPTEMBER S, 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



395 



collection of caladiums, Dr. 0. G. Weld 

 obtaining second. Dr. Weld obtained 

 first for a collection of six specimen 

 ferns, adiantums not admissitile; also 

 first for adiantums, and for dracaenas. 

 H. H. Hunnewell received first for 

 specimen cycad and a silver medal for 

 an elegant plant of Asparagu.i 

 Sprengerii. J. E. Rotliwell, E. A. 

 Wheeler and C. H. Soutber were 

 awarded prizes for orchids. E. S. Con- 

 verse got first for 6 specimens Rex 

 begonias; E. J. Milton, second, who 

 also received first and second for an 

 elegant collection of the same. Gra- 

 tuities were awarded to C. H. Souther 

 for anthuriums; J. S. Bailey, for Far- 

 leyense fern; ,1, E. Rothwell. for cro- 

 tons, and E. S. Converse for Fittonia 

 argyrea. 



News Items. 



John Gormley &. Son have enlarged 

 their quarters, now occupying a whole 

 store, and are making an attractive 

 appearance with the use of some nice 

 palms and ferns. 



Bert Leavitt came home from his 

 vacation last Monday and is back 

 among his favorite American Beauty 

 roses at Welch Bros. 



N. F. McCarthy, who has been 

 Hpending a couple of weeks at Nan- 

 tasket Beach, is once more at his desk, 

 making preparations for a prosperous 

 season. 



Arthur T. Boddington spent a few 

 days here this week; reports outlook 

 for coming season as very favorable. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The roses coming in are looking bet- 

 ter every day. The weather is still 

 very hot and rain is needed badly. 

 Business for the month of August was 

 aot as good as last year and only those 

 who were fortunate enough to have 

 a few good funeral orders during the 

 month say it was fair. The transient 

 trade will begin to come in with the 

 retailers from now on as the season 

 advances and the home-cornel's con- 

 tinue to increase. The opening ot the 

 exposition next week will help the 

 florists somewhat. A lot of palms and 

 cut flowers will be used. 



The best roses that are coming in 

 now are Kaiserins, Brides, Maids ana 

 Perles. Those with good long stems 

 are selling at $3; the shorter stemmed 

 stock bring- $2. Good long Beauties 

 are still in demand, but scarce; short 

 stemmed are plentiful just now and 

 sell from $2 up. 



Carnations are also looking better, 

 but not plentiful. White and Day- 

 break are the best sellers at $1 per 100. 

 Housing carnation plants is progress- 

 ing favorably, and the growers have 

 plenty of work before them just now. 

 Asters are now becoming more plenti- 

 ful; white in good demand at $1 per 

 100. Plenty of fine tuberose stalks to 

 be had at $3. 



Chrysanthemum plants at the va- 



rious places are in fine shape and the 

 contests among local growers at the 

 chrysanthemum show this fall prom- 

 ise to be spirited. 



News Items. 



Mr. A. Sherman, of the Sherman 

 Floral & Decorative Co., left for Cin- 

 cinnati last week to decorate a few 

 large hotels for the G. A. R. encamp- 

 ment at that place. 



Mr. Clamp, of Webster Grove, Mo., 

 is cutting some good stock just now 

 and from appearances will have a fine 

 cut of roses, violets and carnations 

 this fall. 



Mrs. John Kunz and sons returned 

 home last week after a fou;- weeks 

 stay up North. John is glad they are 

 back. He says this single life is not 

 what it's cracked up to be. 



The drummers are now safe to visit 

 Frank Fillmore's place as he lost his 

 pet dog, a fine mastiff. I asked Frank 

 What caused his demise and he told 

 me that the dog just closed "dem 

 eyes" and died. 



Martin Reukauf, representing H. 

 Bayersdorfor & Co., Philadelphia, is 

 in town this week selling supplies. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber and 

 John Young and daughter returned 

 home Monday morning from their 

 trip through Colorado, Kansas and Ne- 

 braska. Mr. Weber, who had been 

 quite sick a few weeks before he left, 

 has improved greatly in health. Even 

 John Young got fat. They claim they 

 had a grand time every day of their 

 stay and are now ready to bowl the 

 games of their life. 



Among the Growers. 



A few days ago I visited the green- 

 houses of the Ude Bros., at Kirkwood. 

 The first place, that of F. W. Ude, Jr. 

 I found Fred busy housing his carna- 

 tions and repainting. Mr. Ude has 

 made a few good improvements and 

 we found everything in tip top shape 

 for a good cut of blooms this fall. He 

 grows only carnations and California 

 violets. 



Carnations consisted chiefly of Day- 

 break, Jubilee, Armazindy, bizzie Mc- 

 Gowan, Eldorado and Scott. Fred ha- 

 a fine pink seedling which he says is 

 a cross between Scott and Peaohblow. 

 The color is more even than the other 

 pink varieties and not so flat as Scott. 



From here we went over to Herman 

 and Charlie's places. Herman was 

 also busy planting and has built two 

 new houses this summer. Carnations 

 and violets are all that are grown at 

 this place. Herman expects a large 

 cut from his stock this season. 



At Charlie's place we found that he 

 had also added a new house 180x2.5. 

 Charlie grows only California violets; 

 had great success last year with them 

 and expects the same result this sea- 

 son. 



After eating one of Herman's largest 

 watermelons, we started over to see 

 Mr. A. Berdan's place. We did not 

 find Mr. B. at home, but went through 

 his houses. Carnations only are grown 



at this place. Most of them were^ 

 grown in the house all summer and 

 look in fine Shape. Jubilee, McGowan, 

 Armazindy, Scott and Daybreak are 

 the varieties. Before I left, Fred 

 loaded me up with all the fruit I could 

 carry home. 



All the Kirkwood florists tave Tha 

 Review on file for reference. 



Bowling Notes. 



Last Monday night ended the Aug- 

 ust series of 17 games, including the 

 games rolled at Omaha. The attend- 

 ance has not been good since return- 

 ing from the convention, but the Sep- 

 tember series promises the full at- 

 tendance. Charlie Kuehn wins both 

 medals, the average and lucky. Here 

 are the scores: 



Names— No. G. Total. Ave. H. S. 



C. A. Kuehn 17 2747 161% 224 



R. Beyer 4 612 153 186- 



J. J. Beneke 17 2593 152% 17i 



B. Schray 14 211S 151 191 



C. Beyer W 14S9 149 196 



J. -W. Kunz 17 2496 147 197 



C. C. Sanders 10 1418 142 22a 



John Young 5 700 140 17i 



F. J. Fillmore 14 1646 117% 14S 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The effect of the hot weather is;- 

 very noticeable in the quality of stock, 

 in the market, the change to a cooler 

 temperature not yet having made any 

 appreciable effect. Stock as a rule is 

 very poor and good stuff is in brisk, 

 demand. Roses range from $2 to $3. 

 extra grade going occasionally a little 

 higher, while the poorer qualities are 

 lumped off at "any old price" or find 

 no sale. Carnations of good quality 

 range from 75 cents to $1, a few very- 

 extra going as high as $1.50, while 

 oceans of off grade are sold in quan- 

 tity at a few cents a bunch. Good 

 American Beauties bring $2 to $2.50 

 a dozen and from this the price tapers 

 down to almost zero for the poorest 

 grades. 



As indicating the quality of roses 

 and carnations it is only necessary to 

 state that as a general rule the dea- 

 lers are obliged to sort over a thou- 

 sand to pick out a hundred fit to use 

 in filling a shipping order. 



Good white asters are in demand, 

 but the pink sorts go slowly. There 

 are lots of tuberoses in the market, 

 but there seems practically no sale for 

 them. 



The cooler weather seems to have 

 at once stimulated demand, but there 

 is little satisfactory stock with which 

 to meet it. It is believed though that 

 an improvement in quality will be 

 noticeable in a few days if present 

 weather conditions continue. 



Various Items. 



I. C. Silliman. who has for many 

 years conducted a floral store on the 

 west side, filed a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy Aug. 31. The indebtedness Is 

 given as about $^..000 and the assets 

 are less than $100 above the statutory 



