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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBER 20, 1S9S. 



I he variety mostly in evidence, selling 

 at $2.00 through the week, but dropped 

 to fl.OO on Saturday. Glory of the Pa- 

 cific, the first of which came in this 

 week, sold from $3 at the start-off to 

 f 1.50 the latter part of the week. Vio- 

 lets are increasing in quantity, ranging 

 from 75 cents to $1.00 per 100; valley 

 firm at $4.00, with odds and ends rather 

 scarce. 



News Items. 



The retailers are getting their stores 

 into shape for a good winter business, 

 with prospects very bright indeed. 



At the Hall on Saturday R. & J. 

 Farquhar Co. exhibited a new blue 

 salvia of a gorgeous shade, which bids 

 fair to be quite an addition to our fall 

 blooming annuals. 



C. J. Roebling. of Trenton, N. J., 

 showed specimen blooms of two pure 

 white orchids, Dendrobium Phalaenop- 

 sis Var. Hoholenca and Cattleya Labi- 

 ata Vera Var. Alba. The plants of these 

 are claimed to be the only ones in the 

 country. 



Mr. Wm. C. Winter and Mrs. E. W. 

 Gill each tabled fine collections of 

 dahlias. 



Earnest W. Saunders, of Lewiston, 

 Me., and F. 0. Willard, who has leased 

 the Walker place at Taunton, Mass., 

 have been in town this week. 



Some of our prominent storekeepers 

 are making their usual pilgrimage to 

 New York and Philadelphia enjoying 

 an outing and laying in palm stock for 

 their season's business. 



Our down east florists seem to be in 

 evidence this week. Mr. A. S. Burr, of 

 Frceport, being a visitor. P. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Florist Club. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florist Club, held Friday night, was 

 fairly well attended. President San- 

 ders presided and all the officers were 

 in attendance. The various commit- 

 tees on show matters reported prog- 

 ress. After this came up the matter of 

 holding our meetings at night or after- 

 noon, which stirred up considerable 

 discussion. To the city members it 

 made little difference as to when the 

 meetings were held, but our suburban 

 members, who are all growers, sent 

 word they could not attend the night 

 meetings and would have to drop their 

 membership. A vote was taken and 

 all present voted for afternoon meet- 

 ings. Mr. Falkinhaeimer, of the Die- 

 mer Floral Co., made application for 

 membership. The treasurer's report 

 showed a healthy condition. It was 

 also decided to hold next club meeting 

 on the afternoon of November 3 at 3 

 p. m., just one week before the show. 

 After this the meeting adjourned. 

 The Market. 

 Trade in the cut flower line has not 

 improved as it should at this season. 

 The cool spell we had last week did 

 not seem to check the supply of roses 

 and carnations. 



Chrysanthemums are not coming in 

 as fast as they should, and most of the 

 local growers are complaining that 

 their stock is all backward, and the 

 show only three weeks off, but should 

 this cold snap continue they would be 

 able to make a good showing. 



Roses were in fair demand the past 

 week. Beauties had the call and quite 

 a lot of them were used for President 

 McKinley's reception at the Southern 

 hotel. Meteor, Kaiserin, Carnot and 

 Bride came next in demand; firsts 

 brought $3 and $5; seconds, $1 and $2. 

 Maids, Woottons and Perles are plenti- 

 ful and do not sell well. Maids are 

 especially abundant and it looks as 

 though this rose will be an overpro- 

 duction same as last year. 



Carnations are still plentiful and 

 some of them are fine. Price for the 

 best, $1.50 per 100. Flora Hill, Day- 

 break and Scott are the best. A few 

 good Rose Queens were seen last week. 

 Reds are very small and not good. Ju- 

 bilee is about the best among this 

 class. 



Cosmos sold well and is offered in 

 good quality. Valley is scarce, and in 

 quite good demand at $4 per hundred. 

 Violets are improving; small singles 

 have better color and sell at 25 cents; 

 some Californias are in. but very few. 

 Smilax had quite a call; supply was 

 equal to demand at $15, but not very 

 good. 



Notes. 

 C. Young & Sons Co. furnished the 

 plants and cut flowers for President 

 McKinley's reception at the Southern 

 hotel on Friday. About 500 Beauties 

 were used. The decoration was large 

 and elaborate. 



Ellison & Tesson made a large horse- 

 shoe, which was presented to the pres- 

 ident. It stood five feet, with an 

 American flag in the center, and the 

 words "Peace and Prosperity" on each 

 side of the horseshoe. It was very 

 well gotten up. 



The Jordan Floral Co. made a very 

 large and fine decoration at the tall 

 opening of Browning, King & Co. 

 Some 5.000 roses of all kinds were 

 used. The work was executed by John 

 W. Kunz, manager of the company. 



The Krebs Floral Co. closed its doors 

 Thursday, Oct. 13, retiring from busi- 

 ness honorably. Mrs. Krebs and the 

 backers of the company have all the 

 experience they want. 



Eugene H. Michel has retired from 

 The St. Louis Cut Flower Co. at 1322 

 Pine street. Mr. Henry Berning is now 

 the head of the firm. Mr. Michel will 

 attend to his interests in the Michel 

 Plant & Bulb Co. and the greenhouses 

 at Old Orchard. This change took place 

 Friday, Oct. 14. 



Visitors in town last week were: L. 

 Baumann, representing Frank Netch- 

 ert, Chicago, and Edward Teas, of 

 John C. Teas & Son, Carthage, Mo. 



A Visit to Mr. A. Meyer's. 

 A visit to Mr. Andrew Meyer's place 

 on South Jefferson avenue showed the 



mums at this place in very fine shape, 

 but late. Mr. Meyer gave his reason 

 for this on account of too much rain 

 early in the season and too much hot 

 weather this fall, especially to those 

 that were plunged in the ground. 

 Those who had them above ground did 

 not suffer so much. In looking through 

 the houses I saw the new red Casco, of 

 which he has a large stock. This, I 

 think, will make a fine seller. The bulk 

 of Mr. Meyer's stock are market plants 

 in 6 and 7 inch pots, specimen blooms 

 not being grown here. 



In Yellows, Georgiana Pitcher, Har- 

 ry Sunderbruch and Golden Wedding 

 were the varieties. The Pitcher Mr. 

 Meyer regards as his best yellow, it 

 making the best pot plants; Sunder- 

 bruch early and always good; Golden 

 Wedding fine for pot plants and late. 



Other varieties, such as L. Canning, 

 Marion Henderson, Glory of Pacific 

 and Robinson, are looking well. Glory 

 of Pacific is more advanced than any 

 of the other varieties. 



Mr. Meyer is known around here as 

 the King of Mignonette growers. Of 

 this he has a large stock and expects 

 as usual to supply this market with the 

 very finest of mignonette. On leaving 

 Mr. Meyer said he would like to see 

 the show a week later. It would be 

 better for us all, but he will be on 

 hand as usual and heard from after the 

 Judges have made their rounds. 



Bowling. 



At the Bowling Club Monday night 

 only fi.ve members rolled. John Kunz, 

 who is very sick, has not been able to 

 roll for a few weeks past. Carl and 

 Robert Beyer are also on the sick list 

 and it will be a few weeks yet before 

 the club will be able to roll its full 

 membership. Following are the scores 

 of the five games rolled: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. Av. 



J. J. Beneke 129 163 121 216 145 774 154 



C. A. Kuehn 137 162 99 126 171 695 139 



C. C. Sanders Ill 122 116 134 146 629 12S 



P. .7. Fillmore 67 116 127 130 118 658 lU 



R. F. Tesson 107 118 92 89 ... 406 101 



J. J. B. 



MASONIC DESIGN BEDDING. 



The Triennial Conclave of the 

 Knights Templar was held this 





Welcome. 



year in Pittsburg, and the various 

 parks planted numerous Masonic 

 design beds, in recognition of the 

 great gathering. The Pittsburg Dis- 



