NOVEMBER 10, 



The Weekly Rorists* Review^ 



609 



at $8 per 100 bunches; this year we 

 can only get them by the dozen or 

 hundreds. The tendency points toward 

 special culture, but heaven knows 

 much of what we see could be 

 bunched. The thing is not to admire 

 your stock growing or by the flicker 

 of a lantern follow it in and see what 

 it looks like on the market — and still 

 let us kick and we find so much to 

 kick about that we don't know which 

 to strike first: but what of the fellow 

 who sells dyed mums? Haven't we 

 enough trouble with mums besides 

 soaking their heads in red ink? Why 

 don't these boys paint the monkey 

 white? Is it any credit to offer for 

 sale an artificially colored flower, and 

 by doing so do we benefit our busi- 

 ness? I know it's a great thing to be 

 original, but it's a greater thing to be 

 sensible. 



Roses are fast getting clear of mil- 

 dew and improving in quality, though 

 there is much low grade stock on the 

 market, particularly in Beauties. Good 

 carnations are rather scarce and they 

 seem to be late this year; perhaps it's 

 better so. Orchids are quite plentiful. 

 Oncidium varicosum is on hand and 

 it's a lovely thing. Valley — well, 

 there's more than what you need, but 

 what's the use mentioning one thing? 

 Cold weather will soon be here, and 

 with it better business, better prices 

 and better friendship. 



Notes. 



We have nothing to report about the 

 Bowling Club, which meets tonight, 

 but to state that alleys with more ac- 

 commodations are being sought for 

 and the committee hope to soon be in 

 a position to ask some of the crack 

 county bowlers to come and show how 

 they do it. 



Mr. Chas. Plemming. of Bridgeport, 

 Conn., was here last week. D. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florist Club was held Thursday after- 

 noon, with President Sanders in the 

 chair and twenty-five members pres- 

 ent. Most of the business transacted 

 was show matters. The president 

 made a neat speech, requesting all 

 the members to lend a helping hand 

 and do all in their power to help the 

 committee make the show a success. 

 Nearly every grower present promised 

 to send all his spare plants for the ex- 

 hibition to help decorate the hall. 



5Ir. H. J. Falkinheimer, of the Die- 

 mer Floral Co., was elected a mem- 

 ber of the club, and Mr, Otto G. Koe- 

 nig, son of Julius Koenig, made ap- 

 plication for membership. 



The question bos was then opened 

 and the three questions that brought 

 out a lively discussion were as fol- 

 lows: 



Why do Daybreak carnations show 

 so many brown leaves from August 1? 



What causes weak stem on Brides 

 and Bridesmaid roses? 



Is there no remedy to which the so- 

 cial evil of some florists abide to in 

 using second-hand wire designs that 

 come from the cemeteries, and thus 

 causing honest labor and good work- 

 manship to suffer? 



The treasurer's report showed an in- 

 crease over last report. 



The meeting adjourned to meet 

 again on Thursday, December 8, at 3 

 p. m. 



The Market. 



Trade has kept up very well during 

 the past few weeks, owing to good 

 weather, and the price on stock has 

 been fairly good. There is no over- 

 stock of any flower just now unless 

 poor chrysanths. Carnations have been 

 very good, but scarce, this past week, 

 and are selling at good prices. Vio- 

 lets are coming in freely, but the mar- 

 ket is not overstocked and they sell 

 well. 



In roses Beauty is about the only 

 variety that is scarce; very choice 

 ones bring $2.50 and $3 per dozen. Tea 

 roses are selling at $1.50 to $5 per 100. 



Carnations are in demand, and the 

 price has gone up to $2 for best stock; 

 $1 and $1.50 is asked for the bulk. 



Chrysanthemums have been selling 

 well. The horse show at the Coliseum 

 last week used up quite a number. 

 There are a fine lot of blooms in the 

 market now. The best whites are 

 Robinson and Ivory. In yellow the 

 best sellers are Sunderbruch and Bon- 

 naffon. Some very fine Morel were 

 seen, but the best blooms of these va- 

 rieties are being saved for the show. 



Violets are looking fine and sell well. 

 Californias bring 50 cents, and small 

 singles 25 and 35 cents per hundred. 

 Smilax is a little scarce and held at 

 $15 last week. 



Ths Exhibition. 



The prospects at this writing for the 

 chrysanthemum show this week are 

 very flattering. The public at large is 

 taking a deep interest in the exhibi- 

 tion and I think the show will be a 

 success financially. Every day we re- 

 ceive reports from outside growers as 

 well as local ones that plants and 

 blooms are all late. The committee 

 now wishes they had kept their origi- 

 nal dates. Nov. 15 to 19. but as mat- 

 ters are at present we will have to 

 make the best of it. The committee 

 will have everything in good shape 

 for receiving and caring for the exhib- 

 its as fast as they arrive. A full re- 

 port of the exhibition will appear in 

 the next issue of The Review. 



News Items. 



Mr. Arnold Ringier, representing W. 



W. Barnard & Co.. Chicago, is in the 



city selling seeds, bulbs and florists' 



supplies. 



Invitations are out for the ninth, an- 

 ntial banquet to florists, nurserymen 

 and market gardeners, to be given at 

 the Mercantile Club. November 19, at 

 7 p. m. This is in accordance with 

 the will of the late Henry Shaw. The 

 invitations are sent out by the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden. 



Bowling. 

 As we have no bowling tonight 

 (Monday), I send you the scores and 

 averages of the October series of 24 

 games. J. J. Beneke wins both med- 

 als, average and high single scores: 



Names. No. G. Total. Av. H. S. 



J. J. Beneke 24 33J0 147^i 216 



C. Kuehn 24 3456 144 1S7 



D. Pinlason IS 25S3 143Vi 200 



C. Sanders 13 1816 139" 1S9 



J. Kunz 8 1060 132%^ 174 



E. Schray 19 23% 1261* 179 



F. FiUmore 24 2924 122 165 



R. F. Tesson 14 1629 116 173 



J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



There still continues to be that dull 

 feeling, which has begun to be looked 

 upon as a regular thing at this time 

 of year, and there is more stock 

 coming in than is wanted. 

 Chrysanthemums are increasing in 

 quantity every day. with Ivory as 

 a leading white one, price ranging 

 from 50 cents to $1,25 per dozen. Gold 

 Lode is having the call for a yellow, 

 averaging $1 per dozen. Some new va- 

 rieties or first arrivals of popular fa- 

 vorites bring a little more, but from 

 50 cents to $1 per dozen seems to be 

 about the figure for most of them. 



Roses, owing to unseasonably warm 

 weather, are very plenty and some 

 elegant stock has had to be sacrificed. 

 Brides, Maids and Kaiserins run from 

 $2 to $6 per 100: Beauties still hold 

 their own, the cheaper ones selling 

 the best; price from 50 cents to $3 

 per dozen. Carnots, 10 cents for the 

 best quality. 



Carnations are more quiet this week 

 with plenty of stock. Whites, long 

 stems, are held at from 75 cents to 

 $1.50; fancy whites, $2; short stems, 

 about 50 cents; Scotts, Daybreak and 

 Mangolds range from 75 cents to $2 

 per 100, while strictly fancy grades 

 bring from $3 to $4. 



Valley. $4 for a good average; odds 

 and ends not plenty. 



The Trip to the Waban Rose Conservatories. 



The usual visitations of the Garden 

 Committee of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society to prominent com- 

 petitors, for the best house of growing 

 chrysanthemums, have been held this 

 week, the most interesting trip being 

 to the famous Waban Conservatories, 

 of Natick. the general proprietor of 

 which, Mr. E. M. Wood, taking advan- 

 tage of the occasion, invited about 

 sixty odd of his personal and business 

 acquaintances to view the gi-and sight 



