NOVEMBER 24, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



683 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply seems to have shortened 

 all arouQcl and at time of writing pros- 

 pects are for a shortage for Thanks- 

 giving trade. Prices have stiffened re- 

 markably and unless there should be 

 stock to drop on the market at the 

 last moment quoted rates will be 

 sharply maintained, and Thanksgiving 

 prices will undoubtedly prevail until 

 the end of the week. 



Chrysanthemums are about cut out, 

 though there will be a fair supply for 

 Thanksgiving. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening three new mem- 

 bers were elected. The banquet com- 

 mittee reported progress and will 

 make a full report at the next meet- 

 ing. The president appointed the 

 finance committee for the ensuing 

 year. It was reported that 88 out of 

 town florists inscribed their names and 

 addresses in the cluti's register at the 

 recent exhibition. 



Mr. Wm. Wallace showed the mem- 

 bers his plan of preventing the ap- 

 pearance of mildew and other fungi in 

 greenhouses and of destroying them 

 when they do appear. It resembles an 

 oil stove with an evaporating pan at- 

 tached. In the pan he places a powder 

 of his own composition and the gases 

 generated are fatal to the germs of 

 mildew and other fungi floating in the 

 atmosphere. He says two of the in- 

 gredients of the powder are carbon 

 and sulphur. The gases generated are 

 heavier than the atmosphere and a 

 house can be filled with them with the 

 ventilators open if desired. He put 

 the apparatus into operation and the 

 odor was not specially unpleasant. 

 Prevention rather than cure is the 

 order of the day and if the gases gen- 

 erated are as fatal to all fungous 

 germs as reported by those who have 

 used Mr. Wallace's powder and ap- 

 paratus, we need have no further fear 

 of fungous troubles under glass. 



James Hartshorne displayed a vase 

 ■of grand chrysanthemum flowers, a 

 bloom of W. H. Chadwick being a rev- 

 ■elation as to the future ahead of this 



variety. It certainly is a grand thing 

 as grown by Mr. Hartshorne. Other 

 blooms shown were La Colosse Gre- 

 noble, Lucy Faure, Golden Wedding, 

 Modesto, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 Chito and Kentucky. All were much 

 superior to blooms of the same va- 

 rieties seen at the exhibition. 



Various Items. 



Adam Zender and John Muno are 

 both receiving congratulations, the 

 first over the arrival of a boy and the 

 second over the advent of a girl. 



And it is not too late lo congratu- 

 late Mr. N. Wietor upon the boy that 

 came to his house six weeks ago. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bios. 

 Co., says the chrysanthemum growers 

 would do well to confine themselves 

 to Ivory, Jones, and Bonnatfon^ These 

 sorts sell best and ship well. He 

 doesn't believe it worth while to grow 

 any pink sorts. He finds them very 

 slow sale. 



Mr. A. J. Jewett, Sparta, Wis., was 

 a recent visitor. 



J. Austin Shaw is still at 114 Wa- 

 bash ave.. and has adopted the title 

 "Jubilee Palm Store." 



Bowrling. 



Following are the scores xnd aver- 

 ages made by the Bowling Club last 

 Frfday evening: 



1st. 2na. 3a. Av. 



J. S. Wilson 162 170 140 157 



G. L. Grant 188 145 123 152 



B. F. Wlnterspn 114 149 177 146 



W. Kreitllng 166 149 125 146 



G. StoUery J14 142 163 139 



J. Degnan 124 132 147 134 



C. W. McKeUar 110 166 HI 129 



A. Henderson 127 139 104 123 



A. Lange 104 125 ... 114 



J. Hartshorne 113 100 ... 106 



Quite a number of others played an 

 informal game on an adjoining alley, 

 those making over 100 being F. StoU- 

 ery 155, F. Hills 121, E. Buettner 110. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade is assuming once more a nor- 

 mal aspect. Chrysanthemum blooms 

 are abundant and better this week 

 than last; will be quite a factor for 

 Thanksgiving day trade. 



Roses are coming to this market in 

 quality greatly improved and plenty of 

 them. In local retail circles trade has 

 been good with the call for Beauties 

 a,nd violets. Beauties are very scarce 

 just now and the few long-stemmed 

 ones that come in are sold at once, at 

 from $2 to ?3 per dozen; Brides and 

 Maids, extra fine stock, $4 and $5 per 

 100. Meteors have been decidedly off 

 color of late, the best bringing $5 and 

 $6. Perles are selling better, some fine 

 stock is sold at $3 and $4, but the bulk 

 at ?2. 



Carnations have a good call but have 

 been scarce for the past two weeks, 

 though are now coming in more plen- 

 tiful. Harrisii, Romans and paper 

 Whites have not as yet made their ap- 

 pearance. Violets are of 'ine quality 

 and are improving daily. The small 

 single sell at 20 and Californias at 40 



cents. Valley seems to hold its own 

 at $4 and quite a lot of it was used 

 last week. 



Wholesale men claim that shipping 

 trade was fairly active the past week, 

 materially assisting in cleaning up the 

 daily receipts and that .^ome heavy 

 shipping orders have been placed for 

 Thanksgiving Day. There was a brisk 

 demand for orchids (cattleyas) for the 

 several large weddings which took 

 place last week. 



Notes. 



The Ayres Floral Co. expect to be in 

 their new •juarters on Thanksgiving. 

 Mrs. Ayres returned this week from a 

 two weeks' visit East, buying plants 

 and supplies. The new place will un- 

 doubtedly be an ornament to Grand 

 avenue. 



Alex Waldbart, for manyyearsdoing 

 business on Grand avenue and Chest- 

 nut street, is now located at 605 Wash- 

 ington avenue, under the Lindell ho- 

 tel. 



The Kernes-McKenna wedding, one 

 of the most fashionable of the sea- 

 son, was furnished by Ostertag Bros. 

 Chas. Schoenle had the table decora- 

 tions. 



John W. Kunz was greatly missed 

 during the show and many friends In- 

 quired after him. John is greatly im- 

 proved in health, and from last report 

 will eat Thanksgiving turkey with us 

 this week. 



The gentlemen who act3d as judges 

 during the five days of our show were 

 as follows: Julius Koenig, Sr.. Eugene 

 Wurst, A. E. Michel, A. F. J. Baur, on 

 plants; Julius Koenig. Jr., Frank Fill- 

 more, cut chrysanthemums; Andrew 

 Meyer, F. W. Ude, Jr.. Henry Emundt, 

 cut roses and carnations; Henry and 

 Fred Ostertag, table decorations; Alex 

 Walbart, and Max Herzog. designs. 

 They all gave eminent satisfaction and 

 only on one or two occasions were 

 they criticised by disappointed exhibit- 

 ors, but their honesty of purpose was 

 never questioned. The management 

 wishes to thank them through The Re- 

 view for the manner in which they 

 carried out the instructions. 



Shaw Banquet. 



The ninth annual banquet of the 

 florists by the Missouri Bota:iical Gar- 

 den, under the provisions of the Henry 

 Shaw will, took place at -he Mercan- 

 tile Club Saturday night and was a 

 most elaborate affair. The large din- 

 ing hall as well as the tables were 

 tastefully decorated -for the occasion. 



Wm. Trelease, director of Shaw's 

 Garden, presided and Dr. Ed. Engler 

 acted as toastmaster. The topic of the 

 evening was teaching horticulture in 

 the public schools. The following 

 speakers took part in the discussion: 

 John R. Kirk, superintendent of public 

 instruction; G. B. Lamm, of Sedalia; 

 L. A. Goodman, Secy. State Horticult- 

 ure Society; W. S. Jackson, and W. N. 

 Rudd. of Chicago: L. F. Soldan, super- 

 intendent of public schools, and Levi 

 Chubbuck, of St. Louis. 



