JUNE 1, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



9 



Plant Stake. 



Rose Stake. 



Extension Wreatli. 



Wire Specialties. 



— very wide. It hurt some of us much, 

 but if the sun rises bright on time to- 

 morrow we will overlook it all. 



Crack Shots. 



I received word from Bro. Rust, of 

 Pennville, this morning that the Phila- 

 delphia Florists' Shooting Team would 

 be in our town at 10 p. m., and after 

 alighting from the Lehigh car to in- 

 vestigate the condition of their pow- 

 der (you must not keep the best 

 brands too dry), they will proceed to 

 Erie, Pa., to shoot for the champion- 

 ship of Pennsylvania. I will take 

 much pleasure in meeting them at the 

 station and will report on their con- 

 dition in our next. I would propose 

 that if this team wins the first or sec- 

 ond prize at Erie, they be barred from 

 competing with the poor innocents 

 from other cities at Detroit. What's 

 the good of going up against such a 

 gang of experts as they can bring 

 from the banks of the Delaware? Let 

 those six cracker-jacks give an exhibi- 

 tion shoot, with a medal for the high- 

 est score in the team, and let Phila- 

 delphia be represented in the tourna- 

 ment by six ordinary shooters com- 

 posed of Lonsdale, captain; H. Bayers- 

 dorfer, R. Kift, J. Westcott, R. Craig 

 and S. Pennock, and David Rust as re- 

 serve. 



A Pan-American Smile. 



The placid and McKinley - like J. 

 Austin Shaw was in town for several 

 days and in company with the writer 

 walked over the site of the Pan-Amer- 

 ican. Mr. Shaw has attended all the 

 big exhibitions of this continent and 

 should be and is well able to judge of 

 the advantages and beauty of a site, 

 and he declares that none, not except- 

 ing the World's Fair, had such fine 

 and beautiful natural advantages. 

 When he saw the Park Lake he raised 

 his silken hat to allow full play to the 



broad, benevolent smile of admiration 

 for which his features are so admir- 

 ably adapted. W. S. 



WIRE SPECIALTIES. 



We present herewith engravings of 

 three new articles now manufactured 

 by the Model Plant Stake Co., Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



The plant stake illustrated is of heavy 

 wire and painted green, and the prong 

 at the bottom makes the hold in the 

 soil very secure. There is supplied 

 with this stake an ingenious wire tyer 

 that can be attached with remarkable 

 ease and rapidity, and an extra one is 

 provided for attaching a label or tag 

 to the loop at the top. This should 

 be especially useful for staking lilies 

 and similar plants. 



The rose stake is of the usual length 

 and weight of wire, made in several 

 sizes, is pointed and has a loop at the 

 top. The point is sharp enough so it 

 enters readily into the wood bottom 

 of a bench, and we judge the intention 

 is to have the horizontal wire pass 

 through the loops and thereby avoid 

 the necessity of tying the stakes to it. 



The extension wire circle is for use 

 in making Christmas wreaths, etc. As 

 will be noted, the circle can be con- 

 tracted or expanded at will to make 

 the size of wreath demanded. The 

 wire is painted green. 



In addition to samples of above the 

 manufacturers have sent us specimens 

 of their Model Extension Carnation 

 Support, which is now well known in 

 the trade and which has several times 

 been favorably mentioned in these col- 

 umns. A new style has an additions 1 

 ring lower down, to be used for dwarf 

 growing varieties. 



WHEN you write an advertiser, al- 

 ways state that you saw the adv. in 

 The Flnrlsts' Review. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Business Conditions. 



Decoration day in this city counts 

 for but little in the cut flower line, 

 and it is not expected to improve bus- 

 iness to any extent, and but lil 

 trade is looked for by our commission 

 men from city trade, although they 

 report quite a few shipping orders, 

 which will use up all their surplus 

 stock. For this time of the year busi- 

 ness is moving along fairly well and 

 the latter part of the past week stock 

 of all kinds was a little scarce — that 

 is, choice grades. Friday and Satur- 

 day the wholesale men reported clean 

 sales by noon. 



The Market. 



Select Meteors, Brides, Maids and 

 Carnots brought $5 and $6; seconds, 

 from $2 to $4, and a lot of short- 

 stemmed stuff sold at $1 and $1.50; 

 choice Beauties, $4 and $5 per dozen; 

 shorts, $1 and $1.50, but are not over- 

 plentiful. Carnations are particularly 

 good and cheap. On Friday and Sat- 

 urday of the past week they took a 

 little jump in price, selling at $1.50 

 for the best; common, from 75 cents 

 to $1. This morning (Monday) they 

 brought $2; everybody wanted them 

 and they seemed scarce. Sweet peas 

 are selling at 75 cents to $1 per 100, 

 but not any too many in the market; 

 white and pink are the best sellers 

 and many of them are used in funeral 

 work. A few Harrisii were seen and 

 sold readily at $6 and $S for the best; 

 paeonies are not so plentiful and the 

 few that come in sell at $3 per 100; 

 some fine valley is now coming in and 

 sells at $3 and $4; smilax had a good 

 call last week and sells at $15 per 

 100 strings. Ferns of all kinds, fancy 

 and dagger, are very plentiful, and 

 the retailers are happy again. 



Plant and Seed Tradf . 



The plant trade at Union market is 

 still good and the growers report that 

 they have had the best spring trade, 

 in years. Bedding stock, too, has sold 

 well, and quite a few orders remain 

 "to be filled, and about next week will 

 wind up that branch of the trade. 



The seedsmen also report good trade 

 and say that the orders from the south 

 were filled three times, as the first 

 two were ruined by frosts and flood. 

 Jos. Dickman, C. Young & Sons, Plant 

 Seed Co. and Schisler-Comeli Seed 

 Co. are well satisfied with their sea- 

 son's trade. 



The nurserymen say they expect a 

 good fall trade in trees, as the spring 

 trade was too short and lots of orders 

 could not be filled which are left over 

 for this fall. 



Notes. 



Much sympathy is expressed for 

 Charlie Wors, whose son, Robert 

 Fitzsimmons Wors, three years of age, 

 died Saturday morning. He had been 

 sick for some months past and no 

 one was allowed to enter Mr. Wors' 



