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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 1, 1899. 



place of business, as he lived in the 

 rear of the store. 



W. E. Jordan is around on crutch- 

 es. Willie was working around his 

 boilers and a large iron bar fell on his 

 foot, crushing it quite badly. 



Mayor Ziegenhein has at last had 

 his appointment for park commission- 

 er confirmed. F. L. Ridgely, who has 

 held the office the past four years, was 

 reappointed. •'Billy" Pape was the 

 florists' choice, but as Billy will be 

 superintendent, Mr. Ridgely will do. 



John Kunz and Charlie Kuehn spent 

 Sunday in Belleville on a fishing trip. 

 They didn't catch anything but a bad 

 cold. 



The North Floral Co. furnished the 

 flowers for the tables at the great 

 anti-trust banquet in the Coliseum last 

 Thursday and the Schureman Floral 

 Co. had the decorations at the hall. 



Ostertag Bros, decorated a trolley 

 car last Saturday. It was a very at- 

 tractive affair and much admired. 



Arthur Ellison reports another rob- 

 bery, this time at their down-town 

 store, 625 Olive street. 



The Florist Bowlers were much 

 pleased with the mayor for having ap- 

 pointed Dr. Henry Helwig, one of our 

 members, milk inspector. Doc says 

 nothing stronger goes now and that 

 he will be with us from now on every 

 Monday night. 



Our old friend Andrew Meyer is well 

 again, after six weeks of severe sick- 

 ness. 



Bowlirg. 



The Bowling Club rolled five games 

 on Monday night. John Young was 

 our high man. He is improving each 

 night and will soon be regarded as our 

 best bowler. The scores were as fol- 

 lows: 



12 3 4 5 Total. Av. 



John Youngr . .. 15S 168 13S 202 ... 660 I'Ji' 



I". C. Weber 177 145 322 161 



C. Beyer 135 1S9 110 434 145 



J. J. B;neke.... 131 151 152 135 152 721 H4 



C. A. Kuehn.... 165 114 147 139 13S 703 141 



C. C. Sanders... 131 130 177 119 ... 557 139 



A. Ringier 124 162 131 123 167 707 141 



J. W. Kunz 122 137 153 118 132 662 132 



The St. Louis Florists' Bowling Club 

 has rolled 100 games since the first of 

 the year. The next month's rolling 

 will decide the teams which will rep- 

 resent St. Louis at the S. A. F. con-"* 

 vention at Detroit. The scores and 

 averages of the members are as fol- 

 lows: 



No. Games. Total. Av. H. S. 



Duncan Finlayson 50 7944 159 225 



Carl Beyer . 44 6789 ir>5 226 



C. A. Kuehn 100 15326 153 211 



J. J. Beneke 97 14212 146 225 



C. C. Sanders 67 9556 142 193 



J. W. Kunz 94 13262 111 19 1 



John Young 66 9119 138 292 



F C Weber 44 59W 134 222 



Emil Schray IS 2514 133 171 



R. F. Tesson 6 710 lis 155 



F. J. Fillmore 47 5262 112 184 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



and all moved at fairly good prices. 

 And it was noted that there was less 

 stock dropped on the market at the 

 last moment than at any holiday sea- 

 son for some time. 



Aside from paeonies, there was but 

 little outdoor stock of any value. The 

 heavy rain storms just prior to the 

 date they were wanted put what there 

 was in an unmarketable condition. 

 Several lots of snowballs, etc., were 

 sent in, but were practically worthless 

 when received. Of paeonies there were 

 enough to meet demands. Very few 

 Cape Jasmines were received from the 

 south, and these have been an impor- 

 tant factor in previous years. 



Roses and carnations were in excel- 

 lent demand, and though prices did 

 not rule very high, everything good 

 was moved. Some dealers noted a bet- 

 ter call for white carnations than us- 

 ual for the occasion. 



Various Items. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held this Friday (2nd 

 inst). 



We regret to have to record the 

 death of Mrs. A. McAdams, which took 

 place May 23, after a lingering illness. 

 Mr. McAdams is himself still under 

 the doctor's care, and has certainly 

 had more than his share of misfor- 

 tunes of late. He has the heartfelt 

 sympathy of his many friends in the 

 trade. 



MeKellar & Winterson report very 

 large sales of common ferns for Deco- 

 ration day. They were fortunate in 

 having a very large supply and all 

 were disposed of. 



Mr. J. Austin Shaw's silk tile and 

 Pan-American smile are now with us. 

 Omaha will be favored next. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores made in 

 the handicap prize games played last 

 Friday evening: 



1st. 2nd. 3d. 4th. Tot. Av. 



Geo. Asmus 216 138 132 142 628 157 



G. L,. Grant 125 141 142 159 567 141 



A. Henderson 143 122 144 125 534 133 



Jno. Degrnan 127 124 132 130 513 12S 



P. J. Hauswirth 132 150 91 103 476 119 



C. Hunt 10S 105 120 141 474 118 



The Market. 



Decoration day trade was exceeding- 

 ly satisfactory. While the supply wa? 

 considerably less 'than that of last 

 year, there was enough to go around, 



CLEVELAND. 



Various Notes. 



Rain for the past three days kept 

 flower buyers at home: stock accumu- 

 lated and the usual rush came at the 

 last moment. All the down-town flor- 

 ists report trade good — better than 

 former years. Stock was plentiful. 

 Roses poor and retailed from 50 cents 

 to $1.50 per dozen; carnations 40 cents 

 to $1 per dozen. Bedding plants sold 

 readily at the usual price. The weath- 

 er was fine on Tuesday. 



The florists were surprised last Sat- 

 urday when Miss Lillian Hutchins, 

 who clerks for Miss Eadie, informed 

 Miss E. and her fellow clerks that she 

 and Ogden Gall, of Brinker & Gall, 

 were quietly married last February. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Gall have the best wishes 



of the Cleveland florists. One more 

 smiling face to be seen no more be- 

 hind the counter. 



H. Reinflesh is rebuilding three of 

 his houses. 



Mr. J. W. Nieodemus, of New Com- 

 erstown, O., was in town this week. 

 He is building a new house 16x110. 



O. A. C. O. 



PARIS, FRANCE.— The annual 

 flower show was opened at the Tuiler- 

 ies, May 25, by President Loubet. One 

 entire hall is devoted to roses. 



DETROIT, MICH.— The greenhouses 

 of Asman & Dunn were badly wrecked 

 by lightning and wind May 17. Loss 

 estimated at $5,000. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. — Chas. W. 

 Briggs, of Briggs Bros. & Co., seeds- 

 men, died May 17 aged 74 years. 



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