JUNE 29, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



99 



tain amount of rivalry among us, for 

 honest rivalry is the soul of trade and 

 progress, we shall, if not pulled up 

 short, out do each other in this stupid 

 charity, if it's worthy the name. Oh, 

 blest is the grower who knows noth- 

 ing of these petty annoyances that 

 vex our soul and make our hair grey. 



W. S. 



CHARLES D. BALL. 



We are pleased to he able to present 

 herewith a portrait and view of the 

 greenhouses of Mr. Charles D. Ball, 

 of Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa., the 

 well known grower of palms and 

 other decorative plants. The plant 

 contains twenty large modern housi- 

 es. Mr. Ball has built up a na- 

 tional reputation for producing high 

 grade stock, and is not only a good 

 grower and business man but a very 

 pleasant gentleman to meet and one 

 who has a host of friends in the trade. 



Mr. Ball has an unusually able fore- 

 man in the person of Mr. W. H. Tap- 

 lin, whose notes on palms and other 

 decorative plants have been a feature 

 of The Review. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Elks' week was not so good for the 

 florists as it should have been. A few 

 of the down town florists did a little 

 extra business but much more was ex- 

 pected and a great many were disap- 

 pointed, having laid in an extra sup- 

 ply, and most of the floweT loving peo- 

 ple making preparations to leave the 

 city for the summer months. The 

 summer stillness will soon set in for 

 good and the only business then 

 looked for will be funeral work. 



The prices on stock went up a lit- 

 tle the past week, good stock in roses 

 sold at from $4 to $6; others $2 and $3. 

 There are very few good Beauties in 

 this market and the demand for them 

 is good. All roses are getting poor, 

 especially Brides and Maids; Meteors 

 are good in flower and color but some 

 are badly mildewed. Carnations are in 

 fine condition, Scotts being of good 

 color and size and lead in demand, 

 price $1 and $1.50; valley is good and 

 sells well at $2 to $4; sweet peas are a 

 glut now and the best long-stemmed 

 ones sell at 40 and 50 cents per 100; 

 others bring 25 cents; most of them go 

 to the dump pile. Plenty of asparagus, 

 smilax, adiantum and common ferns 

 on hand for all. Replanting has be- 

 gun by nearly all of the growers and 

 this will make stock scarce for a time. 



Notes. 



Florists in town last week to attend 

 the Elks' convention were Lawrence 

 Heinl and George Hunt, Terre Haute, 

 Ind.; J. D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind.; 

 E. C. Ludwig, Allegheny, Pa., and J. A. 

 Peterson, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Max Herzog reports that he is very 

 busy just now rebuilding and replant- 

 ing. He says he will attend the next 



