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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JULY 13, 1S99. 



prizes, a handsome clock for highest 

 individual score and a clay pipe and 

 package of tobacco for the booby prize. 

 Both were won by Milwaukeeans, the 

 first by Mr. Pollworth, With a store of 

 211, and the second by Mr. Holton, 

 with a score of 80. Mr. H. endeavored 

 to get revenge on one of the Chicago 

 party by inducing him to smoke a 

 pipeful of the tobacco. C. B. Whitnall 

 acted as referee and only two fouls 

 were called. 



The party returned to Chicago on 

 the train leaving Milwaukee at 4:20 

 a. m., after having been royally enter- 

 tained by the Milwaukeeans in the 

 meantime. It is probable that the Chi- 

 cagoans will have an opportunity to 

 welcome the Milwaukee bowlers to this 

 city at an early date. 



After the last club meeting three 

 games were rolled. The scores and 

 averages follow: 



1. 2. 3. Av. 



Ed. Winterson 119 IT-' 159 150 



W. Kreitling 131 127 138 132 



P. J. Hauswirth 141 126 120 I-"' 



Jno. Degnan 110 133 124 122 



C. W. McKellar 109 154 97 120 



A. Henderson 106 97 ... 101 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market is still very quiet, al- 

 though the demand is sufficient to con- 

 sume all the first class stock that 

 comes in. The best quality of roses 

 come in in limited quantities and are 

 from young plants; the old plants hav- 

 ing been thrown out. This stock looks 

 good, though a little soft. 



Brides and Maids bring $4; Perles, 

 $3. Beauties are very short in supply 

 and the demand good; first quality 

 bringing $3 per dozen. Carnations are 

 in fair demand; the bulk of them are 

 small and bad in color; good red sorts 

 very scarce. The best are going at 

 $1.50, a good price for this time of the 

 year; the second choice bring 75 cents 

 and $1 per 100. 



Of the outdoor stuff sweet peas are 

 still a glut; the best of them go at 25 

 cents per 100; the bulk of them at 10 

 and 15 cents. Cornflowers are 25 cents. 

 The blue has the preference, the other 

 colors are hard to sell. Gladiolus and 

 tuberose stalks are selling at 5 cents 

 each; asters are not yet plentiful, $2 is 

 asked for the best, $1 for the small 

 ones; smilax is quite plentiful, but no 

 demand; $10 and $12.50 is the price 

 asked. 



July 4th all the florists closed up to 

 celebrate. This is one of the holidays 

 when we are not in it. 



Various Items. 

 The wives of Carl and Robert Beyer 

 surprised their husbands by giving 

 them a surprise party on the night of 

 the 4th. A number of florists and their 

 wives were invited, but, owing to the 

 rain, only a few of them came. Your 

 correspondent, accompanied by his 

 wife, went out to see the fun, and we 

 had it good and plenty. The display 

 of fireworks was grand and the Man- 

 hattan orchestra delighted all with ex- 

 cellent music; singing, dancing and 



plenty of refreshments of all kinds 

 were on hand. Carl and Robert were 

 so surprised when the crowd came 

 that they were speechless for the rest 

 of the evening. The dancing was kept 

 up until early in the morning, when 

 everybody went home expressing 

 themselves as having had a splendid 

 time. 



The Connon Floral Co., doing busi- 

 ness at 4228 Olive street, will hereafter 

 be run by Chas. L. Connon. Chas. Con- 

 non, Sr., and John Connon will run the 

 greenhouses at Webster Grove under 

 the name of Connon Floral Co., grow- 

 ing cut flowers for the wholesale mar- 

 ket. They are making extensive alter- 

 ations, remodeling all their old houses. 



The Jordan Floral Co., after a busi- 

 ness career of thirty-five years, have 

 decided to retire. J. M. Jordan, the 

 head of the company, has been sick for 

 the past year, and at a meeting of the 

 stockholders, a few weeks ago, decided 

 this to be the best plan. J. M. Jordan 

 first started in St. Louis as a tree agent 

 for the old Phoenix nursery. After a 

 few years he started a store at 612 

 Olive street, under the name of J. M. 

 Jordan, being at the same time con- 

 nected with the tree selling firm of 

 Jordan, Goodhue & Bros. After ten 

 years Mr. Jordan organized the Jordan 

 Horticultural Co., at the same stand, 

 doing a general seed, cut flower, plant 

 and nursery business. Later this com- 

 pany was absorbed by the Jordan Flo- 

 ral Co. In thirty-five years Mr. Jor- 

 dan only moved twice, from 612 Olive 

 street, the first location, to 706 Olive 

 street, then to the present location, 822 

 Olive street, only two blocks away 

 from the old stand. Those who were 

 employed by Mr. Jordan during the 

 thirty-five years and who are well 

 known to the craft are as follows: 

 Will Cook, Cincinnati, O.; John Davis. 

 Denver, Col.; Fred C. Weber, J. J. Ben- 

 eke, Harry Rieman, John M. Hudson, 

 James Arado, F. J. Fillmore, Pat 

 Quinn and John W. Kunz, St. Louis; 

 Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo; Wm. A. 

 Hanft, New York City, and the New- 

 etts, of Chicago. The above will agree 

 with me when I say that Mr. Jordan 

 always had a kind word for every- 

 body, was a good, conscientious busi- 

 ness man and well liked by his em- 

 ployees. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, is 

 cutting fine Perles from his young 

 plants. Fred is still king of the Perle 

 growers. 



Henry Ostertag is remodeling his 

 store with new paper and paint; also 

 is putting in a large new ice box. The 

 old place looks very attractive. 



Tom Carroll will leave this week for 

 California on the advice of his physi- 

 cian. Tom has hopes that his eyesight 

 will return, and we all hope so, too. 

 Our best wishes go with him. 



Henry Berning returned Monday 

 morning and reported that he would 

 open a branch wholesale house at In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., about September 1. 



Ellison & Tesson have given up one 

 of their stores, the one under the Cen- 

 tury building. 



James S. Wilson, of Chicago, is in 

 town for a week's visit with his 

 mother. 



Bowling. 



July 15 the members of the bowling 

 club will take the Evans Challenge Cup 

 out of the big vaults of the Union 

 Trust Co., and have it polished up 

 ready for the battle. The cup will be 

 on exhibition down town until the 

 time comes to leave for Detroit. The 

 boys have already received their in- 

 structions — not to return without the 

 cup. Should we not be able to win it 

 this year, we would like to keep it in 

 the West. Chicago or Omaha would 

 take good care of it, and nothing would 

 please us better. 



The bowling club had a fine cool 

 night for rolling and nine members 

 were at the alleys. Some very good 

 scores were made, still there is room 

 for improvement. Charlie Kuehn, as 

 usual, did the best rolling, making an 

 average of 178 in four games. The 

 scores were as follow: 



Tot. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn Ifi9 203 175 165 712 178 



.1 \v, Kunz 191 149 143 133 616 154 



.T. .7. B=neke 154 128 176 124 5S2 145 



John Young 116 120 1S7 423 141 



■ '. '' Sanders 114 131 170 415 138 



P. H. Weber 153 154 109 116 532 133 



F. C. Weber 146 113 134 393 131 



]\ .1. FlKmore 122 113 137 143 515 129 



Emil Schray 103 140 139 12s 510 127 



J. J. B. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society, was 

 held in the Vanderbilt building, Main 

 street, Tarrytown, on Thursday eve- 

 ning, the 29th ult. 



The secretary read a communication 

 from the New York Florists' Club, 

 asking the society to sustain them in 

 the invitation which they are to ex- 

 tend to the society of American Flor- 

 ists. The members present were 

 unanimous in wishing the club success 

 in its wooing. Should the S. A. F. see 

 fit to hold their next annual meeting 

 in New York, we can assure them that 

 they will find an excellent host in the 

 New York Florists' Club. There is 

 much to see and learn horticulturally 

 in New York and its vicinity, and 

 seeing the good which they already 

 have done, will undoubtedly bs a bene- 

 fit to all concerned. 



The secretary stated that he had re- 

 ceived promises aggregating over $400 

 from different residents as a prize fund 

 for the chrysanthemum show in No- 

 bember. He expects to collect twice 

 that sum, however, before that time; 

 so a good show is assured. The busi- 

 ness of the evening was the drawing 

 up of a schedule for the said event; 

 copies will be ready soon, and may be 

 had on application to the secretary. 

 Before the President's gavel called the 

 meeting to order everybody was busy 

 discussing the terrible damage, result- 

 ing from the hail storm which passed 

 over this place about a week ago. 

 Hailstones fell for about twenty min- 

 utes; some weighing over three ounces 

 and measuring five inches in circum- 

 ference. In our own case we were 



