JULY 20, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



171 



plants, cultivated, 1st, Miss Edith 

 Noyes. Gratuities were awarded to 

 Mrs. Gardner for Miltonias and Ner- 

 tera depressa; G. F. Sylvester for hol- 

 lyhocks; Rea Bros, for hardy peren- 

 nials; Mrs. John L. Gardner for Phlox 

 Drummondi; Geo. Hollis for ipomoea; 

 E. C. Lewis, heirs of Joseph Pay, and 

 others, for displays of seasonable 

 bloom. 



The News. 



W. J. Murphy, of N. F. McCarthy, is 

 enjoying his vacation down in Maine. 

 He expects to return next week, when 

 his co-worker, John Kelly, will make 

 a pilgrimage to the same resort. 



Lord St Burnham Co. are erecting a 

 carnation house, 250x23, for Patten & 

 Co., Tewksbury, Mass. 



Ned and P. Welch are resting from 

 their long season of arduous store 

 work, and are now enjoying the sea 

 breezes at Old Orchard, Maine. 



Arthur Houghton, of Galvin's Tre- 

 mont street store, has gone abroad. 



Ernst Asmus, of Nov York, has 

 been in town this week. P. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The regular meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association was held at Gar- 

 field park, Tuesday evening, July 11. 

 The picnic committee reported that 

 Broad Ripple park had been decided 

 upon for our annual outing, which will 

 be held on July 19. It will be a family 

 picnic and all florists are invited to 

 bring their families or sweethearts, as 

 the case may be. The florists are es- 

 pecially requested to give their em- 

 ployes a holiday on that day so that 

 they also can enjoy themselves. The 

 committee has on its programme mu- 

 sic, baseball, football, cards, etc., and 

 from appearances all who attend are 

 sure of a good time. 



After the meeting refreshments were 

 served, and Mr. O. T. Pflum and Mr. 

 G. Penn entertained us with a few 

 musical selections that were greatly 

 enjoyed. 



Robert McKeand, our city florist, 

 was kind enough to show the writer 

 through Garfield park recently, and 

 I must say that the beds are all in ele- 

 gant condition and very showy. His 

 new seedling canna, Mrs. R. A. Mc- 

 Keand, is a beauty. It is dwarf in 

 habit, growing only two feet high, 

 orange red, blotched and bordered 

 with canary yellow, and a good sized 

 flower. He has a large bed of these 

 and they make a grand show; he also 

 has several other new varieties that 

 promise to be good. Mac certainly de- 

 serves credit for the artistic designs 

 and flower beds that he has in Garfield 

 park. 



It is reported that we soon will have 

 what has been a long felt want, and 

 that is a wholesale commission store. 

 It is understood that Mr. K. G. Bern- 

 ins, of St. Louis, will open a store here 

 about September 1. He will be heart- 

 ily welcomed by all the growers, and 

 I feel safe in saying that he will be 

 successful. 



Indications are that about eight or 

 ten Indianapolis florists will attend 

 the convention in August; sorry we 

 can't all go. 



The next meeting will be held at 

 Garfield park. There will be something 

 in store for the boys, as several have 

 become papas during the past month. 

 So don't miss this meeting. FRED. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held Thursday aft- 

 ernoon, July 13. The meeting was 

 called to order by President Sanders, 

 with twenty members present. The 

 weather was very warm and the at- 

 tendance was not as good as it should 

 have been. 



The chrysanthemum show commit- 

 tee reported that $1,700.00 had been 

 subscribed in special prizes. The pic- 

 nic committee reported that every- 

 thing was in readiness for our annual 

 outing on the 20th, and about 150 

 tickets were already sold. 



The chairman of the transportation 

 committee reported the rates to De- 

 troit, and the probabilities are that we 

 will go by way of Toledo, over the 

 Clover Leaf. 



After the regular routine of business 

 the nomination of officers for the en- 

 suing year took place, and the names 

 of the following members were pro- 

 posed for the various offices: 



President, Fred Ammann, of Ed- 

 wardsville; vice-president, Charles A. 

 Kuehn and Chas. J. Juengel; secre- 

 tary, Emil Schray; treasurer, J. J. 

 Beneke; three trustees, Max Herzog, 

 Julius Koenig, Jr.; Dr. Halstedt, F. J. 

 Fillmore, E. H. Michel, R. F. Tesson, 

 C. C. Sanders, E. W. Guy, H. G. Ude 

 and J. W. Kunz. 



President Sanders read his essay on 

 the nursery and jobbing trade, which 

 was very instructive, and a vote of 

 thanks was extended him by the club. 



Mr. Chas. D. Ball, of Holmesburg, 

 Philadelphia, sent the club, with his 

 compliments, a very handsome book 

 on Philadelphia, for which the mem- 

 bers are very thankful. 



The next meeting of the club will be 

 held Thursday afternoon, August 10, 

 just three days before the members 

 start for Detroit, and anyone who is 

 going with us should not fail to be at 

 this meeting. The election of officers 

 for the ensuing year will be held at 

 this meeting; also other very impor- 

 tant business will be transacted. 



The Market. 



The past week has been a very quiet 

 one, prices on most stock remaining 

 stationary. Some very fair roses are 

 coming in from new stock; for the 

 best $4 is being asked; Kaiserin is de- 

 cidedly the best of the white sorts, and 

 has the call. 



Carnations have dropped a little in 

 price, none going over $1, which is for 

 the best stock; 50 and 75 cents for 



medium grades; sweet peas are still a 

 glut, the best bringing 25 cents per 

 100; others 10 and 15 cents; asters are 

 becoming more plentiful; the best sell 

 at $2; others $1; gladiolus bring $2 to 

 $5; smilax seems slow and very little 

 called for; good strings bring $12.50 

 per 100. 



Some of the growers will begin hous- 

 ing their carnations next week. They 

 are looking fine, especially Daybreak, 

 which is praised by all. Last year this 

 variety was bad with nearly all the 

 growers. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. J. Johann, of Collinsville, 111., 

 was a visitor last week and attended 

 the club meeting. Mr. Johann will at 

 the next meeting of the club make ap- 

 plication for membership. 



C. Young & Sons Co. are remodeling 

 their store at 1406 Olive street. 



Frank Buckshot and Charlie Wors 

 are now employed in the city parks. 



Max Herzog, Beyer Bros., Felter & 

 Brueker, F. J. Fillmore, Fred Mein- 

 hardt and J. Koenig's Sons are very 

 busy these warm days rebuilding and 

 painting their houses. 



Bowling. 



The Florists' Bowling Club rolled 

 four games Monday night. The weath- 

 er was cool and the attendance good. 

 Twelve rollers put in their appear- 

 ance, including J. S. Wilson, of the 

 Chicago Florists' Bowling Club. Some 

 very fine scores were made, consider- 

 ing (as Jim Wilson says) the hardest 

 alleys to roll on in this country, and 

 his scores below will show 'that he is 

 telling the truth. E. W. Guy, our new 

 member, has the making of a good 

 roller. The scores for last Monday 

 night are as follows: 



12 3 4 Tot. Av, 



C A Kuehn I.'.''. 141 146 ITS 621 135 



C. C. Sanders 1(» 158 122 ... 440 147 



J. W. Kunz 138 ISO US ... 436 145 



J. J. Beneks 12S 157 147 129 561 140 



Emil Schray 139 139 98 ... 376 125 



F H Weber 131 105 133 369 123 



E W. Guv Ill 136 121 ... 36S 12.1 



F. J. Fillmore 139 108 101 126 474 119 



F C Weber 109 124 ... 233 116 



J S. Wilson 120 116 117 10S 461 115 



R F Tesson 117 108 225 112 



John Young 90 124 ... 214 107 



J. J. B. 



ST. PAUL. 



There is some trade to be obtained 

 notwithstanding the heat and the con- 

 sequent exodus to the lakes and cool- 

 ing off places. June closed the best 

 year's trade on record and the record 

 so far in July has been a good one. 

 Roses and carnations are scarce, espe- 

 cially good white ones. Prices are 

 well maintained, and the growers who 

 hesitated before throwing out old 

 plants have reaped good results from 

 them. Early planted summer stock is 

 now in boom. Kaiserin, Carnot, Tes- 

 tout. Beauty and Meteor are the prin- 

 cipal varieties grown for summer 

 blooming. 



Florists' Picnic. 



The annual picnic of the Twin City 

 Florists and their friends was held at 



