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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



SEPTK.MHKH 7. IV<:i 



Co., Memphis, Tenn., and Geo. Wash- 

 bum, Bloomington, 111. 



The only unhappy feature of the day 

 was the accident to John Zech. While 

 in the grove he climbed a tree and the 

 breaking of a limb gave him a nasty 

 fall of a dozen or fifteen feet. He was 

 picked up unconscious and it was a 

 great relief to everyone when it was 

 found he had escaped without any 

 broken bones, though badly bruised 

 and shaken up. John says that in fu- 

 ture he will trust no limbs but his own, 

 and that when next he climbs a tree 

 he will stay down on the ground. 



The Market. 



There is little change from last week 

 in market conditions though receipts 

 have fallen off slightly and prices of 

 the better grades of roses and carna- 

 tions have held a trifle firmer at times. 



Various Items. 



W. N. Rudd is building an iron 

 frame carnation house at Mt. Green- 

 wood that will be 30x125, equal span, 

 running east and west. It will contain 

 five benches, three 5 feet wide and 

 two 3Ms feet wide. Lord & Burnham 

 Co. are doing the work. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Samuelson have 

 returned from Michigan. 



Larry Kelly has been carrying one 

 arm in a sling as the result of a re- 

 cent accident. It is a bad sprain and 

 not a break. 



C. W. McKellar returned from Ohio 

 last Saturday. 



E. C. Amling is improving steadily 

 and is now able to visit his place of 

 business every few days. 



Club Mejting. 



The first club meeting of the sea- 

 son was held last Friday evening. Lit- 

 tle but routine business was transact- 

 ed. A resolution expressing the 

 thanks of the members for courtesies 

 extended by the Detroit florists during 

 the convention was adopted, and the 

 question of having a trade float in the 

 coming autumn festival was consid- 

 ered, action being deferred till a later 

 meeting. 



Bowling. 



After the last club meeting the bowl- 

 ers adjourned to the alleys and pro- 

 duced the following variegated scores: 



1st. 2d. Av. 



A. Henderson 163 141 152 



P. J. Hauswirth 152 13a 143 



A. Vaughan 150 136 143 



Geo. Woodward Ill 168 139 



Ed. Winterson 117 142 12S 



Jno. Degnan 141 116 12S 



W. Kreitling 105 135 120 



C. Pruner 119 U3 116 



Ed. Enders 104 113 103 



C. Samuelson 97 104 100 



M. Barker 79 104 91 



NEW YORK. 



Almost all the folks of the business 

 have returned from vacations and all 

 are ready for the season to commence. 

 This, however, promises to be even 

 later than usual because the wealthy 

 people of this section have built for 

 themselves magnificent palaces in 



several parts of the country in which 

 they spend the greater part of the 

 early winter. It will be November be- 

 fore many of the best plant and flower 

 buyers return to their city homes, 

 still there is always the great middle 

 class, the backbone of the country, and 

 the prospects are that they will open 

 their purses earlier and wider than 

 they have for some years. 



September is with us and already 

 many outdoor flowers are nearing the 

 finish. This class of stock will most- 

 ly be missed by the poorer florists; 

 the wholesalers are already praying 

 for frost. 



There is not such a great quantity 

 of stock coming in at present; it is 

 only that there is little or no demand 

 for what is on the market and when 

 the conditions are so everything mul- 

 tiplies. Roses by the thousand can 

 be bought for from $2.50 to $5; a lit- 

 tle special stock brings from $2 to $4 

 per 100; Beauties, a few of the very 

 best, 20 cents to 25 cents, general 

 grade 6 to 12, short stems 1 to 2; val- 

 ley plentiful at $1.50 to $2, some spe- 

 cial stock bringing $3. Carnations, 

 good salable stock at 75 cents to $1 

 per 100; smilax, 10 to 12. Cattleyas 

 are getting more plentiful and the 

 supply promises to be more than reg- 

 ular from now on; asking price 40 

 cents. We saw some remarkably fine 

 cattleyas and Vanda coerulea at John 

 Young's. 



Changes there are and changes 

 there promise to be. G. E. Bradshaw 

 closes his Thirtieth street store to 

 open one at 53 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, September 15. John Nugent 

 has left Thomas Young's, and will 

 open a wholesale store under the name 

 of Nugent & Young, at 42 West Twen- 

 ty-eighth street. This particular Mr. 

 Young is supposed to be a former 

 clerk at the Holland house. Mr. Deck- 

 er, formerly of the Decker, Blauvelt 

 Co., has vacated the store at 42 West 

 Twenty-eighth and retired from the 

 struggle for the time being. Thus one 

 firm goes out of the street and two 

 come in, and the boys say the more 

 the merrier. 



It's difficult to keep track of the 

 changes and new faces in the retail 

 business; stores are opening up in 

 all sections. Sherer will open one at 

 Madison avenue and Ninety-second 

 street, and it is reported some one is 

 about to reopen Doran's old store on 

 Sixth avenue. 



The club meets on Monday next, 

 usual time and place. IVERA. 



BUFFALO. 



Trade has been fairly good the past 

 two weeks, at least for this time of 

 year. Asters in abundance, but carna- 

 tions scarce. We have had a rain, or 

 rather two showers. They have been 

 local, but sincerely in this case it was 

 "smallest favors thankfully received." 

 Dry as we have been we are a wet 

 bog and our plants are aquatics, and 

 we are amphibious animals compared 

 to parched up Toronto across Onta- 

 rio's waters. 



We were honored with the appoint- 

 ment of judge along with Brother 

 Foster, of Hamilton. Ont. Canada's 

 big fair is a big institution. They had 

 a short Midway Plaisance and at its 

 end the Streets of Cairo, for which we 

 made a beeline, only to be sadly dis- 

 appointed. Camels they had, but the 

 interesting and instructive features of 

 the Chicago Cairo were entirely ab- 

 sent. Toronto is not Chicago. Oh no, 

 so don't expect anything exciting. 



He that likes to look at live stock 

 can look and wonder, for their devel- 

 opment is far past the normal. The 

 fireworks are wonderful and in the 

 great display of John Bull and Broth- 

 er Jonathan spreading "peace and 

 prosperity over the world" it is mag- 

 nificently portrayed. To the left the 

 Arabs of the Soudan fall like tenpins, 

 but no British soldier is hurt, and on 

 the right the American lads and lasses 

 slay the Spaniards by fits and starts, 

 but their chief occupation is dancing 

 the Spanish dance with Cuban lasses 

 and waving the glorious flag. 



The show of decorative plants in the 

 horticultural hall is magnificent. Few 

 cities can show such plants as come 

 from the Exhibition Parks, the Wat- 

 er Works Parks and the Central Pris- 

 on — grand, clean plants, and there had 

 to be 50 distinct species in every col- 

 lection. I asked Park Superintendent 

 Chambers how long since they had 

 had a rain. "We have had no rain 

 since the snow went" was the answer. 

 Burdocks and Canada thistles are 

 dead and dying in the vacant lots and 

 the fields and lawns not watered are 

 yellow. 



Two hours spent with John Dunlop 

 was a great treat and it was recipro- 

 cated, I know, for after repeated calls 

 to breakfast he went and occupied 

 just 53% seconds at that important 

 meal. I wish some of these egotists 

 who say, "You can't produce roses of 

 a high quality under butted glass," or 

 the other delusionists who say the 

 glass breaks and drips, would just 

 visit Mr. Dunlop. If they did not close 

 up like a clam then I will close up, but 

 not before. It was a most interesting 

 visit, and a few points will be pub- 

 lished later, for I am now short of 

 time. w - s - 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 

 This section of the country is in 

 need of rain; all outside stock for win- 

 ter use is suffering for water. The 

 very hot weather has not helped the 

 business and the market conditions re- 

 main about the same. The early part 

 of the week trade was quite brisk. The 

 quality of stock continues to improve. 

 Kaiserins are very good, selected stock 

 going up to $4. All other roses, select 

 stock, price is the same; good ordinary 

 1 remaining at $1.50 and $2, and a lot 

 of short stemmed stuff falls below this. 

 Beauties very scarce, $2.50 per dozen 

 for first quality. In carnations select 

 disbudded stock still sells for $1 per 

 1O0; field and good ordinary, 50 and 



