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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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We also met Mr. Smith, of the firm 

 of Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, 0., who I 

 was on his way home after a two 

 weeks' tour in the east. He seemed to 

 be very favorably impressed with 

 what he saw, and it brought back fond 

 recollections, for Mr. S. is an old east- 

 ern boy, having spent a number of 

 years in Bridgeport, Conn., in the em- 

 ploy of J. Horan & Son, whom he vis- 

 ited on his recent trip. 



Prices. 



American Beauties, $2.50 to $3 per 

 doz.; Brides, Maids and Victorias, $2 

 to $5; La France, $4 to $5; Meteors, $4 

 to $6; Perles, $2 to $3; cattleyas, $50; 

 carnations, $1 to $1.50; adiantum, $1; 

 asparagus, 50 cents; smilax, 15 cents; 

 asters, 50 cents to $1; valley, $3 to $4; 

 tuberoses, $2 to $3. 



Exposition. 



Florists throughout the country took 

 great interest in the dahlia congress 

 which met in the convention hall of 

 the north pavilion of the National Ex- 

 port Exposition with many prominent 

 florists present. The congress opened 

 Monday, Sept. 26th. The cut blooms 

 were exhibited in the convention hall 

 while the 250 growing plants were in 

 their beds at the south side of the 

 main building. Lawrence K. Peacock, 

 president of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety, superintended the care of the 

 flowers and conducted the meetings. 

 All the blooms were from the trial 

 grounds at Atco, N. J. 



Among the many varieties exhibited 

 the H. A. Dreer Co. showed a table 

 of new cactus dahlias which attracted 

 no little attention. They also exhib- 

 ited two large tanks of cut nymphaeas 

 and other aquatic plants, and a fine 

 lot of tuberous begonia flowers, in- 

 cluding the new frilled varieties, which 

 are exceptionally fine. 



Department Stores. 



We noticed several of the depart- 

 ment stores have another plant sale on 

 of various decorative plants, such as 

 Latanias, pandanus and rubbers, and 

 a handsome jardiniere, as they, put it, 

 included with each plant, for the small 

 sum of $1.25. These sales have a de- 

 cided effect on the retail florist, not 

 only for the time being but have a 

 tendency to demoralize the plant trade 

 for weeks after, and in some cases 

 prove disastrous. The growers who 

 supply these department stores cer- 

 tainly do not realize the harm they 

 are doing to their brother florists. 

 They are practically depriving them 

 of their bread and butter, so to speak. 



Furthermore, they seem to forget 

 that when they (the growers) first 

 started, the retail stores were the only 

 outlet through which they could dis- 

 pose of their stock. Plant sales in de- 

 partment stores were not heard of at 

 that time, hence this is rather a poor 

 way to reciprocate. It is well known 

 that the department stores can handle 

 this stock on a smaller margin than 

 can the retail florist, from the fact 



that these sales are more of an adver- 

 tisement than anything else. There- 

 fore, how can the poor florists com- 

 pete with them? R. 



The late John P. Zimpelmann. 



OBITUARY. 



John P. Zimpelmann. 



John P. Zimpelmann. a well known 

 florist of Woodstock, 111., and promi- 

 nently identified with the annual state 

 fair, died at bis home in Woodstock, 

 September 20th, aged 51 years. 



Mr. Zimpelmann had lived in Wood- 

 stock since 1865, coming th?re from 

 Alsace, then a province of France. 



He was widely known and had many 

 friends who will deeply regret to learn 

 of his death. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business the past week was moder- 

 ately good, either as a result of the 

 cooler weather or the return of the 

 summer tourists. As far as can be 

 seen at present the prospects are for 

 a favorable season and everybody is 

 pleased with the general improvement 

 in the trade. The supply of flowers 

 has shortened up considerably and 

 should this cold spell last the price on 

 stock will go up. 



Prices on flowers are as follows: 

 Beauties, from $1.50 to $3 per dozen; 

 Brides, Meteors, Maids and Perles 

 bring from $2 to $5; carnations, from 

 75 cents to $1.25 per 100; asters, 50 

 cents to $1.50; tuberose spikes, $4 per 

 100; smilax, $12.50. 



Show Matters. 



Chrysanthemum show matters are 

 progressing satisfactorily. The execu- 

 tive committee will meet Saturday 

 evening to work on the final premium 

 list and to dispose of details connect- 

 ed with the coming exhibition. The 

 committee hopes to have the book out 

 by October 14, just one month before 

 the show opens. The show will be as 

 large, if not larger, than last year. The 

 location is good and with favorable 

 weather we should make some money. 

 The dates are November 14th, 15th, 

 16th, 17th and 18th. The following 

 florists will this year have charge of 

 the show: J. J. Beneke, chairman of 

 the executive committee and general 

 manager; Fred C. Weber has charge of 

 the special prizes; Emil Sehray is sec- 

 retary of the committee; C. C. Sanders 

 will again look after the finances, and 

 J. W. Kunz, F. J. Fillmore and Carl 

 Beyer will look after the decorating, 

 advertising and other details. As all 

 of the above are hard-working mem- 

 bers, the florists may safely look for- 

 ward for a great and prosperous show. 



Visitors. 



Mr. Wheeler and Arnold Ringier, of 

 Chicago; Paul Berkowitz, of Philadel- 

 phia, and Mrs. W. J. Vesey, of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., called upon the trade last 

 week. 



Botanical Club Meeting. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club will 

 hold a fruit and flower show on Sept. 

 30, in the Board of Education building. 

 This was decided at the meeting held 

 at 1806 Locust street. The officers of 

 the club are Prof. William Trelease, 

 president; Herman Von Schreck, secre- 

 tary. Seven new members were ad- 

 mitted to the club. An effort will be 

 made to exhibit all flowers and fruits 

 indigenous to this vicinity. Prof. Tre- 

 lease, who is the director of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, made a short 

 address on ferns of Alaska, illustrat- 

 ing his remarks by exhibiting mounted 

 specimens of fifty varieties of ferns 

 found there and collected by himself. 



Prof. Trelease returned from Alaska 

 only a few weeks ago, where he accom- 

 panied the Harrieman expedition, com- 

 posed of fifty of the most noted sci- 

 entists of the country, who succeeded 

 in making a most complete exploration 

 of the Alaskan coast. 



Notes. 

 Frank Ellis, who is with H. G. Bern- 

 ing, is confined to his home by sick- 

 ness, but expects to be out by the end 

 of the week. 



The Bowling Club. 



The St. Louis Florists' Bowling Club 

 will, on Monday, Oct. 2, at 8 P. M., ' 

 start their winter season of bowling. 

 A meeting will be held the same night 

 and all members are requested to be 

 present, as the club has several match- 

 es on hand with clubs about the city. 

 The delinquent members will be given 

 one more chance to pay their back 



