OCTOBER 12, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



491 



ei'S. The "Veiled Prophets' Ball'' sent 

 the prices up on all fancy stock, but 

 the demand was not so good as in 

 former years. Beauties sold at $3.00 

 per dozen, from that down to $1.50; 

 Meteors, $3.00 to $5.00; Brides and 

 Maids. $3.00 to $5.00; Perles and 

 Woottons, $2.00 to $4.00. Carnations 

 are better and will be fine from now 

 on, but are still scarce and not enough 

 to go around. Scotts, Daybreak and 

 any kind of white sell from $1.00 to 

 $2.00. Violets are coming better, al- 

 though a little small, and sell well. 

 Some fine valley can now be had at 

 $4.00 and $5.00. Asparagus, maidenhair 

 and smilax also sell well. No chry- 

 santhemums in this market yet, and 

 seem to be late, same as last year. 



The Thirty-ninth St. Louis Fair. 



The thirty-ninth annual fair of the 

 St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical 

 Association was held during the past 

 week. They offered $351 in premiums 

 for plants and cut flowers. William 

 Schray captured nearly all the firsts 

 on plants. The prizes were as follows: 

 Largest and most tastefully arranged 

 collection of greenhouse plants, Wm. 

 Schray, 1st; C. Young & Sons Co., 2nd. 

 Best pair of hanging baskets, Wm. 

 Schray, 1st; C. Young & Sons Co.. 2nd. 

 Best collection Rex begonia, C. Young 

 & Sons Co., 1st; Wm., Schray, 2nd. 

 Best collection named geranium, Wm. 

 Schray, 1st; C. Young & Sons Co., 2nd. 

 Best collection carnations in, bloom, 

 Wm. Schray, 1st. Best collection of 

 palms, Wm. Schray, 1st; C. Young & 

 Sons Co., 2nd. Best collection of 

 ferns, Wm. Schray, 1st; C. Young & 

 Sons Co., 2nd. Best collection of col- 

 ored foliage plants, Wm.. Schray, 1st; 

 C. Young & Sons Co., 2nd. Best twelve/ 

 roses in bloom, Wm. Schray. 1st; C. 

 Young & Sons Co., 2nd. Best collec- 

 tion of house blooming plants, C. 

 Young & Sons Co., 1st; Wm. Schray. 

 2nd. Floral designs, two pieces, one 

 funeral and one festival emblem, C. 

 Young & gons Co., 1st; Ellison & Tes- 

 son, 2nd. Best basket of cut flowers, 

 Ellison & Tesson, 1st; C. Young & 

 Sons Co., 2nd. Best and most artistic- 

 ally arranged display of cut roses, 

 Ellison & Tesson, 1st; C. Young & 

 Sons Co., 2nd; Wm. Shray, 3rd. Best 

 table decoration, plants may be used 

 in connection with cut flowers, Ellison 

 & Tesson, 1st; C. Young &• Sons Co., 

 2nd. Largest, best and most artisti- 

 cally arranged collection of cut flow- 

 ers oj any kind, except roses,, all to 

 be properly labeled, Wm. Schray, 1st; 

 C. Young & Sons Co., 2nd. Best pair 

 of parlor bouquets, C. Young & Sons 

 Co., 1st. Best collection of carnations, 

 Ellison & Tesson, 1st. Best ladies' 

 bouquet, C. Young & Sons Co., 1st; 

 Ellison & Tesson, 2nd., 



Max Herzog acted as judge during 

 the week. 



Various Notes. 



The decorations at the Veiled 

 Prophets' ball were large and elabor- 

 ate. The large fountain in the hall 

 was banked up with palms and cut 

 flowers of all kinds. The effect was 



fine and was admired by all. The work 

 was done by the Reissen Floral Co., 

 under the direction of Mr. Edward 

 Bueehel. The ladies attending the ball 

 carried mostly Beauties and Meteors. 



Miss M. S. Newman, who has been 

 with Luther Armstrong for many 

 years, has bought the store from Mr. 

 Armstrong, at No. 3720 Olive street. 

 Miss Newman has just returned from 

 the east and brought many new novel- 

 ties with her. Mr. Armstrong will con- 

 tinue to run his greenhouses at Kirk- 

 wood, having no interest in the store. 

 Miss Newman has made many friends 

 and will no doubt make a success of 

 her new venture. 



Visitors in town last week were Mr. 

 B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., Phila. 

 This is Mr. Eschner's first visit to St. 

 Louis, and he made many friends dur- 

 ing his short stay. He left town with 

 his order book well filled. J. W. Can- 

 aga, of Shelbyville, 111., and L. E. 

 Archias, of the Archias Seed Co., Car- 

 thage, Mo., were also with us during 

 fair week. 



F. C. Weber again heads the list 

 with the biggest number of special 

 prizes for the chrysanthemum show, 

 amounting to $265, to date. If all- 

 florists would only do the same there 

 would be no fear of the show not being 

 a success. Come, brothers, wake up. 



The stock at Frank Fillmore's is 

 looking in tip top shape, his roses 

 especially being in good condition. 

 Frank grows only the big four, Brides, 

 Woottons, Perles and Bridesmaids. 

 Carnations, too, are looking at their 

 best. Frank's chances of lots of prizes 

 at the show look good. Mr. Fillmore 

 celebrated his 50th birthday last week, 

 and his better |half presented him with 

 a beautiful gold watch and chain, 

 which he takes great delight in show- 

 ing to his friends. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



Flowers, especially carnations, were 

 never more scarce in the annals of 

 Boston than during the latter part of 

 last week when buyers literally fell 

 over each other in their efforts to 

 secure what few were coming in.. Sat- 

 urday the strain began to lessen, and 

 this Monday morning the craft of 

 trade swings very easy at her moor- 

 ings, carnations having arrived in 

 fairly plentiful supply. Prices of 

 course have advanced a notch and 

 salesmen will use best endeavors to 

 hold them where they are. 



Good chrysanthemums are seen in 

 three colors, prices $1.50 and $2.00 per 

 dozen. Roses in good supply at from 

 $2.00 to $12.50 a hundred; carnations 

 from $2.00 to $3.00 in ordinary kinds, 

 with fancies not much in evidence 

 at any figure; violets are softly whis- 

 pering 75 cents and $1.00 per hundred, 

 and not much further variety shown. 



"The last 'aster' of summer is 

 blooming alone" — at about 3 cents 

 per accomplished function; 4 last week 

 and more customers than blossoms. 



Red roses have not yet materialized 

 in an emphatic manner. 



We expect a great winter and have 

 got our feet braced for it. In spite 

 of a phenomenal rise in the prices 

 of all kinds of building material, much 

 building has been done and several 

 are as yet unfinished. Two or three 

 heavy frosts very recently have made 

 these put up a sharper movement nec- 

 essarily. 



Florists in the immediate vicinity 

 of the old Providence station, the use 

 of which has just been discontinued, 

 complain bitterly of the effect upon 

 their business. This, however, will 

 not be so marked after their regular 

 Back Bay trade gets home. Farther 

 down the street Houghton & Clark 

 refuse to submit, have crossed to the 

 better side of the street, got into 

 greatly enlarged and much improved 

 quarters, and demand attention. Their 

 facilities will now allow them to han- 

 dle one of the largest floral trades of 

 the city and there is every reason to 

 suppose they will work it up. They 

 are particularly well situated to carry 

 a large stock of plants and have a fine 

 line now on hand. 



On a recent visit to Wellesley Hills 

 I noted the good form of F. J. Lake & 

 Son's carnation plants, especially their 

 new unnamed white; the large propor- 

 tions of their new house, and the great 

 changes and additions at the mam- 

 moth rose houses of W. J. Dana. His 

 establishment now foots up about 40,- 

 000 feet of glass and looks as if it 

 were planning to produce roses by the 

 cartload the coming winter. 



Mr. Miller, of the firm of Hilliard 

 & Carlson, Exeter, N. H., heaviest 

 growers of Beauties and Meteors in 

 this section, was down a few days 

 since. He arranged with J. S. Manter 

 to handle their coming crop. Their 

 last year's efforts were very success- 

 ful. 



Have not asked for news this week 

 but have been told that James Galvin 

 is back at his old stand in Ordway 

 Place manipulating for retail trade, 

 also that Dan Gormley, another well 

 known veteran, is with him. 



"BEAN'S TALK." 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There are more roses than last 

 week, especially of the lower grades, 

 but really good stock is still short in 

 supply. The scarcity of carnations 

 continues. There is no material 

 change in prices, except that those for 

 the lower grades of roses are not quite 

 so sharply held. 



The Fall Festival, while it brought 

 some of the retailers a few decora- 

 tions, did not appreciably increase the 

 local demand for flowers, and was 

 more of a detriment than a benefit, as 

 it practically tied up all business. 

 Some of the wholesalers were at times 

 unable to fill out-of-town orders, as 

 the parades cut them off from com- 

 munication with the express offices 

 for many hours at a time. 



Last Tuesday Kennicott Bros. Co. 



