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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



515 



A regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held to-morrow ( Friday) 

 evening, and as this is the meeting 

 for the annual election of officers, a 

 large attendance is expected. There 

 will also be other matters of import- 

 ance to receive attention. 



The committee that arranged for the 

 floral float in the fall festival parade 

 will make a full report at this meet- 

 ing. The total cost of the float was 

 $270.26, in addition to the donated ma- 

 terial. 



Recent visitors: B. Eschner, of M. 

 Rice & Co., Philadelphia; Henry 

 Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Louis 

 Bauscher, Freeport, 111.; S. A. Baur, 

 Erie, Pa. 



Sweet peas from outside plants are 

 one of the novelties of the season. The 

 plants took on a new lease of life dur- 

 ing the recent warm weather and are 

 furnishing another crop of flowers. 



Wm. Muir has opened a store at 47th 

 street and Champlain avenue. 



T. J. Corbrey is about to open a re- 

 tail establishment at West Madison 

 street and Albany avenue. 



John Mangel has opened a branch 

 store on 47th street and C. F. Klunder 

 is in charge. 



Wm. Kirkham has returned from his 

 European trip. 



Bowling. 



Last Friday evening five members 

 of the bowling clug played a match 

 game with a team from the West Mad- 

 ison street Club on the alleys of the 

 latter, the florists winning by 173 pins. 

 Following are the scores of the flor- 

 ists: 



Winterson 1S7 156 181 



Degnan 163 135 177 



Hurson 187 137 166 



Henderson 187 144 122 



Asmus 153 215 200 



BOSTON. 



Various Items. 



Boston has only simmered this week 

 so far as flower trade is concerned but 

 has naturally boiled over with patri- 

 otism. Dewey did not provoke the 

 trade expected by many as there was 

 nothing done except a magnificent de- 

 coration by Galvin at the rooms of the 

 Algonquin Club and some little display 

 at the admiral's rooms at the Touraine 

 among which a grand bunch of two 

 hundred American Beauties from the 

 hands of Houghton & Clark was pre- 

 eminent. It stood over six feet high, 

 was jeweled by a small flag, an ad- 

 miral's flag and many yards of rib- 

 bons. The "Daughters of the Revolu- 

 tion" were the donors. 



The weather has been phenomenally 

 summerlike, bringing out blossoms 

 that were not due for two or three 

 weeks with a great quantity of inferior 

 ones, prices on that grade dropping 

 fifty per cent. Chrysanthemums be- 

 came altogether too plentiful to find a 

 market at any fair figure. 



Among the most striking window 

 displays should be noted that of the 

 Calder Floral Co., on Boylston street. 



It consists simply of a thorough bank- 

 ing, or backing, of oak twigs now in 

 their richest color and placed as per- 

 pendicular and smoothly as possible, 

 in front of which appears a single vase 

 of white chrysanthemums. The effect 

 is good at any time but particularly 

 so by electric light. 



Two artists of Chapman Place have 

 sent around invitations to their wed- 

 dings in the near future; J. M. Cohen 

 and Henry Penn. (Not to each other, 

 however.) B. T. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



We are having very unusual weather 

 for this time of the year. After a week 

 of cool weather it has suddenly turned 

 warm again and the effect is severely 

 felt in the cut flower market. Roses are 

 plentiful and only the choice stock 

 bring top prices. Fair stock can be 

 had in job lots and signs of "Roses 

 25 cents per dozen" are again seen in 

 the windows of the florist. 



Chrysanthemums have not yet been 

 seen in this market. Other years we 

 had them from the south long before 

 this. The season has been very dry, 

 but the end of the present week will 

 no doubt find them in this city about 

 as plentiful as roses. 



Carnations are not plentiful by any 

 means. Some are very fine, but the 

 bulk of them are still short stemmed. 

 Daybreak, Scott and all white are the 

 best sellers. The demand is also good 

 for reds. Violets are becoming more 

 plentiful each day and are better in 

 size and color. Californias sell well. 

 The small singles are not called for 

 as they were a few weeks ago. Good 

 valley is also in demand at the same 

 price as last week. Smilax is not ex- 

 tra good, but sells well. Prices on 

 stock the past week were as follows: 

 Meteors, Brides, Maids and Carnots, 

 from $3 to $5; seconds went as job 

 lots at $10 per 1,000, Perles and Woot- 

 tons, $3 and $4; Ammann's Perles 

 bring $5 for the best. Beauties, good 

 long, $2 and $3 per dozen, shorts, 50 

 cents to $1.50. Carnations, fancy, 

 $1.50 and $2; others, $1; these are 

 short stemmed ones. Violets, Califor- 

 nia, 40 and 50 cents, small single, 25 

 cents; small single, 25 cents. Valley, 

 $4 and $5; smilax, 15 cents per string; 

 a few white asters, about the last, sold 

 at $1 per 100. 



Club Meeting. 



The October meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club was slimly attended. Presi- 

 dent Ammann opened the meeting at 

 3 p. m., with all the officers in their 

 chairs. Some very important matters 

 came up for discussion. One question 

 was, "Shall we charge 50 cents or 25 

 cents admission to the show this 

 year?" which was finally settled by 

 making 50 cents the price. The other 

 one was, "That no member shall re- 

 ceive his annual pass to the show un- 

 less he has paid his dues for this year." 



This, after a long debate, was also 

 passed. The members will have until 

 the next meeting of the club, Nov. 9th, 

 which is a few days before the show 

 begins, in which to pay their dues. 

 The different committees reported 

 progress. The resignation of C. W. 

 Wors as a member was accepted. Be- 

 fore adjournment President Ammann 

 said that he would like to see a large 

 attendance present at the next meet- 

 ing, so don't forget it, brothers, and 

 come. Nov. 9th is the date, the time 

 is 3 o'clock, and the place is the same 

 old place. We expect you all. 



Various Notes. 



H. Weber, of H. Weber & Sons, 

 Oakland, Md., was a visitor in town 

 the past week. Mr. Weber expects 

 to show a large number of blooms at 

 our coming show. Mr. Teilmann, of 

 Marion, Ind., will also show some of 

 his fine blooms this year. 



The bowling club will to-night 

 (Monday, Oct. 16th) roll its first games 

 on Tate's new regulation alleys, on 

 Fourth street, opposite court house. 

 There are six alleys on the ground 

 floor, and furnished in the latest style, 

 the same as the ones we rolled on in 

 Detroit. The club has decided to roll 

 on these alleys during the winter 

 months. The accommodations are of 

 the best and the members will feel 

 more at home. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club's rolling on the 

 new alleys is as follows: 



12 3 4 Tot. Av. 



J. W. Kunz 131 146 145 153 575 144 



C. A. Kuehn 120 1S6 106 136 54S 137 



J. J. Beneke 138 12S 139 138 543 136 



F. C Weber 145 111 115 ... 371 124 



R. F. Tesson 130 82 212 106 



P. H. Weber 106 106 106 



C. Beyer 86 103 112 ... 301 100 



P. J. Fillmore 101 114 86 86 386 96 



J. J. B. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The annual meeting of the Nebraska 

 and Iowa Florists' Society was held 

 Thursday evening, Oct. 12, in the new 

 hall, 1415 Farnham St. There was a 

 good attendance and a very sociable 

 time was had. 



In the election of officers President 

 J. J. Hess and Secretary L. Henderson 

 were reelected. Sam Faulkner was 

 elected Vice-President, and Joe Had- 

 kinson Treasurer. The trustees are G. 

 Swoboda, Paul Paulson and Wm. Ells- 

 worth. 



Secretary L. Henderson presented 

 the following report: 



"Officers and Members of the Ne- 

 braska and Iowa Florists' Society: It 

 affords me pleasure to report to you 

 the things that we have done and ac- 

 complished this year just ended, also 

 mingled with the regret over things 

 that we might have done, which we 

 have not done. We have had eleven 

 meetings, one each month with the ex- 

 ception of May and June, which 

 months we had no meeting for lack 

 of a quorum. These meetings have 

 been fairly attended. We have also 



