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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBER 26, 1899. 



nurserymen and gardeners will take 

 place at Mercantile Club, Saturday 

 night, Nov. 18th. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club rolled again on 

 the new alleys, Monday night, and the 

 6Cores are a great improvement over 

 last Monday. They were as follows: 



1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. Tot.Av. 



C. Beyer 128 188 165 176 657 164 



C. C. Sanders 171 159 154 131 61S 154 



C. A. Kuehn 130 157 164 149 600 150 



J. W. Kunz 152 147 154 116 569 142 



Fmil Schray 179 127 12S 111 545 133 



John Young 145 91 139 148 523 130 



F. Fillmore S9 12S 87 116 420 105 



J. J. B. 



DETROIT. 



It is some time since Detroit has 

 been heard from, but we are rested up 

 after the good times at the convention 

 aid caught up with our work, so will 

 try and come out of our shell again. 

 Business has been very good until the 

 very warm weather came on, which 

 had a tendency to check it. Flowers 

 have been scarce since the frost, but 

 are catching up again now. There are 

 come changes in business locations on 

 the avenue. Mr. J. F. Sullivan has 

 moved into a much better store farther 

 down town and was very glad to leave 

 his old quarters, for the place was bad- 

 ly infested with rats. Mr. H. G. Flarn- 

 mer has also opened up a retail place 

 at 231 Wood, so that we now have four 

 retail places in one block. Mr. A. Fer- 

 guson has retired from the retail and 

 will confine himself to the wholesale 

 trade in the future. 



The Florists' Club thought the offi- 

 cers did so well last year that they re- 

 elected them for another year. The 

 members are looking forward to the 

 annual outing, to Mt. Clemens, to visit 

 the establishment of Breitmeyer & 

 Sons. Two weeks ago the writer had the 

 pleasure of welcoming twenty-three 

 members at his home and, strange to 

 say, they found no fault either with 

 him or his stock. The bowling fever 

 is beginning to show symptoms of 

 breaking out again. RAG. 



FLAT BUSH, N. Y. 



No, it was not a band of Indians on 

 the warpath out in Arizona, nor yet 

 was that rattling the noise of shooting 

 in the canons of Wyoming, it was only 

 a match game at bowls between the 

 florists of Flatbush and New York. The 

 scene of strife was on the Flatbush al- 

 leys the night of Oct. 19th. Yes, it was 

 a hard fought battle; every man had 

 the light of determination in his eye. 

 and the visitors and partisans supplied 

 an abundance of noisy encouragement. 



We notice that these same alleys are 

 fast becoming the most interesting 

 bowling ground in th's part of the coun- 

 try, for you are sure to find a crowd 

 there whom it is impossible to meet 

 elsewhere. There is no limit to the 

 fun here; it is forced upon you by un- 

 boundless dispensers. One of the" best 

 things to see is how the pin-boys clear 

 the rails when Raynor gets a ball in 

 his hand, and then again Louis is in- 



deed king when he piles strike upon 

 strike, as he did on this occasion. The 

 Flatbushers got even with the New 

 Yorks by winning the three games 

 played. This makes both teams equal. 

 The final series will no doubt be rolled 

 off on some strange alley. The scores 

 were as follows: 



FLATBUSH. 



P. Riley 133 137 161 



A. Zeller 147 134 178 



L. Schmutz 201 126 1S3 



J. Raynor 115 127 144 



D. Mellis 135 156 121 



E. Dailledouze 15S 214 179 



889 894 966 

 NEW YORK. 



P. O'Mara 131 142 175 



F. Traendly 134 109 108 



A. Burns 154 169 122 



T. Roehrs 121 129 159 



J. Withers 117 116 127 



T. Lang 186 lr.:: 137 



843 818 S2S 



A general set-to occurred after the 

 match games, resulting so, Riley tak- 

 ing all the car fare: 



W. Siebreeht . ...128 Woerner 106 



J. Withers 120 P. Riley 164 



T. Lang 154 L. Schmutz 1f,s 



J. Donlan 136 J. Phillips 138 



A. Burns 145 J. Ravnor Ill 



T. Roehrs 13S D. Mellis 163 



P. Zeller 108 C. Woeker 123 



W. Stewart 95 W. Prosser 112 



G. Bennett 85 J. Ruppert su 



V. Dorval 83 



J. I. D. 



PITTSBURG. 



Plenty of flowers, especially roses 

 and carnations. Even of Beauties there 

 are enough. Mums are in the market. 

 The varieties are Robinson, Hender- 

 son, Chalfant, Mrs. E. G. Hill and 

 Simpson. Violets are in oversupply. 



C. Blind, at West View, about one 

 and one-half miles outside of Alle- 

 gheny, has a large house of Brides and 

 Maids that are looking fine, so are his 

 mums which he is now cutting. A 

 large house of carnations is coming in 

 full bloom, and another house, filled 

 with Meteors, is as good as Burki's. 

 He has a bed of Mrs. Fisher which is 

 worth seeing. Mr. Blind has a fine 

 place; ten houses in all, and are heated 

 with steam. BEAR. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Meehans' Nurseries, Germantown. 

 Pa., wholesale trade list; E. H. Hunt, 

 76 Wabash ave., Chicago, wholesale cut 

 flower price list; Herendeen Mfg. Co., 

 Geneva, N. Y., Furman boilers; W. F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y., wholesale cut 

 flower price list; H. P. Kelsey, Kawa- 

 na, N. C, hardy American plants and 

 Carolina mountain flowers; also a cir- 

 cular in regard to ginseng, with full 

 cultural directions; W. L. Rock, Kan- 

 sas City, Mo., wholesale cut flower 

 price list and price list of flower boxes. 



WINCHESTER. VA.— Robert Steele, 

 the well known florist, died Oct. 18, 

 aged 96 years. He was born in Scot- 

 land and came to America in 1833. He 

 has since resided here and conducted 

 a large business. Mr. Steele was never 

 married. 



DES MOINES, IA. 



Business is some better now than at 

 this time last year and good stock 

 short in supply; in fact, young roses- 

 are only producing a meager supply. 

 Carnations are looking fairly well, but 

 supply of cut bloom is inadequate to. 

 demand. 



The Highland Park greenhouses are 

 to be operated this winter, after stand- 

 ing idle a year, and this will give more 

 carnations to the retailer than we had 

 heretofore. Mr. Harter, formerly at 

 the Ames Experimental Station, has 

 rented the place for a term of years. 

 Mr. Fulmer has disposed of his green- 

 houses and will devote his time to the 

 new store at 408 West Seventh street, 

 which will be his main place of busi- 

 ress. J. T. D. F. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



The growth of the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation has been steady, as will be 

 seen by the following statement: 



Sq. ft. Glass Reserve 



Insured. Fund. 



18SS— S11.951 $ 491.23 



1SS9— 1,327,240 743.07 



1890— 2,132,118 1,322.46 



1S91— 3,104,583 1,855.81 



1892—4,078,725 2,542.13 



1893—4,830,780 3,107.12 



1894—6,653,695 3.639.55 



1895—7,489,312 4,094.39 



1896— 8.003.S20 4,621.77 



1S97— 10,097,209 5.215.26 



1898—10,189,097 5,862.48 



1899— 11,209,865 6,649.25 



Nearly half a million feet of glass 

 has been insured since the last re- 

 port, and the reserve fund is now over 

 $6,800.00. 



BALTIMORE. 



The chrysanthemum show will he 

 held in the Academy of Music, Nov. 13 

 to 18. Full information can be had by 

 addressing Geo. Talbot, Secretary, Clif- 

 ton Park, this city. 



SHELBYVILLE, ILL.— Mrs. Martin 

 has purchased E. M. Harwood's green- 

 houses and business. The greenhouses 

 are being taken down and rebuilt in 

 connection with her own plant. Mr. 

 J. W. Canaga, formerly of St. Louis, 

 is manager of Mrs. Martin's place, 

 which is now the only florist's estab- 

 lishment here. Mr. Frank Shaffer, of 

 Pana, was a recent visitor. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head 10 cents a line, 

 an average of seven words to the line. 



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Ohio. 



ANTED— A young- man for greenhouse work at 

 once. State wages. Christ. Winterich, Defiance, 



WANTED— Young man with some experience in 

 greenhouse work. State wages wanted. Send 

 reference. Goshen Floral Co., 121 E. Lincoln Avenue, 

 Goshen, Ind. 



SITUATION WANTED- As foreman, capable of 

 taking- charge. 10 years' experience growing for the 

 Chicago market. Roses and general stock, or could 

 fill private place, references. Address Wm. Kirkham, 

 Box 441, Maywood, 111. 



FOR SALE — A bargain, if taken at once. $150.00 

 Store and Greenhouses located on Jackson Blvd. 

 Cannot attend to it. Apply to owner, 14 Colorado Ave. 

 Chicago, 111. 



