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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



May 30, 1901. 



noticeable only a few years since. I 

 wish 1 could feel as well disposed toward 

 the results of floral art upon all occa- 

 sions, but think I should better make a 

 period here. But I want to record a 

 hope that the floral monstrosities some- 

 times seen are the fault of the cus- 

 tomer's taste rather than that of the 

 maker. J. S. Manter. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market, 



On Tuesday the wholesalers were in all 

 kinds of trouble trying to lind stock 

 with which to meet the great shipping 

 demand. Orders for Decoration Day were 

 more numerous and larger than ever be- 

 fore and there was much less stock than 

 u.sual at the season. One thing that 

 helped to aggravate the situation was 

 the failure of paeonies to materialize in 

 quantity. There was a serious shortage 

 in everything and while prices were not 

 generally elevated they were kept stiffly 

 up to quotations, and many orders were 

 necessarily cut short. 



The only outdoor flower that cut much 

 figure in the market was Spiraea Van 

 Houttei, which sold well and was a big 

 help. 



Everything available was well cleaned 

 up and the business, though much larger 

 than last year as it was, would have 

 shown a great deal larger increase had 

 there been more stock to work with. 



One thing that adds to the woes of 

 the wholesalers at busy times is the tele- 

 gram which reads, "Add to my order," 

 without specifying the order or the date 

 it is to be shipped. Shippers keep their 

 orders by dates for shipping and not 

 by names and with a host of orders for 

 various days it is a case of looking 

 through the whole bunch when the day 

 is not given. 



Variotis Items. 



William Fancourt, well known to the 

 trade for many years and who had been 

 employed in many local establishments, 

 died at the county hospital May 20 aged 

 about 70 yeari, 



Albert i\ Amling, the JIaywood florist, 

 is vice president and a director of the 

 Maywood State Bank. 



Mr. E. S. Tliompson, manager of the 

 West Michigan Seed Co., South Haven, 

 Mich., was a visitor last Tuesday. 



Mr. John Muno has opened his city 

 salesroom in the place formerly occupied 

 by Poehlmanu Bros. Co. in the building 

 at 51 Wabask avenue. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. received a ship- 

 ment of snowballs from Lake City, Minn., 

 last week though this shrub is not in 

 bloom here yet. But snowballs gtand 

 little chance in the cut flower market 

 nowadays. 



The damage to the partly constructed 

 greenhouse of Benthey & Co., at New 

 Castle, Ind., which was blown down in 

 the storm, was slight and the loss was 

 merely the labor necessary to recon- 

 struct it, and which $100 will cover. 



Mr. N. Wietor went on a fishing trip 

 last week and he and a companion caught 

 160 lbs. of fish. 



The chilly weather has very materially 

 retarded the bedding out season and it 

 may result in lessening the sales in this 

 department. Some venturesome ones 

 bedded out geraniums a week ago, but 

 the plants show the effects of the 



weather badly, and it will probably take 

 them a long time to fully recover. Hardy 

 plants and shrubs are, however, in un- 

 usually fine condition, though late in 

 blooming. 



Bowling. 



In the fourth .series of league games played 

 last Tuesday night the Retailers won Uvi 

 games from the Growers and the Growtjra on*^ 

 Iron-, the Retailers, while the Whol;3a..i.-.i \vc:i 

 t.TO from the Seedsmen and the Si^t'fcnien one 

 from the wholesalers. Only one of those dol- 

 lar prizes was shaken from the tree and this 

 fell Into the hands of George Asmus lor a 

 score of 201. The scores follow: 



RETAILERS. 

 C. Balluff 142 15.-. 163 



E. Bnders 145 15C V^2 



O. Kreitling 164 112 148 



F. J. Hauswirth 128 173 ICO 



George Asmus 1!>6 111 2S1 



755 714 814 

 GROWERS. 



G. Stollery 155 147 170 



F. Mattl 185 169 154 



E. Bahl 108 123 112 



J. Paulus ISO 155 170 



F. Stollery 148 187 166 



726 781 792 

 WHOLESALERS. 



E. F. Winterson 135 130 191 



M. Foerster 110 



W. S. Heff ron 103 123 



Jno. Reardon 115 



C. Hughes 104 144 



G. L. Grant 139 123 163 



Jos. Foerster 181 177 143 



680 637 763 

 SEEDSMEN. 



Jno. Degnan 150 167 143 



C. W. Scott 114 114 131 



A. Henderson 148 104 121 



Vf. Nagle 74 168 129 



J. MacHutchison 99 105 111 



584 658 635 



Below we give the averages 

 who have played in more th; 

 games, omitting fractions whe 

 half and counting more than 

 Games. 

 Jos. Foerster 12 



F. Stollery 12 



George Asmus 9 



C. Balluff 12 



E. F. Winterson 12 



G. Stollery 12 



F. Mattl 12 



John Degnan 12 



P. J. Hauswirth 9 



G. L. Grant 11 



J. Paulus 12 



N. A. Schmitz 9 



C. Hughes 5 



C. A. Hunt 6 



C. W. Scott 11 



W. S. Heffron U 



O. Kreitling 12 



W. Kreitling 6 



A. Henderson 6 



W. Nagie 10 



date of those 



re less than i 

 one-half as ' 

 Total. High. 



1936 214 161 



1923 202 160 



1895 199 158 



1872 185 156 



1848 197 154 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



A slight improvement has been felt in 

 the cut flower circles during the past 

 week. The retailers have realized better 

 prices owing to the fact that the fakirs 

 have been kept off the streets. The sup- 

 ply of high-grade stock is falling oft' 

 somewhat. At this writing stock is a 

 little scarce, especially roses, and the 

 price is up a notch or two, that is for 

 first-class stock; on common stuff the 

 price continues low. 



Best grade American Beauties sell at 

 $2.50 per dozen. The best grade in Me- 

 teors, Maids, Brides and Golden Gates 

 sells at from $4 to $5; seconds at $3, 

 short-stemmed stuff as low as $1 per 

 100. Some really good Jacks are now 

 coming in and sell at $3 per 100. 



Carnations are coming in in great 

 quantities every morning, and during the 

 past week many remained unsold, and of 

 course go to the waste pile. Only the 

 best of stock is selling and brings from 

 $1 to $1.50 per 100. Common in whites 

 bring 50 cents; common in colored have 

 little call. 



Sweet peas are also very plentiful now 

 and good in quality; the only fault with 



thcni is that the stems are very short, 

 •>n and 30 cents is the price asked; in 

 1,000 lots they go at 15 and 20 cents. 

 I'iU'onies, white, pink and red, are becom 

 ing very plentiful and bring 3 and 4 

 cents and about $2 in 1,000 lots. Qual- 

 ity of stock good. Gladioli spikes are 

 now coming in and have quite a demand. 

 The best spikes bring 5 cents each. Corn- 

 flowers are not selling well at 25 cents 

 per 100. Some extra fine white lilac 

 from Gasser, of Cleveland, was seen at 

 Kuehn's the past week. It sold well at 

 $4 per 100 sprays. Smilax is selling at 

 15 and 20 cents per string, according to 

 quality, and is not in ovcrsupply. 



Damage by HaiL 



The terrific downpour of rain and hail, 

 accompanied by a high wind on last 

 Thursday afternoon and night caused 

 great damage to some of our florists, the 

 parks and the residence part of the city. 

 Much damage was done in the parks and 

 many fine trees were blown down. The 

 following florists suffered loss by hail: 

 Charles J. Juengel, 457 panes of glass; 

 Meyer Bros., about 300 small panes ; Wm. 

 Schray, 75, and F. J. Fillmore, 25. The 

 damage at John Walther's place at 3645 

 Iowa avenue will be about $30. Fifteen 

 fine large trees on cx-Gov. Francis' place 

 on Maryland avenue were broken off 

 short. The loss to the city parks 

 amounts to about $200 in all. 



Notes. 



Arnold Ringier, the popular salesman 

 representing W. W. Barnard & Co., Chi- 

 cago, was in town last week and reports 

 the best trade in his line. Mr. Ringier 

 is now known as Doctor Ringier. He 

 was attacked in the hotel by a crazy 

 person who mistook him for a doctor 

 and only for the promptness of the 

 manager of the hotel Arnold would have 

 had to stay with us a few weeks longer. 



Mrs. Oughton, mother of Wra. Ough- 

 ton, the well known Washington ave- 

 nue florist, died last Monday at her 

 home on King's highway. Mrs. Ough- 

 ton was well known among the craft, as 

 she did all the buying at the wholesale 

 houses. Mr. Oughton and his sister 

 have the sympathy of all the florists. 



Carew Sanders, one of the oldest and 

 well known florists and nurserymen, 

 who has been very sick the past two 

 weeks has had a relapse and at this 

 writing his condition is quite serious. 



The exhibition committee met at El- 

 lis' place on Saturday night and worked 

 on the premium list. Chairman Mein- 

 hardt has taken hold and with the as- 

 sistance of Secretary Schray and Treas- 

 urer Sanders will make the show a good 

 one. The rest of the committee, Messrs. 

 Windier, Ellis and Mohr, are good work- 

 ers, too, and the show cannot help be- 

 ing a great success. All the members 

 of the club should take hold now and 

 give the committee all the assistance 

 they can. 



Club Meeting. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will hold 

 its next regular meeting on Thursday 

 afternoon, June 13, at 3 o'clock, in the 

 Commercial Club rooms at Belleville, 111.. 

 the home of the president of the club. 

 President Guy has requested your cor- 

 respondent to state in the next issue of 

 the Review that he expects each mem- 

 ber of the club to make special arrange- 

 ments ahead so that nothing will stand 

 in the way of his attending this meet- 

 ing. The Belleville members of the club 

 have made special arrangements for en- 

 tertaining the members. The meeting 



