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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



$2 and $3; the latter stuff wa^ quite 

 plentiful. Jacques sold well at $3 per 

 100. 



Carnations were in full supply and all 

 were sold out clean before noon al prices 

 ranging from $1 to $1.50 per 100. A 

 slight advance in price was noticeable 

 when stock was good and this was es- 

 pecially so in colored varieties. 



Paeonies were in great demand and 

 sold well at $3 per 100; the supply was 

 limited. Harrisii and callas. at .$t! per 

 100, sold well, but only a few were to be 

 had. Cornflowers, sweet peas and glad- 

 ioli spikes sold well at regular prices. 

 Cape Jasmines are now coming in in large 

 lots and are selling at $1 per 100, but 

 cheaper in 1,000 lots. Smilax at 15 cents 

 per string, is having a good call just 

 now. 



Various Items. 



The plantsmen at Union market re- 

 port great sales of plants the day before 

 Decoration Day, and now that the rush 

 is over, they ai-e taking things easy, as 

 the season is about over and very little 

 business will be done in that line from 



schools will take place this mouth and 

 will help the florists out a little. 



Charlie Kuchn, whom everybody knows, 

 is quite a poet. This is his- latest on 

 Decoration Day: 



"A florist stood on the burning deck, 



On a certain warm occasion; 



It was on the 30th day of May, 



So he made a deck-oration." 



Carew Sanders is still confined to his 



bed and from latest reports is still very 



sick. 



Max Herzog and wife leave for Eu- 

 rope Wednesday, June 5, to be gone sev- 

 eral months. 



Thompson, Kennedy & Anderson, the 

 horticultural builders, report that they 

 have a very busy season before them. 



Park Commissioner Ridgely will attend 

 the annual meeting of the Park and Out- 

 door Art Association at Milwaukee, June 

 26 to 28. 



The North Floral Co. report lots of 

 G. A. R. work on Decoration Day. This, 

 with plenty of funeral work, has made 

 quite a busy month for them. 



Theo. Miller on Delmar boulevard says 

 that the planting season has been a good 

 one with him; better, even, than last 

 year. He will now rest up for a while 

 and make the trip to Bufl'alo this sum- 

 mer. 



Will Adels and F. H. Weber have mat- 

 rimonial contracts on hand for this 

 month. Both are young members of the 

 Florists' Club and we wish them good 

 luck. 



Don't forget the club meeting next 

 Thursday at 3 o'clock in the Belleville 

 Commercial Club rooms. 



Frank M. Ellis, one of our wholesale 

 men, had the misfortune to lose his pock- 

 et book the past week, containing checks 

 and post office orders, on which payment 

 has been stopped. 



Shaw's Garden was thrown open to the 

 public last Sunday, June 2. Nearly 20,- 

 000 people passed through the gates. The 

 garden is in fine shape this year and the 

 visitors enjoyed themselves the entire 

 day. 



Prof. William Trelease of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, is away on his usual 

 summer vacation and will take in the 

 Pan-American Exposition on his return 

 home. 



Fred C. Weber, state vice president, 



would like to hear from all the florists in 

 the state who are not members of the 

 S. A. F. O. H. 



The St. Louis bowlers are taking great 

 interest in watching the four teams in the 

 Florists' League at Chicago and we are 

 glad to see some of the old timers take 

 hold and make some good scores, A match 

 game between St. Louis and Chicago 

 florists about now, or just before the con- 

 vention, to see how we stand, would 

 awaken interest. 



Bowling. 



The bowlers had a warm night of it Monday. 

 The attendance was better than usual, nine 

 being in attendance, and some fair bowling 

 was done. The scores are as follows: 



12 3 4 Tot.Av. 



Kuehn 201 128 192 ... 521 174 



Ellison 156 162 171 ... 489 163 



Beneke 146 159 136 187 628 157 



Sanders 132 127 150 ... 409 136 



Adels 1<5 121 136 142 544 136 



Kunz 182 93 166 138 542 135 



Ellis 108 113 136 138 495 124 



Miller Ul 130 151 78 470 118 



Weber 90 97 138 106 431 108 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The cut flower market has been in 

 great shape since the report of one 

 week ago. Decoration Day saw an active 

 demand and this week the call for fancy 

 stock especially is surprising. The 

 grower who has really fine roses or sweet 

 peas has the glad hand extended to him 

 now while the grower with good paeonies 

 is greeted with open arms. This week's 

 prices are about the same as last week; 

 the buoyancy of the market has prevent- 

 ed sudden fluctuations, all grades seem- 

 ing to move well. Choice Beauties are 

 eagerly sought; $2 and $2.50 a doz. is 

 the city price, while $3 is obtained for 

 selected stock for shipping. Sweet peas 

 are coming in from outside and are 

 quickly snapped up at 50 to 75 cents 

 per 100. The color is glorious now that 

 we have bright weather at last. Paeonies 

 usually depended upon at this time of 

 commencements and weddings are late 

 like everything else outdoors. P. offici- 

 nalis is pretty nearly over and the other 

 varieties need a little more sun; the 

 result is there are not enough to go 

 around. One commission man needed 

 1,000 on Monday and had much worry 

 over getting that number, ordinarily an 

 easy matter at this time. Eight dollars 

 is the price for the cream, $5 and $6 

 for nice flowers. Carnations are selling 

 well, $2 and $2.50 is the price for fancies, 

 while ordinary varieties bring $1, more 

 or less, according to quality. 



Keturuing again to Decoration Day 

 there was a strong demand for outside 

 stuff, a bunch that would make a good 

 show for a dollar. Snow balls at 50 and 

 75 cents a bunch went well, also spirea 

 and other shrubbery flowers. Most of 

 the paeonies brought prices noted above 

 but there were at least two dozen sold 

 at $1.50 per doz. 



Plants. 

 The dark weather kept cemetery work 

 back and the florists who depend on that 

 trade have hardly done as well as usual. 

 They expect, however, to make it up 

 later, as the work is pretty sure to be 

 only delayed, not abandoned. It is prob- 

 ably as well the demand was a bit 

 cheeked as nearly everything in a pot 

 with a bloom on it was cleaned up on 

 this day. 



Despite the wet May the bedding 

 plants are being moved rapidly. Nearly 

 all choice stock is sold or engaged ex- 

 cepting here and there and then the 

 grower generally knows where he can 

 place it. Suburban retail prices on 

 much of this stock are much too low. 

 One dollar jjer doz. for geraniums from 

 4J-inch pots delivered and planted is 

 the price asked by many of our out of 

 town florists. It is their own product 

 anil they say they cannot get more. 

 The stock is cheaply produced yet it 

 can hardly )..■ |.r,.nt:il.le. Nearly all of 

 these retail ji-wri, .,yv located on ex- 

 pensive |iri| - iimI their bedding 



plants are an jiniioiianl. if not the prin- 

 cipal crop. 



Crotons are in great demand. They go 

 out of doors this week and next, and 

 will add richness to the effects on many 

 lawns and gardens. 



The hardy rose business was never 

 better for the florist than now. This is 

 rather curious. For several years past 

 the department stores, notably John 

 Wanamaker, have done a thriving busi- 

 ness in dormant roses at $1.^5 per :doz. 

 These roses are good value when care- 

 fully handled but in a dry spring they 

 often suffer for water and do not flour- 

 ish. The popular tide has turned this 

 season and the very spring when J. W.'s 

 roses would have had a great chance 

 they have been neglected for the pot 

 grown stock of our own growers and we 

 are reaping a good harvest. It is de- 

 lightful to hear the brethren assure their 

 customers that J. W.'s roses are not 

 safe to buy. 



Various Items. 

 Harry Faust, of Merion, has some 

 tine Hydrangea Otaksa in 5-inch pots. 



J. J. Habermehl & Sons had a fine 

 lot of gladioli in colors in their window 

 before Decoration Day. Whoever grew 

 these flowers deserves great credit for 

 his work. 



W. H. Wanger, 17th and French 

 streets, noticed an increased demand 

 among school children for five cent plants 

 to give the Grand Army Post on Decora- 

 tion Day. He bought 3,000 of these lit- 

 tle plants at 3 cents and sold them at 

 5 cents. 



There is some rose Sunrise about town 

 this week. It is a beautiful thing and 

 should prove a great acquisition from all 

 standpoints. 



Centauria imperialis is selling well. 

 More of our growers should take it up. 

 The commencement at the Young 

 Ladies' School at Ogontz on Tuesday cre- 

 ated a lively demand for flowers, espe- 

 cially colored roses. 



The paeonia meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was also an event of Tuesday. A 

 good show was seen in the club rooms 

 at Horticultural Hall that evening by the 

 members present. Phil. 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE. 



We have reproduced the accompany- 

 ing illustration from the Gardener's. 

 Chronicle, which says regarding it: 



"The illustration well portrays the ex- 

 ceedingly decorative qualities of the 

 winter flowering Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. A novelty only a few seasons 

 ago, the variety has become so popular 

 that it is now cultivated in almost every 

 garden that possesses the necessary 



