The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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A Bunch of Chicago Bowlers. 



nance is due to a beautiful vision in which 

 the figures 300 are prominent. But it's only a 

 vision. The gentleman at the extreme right, 

 who wears hair at both ends of his face, and 

 whose cigar Is malting such a violent efEort to 

 escape, is John Sterrett. 



At the left in the second row is Fred Stol- 

 lery, holding his knees firmly down with both 

 hands. He had to hold himself that way to 

 keep from getting up and making a strike 

 between flashes. Next to the right is F. Matti. 

 and next to him is N. A. Schmitz. the guardian 

 of the pink orphan. The Sandow in the center 

 with lock-stitched arms and fan-cy shirt front 

 Is Charley Balluff, and next beyond him is Ed 

 Enders, also of the retailers, with that hundred 

 dollar order angle to his eyes. Next is Oscar 

 Kreitling, whose style is "O. K.," and at the 

 end is the son of President Hauswirth. 



the left i 



C. J. Reardon, wh 



I the 



Clifford Pruner. who probably 

 tiything in his life unless It was 

 » or a whe"at sheaf. Next is Mr. 

 and beyond him is 





beyond hin 



George Asmus is next., hitting the pipe with 

 the same curve that he puts onto his strike 

 balls. Next is Walter Kreitling. whose atten- 

 tion has been attracted by a hoarse call for 

 "Zwei beer." and at the end is Walter Heffron 

 and his football hair. He Is the only player 

 who has succeeded in getting over the foul 

 line on two alleys at once. Of the twd pasted 

 up against the wall the small edition is C. W. 

 Scott and the larger one is John Paulus. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Trade Notes. 

 This has been the most unsatisfactory 

 Memorial Day in recent years, as far as 

 the florists are concerned. Usually there 

 is an abundance of out-of-door stuff and 

 there is enough to supply the demand 

 at fair prices. This year there was prac- 

 tically nothing from outside, and con- 

 sequently inside stuff was in great de- 

 mand and prices jumped up nearly to 

 Easter figures. Good carnations brought 

 from 75 cents to .$1..50 per dozen, and 

 people were glad to get them. What few 



home grown paeonies were to be had 

 brought 25 cents each, and so it went 

 all the way through. One grower who 

 is near one of the cemeteries says that 

 he made up all his flowers into bouquets 

 on the 29th, and on the morning of the 

 30th he began selling them at 50 cents 

 each, but when he saw they were going 

 pretty fast he began to raise, and kept 

 on raising until he sold the last few 

 at $1.50 each, and the people who paid 

 the latter price were as well pleased as 

 the first ones were. 



Bedding out has been almost as brisk 

 during the first week of this month as 

 it was in May, owing to the strange 

 weather in this section. Most of it is 

 done now, but still there is here a bed 

 and there a vase or box to fill, keeping 

 the plantmen going a little while longer. 

 Everybody has had a good spring trade 

 and nearly all good stock has been dis- 

 posed of at very fair prices. 



The cut flower trade has held up re- 

 markably well this spring and the usual 

 number of June weddings, etc., will like- 

 ly use up all the good stock right along. 

 Roses are coming in mildewed, and poor 

 in general, this having been a very try- 

 ing spring on the rose growers. Carna- 

 tions have not suffered so much as the 

 roses, but they are a trifle smaller, all 

 except Baur & Smith's E. Crocker, which 

 are as large and as fine as ever. 



Various Items. 



Last Sunday a party of florists took 

 advantage of a low rate excursion to 

 Louisville, Ky. They visited several 

 florist establishments aii'l f.mn.l tilings 

 O. K.. but the one tliinL' ili.y nil talk 

 about is their ramble tliiniiol, ( -n.- Hill 

 Cemetery. Superintendent (aniplicll took 



them through and all say that it is the 

 finest of its kind they have ever seen. 



Another party took advantage of a 

 similar excursion to Lafayette, Ind., but 

 I have not had a talk with any of them. 

 Of course, they went to Corner's, and 

 that means they had a good time. 



On June 4 the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion held its regular monthly meeting, 

 with Vice-President Alley in the chair. 

 The secretary read a communication 

 from W. J. Stewart, secretary of the 

 S. A. F. O. H., stating that that society 

 wishes to offer through our society one 

 silver and one bronze medal for any 

 plant or variety of American origin not 

 yet disseminated, and J. Hartje and A. 

 F. J. Baur were appointed to award 

 them at the fall show if anything worthy 

 is shown. W. Billingley, J. Hartje and 

 A. F. J. Baur were appointed a commit- 

 tee to arrange for the annual outing, 

 which is to be held some time in July. 

 There is to be a decided departure from 

 the old arrangements and we hope it 

 may work much good. 



There was on exhibition three vases 

 of fine Ethel Crocker carnations, by W. 

 W. Coles, Kokomo. Bertermann Bros., 

 and Baur & Smith. The latter also 

 showed several seedlings which looked 

 nice. 



W. Beeman. of Knightstown, was 

 elected to membership. In my report of 

 the last meeting I forgot to mention that 

 Charles Rieman, of Connersville, was 

 elected to membership. 



Harry Balsley was in town selling 

 those red flower pots, and he visited the 

 meeting. A. B. 



The Seedsmen held their annual con- 

 vention at Rochester, N. Y.. this week. 



