June 20. liltil. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



99 



Bed with center of Crotons. 



the large display of Peter Henderson & 

 Co., has about got things in shape. It 

 is a fine and well laid out plot and shows 

 off most everything in the way of im- 

 plements needed for the maintenance of 

 a garden and one carpet bed. The Chad- 

 born Ventilating Co. have just com- 

 pleted the ventilation in the north con- 

 servatory. Their automatic system can 

 be seen working in perfect order. 



There is good opportunity here to make 

 the acquaintance of many interesting 

 and uncommon herbaceous plants. Be- 

 sides the splendid collection of Henry A. 

 Dreer, many of which are now flowering, 

 Mr. Ulrich has planted on the island and 

 on the borders of the shrubbery, many 

 thousands which embrace a great assort- 

 ment. Whoever sees the Rose Garden 

 next week will see a bed of Crimson 

 Rambler roses about 1,500 square feet 

 that will be a bright spot indeed. It 

 is one of the many exhibits of Frank 

 R. Pierson. Wii. Scott. 



BED OF CROTONS. 



The accompanj'ing engraving is from 

 a photograph taken last week of a bed 

 in Lincoln Park, Chicago, in which 

 crotons are a prominent feature. The 

 bed is, of course, newly planted, and 

 there has as yet been no opportunity for 

 growth. 



Another novelty introduced this year 

 by Head Gardener Stromback is a bed 

 of acalyphas. It is a circular bed with 

 a palm in the center and the rest of the 

 bed planted solidly with Aealypha Mac- 

 afeeana. Assistant Gardener Smith 

 says, however, that it is slow work get- 

 ting up a stock of this aealypha, and 

 that any one who imagines they can be 

 propagated nearly as readily as coleus 

 will find he is mistaken. 



WELL PLEASED. 



I was well pleased with the returns 

 from the classified ads., and enclose an- 

 other. — E. I. Bradley, Murphysboro, 111. 



Club Meeting. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held a 

 most enjoyable meeting last Thursday 

 afternoon in the Commercial Club rooms 

 at Belleville, 111. The rooms were nicely 

 decorated with roses and sweet peas for 

 the occasion. It was by far the largest 

 attendance the club has had this year. 

 Edwardsville was represented by Fred 

 Ammann and Henry Blixen, with them 

 came Fred Rohrkaste and "Brother" 

 Schmidt; Webster Grove. Mo., by Chas. 

 Connon, Sr. ; Central, Mo., by John 

 Steidle; Kirkwood, Mo., by "Billy" Win- 

 ter and H. G. Ude; Detroit, Mich.; by 

 Harry Balsley. Those from St. Louis 

 were C. C. Sanders, representing the 

 Florists' Exchange; R J. Mohr, The 

 American Florist; J. J. Beneke, Tlie 

 Florists' Review; Theo. Miller, Frank 

 Fillmore, Carl Beyer, Emil Schray, Fred 

 Meinhardt, F. J. Windt. C. A. Kuelm and 

 Chas. Juengel. Belleville was repre- 

 sented by E. W. Guy, Dr. A. S. Halstedt, 

 Adolph Fehr, Gus Grossart and Henry 

 Emundt. 



The meeting opened promptly at 3 

 o'clock. The exhibition committee re- 

 ported that the $500 Shaw prizes had 

 been secured from the directors of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden and that 

 $1,000 more would come from the flower- 

 loving public. The prize list will be out 

 in a week or ten days. 



The transportation committee reported 

 that the rate to Buffalo at present is 

 $19.25 for the round trip, but that it 

 would be cheaper by this time next 

 month. Those who are going to the con- 

 vention are requested to send their names 

 at once to J. J. Beneke. All names must 

 be in by the next meeting of the club in 

 July. 



The picnic committee reported that the 

 annual outing of the club will take place 

 at Preister's Park on Thursday, July 18. 

 Fuitlier particulars may be had from 



the trustees of the club, who have the 

 matter in charge. 



Harry Balsley, of Detroit, was called 

 upon for a few remarks on flower shows 

 and Buffalo. Harry stated that all 

 florists should attend the convention, as 

 they would see something they never saw 

 before and that it was a grand sight. 

 On flower shows he told us how the De- 

 troit and Indianapolis boys run their 

 shows, which was very interesting to all 

 the members. A vote of thanks was ten- 

 dered Mr. Balsley for his remarks. 



President Guy stated that the next 

 meeting of the club will be a very im- 

 portant one. There will be the nomina- 

 tion of officers : convention matters and 

 the annual outing will be discussed and 

 he expects all the members to be pres- 

 ent. The meeting will be held in the 

 Odd Fellows' building at 3 p. m. The 

 meeting then adjourned. 



Those who went home early missed a 

 good time. We had lots of fun at the 

 bowling alleys and the good things to 

 eat and drink and smoke were as plenti- 

 ful as flowers at the wholesale houses. 

 All visiting florists wish to extend their 

 thanks through the Review to the Belle- 

 ville brothers for the pleasant time they 

 had. 



The Market. 



The past week was quite a busy one 

 for the florists, caused by quite a large 

 number of June weddings and the clos- 

 ing of the schools. The West End florists 

 had most of the wedding orders and the 

 downtown stores had most of the school 

 work. It was a very good thing for us 

 that there were plenty of flowers in the 

 market to supply all demands. This 

 about winds up the school commence- 

 ments and weddings and while there are 

 to be a few more of the latter before 

 the 1st of July the demand for flowers 

 from this source may be considered over 

 for this season. 



The great supply of carnations and 

 sweet i)eas still keeps up and so many 

 come in that the wholesalers find it im- 



