The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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We lu'ar rumors of combinations and 

 concentrations in connection with the 

 Xew York Cut Flower Company; every- 

 thing seems to tend toward organiza- 

 tion nowadays. The Cut Flower Com- 

 l)any is in a good location, but somewhat 

 cramped for room. 



The old cut flower market at Thirty- 

 fourth street is about on its last legs; 

 the principal growers there are casting 

 about to either open a store uptown and 

 put a man in charge or scatter them- 

 selves among the wholesalers. Some of 

 them have become so accustomed to the 

 Bohemian gatherings held in the res- 

 taurant below every morning that they 

 will find it very hard to break awav. 

 The Lord knuw^s wliat will be. .me of 

 some of the small r-rowers attcn.liiiL: this 

 market. I met ..lie of lliciii re.. mlv and 

 he iiil..iiiH,l ih.it 111- |.i..!ii Mi'i 500 



VOH S,.„„ ,1,,- -..;,-,,„ u:., . ,.,|y 10 



cent-.. Ii V'li ..II.' 1.1 III, II I ml luck 

 storic~ eiiian.itiiiy fium aimliny faces 

 visit this market at G a. m. 



Thorley's closing of his Fifth avenue 

 store for the summer is a mere illustra- 

 tion of what that great street is during 

 dogdays; every house on it and near is 

 shut up tight, and there are days when 

 scarcely a soul can be seen promenading 

 tliis, the wealthiest avenue in the world! 

 It is a ([ueslion of making m.mey while 

 the sun doesn't shine so liri:;li(h there, 

 and whatever the retailer gx-ts he well 

 deserves. 



There were never so many buildings 

 being torn down in the history of the 

 city as there are at the present time. 

 The city is being transformed. Business 

 centers are being moved, and of course 

 the florist is also affected. Quite a rum- 

 pus is being made over the introduction 

 of reserved seats at 5 cents each in Cen- 

 tral Park. Polities nibbles at and tries 

 to swallow everything here; it chokes the 

 New York department of parks— they 

 have not yet tinished planting out the 

 few miserable bedding plants yearly seen 

 in our parks, and it is the first of July ! 

 No decent gardener can long remain "in 

 the employment of the parks here. It 

 would seem that the whole system is but 

 a menagerie where man is likened to the 

 quadrupeds. Some day it is to be hoped 

 New York will wake up and see the low 

 position her public parks occupy in tho 

 hands of fakes and politicians. 



The American Rose Society will hold 

 its show in Newport, R. I., July 2 and 

 y, and it is expected that it "will be 

 well worth traveling some distance to 



Ernst G. Asmus, having covered all 

 his grounds with glass, is reported to 

 have bought extensively elsewhere with 

 a view of building more. Any one who 

 can produce the quality Ernst does can 

 afford to spread out to an unlimited 

 degree despite low prices and universal 

 grumbling. J. I. D. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



The ne.xt to the last week of June 



made a very good market for all the 



first-class material that coul.l he found 



and a .li-lin.lh -.■.■ I .l.i- ii,.iil...| r..r 



to be credited witli most of tli.' I.usiness 

 and the best part of that idea is that we 

 can e.Kpect just one more week of it. 

 Saturday was a poor day for business, 

 which raav remind vou that schools do 



not usually hold exercises upon that day, 

 but I do not know that weddings are 

 any respecter of the days of the week, 

 even if they do seem a little partial to 

 certain calendar months. 



The call for very best red roses was 

 not so marked, but medium grades sold 

 readily; outdoor Jacks were plentiful, 

 however, and kept prices very reasona- 

 ble. Such a rush of paeonies never was 

 seen; Mrs. David Fisher broke the rec- 

 ord with 1,.500 blossoms in one day. For 

 somr i-eason most of the crop came to 

 miiiiiMi\ .Inihii; a very few days. Al- 



^M1V - I lull;; to bother the grower, no 



iiLitt.T x\li;ii his crop may be. 



X'aiious items are off crop. But thev 

 tell me "Billy" Good (no one will know 

 wli.i 1 mean unless I say Billy) is to be 

 married soon. He can hardly be classed 

 as one of Mr. Walsh's graduates spoken 

 of last week, but he shall be given a first- 

 class diploma just the same. 



•T. 8. Manter. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The w-eather here the past week has 

 been very hot and dry, and we are very 

 much in need of rain. The effect of this 

 dry spell is beginning to tell on stock. 



Roses of all kinds are very poor and 

 only a few of them can be classed as 

 choice. Replanting has begim in some 

 places and other places will follow soon, 

 which will make stock scarce for some 

 little time. Just now stock is in good 

 supply, but the only demand is for 

 choice stock, which is hard to find. 



Carnations are beginning to show the 

 effects of the summer heat, though a 

 good many first-class blooms are still 

 coming in. They are small but are of 

 good color. 



Sweet peas are as they were la.st 

 week, a regular glut, and the wholesale 

 houses are crowded with them every 

 morning and large numbers are left un- 

 sold. 



Candidum lilies have been plentiful 

 but are about over. They were not much 

 in demand and more of them went to 

 the dump than to the dealer. 



The prices on stock the past week 

 were like this: Roses, the best, $3.00 

 per 100, and down as low as I cent each; 

 carnations, $1.00 for fancy; common, 25 

 to 50 cents per 100; Candidum lilies, 50 

 cents per dozen stalks; smilax, 15 cents 

 per string. This is all that can be said 

 about the market the past week, as al- 

 most any price would buy the stock in 

 large quantities. 



Notes. 



.T.ilm J, r\ K,,i-i. Ill ll.inv Ernst & 



S..n, W.. -I, ,,,.,], .11 \|,. , v,,,^ 1,1 i,,wn the 



ing to tiic ja-e^s i.'|...rl. Ii..,,, ili.il . ilv . 

 After the work h.i- .l..ii.' Aiihur u.'iit 

 out looking for b..\\liii.j .ill.y- an. I li..»l- 

 eis. but none coul.l I..' f.iunil — that i-. 



\li. Felter, on Lexington avenue, is 

 IihIIiiil; a large new house, 25x100, 

 \vlii.li is about completed. Mr. Felter 

 has had a very sn.-.'o-ful ~ca-..in. 



Mr. Bruecke'r. mi \l:ii. n- .iM'iiue, will 

 build two new hi.ii-.-. Is\|(iii. iliis sum- 

 mer for carnations. My. Uniecker sent 

 in some very fine stock the past season 



and has made quite a reputation as a 

 grower of fancy carnations. 



H. M. Schisler, of Schisler-Corneli 

 Seed Co., has returned home from the 

 seed trade convention, held in Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



F. H. Weber, better known as "Fritz," 

 was married last Thursday to one of 

 the West End girls. Many presents 

 were sent the newly married couple by 

 their friends. The bowling club did not 

 fail to remember its old-time member 

 with something that gives comfort to 

 both. 



The transportation committee has the 

 names of twenty-five florists who have 

 signified their intention of attending the 

 convention. The.y are: F. C. Weber, 

 Mrs. Weber, Jlisses Adel and Dora 

 Weber, Herman Weber, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Fred Meinhardt and two sisters, Fred 

 Amraann, E. W. Guy, C. C. Sanders, J. 

 W. Kunz, C. A. Kuehn, John Connon, A. 

 Y. Ellison, Emil Schray, P. M. Ellis, 

 Theo. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Maas, Carl 

 Beyer, .T. J. Beneke and A. J. Mohr. 



The bowlers who will represent St. 

 Louis in the bowling contest at Buffalo 

 are as follows: A. Y. Ellison, C. A. 

 Kuehn. Carl Beyer, J. J. Beneke, John 

 W. Kunz, E. W."Gu.y, F. C. Weber, C. C. 

 Sanders, F. M. Ellis and Theo. Miller. 

 From the above six of the best bowlers 

 w-ill be selected as the team to bowl in 

 the contest; so look out for us, as we are 

 out for everything in sight. 



Arthur Blome, representing the George 

 Wittbold Company, Chicago, has been 

 in town introducing their famous Ne- 

 phrolepis Wittboldii. 



Bowling. 



Only four members of tlie bowling club were 

 at the alleys Monday night. Three of the team 

 that will roll at Buffalo macie an average of 

 170. which is pretty good rolling. Mr. Ellis 

 rolled fairly well for a beginner. The scores 

 were as follows: 



12 3 4 Tot.Av. 



A. Y. Ellison 1S9 183 160 ... 512 170 



C. A. Kuehn 180 171 160 ... 511 170 



J. J. Beneke 179 178 165 160 682 170 



F. M. Ellis 136 127 146 139 548 137 



J. J. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Trade Notes. 



On the 21st this section was visited 

 by a severe wind and rain storm, which 

 did considerable damage to trees and 

 crops in general. The heaviest part did 

 not pass over the city and fortunately 

 most of the fiorists escaped without in- 

 jury. All except those in the north end, 

 init they suffered only slightly. At Baur- 

 & Smith's a barn was twisted and about 

 fifty panes of glass were broken. At E. 

 A. Nelson's about the same number of 

 panes were blown from his new unfin- 

 ished houses. The parks suffered a good 

 deal in trees being blown down, etc. 

 During the storm a few hail stones pat- 

 tered on the glass, which made our 

 hearts leap into our throats, but for- 

 tunately they were few and not very 

 large, so no damage resulted. Wc needed 

 the rain badl.y, as it had not rained a 

 j^ood shower for a cou])lc of w.h'Us. but 

 we don't care to have it jn-i llii.t way. 

 On the night of the l!JiiiI iIh i. h.h an- 

 other very heavy rain, l.m ih. !.■ was no 

 wind with it and coiisi'.|ii.ijtl} n.. Jam- 

 age. 



Business is about at a standstill, no- 

 Ixidy is doing anything except funeral 

 work, and not much of that. Prices are 

 of course down to rock bottom, and so 



