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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 18, ll>01. 



Woikmen have excavated a hole forty 

 feet deep under the site of the old hor- 

 ticultural hall. They probably ceased 

 finding any of the money at that depth 

 that Larry dropped through the cracks 

 in the lloor at Sutherland's before he 

 got those new specs. 



Consider now the trials and vexations 

 of the rose growers, especially if he be 

 one of the many who had poor success 

 all last winter. Anything like real hun- 

 ger for his goods has disappeared and he 

 sees no release from his predicament for 

 a long time to come. They will rub as- 

 ters into him now for three months, till 

 he can't see in one eye, and then they 

 will lash him with chrysanthemums till 

 he cannot see with the other eye. Who 

 can blame him at Christmas when all 

 this is over, for solidly planting both 

 feet and striking at every head that 

 shows up on his limited horizon ! The 

 only time he can wear scalps at his belt 

 is from Christmas to July 4. 



Several members of the gang have ac- 

 cepted the offer of the Society of Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals and gone 

 to their office on Milk street for a straw 

 hat for horses. Will this fashion be fol- 

 lowed by a tall hat, gold headed cane, 

 white collar and spectacles for Sundays 

 and holidays? J. S. Manter. 



SOME BUFFALO PRIZES. 



Tlie accompanjing engravings are from 

 photographs of the cup and vase, of- 

 fered by the Buffalo Florists' Club as 

 prizes for the best exhibit of plants and 

 cut flowers respectively, at the coming 

 trade exhibition. These cups are silver, 

 gold lined, finely moulded and ornament- 

 ed, and stand 8 and 22 inches high respec- 

 tively. They also are suitably engraved. 



Regarding the trade exhibition Super- 

 intendent Keitsch reports that he has 

 already 34 orders for space with an 

 aggregate of about 5,000 square feet. A 

 goodly number of negotiations are pend- 

 ing and he thinks that by the time the 

 doors are open there will be 100 or more 

 exhibitors and a proportionately large 

 amount of space covered with florists' 

 merchandise. 



For information about space, etc., ad- 

 dress Chas. H. Keitsch, 270 Southamp- 

 ton St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Qub Meeting. 



The July meeting of the Florists' Club 

 was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock 

 and was fairly well attended, there be- 

 ing fourteen present. The meeting was 

 called to order by President Guy. The 

 exhibition committee reported that every- 

 thin<r was going on nicely for the fall 

 exliilHi i"ii. cliairman Meinhardt also 

 .stai.,1 111 ii. t.. ilie committee, the Odean 

 (ju (;];in.l .iMiiiif was the most satisfac- 

 tory phue in which to hold the next 

 show. 



The transportation committee reported 

 that the best possible rate to Buffalo is 

 «l',i.j:. 11 llir lound trip. The club will 

 lioM ;i -["111 meeting on Thursday, Aug. 

 1, :iimI .ill inimgements for the trip 

 will be m.iilc at tliat meeting. 



The report of the trustees as to the 

 outing was that the picnic would be held 

 at Preister's Park and that there would 

 be music, dancing, boating, bowling and 

 sports of all kinds. Everybody in the 

 trade and their friends are invited to 



attend. Everything will be free. Thurs- 

 day, July 18, "is the date. 



A vote of thanks was extended the 

 Belleville florists for their hospitality to 

 us at our last meeting held in their 

 citv. 



this being the regular meeting for the 

 nomination of officers for the ensuing 

 year the following names were proposed 

 for the various offices: For president, 

 Fred Meinhardt, Charles A. Juengel and 

 F. J. Fillmore; for vice president, F. M. 

 Ellis and George Windier ; for secretary, 

 Erail Schray; for treasurer, C. C. San- 

 ders and J. J. Beneke ; for trustees, Fred 

 Ammann, Mr. Scott, Hy Emundt, E. W. 

 Guy, Dr. Halstedt and P. J. Mohr. The 

 election will be held at the next meeting 

 of the club, Aug. 1, at 3 o'clock. 



The Market. 



The past wefk was a very dull one 

 and nothing to speak of is going on. It 

 is perhaps a good thing there is so lit- 

 tle business doing as the stock of flowers 

 just now is very poor and scarce. The 

 intense heat of the past two weeks has al- 

 most finished roses and carnations and 

 the outside stuff sent in is scarcely sale- 

 able. The best of the roses bring $4 and 



Prize Offered by the Buffalo Florists' Club. 



from that down to $1 ; carnations, 50 and 

 75 cents; a few fancy, $1 and $1.50. 

 The outdoor stock, such as sweet peas, 

 asters and gladioli, in addition to the 

 heat has had to contend with a long spell 

 of rainless weather and has suffered ex- 

 tremely in quality. 



The "carnation plants outside look very 

 well notwithstanding the unfavorable 

 conditions and most of the growers are 

 exceedingly happy just now. 



Notes. 



J. D. Carmody of Evansville, Ind., was 

 a visitor the past week. He is looking 

 as well as ever. 



Fred Aminann, Edwardsville, 111.; E. 

 W. Guy, Dr. Halstedt and Hy Emundt, 

 of Belleville, 111., were here calling on 

 the trade the past week. 



Charlie Kuehn will by the end of the 

 present week be through with the work 

 of remodeling his place. The wire shop 

 is snugly settled on the third floor, with 

 Willie Holt/, in charge. The ground floor 

 with cut flowers and supplies will be in 

 the charge of George and Eddie, the old 

 reliables. 



Frank M. Ellis has put in a new show 

 case for his supplies. Frank, with the 

 assistance of "^^^litt," is brushing up 

 the place so as to be in good shape for 

 the fall trade. 



Henry Berning is also making some 

 impvovenients at his place which will 



be ready in a few weeks for the fall trade 

 with J."W. Kunz and Otto in charge. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is quiet now. 

 Kot many good flowers are coming to 

 town ; nearly all that do come find ready 

 sale at fair prices for midsummer. Fu- 

 neral orders are still plentiful, creating 

 a demand for white flowers. Roses are 

 worth from $5 per 100 down; carna- 

 tions, 50 to 75 cents per 100; a few 

 bring $1. Sweet peas are nearly over; 

 25 to 30 cents per 100 is the prevailing 

 price. Hollyhocks are found useful for 

 design work; they sell at $1 per 100. 



The most profitable plant today is 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. This nov- 

 elty of three years ago, graphically de- 

 scribed as "a begonia that is a begonia," 

 is having a great run. It was thought 

 that little plants from thumb pots would 

 be cheap this season; on the contrary, 

 the price has been advancing. Edwin 

 Lonsdale has a fine stock of this plant. 

 He is now very busy propagating it. 



Various Items. 



Leo Niessen is receiving some excellent 

 Brides and Maids from James Verner, 

 well known as former head-gardener to 

 the late A. J. Drexel. Some very good 

 lily of the valley is also coming in to 

 this commission merchant. 



George Anderson is cutting excellent 

 Carnot roses, which bring $3 to $4 per 

 100 and are in good demand. 



Charles B. Stahl is growing on his 

 own account at CoUingdale. He has as 

 good sweet peas as can be seen in town 

 and will have asters shortly. This is a 

 new departure for a commission man 

 and one that will fill in the time to ad- 

 vantage in the dull season. 



O. Ross, Fifth and Butler streets, who 

 for many years supplied some of our 

 florists with sod and wire frames, is 

 dead. 



Robert Craig & Son have planted more 

 chrysanthemums than last season. They 

 have just benched one large and several 

 medium sized houses with nice stuti' 

 from small pots. The varieties grown 

 are: White, Timothy Eaton, the great 

 prize winning Canadian novelty of last 

 season, Merza and Ivory; yellow. Gold 

 Mine and Golden Beauty ; red, Xeno ; 

 pink, Maud Dean. All of these are com- 

 paratively new sorts excepting Ivory 

 and Maud Dean. 



A very interesting house here is the 

 one filled with lilies in 6-ineh pots. They 

 are Liliums tenuifolium alba and ru- 

 bra and L. auratum, the latter in sev- 

 eral types. The plants are full of half 

 developed buds which promise a fine 

 crop. These lilies are started outside 

 late in the winter in pots covered with 

 litter; when brought inside after Easter 

 they are well rooted, ready for active 

 growth. They have attained a height of 

 six feet. Some of the auratums have a 

 dozen blooms. These are cut with short 

 stems and make a very desirable flower 

 for making up. r-pciially in wreaths. 

 Besides tin -iip'i ir 'i.il;,. plants there 

 are some sinl.inj i.iihv ealadiums and 

 crotons, new ^ali(•(i^- im trial; a very 

 fine lot of pedestal grown Boston fern 

 in 16-ineh pans was another feature; 

 2.000 Cyeas revoluta in active growth 

 were an indication of the changes 

 through which we are constantly pass- 



