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ard & Co.. 1,191 ; J. M. Thorburn & Co., 

 49; J. C. Vaughan. 307: t)rder, 139., So 

 far we have heard only tliat the bulbs 

 are in good condition. Another shipment 

 is expected Aug. G. 



At this writing we are informed that 

 William Plumb, ex-president of the New 

 York Florists' Club, is in .St. Vincents' 

 Hospital suffering from appendicitis. We 

 .sincerely hope he will soon he well again. 

 William Donohue and Williiini Sampson, 

 of Thomas Young, ,fr.'s. eshihlishment, 

 are away among the fishes. To give a 

 list of those on vacation would require 

 a full page; more will join the crowd 

 next week. 



J. Austin Shaw took a midnight sail 

 to Boston last week in order to perfect 

 his ode to the florists which he promises 

 to give lis on the way to Buffalo. 



The greatest excitement prevails among 



nia develop- 



BOSTON, 

 Various Items. 



All quiet along the "lordly Charles;" 

 never more so in the floral business. 

 Material is poor and not plentiful. In 

 fact, prices are struggling upward just 

 a bit but are yet very low. 



Vacationists are both coming and go- 

 ing. Kone of them seems to affect busi- 

 ness unless it be in the case of Mr. 

 Walsh, of the Co-Operative market, who, 

 two weeks oft", makes the market open 

 at 0:30 the mornings of the first half 

 of August instead of 6 a. m. 



Before Thos. F. Galvin built his pala- 

 tial Back Bay establishment several 

 small attempts had been made unsuccess- 

 fully in that section, consequently much 

 discussion ensued amongst the craft as 

 to the wisdom and probable failure of his 



The Real Thing in Carnivorous Plants. 



the bowling fraternity. By all accounts 

 the several teams have been severely 

 trained and each is determined to break 

 records; however, calculations and expec- 

 tations often fade away at the wrong 

 time. The bowling here last night was 

 on Thum's fine alley at 1241 Broadway 

 Scores were: 



Theilmann 163 165 185 175 



Burns 147 153 146 136 



O'Mara 159 163 151 188 



Donlan 163 129 148^ 



Lang 177 188 183 213 



Traen.ilv 128 174 112 113 



Siebr.. It 181 138 123 145 



The linulii- nut early in the evening 

 and prilrrlcd plans for their part in the 

 national tournament. It is likely a bag- 

 gage car will be attached to the train 

 for special use of the bowlers. J. I. D. 



CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. 



Every year the April 1 issue of Moel- 

 ler's Deutsche Gaertnci-Zfitmiff is de- 

 voted to humorous vicw^ nf Ihm i ii\ilt>iral 



matters, and the an i-nninj nif^'iav- 



ing is reproduced fiiiiii llir la-i .nic. We 

 anticipate an interesliiiy riiiniriinufation 

 from Mr. W. E. Smith, of Washington, 



bold stroke which has hardly yet ceased. 

 There is no record of Mr. Galvin having 

 said a word one way or the other until 

 now, when he speaks, forcibly, to the 

 point and without opening his mouth. 

 He quietly contracts for an addition to 

 the place which doubles its present vast 

 capacity for doing business. 



In these days of general distress to 

 the average grower it is very refreshing 

 to hear of one who seems to have struck 

 a genuine vein of luck. If Paul Rich- 

 wagen were not a grand good fellow I 

 would want him lynched for stealing a 

 march on the rest of us. A couple of 

 years ago he went out to Needham and 

 rented a twenty-four acre farm with 

 16,000 feet of glass and other buildings 

 which have been burned since. This 

 property is taxed upon a basis of $12,300 

 and is considered a very safe tiling at 

 .$10,000. Tlie banks foreclo>e(l upon the 

 uwncr till- .itli, r .lav al.niil a liltl.' in.itlcr 



pink and aster business. 



It is sad to also be obliged to relate 

 the tale of woe that Fate decrees Mr. 

 Houghton, of Houghton & Clark. He 

 seems to stand clear at the foot of the 

 class in bard luck. In exuberance of 

 spirits he went to Cio:^ceiit Beach to rust- 

 icate aiiil lii^ lii-i I 11-1 iratiou consisted 

 of stiii|iiiiii MM ,1 iilliirj -tune and badly 

 spr.iiiiijii: :iii aiikl' llolling stones 



gather im iiio-^" Iml llii- .Inc-; not destroy 

 all their sport. The next time Mr. 

 Houghton entered his store he excited 

 great waves of heart-felt sympathy by 

 limping in with a cane and dragging 

 along a foot that looked like a good 

 healthy case of the gout. Then he went 

 back to the Beach and thought perhaps 

 a whirl in one of those whirly-go-round 

 cars might revive his faded spirits, which 

 was wiiere he made another mistake. 

 The thing went so fast and dodged around 

 at such a rate it threw him down on 

 the floor of the car striking his eye on 

 a corner so that in a few minutes he 

 resembled the winning cat in a four-cor- 

 nered fight. He still wears the patent 

 foot appendage and has the eye most 

 elegantly decorated. Never you mind, 

 Houghton, the good do die young but 

 that is no reason why you should not 

 live a thousand years. 



J. S. JSIanter. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Trip to Buffalo. 



Arrangements have been completed for 

 the trip to Buftalo over the Big. Four. 

 The party, numbering about 15 or 20, 

 will leave Sunday night, August 4 and 

 arrive in Buffalo Monday noon. The 

 ticket for the round trip from St. Louis 

 to Buffalo and return, via this route, 

 will cost $19.25 and it is hoped that this, 

 the lowest possible rate, together with 

 the many inducements offered on the 

 way and at Buffalo, will bring out a 

 large delegation. Those who are going 

 should apply at once to J. J. Beneke, 

 1220 Olive street, in order to secure ac- 

 commodations on our special car whicli 

 will run through without change. 



Bowling at Buffalo. 



It may be that after all St. Louis 

 will be represented in the bowling tour- 

 nament at Buffalo; if not as a team it 

 will surely be in the individual class. 

 Among the bowlers who will be on hand 

 are: C. A. Kuehn, A. Y. E'lison, J. J. 

 Beneke, F. C. Weber and C. C. Sanders. 

 Should one more make up his mind to 

 go we will have a team ; if not, all of 

 the above will roll in the individual 

 class. The first three named are out 

 with a challenge to roll any three florist 

 bowlers from one city any time during 

 tlie convention: this is open to any city. 



Various Items. 



We are still looking for that welcome 

 rain which has been promised us by the 

 weather man to put an end to the most 

 protracted drought that has been known 

 here for years. The condition of the 

 ornps can !■(> l.ottfr iitiai;inrd than de- 

 -rriluMl. ()iil(li:.ir llii,\rr-. shrubbery, or- 

 iiaiiii'iiial lici'^ aiiil ura-^ in the parks 

 liave Hilln.Ml i,,nrl, aii.l many have died. 



There is no use talking business under 

 these conditions. Just now there is plen- 



