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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



lias been given for presentable stock 

 while the colored ones could be had for 

 half the price. Gladiolus 50 centa per 

 100, and Hydrangea paniculata, the poor 

 retailer's greatest friend at present, 

 brings $2.00 per 100. Large quantities 

 of the usual outdoor flowers are obtain- 

 able at reasonable prices, the only trou- 

 l;le is that their uses are Jimited except 

 for summer residences and a few city 

 restaurants and the florists' window. 



Various Items. 



\\ithout exception in any section of 

 the trade everyone anticipates a very 

 good business the coming season; the 

 jirospects in New York never were bright- 

 er. The retailers and many of the 

 wholesilers are busy repainting their 

 stores and in many other ways prepar- 

 ing for an increased trade. 



Good sized decorative plants are scarce 

 and high and will be more so next win- 

 ter. Large shipments of kentias are 

 coming over from Europe and the prices 

 are going to be almost prohibitive for 

 perfect stock. Miny early buyers have 

 been already scouring the market and 

 report that as high as $150.00 each has 

 been asked for specimen kentias {mighty 

 good stock to invest in, especially where 

 you rent them out). 



American Beauty is going to be the 

 rose par excellence the coming winter 

 and many have greatly extended their 

 cultivation of it. Next year if the steel 

 and glass can be had at any fair price 

 there will be lots more houses erected 

 for Beauty growing. 



There is nothing but praise heard for 



work to make the Madison Square Gar- 

 den show in October a success. This is 

 a tremendous undertaking, affecting as 

 it surely will floriculture all over the 

 state. A vast amount of money is at 

 stake and something far more than mon- 

 ey. The date is early for flowers and 

 for wealthy people to attend but in this 

 effort every gardener and every florist 

 within reasonable travel of this city, aye 

 those from long distances, should be rep- 

 resented by plant or flower. The great- 

 est care should be taken by the club, 

 as no doubt will be the case, that com- 

 petent and fair judging will prevail. 

 But it isn't the money or the judging; 

 get in the race anyhow. 



Pres. W. F. Sheridan presided at the 

 club meeting which was held on Monday, 

 the 12th, and W. J. Stewart acted as 

 secretary in the absence of John Young. 

 J. W. Withers reported progress for the 

 exhibition committee and Mr. O'Mara 

 for the ways and means committee gave 

 a very encouraging report on the finan- 

 cial end. He thought that special do- 

 nations might cover the entire prize list 

 for the coming show and that the guar- 

 antee fund for future shows may be 

 unnecessary. H. Beaulieu made a dis- 

 play of dahlias; the judges requested 

 that he exhibit one named "Alex Wal- 

 lace," again at next meeting. A press 

 committee was appointed consisting of 

 Messrs. Bunyard. Burns and Hafner. 



After celebrating the victory on the 

 Bufialo alleys the bowlers adjourned to 

 allow the experts to patch the reputa- 

 tions damaged at the tournament. 



J. I. T). 



Exhibit of John A. ScoIIay, Brooklyn, N. Y., at the Buffalo Convention. 



the Bison boys and girls. New Yorkers 

 greatly appreciate all that was done to 

 make their visit to Buffalo a pleasant 

 one. There is a general "kick myself" 

 feeling attached to every member ow- 

 ing to the Asheville tragedy but as the 

 sentence is far away the thing is be- 

 ginning to assume a philosophic shape. 

 PoUworth may have been defeated but 

 St. Louis would have trouble for 1903 

 should we go to Milwaukee next August. 



Qub Meeting. 



New York florists wasted no time for 

 rest after returning from Buffalo. It 

 may be said that the members of the 

 club went to the club rooms from the 

 train almost and at once retackled the 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market conditions 

 changed and the past week saw more 

 flowers than the business needed. I 

 don't remember of ever seeing so many 

 poor flowers in this market as at present. 

 The demand is good but stock so poor 

 that the retailer does not care to invest, 

 as it is better to refuse orders than carry 

 poor stock and lose trade. Of course 

 some very good stock is coming in but 

 not nearly enough to go around. 



The best roses sold last week for 4 and 

 5 cents and from that down to $1 per 

 100. A few fancv carnations that came 



in sold at 2J cents, a good price for this 

 time of the ye^r; the poorer ones all 

 went at $1 per 100; this price is too high 

 for the quality of the stock. Asters, for 

 the best, 2 cents, and from that price 

 down to 50 cents per 100. Gladioli are 

 very poor; so are tuberose stalks; these 

 sell at 3 cents per stalk for the best. 



There is quite a lot of funeral work 

 and white stuff is in great demand; al- 

 most anything is bought to make up the 

 work. 



The outlook for a better quality of 

 stock in the near future is promising; 

 the young rose stock is uniformly in very 

 good condition; the carnation plants are 

 looking fair and are making rapid 

 growth, especially those in low ground, 

 where the plants have more moisture; 

 violets in some places are looking good, 

 while at other places the stock is more or 

 less affected by the drought. 



Notes. 



Mr. Augspurger, of D. Augspurger &, 

 Sons, of Peoria, 111., was in town the past 

 week selling Boston ferns. Mr. Augspurg- 

 er says that the classified advs. in the 

 Review gave them wonderful results. 



Mr. M. L. Dollins, representing The 

 Tropical Plant Co., of Orlando, Fla., was 

 in town last week calling on the trade. 



Emil Schray, secretary of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, was married last Wednes- 

 day to Miss Linda Flottmann, of South 

 St. Louis. The happy couple left the 

 same evening for Buffalo to spend a two 

 weeks' honeymoon. The wedding of Mr. 

 Schray was something of a surprise to 

 his many friends, as he had not generally 

 announced his matrimonial intentions. 

 Mv. and Mrs. Schray will be at home to 

 their friends after September 1 at their 

 newly furnished home opposite Mr. 

 bchiay's place of business on Pennsyl- 

 \ania avenue. Congratulations are now 

 m ciulei 



\\ illiim Lamar, keeper of Forest Park, 

 « 1- in lined last Thursday afternoon to 

 Mi^sMiueA Dubois. After the nuptial 

 knot had been tied Mr. Lamar and bride, 

 accompanied by Park Commissioner 

 Ridgely, took supper at the cottage in 

 the park Mr. and Mrs. Lamar will re- 

 side for the piesent in Forest Park. 



Rudolph Kitchner on last Friday re- 

 ceued oflicial notification of his appoint- 

 ment as keeper of City Hall Park and 

 Mill assume his new duties August 19. 

 Notwithstanding the drought the flower 

 beds and the lawn in the City Hall Park 

 .lie in excellent condition, which is due to 

 t he efforts of Mr. Kitchner. 



Ml Geoige Waldbart, on Grand ave- 

 nue, leports an excellent business so far 

 tins summer Mr. Waldbart chaperoned 

 a party of fi\e St. Louis florists during 

 the Buffalo convention and all report 

 the best time of their lives. 



Mr. C. C. Sanders is very busy of late. 

 He is moving his residence back from its 

 present location. A fine new show house 

 on Clara avenue will be his next move. 

 This will give Mr. Sanders one of the 

 best locations in the West End. 



Mt. Theo. Miller, on Delmar avenue, 

 is building a new office on the side of 

 his greenhouse store, which will give him 

 the necessary room he is in need of. 



Mr. B. Eschner. of M. Rice & Co., Phil- 

 adelphia, is in town and is booking lots 

 of orders as the result of their fine dis- 

 play at the convention. 



John W. Kunz, with H. G. Berning, is 

 off on a two weeks' vacation. 



Emil Schray and bride, who were on 

 their way to Buffalo, were recalled by 



