The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Floral Float entered by B. Schroeter in the recent Industrial Parade, Detroit, Mich. 



George R. Scott returned from a four 

 weeks' stay at his country pixce in Mich- 

 igan to find that burglars had ransael^ed 

 his city mansion during his absence and 

 removed his Sunday trousers. He will 

 wear cotton batting and oilpaper this 

 winter. 



Bowling. 



At a meeting of the Bowling C'lul> licM 

 last Thursday evening the Edgely Cup 

 was ordered suitibly engraved and stored 

 in a safety deposit vault until further 

 orders. It was decided to inaugurate 

 another series of trade league games, to 

 start the first week in October, and 

 Messrs. P. J. Hauswirth, E. F. Winter- 

 son, George Stollery and Charles Balluff 

 were appointed a committee to orgmize 

 four teams and arrange details. It was 

 also decided to assess each team $5, giv- 

 ing the sum of $20 to expend for prizes, 

 and a committee, consisting of Messrs. 

 Hauswirth, Asmus and Winterson, was 

 appointed to secure special prizes. A 

 vote of thanks wis passed to the Buffalo 

 bowlers for courtesies extended during 

 the recent national tournament. After 

 the meeting a number adjourned to the 

 alleys, and the scores of the two games 

 follow : 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade and Personal Notes. 



Trade has been fairly, good for the 

 week ending with this writing (Septem- 

 ber 2). Asters are abundant and are 

 now quite good. Just how long they 

 will continue depends upon the number 

 and voracity of the beetle, which, though 

 late in arrival, is to be counted now as 

 a factor of the situation. Messrs. Lotz 

 and Woodfall have each about an acre 

 and their theory is that only a certain 

 number of bugs come, so that a portion 

 of a crop is safe anyway. 



Cochet roses are impro^^^g in quality. 

 So are Perles, but the demand for these 

 lessens as the white Cochets grow bet- 

 ter. American Beauties are just begin- 

 ning to come in, and no Brides or Maids 

 of any merit are yet in evidence. Pink 



carnations are plentiful, but whites are 

 scarce and in demand. 



The board of managers of the House of 

 Correction, a state penal institution, it 

 is announced, will put up a greenhouse. 

 Since it is incredible that its products 

 are for the delectation of its inmates, 

 and equally so, that the flowers are for 

 the use of the olliccrs and managers of 

 till' establishiufMt (fur the public would 

 li:iiill\ (mI( rair llial ) il would seem that 

 lli(\ '» ill (■..111,' iipiin t]ie market. 



Il 1- -,ii(| llial 111.' largest funeral busi- 

 tic-- ]'V tai tlii-- Miiinncr in this city has 

 been done by a member of the trade who 

 rents the glass and commands the labor 

 of inmates of another reformatory insti- 

 tution for ■juvenile offenders, the terms 

 of his contra. -I . ,,i .•.mrse, not being pub- 

 licly known, tl ,-li il is understood to 



bean extriaii.'h lili.aal one. 



A meiiil.i ..I III.' i: n.l..nris' Club here, 

 at a reci-iii in.'.^iiiiL'. ml mhIii. ..1 a scheme 

 for the l.-ji-lat Ml r t.i a|.]ii..|iriate suf- 

 ficient ni.iiiiy l.ir tlu' .inistiuction of a 

 greenhouse at the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege. As there is already at that seat 

 of learning quite a large glass structure 

 (ample, it would be supposed, for tho 

 technical uses of the s'chool), the ques- 

 tion here recurs as to what is to be done 

 with the products from this new house. 



A virile and active trade organization 

 might well find effective work in creat- 

 ing a moral sentiment and compel 

 legislative enactment against the grow- 

 ing in public institutions of products 

 which are to go upon the market in com- 

 petition with those of its own members. 

 Is it possible that the Gardeners' Club is 

 willing to have its members and the oth- 

 er citizens of the state taxed to erect 

 greenhouses, the products of which, at 

 least those of the first two institutions 

 indicated, grown by the labor of crim- 

 inals, will come into competition with 

 their own. If they are, indeed, they are 

 far more tolerant than the men of other 

 trades, who would storm the doors of 

 the legislature rather than such things 

 should be. 



Here is a far more pregnant field of 

 usefulness than outings or even flower 

 shows, for a compact and well directed 

 organization of gardeners and florists. 



Alex. Scott, manager of the Florists' 



1 \(h"iii.,L, was out of town for a few 

 da}s last week, his sad errand being to 

 attend the obsequies of a deceased broth- 

 er, David Scott, a florist at Fredonia, 

 N Y 



Roheit L Graham was hors (fc comhat 

 foi a couple of weeks from a nail wound 

 in 111, toot, which for a time gave him 

 muLh pain and uneasiness. He is re- 

 co\eiing now 



^^llh\m Christie is recovering, too, 

 slonly trom the effects of the Buffalo 

 trip, sighing for new Buffaloes to con- 

 quer, and quite of the mind that there 

 shall be no more conventions without 

 him, uncured and incurable of his jok- 

 ing propensities, his rooting capacity un- 

 impaued and no edge taken off his wit 

 and humoious sayings. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., who is one of 

 the oldest patrons of husbandry in this 

 state had at his fine place at White 

 Mai sh last week an assemblage of promi- 

 111 nt r,i ingers, including the Masters of 

 111. \ III m\\ and the Maryland Granges, 

 III li il ilitite a grange of which he and 

 111 liiLuh lie members. His visitors en- 

 joyed greatly an inspection of his large 

 range of houses and attractive grounds. 



John Donn has sold his plant on Erd- 

 man avenue to John Glass, well known 

 as an efficient and industrious gardener, 

 who will doubtless make the place pay. 

 The consideration is said to have been 

 $.5,000. R. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Trade and Personal Items. 



The weather has been cool and delight- 

 ful, but we have had no rain to speak of. 

 There is a notable improvement in the 

 stock of cut flowers coming into this mar- 

 ket. The roses coming in are much bet- 

 ter than they were a week ago. 



From all indications, Fred Ainmann of 

 Edwardsville, will break the record on 

 Perle roses, and perhaps on Beauties this 

 season. The stock is handled by C. A. 

 Kuehn. 



The Anchorage Rose Company of An- 

 chorage, Ky., are sending in some fine 

 Maids and Brides. The stock will be 

 handled by F. M. Ellis this season. 



The Beauty stock of George M. Kellogg 

 of Pleasant Hill, Mo., which is large and 

 fine, is handled by H. G. Berning. 



The roses that came in last week sold 

 for $1 to $3 per 100 for common; Ameri- 

 can Beauties, from $2 to $10 per 100. 

 They were retailed for 75 cents to $1.50 

 per dozen, and good stock at that. 



Carnations are not so plentiful, in fact 

 are very scarce, that is, good stock. 

 Quite a lot of poor, short-stemmed ones 

 come in which don't sell well ; $1 per 

 100 is the general price. Housing the 

 plants is progressing favorably and our 

 growers have plenty of work for the next 

 month to come. 



Asters are very plentiful, but only the 

 large white and purple ones are in de- 

 mand. The bulk of them go at 50 cents 

 to $1 per 100; a few extra fine Scrapie's 

 go at $1.50. 



Plenty of tuberose stalks, both single 

 and double, which sell from $3 to $4. 

 Gladioli stalks have been a glut; very 

 little sale for them. Smilax is in great 

 demand, with none in the market. 



Mr. A. Schuerman and family enjoyed 

 a ten days' visit at the Pan-American in 

 Buffalo. 



Mr. William Trillow, one of the old- 

 time members of the Florists' Cub, is in 

 town calling on the trade and his many 

 friends. 



J. F. Howard, the florist of Hot 



