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Bed of Hardy Phlox at Pan-American Exposition. Exhibit of Henry A. Dreer. 



American horticulture, and that was bet- 

 ter for our health and spirits than a big 

 dinner; Mr. A. J. Graham, superintend- 

 ent of city parks of Denver, a jolly big 

 man, and I should say all round gardener 

 and park man. There was also a very 

 old friend at Buffalo last week, Edward 

 I. Mepstead, of Ottawa, Ontario, who, 

 with Aleck Scott, of Baltimore, Wm. 

 Belsey, of this city, and the writer, 

 seemed like a visit again to the back- 

 woods of Canada and the early days of 

 the settlers. W. S. 



The Market 



So far this week the market has been 

 considerably less active than last week. 

 The supply is much larger, but the de- 

 mand is even less than it was and as a 

 result of this working in both directions 

 at once there is an unpleasantly wide 

 margin between supply and demand. At 

 the same time prices are practically the 

 same as last week on select stock. It is 

 the medium and poorer grades that are 

 so plentiful, and there is almost a glut 

 of them. When a buyer wants really 

 select roses he must pay $4 a hundred 

 for them, but he can buy medium and 

 poor grade at almost his own price. 

 Brides average better than Maids, as they 

 are available in funeral work, but the 

 poorest of the Maids are almost unsal- 

 able at any price. Beauties are still im- 

 proving and there is demand for them 

 all. It is marvelous how well this rose 

 holds its own in popular favor and brings 

 a good price when other roses are hardly 

 looked at. 



Outdoor carnations were considerably 

 damaged by the recent rain, and there 

 are many stained flowers to be seen. 

 Prices range from 50 cents to $1.00 a 

 hundred, it taking a pretty good quality 

 to bring the latter figure. At the same 

 time some extra good indoor grown Hills 

 and other fancies are in demand at $1.50. 



Asters have sunk rather low in the 

 market scale, and though a few — a very 

 few — still bring $1.50, the great bulk, 

 and very good stock, realizes only 50 

 cents to $1.00, while the poorer qualities 

 of pinks, blues and purples are prac- 

 tically unsalable at any price. 



The falling off in demand from the 

 country is accounted for by one dealer 

 by the suggestion that those who were 

 obliged to call on this market for some 



time past are now beginning to cut crops 

 of their own. But these crops may be 

 somewhat checked by the turn to much 

 cooler weather on Monday. If so, orders 

 will again flow more freely to this mar- 

 ket. 



Various Items. 



At a meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held last Tuesday afternoon, it 

 was decided to hold the annual exhibi- 

 tion at the Auditorium Nov. 5th to 9th 

 inclusive. W. N. Rudd was elected sec- 

 retary and Edwin A. Kanst assistant sec- 

 retary. Mr. Kanst was also elected a 

 member of the executive committee. 

 After the society meeting a meeting of 

 the executive committee was held to per- 

 fect details for the exhibition. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. have a new plan 

 for encouraging business. They will dur- 

 ing the season buy certain trade sup- 

 plies at the lowest possible figure for 

 cash in quantity, and offer them for brief 

 periods at jobbers' prices, merely to stim- 

 ulate their trade in cut flowers. 



The bowling teams for the trade league 

 tournament have been organized, and 

 the series of games will start the first 

 Tuesday in October. 



Mr. A. L. Vaughan started Tuesday on 

 a western trip for E. H. Hunt. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. have planted fif- 

 teen houses in chrysanthemums and there 

 is no likelihood of a scarcity in blooms 

 of the Queen of Autumn. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., returned from his summer outing 

 last Tuesday and is full of plans for a 

 record-breaking business this winter. 



Frank Garland is cutting lots of roses 

 now and admits that he has again gone 

 rather heavily into bulbs. 



The changes at McKellar & Winter- 

 son's have sufficiently progressed so that 

 it can be seen how greatly they will 

 enhance the convenience of handling 



Miss Helen Palmer, for some years 

 connected with the trade press, was mar- 

 ried Sept. 4 to William F. Rockwell. 

 Miss Palmer had many friends in the 

 trade, and all will wish her much hap- 

 piness. 



Recent visitors: J. A. Evans, Venti- 

 latorville, Ind. ; J. J. Curran, manager 

 for G. Van Bochove & Bro., Kalamazoo, 

 Mich.; J. R. Fotheringham, representing 

 F. R. Pierson; W. H. Barnes, Topeka, 

 Kan.; Meyer Heller, New Castle, Ind.; 

 L. Drummond, Clyde, HI. 



Awards have been made in the Trib- 



une's garden, window-box and porch dec- 

 oration competition, and the paper prints 

 [lictures of the prize winning displays. 

 It will undoubtedly result in attracting 

 I he attention of the people generally to 

 I lie possibilities of planting in city "lots. 



• f. B. Deamud and family have re- 

 turned from their summer trip. 



Martin Petersen reports very satis- 

 faetiiry business at the store he opened 

 last spring on West Division street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The earlier part of the past week 

 trade was very good, owing to a few cool 

 days, but during the latter part of the 

 week it became hot again, which had a 

 demoralizing effect upon the market. 

 There are roses in abundance, and more 

 remain over than are disposed of, which 

 is not much to the liking of the whole- 

 saler. 



Roses are selling at a very low figure; 

 fairly good stock is quoted at from $1 

 to $3 for Brides, Maids and Meteors. A 

 great deal of stock is disposed of in 1,000 

 lots at considerably less than the above 

 figures. Beauties as a rule are short- 

 stemmed and go at the same price as the 

 common sorts; good long Beauties bring 

 about $2 per dozen. 



Carnations are very short in supply 

 and it is impossible to get good stock 

 just now. Some have good flowers with 

 a very short stem while others have long 

 stems with bad flowers; this makes them 

 hard to sell and the wholesaler often has 

 to dump them. The price is still $1 per 

 100. 



Some very fine valley, which sold read- 

 ily at $3 and $4, was seen at Kuehn's the 

 past week. 



Asters are a glut now, the very best 

 selling at $1 per 100, while a few extra 

 fancy bring $1.50; but the bulk of the 

 stock is sold at 50 and 75 cents, and even 

 cheaper in 1,000 lots. 



Chrysanthemum plants at the different 

 places are looking well and from all re- 

 ports we shall have some fine plants and 

 cut blooms this fall and they should be- 

 of great benefit to our fall exhibition, 

 which no doubt will be as good as ever. 



Various Notes. 



Paul Berkowitz of H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, was a caller the past 

 week. Paul reports a fine business in 

 his line all through the west. 



C. W. Dicks, representing Jansen & 

 Co., of New York, is in town calling on 

 the trade. 



J. T. Windt, the Bayard avenue florist, 

 has returned from California, where he 

 spent a very pleasant summer among 

 friends. He kept posted on St. Louis and 

 the trade by reading the Review, which 

 everybody reads out there. 



The exhibition committee held a meet- 

 ing at Frank Ellis' store last Monday 

 evening. Chairman Meinhardt reports 

 that he expects a fine show this fall and 

 that the special prizes are coming in at 

 a lively rate. At the next meeting the 

 different committees will be named and it 

 is hoped that they will do their duty 

 and help make the show a grand success. 

 It can be done if all the brothers will 

 give a helping hand and assist the com- 

 mittees all they can. 



H. Weber & Sons, nurserymen, at Gar- 

 denville, Mo., report that the dry and 

 hot weather has caused a loss to them 

 this summer of $10,000. The loss of 

 young stock was great. 



