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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



John W. Kunz who, until lately, was 

 with Henry Beining, is now in the em- 

 ploy of Frank M. Ellis. 



It is rumored that Arthur Y. KUison 

 of Ellison & Tesson, will, on the 15th of 

 this month, lead to the altar one of Se- 

 dalia's most beautiful girls, Miss Lupe. 

 Arthur has the sympathy of the bowlers 

 and congratulations and best wishes of 

 the trade at large. 



Mr. Winfield Whittman, who for the 

 past year was in the employ of Frank 

 Ellis, is no longer connected with the 

 firm. 



Mr. Leo Eberenz, of Webster Grove, 

 Mo., has just completed three new houses, 

 10x80, 17x80 and 20x80. These houses 

 will be used for growing violets for the 

 trade. The stock will be handled by 

 Frank Ellis the coming season. 



The St. Louis Fair Association which 

 opens its annual fair the first week in 

 October, offers the usual prizes for 

 plants, cut flowers and floral designs. 

 Superintendent Ayers says a number of 

 local firms have already entered and 

 that he expects a larger display than 

 usual this year. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club rolled five games 

 IMonday night. The league team rolled 

 some good scores. Owing to a veiy press- 

 ing engagement Arthur Ellison could not 

 be present. Kuehn, Beneke, Sturtz and 

 Kunz, the other members of the league 

 team, did well. The scores are as fol- 

 lows: 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. T'l. Av. 



Kuehn 192 172 152 IS.'i 180 851 170 



Beneke 171 145 169 170 165 S20 164 



Sturtz 193 104 150 139 145 791 158 



Kunz 134 166 361 155 ... 616 154 



EUls 121 129 141 138 153 682 136 



Weber 120 139 138 143 ... 640 135 



Miller 104 123 137 94 ... 458 115 



J. J. B. 



CORRECTION. 



In your item from St. Louis we note 

 that your correspondent states that F. 

 M. Ellis ^vill handle our stock. As this 

 is true only in part, and is likely to give 

 a wrong impression, inasmuch as H. G. 

 Berning and others also handle our stock 

 at St. Louis, kindly insert in your next 

 issue a note to that effect and oblige. 

 Anchorage Rose Co., 

 Charles Eatnek, Mgr. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Rain is again much needed in this 

 section of the country. In every other 

 respect the weather is all that could be 

 desired. Most of the growers have 

 taken advantage of the favorable weath- 

 er and have housed their carnations. 

 The general report is that plants are re- 

 covering nicely. What is left of the 

 aster crop is furnishing food for the 

 aster bug. These pests are eating every- 

 thing in sight in the line of asters, but 

 as the crop is about over the loss will 

 be but slight. 



Roses are about the same as last week, 

 supply and price being about the same. 



In carnations the demand is greater 

 than the supply and the market holds 

 firm. Pink is in great supply with white 

 and red scarce. The price from $1.50 to 

 $2 per 100. 



A limited quantity of valley is to be 

 had at 4c. George & Allan are the 

 growers. 



Meeting of the Florists' Society. 



The regular meeting of the Cincinnati 



Florists' Society was held at the estab- 

 lishment of George & Allan on Thurs- 

 day, the 5th. There were over seventy- 

 five persons present and a first-class 

 time was had by all. 



A committee consisting of R. Wittcr- 

 staetter, William Murphy, F. Ball, Ben 

 George and Charles Jones was appointed 

 to draw up plans for the monthly shows 

 to be given by the society during the 

 winter. Tlie committee will be glad to 

 have anyone wishing to give prizes to be 

 competed for at these .shows confer 

 with them at once. As these exhibits 

 do a great deal of good to everyone con- 

 cerned and are much patronized by the 

 public, thus creating a taste for that 

 which is best in flowers, it is no more 

 than right that everyone should help 

 them along in every way they can. It is 

 worth more in free advertising alone 

 than all it costs. Charles Jones report- 

 ed that the float for the fall festival 

 parade was an assured fact, and even if 

 we do not capture a prize it will at least 

 be a credit to the florists of this city. 



After the business meeting adjourned 

 a nice lunch was served and then bowl- 

 ing and dancing was indulged in and 

 much enjoyed by all present. Hearty 

 thanks to the hospitality of Messrs. 

 George & Allan and their wives. 



Various Items. 



E. G. Gillett took a flying trip among 

 his growers last week. Among other 

 places, he stopped at New Castle and 

 Richmond, Ind., Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 and Toledo, O. He reports stock looking 

 fine everywhere and prospects for first- 

 class stock to be of the best. 



Henry Schwarz has moved into his 

 new plant at Smith road and Forest 

 avenue, Norwood, O. His houses are 

 all complete and he is now busy getting 

 everything into shape for winter busi- 

 ness. 



George Magrie has opened a store at 

 602 Elm street. 



Miss Cronin of Covington, Ky., has 

 started a branch on York street, New- 

 port, and L. F. Benson of Newport has 

 opened a store on Madison avenue, Cov- 

 ington. 



William Murphy is suffering greatly 

 from hay fever and will leave for Petos- 

 key this week. 



Mr. J. Lodder of Hamilton was in the 

 citv. C. J. 



TORONTO. 



The Industrial Fair. 



The second week of our great fair has 

 come, and gone to the ever receding past ; 

 it brought with it the usual surprises 

 and disappointments to the many ex- 

 hibitors in every branch of trade, as all 

 classes were well represented. 



In the made up work this year I be- 

 lieve there were the greatest surprises. 

 We were treated to the success of Mr. 

 Simmons of this city and many well- 

 known men were put in the background 

 by this comparatively new man. 



However, all say success to him, and 

 promise that at future exhibitions he 

 will not repeat the dose, at least not so 

 strongly, it being to the tune of three 

 firsts and two seconds out of five, Dunlop 

 coming second, with two firsts and three 

 seconds, the rest having the remaining 

 prizes divided about equally between 

 them. 



There seems to have been a little dis- 

 satisfaction among some of the boys as 

 to the wav some of the awards were 



placed, but as we know that the judge, 

 Mr. Ewing, of Berlin, Ont., is perfectly 

 impartial and was not aware of whose 

 stock he was judging, we can only say 

 better luck next time and thank Mr. 

 Ewing for his careful services. 



The exhibit was noted for the evenness 

 of all entries, there being no glaring ad- 

 vantage to any one exhibitor, all were so 

 nearly equal. ' 



Dunlop cleaned the rose slate, with 

 Mu-ston second and Manton Bros, third, 

 while Manton Bros, turned the tables on 

 Dunlop in the carnation sections. 



The asters were very fine, resembling 

 good chrysanthemums, as were also the 

 dahlias, Rcnnio showing some magnifi- 

 cent specimens in both sections. 



Summary of Awards. 



Floral design, otiier tlian flat, 1st, Simnions; 

 2d, Dunlop; 3d, Brown; 4th, Granger. 



Floral design, flat. 1st, Simmons: 2d. Diunlop; 

 3d, Brown, Design for table, 1st, Dunlop: 2d. 

 Simmons; 3d, Granger; 4th, Manton Bros. 

 Basket of flowprs, 1st, Dunlop; 2d. Simmons; 

 3d, Brown. Bouquet, 1st, Simmons; 2d, Dun- 

 lop; 3d, Manton Bros. 



Dahlias, sections calling for 12 varieties, 

 12 blooms, 1 vase and 12 cacti, larg- 

 est and best collection, Rennie led with all 

 firsts; Steel-Briggs Co. second with two sec- 

 onds, one third: Manton Bros., L. H. Lock. 

 Despard and Sunley dividing remaining hon- 



est and best collection, Thos. Davie 

 Brooks, 2d; Chas. Scott, 3d. 



Annuals, collection, named, 1st, Scott; 2d, 

 Brooks; 3d, Wilby, Annuals, 25 varieties, 1st, 

 Scott; 2d, Brooks; 3d, Davies. Asters, 24 as- 

 sorted blooms, 1st, White; 2d, Davies; 3d, Ren- 

 nie. Asters, 24 Victoria, 1st, Scott; 2d, Davies; 

 Grainger, 



Co. Collection 10-week stocks, 1st, Scott. 



Sweet peas, largest collection, 1st, Davies; 

 2d, Manton: 3d, Scott. Sweet peas. 12 varie- 

 ties, 1st, Davies: 2d, Wilson; 3d. Steele-Briggs 

 Co. Verbenas, 25 assorted blooms, 1st, Grain- 

 ger; 2d, Rennie; 3d, Steele-Briggs, Petunia, 12 

 single and double, 1st. Rennie; 2d, Steele- 

 Briggs; 3d, Brooks. Petunias, collection. 1st, 

 Rennie; 2d, White; 3d, Brooks. Phlox Drum- 

 mondii, 24 varieties; 1st. Rennie: 2d, Scott; 

 3d, Davies. Phlox Drummondii. 12 varieties, 

 1st, Rennie; 2d, Scott; 3d, Davies. Dianthus. 

 12 varieties, 1st, Scott; 2d, Sunley; 3d, Steele- 

 Briggs. Phlox, collection perennial, 1st, Steele- 

 Briggs;' 2d, Grainger: 3d, Rennie. 



Hydrangea paniculata. 1st. Manton; 2d, 

 "nniite; 3d, Scott. II n,!' i- i , nm i Is. collection 



Brooks. Hanlyshii.i .M : : . i, ; 31, siott! 



Hardy perennials. ]: : ', .M.inton; 2d, 



Wilby; 3d, Brooks \li!u !! ...ll.ction. 1st, 

 Steele-Briggs: 2d, Scott; 3d, Wliite. Zinnias, 

 collection, 1st, Davies: 2d, Brooks; 3d, Scott. 

 Gladioli, collection, not less than 20 blooms, 

 1st, Rennie; 2d. Grainger; 3d, Sunley. Glad- 

 ioli. 10 varieties, 1st, Rennie; 2d, Wilson; 3d, 

 Pickett. 



Cut flowers, best collection, not more than 

 50 vases, 1st, Manton Bros.; 2d, Grainger; 3d, 

 Scott. Liliums, collection, 1st. Grainger; 2d, 

 Brooks; 3d, Manton Bros. Water lilies, Man- 



Various Notes. 



Brosvn, the florist, in amateur photog- 

 raphy, secured three first medals out of 

 seven entries with a big field of compet- 

 itors. 



We noticed a number of outside flor- 

 ists in town during fair week. 



As a representative of the Canadian 

 florists I would like to state in your pa- 

 per that we share with our cousins across 

 the line the deep regret and sincere sor- 

 row caused by the most dastardly at- 

 tempt on the life of your president. We, 

 as well as you, have come to recognize 

 the sterling worth of this great man, and 

 throwing aside political opinions and dif- 

 ferences of national condition, we hope 

 that President McKinley with his iron 

 will and strong constitution, coupled 

 with the aid of able physicians and sur- 

 geons, will foil the attempt of the as- 

 sassin who would rob a good man of his 

 life, a family of its head and a nation 

 of an unbiased and impartial executive. 

 C. W. 



