Sbptbmbbr 26, 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



5J7 



ber 13, U and 15. Fred Meiiiliaidt is 

 president and chairman this rear; Emil 

 Sehray, secretary; and C. C. Sanders 

 will again look after the financial part. 

 The other members of the committee 

 are: George Windier, Frank M. Ellis 

 and E. J. Mohr. The above are all hard 

 working members and the chib can 

 safely look forward to a good and suc- 

 cessful show. 



Various Items. 



Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Carr have opened 

 a Horal department in the LindcU Hotel 

 drug store, corner 6th and Washington 

 avenue. Mrs. Carr was formerly with 

 Alex. Siegel at the opposite corner. 



Mr. J. T. Williamson, of JKinphis. 

 Tenn., was a visitor the past week. Mr. 

 Williamson was at one time one of the 

 largest shippers to St. Louis. 



Bowling. 



The Florists' Bowling Club, which 

 joined hands with the St. Louis Tenpin 

 League, is now composed of the follow- 

 ing members: J. J. Beneke, captain; 

 •A. Yi -Ellison, representative to league 

 meetings; C. A. Kuehn, John Sturtz, 

 Robert F. Tesson, John W. Kunz and 

 William Adels. The season will open 

 October 7 and twelve clubs will com- 

 pose the league. The boys are entered 

 under the name of "The Florists" and 

 expect to make a good showing, as mev 

 are considered as strong as any of the 

 other clubs which have entered. We are 

 averaged at 811 in three games for five 

 men. The Review will keep our eastern 

 brothers posted as to our standing dur- 

 ing the bowling season. 



The league team was out in full last 

 night and rolled six ■ fair practice 

 games. John Sturtz was our high man 

 with 174 average, Kuehn .second, Ellison 

 third. The scores were as follows: 



1 2 3 4 5' 6 Total. Av. 



Sturtz. ..107 160 151 191 202 170 1041 174 



fcuehn..l47 143 172 194 145 144 1145 158 



T. Ellison. 141 148 192 130 14S 170 929 155 



r. Beneke.. 145 156 124 123 177 171 S90 150 



F. Tesson. 13S 121 82 87 135 123 686 115 



M. Ellis... 138 123 152 115 102 112 742 124 



J. J. B. 



John 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Kcthiug could be more satisfactory 

 than the weather we are having at pres- 

 ent. Cool nights and moderately warm 

 sunny days are the rule, and conse- 

 quently all kinds of stock is rounding 

 nicely into shape.-- During the past week 

 there was a very slight frost in some lo- 

 calities, but not enough to do any vis- 

 ible damage. Business has taken a de- 

 cided boom, and the commission houses 

 are cleaned up every day by noon. 

 There is a pretty good supply of stock 

 coming in also. Business is averaging 

 better than for the same time last year. 

 Asters comprise the largest supply of 

 flowers; they come from the north, are 

 of very good quality and sell for from 

 $1.00 to $2.00 per 100. Roses are com- 

 ing better than last week, with prices 

 about the same. Beauties are advanc- 

 ing slightly. All varieties are held stiflf 

 at quoted prices. Carnations arc still 

 very scarce. There seems to be no in- 

 crease and no chance for an increase in 

 the supply for some time to come. The 

 price has not changed since last week. 



The Fall Festival. 



The fall festival, which i^ n«w run- 

 ning in full force, has perhaps liclped 

 to give our business a boost, more than 



was anticipated. The parade on Friday 

 used a great many flowers. The florists 

 wei-e represented by a float, which did 

 them a great -dea'l of good and was 

 much talked about. Tlie flowers used 

 in its con.5truction were mostly asters. 

 Large and small palms and wild smilax 

 were used with great taste. The whole 

 was contrived to represent a queen seat- 

 ed upon a throne with flower girls 

 standing and reclining at her feet (of 

 course these were the real article and not 

 made of flowers). On each side of the 

 throne were large horns from which 

 bouquets of flowers were falling. In 

 front was a fountain of running water 

 banked with palms. The whole was cov- 

 ered with arches made of asters. The 

 efl'ect was beautiful and it was given 

 a great reception along the entire line 

 of march. 



Fridav was the day for the floral 

 exhibit at the Fall Festival. Two prizes 

 were offered — one for the best designs, 

 five in number; this was divided into 

 three prizes, 1st. 2d and 3d. And one 

 for best single design. There were but 

 two entries, these being made by Har- 

 desty & Co. and George & Allan. Har- 

 desty & Co. secured first prize for both 

 classes. Their designs were: A large 

 shell, made of pink and white balsams 

 and rose geranium leaves, a center table 

 decoration of Meteors, a swan boat on 

 mirror, an eagle and a crown. In the 

 construction of these designs they used 

 the best flowers to be had and the 

 workmanship was of the highest. For 

 a single design they secured first prize 

 with a large urn. This was a model of 

 its kind as to shape and flowers used, 

 but was perhaps a trifle too conventional. 



George & Allan secured second. They 

 exhibited a large horseshoe, a cross, a 

 harp, wreath on easel and an anchor 

 and capstan. The latter was by far the 

 best design in the lot, it being extra 

 well done. For best single design they 

 exhibited an urn also ; this was more 

 graceful but hardly up to the standard 

 of Hardesty & Co. 



The Rosebank Go. were represented by 

 a very nice display of ferns, palms and 

 orchids. 



On Thursday, September 26, there will 

 be another competition. This time the 

 designs will' be entirely lodge emblems. 

 The prospects are that this will call out 

 some fine examples of florists' work. 



The judges for the past exhibit were 

 J, Baer, B. P. Critchell and R. A. Kelly. 



A Floral Urn. 



But one floral piece was sent from this 

 city to the funeral of our honored pres- 

 ident. It was a large urn over six feet 

 high, made by Julius Baer and sent 

 by the Traveling Salesmen's Club. It 

 was one of the most beautiful designs 

 ever turned out by Mr. Baer. In its 

 cousli uil inn Iio used asters for ground 

 WMik. Willi \[etoovs. Beauties, valley, 

 r.ii.lo^, niliiiu^e* and orchids. In the 

 top two dnzcn long stemmed Beauties 

 were placed. The piece was given a place 

 of honor at the left of the vault at 

 the funeral. 



For the first time in eighteen years 

 the statue of Garfield at Race and 

 Eighth streets was decorated in honor 

 of the martyred president. A very 

 large wreath made of oak leaves was 

 hung at the foot of the statue. It was 

 designed by Miss Bessie Critchell and 

 was an excellent example of this young 

 lady's artistic taste. 



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BEAITIES 



20-inoh stems, per doz., $1 50 to $2 00 

 iS-inch stems, " I 20 



liinch stems, " 75 



Short..- per too, 3 00 to 4 00 



Bridesmaids . .per loo, $2 00 to $5 00 



Meteors " 3 00 to 4 00 



Perles " 2 00 to 4 00 



Caruations.. " 1 00 to I 50 



Auratum Lilies, per doz., 2 00 



Gladioli " 25 to 50 



Asters per lOO, J 50 to 2 00 



Valley " 4 00 to 5 00 



Asparagus, per string, 60 to 75 



Adiantum per lou, 75 to I 00 



Smilax per doz, J 50 to 2 00 



Galax, green . . per looo, J 50 



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