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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



October 17, 1901. 



is to be congratulated on the good taste 

 displayed. The flowers used for the oc- 

 casion were mostly American Beauties, 

 and some 4,000 were disposed of. 



Mr. Henry Aue, of Lindenwood, has 

 a new white seedling carnation which 

 he calls St. Louis, and which is a very 

 fine white, having all the requirements — 

 stem, calyx and keeping qualities. Mr. 

 Aue has been working up a stock of the 

 new St. Louis for three years, and now 

 has quite a stock of plants, which he will 

 put on the market next season. He also 

 has a fine pink seedling, which is not 

 yet named. Mr. Aue expects great 

 things from the St. Louis, and if the 

 name has anything to do with it, it will 

 be a success. Mr. C. A. Kuehn has the 

 handling of Mr. Aue's stock. 



Colonel Max Herzog again acted as 

 judge at the St. Louis Fair, and again 

 showed that he is competent to judge in 

 all classes. 



Qub Meeting. 



The next meeting of the club should 

 be a banner one, as at this meeting we 

 shall initiate Mrs. M. M. Ayers, she be- 

 ing the first lady to make application 

 and to be elected a member. Mrs. Ayers 

 says she will be present at all the meet- 

 ings of the club. 



The initiation will take place at 4 

 o'clock, ai;d President Meinhardt has 

 made extra preparations for the occa- 

 sion. He expects all the members to be 

 present and take part in the proceedings. 

 This being the last meeting before the 

 show, the committee will have a final re- 

 port to make. Two essays will be read 

 and the member who misses this meeting 

 will miss a good thing. 



The exhibition committee is holding 

 weekly meetings at Ellis' place, working 

 on the final prize list. The admission 

 tickets are out and in the hands of the 

 committee. 



St. Louis Fair. 



The St. Louis Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical Association held its annual fair 

 the past week, and the attendance was, 

 as usual, large. The floral hall, which 

 was one of the main attractions, con- 

 tained a fine collection of plants, cut 

 flowers and floral designs throughout the 

 week. 



The principal exhibitors were William 

 Schray & Sons, C. Young & Sons Com- 

 pany, Ellison & Tesson and Eichard 

 Frow. Following are the prize winners: 



Largest and most tastefully arranged collec- 

 tion of greenhouse and hothouse plants, 1st, 

 Schray & Sons; 2d, Young & Sons. 



Pair of hanging baskets of plants, 1st, 

 Schray & Sons; 2d. Young & Sons. 



Collection of Rex begonias, 1st. Young & 

 Sons; 2d, Schray & Sons. 



Collection of named geraniums, 1st, Schray & 

 Sons; 2d. Young & Sons. 



Collection of carnations in bloom, 1st. Schray 

 & Sons; 2d, Young & Sons. 



Collection of palms, 1st, Schray & Sons; 2d, 

 Young & Sons. 



Single palm, 1st. Schray & Sons; 2d, Young 

 & Sons. 



Areca lutescens, 1st, Schray & Sons; 2d, 

 Young & Sons. 



Kentia palm, 1st, Young & Sons; 2d, Schray 

 & Sons. 



Araucaria excelsa, 1st, Schray & Sons; 2d. 

 Young & Sons. 



Specimen plant of any kind, 1st. Schray & 

 Sons; 2d, Richard Frow. 



Collection of ferns, 1st. Young & Sons; 2d, 

 Schray & Sons. 



Collection of colored foliage plants arranged 

 so as to produce the greatest contrast of color, 

 1st, Schray & Sons; 2d, Young & Sons. 



Twelve roses in bloom, four varieties, 1st, 

 Schray & Sons; 2d, Young & Sons. 



Collection of twenty-five blooming plants for 

 house decoration, not more than three varie- 

 ties Of any species, 1st, Schray & Sons; 2d, C. 

 Young & Sons. 



Floral designs, two pieces, one funeral and 

 one festival emblem, 1st, Ellison & Tesson; 

 2d. Young & Sons. 



Best and most artistically arranged display 

 of cut roses, 1st, Young & Sons; 2d, Bllison & 

 Tesson; 3d, Schray & Sons. 



Table decoration, plants to be used in con- 

 nection with cut flowers if desired, 1st, Young 

 & Sons; 2d, Kllison & Tesson. 



Largest, best and most artistically arranged 

 collection of cut flowers of any kind except 

 roses, all to be properly labeled, 1st, Young & 

 Sons; 2d, Schray & Sons. 



Pair of parlor bouquets, 1st, Young & Sons; 

 2d, Ellison & Tesson. 



Collection of carnations, 1st, Young & Sons: 

 2d, Ellison & Tesson. 



Lady's bouquet, 1st, Ellison & Tesson; 2d, 

 Young & Sons. 



C. Young & Sons won flrst for display of 

 floral requisites, for display of floral work, for 

 display of immTirtelles and grasses and for de- 

 signs of artificial flowers and grasses. 



Bowling. 



The Florists rolled three games with 

 the Libertys on the Cass avenue alleys 

 last Friday night, and won two out of 

 the three games played. Charlie Kuehn, 

 who should have been at home in bed, 

 had pluck enough to finish out the game. 

 Kunz and Sturtz had a lot of hard luck, 

 and Ellison and Beneke rolled their best 

 games of the season. The scores were as 

 follows : 



Florists. B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 



C. A. Kuehn... 4 U 145 150 HI 406 135 1-3 

 J. J. Beneke... 4 3 187 147 231 665 188 1-3 

 J. W. Kunz.... 6 12 145 142 113 400 133 1-3 

 John Sturtz.... 2 9 165 158 140 463 154 1-3 

 A. Y. Ellison.. 4 3 204 156 202 562 187 1-3 



Totals 19 37 846 753 797 2.396 159 11-15 



B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 

 Libertys 16 45 765 747 8212,323 154 13-15 



On Monday night Frank Fillmore was 

 awakened by the barking of his dog and 

 discovered that the potting shed at the 

 end of bis greenhouse was on fire. Tlie 

 fire department quickly responded and 

 soon had the fire under control, saving 

 the greenhouses and plants. Mr. Fill- 

 more's loss will be about $150; no in- 

 .surance. Frank says that no doubt 

 the barking of his dog saved the entire 

 plant. 



The Florists rolled three games with 

 the Tigers on Monday night, October 14, 

 and won all three games. In the sec- 

 ond game they made the highest single 

 game made in the league this season. 

 Kuehn and Beneke were in good form; 

 so were Adels, Sturtz and Ellison. The 

 team now lead in the league race with 

 eight games won and one lost. The 

 scores were as follows: 



Florists— B. E. 1 2 3 Tot.Av 



J. J. Beneke.... 5 197 200 158 555 185 



C. A. Kuehn.... 4 187 191 177 555 185 



Will Adels 1 7 146 182 179 607 169 



J. Sturtz 3 7 167 180 136 472 157 1-3 



A. Y. Ellison.... 3 6 166 152 169 487 162 1-3 



7 28 853 905 818 2,576 171 11-15 

 B. E. 1 2 3 Tot.Av. 

 Tigers 1153 757 723 706 2,186 145 II-I5 



J. J. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Florist Qub. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 Thursday evening, 10th inst. Two new 

 members were elected and four new 

 names proposed for membership, so you 

 see we are a prosperous and growing 

 body. The subject under discussion was 

 hardy plants for cut flowers for profit 

 throughout the summer months. Of 

 course, this included annuals and tube- 

 rous and bulbous plants as dahlias and 

 gladioli, that any one can save in a 

 cellar or other warmish place over win- 

 ter without the aid of a greenhouse. 



At best there isn't much profit in 

 hardy flowers, the demand being light 



and prices low, but they are very useful 

 for store window decoration. Sweet 

 peas, mignonette and Vick's branching 

 asters were most favored among annu- 

 als. Several members said Semple's as- 

 ters seemed to be losing in constitution 

 as compared with how they were a few 

 years ago. Among perennials, paeonias, 

 coreopsis, pyrethrum, white phlox, speci- 

 osura lilies and gaillardias received com- 

 mendation. The small flowered sunflow- 

 ers and golden glow rudbeckia had ad- 

 vocates, but it was held these flowers 

 fade too soon after being cut; one grow- 

 er, however, insi.sted that by cutting 

 them in the cool of the evening and put- 

 ting them at once into water in a cool, 

 close place, they hold their heads up 

 pretty well with him for a couple of 

 days. 



The finer roses may pay, hut during 

 the outdoor rose season there is such a 

 glut of garden flowers, profits are pre- 

 carious. Dahlias, if they would only be- 

 have themselves and bloom right, would 

 be profitable, but they seldom do this 

 unless it be in some old lady's garden 

 under an old appletree, in a moist, half 

 shady place. The small variety Livoni 

 was the favorite. All conceded gladioli 

 would pay to grow; the paler colors are 

 preferred for florists' work and the vivid 

 ones for garden use. 



Gus Ludwig read a letter from ex- 

 President Reineman, who is now trav- 

 eling in Europe, telling of the grand 

 things he was seeing in the way of 

 dahlias, and more especially the brilliant 

 cactus dahlias, in the German nurseries, 

 and gardens that made our mouths wa- 

 ter. And he advised us: "Go thou and 

 do likewise." Careful, now, boys, we've 

 been there before. 



Then we all hitched up our chairs and 

 turned our eyes and ears upon John 

 Bader, who has recently returned from 

 an extended European trip, and for 

 twenty minutes John kept us listening 

 and laughing. He told us about how 

 the Belgians grow azaleas by planting- 

 them out in beds of leaf mould in sum- 

 mer, and how kindly the plants take to 

 such treatment. Also about the vast 

 multitudes of bay trees, myrtle trees, 

 bottle brushes, acacias and paJms that 

 are grown in those nurseries; and the- 

 rankness of the growth of hardy roses 

 and shrubbery in the Holland Boskoop 

 district. The Paris flower market had a. 

 particular charm for him, but he didn't 

 see anything bedded out in the parks 

 that we haven't here in this country. 



Mr. D. Fraser showed a nice plant of 

 Caledonia begonia in bloom. He doesn't 

 think it is quite so easy to grow as are- 

 the pink Lorraines. 



William Scott, of Buffalo, stand up! 

 By a most hearty and unanimous vote 

 of this club at this meeting you received 

 the official recognition and thanks of 

 this club for your most efiicient work 

 at the Pan-American exposition. This- 

 is entirely voluntary on our part and 

 unsuggested from any source whatever. 

 Most of us have been to Buffalo and have- 

 seen your work and we sincerely appre- 

 ciate the spirit with which you entered 

 into it and kept at it, and the excellent 

 results you have achieved and their ben- 

 eficial and instructive force upon flori- 

 culture throughout the whole country. 



Variotis Items. 



Mr. George Brown, superintendent of 

 public gardens and grounds, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, spent a day with Park Su- 

 perintendent William Falconer last week. 



