OCTOBEB 24, 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



649 



E. F. Winterson, President-elect Chicago Florists' Club. 



English birthplace are somewhat obscure. 

 His parents settled in Chicago and the 

 subject of this sketch attended the pub- 

 lic schools until he was 11 years of age 

 ■when he had his first experience in flori- 

 culture at the private place of Dr. W. 

 Clarke, on the west side. At the age 

 of 13 years he entered the employ of 

 T. J. Corbrey, then in the retail busi- 

 ness, and when the latter started in the 

 wholesale line at the old Cut Flower 

 Exchange Mr. Winterson was transferred 

 to the wholesale trade, and in it seems 

 to have found his best hold. After leav- 

 ing Mr. Corbrey he was with E. H. 

 Hunt for a year and then in 189.5 he and 

 Charles McKellar started the business 

 now carried on by the firm of McKellar 

 & Winterson. He is married and has two 

 children. 



Mr. Winterson is always enthusiastic 

 in any movement looking to the advance- 

 ment of the general good and is a 

 worker, and his administration as presi- 

 dent of the Florists' Club will undoubt- 

 edly be a live and progressive one. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade continues fair with white flow- 

 ers of all kinds in good demand. Chrys- 

 anthemums are beginning to come in 

 freely but are mostly Glory of Pacific 

 and Bergmann; fancy varieties are as 



yet scarce but will soon be as plentiful 

 as the common sorts. The retailers are 

 all carrying a good stock of these flowers 

 but the demand is slow. 



In roses the demand for Beauties is 

 steadily increasing. First grades have 

 advanced to $2.50 and $3, and from that 

 down to $6 per 100 for shorts. The 

 smaller varieties are beginning to feel 

 the increasing supply of chrysanthe- 

 mums, still prices are about the same 

 as last week's quotations. There are 

 plenty of Maids, Brides, ^eteors. Gates 

 and Perles coming in and they are 

 selling at about $10 per 1,000 for fair 

 stock; good firsts bring from $3 to $5 

 per 100. A few Greeks from Chicago 

 are in town and are buying up all the 

 surplus stock in 1,000 lots. 



Carnations are in good steady de- 

 mand (none to be bought up by Greeks 

 in 1,000 lots) and anything good brings 

 $2, but the bulk of the stock is sold at 

 $1 per 100. Violets are coming better 

 each day and with good color but rather 

 short stems; 20 and 25 cents per 100 

 is the price. Cosmos is now very fine 

 with good long stems at 50 cents per 

 100. Some very fine valley brought $3 

 and $4 the past week ; demand fair. Out-< 

 door stuff is now over, several frosts hav- 

 ing killed everything. 



The wholesalers say that the shipping 

 trade has started oSX satisfactorily and 

 quite a large number of shipments have 

 been made the past week. 



Chrysanthemum Show. 



The chrysanthemiuu show next month 

 promises to be a good one. Quite a num- 

 ber of special prizes came in this week 

 from society people. The programme is 

 now in the hands of the printer and the 

 committee expects by the end of the 

 week to send them out among the grow- 

 ers. Chairman Meinhardt and the rest 

 of the committee expect to make some 

 money this year as the show will be 

 larger than last year and the location 

 better. Prof. Rantenberg's band has 

 been engaged to furnish music for the 

 occasion. 



Notes. 



Mrs. Sarah Young, mother of John, 

 James, Harry, William and Charles 

 Young, Mrs. Wm. Ellison and Mrs. 

 Henry J. Helwig, died last Saturday at 

 7 a. m. The funeral took place Monday 

 at 2 p. m. at the residence of her daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Wm. Ellison, 5423 Vernon 

 avenue. Many floral designs were sent 

 by friends in the trade and nearly all 

 the florists went to the house to pay 

 their last respects, and to extend their 

 sympathy. 



John M. Hudson, once prominent in 

 florist circles in St. Louis and Philadel- 

 pliia, is now proprietor of the Livertone 

 Water Co., ISth and Olive streets. 



Mr. J. F. Windt, the Bayard avenue 

 florist, will this year have some extra 

 fine chrysanthemum plants. The cut 

 flower business is also on the increase 

 and he expects to have a prosperous 

 season. 



Oscar Heile, South Broadway, reports 

 that the cut flower business is very 

 fiood with him, especially in funeral 

 work. Oscar and his famous dog "Lump" 

 can be seen at the wholesale houses 

 eveiy morning. 



Charlie Juengel, South 14th street, 

 has just finished building a fine resi- 

 dence on his place. From the looks of 

 things about the place, Charlie will do 

 a good business this season. 



Bowling. 



The florists bowled three games Mon- 

 day night with the great World's Fair 

 team, which is captained by the world- 

 famed Martin Kern, and won all three. 

 This gives the boys 11 games won and 

 only one lost, which gives them a strong 

 hold for first place. Quite a number 

 of fiorists were on hand to see us bowl. 

 Beneke was high man with an average 

 of 193 2-3, Ellis coming in second. The 

 scores were: 



Florists— B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 



J. J. Beneke ...1 4 183 221 177 581 193 2-3 

 C. A. Kuehn .. 2 13 146 191 106 443 147 2-3 

 Wm. Adels .... 5 5 161 150 164 475 158 1-3 

 John Sturtz ... 5 7 158 160 127 445 148 1-3 

 F. M. Ellis .... 2 2 167 169 213 649 183 



15 31 815 891 787 2493 166 3-lB 

 B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 



.16 34 814 882 709 2406 160 6-15 



J. J. B. 



Trade Conditions. 



We are in statu quo — wherever that 

 may be! Roses, pinks, violets, in fact 

 everything but chrysanthemums and 

 candytuft have been trying to shorten 

 up a bit, but the two exceptions more 

 than overcame the threatened dearth of 

 flowers so that prices are lower upon 

 everything now than ever before at a 

 corresponding date. Early varieties of 

 the "Queen of Autumn" are excellent in 

 quality but $1 per dozen is the limit 

 upon them and $2 per 100 is sometimes 



