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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



FEBRrARY 1, 1900 



very different results from some sour- 

 ces. 



The club held a good meeting last 

 week and the president appoiuted 

 three committees, compoied cf the 

 most active memijers: On arrange- 

 ments. .1. F. Cowell. chairman: on en- 

 tertainments, W. F. Kasting, -ihair- 

 man; and on reception, W. Seott, 

 chairman. The hall selected for the 

 exhibition is very near, in fad next 

 door, to the Genesee hotel, which '.vill 

 be naturally headquarters, and the Co- 

 lonial parlors is a fine place for Mr. 

 Will Craig to say: •Gentlemen, please 

 come to order.' Anyone wishing to 

 secure rooms at the Genesee ici^ht as 

 well do it in ad.'ance and can either 

 write to the hot<-l or send their order 

 to W. F. Kast'ng or William Scott. 



Mr. Michael liloy. who began his 

 gardening career with W. S. many 

 years ago. is leaving Buffalo to till ihe 

 position of foreman at the park green- 

 houses, Denver, Col. "Mike" has the 

 respect and best wirhes of all who ever 

 came in contact .vith him, for his eon- 

 duct demands it, his field of action 

 being always ciitumscribed, he has 

 never had a full field for his energies, 

 but being a natural born gardener we 

 shall be surprised if he doesn't now 

 make his mar!;. 



Very blustery, wintry weather h;.s 

 come and the drummers have begun. 

 Mr. Joe Rolker was first and then in 

 came the veteran J. Barclay, oi Chi- 

 cago, whose description of luvertiess, 

 Gaelic sermons, bare legs and porridge 

 is very entertaining as well as instruc- 

 tive. W. S. 



BOSTON. 



Transvaal conditions still ensue 

 here. The salesmen were not only 

 obliged to retreat, but in many cases 

 to surrender unconditionally. And the 

 veldt is strewn with debris of battle, 

 being mostly good roses and second- 

 class carnations. The greatest rout 

 took place at the end of last week, 

 when pink growers asked for mercy 

 and took what they could get grate- 

 fully. This ( Monday 1 morning there 

 is a tendency to scarcity in everything, 

 especially on good customers. But 

 there is a couple more Tugelas for the 

 buyers to cross in order to gain the 

 winter's campaign. We are going to 

 call out all the reserves for Easter and 

 Memorial day. 



Our W. H. Elliott expects an on- 

 slaught in coming campaigns, evident- 

 ly, and contemplates heavy additions 

 to the glass fortifications on the slope 

 of his kopje out at FJrigbton. Most of 

 the addition will be concealed by the 

 peculiar vine under wbiih Mr. Elliott 

 so likes to recline while indulging in 

 reveries for the future and recrimina- 

 tions of the past. 



Presumably the charges made by 

 Chief Gunner Hutson will offset any 

 advances made by the enemy. 



W. S. Wilson, at Burnside Conserva- 

 tories, Wellesley, is to add two 1.50- 

 foot houses to his plant next summer. 

 This winter's output goes to show that 

 good use will be made of it. 



The Carnation Society meets Febru- 

 ary 15. Those planning to sing "Put 

 Me Off at Buffalo" on that day can 

 have it done at less expense by com- 

 municating with Wm. Nicholson, of 

 South Framingham, who has promises 

 of low rates to that place for the oc- 

 casion. B. T. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



There has been a big demand for 

 roses and carnations during tht' jiast 

 week. Receipts continue light and the 

 retailers are hustling around to secure 

 enough stock to fill orders. All grow- 

 ers report a light crop and have hopes 

 that the bright weather which we are 

 now having will produce a belter ( ut 

 for the coming week. 



Good roses are selling well ami the 

 demand for all kinds of flowers bids 

 fair to continue brir,k until Lent. 



The condition of the rose narket is 

 due. undouljtedly. more to the small- 

 ness of the crop generally than to any 

 special increase in the conscimiition. 



Brides, Meteors and Maids of the 

 first grade sell as IJgh as $iS per UO; 

 Perles and Woottons from $4 to $5. 

 Ammann's Perles and Meteors are in 

 great demand. Carnations are not 

 oveVplentiful and the demand 'S sreat. 

 Scotts and Daybreaks are at their best 

 and bring $2 and $2.50. All white, 

 which sells well for funeral work, 

 has been plentiful the past week. Scar- 

 lets have a good call, but choice stock 

 is scarce. The Kirkwood florists are 

 sending in fine blooms, which sell well. 

 This place is also a great center tor 

 California violets. The Ude family 

 send in about the best. Quite a 'ot of 

 them were sold the past week for 40 

 tents per 100. T^ater in the week they 

 went up to 50 and GO cents. Small 

 singles sold at 20 cents per 100. Bul- 

 bous stock seems quite scarce and 

 Romans and paper whites went up ^'i 

 for the best: seconds, $2. Good valley 

 brings $4 and is very fine. Callas bring 

 $10 and good Harrisii $12.50; a few 

 short stemmed tulips were seen, but 

 too short to bring much: smilax siill 

 plentiful but in little demand. 



Shipping trade at the wholesale 

 houses is good and quite a lot of ship- 

 ments were made during the past 

 ■week. 



Notes- 



The meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be held on the afternoon ot Keli. 

 S. at 3 p. m. A lot of very important 

 business is to be transacted at this 

 meeting that will require a full attend- 

 ance. The final report of the cxhiid- 

 tion committee will be read: the eu- 

 chre committee will have the tickets 

 at the meeting for those who have 

 none, and the question of "Shall we 

 hold a show this year?" w'ill be dis- 

 cussed. President Animann says that 

 he would like to see a large attend- 

 ance, especially some of the old timers 

 that have not been at a meeting lor 

 a long time. 



The euchre, which takes place Feb. 

 23, is progressing nicely and some of 

 the florists report that they have sold 

 already quite a lot of tickets and have 

 made a call for more, so the indica- 

 tions are that the euchre will be a 

 great success. 



R. F. Tesson reports that they, Elli- 

 son & Tesson, have been very busy the 

 past week with lunches and decora- 

 tions, and Mrs. Ayers reports plenty 

 of funeral work. 



.los. F. Dickman. the seedsnran, re- 

 ports that the seed business is begin- 

 ning to look bright, with plenty of or- 

 ders for seeds and bulbs to fill when 

 the season opens, which is not far 

 off. 



Ostertag Bros, report that their bus- 

 iness in prepared palms has increased 

 greatly. Cut flower trade with them 

 has also been good. 



Fred Ammann's prize Perle plants 

 are selling fast, and they should, as 

 they are the best I have seen for some 

 time. 



Kuehn and Berning both report that 

 they never saw the market so scarce 

 as the past week. They sell out early 

 in the morning and after the orders 

 are filled nothing is left but a little 

 rubbish. 



Bowling. 



The cold weather on Monday night 

 kept many away from the alleys and 

 only five regulars braved the cold and 

 rolled five games. A few good scores 

 were made. This ends the January 

 series of fifteen games. Charlie Kuehn 

 is high man with an average of 156 per 

 game. Mr. Kuehn also made the high- 

 est single score during the month. 

 Kunz came in second and Beneke 

 third. The scores and averages are as 

 follows: 



1st 2d .3d 4th .Ith Tot. Av. 

 C. A. Kuehn .144 141 159 13.1 1S5 734 147 

 J. W. Kunz....l,« 130 145 15S 125 731 146 

 J. J. Beneke.. 143 145 144 127 164 723 145 

 r. C. Sanders.. 123 164 150 105 135 677 135 

 F. C". Wcbrr,, ICi 1:k 117 W 14S 596 119 



Janoaty Series. 



No. G. Total Av. H. S. 



C. A. Kuhii 15 2.345 156 189 



J. W. Kunz 15 22.39 149 1S3 



J. Beneke 12 1696 142 164 



C. Bever 3 415 13S 169 



r. (\ Sanders 10 1357 136 164 



Kmil Schrav 10 i:i22 132 174 



John Youns 5 647 130 148 



F. <'. Weber 15 1S75 125 156 



F. .1, l--iUmore 6 605 101 113 



J. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



Last week things in the trade here 

 brightened up very perceptibly. Flow- 

 ers went off luiich better and, thanks 

 to the bright sunshine and clear, fresh 

 atmosphere, they were far better in 

 color and form than during the muggy, 

 warm and cloudy weather of the pre- 

 ceding fortnight. One cla.«s of vendors 

 we have, like the poor, always with us 

 — the street fakirs. Recently there has 

 been noticed on our streets an innova- 

 tion for this latitude- a portable glass 

 box, from which the flowers are sold, 

 and lately an addition has been made 

 to this vociferous, not to say Indus- 



