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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY S, 1000. 



A Business Change. 



It was given out in a contemporary 

 that W. Scott-\v IS giving up his down 

 town store in Mr.rt !i next. I was not 

 aware that this lit.i? item would crop 

 out. but now it has, will say as the one 

 chiefly concerned that I look forward 

 to the consummation ol: the evacuation 

 o£ 546 Main street with much pleasure 

 next month. As the patriarch of the 

 business in this city, W. J. Palmer, 

 remarked in his homely good sense: 

 "W. S. is coming to his senses at last." 

 Yes, at last, unfortunately after thou- 

 sands of dollars have been poured into 

 a rat hole; but there are no regrets, 

 the sun is rising higher every day, 

 and when you have a nice store in the 

 residence part of the city, with a lot of 

 greenhouses at your back and it's your 

 own property and you can fill your 

 orders better in every way with a 

 fourth of the expense, what do you 

 want with an expensive store down 

 town? 



I had occasion to remark that I 

 thought the stores in Baltimore were 

 too much huddled together in the very 

 heart of the city. It was presumption 

 on my part to criticise another city, 

 but now I am going to do just what I 

 preached. W. S. 



NEW YORK. 



Business in general is very good. 

 Most of the florists have been and are 

 very busy. We hear very few com- 

 plaints; all seem to agree that, as com- 

 pared with last year, there is little to 

 growl about. New York is a place 

 where anything good seldom goes a- 

 begging, whether it be plants or cut 

 flowers. The quality of both flowering 

 and decorative plants seen in the 

 stores at present is scarcely good 

 enough for this great city, and it is 

 safe to say it better stock were obtain- 

 able more business could be done. 



Good large palms are scarce and 

 high in price, too much so, and ferns 

 seem to be merely grown in benches, 

 shoved into pots and put into dwelling 

 houses, only to cause dissatisfaction. 

 As to cut flowers, many growers de- 

 pend on Roman hyacinths, paper 

 whites and such stock, and wonder 

 why they can't get rich. We suppose 

 it's because folks are very unobliging 

 in not dying quick enough. 



Anton Schultheis has been appointed 

 a member of the school board for the 

 Borough of Queens, New York City. 

 We'd like to see him ruler of that 

 laager. 



.Just at the last moment we hear a 

 rumor that .Timmie Neal committed 

 suicide by drinking carbolic acid in 

 Central park February 5. Neal was 

 well known in the flower business 

 here. In 1884 he had a very prosper- 

 ous business in the Bowery, which was 

 then a fine location in trade. It may 

 be said that he was the originator of 

 the "crape pulling" method of getting 

 orders. We know many remember 

 him with regret, both here and in 

 Chicago, where he once ran a store, 

 but 'tis good to be charitable, and 



death should be a shield to the unfor- 

 tunate, so wipe out the scores. 



Bowling at the alleys tonight took 

 the form of practice for the match in 

 Hoboken Wednesday night. Following 

 are the scores: 



1 2 P. 



J. Manda 122 125 US 



I'. O'Mara 146 ITS 157 



F. Traendly HI 129 102 



•\\\ Siebrecht ISfi 148 lOS 



T. I^ang 163 164 192 



Udell 53 65 



1 2 3 



A. Sliaw 1.S2 131 113 



A. Burns 125 120 133 



L. Hafner 157 117 102 



Moody 127 129 133 



J. Dnnlan 143 131 131 



J. Taylor 70 94 Si9 



J. I. D. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Markeu 



Business of late has been fairly 

 good. The demand has been even and 

 steady, no great rush at any par- 

 ticular time. Still, flowers are not 

 overplentiful, and first class stock has 

 been scarce. Commi.'sion men report 

 good shipping ordeis, but can't fill 

 them all, as home trade is using nearly 

 all that comes in. 



The two groundhogs at Forest Park 

 came out on Friday last and saw their 

 shadows, so the growers are looking 

 for six more weeks of bad weather, 

 and the chances are that stock will 

 remain scarce and the prices up. 



Prices. 



Prices are still up, but not so high 

 as last week, and stock is coming in 

 better. Good first class Beauties are 

 out of the question, and the few that 

 come in are of second class quality 

 and sell from $10 to $20 per 100. The 

 best stock in Meteors, Brides, and 

 Maids sells from $8 to $12; seconds, 

 $5 and $6. Perles and Wootons, $4 

 and $5; seconds, $2 and $3. Carna- 

 tions are about the same as last week. 

 Not any too many in, but enough to 

 go around, and they sell from $2 to 

 $4 per 100 for the best; some poorer 

 ones go at $1.50. All colors seem to 

 have a good demand and nearly all 

 the stock that comes in is first class. 

 Mr. J. W. Dunford, of Central, Mo., 

 is sending in a flne lot; so is Henry 

 Aue. Frank Fillmore's Flora Hills 

 are very fine. Romans and paper 

 whites not so plentiful as they were, 

 and bring $3 tor the best; valley very 

 fine at $4; callas, $10 and $12; Harri.-ii, 

 $12.50; freesia, $1..50 to $3. Violets 

 seem plentiful and are extra fine in 

 quality; Californias are 40 cents, 

 double, the same; small singles, 25 

 cents; smilax is selling better at $15. 



Notes. 

 The euchre tickets are selling rap- 

 idly, and from the looks of things it 

 will be a fine afl'air, as the best class 

 of people are calling for tickets. One 

 hundred prizes donated by the florists 

 will be offered. The club expects to 

 make handsomely, as the expenses 

 will be small. This money will be 

 used to pay the indebtedness incurred 

 at our late show. 



John M. Jordan, the well known 

 florist, died Monday morning, reb. 5, 

 at 12:05 o'clock, after a lingering ill- 

 ness of nearly two years. Mr. Jordan, 

 who was in his seventy-first year, was 

 widely known by nearly every florist 

 in the land, being at one time presi- 

 dent of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists. The funeral will take place Wed- 

 nesday afternoon, Feb. 7, at 2 p. m. 

 The local florist club, of which Mr. 

 Jordan was a life member, will at- 

 tend in a body. 



John Young, the head of the firm of 

 C. Young & Sons Co., who has been 

 sick the past week, is out again and 

 looking as well as ever. This accounts 

 for John not bowling last Monday 

 night. 



Otto Koenig is a happy father. It's 

 a girl, so Uncle Julius reports. Con- 

 gratulations are in order. 



George M. Kellogg, president of the 

 Maplewood Cut Flower and Plant 

 Co., Pleasant Hill, Mo., is build ng 

 an opera house, library, and gymnasi- 

 um, to cost $15,000. The building, 

 which will be opened to the public on 

 Easter Day, will be known as the Kel- 

 logg. 



Miss Alice Cuming, daughter of Mr. 

 Cuming, one of the superintendents of 

 Tower Grove park, had a narrow es- 

 cape from drowning whi'.e skating last 

 Friday at Clayton. 



Frank Fillmore reports that he has 

 not resigned from the Bowling Club, 

 having missed only two Monday 

 nights. "Only a little rheumatics. 

 Why, I am as young as any of you. and 

 you may look for me to break the rec- 

 ord during the February series." 



A big fire swept four blocks in the 

 business section on Sunday morning. 

 Among the firms burned out were the 

 well known seed firms of Schisler-Cor- 

 neli Seed Co. and the Plant Seed Co. 

 Schisler - Cornell Seed Co.'s loss will 

 reach $25,000 and the Plant Seed Co. 

 about $20,000. 



Bowling. 



At the bowling club's alleys last 

 Monday night six members rolled hve 

 games. The rolling was only fair, al- 

 though some good games were ro'.led. 

 The scores were as follows: 



12 3 4 5 tot. av. 



C. A. Kuehn..l54 14S 155 125 184 766 153 



C. C. Sanders. 146 170 137 134 176 763 152 



lOniil Schrav ..127 166 147 13S ... 57S 145 



J. AV. Kunz...!.53 135 115 14S 162 713 143 



J. .J Beneke..l66 146 US 110 151 691 138 



F. C. Weber.. 127 135 115 112 ... 489 122 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Roses are a shade more plentiful 

 and therefore a shade easier in price, 

 though quotations are practically un- 

 changed. The carnation situation is 

 about the same as last week — an abun- 

 dant supply with many lots containing 

 a considerable proportion unfit for 

 shipping. On Monday the violet de- 

 mand was brisk and the supply was 

 well taken care of, but on Tuesday 

 demand fell off and the stock moved 

 slowly. The outlook for violets is 

 good, though, and St. Valentine's day 



