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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



MARCH 15, 1900. 



Recent visitors: Walter Mott, repre- 

 senting H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia; 

 Wm. Sharpe, foreman for Samuel Mur- 

 ray, Kansas City; Aug. S. Swanson, St. 

 Paul; John Bertermann, Indianapo- 

 lis; E. R. Sackett, Fostoria, O. 



The Florists' Club will hold a regu- 

 lar meeting at 40 Randolph street to- 

 morrow (Friday) evening. The sub- 

 ject for the evening is "Bulbs," and 

 an interesting discussion is promised. 



We hear o£ quite a few lilies coming 

 blind. 



There was no quorum at the meeting 

 of the bowling club last Friday even- 

 ing. The club has withdrawn from the 

 local league. It is hoped that the prom- 

 ised visit of the St. Louis bowlers will 

 waken up things a bit. 



Geo. Piepgras has leased a part of E. 

 C. Amling's new place. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Qub Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held March 8th, at 

 Odd Fellows' hall. The meeting was 

 well attended and the proceedings were 

 of much interest to those present. Al- 

 though it was our annual rose meeting 

 there were very few exhibits. E. (i. As- 

 mus, of West Hoboken; N. J., exhibited 

 his famous rose, Liberty, which at- 

 tracted much attention and was pro- 

 nounced the best red rose on the mar- 

 ket. W. J. & M. S. Vesey, of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., showed two fine vases of 

 well grown Brides and Bridesmaids. 

 Fred Ammann had a vase of his fine 

 Meteors and Frank Fillmore a vase of 

 mixed roses. 



The exhibition committee made their 

 final report and they were ordered to 

 pay the money on hand, and the money 

 made at the euchre, to the prize win- 

 ners at our late show. 



The committee appointed to draw up 

 resolutions in memory of our late 

 brother, John M. Jordan, read the fol- 

 lowing: 



Resolutions In memory of Mr. J. M. Jordan. 

 Ivy the committee appointed by the St. Louis 

 Florists' CHib: 



WHEREAS, death has removed from our 

 midst Mr. J. M. Jordan, a member o£ this 

 Club, and . ,, , a 



WHEREAS, In the demise of Mr. Jordan 

 • the Club has met with Irreparable loss, and 



WHEREAS, the deceased was knoT\Ti to us 

 as a man of sterling worth, as a good neigh- 

 bor and cItlKon. Mr. Jordan has ever exempli- 

 fied the highest qualities, 



THErtEF<;>UE, be It resolved, that his mem- 

 ory will ever be cherished, an example of 

 faith, friendship and true nobility, an Inspira- 

 tion of public fldolity, so to have lived and 

 so to have died, is not to have lived and died 

 In vain. The St. Louis Florists' Club mourns 

 with a host of friends his taking off. To his 

 bereaved wife and family wo extend our deep- 

 est sympathy in this their hour of affliction. 

 In the memory of the nobility of his character, 

 the faithfulness of his private and public life, 

 and the sincere attachment of the vast host 

 of friends who with them mourn, may they 

 find some sunslilne of consolation to lighten the 

 darkness of the r)rosent gloom. 



Be It further resolved, tliat these resolutions 

 l>c spread on the minutes of this Club, and that 

 a copy of same bo transmitted to the bereaved 

 family. _ , 



A. S. HALSTBDT, Chairman. 

 C. C. SANDERS. 

 R, F. TESSON. 



Ed. WalterB, ot South St. Louis, was 



elected a member of the club by a full 

 vote. 



Committee on next year's show was 

 given until next meeting to make their 

 report. A recess was taken to inspect 

 the roses. Fillmore, Herzog and C. 

 Beyer were appointed judges. The 

 club's prize of $5 for the best vase of 

 roses went to Mrs. Vesey, of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., for a vase of Bridesmaids, 

 very fine. Mr. Asmus' vase of Liberty, 

 not for competition, was given a cer- 

 tificate of merit. Fred Animann's vase 

 of Meteors was given special mention, 

 also Fraulc Fillmore's vase of mixed 

 roses. 



The trustees were ordered to have an 

 essay for the next meeting without 

 fail. 



The meeting then adjourned to meet 

 again on Thursday afternoon, April 

 12th, at 3 p. m. 



The Market 



Trade in the cut flower line has been 

 very good the past week. The fine 

 weather the latter part made stock 

 more plentiful and prices went down a 

 little. Judging from the way the 

 weather opened this week, prospects 

 are good for a warm, bright week, with 

 plenty of stock for everybody. From 

 all reports there will be an abundance 

 of stock of cut flowers and plants for 

 Easter. 



Commission men report business 

 good and have been selling out every 

 day, the early part of the week, but 

 later they had some left for later sales. 

 But very little stock is going to waste, 

 except a few Dutch hyacinths or some 

 southern violets. 



Carnations are still holding up and 

 are none too plentiful. 



The best of roses are now sold at 

 from ?6 to $8 per 100, but the bulk go 

 at $4 and $5 and are at their best, fine 

 in color and foliage. First class Beau- 

 ties are still scarce and in good de- 

 mand at $6 per dozen; shorts at from 

 $1 to ?2 per dozen. Carnations, Day- 

 break and Scotts, are very flne at J2 

 and 12.50. Whites the same; all other 

 varieties bring no less than J2 and are 

 in good demand. Harrisii and callas 

 sell well and bring from |10 to fl2.50 

 per 100; Dutch hyacinths, daffs, Ro- 

 mans and tulips sell at $2 and are quite 

 plentiful. 



Next week several large millinery 

 houses will have their openings and no 

 doubt keep some of our florists on a 

 jump with decorations ot plants and 

 cut flowers. 



Notes. 



Visitors the past week were Dr. Hal- 

 stedt, E. W. Guy and Adolph Fehr, of 

 Bellville, 111.; F. J. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville, 111., and Henry Johan, Collins- 

 ville. 111. All spent a day with the 

 trade and attended the club meeting 

 in the afternoon. 



Mr. Johan reports that he will build 

 a new residence and a new greenhouse 

 for carnations this summer. Messrs. 

 Guy and Fehr report business good in 

 Belleville. Fred Ammann reports that 



he has so many orders for Perle cut- 

 tings that he can hardly fill them all. 

 His advertisement in the Review for 

 his famous Perle stock did the busi- 

 ness. 



A Mr. Potts, who claims Chicago as 

 his home, will open a floral store at 

 3838 Finney avenue. We welcome you, 

 Mr. Potts, to our city. 



Ellison & Tesson, through R. F. Tes- 

 son, reports that business with them 

 has been of the best since the first of 

 the year, with work of all kinds. 



J. W. Kunz (better known as the old 

 sport) reports good business. John's 

 show windows are always very attract- 

 ive to passers-by. 



Joe North, of North Floral Co., re- 

 ports that their cut of California vio- 

 lets and carnations is the largest they 

 ever had. and the demand good. 



August Schuermann, of the Schuer- 

 mann Floral Co., will leave this week 

 for Webb City, Mo., to decorate a large 

 summer resort at that place. 



Wm. Bouche, the landscape gardener, 

 will soon leave to lay out several new 

 summer resorts in the west. 



The Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., on 

 Saturday, March 10, sold their stock of 

 field and garden seeds at underwriters' 

 sale. Quite a number of florists were 

 in attendance. 



The Engelman Botanical club will 

 give the third exhibit of the season on 

 next Saturday afternoon and evening 

 in the Board of Education building. 

 The subject of the exhibit is "Winter 

 Botany." The collection will be large 

 and interesting and has been carefully 

 classified. Efficient persons will be in 

 charge of the exhibit to explain its sig- 

 nificance to the uninitiated. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club had a better at- 

 tendance Monday night. The challenge 

 of the Chicago Florists' Bowling Club 

 was accepted and the latter part of the 

 month was decided upon to visit the 

 Chicago boys. Any of the florists wish- 

 ing to go can call up President Kunz 

 or Secretary Beneke at once, so we 

 may know how many are going. Four 

 games were rolled and some very good 

 scores were made, and the Chicago 

 boys can look at the following scores: 



1. 2. 3. 4. Tot. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn 192 156 155 179 682 170H 



J. J. Beneke 149 304 153 162 668 167 



C. C. Sanders 177 194 1,58 129 658 16414 



J. W. Kunz 146 117 l.'!7 162 562.14014 



F. C. Weber 154 146 104 140 644 136 



John Toung Ill 166 92 369 123 



F. J. Fillmore 1& 121 119 105 470 117>4 



J. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



Surprise may be occasioned those 

 who think of this as a southern city, 

 still cherishing the prejudices thought 

 inseparable from that section, to 

 learn that one ot our florists here do- 

 ing a volume of trade which puts him 

 'way up on the list, is a colored man, 

 and that he is a veteran in the craft, 

 fully up to the requirements ot mod- 

 ern trade, with several specialties, and 

 possessing skill in adapting himself to 

 the changing demands and fancies of 



