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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MARCH 22, 19iW. 



and James Weir, Jr.. of the firm of 

 James Weir's Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 

 A. N. Pierson, Cromwell. Conn., and 

 A. Glide, Washington, n. C. 



Charles D. Ball has received a ship- 

 ment of the Garland iron gutter to be 

 used in the new houses he will build 

 this spring. 



Florista' at the Traps. 



The first of tlie new series of handi- 

 cap tournaments of the Florists' Gun 

 Club was held on March LSth on the 

 club grounds at WLssinoming and drew 

 a big crowd of shooters to the grounds. 

 Tuesday's shoot had fourteen entries, 

 and was closely contested throughout, 

 resulting finally in a tie between Cart- 

 ledge and Barrett .with handicap of 

 nine. Cartledge made high score with 

 52. while Barrett with a handicap of 

 12 scored one less. Coleman, who shot 

 at the lowest mark, made the best 

 score with 22 out of 2.5, at unknown 

 angles. 



Cartledge, 52; Barrett. 51: Dorp, 49; 

 Coleman, 47; Wescott, 47; Parsons, 45; 

 McKaraher, 43; Webster. 42; C. Brin- 

 ton, 38; Eisenlohr, 38; P. Brinton, 37; 

 Snow, 35; Cummings, 34; Burk, 16. 



R. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market keeps quite firm. There 

 is no overstock and no scjrcity in any 

 one line. The quality of stock is gen- 

 erally very good. Bridesmaids. Brides 

 and Meteors are (oniing in in extra 

 fine quality from Ammann. Vesey, Kel- 

 logg, Kuhl, Emundt and others. Our 

 home growers, too, are sending in an 

 extra fine quality of rc^es. carnations 

 and violets. 



The topic for the present is Easter. 

 Growers, retailers and wholesalers all 

 have their interest antl their hopes 

 centered in the coming festival. The 

 bright, warm weather of late has has- 

 tened the plants along and from ap- 

 pearances there will be an abundance 

 of stock for the usual heavy demand. 

 Last week carnations were very scarce, 

 but are coming in better now, but 

 hardly enough to go around. 



Business in general has been good 

 and no effects of Lent have been felt 

 so far. Funeral work, of course, is 

 the bulk of it and all florists as well 

 as the commission house.H are satis- 

 fied with the business they have done 

 during Lent. 



Prices on most lines are easy. Vari- 

 eties such as Meteors, Bride.=i and 

 Bridesmaids are from $4 to $G per 100; 

 Woottons and Perles, $2 to 14; Beau- 

 ties, extra long, are $4 per dozen. In 

 carnations Scotts. Daybreaks and all 

 whites head the list: reds are getting 

 more plentiful. A few are sold at $1.50, 

 but the bulk of them are sold at $2 and 

 $2.50, with the demand great. Romans 

 and paper whites are selling at $2 and 

 $3: Dutch hyacinths, valley and tulips 

 bring $2 to $4; callas, $6 and $10: Har- 



rises are still $12..50; good freesia 

 brings $2. Violets continue very plen- 

 ty: there are many more than the mar- 

 ket under ordinary conditions can con- 

 sume. Californias are down to 25 

 cents; some extra fine ones go at 30 

 cents; doubles, 50 cents; small single. 

 10 cents. Southern stock brings about 

 1 cent per bunch of 25. and lots of 

 others going to waste. Smilax is still 

 plentiful and the demand slow at 

 $12.50 per 100 strings. 



Notes. 



Our visitor this week was S. S. Skid- 

 elsky, the man who sells everything in 

 the florist line, in i-esplendent attire 

 and with a smile that would make any 

 man buy his goods. 



Mr. Potts has opened his flor-al store 

 at 3S38 Finney avenue, under the name 

 of The Eden Floral Co. 



Max Herzog. at Gratiot Station, has 

 purchased 50 feet more ground adjoin- 

 ing his place. Max will build a new 

 house this summer, 100x27. supplied 

 with the new iron gutter which Max 

 thinks is a great thing. 



Your correspondent was inquiring 

 among the -boys the past week as to 

 how many would go to Chicago with 

 the bowling club, and from their talk 

 the chances are that the visit will have 

 to be deferred until after Easter, but 

 more will be known by Monday night 

 at the club's rolling. We don't want to 

 go without our best team and our own 

 balls, as w-e well remember what hap- 

 pened to Us on our last visit some two 

 years ago. 



Bo^vling. 



The members of the bowling club 

 rolled five very poor games on Mon- 

 day night. It seemed that every one 

 of the bowlers had an off night. 



In talking over the Chicago t'ip it 

 was decided not to visit our Chicago 

 friends until after Easter and about 

 the 22nd of .\pril was set for the Sun- 

 day to be in Chicago. So any one 

 wishing to go with us will have plenty 

 of time to think it over and let us 

 know. 



The scores for the Chicago boys to 

 look at for this week are as follows: 



1 2 3 4 r. tot. av, 



I'. .\. iCuchn no 147 ]:« i:!7 127 fift! l.'B 



.1. W. Kunz 130 1,3.'! ins 1611 131 fi()2 l.'>2 



F. C. Weber 131 136 131 LW 52a 132 



.1. .7. Bcriekp 108 139 113 172 130 662 1.32 



.Tnhn Viiiiug 107 105 103 104 509 127 



V. .T. Fillmore «. . .110 65 76 117 90 464 93 



S. S. Sliiilolsky fls 91 1.S9 9| 



J. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



Various Notes. 



The firm of Madsen & .\nder.sen, r.-.se 

 growers, will be diss dved .\pril 1st. It 

 is composed of William Madsen and 

 .•\ndrew Andersen, and has existed five 

 years, during which time it has b?en 

 noted for superior American Beauty. 

 La France and Bridesmaid roses, which 

 have been taken regularly by stores 

 with the most exacting and fastidious 

 customers. Their houses have been 



models of order, neatness and careful 

 cultivation, whilst the copartners are 

 respected alike for their integrity of 

 character, frankness of speech and 

 modesty of demeanor. 



They are both Danes by nationality. 

 Mr. Madsen worked for a time, as we 

 believe, with the late Wm. D. Bracken- 

 ridge, was afterwards for many years 

 gardener to Mr. Edgar G. Miller, and 

 later began business on his own ac- 

 count. 



Mr. Anderson went from Copenha- 

 gen to London, where he was engaged 

 with Hugh Low & Co., and was sent by 

 that firm to take charge of the orchid 

 houses of the late T. Harrison Garrett, 

 near this city. He succeeded Mr. Mad- 

 sen as gardener at Mr. Miller's, and 

 then the two joined forces in the part- 

 nership about terminating. 



It is said by some who profess to 

 know that the enterprise — though not 

 an extensive one — has been probably 

 the most profitable of any in its line 

 around the city. These two men car- 

 ried on all the operations of their six 

 houses practically without help, except 

 in the roughest work, attending to all 

 the details of propagating, firing, ven- 

 tilating, gathering, packing and mar- 

 keting the crop. etc.. with the natural 

 result that their products have long 

 been conceded to be in the very lead in 

 our market. Mr. Madsen will continue 

 the business at the old stand, and Mr. 

 Anderson, whose place adjoins, will at 

 oni'^e build a range of houses with all 

 modern conveniences. The change is 

 due to personal considerations, and 

 only friendly relations exist between 

 the parties. 



The old Wiedey greenhouses near 

 Mount Wasbingttwi are being disman- 

 tled and the materi-ils removed. This 

 place, except to the originator, has 

 been an unfortunate one to all who 

 have operated it, and a crop of numer- 

 ous actions at law, civil and criminal, 

 have resulted from the various phases 

 of its occupation by a succession of 

 gardeners. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz contemp'ates 

 radical changes in the conduct of his 

 business, looking to widening his al- 

 ready extended trade. To protect and 

 perpetuate the business, should his 

 personal services be withdrawn, as 

 they may be in part by the demands 

 upon his time of existing and prospect- 

 ive duties, a corporation will be 

 formed, including new and experienced 

 parties, and with an additional capital 

 beyond his present considerable invest- 

 ment. A range of houses will be built 

 near Arlington, one of our accessible 

 suburbs, to be used for the growing of 

 plants, whilst the present establish- 

 ment at .\nnapolis will be devoted to 

 producin.g cut flowers. The store on 

 Lexington s;ieet. which has a g'ass- 

 roofed showroom fur the display of 

 plants, will be further improved and 

 every department of the business de- 

 veloped. 



Prices have sagged somewhat on 

 flowers for the week ending this day 

 (March lOtbi. but in some cases they 



