MARCH 29, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



513 



gone, so those that have a good supply 

 of attractive plants are in sliape to 

 realize good prices. 



Mr. Cowell paid ns a vLsit on hi.s re- 

 turn from the Everglades. WiHi due 

 precaution he escaped or overcame all 

 snake bites, both of the Florida and 

 Spanish reptiles. He procured what 

 he went for, some fine specimens of 

 the Palmetto and other pulms, which 

 will in course of time adorn the mag- 

 nificent con.sorvatories of South Park. 



Mr. C. F. Christenson, who is just 

 about to start on the erection of six 

 new houses on upper Main street, one 

 mile northeast of the city line, took a 

 flying visit to New York, and, chap- 

 eroned by Charles Weathered, visited 

 the leading places. If you have only 

 the leisure to listen, he is able to de- 

 scribe the phices of Mr. Ernst Asmus 

 and Messrs. Dailledouze from the stoke 

 holes to their ridge pieces, with all 

 their contents. "My dear boy. I was 

 there four hours, and three of us had 

 twenty bottles of beer," and so this 

 gurgling, bubbling discourse goes on. 

 Memories that were impressed on the 

 cranial nerves through that liquid me- 

 dium are set free by the same agency, 

 and in his description of "6G6" or Mrs. 

 Bradt you almost get the flavor of 

 hops. 



Several gentlemen of note have 

 passed through of late, chief among 

 them being Mr. J. Austin Shaw, whom 

 it is a great pleasure to see entirely 

 recovered from his sad accident at 

 Detroit; Mr. Killen, of New York; M ■. 

 .Van Waveren, representing Segers 

 Bros., and several others. W. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Market Conditions. 



There is little change in the cut 

 flower market, except that the stock 

 on hand is considerably larger than it 

 has been for some time, and lots ot it 

 has accumulated in the commission 

 houses. A few good shipping orders 

 the latter part of the week made some 

 room in the ice boxes of the whole- 

 salers. 



Roses are a glut just now and the 

 quality is very good. Carnations are 

 still short in supply and the demand 

 tor this flower seems greater than ever 

 before. Bulb stock is also in good 

 shape, but only fair in demand. Val- 

 ley very fine. Kuehn made a shipment 

 last week of 1,000 of the finest ever 

 seen in this market. Violets have seen 

 their best days. They are small, but 

 plenty of them are coming in yet from 

 both local and southern growers. 



The weather continues warm and 

 spring - like and the plant shipping 

 trade has commenced to boom. 



Easter stock seems in good shape all 

 along the line and from appearances 

 there will be plenty of it at all the 

 growers'. 



Extra fine Beauties bring ?4 per 

 dozen; others from $1 up to ?3. They 

 are not overplentiful, though more are 

 coming in now than for some time. 

 Other roses, such as Meteors, Brides 



and Maids, are very fine, and bring 

 from $2 to $(!. Meteors, especially, are 

 very plentiful. Perlcs and Wootton^ 

 sell at from $2 to $1, but are not so 

 plentiful as the other varieties. Car- 

 nations are in good demand and all 

 varieties bring frimi $1.5u to '$'S. Some 

 fancy sto<;k .sold for $:{ and $4. The 

 market has not been over.stocked with 

 this Ilower since the first of the year. 

 Bulb .stuff is quite plentiful, llarrisii 

 and callas sell from $10 to ,$12. .'JO; tu ■ 

 Iip.% $2 to $-1: v.illey, $4 to $1); Homan.s 

 and paper whites, from $2 to P; Dutch 

 hyacinths, $:; to $4; freesia, $2, and 

 Daffs, $3 and $4. Violets are selling 

 slowly, with plenty of them on hand. 

 Californias sold as low as 25 cents per 

 100; small single and southern stock, 

 any old price. Sweet peas are fine and 

 not too many in yet; $2 and $3 is the 

 price. Smilax is a little scarce this 

 week; price from $10 to .$12. .50 per 

 100 strings. 



Notes. 



Visitors in town were Walter Mott, 

 representing H. A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia. Walter always does a big busi- 

 ness in this city, as he is very popular 

 with the St. Louis trade. Henry 

 Emundt and E. W. Guy, ot Bellville. 

 spent a day with us the past week. 

 Mr. Emundt reports a nice lot of H:u- 

 risii tor Easter, and Mr. Guy a fine lot 

 of Astilbe japonica also for p;astpr 

 trade. . 



The St. Louis public parks will b? 

 without the usual music this summer, 

 as the appropriations are too small, 

 and about the only one that will have 

 music will be Tower Grove park, as 

 under the terms of the will of the late 

 Henry Shaw the city is required to ex- 

 pend $25,000 annually on this park. It 

 has been the custom of the trustees to 

 pay for music out of this fund, which 

 can not be diverted, even for the sa\e 

 of making political capital out of it. 



Hudson & Co., our new wholesale 

 firm, received some very fine carna- 

 tions the past week, which sold on 

 sight. 



Kuehn and Berning both report a 

 very good shipping trade, with plenty 

 of stock of all kinds on hand for a 

 heavy demand. Their stock is all ct 

 the very best quality. 



C. C. Sanders reports that he is very 

 busy now with tree planting, with 

 plenty of orders to keep all hands 

 busy for some time to come. 



The regular meeting of the club will 

 take place Thursday afternoon, April 

 12, at 3 o'clock. President Ammann 

 would like to have all members pres- 

 ent. Those who have not made returns 

 for tickets for our late euchre can do 

 so at this meeting, as the committee 

 would like to make a final report. 



"Easter Plants" will be the subject 

 for discussion at this meeting, in which 

 all local growers will take part. 



Bowling. 



The members of the bowling club 

 rolled six games on Monday night. 

 Five members were present and some 

 fine rolling was done. 



The busy season with the growers is 

 now on and not until after the spring 

 trade is over can we expect a full at- 

 tendance. The scores made were as 

 follow: 



1 2 .-{ 4 T, C tot. av. 

 J. J. Eeneke....l5l I5S ISft 222 l.W ITS VO) 172 

 C. A. Kuehii....i:!4 18S Ml VM i:)S ivii :t" k; 

 F. c. Wober....i2(; 12:! i:ii i:ir. iKi v,'.i 82? I3s 



John Young S!) IKi 1!;) 122 112 i;2I 121 



Kmil Schray ...inn 91 ;is l?:', 12:'. 12<i 711113 



Visitors in town this week were C. 

 L. Urunson, of Paducah. Ky.. and 

 Charles Ford, representing A. Herr- 

 mann, New York. 



The March scores of the St. Ijouis 

 Florists' Bowling Club ended last 

 Monday night. Twenty games were 

 played. 



N.GTot. Av. U.S. 



C. C.-. Sanders 5 801 160 I'M 



C. A. Kuehn 20 .•',152 IfiT'.i 192 



J. J. Beneke 20 :!12:i l.ifi 222 



F. C. Weber IS 2im K7 107 



John Kunz 9 1224 130 162 



John Young 12 1499 12.5 165 



Emil Schray o 714 119 173 



F. J. Fillmore 9 934 104 ]2"> 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Trade remains about the same, al- 

 ways a little something doing, and a 

 rushing business is expected for Easter. 



Prices: American Beauties, $1 to $6 

 per dozen; Brides, Maids, Kaiserins, 

 Meteors and Golden Gate, $4 to $10; 

 Liberty, $10 to $2.5; Morgans. $4 to $S; 

 Perles, $3 to $6; Gontlers, $3 to $4. 

 Carnations, ordinary $1.50, fancy $2 to 

 $4; hyacinths, $2 to $4; valley, $3 to 

 $4; cattleyas, $40 to $t;0: dendrobiums, 

 $25 to $35; mignonette, $3; sweet peas, 

 $1.50 to $2.50: tulips, .$2 to $4; callas, 

 $S to $10. 



Notes. 



A number of the department stores 

 are having their annual spring sales of 

 plants, bulbs, etc., and are offering 

 stock at ridiculously low prices. 



Albert WoUemate is again in the 

 market with some fine Phlox divari- 

 cata. There should be more of this 

 plant grown, as it makes an excellent 

 plant for Easter. 



J. Kohler & Sons, Main and Bridge 

 streets, Frankford, are sending in some 

 very fine miniature hyacinths, in pots, 

 which sell readily at $1, and tulips, in 

 flats, which are disposed of at a good 

 profit. 



There is some fine North Carolina 

 arbutus in the market. 



Our visitors the past week were Geo. 

 A. Smith. Baltimore; Benjamin Dur- 

 fee, Washington; Mrs. Macklin. Har- 

 risburg. Pa.; Mr. Smith, of Smith & 

 Fetters, Cleveland; W. A. Knott, Cape 

 May, N. J.; Charles B. Sparks, Wil- 

 mington. Del.; George Cook, of Small 

 & Sons, Washington. 



The Spring Show. 



The Pennsylvania HorticulLUral So- 

 ciety ^ave their annual spring show 

 from March 20 to 23. While the en- 

 tries were not so numerous, the qual- 

 ity made up for it. The bulbous plants 



