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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



APRIL 12, 1300. 



las seem to be fairly plenty and these 

 may help out the lily situation. 



Peter Reinberg and Wietor Bros, ex- 

 pect a fair cut of roses and carnations 

 and think will fill all orders fairly full, 

 except possibly on Beauties and carna- 

 tions. 



Bassett & Washburn will have a big 

 cut of tea roses and a good deal of 

 other stock, but are unabie to promise 

 much as regards Beauties and white 

 carnations. 



E. H. Hunt has booked a big lot of 

 advance orders, but expects to take 

 care of them all. 



McKellar & Winterson say there will 

 be plenty of Harrisii and lots oi tulips 

 and hyacinths, with a fair supply of 

 other stock, though possibly a shortage 

 in shipping grades. They have been do- 

 ing a big business in Easter Plants, 

 shipping many times the number sent 

 oil I list year. The lily plants were 

 shipped in barrels, six to a barrel, with 

 express paper over the top, and they 

 went through in very good shape. 



Various Items. 



Mr. P. J. Hauswirth ha.s removed to 

 223 Michigan avenue, where he has 

 more room and a more conveniently 

 arranged store. He is still in the Au- 

 ditorium Hotel, but on the Michigan 

 avenue side and in the part known as 

 the Annex. 



The preliminary premium list of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago for 

 the annual exhibition to be held No- 

 vember 6 to 10 next has been issued. 

 Copies may be had by addressing W. 

 N. Rudd, secretary, room 1002, 185 

 Dearborn street. 



Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beatty, Pitts- 

 biirg, spent last Saturday in the city. 

 They were on their way home from a 

 week's visit in New Orleans. 



Mr. Charles H. Fisk has sold his re- 

 tail store at 169 Wabash avenue to 

 Miss H. Miller, who will take posses- 

 sion May 1. On that date Mr. Fisk will 

 enter the employ of Mr. A. L. Randall, 

 the wholesale florist. Mr. Fisk has 

 long been anxious to get back to the 

 wholesale business. 



The bowlers will play next Wednes- 

 day night at Anson's the second halt 

 of the eight games that will determine 

 the composition of the team to meet 

 the visitors from St. Louis. 



At the first session of the new city 

 council last Monday evening there was 

 a large display of flowers. 



At the funeral of a board of trade 

 man this week one bunch of roses con- 

 tained 150 American Beauties, and a 

 bunch of Harrisii lilies contained 200 



blooms. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Outlook for Easter Trade. 



Every indication points to an active 

 Easter trade, and from the advance 

 sales reported by the growers, large 

 Harrisii in pots are going to be scarce, 

 but those that are in are very fine. 



The cut flower stock promises to be 

 fairly abundant, but should the orders 

 come in as they have been, there cer- 

 tainly will be none too much. 



The wholesalers report that the de- 

 mand from the outside will be great 

 and that the shipping trade will prob- 

 ably be heavier than ever. 



The home trade has been quite heavy 

 the last two weeks and stock has been 

 cleaned up nearly every day. Funeral 

 work the past week called for an enor- 

 mous lot of stuff, which was followed 

 on .Monday by an unusually heavy de- 

 maud, caused by the "openings" of 

 .■several large department stores, and 

 prices made a small advance over the 

 week previous. Easter prices will take 

 effect Wednesday and the quotation.s 

 will be found below. 



First-class American Beauties will 

 be scarce and the price will range from 

 $1 to $6 per dozen; Meteors, Maids and 

 Brides, from $4 to $10; only the very 

 select ones will bring the top figure; 

 Perles and Woottons, from $4 to $6, 

 and no doubt plenty of them will be on 

 hand. Meteors are not as good as they 

 have been, as they are off color, and 

 there are a great many bullheads 

 among them. All other roses are of 

 good quality and fine in color. 



Carnations are and will be in great 

 demand. Large quantities of them are 

 coming in, but the demand has been so 

 great that it seems almost impossible 

 for the wholesalers to get enough of 

 them. All kinds sell. Whites have 

 had the call, with Daybreak next. 

 Scott is also a good seller, in fact, any 

 old kind will sell nowadays. The price 

 asked is from $2 to $5; the latter fig- 

 ure is for the best fancy stock. 



Bulb stock is quite plentiful and of 

 fine quality. Romans and paper whites 

 are ?2 to $3; Dutch hyacinths, ?3 to $4; 

 valley, very fine, $2 to $4; callas, $10 

 and $12.50; Harrisii is scarce and will 

 no doubt be up to $15 this week. Vio- 

 lets are still a glut and lots of southern 

 stock coming up, with very little sale 

 for it; home-grown sells at 20 and 30 

 cents; southern stock 10 cents per 100; 

 sweet peas, $1 to $2; smilax will be 

 $12,50 per 100 strings, with plenty of 

 it on hand. 



The plant trade at Union market the 

 past week has been excellent and 

 prices good. 



The tree planting trade has been 

 very brisk the past week. C. C. San- 

 ders reports that he has never been so 

 busy as this spring with trees, shrubs 

 and evergreens. 



C. Young & Son Co. report good 

 plant and seed shipping trade, and 

 from orders that come in this early it 

 looks as though their business will be 

 almost doubled this season. Will 

 Young, who is now the outside man, 

 reports large orders for planting out 

 just as soon as the weather will per- 

 mit. 



Henry Johan, of CoUinsville, 111,, was 

 a visitor the past week. 



,T. G. Knoll, of South St. Louis, is 

 cutting the best Beauties that come to 

 this market just now. 



John Steidel, of Central, is still cut- 

 ting the best carnations and violets 

 that come in. 



Emil Schray reports that he will be 

 in tip-top shape with Easter plants, 

 and that everything will be in good 

 time. 



Frank Fillmore's Brides and Maids 

 are hard to beat at the present time. 

 Hig Easter plants are also in good 

 shape. Frank is well fixed for a large 

 Easter trade. 



The Beyer Bros, report that they 

 also are in fine shape for Easter and 

 that Harrisii will be the only scarce 

 article with them this season. All 

 other stuff is fine and plenty of it. 



The club meeting which will be held 

 on the 19th should be a banner one and 

 President Ammann would like to see 

 every member present, so don't forget 

 to come. 



The West End florists report that 

 the indications are that the Easter 

 trade will be better than ever, and 

 some have plenty of orders ahead this 

 early. They hope that stock will not 

 be too scarce, so that they can fill all 

 their orders in good shape. 



Bowling. 



The attendance was very slim at the 

 bowling club Monday night. Charlie 

 Kuehn was in fine trim, making 227 in 

 the second game. The other members 

 were all too busy to do much rolling 

 until after the Easter week. The scores 

 of the three that attended were as fol- 

 lows: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. Av. 

 C. A. Kuehn.. 148 227 164 168 157 585 171 



J. W. Kunz ...137 142 150 429 143 



Jiihll Young:... 159 163 112 153 116 703 140 



J. J. B. 

 BALTIMORE. 



Personal and Trade Notes. 



The opening on Saturday, April 7, of 

 the new building of Posner Bros., one 

 of our large department store firms, 

 made quite an event in local florist 

 circles. The structure, which is im- 

 posing and substantial, is especially 

 adapted to producing good effects in 

 the hands of the apt decorator, and to 

 say that Samuel Feast & Sons were en- 

 trusted with its embellishment is 

 equivalent to declaring that the work 

 was done with skill and taste. The 

 massing of palms, foliage and flower- 

 ing plants was effective, and the fes- 

 tooning of stairways and arches with 

 southern smilax and other green stuff 

 gave a thoroughly holiday appearance 

 to the edifice. The occasion was availed 

 of by friends of the firm to send many 

 floral creations. In fact, it may be said 

 that nearly every store in town had 

 orders. The horseshoe of hoped-for 

 good luck was largely in predomi- 

 nance, but many wreaths and baskets 

 — and one floral terrapin— were sent 

 in, of varying degrees of beauty and 

 finish, some, alas! succumbing to the 

 drying atmosphere and wilting by 

 noon, at which hour they were under 

 inspection by your correspondent. 



Business for the week up to this 

 writing (April 9) has been unusually 

 active, and prices well maintained. 



