MAY 3, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



699 



The lite John Breitmeyer. 



Chicago boys before May 13. We no- 

 ticed some of their big scores in the 

 Review and we cannot afford to go 

 without some little practice. The 

 scores of the last rolling of the Chi- 

 cago boys would win from any team, 

 but they are not always that good in 

 regular match games. They may be 

 rolling on 36-inch alleys, such as our 

 friend, Phil Scott, and his Denver club 

 admits theirs are. What a picnic that 

 would be for us. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club has too many 

 members on the sick list and others 

 too busy with spring work to do much 

 rolling, and only two of its cripples 

 showed that they were still able to 

 roll a few good games. The scores be- 

 low will show what they did: 



12 3 4 5 6 Tot. Av. 

 C. .\. Kuehn.179 177 146 194 172 151 1019 170 

 J. J. Beneke..l69 219 129 134 171 192 1014 169 



J. J. B. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Easter trade in San Francisco was 

 very good this year. All kinds of 

 stock was plentiful, with the exception 

 of Harrisii. Although some of our re- 

 tailers had all the Easter lilies they 

 could handle, others found themselves 

 short about midday, and found much 



trouble in filling their orders. How- 

 ever, it was a first-class Easter with 

 most of our florists. A few retailers, 

 new in the business, did not fare so 

 well as the older firms; that must be 

 expected; but as each year flies past 

 they will find themselves on a better 

 footing. 



Azaleas sold above any other plant. 

 Crimson Ramblers came next. Potted 

 Harrisii went rather slowly; custom- 

 ers seemed to prefer them in a cut 

 state. 



Since Easter trade has been very 

 good, and looks likely to continue so. 

 A number of weddings have taken 

 place this week among the upper class 

 and helped to keep our fiorists on the 

 move in decorations, cut flower sales 

 and collecting bills for same. 



Outside roses are now at their best 

 and some fine Jacks, Ulrich Bruuners 

 and Cecil Brunners can be seen in 

 market. Inside roses of all kinds are 

 plentiful and of good quality. Carna- 

 tions are also in abundance and good 

 quality. 



Prices: American Beauties, $1.50 to 

 $2.50; Brides. Bridesmaids, Meteors, 

 Testouts, 35 to 50 cents; Perles, Sie- 

 brecht, 35 cents; Kaiserins, 40 to 50 

 cents; Cecil Brunners, 3 and 6 dozen 

 for 25 cents; Harrisii, ?1.50 to $2.50; 

 tulips, 50 cents per dozen; iris, 35 

 cents per dozen; carnations, Hobart 

 $1, Crocker 75 cents, Bradbury 35, 



50 and 75 cents, Bradt, Nugget, 35 

 cents. Flora Hill 25 to 50 cents, Scott 

 20 cents, Portia 10 cents. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. .loliii .JacU has given up his posi- 

 tion at the Oakland race track. His 

 plans for the future are unknown; 

 possibly may start in as a grower for 

 the San Francisco market. It's a 

 daughter this time— a Queen yet a 

 Jack. The new addition to the family 

 came on Good Friday. Mr. Jack is 

 happy. Congratulations. 



Sievers & Borland are out with a 

 new wagon this week. It's a dandy. 

 As an advertisement it is all right, but 

 Frisco's streets hardly suit a aoriS^s 

 wagon; too many cobbles and hiils 

 that only a goat could dim!) The 

 street cars are best for cut flower de- 

 livering in San Francisco. 



Stevenson's decoration at the Empo- 

 rium was made up with four carloads 

 .of palms, various kinds, 12 to 20 feet 

 in height; 5.000 calla lilies, 3,000 Har- 

 risii, and 4,000 Woodwardia ferns. 



Jones, on Sutter street, had a deco- 

 ration at the Palace Hotel last week. 

 Papa Gontier roses and ferns only 

 were used. 



Charles Stepenback, Polk street, 

 ■The American Florist," and the only 

 one in San Francisco, reports a very 

 good Easter business. 



E. Gill, 548 Fourteenth street, Oak- 

 land, opened up for business on April 

 19. The new store is fitted in grand 

 style and with the latest improve- 

 ments in electricity that shower their 

 rays of light on one of the finest dis- 

 plays of cut flowers and plants to be 

 seen in town. Mr. Gill says the others 

 will have to hustle if they want to get 

 ahead of him. J. N. 



JOHN BREITMEYER. 



We present herewith an excellent 

 portrait of the late John Breitmeyer, 

 of Detroit, Mich., whose death was re- 

 corded in our last issue. 



Mr. Breitmeyer was one of the pio- 

 neers in the trade in this country and 

 he kept step with the marvelous prog- 

 ress made during his long life. He 

 was a type of the earnest and pro- 

 gressive business man who tempers 

 his enterprise with wise conservatism, 

 and he amassed a considerable for- 

 tune. 



For some years he had taken but 

 little active part in the large business 

 he founded, having several able sons 

 who were fully competent to relieve 

 him. His death will therefore make 

 little if any change in the conduct of 

 the business. 



IF YOU have not already done so, 

 please send us an accurate list of those 

 in the trade that receive their mall 

 at your postottice, and greatly oblige 

 the publishers. 



