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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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its display of the new rose. Ivoiy or 

 Wliite Uoiden Gate. 



The exhibition of 1902 will he held 

 the first week in Xovemher. 



E. G. Uihlein. of Chicago, sent a cake 

 of ice in which a collection of orchid 

 flowers had been frozen. 



Samnel ilurray gave a coniplinientary 

 banquet to a few of the visiting florists 

 who remained in the city for the closing 

 ceremonies of the flower show at the 

 Baltimore, the guest list including Uncle 

 John Thorpe, Edgar Sanders, of Chicago; 

 Elmer Smith, of Michigan, and .J. Aus- 

 tin Shaw, of Xew York. The spread 

 was an elaborate one. Mr. Sanders 

 sang his perennial song. "The Little 

 Brown Jug," and Mr. Shaw read an 

 original poem, written for the occasion. 



On Friday a tallyho ride was given 

 the visitors by Samuel JInirray vand 

 Arthur Newell, and they were sliown the 

 city and the local greenhouses until 

 darkness intervened. The florists vis- 

 ited were Humfeld, who has 14.000 

 square feet devoted mainly to carna- 

 tions; Brown, who grows a general line 

 of stock in 2.5,000 square feet of glass. 

 doing also quite a shipping trade ; Barbe. 

 whose 35,000 square feet are devoted to 

 cut flowers; Murray, where the fine prize- 

 winning plants at the show were grown 

 and where palms, lilies, azaleas and 

 other plants fill the 1.5.000 square feet 

 of glass; Barnes and Ducre, who grow 

 general stocks. Tlie visitors are in- 

 debted to Messrs. JIurray and Newell 

 for this very pleasant memory of the 

 hilly city, as well as for many other 

 courtesies. 



On Thursday a dozen or more of the 



be added. Forty hands are constantly 

 employed, and the growth of Mr. Kel- 

 logg's business is constant and steady. 

 He ships cut flowers to Texas and 

 Colorado daily and is reaching out for 

 a share of the wholesale business of 

 tlie south and west. His new houses 

 are all 2.50 by 31. and are models, hav- 

 ing all the latest improvements. The 

 water question is the only serious one 

 he has to encounter, and artesian wells 

 do not touch the spot. Artificial ponds 

 have to be depended on. ilany of the 

 roses are planted in solid beds and are 



ginning to look up. With fair weather 

 a good trade is anticipated for Thanks- 

 giving Day. During the past ten days 

 there has been an unusual demand for 

 wedding and reception decorations and 

 funeral designs. The West End florists 

 seem to have the bulk of this kind of 

 work. The downtown stores report a 

 good counter trade and a fair demand 

 for funeral work. The wholesale men re- 

 port a good shipping trade and from the 

 number of advance orders for Thanksgiv- 

 ing Day expect a very busy week. 



The Grand avenue stores have their 



Some Prize- Winning Plants at the Kansas City Show. 



Somi: of the Accessories at the Kansas City Show. 



visiting florists accepted the hospitality 

 of Mr. Kellogg, and visited his immense 

 plant at Pleasant Hill, some thirty-five 

 miles out of the city. Mrs. Vcsej'. of 

 Fort Wayne, was the only lady visitor 

 and chaperoned the party admirably. 

 An hour's trip by train and a mile drive 

 brought us to the 200.000 square feet of 

 glass that cover the hillside and produce 

 a daily output of over 5.000 roses for 

 the K. C. and St. L. markets. Half of 

 Mr. Kellogg's product is used by his 

 large retail business in Kansas City. 

 His first houses, built eleven years ago, 

 still stand as mementoes of what a 

 Missourian can show of rapid progress. 

 Next year 50,000 more square feet will 



giving good results, as are his carnations 

 |)lante(l in the same way. Jlr. Kellogg 

 has 100 acres of land under cultivation, 

 is proprietor of the new opera houi<e 

 at Pleasant Hill, and one of the best 

 citizens, taking constant interest in pub- 

 lic improvements. The visitors Averc 

 welcomed by Mrs. Kellogg and her daugh- 

 ters, and after an elaborate spread they 

 came back to the flower show, in ample 

 time for the evening session. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has been much 

 livelier the past week and prices are be- 



show windows filled with fine bloomiqg 

 plants. Mr. George Waldbart has a 

 great display in his fine store, as have 

 Mrs. Ayers and Mary Ostertag. Ellison 

 & Tesson, wlio have opened their store on 

 the same street, are also making a bid 

 with a fine display for the West End 

 trade. In the extreme West End Fred 

 Weber, Theo. Miller. C. C. Sanders and 

 Miss Newman say that trade is increas- 

 ing each week and that the outlook for 

 good business this winter is excellent. 

 Among the downtown florists C. Young 

 & Sons Co., Ostertag Bros., Miss Theresa, 

 Fred Foster, North Floral Co., Ellison 

 & Tesson, Eiessen Floral Co. and, not 

 forgetting myself, are all pleased with 

 the fall trade and expect a good profit- 

 able Thanksgiving business. The South 

 and North End florists, who are mostly 

 growers, also say that trade has been 

 very good with them this fall. 



Thanksgiving Day prices will look 

 about like this: Beauties, extra select, 

 .$4 to $5 per doz. ; seconds, $1.50 to $2.50; 

 ileteors, Brides, Maids and Gates from 

 $5 to $8; Perles and Woottons, $3 to $4 

 per 100. Carnations, fancy, $3 to $4; 

 seconds, $1.50 to $2. Valley. $4 to $5. 

 Komans and paper whites, $3 and $4. 

 Chrysanthemums from $5 to $20. Vio- 

 lets. California, 75 cents to $1 ; small 

 single, 25 to 50 cents. Adiantum, $1. 

 Smilax. $12.50 and $15 per 100. 



Should flowers be plentiful, prices will 

 be somewhat lower, but in all probability 

 the above prices will stick as we are due 

 for cold and cloudy weather, so the 

 weather man reports today. 



The Shaw Banquet. 



Invitations are out for the twelfth an- 

 nual banquet to gardeners, florists and 

 nurserymen, as provided for in the will 

 of Henry Shaw. The banquet w^ill be 



