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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decemekk 5. 1901. 



named of Washington, D. C, and with 

 daughters who married otliers in the 

 trade: namely. \Vm. .A. Kkas. deceased, 

 and Henry Fischer. 



One of the oldest of the craft in this 

 vicinity also succumbed at last to the 

 giira reaper — Obadiah Kemp, aged 87 

 years. 



Kobcrt Halliday, president of the Gar- 

 deners' Club, tells me the result of its 

 recent show is hardly so di.sastrous as 

 was reported by the daily papers imnie- 

 diatelv after its close. E. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Tlianksgiviug J)ay trade was very 

 good. The quantity of liowers was some- 

 what reduced though there was plenty, 

 and the prices were somewhat lower 

 than those quoted in the last issue. The 

 weather was bright and clear, just the 

 kind of weather that brings out the 

 buyer. The West iuid florists are very 

 mucli pleased with the business done 

 and tlie down-town llorists have nothing 

 to complain of. The wholesalers liad 

 l)lenty of shipping orders which, with 

 the local trade, kept them very busy 

 throughout the day. 



-American Beauties averaged fairly 

 good in quality and were in big demand 

 at top prices: .$4 and .$.■> per do;;, for 

 lirst quality was the wludesale price, 

 with shorter stemmed stock from $1..50 

 to .$3 per doz. The market went short 

 (ni these early in the day. Jleteors, 

 lirides. Maids, (iates and Perles aver- 

 aged from $4 to .$S jier 100: quality, 

 good. 



The carnation Mipply was. and is short 

 and the demand big: wholesalers haven't 

 nearly enough to go around. The de- 

 mand was heaviest on white :iud red. 

 and tlie juice was up as higli as .$4 per 

 100: very few sold below $2. Violets 

 were very short in supply and commanded 

 $1.50 per 100. and even at this high 

 price more could have been sold. Chrys- 

 anthemums are still quite i)lentiful (ex- 

 cept first class stock) and liad an active 

 demand at .$1.5 and $:iO: the medium 

 stock sold cheap. Romans and paper 

 whites were in fair supply at .$.•? and 

 $4: good valley at the same figures: 

 stevia sold well at 2.'> cents per bunch: 

 smilax went up to l.'i ci-ut^. witli de- 

 mand fair. 



Notes. 



Philadelphia was well repre-ented in 

 St. Ixinis the past week. .Mr. Kschner 

 of J[. Rice & Co.. accompanied by Mrs. 

 Kschner. made the rounds of the trade. 

 AFartin Reukanf looked after the inter- 

 ests of H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. and Mr. 

 Fanconrt remained over in the interests 

 of .T. Kift & Son. The latter two left 

 for Txmisville Thursday night, leaving 

 the field to Air. Kschner. 



J. Rolker of New York also s|)ent a 

 few days with us last week. 



Club Meeting. 



Piesiilcnt Mcinhaiilt ajinounic^ that 

 the next meeting of the club on Thurs- 

 day. December 12. will lie a very impor- 

 tant one. and requests that all the mem- 

 bers be present so that the jnogramme 

 on tap may be carried out. The exhibi- 

 tion committee will make a full report 

 and the prizes will be paid in full. Two 

 essays will he read; also a report from 

 the World's Fair committee. The second 

 assessment nuist be paid at this nieet- 

 ing. 



Bowling. 



Thanksgiving night the florists bowled 

 three games with the Bankers and lost 

 two of the games. There was a large 

 gathering of the fair sex present. Mr. 

 and Mrs. F. M. Ellis. Mr. and ilrs. Kunz. 

 Miss Ltipe. Martin Keukauf and Mr. 

 Fanconrt were the rooters for our side. 



All the members were in fine form ex- 

 cept tlie captain, who was unable to do 

 much owing to the old ailment, and 

 his average of 137 looks bad in print. 

 Following are the scores made: 



Florists. B. B. 1 2 3 Total. .W. 



Beneke 6 10 149 128 134 411 137 



Kuehn 5 5 165 189 151 505 16S 1-3 



Beyer 1 5 198 144 193 535 178 1-3 



Sturtz 2 7 183 169 172 524 174 2-3 



Ellison 3 4 171 18S 187 546 182 



Totals 16 31 856 816 837 2521 840 1-3 



ISankers. B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Av. 



Totals 13 21 S16 SBl 943 2604 S68 



J. J. B. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Carnations. 



In the seedling carnation comiietition 

 at the recent exhibition the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. was first on twenty white 

 with their superb variety Polar Queen. 

 Mr. Witterslaetter. of Cincinnati, be- 

 ing second with a large white under 

 numlx-r. In scarlet. Chicago Carnation 

 Co. was first, with their Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer: Park Floral Co.. second, with 

 a tine red seedling on the order of 

 Stuart, which was one of its parents. 

 In clear jiink there was no competition. 

 In class calling for ])ink. lighter than 

 Scott. Chicago Carnation Co. was first, 

 with their Mrs. Iliginbothiun. which the 

 judges declare to be the most fragrant 

 of any carnation coming under their no- 

 tice: K. T. flraves of Richmond. Ind., 

 was second, with some excellent blooms 

 similar to Morning Olory but larger and 

 fuller and an exceedingly good stem. 

 Class calling for any other color. Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co.. first, with their now 

 famous Ilarlowanleii, the same variety 

 which won the S. .\. F. medal at Chi- 

 cago: this variety was also awarded, 

 as a special prize, a g(dd medal, on ac- 

 comit <pf its advancement over other car- 

 nations: Park Floral Co.. of Denver, was 

 second, also showing a crimson. 



The Retailers. 



Thanksgivini.' is |ia>t but most of the 

 llorists arc still giving thanks, for more 

 favorable weather and a better demand 

 for the festive yellow mum. has seldom 

 been realized. The "Tiiiers" of Missouri 

 won the great foot ball game from Kan- 

 sas — the fir.st time since ISO."), and the 

 town and its citizens were ■'yellow'' with 

 enthusiasm. Many of the retailers were 

 completely sold out. and yellow mums 

 were on deck far into the nieht. The 

 best blooms sold at .$1 each and it was 

 a poor flower indeed that wasn't worth 

 a quarter. 



There are many iirefty florist store-; 

 in Kansas Citv and trade generally is 

 i'l a most healthful condition. Xo city 

 in the count'y for its siye has as many 

 lady florists, and every one of them is 

 makins money. !Miss Jlurrav and her 

 sister have a cozy store in the popular 

 Alidland hotel, and number manv of the 

 best citizens among their patrons. Their 

 business has grown constantly during 

 the past five years. 



Miss Dallev and he sister are now 

 among the "veteran" florists of the citv 



and have a large and yvell established 

 business that is a credit to them and to 

 the city. 



On the same street Mrs. Edgar occu- 

 pies a part of one of the largest millin- 

 ery stores of the city and is rapidly 

 building up a paying trade. 



At Mr. Barbe's retail store on Walnut 

 street, iliss Smith is and has been for 

 six years, the sole manager of his busi- 

 ness" there, and so effective has been her 

 supervision that Mr. Barbe contemplates 

 an extensive addition to his plant in 

 1002 to supply the retail demand. 



At the Chick-Pratt store iliss Pratt 

 is the queen bee. and makes the honey 

 and the money, while the large retail 

 store of ilr. Kellogg of Pleasant Hill 

 on Grand avenue is entirely in the hands 

 of his ilaughters and managed exclusive- 

 ly by them. 



So much for the ghny of the gentle 

 sex in Kansas City floriculture. 



Mr. Samuel Murray has one of the 

 best retail stores in the west and in one 

 of the best localities, close to the famous 

 Coates house. His store and greenhouse 

 combined give him facilities unequaled 

 here, and his immense decorative and cut 

 flower trade is too well established to go 

 in any other direction than forward. He 

 has able assistants in iliss Hayden. for 

 years with the .\<t Floral Co. of Chi- 

 cago, and i[r. Ellsworth, while to his 

 grower, ilr. Shar|)e. he acc<M-ds much of 

 the honor bestowed on him by the judges 

 at the recent show. 



ilr. Murray is a bro:ul. generous, 

 wholesouled Scotchman whose open- 

 handedness and solicitude for the pleas- 

 ure of others made the Kansas City 

 flower show such a ha])])y memory for 

 every florist visitor that attended it. He 

 was ably seconded by that busy, good- 

 natured Arthur Xcwell. son of George 

 Newell. Downhain. Ensiland. an (dd-time 

 florist of national reputation. 



Mr. Xewell has experimented success- 

 f\illy for years in running two stores, a 

 rock on which many a good ship has 

 been wrecked, but he sails both his ves- 

 sels every year into prosperous harbors, 

 with Mr. Schwager and ilr. Stark as 

 fir.st mates, and a good crew. ilr. Xew- 

 ell is a member of about every secret 

 society here, a thirty-second degree ila- 

 son and an all around good fellow. He'll 

 still be a youno man when he won't have 

 to work at all. 



.Another of the ciiming m"M here is W. 

 L. Rock, a nephew of ilr. .T. if. Gasser, 

 of Cleveland, and a graduate, only three 

 or four years ago. from the store of 

 that gentleman. In that time he has 

 develoned an extensive business, has 

 opened a branch store on Eleventh street. 

 Mid now in iiartnership with ilr. ('has. 

 Heite he In- built a range of three 

 houses 2Sx200 where the new firm will 

 grow ca' nations for the present for his 

 retail trade. 



ilr. Rock has a good reputation as a 

 decorator, making that work his spe- 

 cialty. He is very artistic, and his suc- 

 cess in table and mantel decorations at 

 the big show attest his ability. Mr. and 

 ills. Gasser have been guests of ilr. 

 and ilrs. Rock during the past three 

 weeks. 



ilr. ilillatt. who has been your corre- 

 spondent here for some years, is about 

 to sell his business, marry a "sweet girl 

 graduate" and teacher of Denver, and 

 make his honeymoon trip tn ilanila. 

 sailing about January 1 for Hawaii, on 

 his way. AusTix. 



