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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



January 16. lUO^. 



even for so slim a trade. Five dollars 

 will probably reach almost anything now 

 being cut and it does not wrench the 

 buyers' conscience to offer less than $1 

 per 100 on poor colored ones. The use 

 of short-stemmed white ones quite often 

 saves that color from the rough usage 

 given the colored ones. 



Did you ever notice that whenever 

 any especial line of goods is particularly 

 cheap and plentiful buyers do not so 

 much ask the price as they try to ascer- 

 tain how large a quantity can be pur- 

 chased for a certain number of dollars. 

 So it is just now upon the narcissus and 

 hyacinth question. The grower plain- 

 tively offers six dozen for $1. The buy- 

 er peremptorily demands seven or eight. 

 A compromise at last is made gauged b\ 

 the number of dollars' worth changing 

 hands. It all reminds me of a friend in 

 the fruit business who tells nie he asks 

 $5 per barrel for his be.st Baldwin ap- 

 ples and then "listens." Flower men 

 have to do more or less "listening," loo. 

 Violets are good and fairly plentiful at 

 about $1. 



The second chapter of our account of 

 Wm. Sim's Christmas cut of his single 

 ones would relate that he pulled 3.5,000 

 of them in two days at that. 



Lilies, stevia and valley, I think, com- 

 pletes the regular bill of fare. Single 

 yellow jonquils, however, are u,sually to 

 be found and a very few double ones, at 

 4 cents each, so far. Now and then 

 sweet peas take a glance into the mar- 

 ket. Other blossoms are very irregular 

 indeed, but tulips will be coming in re- 

 liable quantities immediately; they are 

 now going at 4 cents. 



Bowling does not seem to cut much of 

 a figure among us on the "stern and rock 

 bound coast," but there is an awakening 

 interest in the grand historic game of 

 checkers. Nothing professional has yet 

 been found among the hose wielders and 

 blossom peddlers, but several have been 

 found who can move very ingeniously 

 and beat the other fellow unless he does 

 something to prevent. 



Arthur Deady, the South Boston flor- 

 ist, fell, in his store, a week ago, break- 

 ing an arm and sustaining such other 

 injuries that he is not expected to fully 

 recover until spring. J. S. Manter. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The first meeting in the new year of 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club was fairly 

 well attended, twenty members being 

 pre.sent. with President Mcinhardt in the 

 chair. The main discussion was World's 

 Fair matters which took up the greater 

 part of the afternoon. The exhibition 

 committee made a report of all money 

 on hand and was ordered to pay all 

 prizes in full. The World's Fair com- 

 mittee reported that very few of the 

 members had paid their assessment. 

 The final windup of the long discussion 

 was that a committee of five was ap- 

 pointed to visit those who have not paid. 

 Mr. C. C. Sanders will look after the 

 West End; J. J. Beneke, downtown; E. 

 Schray, South End; President Mcin- 

 hardt," North End, and Henry Emundt, 

 Belleville. Any member who has not 

 paid his assessment should do so at 

 once. 



At the next meeting of the club it is 

 proposed to hold our annual carna- 

 tion meeting, and all growers of new 

 carnations are requested to send a few 



blooms of their new ones and instruc- 

 tions as to how best to grow them. The 

 date of this meeting will be Thursday 

 afternoon, February 13. All carnations 

 sent in care of our wholesale men will 

 be taken care of, and the trustees will 

 see that they are properly staged. Two 

 splendid essays will be read on carna- 

 tions at this meeting. Every florist in 

 the city is invited to attend regardless 

 of membership. 



The Market. 



The past week receipts of cut stuff of 

 all kinds were heavy and, as the demand 

 was light, dull trade was the general 

 cpmplaint throughout the city. At the 

 wholesale houses they say that local as 

 well as outside demand has been very 

 slow and the fakir is again having a 

 harvest as the weather is line and 

 warm. 



Carnations which have been scarce all 

 along are now coming in in 1,000 lots 

 and those which only a week ago were 

 bringing from $4 to $6 per 100 go beg- 

 ging at from $5 to $7.50 per 1,000. All 

 stock coming in now is of good quality. 



With roses it is a little different, for 

 they do not seem to be a glut at present, 

 though they probably will be by the end 

 of the week if this fine weather contin- 

 ues. They are now bringing from $2 to 

 .$() for Maids and Brides; Meteors, 

 Gates and Perles bringing about the 

 same; Beauties of the first grade are as 

 yet in good demand, with shorts quite 

 plentiful at the usual price for short 

 stuff. 



The violet market is also down, and 

 fine Californias are selling from 50 to 75 

 cents per 100; double, 75 cents to $1, 

 with plenty of them in the market. 



Bulb stock is a big glut and lots of it 

 is going to waste at this writing, es- 

 pecially Romans and paper whites which 

 arc selling very cheap; $1.50 to $2 is 

 the price. Valley is also plentiful and 

 sells at from $3 "to 4 per 100. Callas 

 sell at 15 cents. A few fine sweet peas 

 are in the market and bring $1 per 100. 

 All greens are at a standstill with 

 plenty of them in the market at the 

 usual prices. 



Notes. 



(has. G. Connon, Jr., doing business 

 at 4227 Olive street, made an assign- 

 ment last Friday for the benefit of his 

 creditors. Mr. R. F. Tesson was ap- 

 ])ointed trustee. This firm is in no way 

 connected with Chas. Connon, Sr. & Son, 

 of Webster Grove. Mo. 



Mr. Thomas Carroll, who was at one 

 time a leading carnation grower and 

 who was stricken blind a few years ago, 

 will leave for California soon, accom- 

 panied by his youngest son. 



Mrs. Fillmore, mother of Frank Fill- 

 more, is very ill at her home and, as she 

 is 84 years of age, fears are entertained 

 that she may not recover. 



Mrs. JL M. Aycrs made a fine decora- 

 tion at the Nugent wedding last week 

 which was reported as an elaborate af- 

 fair. 



Robert F. Tesson is now cutting a fine 

 lot of bulb stuff. 



Mr. Swan Peterson, of Gibson City, 

 III., is sending a fine lot of carnations 

 to this market. His Dorothy, Mary 

 Wood and Norway are especially fine 

 and find ready sale. 



Adolph Fehr and Henry Emundt, of 

 Belleville, and F. J. Ammann, of Ed- 



wardsville, were visitors last Thursday 

 and attended the club meeting in the af- 

 ternoon. 



Fred Ammann reports that the cay- 

 enne pepper cure recommended by our 

 Ribes, is doing good work, and that it 

 is not only good for thrips, but other 

 things as well, as he is free from such 

 pests as greenfly and red spider. 



Mr. J. D. Carmody, of Evansville, 

 Ind., was in town last Thursday on his 

 way home from Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. 

 Carmody is much improved in health, 

 and expects to see his friends at Indian- 

 apolis next month. 



Bowling. 



The St. Louis Florists' Bowling CIuli 

 will on Monday night, Jan. 20. have a 

 ladies' night. The fun will begin at 8 

 o'clock and all members are requested 

 to bring their ladies. An elegant lunch 

 will be spread and all who come will 

 have a good time. 



The florists' league team has now 

 rolled 210 games in the league, and the 

 following official record was made by 

 them, which shows up quite well: 



No. Games. Total. Average. 



A. Y. Ellison 42 7.368 175 18-42 



Carl Beyer 21 3,617 167 10-21 



John Sturtz 42 6,905 164 17-42 



J. J. Beneke 42 6.886 163 10-42 



C. A. Kuehn 42 6,747 160 27-42 



Subs 21 3.201 152 9-21 



ZIO 34,624 164 184-210 



On last Thursday night the team 

 captured all three games from Uncle 

 Sam's representatives in the league. 

 Ellison and Beyer rolled high, and 

 Sturtz, Beneke and Kuehn followed. 

 The scores loked like this: 



Florists: B. B. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 



J. J. Beneke 5 6 145 192 132 469 156 1-3 



C. A. Kuehn 2 8 174 147 145 466 155 1-3 



Carl Beyer 3 4 158 153 192 503 167 2-3 



John Sturtz 6 4 136 159 177 472 167 1-3 



A.T.Ellison 6 2 162 211 166 539 179 2-3 



22 24 775 862 812 2449 164 4-15 



B. B. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 

 Post Office 2133 764 809 773 2346 166 6-15 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supplj' of roses has shortened up 

 considerably, and prices of good roses 

 are very firm. Some extra select Brides 

 and Maids reach as high as .$10, though 

 the bulk of the stock sells at $5 and $6 

 and some at as low as $3 and $4. In 

 carnations the case is decidedly differ- 

 ent. The supply is abundant and prices 

 have weakened considerably", especially 

 on the poorer grades. Few bring better 

 than $3, and the bulk of the sales seem 

 to be made at from $1 to $2, and we 

 hear of sales at as low as $8 per 1,000. 

 White seems in best demand at present. 

 There is a decided oversupply of vio- 

 lets and prices are weak. 



Carnation Meeting. 



The annual carnation meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held on Wednes- 

 day, January 22, at 8 p. m. There will 

 be the usual exhibition of new carna- 

 tions, and the club's certificate or hon- 

 orable mention will be awarded to ex- 

 hibitors of deserving varieties. This 

 meeting and exhibition is always one of 

 the most interesting during the year and 

 the most largely at^tended. Flowers for 

 exhibition should be addressed to Mr. 

 E. F. Winterson, 47 Wabash avenue, who 



