Jaxuaky 23, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



285 



more, aged 85, died last Thursday, Jan- 

 uary 16, at 9 a. m. The husband and 

 son are Tvell known to the trade ; the 

 former is at present with James Gurnej' 

 in Tower Grove Park, and the latter is 

 a florist in South St. Louis. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Fillmore were married over fifty 

 years ago. The funeral was held Sunday 

 from the residence, 3869 Arsenal street. 

 A large numl)er of florists were present 

 to show their respect. The floral de- 

 signs were numerous and beautiful. We 

 extend our deepest sympathy to the fam- 

 ily. 



Some of the St. Louis florists have re- 

 ceived Bailey's Cyclopedia through J. 

 Austin Shaw, and are very much pleased 

 with it. 



John Burke, who has a place on 

 Grand and Finney avenues, bought out 

 Chas. Schoenelle on Compton and Wash- 

 ington avenues. He reports trade as 

 being good at both places. 



The Beyer Bros, on Grand and Gra- 

 Tois avenues have been very busy of late 

 with several very large funeral orders. 



The committee sent out by the club 

 to hunt up delinquent members is do- 

 ing some good work. The next meet- 

 ing of the club promises to be a very 

 interesting one, with lots of important 

 business on hand, as well as an exhibit 

 of new carnations. 



It is with much regret that we read 

 in the last issue of the Review of the 

 sudden death of Walter S. Heff'ron, who 

 was well kno%vn to St. Louis florists. 

 All join in extending heartfelt sj-mpa- 

 th(y to the family. 



Mr. J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, 

 III., left this morning, Tuesday, for Chi- 

 cago, on an inspection trip, to see the 

 latest improvement in greenhouses. Fred 

 is going to build three new houses this 

 spring and they must be of the best. He 

 will spend a week in Chicago, and the 

 Chicago boys will find him a first-class 

 fellow. 



Bowling. 



On last Monday night, January 13, 

 the Florists met the Bankers for the 

 second time. This time the boys took 

 all their money by winning two games 

 out of the three played. The top men 

 this time were Kuehn and Beneke, fol- 

 lowed by Ellison, Beyer and Sturtz in 

 order named. We are now third in the 

 league race. 



No league games will be played this 

 week owing to the fact that a great 

 many of the local bowlers have gone to 

 Buffalo to bowl in the National tourna- 

 ment. The best men were selected to 

 represent the St. Louis Tenpin League. 



Here are the scores of the last games: 



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



J. J. Beneke... 2 6 16S 190 183 541 ISO 1-3 



C. A. Kuehn... 1 B 166 187 195 548 182 2-3 



Carl Beyer 1 8 157 163 159 479 159 2-3 



John Sturtz 3 9 155 173 136 464 154 2-3 



A. Y. Ellison... 2 5 167 147 195 609 169 2-3 



9 33 813 860 868 2541 169 6-15 

 Bankers 12 22 862 780 844 2486 165 11-15 



The Florists' Bowling Club enter- 

 tained the ladies Monday night. We had 

 a great time. Owing to the snow storm 

 those living some distance out did not 

 come in. Two teams were made up, 

 with Kuehn and Young as captains. 

 Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. 

 Frank Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weber, 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kunz, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Will Adles. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Beneke, 

 Miss Dora Weber, Oscar Beneke, Miss 

 Gusoskie, C. C. Sanders, John Young 



and C. A. Kuehn. After an elegant 

 lunch the party broke up and everybody 

 enjoyed a pleasant evening. J. J. B. 



ST. PAUL. 



Trade Conditions. 



The dullness which follows a holiday 

 trade is now passed and business has 

 resumed its normal volume. New Year's 

 trade was up to the average, but showed 

 no particular increase over pre\-ious 

 years. Cut flowers were in good demand 

 at somewhat lower prices than at 

 Christmas. Quite a good demand for 

 plants helped to dispose of some Christ- 

 mas surplus. 



We have had more than three weeks 

 of fine weather, which was conducive 

 to the best blooms, so that stock has 

 been fairly plentiful notwithstanding 

 the enormous holiday crop. The largest 

 demand has been for funeral flowers, 

 though several weddings and a number 

 of social functions have assisted in keep- 

 ing every one busy. Retail prices have 

 dropped nearly 50 per cent since Christ- 

 mas, Brides, Maids and Gates now sell- 

 ing at $1.50 and $2 per doz.; Liberty, at 

 .$2 to $3; Beauties at $5 to $10; Carna- 

 tions at 75c and $1. There is an abund- 

 ance of bulbous stock now on the mar- 

 ket, which retails at 50c per dozen. 



Roses and Carnations. 



L. L. May & Co.'s houses on Como ave- 

 nue are in fine shape and just now, a 

 scene of activity, preparing for the 

 Easter rush and spring plant trade. 

 While most of their houses are old style, 

 the stock grown in them is strictly up- 

 to-date in every particular. 



In roses they are growing Liberty, 

 Golden Gate, Bridesmaids, Bride and a 

 few Lady Dorothea. It is all grafted 

 stock with the exception of a few Lib- 

 erty, which were grown on their own 

 roots. Owing to the prevalence of club 

 root a year or two since they lost a 

 great many rose plants. Not only is 

 the grafted stock cleaner and healthier, 

 but it is much more vigorous in growth 

 and repays in increased production sev- 

 eral times over the increased cost of 

 propagation. 



One house of Brides and Maids was 

 carried over from last year in solid beds. 

 This house produces about the same 

 quantity as the replanted ones in bench- 

 es, the advantage of the solid beds being 

 the cost of stock and replanting and the 

 cost of benches. Golden Gate is the most 

 profitable sort grown, as it sells readily 

 at good prices and is never out of crop. 



In carnations, they are now cutting 

 some of the finest ever seen in this city. 

 A house of Lawson is a most beautiful 

 sight at present, it being in full crop 

 with blooms averaging 4 inches in diam- 

 eter borne on long stiff stem.s. This 

 house was planted about August 1, but 

 the plants were small and weak at the 

 time. 



Other varieties grown here are White 

 Cloud (the best white to date), Flora 

 Hill. Melba (an elegant pink, a good 

 flower and a prolific bloomer). Marquis 

 (the largest of its color). Triumph, 

 Crane (the most profitable red), Maceo 

 (rather small but very prolific and 

 profitable), Bradt and Chicago, Arma- 

 zindy (which is an excellent and profit- 

 able variety), Genevieve Lord (which 

 is disappointing), Ethel Crocker (also 

 a disappointment), Morning Glory (not 

 as profitable as Daybreak), Mrs. Joost, 



(a most beautiful color and a prolific 

 bloomer), America (a fine flower, but a 

 shy -ivinter bloomer). 



Their carnations were all late coming 

 into crop, but are now making up and 

 are a perfect mass of buds, very clean 

 and healthy. Rust has disappeared from 

 all varieties except America, which 

 seems to thrive though covered with it. 



Other Stock. 



For Easter they have a fine stock of 

 azaleas, hydrangeas, hybrid roses, spire- 

 as lilies, cinerarias, etc., all in fine condi- 

 tion and making good headway for the 

 greatest event in their lives. 



They also have the largest stock of 

 Bostons in all sizes in the northwest, 

 and a house of A. cuneatum. A fine lot of 

 seedling ferns for ferneries was being 

 potted off at the time of my visit, about 

 12.000 having been grown from spores 

 planted in September. In addition to 

 these good things they have over 20,000 

 bedding geraniums in 2-inch pots ready 

 for a shift and have just potted off 12,- 

 000 carnation cuttings from the bench. 



Large quantities of valley are forced 

 each year for their retail trade as well 

 as 75,000 Romans and Paper Whites and 

 a great many tulips and hyacinths. 

 Two houses are devoted to stock for the 

 catalogue mail trade. Their range of 

 glass consists of less than 50,000 square 

 feet, but their output is double that of 

 some places of the same size. 



Frank Gustafson is foreman of the 

 place, having been with the firm for 

 eight or nine years, the last ten months 

 in his present position. He is considered 

 one of the best all around growers in 

 the state. X. Y. Z. 



SOaETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The executive committee of the Society 

 of American Florists will meet at the 

 Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, N. C, 

 Tuesday, March 4, to make arrange- 

 ments for the convention of 1902 and 

 transact such other business as may 

 come before the committee for the wel- 

 fare of the organization. Members of 

 the society are invited to send to the 

 secretary's office any suggestions that 

 they feel disposed "to offer regarding 

 the societji's general work or that will 

 make for success in the approaching 

 convention. 



Plant Registration. 



The American Rose Co., Washington, 

 D. C, register new rose "Miss Alice 

 Roosevelt," a sport from Mme. Abel 

 Chatenay. Mme. Abel Chatenay origin- 

 ated with Pernet-Ducher, of Lyons, 

 France, in 1894, the result of Dr. Grill 

 X Victor Verdier, and is somewhat of 

 the form and color of La France. It is 

 a constant bloomer and good forcer; 

 hardy in all sections of the United 

 States. The sport which is now registered 

 as Miss Alice Roosevelt originated with 

 the American Rose Co. in 1898. The 

 color of the flower is described as an 

 intense dark pink without any trace of 

 carmine. Wm. J. Stewart. 



Secretary. 



CANDYTUFT. 



Mr. William Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., 

 says that since the publication in the 

 RE^^EW of the picture of his house of 

 candytuft and the accompanying notes he 

 has received a great many letters inquir- 

 ing the price of seed, method of forcing, 

 etc. He requests us to state that he has 



