Febbuaet 27, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



461 



liouse, has resigned his position there 

 -and has taken an interest in the firm of 

 McKellar & Winterson, where he will 

 ' Tiave charge of the seed and bulb de- 

 ■ partment, which will be very much en- 

 larged. The firm will hereafter be 

 known as the McKellar & Winterson Co. 



The program for the meeting of the 

 Florists' Club Wednesday evening iu- 

 ■cluded a competitive exhibition of plants 

 showing cultural skill. 



Mrs. C. Eickholt, Galveston, Tex., was 

 a recent visitor. 



A meeting of the executive committee 

 of the Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 has been called for this Thursday* to 

 take action on the proposition of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America look- 

 ing to the holding of a meeting and ex- 

 hibition of that organization in connec- 

 tion with the coming fall exhibition. 



Mr. H. Weber. Oakland, Md.. visited 

 Chicago on his way home from Indian- 

 apolis.- 



Bowling. 



At the games last Tuesday evening 

 the Growers took three from the Miscel- 

 laneous, while the Retailers won two 

 from the Wholesalers, the latter winning 

 one from the former. The scores follow: 



GROWERS. 



O. Stollery 193 149 150 



F. MattI 165 137 155 



J. P. Sinner 172 16a 138 



L. Schafer 105 156 164 



F. Stollery 195 188 157 



822 790 764 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



■C. BallufC 178 157 192 



E. Enders 174 134 150 



W. Kreltling 125 170 14S 



•C. Hughes 150 159 



W. F. Kastlng 141 



■C. A. Hunt IM 137 112 



732 757 743 

 RETAILERS. 



P. J. Hauswlrth 190 191 175 



J. Huebner 118 116 127 



,J. Lambros 182 169 151 



E. Hauswlrth .■ 148 158 137 



Geo. Asmus 166 184 139 



804 821 729 

 WHOLESALERS. 



Jos. Poerster 154 163 213 



<3. Scott 121 124 168 



•C. Fisk 149 181 144 



Jno. Sterrett 168 159 173 



E. Winterson 168 131 136 



760 758 834 

 Results to date; Won. Lost. 



<3rowers 32 19 



"Wholesalers 32 19 



"Retailers 25 26 



Miscellaneous 13 38 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past week trade was rather slow, 

 tut enough business is doing to keep 

 things from becoming stagnant, and the 

 Lenten dullness has changed the prices 

 in the flower market somewhat. 



The rose market is better and some 

 very fine stock of Brides, Maids, Meteors 

 and Gates were seen the past week at the 

 ■commission houses. From $4 to $8 per 

 100 was the price for first-class stock. 

 American Beauties, long, are selling from 

 $3 to $5 per dozen, with shorts from $6 

 to $1.5 per 100. 



Carnations are still coming in in fine 

 shape and plenty of them, except white, 

 which are in great demand for funeral 

 work. Fancies are now down to .$.3; fair- 

 ly good stock goes at $2, with common 

 at $1.50. 



Bulb stuff is a glut. Valley, tulips 

 and dafTs are moving slowly, especially 

 valley, and dafTs are hard to sell at any 

 price. Romans and paper whites are also 

 plentiful at $2 and $3. Harrisiis are 



yet not overplentiful at $12.50 for the 

 best. Callas are more plentiful at $8. 



Violets are moving fairly well, but are 

 by no means scarce. Fifty and 60 cents 

 is asked for Californias and 75 cents and 

 $1 for doubles. 



A few fine lots of sweet peas came in 

 the past week, which sold at 75 cents. 



The call for smilax has fallen oflf a 

 great deal since Lent. 



Notes. 



Martin Reukauf, representing H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, was a vis- 

 itor the past week. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., stopped over a day the past week 

 on his wav to the carnation meeting. 



F. C. Weber, John Stridle, John 

 Young, F. M. Ellis, J. F. Ammann, E. 

 W. Guy and Henry Berning, who attend- 

 ed the carnation meeting at Indianapolis 

 the past week, returned home much 

 pleased with what they saw and heard. 



The Engleinan Botanical Club will 

 hold a meeting tonight (Monday, the 

 24th ) in the High School auditorium. 

 The object of the meeting is to push the 

 street tree planting and home decora- 

 tions. Dr. Herman Von Schrenk, W. J. 

 Stevens, Prof. H. C. Irish a'nd others will 

 address the meeting. 



Bowling. 



The Florists' League Team lost three 

 games to the Westerns on the latter's 

 alleys. The scores will show how bad 

 the alleys were and how we missed 

 Sturtz: 



B. E. 1 2 3 Tot. Average 



Westerns 20 34 759 743 7912293 152 13-15 



Florists— B. E. 1 2 3 Tot. Average 



Beneke 7 10 138 126 123 387 129 



Kuehn ..8 6 143 131 148 424 141 1-3 



Beyer S 9 131 164 127 422 140 2-3 



Adies 1 14 148 123 124 395 1311-3 



Ellison 5 5 182 183 115 482 160 2-3 



31 41 697 736 63S 2071 138 1-15 



The same week the boys had revenge 

 by taking three games from the Tigers. 

 This time the games were rolled on our 

 alleys and the following scores look dif- 

 ferent : 



Florists— B. E. 1 2 3 Tot. Average 



Beneke 6 3 1,59 195 175 529 176 1-3 



Kuehn 4 2 191 175 167 533 1711-3 



Adies 6 U 101 130 125 356 118 2-3 



Beyer 3 10 l.W 145 155 436 145 1-3 



Ellison 6 2 199 172 168 539 179 1-3 



20 31 833 810 788 2432 162 2-15 

 B. B. 1 2 3 Tot. Average 

 Tigers 14 44 775 710 696 2160 144 



J. J. B. 



CXEVELAND. 



Various Items. 



At a regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club Monday evening one new member 

 was elected. We had the pleasure of a 

 visit from Mr. McHutchinson, who gave 

 us a little talk on the growing of lily 

 of the valley pips in and around Ber- 

 lin and Hamburg. Herman Hart had 

 on exhibition a large vase of carna- 

 tions, which showed up very fine con- 

 sidering that they were grown with 

 ordinary treatment and not for a fancy 

 trade. His Lawson, Joost, Crane and 

 G. Lord being especially fine. George 

 Smith also exhibited a vase of his seed- 

 ling, which compared favorably with 

 some of the older varieties. 



Casper Aul also has a fine seedling, 

 which he is working up as fast as pos- 

 sible, but he does not intend to ex- 

 hibit it at present. 



A visit to some of the growers this 

 week revealed them all hustling to get 

 stock ready for Easter. 



Hart's place was found to be in it^^ 

 usual spick and span condition, every- 

 thing clean and neat; his carnations 

 being exceptionally fine and healthy. He 

 has a fine lot of Crimson Ramblers and 

 hybrid roses that will be just right for 

 liister; also a fine lot of cinerarias, hy- 

 drangeas and azaleas. His lilies this 

 year are not much, too many of them 

 failed to make a growth. His callas 

 are very good and his spring bedding 

 stock is well advanced and in prime 

 condition. 



George Smith's greenhouse showed 

 that there is a man at the head who 

 looks after every detail. He grows ex- 

 clusively for his store trade. 



G. M. Naumann has a house of vio- 

 lets that are simply blue with flowers ; 

 also one that will be in for Easter. 

 His CrimSon Ramblers and hybrid roses 

 are also fine^ as are his carnations. 



When I visited Casper Aul he was 

 busy propagating spring stock, but he 

 had time to show me around. He has a 

 batch of Harrisii lilies that are the 

 finest I have seen up to date; here you 

 will also find Crimson Ramblers and 

 hydrangeas for Easter; he will also 

 have a lot of carnations in just right. 



B. Hart, son of H. Hart, \vill be re- 

 moved from the hospital to his home 

 today. 



Mr. Fred Aul was at the club meet- 

 ing last night for the first time since 

 his return from the hospital. 



Flowers here the past two weeks have 

 been rather scarce, roses, especially 

 good stock, bringing almost holiday 

 prices. Carnations are selling from 

 $1.50 to $4: Romans, $2 to $4; daffo- 

 dils and tulips, $3 and $4; narcissus, $3. 

 The scarcest stock seemed to be white. 

 In plants, bulb stuff in pots and pans 

 seems to have the call except where 

 large plants are wanted; then it is the 

 azalea that is called for. Azaleas seem 

 to be in greater demand this year than 

 ever before. 



At the present time the florists' busi- 

 ness is at a low ebb and there seems 

 to be a great plenty of everything. The 

 craft are busy getting Easter stuff in 

 shape. 



Lilies are going to be very scarce, 

 but there will be the usual amount of 

 bulb stuff. Several of the florists will 

 have "some flne Ramblers and there will 

 be a great many hybrids and plenty of 

 azaleas. 



The brethren that visited the conven- 

 tion arrived home right side up with 

 no complaints whatever, but with words 

 of praise for the Indianapolis florists for 

 the royal manner in which they were 

 entertained. 



The party that went by way of Cin- 

 cinnati desire to thank Mr. Peterson and 

 his brother florists, the Heller Bros, of 

 New Castle, the florists of Richmond, 

 and the F. Dorner & Sons Co., of La 

 Fayette for the royal manner in which 

 they were received and entertained at 

 the different places that were visited by 

 them. Tenep. 



WAsni.xGTON, D. C— The Pullman 

 cars used by Prince Henry were decorat- 

 ed by the American Rose Co. with their 

 new rose. Miss Alice Roosevelt, for the 

 return trip to New York Monday night. 



Do NOT fail to be strongly represented 

 in the advertising pages of the .Review's 

 special spring number, to be issued 

 March 20. 



