APRIL 17, 19i]2. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



741 



Latest Addition to the Glass of the C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee. 



partment, having had over ten years' 

 experience in tills line. Many leading 

 local growers consign their stock to the 

 iirni. as well as growers in Burlington, 

 Preeport, Morton Grove, Lake Forest, 

 Kenosha, Ocononiowoe and other points, 

 and its large shipping business finds a 

 I'eadv outlet for this stock. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade in the cut-ll"'.\cr line was fairly 

 good last week: most of the work was for 

 funerals, and all kinds of white flowers 

 had a good call. The bright, warm 

 weather brought about the expected over- 

 production of roses and carnations, and 

 Friday and Saturday roses and carna- 

 tions sold for .$10 per 1,000. This caused 

 what the public called a flower war be- 

 tween the fakirs and two downtown 

 .stores. Fred Foster rented a large va- 

 cant store on Olive .street on Saturday 

 and sold carnations and roses at '25 cents 

 ))er dozen, only to be outdone by Ellison 

 & Tesson, next door. A few • Chicago 

 fakirs came into the war by surrounding 

 both stores. 



The quality of the stock has suffered 

 somewhat ; roses need a great deal of 

 picking over. It is very hard to give 



quotations on stock, as prices keep fluc- 

 tuating. The best Beauties are down to 

 $3 per dozen; shorts from .$2 to $5 per 

 100, with plenty of the latter on the 

 market. 



The only carnations that are in de- 

 mand are white, and the other colors 

 consequently suffer. The Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. is sending in excellent blooms. 

 Their Prosperity seen at Kuehn's last 

 week were grand, and Higinbotham and 

 Palmer were of the best. Kone of these 

 went to the fakirs, as they can't use 

 them at the price they were sold. 



Bulb stuff is about the same as last 

 week in quantity and price. Xarcis.sus 

 poeticus is in from the south at $1 per 

 100; eallas are not selling so well; Ilar- 

 ri.siis have the best call. Violets are al- 

 most a thing of the past, and very few 

 are coming in, and these are small. 



The stands at Union market are still 

 doing a rushing trade in plants of all 

 kinds. The quality of the stock at the 

 different stands is up to the usual stand- 

 ard of market stuff. 



Club Meeting. 



The Ajiril meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was not well attended. President 

 Mcinhardt and Vice-President Ellis were 

 not present and ex-President Fillmore 



was requested to take the chair. He 

 opened the meeting with eleven members 

 present. The World's Fair matters were 

 again tabled; nothing of any importance 

 came before the regular order of busi- 

 ness. J. F. Ammaun and E. J. Mohr 

 read essays; the former on "Growing 

 American Beauties," which was short and 

 sweet and to the point ; Mr. Mohr's on 

 "Gron-iug Sweet Peas" was more of a 

 history than an essay. Both received the 

 thanks of the club for their able eft'orts. 

 Quite a long discussion took place as to 

 how to bring the members out to attend 

 the meetings, and what would interest 

 them most. A smoker was talked of in 

 the near future. At the May meeting 

 this talk will be continued, and we hope 

 that some of the stay-aways will come 

 and give their views on this subject. 

 Mr. Frank Fillmore decorated the presi- 

 dent's desk with a fine, large vase of 

 well-grown roses and carnations. We 

 hope for a better attendance at the May 

 meeting, which will be held on Thursday 

 afternoon, May 8, at 3 o'clock. 



Notes. 



Mr. R. A. McPherou, manager of the 

 Cottage Greenhouses, Litchfield, 111., was 

 a visitor last Sunday calling on the 

 trade. In the afternoon Mr. McPheron 



Jos. E. Pollworth. 



C. C. PoUwofth. 



Wm. A. Kennedv 



