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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mat 1. 1902. 



Bowling. 



In the games against the Pastimes on Friday, 



April 25. the Florists lost two out of three. 

 The scores were as follows: 



12 8 



Jos. Foerster 190 187 154 



P. Hauswirth 142 16S 13.S 



F. Stollcry 137 19S 174 



C. Balhiff 160 172 159 



Geo. Asmus 158 199 159 



Totals 787 924 784 



Pastimes 919 873 836 



The Tropica defeated the Florists three 

 straight on Tuesday. April 29, by the following 

 scores : 



12 3 



F. Stollery 155 161 168 



.T. Degnan 141 156 165 



C. Balluft 177 214 • 158 



E. Winterson 181 181 172 



Geo. Asmus 159 179 146 



Totals 813 891 809 



Tropics 863 897 866 



ST. LOUIS. 



Trade tlie past week was up and down, 

 but a^•eraged fair for this time of the 

 year. The weather was unpleasant 

 nearly all week and a little fire made 

 things quite comfortable, and frost was 

 expected. Most of the retailers say 

 that funeral work was about all the busi- 

 ness they had last week and that there 

 was hardly any counter trade, even at 

 the cheap prices that prevailed down 

 town where they had carnations marked 

 down to 10 cents and three dozen for 2.5 

 cents, and roses at 25 cents per dozen. * 

 Most of the store men west of Twelfth 

 street are keeping up the price on car- 

 nations at 50 cents, and on roses at $1 

 per dozen, and they seem to sell about as 

 many at these prices as do the cheap 

 stores down town. 



At the wholesale market things are 

 quite lively some days, with plenty of 

 stock for any amount of business. Eoses 

 are getting smaller, though some very 

 good stock is still coming in. The host 

 are selling at from .$4 to $5; seconds 

 (these are most plentiful), from $1 to 

 $3, and even cheaper in 1,000 lots. 

 Beauties, from $4 to $12 per 100, with 

 plenty of short-stemmed ones on the 

 market. 



('arnations overstocked the market all 

 last week at very low prices. Some very 

 fair stock was sold as low as $(3.30 per 

 1,000; fancy stock at from $2 to $2.50 

 per 100; the bulk of the good carna- 

 tions went at $1.50 per 100. Some fine 

 Prosperity from J. D. Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. were seen the past week 

 which sold well; other stock from this 

 company has a good call. 



Bulb stock is the same as ever — mar- 

 ket full, with very little sale and pleut.y 

 of it is dumped. Almost any price will 

 buy it, so we will not quote prices. 



Sweet peas are selling well, that is, the 

 fine long stemmed ones, which bring as 

 high as $1 per 100; others range from 

 that down to as low as 25 cents per 100. 



Harrisiis and callas are quite plenti- 

 ful and can be bought as low as $5 and 

 $6 per 100. Southern lilac is coming up 

 fine now, and brought $5 per 100 sprays 

 last week. 



The greenhouse men are now loaded 

 down with business and are kept con- 

 stantly on the go, delivering large plant 

 orders. The general stock seen is about 

 the same as in former years. Most of 

 the growers claim that trade in this line 

 has been much better so far than in 

 former years, and the season has only 

 begun. 



Mr. W. W. Coons, representing the 

 Trade Press Bureau of Chicago, called 

 on the trade last week. 



Mr. Hunter Hough, of Paducah, Ky., 

 formerly a florist of that place, recently 

 called on friends in the trade here. 



Mr. J. G. Mead, representing the Cor- 

 ticelli Silk Co., was here selling ribbons 

 to the trade last week. 



A. S. Halstedt and E. W. Guy, of 

 Belleville, 111., were also callers last week 

 buying supplies. 



F. W. Taylor, Chief of Horticulture 

 for the World's Fair, has moved his of- 

 fice to rooms 219 and 221 in the Admin- 

 istration Building on the World's Fair 

 grounds. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held Thursday afternoon, 

 May 8, at 3 o'clock. Some very import- 

 ant business is to be transacted and the 

 president hopes for a large attendance. 

 The question of how to bring the mem- 

 bers to the meetings will again be 

 brought up. Two essays will also be 

 read which will make the meeting of 

 interest to everybody. 



Arnold Eingier, representing the sup- 

 ply house of W. W. Barnard & Co., Chi- 

 cago, came in this Tuesday morning from 

 the coast, looking the picture of health. 

 His western trip was a most successful 

 one. 



The Bowling Club rolled three games 

 Monday night. Miller was high man, 

 followed by Ellison and Kunz. Next 

 Monday night ends the first month's 

 prize contest. 



The scores were as follows: 



H 1 2 3 ToUl. Ave. 



Theo. Miller 35 206 170 213 .589 196 



A. y. Ellison ISO 217 18.^, 582 193 



John Kunz 26 196 22S l.'ifi .180 192 



J. J. Beneke s 180 176 Ids .'■|24 173 



Win Adels 30 194 J'A 1.17 .".O.". 168 



C. A. Knehn 6 144 194 1511 407 165 



John Sturtz 9 145 171 109 4.85 101 



F. C. Weber 31 141 147 1.58 440 149 



F. M. Ellis 35 ... 134 193 327 104 



J. J. B. 



ONCINNATL 



Market Conditions. 



Business during the past week was 

 something like the weather — good one 

 day, bad the next. All in all, though, 

 it was not so bad, and most of the stock 

 was moved at fair prices despite the 

 large quantities coming in. 



Carnations of the poorer grades were 

 in over-supply and were slow sale; fancy 

 and medium grades sold well and were 

 cleaned up each day. 



The supply of roses has decreased 

 considerably, and the quality is none 

 too good. While the color holds up 

 nicely, size is not up to the standard and 

 many shipments are rather soft and 

 show the effects of the hot sun. 



Bulbous stock, with the exception of 

 valley, is gradually decreasing in sup- 

 ply. There is some good valley still 

 to be had and it sells well. 



Virginian violets are still coming in, 

 and they are good. During the past 

 week they sold well, because the local 

 growers are all cut out. 



Sweet peas are coming in in increased 

 quantities and sell well. Some very good 

 long-stemmed ones can be found in 

 white, and pink and white. 



Lots of outdoor narcissus and hya- 

 cinths are to be seen at the produce mar- 

 kets and they sell for almost nothing; 

 but their season is short-lived, and it is 

 a good thing that it is so. 



During the past week we experienced 

 the highest winds ever known in this 

 part of the country ; at one time the 

 wind reached the velocity of 55 miles 



per hour. The florists, somehow, were 

 favored by fate and besides a few panes 

 of glass broken, I have heard of no 

 damage being done. 



Prices on stock are as follows: Eoses — 

 Bridesmaids, Meteors, etc., good stock, 

 4 to 5 cents; medium, 2 to 4 cents; Lib- 

 erty, 6 cents for best stock, 2 to 4 cents 

 for seconds; Beauties are scarce in this 

 market. Carnations — Fancy, 4 cents; 

 medium, 2 to 3 cents; ordinary, 50 cents 

 to $1.50. Bulbous stock — Valley, 3 to 4 

 cents ; tulips, white, 3 cents ; V. Sion, 

 3 cents ; narcissus, paper white, 2 to 3 

 cents; Harrisii, 10 to 15 cents; callas, 

 6 to 8 cents. Violets, 25 to 50 cents per 

 100. Sweet peas, 50 to 75 cents. Smi- 

 lax, 15 cents per string. Asparagus, 50 

 to 60 cents per string. Eastern ferns, 

 $2 per 1,000. Galax leaves, green and 

 bronze, $1 per 100. Leucothoe sprays, 

 50 cents per 100. 



John Evans, of Eichmond, Ind., was a 

 visitor. C. J. Ohmer. 



A DAY AT THE HUB. 



Florieultural Boston is a big place to 

 see in a day. But one can, in that time, 

 at least ' ' touch the hem of its garment. ' ' 

 At the flower market the rush was over 

 when I called and your representative, 

 Mr. Manter, told me it had been a good 

 day and there ' ' was nothing left. ' ' 

 Prices seem to hold as steadily as in 

 New York and retailers were having a 

 busy day. 



Welch Bros, and Sutherland, the 

 wholesalers, looked very hopeful and 

 happy, and report an excellent demand. 

 Mr. Sutherland's new store is very con- 

 venient and his branch next door is 

 crowded with a general line of florists' 

 supplies. 



The cut-flower market is growing am- 

 bitious and is looking for room with a 

 prospect of a most desirable place in a 

 convenient location with over three times 

 the floor accommodation of the present 

 qua rters. 



The new Horticultural Building is a 

 disappointment, but I was prepared for 

 my own adverse criticism, for I have 

 never heard any one say a good word 

 for it. Outwardly, there is a semblance 

 of architectural beauty, but within it 

 looks like a huge vault, dingy, dreary, 

 uninviting. The Philadelphia Hall is a 

 ■'palace" in comparison. 



The parks in Boston are already beau- 

 tiful, vegetation is ahead of New York, 

 the great tulip-beds are a mass of bril- 

 liant coloring. 



Galvin's two stores were like bee- 

 hives, crowded. His Back Bay place 

 has doubled in size since I saw it a year 

 ago. Nothing just like it anywhere, 

 roomy, convenient, handsome. All the 

 other retailers had brilliant spring win- 

 dows. Some oi them unique. McMul- 

 kin's was a "dream" in mignonette, the 

 immense front completely devoted to the 

 finest grade of this fragrant spring re- 

 minder. This new firm has an immense 

 store on Boylston street near the park 

 running completely through the block. 

 Mr. McMulkin reports a great nursery 

 business and a much larger cut-flower 

 trade than he anticipated for his initial 

 year. , 



I saw Bro. Elliott, the asparagus 

 king, in the flower market, looking young 

 and free from care and ready for the 

 angelic investigations at Asheville. 



I went over to Dorchester and saw that 

 new nephrolepis, "Anna Foster." It's 

 a beauty. I found it fully up to and 



