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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 15, 1902 



different parks. The hail was not large 

 enough to do much damage to glass, al- 

 though a few of the South St. Louis flor- 

 ists lost a little glass, but not worth 

 while reporting, they say. 



School Gardening. 



Two hundred and fifty-nine children 

 have entered the Sunday Post-Dispatch 

 contest for three prizes offered to chil- 

 dren under 16 years of age who shall 

 make the prettiest gardens in their home 

 yards — $20 in gold for the first prize, 

 $10 in gold for the second and $5 in gold 

 for the third. The children of florists 

 are not allowed to compete for the prizes. 

 Entries closed last Saturday. The in- 

 spection committee will be chosen from 

 members of the Engleman Botanical 

 Club, which is working in co-operation 

 irith the Post-Dispatch. Each little gar- 

 dener will be given a certificate signed 

 by its president. Dr. William Trelease, 

 and by Mayor Eolla Wells. Inspections 

 will be made at intervals throughout the 

 season, when the prizes will be awarded. 



Visitors. 



Martin Reukauf, representing the sup- 

 ply house of H. Baycrsdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia; J. A. Smith, of the Wal- 

 ter Mott Seed & Bulb Co.. Jamestown, 

 X. Y. 



Mr. Henry Emundt and Dr. A. S. Hal- 

 stedt came over from Belleville last week 

 to buy supplies and to call on friends. 



Notes. 



Max Herzog, out at Gratiot, is mak- 

 ing preparations to build a new rose 

 house this summer. Max is now busy 

 planting American Beauties. With these 

 he has been very successful the past sea- 

 son, averaging seven flowers to a plant. 

 His self-feeding smoke consumer will 

 soon be ready for exhibition. 



Fred Amniann, of Edwardsville, is 

 head and heels in work with building, 

 and is keeping a close watch on the now 

 houses so that his old enemy, Mr. Thrips, 

 doesn't get in before him. 



KUison & Tesson will soon have to va- 

 cate their downtown store, as a large 

 Jiotel is to be built on the site. They 

 are now looking around for a new place 

 near the old stand. 



.lohn W. Kunz, who for the past two 

 years has been with F. M. Ellis, whole- 

 sale florist, is no longer connected with 

 that firm. 



C.eo. Waldbart, the Grand avenue flor- 

 ist, is contemplating a trip to the old 

 country this summer. 



Now that the World's Fair has been 

 postponed till 1904 St. Louis will not 

 want the S. A. F. convention next year, 

 as was proposed at Buffalo last summer, 

 and Jlilwaukee should have it by all 

 moan.s; that is, if Brother Polhvorth is 

 still hankering for it. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club started its May se- 

 ries of twelve games ilonday night with 

 the handicap slightly changed. Sturtz, 

 with 1.5 handicap, was high man, followed 

 by Ellison, scratch man; Miller, who is 

 coming to the front as a first-class bowler, 

 was third. Seven bowlers made the fol- 

 lowing scores: 



II. 1. ->. •■!. Total. 



.Tohn Sturtz 1.5 2:i2 IS.-! 202 r,17 



.V. Y. Kllisnn 1D4 211 1!)'.) 604 



Theo. Miller 33 213 191 175 579 



.T. .T. Beneke 15 199 15S 171 52.S 



■Will .\clpl9 35 132 1G9 220 521 



F. M. Ellis 35 179 lOT 1.12 47S 



C. .\. Kuphn 11 l,"i7 l(>c, I,-:; 47C 



J. J. B. 



ONCINNATL 



Market Conditions. 



There has been no improvement in 

 the condition of the market during the 

 past week. The usual May glut of car- 

 nations is on and only the better grades 

 can be moved at anything like fair 

 prices. It is always noticeable that when 

 lilac and that class of flowers are in the 

 market the sale of carnations is seriously 

 interfered with. 



Bulbous stock is about done. Even 

 forced valley is out of the market at pres- 

 ent; there is plenty of outdoor stock 

 which sells at 50 cents to $1.50 per 100. 

 There will be plenty of forced valley in 

 this market all through June and it will 

 be first-class stock. 



Sweet peas are in good demand and 

 more of them could be handled to ad- 

 vantage. White ones are scarce, and, of 

 course, in greatest demand ; lavender 

 sells well; they bring 50 cents to 75 

 cents per 100. 



Carnations were in over.iupply and $2 

 was top-notch price for the very best, 

 and from that down to 50 cents per 100 

 and less in large lots. The intensely hot 

 weather affected the keeping quality 

 somewhat, and color suffered also. We 

 are having cooler weather now and all 

 stock shows its good influence. A short- 

 age in the supply was the first result 

 and prices rose to $2.50 and $3 for the 

 best stock, with other grades at $1 to 

 $]..'50. 



Roses sold out well every day and at 

 fairly good prices. White is in greatest 

 demand, with pink a close second. In red 

 tliere is a first-class supply of real good 

 stock, especially of Libert}-, which de- 

 monstrates its superiority over Meteor 

 by never coming bull-headed and by 

 bringing better prices even for short 

 stems. Good Brides and Maids bring 4 

 to 6 cents; seconds, 2 to 4 cents; Liberty, 

 2 cents for short up to 6 cents for best 

 grades; Meteors, 1 to 4 cents. 



Longitlorum lilies are still in oversup- 

 ply and sell slowly. Iris is coming in 

 and sells for 1 to 3 cents per spike, Smi- 

 lax is scarce, but there is a fair lot of 

 asparagus to be had. 



Various Items. 



ilr. Herms, of the Herms Floral Co,, 

 Portsmouth, O,, was a caller Saturday. 

 Three years ago this firm lost the entire 

 stock of their greenhouses through gas 

 escaping from the city mains. In the 

 suit against the gas company for $5,000 

 damages several Cincinnati florists will 

 be called to give testimony as to the 

 value of plants growing in greenhouses. 

 The trial is set for May 15 and some 

 interesting and valuable information as 

 to valuations will undoubtedly be brought 

 forth, 



Benson Bros, have discontinued their 

 stand at Jofee's on Fourth street. 



John Critchell, who died in Florida 

 last week, was buried in Chicago last 

 Sunday. B. P. Critchell, his brother, left 

 here Saturday evening to attend the 

 funeral, returning Monday forenoon. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Society was held Satvirday and the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were nominated for 

 directors: George S. Bartlett, J. W. 

 Eodgers, E. Witterstaetter, Wm. Mur- 

 phy. Ben George, AY. K. Partridge, Geo. 

 Miirphy, Wm, Sehuman, F, Ball and E, 

 G. Gillette. Five directors are to be 

 chosen from the above at the next regu- 

 lar meeting of the society. 



The invitation of Chas. Pommert, of 

 Amelia, 0., for an outdoor meeting of 

 the society to be held at his place in July 

 was accepted, the date to be decided on 

 later. An invitation from Mr. Wm. 

 Murphy to visit him at his place in Au- 

 gust was also accepted. Many other 

 ])oints of interest were discussed, among 

 them the monthly shows given by the 

 society during the winter months. C. 

 J. Ohmer was accepted as a member. 



Miss Hattie A. Keister, representing 

 Miss A. Martin, Huntington, W. Va., was 

 a recent visitor. C. J. Ohmer. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



> Trade Notes. 



Never before has this market been in a 

 more deplorable condition than at pres- 

 ent. The weather has been warm and 

 bright, with very little rain or clouds, 

 and everything in the flower line is plen- 

 tiful. Up to a few days ago there was a 

 good demand and almost everything good 

 was used up, but now the bedding season 

 has opened nobody seems to think of cut 

 flowers, except for funerals. 



Good roses are not too plentiful, but 

 there are lots of the poorer grades. Car- 

 nations can be seen by the thousand at 

 every greenhouse, and to top the thing 

 off there are about twenty fakirs come 

 down from Chicago, and these are having 

 carnations shipped from Chicago in thou- 

 sand lots. One department store a few 

 days ago sold carnations at 5 cents per 

 dozen. Last year the State Florists' As- 

 sociation saw the mayor about stopping 

 the fakirs from doing business, and they 

 were driven oft' the streets, but at the 

 last meeting nothing was said about it 

 and they are likely to remain with us for 

 the season. 



We need rain badly again; it would 

 take at least twenty-four hours of steady 

 rain to put the ground in proper shape 

 again. Young trees and, in fact, every- 

 thing planted this spring is suffering for 

 want of water. Outside flowers are com- 

 ing along rapidly and a full crop may be 

 expected for Decoration Day if we get 

 some rain. Paeonies are almost ready to 

 burst open and the crop will be heavy. 



Several firms have already begun to 

 erect new houses, while others are wait- 

 ing until the spring rush is over. Young 

 & Sonnenschmidt report one house nearly 

 up, while Baur & Smith have not begun 

 to dig the pestholes. The latter have 

 planted their carnations in beds where 

 they are to remain, and will build over 

 them. John Hartje adds a carnation 

 house. Henry Rieman adds a rose house, 

 a boiler and "a GO-foot smokestack. The 

 Flower & Plant Co, has added two houses 

 this M-inter and spring. Ed Cornell is 

 moving back to his old stand at Illinois 

 and Pratt streets. 



The event of this week will be the ded- 

 ication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' mon- 

 ument, and no doubt many flowers will 

 be called for in entertaining the many 

 visitors attending the dedication. 



Mr. .John Bertermann stated at the last 

 florist meeting that there would likely be 

 no fall show unless the society takes it 

 into its own hands again. Last year 

 prominent merchants of the city took it 

 in hand and held a successful show, but 

 this year interest seems lagging and 

 nothing definite can be gotten out of 

 them. 



At the next meeting the society's by- 

 laws are to be changed, and every mem- 

 ber who can possibly do so should be 

 jirepeut, A. B. 



