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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 12, 1902. 



John C. Chase, Derry, N. H., was a vis- 

 itor this week. 



A meeting of the retail florists was 

 called for Tuesday afternoon to advise 

 as to the premiums to be offered for 

 floral arrangements at the annual fall 

 show. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Trade Conditions. 



The market the past «eek was rather 

 quiet with the euppiy slightly exceeding 

 the demand. Several of the West End 

 florists report orders ahead this week for 

 weddings and school graduates, and no 

 doubt liifre will be a good call for stock 

 of all kJLds. 



KoECS are in fair demand but the stock 

 is becoming poorer every day, although 

 occasionally a lot of good stuff is seen 

 from our local growers. Fred Ammann 

 is still sending in some extra fine long 

 Beauties which are selling well. Carna- 

 tions, too, had a good call, but stock is 

 fast becoming small and about the only 

 good stock that comes in now is Flora 

 Hill and Triumph. White Cloud is good 

 But small. Sweet peas are very plenti- 

 ful and are exceedingly fine in quality, 

 with fairly long stems and all colors. 



Prices have gone down somewhat since 

 the Decoration Day scarcity. Good roses 

 bring from $3 to $6 per 100 ami down 

 as low as $1 for poor stuff; the bulk of 

 the Brides and Maids are of poor quality. 

 Beauties, long, bring from $2 to $2.50 

 per dozen; shorts from $3 to $6 per 100. 

 Carnations are down to $1.'M for the 

 best, but the bulk bring only $1 per 100. 

 Sweet peas go at 25 cents "per 100, but 

 can be bought at $2 in 1,000 lots and 

 will be below that price by the end of 

 the week if stock keeps coming in as it 

 is at present. Candidums can be bought 

 at from $5 to $8 per 100 stalks, although 

 some large stalks went as high as 10 

 cents each. Cornflowers are 25 cents and 

 capes go at 50 cents per 100. 



Trade in bedding plants is about over 

 and some varieties are all sold out and 

 others are getting scarce. The ground is 

 in splendid condition for planting just 

 now, as we have had some good rains- 

 Notes. 



Mr. Chas. Weeks, late with the South 

 Park Floral Co., New Castle, Ind., was a 

 visitor and called on the trade. Mr. 

 Weeks is taking a few months' rest for 

 his health and expects to return to New 

 (.'astle. 



James H. Wilson, secretary of agricul- 

 ture, accompanied by Dr. B. F. Galloway, 

 chief of the bureau of plant industry, 

 at Washington, were visitors the past 

 week. In visiting the Merchants' Ex- 

 change Mr. Wilson was introduced to the 

 members by President Tansey as "The 

 chief farmer of the United States." Mr. 

 ■\\'ilson and Mr. Galloway visited the 

 World's Fair site to inspect the grounds 

 ""t aside for the government displa.y. 

 Both expressed great surprise, at the 

 J rogre-ss made and were well pleased with 

 tlieir trip. 



The Count and Countess De Eocham- 

 beau and the French delegation who vis- 

 ited St. Louis the past week were load- 

 ed down with many large, beautiful bou- 

 onets of American Beauties on entering 

 the Union station Thursday morning. 

 The entire delegation were guests of the 

 World's Fair comimittees. 



The St. Louis florists should not forget 

 the date set for the June club meeting 



and smoker. All florists are invited to 

 share with us the good time that is in 

 store for us on June 19. The meeting is 

 to open at 2 o'clock promptly in the 

 Commercial Club rooms. Those who have 

 not paid their assessments to the World 's 

 Fair fund should not fail to attend, as 

 this matter will be disposed of at this 

 meeting. The trustees are also expected 

 to report about the summer outing of 

 the club and the place it is to be held. 

 So let all our members and brother flor- 

 ists set aside next Thursday afternoon 

 for a. good time and make this the ban- 

 ner meeting of the year. 



It has been rumored that Mr. Wm. 

 Hucke, of Belleville, has bought a strip 

 of land in East St. Louis on which he 

 will build a range of greenhouses for 

 roses and carnations for the St. Louis 

 market. 



President Fred Meinhardt has been so 

 busy at his place of late that he is 

 almost a stranger to us and an intro- 

 duction will probably be necessary on 

 June 19. 



George Ostertag, who very seldom 

 comes downtown, reports that they have 

 been very busy the past week with" lunch- 

 eons and weddings, also had the Hosmer 

 Hall decorations, and have both high 

 schools for this week. 



It has been reported that a good dele- 

 gation of seedsmen will go from here to 

 attend the twentieth annual convention 

 of the American Seed Trade Association, 

 which will meet this year at Minneapolis, 

 Minn., June 24 to 26. 



Lincoln Coles, son of Walter W. Coles, 

 of Kokomo, Ind., was a visitor the past 

 week. 



Joe Fleisehman, of New York and Chi- 

 cago, was in town and it is rumored that 

 he will open one of his elegant floral es- 

 tablishments on Broadwav, this citv, next 

 fall. 



Henr.y Johann, of Collinsville, 111., was 

 in town the past week buying supplies. 

 Mr. Johann is well pleased with the past 

 season. 



Fred C. Weber reports two large din- 

 ners at the St. Louis Club the past Week, 

 at one of which 10,000 daisies were used 

 and at the other 200 extra choice Beau- 

 ties. He also reports plenty of funeral 

 work to open up with for this week. 



Bowling. 



On Monday, .lune 9, the bowling club 

 started its June series of 12 games with 

 two scratch men, Ellison and Sturtz. Our 

 new man, A. Meyer, rolled good games. 

 Fred Weber was high man of the night 

 and ileyer second. C. C. Sander made 

 his appearance but rolled only one game. 

 The handicaps are somewhat different, 

 Sturtz lost 15 and ililler, Kuehn and 

 Beneke lost 5, the rest remained the same 

 as last month. The scores of the night 

 were as follows: 



H. 1. 2. S. Total. 



Frert Weber :W 210 147 ITS 5.',5 



A. Jlpvei- 15 12S 2114 2ii2 534 



.T. .1. lienekp in 1«1 1S5 IfiS 517 



C. A. Knehn 6 177 107 1«7 511 



Thpo. Miller ."in 165 1S3 155 503 



.\. Y. Ellison 11 les ISO 144 492 



.T. Sturtz " 1.5S 179 14(5 4S3 



F. M. Ellis .35 16S 136 153 457 



J. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



In this quarter we have had another 

 change in the weather, after a copious 

 rain precipitation and a day of high wind 

 the thermometer this morning (.Tune 9) 

 marking 46 degrees. The downfall was 

 general and much benefit was done the 

 thirsting crops. Today is an ideal one of 



summer loveliness, but with a touch of 

 almost autumnal chilliness in the air. 

 Doubtless we will soon be bravely over 

 this. 



The volume of trade steadily declines, 

 as is natural. There is some demand for 

 good roses and carnations, but the bulk 

 of those reaching the market go to the 

 hands of the street venders. Weddings 

 were numerous the past week, but the 

 resulting demand for flowers made no 

 great impression on the market. More 

 or less commencements are still to come, 

 but the summer exodus of people has be- 

 gun and the demand for cut-flowers will 

 now be limited pretty much to funeral 

 requirements. 



The changes made at the establishment 

 of Isaac H. Moss at Govanstown show up 

 now very effectively. The greenhouses 

 on the east side of the York road have 

 been raised and the office removed across 

 the way, giving breadth and dignity to 

 the dwelling, which is handsomely "sur- 

 rounded with fine plants and tasteful 

 bedding. ^ 



ONCINNATl. 



The Market. 



Trade is holding up remarkably well 

 aud oune is jiroving to be one of the best 

 months in the history of the florists' 

 business in this city. The demand for 

 all kinds of flowers is very good with 

 roses first on the list and good ones are 

 very scarce. There are a great many 

 roses to be seen everywhere, but such lit- 

 tle, dried-up, brown looking things are 

 very hard to sell. Eeally good roses it 

 is almost impossible to obtain; especially 

 is this true of Brides. This rose is so- 

 liable to arrive all bruised and brown 

 that many times buds that were undoubt- 

 edly Al for this time of year when 

 shipped, are unsalable when they are tak- 

 en out of the shipping boxes. So too 

 mfueh care can not be taken in packing 

 them so that they will arrive in the best 

 possible conuition. Maids always arrive 

 in better condition as they do not show 

 the eS'ects of bad packing and rough 

 handling as readily. The supply of 

 Maids is much larger than that of Brides. 

 Some very good Kaiserins are to be had 

 and they easily take the place of Brides. 

 Liberty is still coming in large quantities 

 and there are a great many really good 

 Golden Gates to be had. Best stocks in 

 roses bring 5 to 6 cents, with seconds 

 and thirds at 2 to 3 cents and less. 



Carnations are in very large supply, 

 especially the poorer grades, and at times 

 they are very hard to move at a good 

 figure. They sell at from 50 cents for 

 the poorest to .$1 and $1.50 for the best. 

 Some fancy varieties, of which there are 

 a few to be had, sell well and bring $2 

 per 100. This grade of carnation is 

 holding out very well this spring both 

 as to color and size, and they are the- 

 kind that sell, for they are always sold 

 out first. 



A few good pa-onies are still to be 

 had; they bring 4 cents. Some very nice 

 sweet peas are being shipped in from 

 out of town; they sell readily at 50 

 cents per 100. 



New eastern ferns will be in this week 

 and will bring .$1.50 per 100. There is- 

 a great deal of first-class smdlax around 

 at $15 per 100, also some fine asparagus 

 in bunches and strings at 50 cents each. 



Various Itenis. 



Mr. P. H. Thirkildson, formerly man- 

 ager of Mrs. E. Miller 'a greenhouses at 



