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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



July 3, 1902. 



The past week has been one of rain, 

 and wind storms. But most of the flor- 

 ists escaped without loss. Truck gar- 

 deners, though, in the Mill Creek valley 

 and other low places, suffered greatly 

 through high water. 



Carnation plants in the field are look- 

 ing fine, and in a few of the fields that 

 I have seen lately they are larger and 

 in better health than when plants were 

 housed last fall. This is encouraging and 

 promises a fine grade of blooms this 

 winter. 



The majority of the growers are busy 

 planting roses, many of them having al- 

 ready completed this work, and at all 

 places the stock seems to be in Al shape. 

 Good roses are what this market needs 

 more than anything else, and I hope that 

 some of our home growers will be able 

 to supply the demand which often goes 

 begging for want of stock. 



The prices obtained during the past 

 week are about the same as those quoted 

 in last week's notes, and they will hold 

 good for the comiiig week. 



There were a good many weddings, also 

 a few openings, but the majority of the 

 flowers sold went for funeral work, mak- 

 ing the demand for white and light colors 

 the greatest. White carnations, as usual, 

 at this time of the year, were very scarce, 

 but white roses took the prize, as there 

 were practically none that could be called 

 good stock to be had. 



Don't Forget the Outing. 



The annual outing of the Cincinnati 

 I'lorists' Society will be held at Norwood 

 Inn Park on Thursday, July J4th. There 

 will be something doing every minute of 

 the day, beginning with a base-ball game 

 at 10 a. m., and including bowling con- 

 tests for both ladies and men; foot races 

 of all description, including a fat man's 

 race; quoit pitching, elc, for which valu- 

 able prizes are offered. Present indi- 

 cations point to a howling success, so be 

 sure to make arrangements in advance 

 to take a day off and be among those who 

 will have a good time. Madison road 

 cars, transferring at Hyde Park to the 

 Edward Eoad line tates you direct to the 

 park entrance. 



During the recent heavy storms in this 

 state, Geo. R. McNeil, Manchester, O., 

 suffered considerable damage to four of 

 his houses through hail. He is one of the 

 unlucky ones who did not have hail insur- 

 ance. 



C. E. Critehell, manager of the At- 

 lanta Floral Co.'s store and greenhouses, 

 Atlanta, Ga., was in the city during the 

 past week. Although he has been in the 

 south some time he still has the northern 

 push with him, and is making a great 

 success at Atlanta. He made a side trip 

 to Richmond, Ind., to buy stock for the 

 greenhouses. He left for the south last 

 Saturday. 



L. E. Hitz of Madison, Ind., is among 

 those florists who deliver their flowers 

 in an automobile. Mr. Hitz is creating 

 such a sensation with his auto, that we 

 hear of it in Cincinnati, and we wish to 

 congratulate our Madison brother on his 

 up-to-dateness. 



Death of Wm. G. Berterniann. 



AVe have just heard of the death of 

 our brother florist, W. G. Berterniann, of 

 Indianapolis, Ind., which occurred at Sac- 

 remento, Cal., on Sunday morning. Very 

 little can be said of Mr. Bertermann that 

 is not already known, as he was one of 

 the best known florists in America. Jie 

 was born in Germany, but early in life 



came to this country. His first stopping 

 place was this city, where he worked for 

 Mr. B. P. Critehell. He finally settled 

 in Indianapolis with his brothers, where 

 they built up a very large business, hav- 

 ing at the present time one of the finest 

 stores in the west. Mr. Bertermann was 

 a man who will be greatly missed, as his 

 influence has been felt in almost every 

 affair of moment that has occurred in 

 florists' circles of late years. His death, 

 though scarcely coming as a surprise, is 

 nevertheless a severe shock to his family, 

 and in their hour of sorrow, I wish 

 to assure them that they have the heart- 

 felt sympathy of the Cincinnati florists. 

 Gus Kohlbrand, representing E. C. 

 Amiing, of Chicago, was a visitor. 



C. J. Ohmeb. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The florist business has now reached 

 summer dullness and will be in that con- 

 dition for the next two months, that is, 

 with retailers. The growers ciaim that 

 they are always busy with some kind of 

 work. If it is not business it is painting, 

 remodeling or replanting. There is quite 

 a lot of Vjuilding going on, as most of 

 our growers are building from one to 

 two houses. 



The good soaking rain, which has been 

 so long looked for, came Saturday and 

 Sunday, a larger amount of water falling 

 than at any other one time this year, 

 and the growers on the outskirts of the 

 city are all happy, as this rain will save 

 them a great deal of labor and money. 

 The rain and wind storm of Saturday 

 did a great deal of damage to the parks 

 and to the World's i'air site. 



The supply of first-class stock is scarce, 

 but second-class stuff is quite plentiful 

 and not easy to dispose of. The great 

 bulk of stock now seen at the wholesale 

 market consists of sweet peas, feverfew, 

 cornflowers and hollyhocks with plenty 

 of second-class roses and carnations. 



The few good roses bring from $-1 to 

 $.5 and seconds $1 and $2. The bulk of 

 them are Brides, Maids and Golden Gates. 

 Beauties are very scarce and for these 

 the demand was quite good the past 

 week. 



The carnations that are coming in now 

 are a sick looking lot. The few good 

 ones bring .$2 while the bulk are from $1 

 down to .50 cents per 100. Sweet peas are 

 3.5 cents for the best. The outdoor stuff 

 is sold very cheap. Some good valley is 

 in the market at $3, whicn sells fairly 

 well. New hardy ferns are now in the 

 market and are sold at the usual price. 



Notes. 



Miss T. Badaraeco is spending a few 

 weeks at West Baden Springs. Miss 

 Badaraeco will visit Chicago before re- 

 turning home. 



Miss Tillio Meinhardt and sister spent 

 Sunday and Monday of the past week in 

 Chicago, returning home Tuesday much 

 pleased with their trip. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Berning have 

 visited throughout Illinois the past week, 

 stopping a few days in Chicago. They 

 contemplate a trip to California this 

 summer for the benefit of Mrs. Berning's 

 health. 



B. P. Corneli, H. M. Schisler and F. S. 

 Plant are back from ilinneapolis. where 

 they attended the annual meeting of the 

 American Seed Trade Association, June 

 24 to 26. 



Mr. C. L. Week, of New Castle, Ind., 

 is in town for a short stay. Mr. Week's 

 health is much improved. 



Geo. Waldbart, Gus Eggeling and J. J. 

 Beneke were jurors on the same jury the 

 past week. A good time to catch us, 

 as there was not much doing. 



Mr. C. C. Sanders will this week start 

 to build two new houses, one 100x20, on 

 his Delmar avenue place, and the other 

 on his Henley road place will be 100x17. 

 Mrs. Sanders and her three children, 

 Walter, Laura and Jessie, have returned 

 from a three weeks' trip to Tennessee and 

 Alabama. They report a very enjoyable 

 time. 



The club meeting next Thursday, July 

 10, should not be overlooked by the mem- 

 bers and their friends. This meeting 

 will take place at the St. Louis Carna- 

 tion Co.'s plant at Central, Mo. A large 

 delegation of florists is expected and 

 those wishing to go in a body should not 

 fail to be at Delmar Garden at one 

 o'clock to take the cars which will be in 

 waiting. CJreat preparations are being 

 made by J. W. Dunford and the com- 

 pany for entertaining the members and 

 their friends. The feature of the meeting 

 will be the nomination of officers from 

 president down. All committees must be 

 ready to make a final report. The elec- 

 tion will be held a month later at Ed- 

 wardsville. 111., where the August meeting 

 will bo held. 



Mr. F. C. Creighton, representing H. 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, is in town this 

 week renewing acquaintance after an ab- 

 sence of five }'ears. Mr. Creighton re- 

 ports good trade in his line. 



The tiTistees of the Florist Club, Fred 

 Ammann, R. J. Mohr and Will Adels have 

 selected Thursday, July 24th, for the 

 date of the picnic to be held at Preisters 

 Park, which is half way between Belle- 

 ville and St. Louis. All florists will be 

 sent invitations. The trustees are work- 

 ing hard to make this year's outing a 

 grand success and any information re- 

 garding it can be had from them. 



Mrs. Laura Tesson, mother of Robert 

 F. Tesson, was granted a temporary in- 

 junction restraining the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition Co. (World's Fair) 

 from entering any contemplated pro- 

 ceedings in the Circuit Court for the 

 condemnation of the Tuesson tract. 



Bowling. 



Eight members rolled three games 

 Jlonday night. Mr. Fred C. Weber re- 

 tained his lead and is champion bowler 

 for the month of June. Mr. F. C. Creigh- 

 ton, of Philadelphia, was a visitor and 

 enjoyed the sport. This ended the June 

 series with the following scores: 



H. 1 2 S Total 



F, C. Weber 35 150 142 161 45B 



C. .\. Kuebn 6 llM Itio 175 504 



J. .7. Beneke 10 157 145 1&5 46T 



The.). Miner 35 172 155 171 49S 



•Tobii Young 35 134 185 160 489 



A. Y. Ellison 128 143 177 448 



Carl Be.ver 6 168 157 119 444 



John Sturtz 15U 181 101 412 



The scores of the June series were as 

 follows: 



H. No. G. Total. Ave. 



F. C. Weber 35 12 2119 178 7-12 



C. A. Kuebn 6 12 2012 187 8-12 



J. J. Beneke 10 12 1947 162 3-12 



A. Y. Ellison 12 1928 160 8-12 



Theo. Miller 30 12 1922 160' 2-12 



John Sturtz 9 1419 157 



A. Mever 15 9 1411 156 4-9 



F. M. Ellis 35 9 1.378 151 4-9 



.lohn Young 35 6 914 152 2-6 



Will Artels 35 3 470 156 2-3 



Carl Be.ver 6 3 444 148 



The July series will begin next Mon- 

 day night, and the best prize will be 

 hung up for this series. J. J. B. 



