July 10. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



197 



Mass of Cattleya Trianae, grown on wooden block. 



and a few from outside attended in a 

 body to pay their last resi)eets to our 

 good friend and brother florist. There 

 were perhaps more flowers than at any 

 funeral in recent years, some very pretty 

 pieces being sent by individual florists 

 in addition to the large broken column 

 sent by our state society. The funeral 

 ceremonies were in charge of the Ma- 

 sonic Lodge of which he was a member. 



Out of town florists at the funeral 

 were E. G. Hill, F. Dorner and F. Dor- 

 ner, Jr., Chas. Eienian and H. Hartje. 



The next meeting of our state society 

 will be a memorial meeting in honor of 

 Mr. Bertermann. The meeting will take 

 place on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the regular 

 meeting place in the Commercial Club 

 rooms. A. F. J. Baub. 



CATtLEYA TRIANEA. 



This cattleya is probably the most 

 profitable to grow of any of its genus, 

 flowering as it does in midwinter when 



the demand for flowers is at its height. 



The illustration shows a mass of 

 plants of this cattleya growing on a 

 wooden block and in full bloom. When 

 well established the plants will produce 

 four flowers to a spike, this being very 

 common among plants that have been 

 grown for a year or two. 



The flowers of C. Trianjp are very 

 large, the sepals and petals being of a 

 delicate blush color and the lip a very 

 vivid crimson purple. They can be 

 bought by the thousand in the eastern 

 markets during their season, and always 

 figure prominently in the great midwin- 

 ter functions. 



There are many varieties of this 

 charming cattleya and some very rare; 

 C. Backhousiana being one of the most 

 distinct. C. Trianse Is a good grower 

 and will do well nailed on boards or fixed 

 up in any of the usual methods, though 

 for the beginner baskets will be found 

 the most suitable receptacle. Do not 

 run the plants dry at all, but keep them 



fairly well supplied with water all the 

 season, more being needed in the sum- 

 mer than later when the growth is com- 

 pleted. 



One of the most valuable features of 

 C. Trianfe is the fact that its flowers do 

 not come in crops like those of C. la- 

 biata or C. Mossiae, but will spread over 

 a season extending from December to 

 April inclusive, if one has a sufficient 

 number of plants. 



C. Trianai comes from Colombia, 

 where it must originally have been very 

 plentiful for a tremendous quantity of 

 plants have been imported to this coun- 

 try alone in the past five years. C. T. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business for the past week was consid- 

 ered good. Quite a lot of funeral work 

 was done, which with a few late wed- 

 dings made trade very satisfactory for 

 the Hint week in July. 



Sweet peas are coming in by the bushel, 

 the abundance being due to the recent 

 rains. All of the light colors sell weli, 

 but plenty of the darker shades are left 

 unsold. 



.Roses are plentiful, that is, of the sec- 

 ond quality, mostly Brides, Maids and 

 Gates. Red roses are scarce, only a very 

 few coining in. Beauties are also scarce, 

 not enough coming in to go around, as 

 the demand is always good for good 

 Beauties. 



Carnations are not overplentiful, only 

 a few fairly good ones coming in. Mon- 

 day a big lot of carnations came in fast 

 asleep, which were, no doubt, fine when 

 they left the shipper. The bul'i of carna- 

 tions are small and not salable. 



Good valley is still to be had, with 

 plenty of it on hand for tne demand. 

 These, with plenty of hollyhocks, fever- 

 fews and cornflowers, make up the daily 

 receipts at the wholesale houses, which 

 are sold at the following prices: Roses, 

 from $1 to $4 per 100 ; Beauties, $1 to $3 

 per dozen ; carnations, 50 cents to $2 per 

 100; sweet peas, 25 cents per single 100 

 and $2 in 1,000 lots; hollyhocks, $1 per 

 100 ; feverfews and cornflowers, 25 

 cents per 100 ; smilax, scarce and poor,. 

 15 cents per string. 



Notes. 



Mrs. Wm. Ellison, of Ellison & Tesson. 

 left last week for the north to spend the 

 summer. Mr. Wm. Ellison left the week 

 previous. A. Y. Ellison and Miss Elli- 

 son will join them by August 1. They ex- 

 pect to remain until September 15. 



F. C. Weber furnished 200 American 

 Beauties for the opening of the new Na- 

 tional Bank of Commerce, which is con- 

 sidered the finest in the country. 



Dr. A. S. Halstedt of Belleville was in 

 town Saturday. The doctor says that 

 the Belleville boys will come to the pic- 

 nic in a body and will do everything in 

 their power to make it a success. 



Mr. R. F. Tesson has recovered from 

 his sickness and is around again attend- 

 ing to business. Robert says that should 

 the World's Fair people succeed in con- 

 demning his mother's property he will 

 have to move all his rose houses this 

 summer, and this would be no easy mat- 

 ter. 



The trustees are working hard to make 

 the picnic a grand aifair. They are ar- 

 ranging games of all kinds with prizes 

 for the children and the older folks. The 



