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1 he Weekly riorists Keview. 



July 24. 1902. 



blooming teams now. For instance, the 

 Sclilegel & Fottlers liave been feeling 

 pretty warm, but the Brecks got at them 

 on Franklin Field and pounded some cf 

 the hot out of them upon the ratio of 

 20 to 19. And another game at Natick 

 between the Brimstones and Wabans is 

 scheduled. 



Notes- 

 Perm has sold out his lease at the old 

 Chapman place and now confines his en- 

 ergies to his fine Bromfield emporium. 



ilr. .and Mrs. W. W. Edgar should 

 have been reported as sailing with the 

 others for Europe last week. 



A lightning bolt fell from a clear sky 

 at Dedham, striking a tree and a fence 

 post, then jumped over two of Geo. Cart- 

 wright's greenhouses, striking the third 

 one and rendering his brother Richard 

 unconscious for a few minutes because 

 he had hold of that particular ti'on pest 

 down which it wished to reach the 

 ground. Then it passed into a 4-ineh 

 town water main in the garden, burst- 

 ing it and making pond lilies out of a 

 big batch of carnation plants for an 

 hour or two, until the water could be 

 shut off. Quite an excitement with, 

 very fortunately, no bad results, ex- 

 cept to the tree, the post and the water 

 main. Of these the post was the most 

 badly busted, being thrown thirty feet 

 and badly lacerated. 



J. S. Mantee. 



BUFFALO. 



If ever there was an excuse to fall 

 back on the weather-beaten, worn-out but 

 ever-present subject, the weather, it 

 would be the present moment (strange 

 to say, it's not raining just now). It's 

 no use us Western New York folks 

 grumbling, for perhaps far more serious 

 is the damage in many other parts of the 

 country. It has been, however, so in- 

 cessant this month, as well as all the 

 rest since the snow went, that a glimpse 

 of the sun brings fear of sunstroke. 

 Thunder and lightning, hail, swollen 

 creeks and rivers, drowned out crops and 

 cattle and people is all we see and read 

 about. Those who live in cities with 

 paved streets and sewers, trolley cars 

 and electric lights and a steady salary, 

 know little of the calamity that this 

 strange season has and will produce. 

 !Xo great hailstorm has struck this neigh- 

 borhood, yet we read in the Associated 

 Press neW'S that our friends in jilrie, Pa., 

 have lost heavily. Let us hope not so 

 badly as the papers say. I have learned 

 that you cannot depend on what the 

 newspapers say, except it be the florist 

 journals. Though fanners here and there 

 throughout the country, and incidentally 

 all of us, will be great sufferers, they 

 and we must remember that the world 

 was not made for man, but we happen 

 to be on its surface and we must put 

 up with its climatic conditions, or, if 

 not satisfied, get off. 



With all this inclemency Mr. Wm. 

 Greever, manager of the W. F. Bullock 

 & Co. store, 479 Main street, went and 

 got married two weeks ago. The young 

 lady who will call herself Mrs. G. was 

 formerly Miss Emma Wagner. Good 

 luck to Billy and let him avoid the first 

 cross word. I understand he was not to 

 be married till October, but fearing the 

 flood was coming, and no ark in sight, 

 he lost no time. 



Mr. W. F. Kasting, in company with 

 Mr. Jacob Weiss, has left for a short 



trip to Europe. Mr. Weiss is a Dane, 

 but I don't think that Copenhagen will 

 be lively enough for our Billy. He will 

 want to see Berlin and London and a 

 little of Paris. It's a trip that does all 

 native-born Americans good, especially 

 the high-strung variety and those that 

 are not great students. 



I sojourned to the city of Utiea last 

 Tuesday. It was a sad duty that called 

 me there. Your columns have already 

 noted the death of Wm. J. Crowe in Den- 

 ver, whose remains were brought to his 

 home and interred in the beautiful For- 

 est Hill Cemetery of that city. The mark 

 of respect shown to the memory of jioor 

 Billy was great indeed. To a man the 

 florists were there and hundreds of other 

 citizens. The bereaved widow and lonely 

 parents receive the sympathy of all. 

 This is no place to speak of the noble 

 actions of a noble man in connection 

 with such a sad event, but a man trav- 

 eled from Denver and acted the part of 

 a noble man if ever a man did in this 

 world. W. S. 



REDUCED RATES TO ASHEVILLE. 



An Important Concession. 



We are pleased to be able to announce 

 that at a meeting of the Central Passen- 

 ger Association, held last Tuesday, it was 

 agreed that a rate of one fare for the 

 round trip should be made for the meet- 

 ing of the S. A. F. at Asheville, from 

 all points in Central Passenger Associa- 

 tion territory. This territory extends 

 from Pittsburg on the east to St. Louis 

 on the west, and from the Great Lakes 

 to the Ohio river. As the Southern Pas- 

 senger Association has already granted 

 the one-fare rate, this rate will now pre- 

 vail through from all points in Central 

 Passenger Association territory. 



This action reduces the round-trip rate 

 from Chicago to Asheville from $24.80 

 to .$20 even. And the reduction applies 

 in proportion to all other points and by 

 all lines in Central Passenger Associa- 

 tion territory. It will save delegates 

 many dollars and will undoubtedly add 

 largely to the number in attendance at 

 tho convention. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business the past week was very quiet 

 indeed. As one of our West End florists 

 puts it, ' ' The flower buying public have 

 gone away to summer resorts and some 

 of them have left unpaid bills for which 

 we will have to wait until they return." 



A little funeral work was about the 

 only business done the past week. The 

 weather has been very hot, with plenty 

 of rain in this section, and outdoor stuff 

 is looking fine. The flower beds in the 

 West End and in the parks are in very 

 fine condition and looking their best. 



Most of the growers around here are 

 making preparations to house their car- 

 nations. All report that plants in the 

 fields are in fine condition; all the new 

 varieties are promising to make good and 

 the prospects are very encouraging for 

 a good crop of blooms this fall. 



Stock is still coming in quite plenti- 

 fully, especially roses. Brides and Maids 

 are in abundance, mostly of the second 

 quality, though Perles and red roses are 

 scarce. The best of the Brides and 

 Maids fmd ready sale, while the re- 



mainder is generally dumped. Prices run 

 from $2 to $5 per 100. A few good 

 Kaiserins are coming in, which sell well 

 at $5 and .$6. Beauties are very scarce. 



Carnations are fairly good and only 

 the best sell, which bring $2 per 100 and 

 from that down to 50 cents. Sweet peas 

 are holding out good and are in good de- 

 mand at 20 cents per 100 and $1..50 per 

 1,000. 



Single tuberose stalks are now coming 

 in at $5 per 100; asters from 75 cents to 

 $2 per 100. Other outdoor stuff has lit- 

 tle call, the most call being for material 

 usable in funeral designs. 



Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Young will leave 

 next week for Atlantic City, N. J., to 

 spend the summer. Mrs. Young, who ex- 

 perienced a painful accident two weeks 

 ago, is very much improved. 



Kafish & Sons, on Delmar uoulevard, 

 are building two new show windows, and 

 are also making other improvements for 

 the fall trade. 



E. F. Tesson has returned from St. 

 Paul. The injunction to prevent the con- 

 demnation of their property by the 

 World's Fair Co. was denied, but Robert 

 says they will appeal to the United States 

 Supreme Court. 



Mr. Wm. Bonche, the landscape gar- 

 dener, is busily engaged attencLing to 

 several thousand trees and shrubs near 

 the World's Fair grounds. These are 

 mostly to be used during the exposition. 

 Everything is in fine shape. Mr. Bonche 

 is very thankful for the recent good 

 rains, which did the stuff a world of 

 good. 



At Kuehn's, Eddy and George are 

 brightening up things and making a few 

 changes around the place, so as to be in 

 good shape early this fall. Up in the 

 wire shop all hands are busy filling large 

 orders; no layoff" for the boys this year. 



At C. C. Sanders' place, on Delmar, 

 all hands are busily at work building. 

 When through Mr. Sanders will be in 

 better shape than ever to fill large orders 

 for decorations and designs. His new 

 office, he says, will be a " dream. ' ' Wal- 

 ter will have charge of the place while 

 his father is away next month. 



There will be quite a delegation from 

 here to attend the convention this year, 

 and the party has been promised a spe- 

 cial car. The bowlers have not yet made 

 up their minds to go. Should they do 

 so it will swell the party considerably. 

 The fare from St. Louis will be $20 for 

 the round trip. Any information about 

 the trip will gladly be furnished by J. 

 J. Beneke, 1220 Olive street. 



Last week the delivery wagon belong- 

 ing to F. M. ElUs, wholesale florist, was 

 struck by an electric car and demolished. 

 The horse was not hurt. The damage 

 amounted to about $100. 



Death has again claimed one of our 

 craftsmen, Josiah W. North, head of the 

 North Floral Co., doing business at 915 

 Olive street. He died at 8:30 a. m., 

 Sunday, July 20, after a brief illness at 

 his home in Kimmswick, Mo., at the age 

 of sixty-two years. Mr. North "was born 

 in Bridgeport, Conn. He was not a 

 member of our local club nor of the 

 S. A. F. He leaves a wife and four chil- 

 dren to mourn his loss. His large circle 

 of friends in the trade extend their sym- 

 pathy to the family. The funeral took 

 place on Monday with quite a number of 

 the local florists present. 



