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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JnLT 31, 1902. 



phur once a week, applied on bright days, 

 Avill also be of benefit. If the plants 

 are otherwise healthy they -oill soon out- 

 grow this trouble. Rises. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The program for the convention to be 

 held at Asheville, N. C, Aug. 19 to 22, 

 has been issued. The meetings and ex- 

 hibition will be held in the Asheville 

 Auditorium, the exhibits occupying the 

 stage and the right and left wings of the 

 main hall. 



The opening session at 3 p. m. Tues- 

 day, will be devoted to an address of wel- 

 come by Mr. A. S. Barnard on behalf of 

 the city of Asheville and the Board of 

 Trade, the annual address of the Presi- 

 dent and reports of Secretary, Treasurer, 

 State Vice Presidents, committees and 

 other officials of the society. The judges 

 will examine and prepare their reports 

 upon the trade exhibits on Tuesday aft- 

 ernoon. The President's reception will 

 be held in the parlor of the Battery Park 

 Hotel on Tuesday evening. 



On Wednesday morning following the 

 reports, of the judges there will be dis- 

 cussions upon the following subjects: 

 "The Needs of the Commercial Florist 

 in the North," opened by F. E. Mathi- 

 son, Waltham, Mass. ; ' ' Remarks on the 

 Bulb Situation," by Wm. R. Smith, 

 Botanic Garden, Washington, D. C. ; 

 ' ' Possibilities in Bulb Culture in the 

 South," opened by Prof. W. F. Mas- 

 sey, Raleigh, N. C. The location of the 

 next place of meeting and the nomina- 

 tion of officers for next year will take 

 place at this session. 



The bowling contest will take place 

 Wednesday afternoon. Entries should 

 be made with Robert Halliday, 11 E. 

 Baltimore st., Baltimore, Md. 



Wednesday evening will be devoted to 

 a lecture with stereopticon views, by J. 

 K. M, L. Farquhar, of Boston, illustra- 

 ting the methods followed by foreign 

 growers and dealei-s in the cultivation 

 and shipment of bulbs for the American 

 trade. 



The subject for discu.ssion on Thursday 

 morning will be ' ' Marketing Cut Flow- 

 ers, " The wholesale phase of the sub- 

 ject will be treated by Edgar Sanders, 

 Chicago, and the retail division by Geo. 

 W. Wienhoeber, Chicago. 



The election of officers will follow, and 

 action on the proposed changes in the 

 constitution and by-laws. 



On Thursday afternoon the meetings 

 of the Hail Association, Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America and the American 

 Carnation Society will be held. The 

 shooting contest will also take place 

 Thursday afternoon. 



Thursday evening addresses will be 

 made on The Proposed Appalachian 

 Forest Reserve, by Dr. C. P. Ambler, 

 Asheville, and The Humorous Side of the 

 Florists' Business, by J. D. Carmody, 

 Evansville, Ind. 



On Friday morning the visitors will 

 be entertained with a ride to Overlook 

 Mountain, on invitation of the Idlewild 

 Floral Co., of Asheville, and in the after- 

 noon Biltmore, the famed estate of Mr. 

 George W. Vanderbilt, will be open by 

 special invitation to the society. The 

 drive through the extensive estate will 

 be provided by the Asheville Board of 

 Trade. 



Displays for the trade exhibit should 



be shipped in care of Ernest Kirstein, 

 Asheville, N. C, charges prepaid. 



The following hotels are recommended 

 as convenient and desirable at rntes as 

 quoted, American plan : 



Battery Park, $3.00 to .$4.00 per day. 



Swannanoa, $2.50 to $3.00 per da.y. 



Berkeley, $2.00 to $3.00 per day." 



The Manor, *2.00 to $3.00 per day. 



Glen Rock, $2.00 per day. 



The Oaks, $1.40 per day. 



There are a number of smaller hotels 

 at $1.00 per day and upwards. 



Anyone who has not received a copy 

 of the program may obtain one by ad- 

 dressing Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary, 79 

 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 



The seeretarj' has issued the following 

 announcement: 



It is most desirable that members should es- 

 pi-ess their preference as to the selection of 

 the local vice-presidents to represent their 

 respective States for the coming year. It is 

 the dr.ty of each State vice-president (or in 

 his absence some one who represents him) 

 to call together the members present from his 

 State at the convention for the purpose of 

 electing a vice-president. If this is not at- 

 tended to it devolves upon the president to 

 make the appointment according to his best 

 judgment and if such appointment should be 

 not entirely satisfactory the responsibility rests 

 solcl.v with those who failed to attend to the 

 duty at the proper time. 



ST, LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business conditions remain about the 

 same, with the demand still fair for 

 first-class stock. Funeral work has been 

 quite plentiful and some of the dealers 

 report some large orders for big de- 

 signs. This kind of work is all that is 

 looked for at this time of the year. In 

 other kinds of work the florist business is 

 at a standstill. The bulk of the stock 

 that comes in now is sweet peas, asters, 

 gladioli and a big lot of second quality 

 roses. 



The prices on this stuff are low and the 

 man with a big job can make some money, 

 as stock can be bought very low in big 

 lots. Roses are quoted from $1 to $4, 

 with Kaiserins in the lead at $4. Brides 

 and Maids are very poor at $2. Reds 

 and Perles are still scarce. Carnations 

 are very poor with a slow demand, ex- 

 cept whites. $1 to $1.50 is the price. 



Asters are improving in quality and 

 some very fine ones are seen every day 

 at the wholesale market, but there are 

 more for which $1 per 100 is hard to 

 get. The largest call is for white and 

 purple. 



Peas are very plentiful and are of good 

 color but short-stemmed ; 20 cents per 100 

 is all they bring. 



Gladioli are a great glut and can 

 hardly be disposed of at any price. 

 Some very fair smilax can be had at 15 

 cents per string. 



Florists' Picnic. 



On last Thursday, the 24th, the St. 

 Louis florists enjoyed the best outing 

 ever held by the club. Most of the 

 craft left earl_v in the morning for the 

 grounds, but quite a few came in the 

 afternoon, making in all about 100 flor- 

 ists and their friends. The band was one 

 of the features of the day and the mu- 

 sic, the singing and the dancing were 

 enjoyed by all. 



The fun started at 2 p. m. with a 

 game of ball between Tesson's team and 

 a team of florists. Rain interfered after 

 the second inning, with the score stand- 

 ing: 'lesson, 11; Florists, 0. Charlie 



Kuehn and Frank Ellis lost (he game 

 after two men were out. Both ran into 

 a corn field after a fly ball and lost it. 

 After tills the Tessons piled uji eleven 

 ruus. Dr. A. S. llalstedt was the um- 

 pire. After the refreshing rain had 

 stopped, the little girls' race was run. 

 This was won by Miss Ammann, and 

 Miss Gutzman got second prize. The 

 married ladies' race was won by Mrs. 

 .J. W. Dunford, and Mrs. F. M. EUis 

 came in second. The young boys' race 

 was won by Mr. Carrick's boy, and young 

 Guendt came in second. In the 100- 

 yard dash for young men Mr. W. Hurt 

 won first prize and Oscar Kuehn, second. 

 A race was made up of growers, in which 

 Fred Ammann won first prize and E. 

 W. Guy came in second. 



After tliis the event of the afternoon 

 was pulled off — the tug of war, cap- 

 tained by Fred Ammann and J. W. Dun- 

 ford. After a hard pull which lasted 

 fifteen minutes, Ammann 's team won the 

 prize of fifty very fine cigar.s, which the 

 winners very generously divided with the 

 losers. 



After supper the ladies' bowling con- 

 test began. There were twenty entries. 

 Owing to the large number only seven 

 frames were rolled and the following 

 scores were made: 



Mrs. Klaus 81 Mrs. Adels 30 



Mrs. F. C. Weber.. 65 Mrs. Beneke 29 



Miss Dora Weber. ..54 Mrs. Guy 2S 



Mrs. Pilcher 50 Mrs Schuettc 27 



Mrs. Paules 49 Mrs. Kuehn 2B 



Mrs. Ellis 45 Mrs. Outly 25 



Miss L. Meinhardt. .41 Miss Mohr 24 



Miss Gusosliy 37 Miss Bokern 21 



Miss M. Meinhardt. .31 Mrs. Steidle 21 



Mrs. Klaus won first prize and Mrs. 

 F. C. Weber, second prize. 



In the gentleman's bowling contest 

 there were fifteen entries. E. W. Guy 

 won first prize with 166, and J. J. Beneke 

 second with 126. Only seven frames 

 were rolled. The other scores were: 



F. C. Weber 117 F. Weber, Jr 75 



C. Britshoe 117 Fillmore 75 



Kuehn 102 Herman Weber 70 



Adels 102 Oscar Kuehn 62 



Frow 94 Pilcher 57 



Kindler 79 



This ended the programme of sports 

 and the rest of the evening the younger 

 folks spent in dancing and boating. At 

 10 o'clock everybody was ready for the 

 trip home. 



Great credit must be given the trustees, 

 Messrs. Mohr, Ammann and Adels, for 

 the very able manner in which they han- 

 dled the outing. This was the expres- 

 sion of all the members and their friends, 

 and all say it was the best picnic yet 

 given by the club. 



Echoes of the Picnic. 



R. F. Tesson and R. J. Mohr were 

 known as the long and short of it. 



George Windier and Walter Sanders 

 were always surrounded by young ladies 

 and never missed a dance. 



Eddie Gerlach and George Augermuller 

 never left the dancing pavillion. 



C. C. Sanders and Theo. Miller were 

 looked for but never came. 



Fred Ammann brought his whole fam- 

 ily from Edwardsville and went back 

 with two prizes. Fred says he was born 

 lucky. 



Fred Meinhardt had his hands full 

 taking care of his mother, wife and three 

 sisters. 



Alderman Halstedt and wife, of Belle- 

 ville, looked happy watching the young 

 folks enjoying themselves. 



Frank Fillmore and his wife, who never 

 miss an outing given by the club, came 

 with a number of friends. 



