September 18. 1902 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



543 



It is situated at 21 Mill street, and if 

 their mctliods of doing business prove as 

 ■crooked as the electric service to their 

 place, I fear they may never succeed. 

 Their appearance, however, indicates a 

 straiglitforwardness more similar to the 

 railway to the near-by station and I 

 hereby advocate the use of both. 



I felt interested because of the pe- 

 ■culiar size of their mammoth new house. 

 It is of Hitching's make, iron frame, up- 

 to-date in all appointments, 100 feet 

 long, but is .50 feet wide, thereby cover- 

 ing ll,(lt)() carnation plants, now all set 

 and looking well indeed. 



James M. Tuohy, the East Boston rep- 

 resentative of the family, has decided to 

 change the location of his business to 

 Washington street, Boston, and has en- 

 gaged a store near State street for that 

 purpose. But he seems to be more elated 

 because of the fact that he now stands 

 second upon the list of checker cham- 

 pions of the Florists' Club, having won 

 that distinction by defeating Sam Beck 

 And B. F. Washington. But others are 

 coming thick and fast. 



J. S. Manteb. 



THE SUN 

 AND THE 

 UMBRELLA. 



fionnenschein uud Regenscbirm went walking 



down de lane. 

 Said Kegensclurm to .Soniienschein. "I dink we 



haflf some rain." 

 ''•Well, if it rains.'* said Sonuenschein, "De 



ground will sure get wet. 

 ""Dnd den de sun will shine und dry it up 



already yet." 



De Sun may shine, de Rain may rain, 



De Snow might snow a few. 

 De Wind might blow a hurricane. 



It's all de same to you. 

 Tou kick because you like to kick; 



Berhaps some day you'll see. 

 It pays to haff a pleasant smile. 



Be sunuy. same as me. 



FRITZ BLUMENSCHNEIDER. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business for the lirst two weeks in 

 September was good. The opening of the 

 schools, which brought most of the so- 

 •ciety folks back from their summer va- 

 cations, and a few fall weddings made 

 us a little business. The weather is cool 

 and the florists' windows are beginning 

 to look attractive again with their dis- 

 plays of cut flowers. 



On Saturday, the 13th, nearly every- 

 body in St. Ijouis wore a pink carnation 

 in honor of the late William McKinley, 

 and the wholesalers were flooded with 

 orders, not half enough coming in to sup- 

 ply the demand. None of us was prepared 

 for such a rush for this flower and most 

 of the store men were sold out before 

 10 o'clock in the morning; 60 cents per 

 dozen was the overage price asked for 

 them, still some of the stores asked .$1 

 per dozen, and a few as high as $2 per 

 dozen, the wholesale price being from 

 ^1 to $2 per 100. 



During the first part of the week white 

 flowers had a fair call, with plenty of 

 them in the market. The best roses sell 

 •well, while plenty of seconds are going to 

 waste for the want of demand; some are 

 more or less mildewed. Three dollars is 

 the top price asked for the best of them. 



In carnations, white are in great 

 abundance in this market just now, but 

 colored ones are quite scarce. From $1 to 

 .$2 is asked for them. Asters are still 

 plentiful and of good quality, with a 

 price on them from 50 cents to .$1 per 

 100. Other outdoor stulT is about over 

 and will be scarce from now on. Smilax 

 and asparagus are looking better and 

 the sales are reported good. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its September 

 meeting on last Thursday afternoon at 

 its regular rooms in the Odd Fellows' 

 building. The meeting was called to or- 

 der at 3 o'clock by President Meinhardt 

 with eighteen members present. Aft€r 

 the minutes of the last meeting were 

 read the different committees made their 

 reports. The transportation committee 

 was discharged with thanks. The pienic 

 committee reported a surplus of $2..50 on 

 hand, which was turned over to the treas- 

 urer. 



Mr. F. B. Call, of the St. Louis Car- 

 nation Co., was elected a member of the 

 club, after which the new officers were 

 installed by e.x-Presidents Fillmore. Hal- 

 stedt and Ammann. President Meinhardt 

 on leaving the chair thanked the mem- 

 bers for their support during the year. 

 The new president, J. W. Dunford, on 

 taking the chair, made a neat speech 

 and outlined some of the business that 

 would be done the coming year. 



Vice-President George Windier, on tak- 

 ing his chair, said that he would work 

 for the welfare of the elub and do all in 

 his power to help the new president 

 maintain the club's present high stan- 

 dard. The work of Secretary Schray and 

 Treasurer Beneke, the two old officers, 

 was too well known to the club to need 

 any further assurances from these gen- 

 tlemen. The two trustees present. Steidle 

 a.nd .Juengel, received their instructions 

 from the chair on taking their seats. Will- 

 iam Trillow, of Chicago, nn old time 

 member of the club, was present and was 

 called upon for a few remarks. He said 

 that the biggest thing in Cincinnati is 

 Peterson's Gloire De Lorraine and the 

 biggest thing in Buffalo is William 

 Scott. His remarks were listened to with 

 great interest by the memljers. Vice- 

 President Windier, who was the only 

 member present that attended the con- 

 vention, told us of the good time they 

 had in Asheville and the short stay in 

 Cincinnati. 



Otto G. Koenig, son of the late Julius 

 Koenig, was indorsed by the club for 

 superintendent of floriculture at the 

 World's Fair. 



The next meeting of the club will be 

 held on the third Thursd.av in October, 

 owing to the big Thursday' of fair week 

 falling on our regular meeting day. 



After adjournment President Dunford 

 in-vited all to an elegant supper at Hotel 

 Mozier, which was enjoyed by all. 



Notes. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville. III.; 

 A. S. Halstedt, of Belleville. III.; William 

 Winter, of Kirkwood. JIo. ; J. W. Dun- 

 ford, B. F. Call and John Steidle. of Cen- 

 tral, Mo., were out-of-town members who 

 attended the last meeting of the club. 



Mrs. M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne. Ind., 

 was a visitor last Saturday, calling on 

 the trade. 



W. E. .lordon and his mother-in-law, 

 Jlrs. Madden. Ixjught the land on which 

 the old greenhouses of the Jordan Floral 

 Co. stand, 14.5 feet on Union avenue and 

 712 feet on North Market street, includ- 



ing the greenhouses, and will conduct a 

 general greenhouse business under the 

 name of The Jordon Greenhouses, W. 

 E. .lordon & Co., proprietors. The place 

 is well stocked with palms, ferns and 

 plants of all kinds. They will have a fine 

 lot of pDt chrysanthemums this fall. The 

 company known as the .lordon Floral Co., ' 

 is now out of existence. 



Base BalL 



The Tesson and Berning base ball teams 

 will play their third game next Sunday, 

 September 21st, for the championship, 

 each having won a game. Both teams 

 have asked your correspondent to act 

 as umpire, and he has agreed to do so 

 provided business will permit. 



J. J. B. 



OMAHA. 



Trade is on the increase; roses and 

 carnations are selling well. The demand 

 for pink carnations last Saturday ami 

 Sunday was greater than at an}' time iu 

 the history of Omaha in a tender ob- 

 servance of the memory of William Mc- 

 Kinley. All who could get them wore a, 

 pink carnation Sunday, the shade that 

 the president loved .so well, and the 

 thought of McKinley was in the mind 

 of every man, as the flags were at half- 

 mast and words were spoken in almost 

 every church concerning the martyred 

 president. The public needs but the 

 slightest suggestion to adopt this cus- 

 tom of wearing the flower as an offering 

 to the great dead. 



,The Nebraska Florists' Society held 

 its annual meeting September 13. The 

 election of officers was as follows: J. J. 

 Hess, president ; S. R. Faulkner, vice- 

 president; Lewis Henderson, secretary; 

 George Swoboda, treasurer ; Wm. Ells- 

 worth, George Sorenson and John Barth, 

 trustees. 



The Nebraska State Horticultural 

 society held its exhibit at Lincoln at 

 the state fair the first part of the month 

 with a very fine display of plants and 

 cut flowers. Frey & Frey, of Lincoln, 

 received first premium on display of 

 plants and cut flowers ; L. Henderson 

 first on floral designs and .second on 

 plants. 



The angel of death has visited us and 

 taken Mrs. Henry Peterson, who was 

 laid to rest last Thur.sday in the Forest 

 Lawn Cemetery in the presence of many 

 friends and florists. L. H. 



Baeaboo. Wis. — Nurseryman M. F. 

 Foley has completed another large pack- 

 ing house in connection with the Great 

 Northern Nursery Co. The new building 

 is 100x25 feet and the company's build- 

 ing.s now cover a space of 17,000 square 

 feet. 



OsKALOOSA, lA. — The work of rebuild- 

 ing the Kemble greenhouses is about 

 completed. The heating plant is now be- 

 ing installed. 



Seguin, Tex. — H. L. Neal has pur- 

 chased the Ro.'elawn Greenhouses, for- 

 merly owned by Miss E. Leonard, who 

 died recently. 



Batavia, N. Y. — Nelson , Bogue, the 

 nurseryman, has lost an eye and has 

 been kept in a darkened room since early 

 in Jul}'. 



Seattle, Wash. — Lilly, Bogardus & 

 Co. are planning to establish a seed 

 farm of more than 100 acres hear this 

 city. 



