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TheWeekly Florists' Review, 



789 



Another View of the Kansas City Show, with Mt. Vernon in the Background. 



the majority of tlie blooms are below 

 the average in quality. 

 Notes. 



Mr. A.- Lloyd Vauglian, the popular 

 salesman for E. H. Hunt, of Chicago, is 

 in town accompanied by liis wife and 

 daughter. No salesman has more friends 

 in St. Louis than Lloyd Vaughan. 



Mr. E. T. Grave, of Richmond, Ind., 

 was in town Saturday on his way to 

 Kansas City's big show. Mr. Grave had 

 a good word to say for the Review and 

 the Kansas City show. 



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

 accompanied by her sister, spent Sunday 

 in St. Louis on her way to Kansas City, 

 and some of those big prizes on mums 

 and i-oses will be taken back to Ft. 

 \\'ajTie. 



Herbert Heller, of New Castle. Ind., 

 was a caller Sunday. Herbert is out for 

 those big prizes hung up at Kansas City. 



Frank M. Ellis leaves Tuesday night 

 to take in the Kansas City show and 

 will spend the rest of the week in tliat 

 city. 



Tlie Schuernian Floral Co. was busy all 

 week decorating the Coliseum in gieen 

 and white for the horse show, and the 

 place never looked better. A car load of 

 wild sniilax was useil. 



Club Meeting. 



Don't forget the liig meeting of the 

 Florists' Club ne.\t Thursday afternoon 

 at .3 o'clock. The chrysanthemum exhi- 

 bition promises to be large, with the fol- 

 lowing prizes offered: Best vase each of 

 white, vellow, pink and any other color: 

 first. $i..50: second. .$1 each. 



Two essays will be read, one by E. .J. 

 Mohr on "Hardv Bulbs for Cut Flowers," 



and the other by Dr. Halstedt on "How 

 to Grow Chrysanthemums for Cut Flow- 

 ers." J. J. B. 



ST. PAUL. 



Among the Growers. 



K. C. Seeger has a nice range of about 

 27,000 square feet, located on Gorman 

 avenue. He has been in business for a 

 number of years, but not until the sum- 

 mer of 1900 did he complete his present 

 range. Heretofore he has devoted near- 

 ly his entire area to roses, but this sea- 

 son he has put in a large number of 

 carnations, thinking there are lai'ger 

 piotits in these. 



In the line of roses he is growing 

 Brides, Bridesmaids, Golden Gates. Lib- 

 erties, Meteors and Beauties for geni'ral 

 crop. For summer blooming he has 

 grown Kaiserin, Carnot, Testout and 

 Meteor. In novelties he is growing a 

 few Helen Gould. Tliis appears to be a 

 til sr class flower in every particular. 

 While not as large as some varieties 

 it is of fine form, good substance, fra- 

 grant and of a very pleasing shade of 

 dark cerise. The plants are clean, 

 healthy and vigorous, well filled with 

 buds. It seems to be a valuable acqui- 

 sition to our list of reallv a:ood varie- 

 ties. ■ " 



Mr. Seeger was one of the first in 

 this section to plant the Liberty, b>it I 

 must say it is disappointing here as I 

 have found it elsewhere. The introducer 

 advises every one to get a good growth 

 of wood before allowing the buds to de- 

 velop. Such advice is good, but how 

 to get the growth of wood is what is 

 bothering Mr. Seegei-, as well as others. 



Some grafted plants showed up better 

 than those grown on their own roots. 



The Mme. Testout as grown here is 

 certainly a grand variety for summer 

 and fall blooming, and will be planted 

 extensively next season. Carnot and 

 Kaiserin have also given excellent re- 

 sults during the summer. These will be 

 kept in bloom until after Christmas, 

 %\hen they will be cut back and allowed 

 to rest until spring. 



Fairly good success has attended tTie 

 i-ultivation of Beauties at this place 

 and they are considered as profitable as 

 any variety grown, both for summer 

 and winter crops. Brides, Maids, Me- 

 teors and Golden Gates are grown here 

 in large quantities and .are profitable 

 for winter cutting. 



His collection of carnations consists of 

 the following standard varieties: Mi's. 

 Lawson, Mrs. Bradt, Prosperity, White 

 Cloud, Norway. Crane. Mrs. Joost, Day- 

 break, Marquis and Flora Hill. The 

 plants are very strong, thrifty and clean 

 and .should yield immense crops later 

 on. In one house, which is rather dark 

 in winter, is gi'own the Mrs. .Joost. The 

 proprietor informs me that this variety 

 will thrive as well in the shaded house 

 as most varieties do' in sunlight. 



Tlie product of these ranges is sold 

 mostly at wholesale to the trade in St. 

 Paul. A stand in one of the department 

 stores helps work off the cheaper grades 

 and disposes of some stock that would 

 otherwise go to waste. 



A few Sprengeri and plumosus aspar- 

 agus are grown, as well as some bedding 

 plants, but for the most part his houses 

 are devoted to roses and carnations. 



Carl Peterson has recently built two 



