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scarlet. Isaac H. Passmore, Westchester, 

 Pa., brought Vesper, white. William 

 Lidflen showed Helen Recti, a pleasing 

 pink. .John N. May. Summit, X. J., sent 

 some good carnations and roses. Visit- 

 ors were C W. Ward, Harry Jlay, Isaac 

 Passmore, Wm. Swayne and others. 

 Business is j)oor. 



Pliii.. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Since the riiristnias holidays trade may 

 bo classed as good. New Year's day was 

 rather light and hardly any preparations 

 were made for extra stock, as not mucli 

 is expecteil on that day, although some of 

 the West End florists report some extra 

 orders from the way-up society folks. 

 Funeral work has been good, as several 

 prominent people died during the past 

 week, which made an extra run on white 

 flowers. Still the wholesalers seem to 

 clean up a good bit of colored stock every 

 day and we might say that we are not 

 suffering the usual reaction which gen- 

 erally follows the holidays. 



In cut stock at the wholesale houses 

 roses are quite plentiful ; not a glut by 

 any means, but enough to go around. 

 The general quality is very good and 

 especially Bride and Bridesmaid. Ex- 

 tra fancy Beauties are down to $6 and $8 

 per dozen. In the medium grades a 

 great many deformed blooms are seen, 

 the best of this stock being from $3 to $-i 

 per dozen. Shorts are more plentifid at 

 $6 per lUO. Good tea roses are up as 

 high as .$10 per 100. Bride and Maid 

 are most plentiful of all. Enough Me- 

 teors are in for the demand. Carnot, 

 (jate and Perle are all selling well at 

 from .$10 down to as low as $4. 



The price of carnations is still keeping 

 up, $0 and $S for fancy stock and all 

 I'ommon grades bring $4. Those with 

 rubbers on bring only $.■). as they are 

 only used for work. The market is well 

 supplied with some fine carnations of all 

 varieties. Violets are most plentiful and 

 are down to $1 per 100 for the best. The 

 demand is excellent and clean sales are 

 reported on these. Romans and Paper 

 Whites are very abundant and sell fairly 

 well at from $2 to $4 per 100. Harrisii 

 and callas are somewhat scarce and so 

 are freesias. Tulips and single jonquils 

 are not in the market yet. There is a 

 good demand for valley. Smilax and all 

 greens are in lively demand and some 

 good sales are reported at the usual 

 prices. 



Various Notes. 



A few fashionable weddings are on for 

 this week and among the ])retty deco- 

 rations of the past week was one by 

 Henry Ostertag, who did an elegant job 

 at Faust 's, w liich was greatly admired 

 by great crowds on New Year 's eve. 



The Florists' Club meeting next Thurs- 

 day afternoon will be of great import- 

 ance to all the members and they arc- 

 requested to attend. A fine display of 

 new carnations will be on exhibition. 

 Messrs. Crillis and Fillmore are lioth 

 ready with their essays. 



A. C. C'anfield, of Springfield, HI., was 

 a visitor the i)ast week, making friendly 

 calls on the trade. 



A. S. Halstedt. of Belleville, was in 

 town the past week on his way to Spring- 

 field and reported that he will visit <'hi- 

 cago before coming home. 



Carew Sanders has been sick for the 

 past two weeks but from reports is im- 



proving and exjwcts to attend the next 

 club meeting. 



Frank M. Ellis acted the part of the 

 hero last Saturday, saving a lady from 

 being run down by a street car. Only 

 for the timely arrival of Jlr. Ellis the 

 lady would have been crushed to death. 



Max Herzog, who has been reported 

 very sick, is improving somewhat, also 

 ilrs. Herzog. The last report from 

 .lohn M. Hudson is that he is somewhat 

 lietter. The members of the club extend 

 their sympathy and hoj)e for their timely 

 recovery. 



Emil Schray had his hand jioisoned by 

 handling Primula obconica. The recom- 

 mendation for the cure printed in the 

 last issue, page L'HIi, will no doubt put 

 his hands in go<id shape again. 



il. J. Kern, one of the oldest landscape 

 gardeners in the city, left a few weeks 

 ago for Mississippi to lay out one of the 

 largest private places in that state. 



The members of the American A.ssoeia- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, 

 which met hero last week, attended a 

 banquet last Friday at the Southern Ho- 

 tel, given by the trustees of the ilissouri 

 Botanical Garden. Covers were laid for 

 240. The banquet hall was beautifully 

 decorated with plants and cut floweis 

 from the garden. 



Fred. C. Weber, in company with John 

 Steidle, visited Belleville on Tuesday of 

 this week, calling on the trade. 



Henry .Tohann, of Collinsville, 111., was 

 a \-isitor Tuesday, calling on the trade. 

 Mr. .lohann says he will attend the next 

 meeting of the club. 



Bowline. 



Two teams of four on a side bowle<l 

 on Monday night and team No. 1 was the 

 winner this time by the following score: 



No. 1. 1st. 2(1. •■?d. T'l. 



I. J. Beiiokc 204 It!" 170 .141 



ni«i. Miner 142 185 137 4S4 



Win .Vdels loo 144 14.'! 437 



V. J. Meinhiirdt 13G 135 154 425 



Totals 632 Vil 624 1887 



Xo. 2. 1st. 2d. .-Id. T'l. 



1'. A. Kueha 154 176 I40 470 



.\. y. Ellison 18:t 13» 170 502 



K. M. Ellis 134 IX?, 161 428 



(>. R. Beiiekc 146 126 171 443 



Totals 617 574 642 1843 



These two teams will, on next Monday 

 night, roll on the .Tefferson alleys, Jef- 

 ferson and Olive streets, and every Mon- 

 day until the warm weather sets in as 

 the Blue Ribbon alleys are too cold and 

 bowling with overcoats and ear niufi's on 

 is not relished much bv the members. 



J. J. B. 



ST. PAUL. 



The Market. 



New Year's trade was hardly up to 

 the average of recent years, although 

 there was a good demand for all kinds 

 of flowers and for some plants. There 

 was a very perceptible falling off in the 

 country trade. Cut blooms were plentifid 

 in everything except red, the demand for 

 this color being in excess of the supply. 

 Prices were from twenty-five to fifty per 

 cent lower than at Christmas. In bloom- 

 ing plants azaleas and begonias were 

 good sellers. It is to be regretted that 

 we cannot have average sales like New 

 Year 's throughout the year, rather than 

 the spasmodic ett'orts of (liristmas and 

 Faster, when many customers feel that 

 they are being defrauded and buy noth- 

 ing until the following year, when they 

 repeat the performance. But we cannot 

 alter condition.s, although we believe 



trade in general would be better through- 

 out the year if it were not for the gen- 

 eral increase in prices at the holidays. 



Various Notes. 



Gust. Colberg, for many years with 

 I,. L. May & Co., has purchased an inter- 

 est in and assumed the management of 

 the Swanson store but recently opened at 

 31 East Sixth street. His friends in the 

 trade wish him success in the venture. 



R. C. Seeger has recently put in a new 

 refrigerator which adds very much to the 

 attractiveness of the store, which is pre- 

 sided over by his daughter. He is cut- 

 ting some very fine roses, carnations and 

 violets. 



N. C. Hansen has two nice houses, in 

 which he is cutting some very fine car- 

 nations. Some old time favorites are 

 found here, producing good crops of 

 bloom. Jubilee and Daybreak are con- 

 sidered as profitable as any and are 

 certainly producing some fine blooms on 

 long, stiff stems. Other varieties grown 

 here are White Cloud, Flora Hill, Mrs. 

 Bradt, Mrs. Joost, Crane, Guardian 

 .Vngel, Marquis, Triiunph and Prosperity. 

 .Vnother season Enchantress and Lawson 

 will be i>lanted. A carnation support of 

 his own invention is one of the cheapest 

 and best I have seen. The larger house, 

 erected in 1902, is 24x100 feet in di- 

 mensions; the smaller, erected last sum- 

 mer, 21x72 feet. Double strength, 18x20 

 butted glass is employed. Mr. H. says 

 he would use no other. Care was taken 

 in laying the glass and there is no drip 

 noticeable inside. The houses are erect- 

 ed on a gentle southern slope and are ad- 

 mirably located for growing good stock, 

 being away from the dirt and soot of the 

 city. My. Hansen 's reputation as a 

 grower is second to none in the city. 

 By hard work and careful management 

 he has made a good start in the business 

 and should build up a good trade. 



One-half mile south of the above houses 

 is located the extensive range of that 

 veteran grower. Christian Hansen. I say 

 veteran grower althcnigh he started in 

 business only fourteen yeai's ago and is 

 still a young man. But the phenomenal 

 success which has attended his efforts 

 makes him a veteran, comparatively 

 speaking. His principal crops are roses 

 and carnations. With the latter his suc- 

 cess this season has been very gratifying 

 and he has been cutting a fine crop for 

 several months. Enchantress, Guardian 

 Angel, Queen Louise, Crane and Mrs. 

 Lawson are the jirincipal sorts grown 

 here. The blooms were close cut at the 

 time of my visit but there was a perfect 

 forest of Ijuds on all varieties, while his 

 Christmas cut was enormous. In roses 

 he grows Liberty, Bride, Jlaiil and Golden 

 Gate, planting grafted stock only. A 

 fresh lot of 5,000 Manetti stocks for new- 

 grafting has just lieen potted up. Some 

 two-year-old Golden (iates are throwing 

 up enormous canes, promising big croj)s 

 later on. In the management of this 

 place he is ably assisted by Leopold Low 

 and his son. Christian, .Ir. X. Y. 7.. 



K.vNSAS City, Mo. — Jacob Tobler says 

 he had a first <lass Christmas trade. 



S.\LESi. Ii.L. — Miss .Jennie Spencer has 

 no greeniiouses except a small conserva- 

 tory but nmnages to handle a good many 

 cut flowers during the year. 



I HAVE dropped other papers in pref- 

 erence for the Review.— C. C. Wonne- 

 MANN, Mexico, Mo. 



