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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



January 14. 1!IU4. 



ure from the beaten path last Thursday 

 in the usual prize bowling competition, 

 with a smaller crowd and lower scores 

 than usual, but all the old-time enthusi- 

 asm on tap; and other things. The 

 prizes were all valuable and the winners 

 lined up for their pick in the following 

 order: 



Alfred Zeller, Patrick Eiley, David 

 Jlellis, Henry Dailledouze, Eugene Daille- 

 douze, Louis Schmutz, Clemens Woeker, 

 I. T. Irwin, Paul Dailledouze. Cigars, 

 vases, mufflers, tobacco jars, bottles, etc., 

 figured in the general distribution. 



The greenhouses owned by William 

 Bell, of Bayside, L. I., were completely 

 destroyed by fire last Wednesday. There 

 was no insurance. Mr. Bell is highly es- 

 teemed by his brother florists, who feel 

 much sympathy for him. 



Cassidy & Sons, of Blissville, L. I., 

 who were also burned out sometime ago, 

 are rebuilding two greenhouses 22x90. 



Mrs. John Donaldson, who has been 

 very ill with pneumonia at her home in 

 Elmhurst, L. I., is out of danger. 



W. E. Marshall, the wholesale seeds- 

 man, came to the club meeting Monday 

 evening somewhat battered but "still in 

 the ring," after his accident at New- 

 port. John Birnie, too, appeared with a 

 nose almost out of commission, the re- 

 sult of some strenuous curling with 

 brother Scots over in Jersey. Patrick 

 O'Mara was again on deck after a 

 tussle with one of Job's comforters, 

 which held him captive for two weeks. A 

 boil on the toe is an unusual affliction. 



After the club meeting Monday night 

 a half dozen enthusiasts, chaperoned by 

 Capt. Lang, visited the bowling alleys se- 

 lected for the new club and unanimously 

 decided they were "out of sight." The 

 club starts with a membership of twenty, 

 all the old-timers among them. The place 

 selected, Twenty-third street and Tenth 

 avenue, with its four alleys, is one of 

 the best in the city, and Monday evening 

 next at 7:30 the opening ceremonies will 

 take place. With the material engaged 

 the captain should take a team to St. 

 Louis that will restore the old-time pres- 

 tige to the New York club. 



C. W. ducas lives during the summer 

 season at Sparkill, on the Worth estate 

 of thirty acres, which the firm has pur- 

 chased and where nursery and trial 

 grounds are already established. Here 

 roses, shrubs, conifers, ornamental trees 

 and herbaceous plants will be grown ex- 

 tensively. Mr. Clueas is a resident of 

 Orange, N. J., during the winter and Mr. 

 Boddington resides at Tonkers. 



B. S. Slinn, Jr., has the decoration for 

 the Arkwright Club this week at 320 

 Broadway, of which he is a member. 

 Over 500 American Beauties, vrith abun- 

 dance of smilax and lilac wiU be used 

 at the banquet. 



C. W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, 

 is at Charlestown, W. Va., this week, 

 and will return to the citv Saturday. 



W. H. Elliott, of Brighton, Mass., was 

 in town on Monday. 



.John B. Nugent, of Young & Nugent, 

 was unfortunate, with many others of 

 the wholesalers in New York, in having 

 several large shipments of stock frozen 

 during the cold snap of a week ago. He 

 is handling superb Liberties, 500 to 

 2,000 daily, some with four to five-foot 

 stems, for which he realizes as high as 

 50 cents. 



Arthur Cowee.was in town on Satur- 

 day on his wav home from the meeting 

 of the New Jersey State Horticultural 



Society, before which he lectured on his 

 favorite theme, the gladiolus. He has 

 secured two acres of space at the St. 

 Louis World's Fair for his exhibit there 

 next summer. J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The weather the past week has been 

 most beautiful, it being warm, with plenty 

 of sunshine. Cut flowers are in great 

 abundance at the wholesale houses. Com- 

 plaints are heard on all sides of dull busi- 

 ness. Some of our florists have orders 

 for decorations for small affairs and there 

 is about the usual activity in funeral 

 work, but transient trade is reported as 

 generally poor. The fakirs, who have 

 been kept indoors during the holidays, 

 are out again in full force during these 

 mce days. 



Prices on stock have fallen, especially 

 on violets and carnations. Of the first 

 named, Californias are coming in heavier 

 every day and consignors have to be sat- 

 isfied with whatever price they bring. 

 Double violets are very much neglected 

 in this market. Therefore with the ad- 

 vent of southern stock we look for very 

 cheap violets during the rest of th(! 

 month. At the present time they nro 

 selling at 25 and 50 cents per single hun- 

 dred, but much cheaper in 1,000 lots. 



Of carnations we may say there is a 

 big glut of all varieties, including white, 

 which has a fair demand. The quality of 

 the stock is very good, with prices as low 

 as $10 per 1,000, In 100 lots $2 to $4 is 

 asked and for extra fancy $5 and .$(5. 

 Signs are again displayed in down-town 

 windows which call for 25 cents per 

 dozen, a great contrast with only a few 

 weeks ago. There is also a big pile of 

 bulbous stock coming in, in fact more 

 than the wholesalers can dispose of. Ro- 

 mans, Paper Whites and valley are selling 

 very cheap. Callas are more plentiful 

 and sell well until Harrisii comes in, 

 which will be about next week. Some 

 freesias are in, but not many. Some 

 calls were heard the past week for tu- 

 lips. Von Sion and Dutch hyacinths, 

 but none are in the market as yet. 



American Beauties are arriving in bet- 

 ter quality than the.v have been, still a 

 great many of them are "bulls." Some 

 excellent stock was seen from Ammann of 

 these. Eancies are scarce, but plenty of 

 those with medium stems are in, also 

 shorts. Good tea roses are not so plenti- 

 ful, still enough Brides and Maids are 

 in for the demand. Meteor and Liberty 

 of the second grades, with short stems, 

 are abundant but fancy grades are some- 

 what scarce. Golden Gate, Carnot anrl 

 Ivory sell well, also Perle. Top price on 

 these runs from $6 to $8 for selects and 

 $3 and $4 for firsts; seconds sell at al- 

 most any price. All greens seem to move 

 well at their usual prices. 



Various Notes. 



W, Murra.y Hendrix, of Gainesville, 

 Ga., was a visitor, representing the Stone- 

 wall Lumber Co,, selling orchid boxes. 



E, W. Guy, of Belleville; J. W. Du"- 

 ford, of Clayton, and "Billy" Winter, of 

 Kirkwood, made friendly calls the past 

 week, Mr, Winter reports that he will 

 visit Chicago and Joliet this week on tli" 

 lookout for new carnations. 



Rudolph J. Mohr's new card reads, 

 "Superintendent of Landscape, British 

 Pavilion, World's Fair Grounds." 



Thomas Maher, landscape gardener, fell 

 while trimming trees in front of Dr, Fos- 



ter 's residence last week and died at the 

 f-ity hospital, his skull being fracture il 

 and three ribs broken. 



Henry Ostertag was kept hustling with 

 some big decorations the past week. 



The Eggeling Floral Co. and Emil 

 Schray, in South St, Louis, report some 

 heavy funeral orders of late. 



At Grand and Olive streets the four 

 florists in this section are making an ele 

 gant showing of cut flowers but report 

 trade somewhat light the past week. 



There is nothing but good news to re- 

 port from our sick brothers. Max Herzog, 

 Carew Sanders, Julius Koenig and John 

 Hudson, All are coming around nicelv 

 and will soon be out to greet their 

 friends. 



The prospects of a big delegation froni 

 here to attend the carnation meeting at 

 Detroit, March 2, is good. Some ten are 

 now in line, with more to hear from 

 This delegation will make an effort to 

 have the carnation society come to St, 

 Louis in 1905, 



We are very sorry to have to report 

 this week the sad news of the deif- 

 Mrs, Max Herzog, which occurred Sur 

 day afternoon at her home at Gratiot 

 Station, The funeral was held on Tues- 

 day at 2 p, m. Mr, Herzog 's many 

 friends, I know, are with me in exteml- 

 ing to him and his daughter our heartfelt 

 s.ympathy. 



Bowling. 



Since returning from the last conven- 

 tion at Milwaukee the bowling club has 

 rolled fifty-five games in which the fol 

 lowing totals, averages and high single 

 scores were made: 



Players. Games. Total. High. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn 49 8880 243 181 



Carl Bcver 35 6129 259 175 



A. 1. Ellison 6 1051 209 175 



.1. J. Beneke 52 8996 218 173 



Will Adels 24 3903 217 16.3 



Theo. Miller 55 8637 214 157 



F. jr. Ellis 44 6594 191 150 



F. C. Weber 30 4475 206 14!) 



O. R. Beneke 2S 4042 191 144 



F. J. Meinhardt 51 6761 173 132 



.John Young 24 3077 184 128 



Fred Weber 24 3025 158 126 



The club bowled at the new alleys on 

 Monday, your scribe feeling extra good 

 in the three games, making an average 

 of 214 and a single game of 253, Team 

 No, 1 won all three games, by the fol- 

 lowing score: 



Team No. 1. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



J. J. Beneke 184 253 206 643 



Wm. Adels 205 145 124 474 



F. O. Weber 141 152 160 453 



O. R. Beneke 152 111 102 365 



John Young 112 132 117 361 



Totals 794 793 709 2,296 



Team No. 2. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



C. A. Kuehn 173 172 132 477 



A. Y. Ellison 177 130 149 456 



F. J. Meinhardt 126 156 126 408 



P. M. Ellis 130 148 133 411 



F. Weber. Jr 110 138 111 350 



Totals 716 742 651 2.111 



J. J, B. 



WORLD'S FAIR EXHIBITS. 



F. W, Taylor, superintendent of hor- 

 ticulture at the St, Louis World's Fair, 

 states that there have been planted in the 

 outdoor display over 17,000 roses and 

 100,000 bulbs. " 



CALENDARS RECEIVED. 



John Lucas & Co., Philadelphia, glass 

 and paint; P, J, Berckmans Co., Au- 

 gusta, Ga,, nursery stock; J. J. Foley, 

 New York, flowers ; Idlewild Greenhouses, 

 Memphis, Tenn,, flowers; A. C. Brown, 

 Springfield, 111., seeds and flowers; J. C. 

 Murray, Peoria, 111., flowers; S. J. Mc- 

 Michael, Findlay, O., vegetable plants. 



