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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



February 23, 1904. 



nearly $1,000 in the store of Johnson 

 & Swan, at Forty-seventh street and Lake 

 avenue. 



Among the week's visitors were J. A. 

 Evans, Eichmond, Ind. ; Wm. Murphy ajid 

 Tliomas Windrani, Cincinnati; Mr. and 

 Mrs. John Young, St. Louis; B. Esehner, 

 of M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, and a 

 representative of Eeed & Keller, New 

 York. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade kept up well the earlier part of 

 the past week, but since Wednesday, 

 which wound i.p the social season, busi- 

 ness has been slack. On Monday of last 

 week cut flowers of all kinds were very 

 scarce and funeral work in plenty. 

 Everybody feemed busy with that kind 

 of work "and most every one was hunt- 

 ing up stock to fill orders. The whole- 

 salers reported plenty of telegrams from 

 neighboring towns asking for shipments, 

 but as the local trade demanded all, they 

 had to be turned down. Prices of course 

 went up at on^e on carnations and roses, 

 which were haio to get at any price. 



There has been a decided drop in the 

 (emp'^rature, with snow and cloudy 

 weather, wh'ich made cut stock scarce, 

 and the market cleaned up nearly up to 

 Wednesday. Since then the market is 

 much better and stock of all kinds more 

 plentiful, with prices still up on first- 

 class stock. But common grades have 

 come down in price. Quite a lot of this 

 material can be had at the present time 

 and we look for no scarcity from now 

 on until Easter. 



In roses Brides and Braidesmaids of 

 the highest grade stand at .$10 per 100 

 and running down to $5. The best de- 

 mand has been for Ught colored stock. 

 WTiite stock also sold well. Beauties are 

 in their usual demand, with fancy stock 

 not to be had and firsts and seconds sell- 

 ing well. Carnations are again becom- 

 ing more plentiful— that is, colored 

 stock. Whites are pretty well cleaned 

 up each day and so are good fancy 

 Lawson and Enchantress. Wolcott, 

 White Cloud and Queen Louise are 

 among the best whites in the market, 

 Crane and Estelle in red and Mrs. Nel- 

 son, Joost and Guardian Angel in pinks. 

 Prices range from $3 to $5 and com- 

 mon sorts are sold at $2. 



Violets held their own during the week 

 and enough were in to supply the demand 

 at 50 and 75 cents per 100. From 

 now on there will no doubt be an over- 

 production of these. The bulb market 

 is also well supplied at the present time. 

 Harrisii sell well, with not any too 

 many in the market; $15 per 100 is the 

 price, with callas the same. Valley im- 

 proves in quality, also freesia. Romans 

 and Paper Whites have quite a demand. 

 Tulips are very plentiful at $3 and $4 

 per 100. Smilax is abundant and of 

 good quality, also asparagus strings. 



The Club Entertainment. 



The entertainment and ball given by 

 the Florists' Club last Friday night was 

 a grand success in every way, and those 

 who did not attend missed a good time. 

 The florists, with their families and 

 friends, began to arrive at 8 o 'clock, and 

 at 9 the dancing floor was well filled. 

 The entertainment was interspersed be- 

 tween the dances. The hall was beauti- 

 fully decorated with carnations, kindly 

 donated by Messrs. Kuehn and EUis. 

 The wild smilax, donated by Caldwell 



the Woodsman, arrived a day late. The 

 entertainment was furnished by Mrs. 

 Otto Koenig and Mrs. John Koenig, who 

 sang beautifully. Miss Pearl Ellis ren- 

 dered diflScult selections on the piano. 

 Miss Willow gave an interesting Spanish 

 dance and Miss Stauiin played the latest 

 selections on the piano, each lady re- 

 ceiving a large bunch of roses and car- 

 nations. The affair was managed by 

 Otto Koenig and Fred C. Weber, who 

 deserve great credit. 



Mr. Brown, the English gardener, and 

 his assistant, R. J. Mohr, better known 

 at the World's Fair grounds as "the 

 long and short of it," in company with 

 the French gardener, thoroughly enjoyed 

 the ball. Frank Fillmore acted as usher 

 in presenting the bouquets to the per- 

 formers and did his part in a graceful 

 manner. The bouquets were furnished 

 by Fred Weber. We missed our subur- 

 ban members very much. W. J. Pileher 

 and wife, of Kirkwood, were the only 

 ones to attend. The east side mem- 

 bers were also noted in their absence. 

 Mr. and Mrs. John Y'oung left for Chi- 

 cago Friday night on a visit to their 

 daughter, and so missed the ball. Re- 

 freshments were served on the second 

 floor and enjoyed by all. 



Club Meeting. 



Don 't forget the dub meeting next 

 Tlrarsday afternoon. March 3, at 2 

 n 'clock. This will be one of the most 

 important meetings of the year. J. H. 

 Iladkinson and Henry Emmons will be 

 the essayists at this meeting. The ar- 

 rangement committee will have its re- 

 port ready on entertaining the executive 

 board of the S. A. F., which meets at 

 the Southern Hotel March 5, 6 and 7. 

 The tickets will also be handed out for 

 the trolley ride to the World's Fair 

 grounds on Sunday, March 6, to which 

 all members are eligijjle. Members who 

 wish to take part in this trip must at- 

 tend the meeting. No tickets will be 

 sent by mail. 



Bovtrling. 



Below will be found the averages and 



single high scores of the sixty-seven 

 games played this season by the mem- 

 bers of the St. Louis Florists' Bowling 

 Club: 



Player. Games. Total. .\vg. High. 



C. A. Kuehn (M 11373 178 243 



J. J. Beneke 87 118n.s 176 253 



Carl Beyer 41 717.5 17,'> 259 



A. Y. Ellison !l 15117 IBS 209 



Theo. Miller 67 10519 157 214 



Wm. Adels 33 5177 157 217 



F. C. Weber 44 6438 146 206 



F. M. EHis 56 S159 146 191 



O. R. Beneke 43 6106 142 191 



F. H. Meinhardt 62 8315 l.'!4 221 



.lohn Young .I*! 4868 128 1S4 



Freddie Weber 39 4942 127 158 



The two teams composed of four men 

 placed four games on Monday night, each 

 team winning two games by the follow- 

 ing scores: 



Team No. 1. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. TM. 



J. J. Beneke 191 152 174 171 688 



Tbeo. Miller 127 176 180 152 635 



F. C. Weber 114 120 119 177 530 



F. M. Ellis 128 159 141 101 529 



Totalis 560 507 614 6012382 



Team No. 2. 1st. 2d. ,3d. 4th. T'l. 



C. A. Kuehn 154 183 168 173 68S 



.i. Y. Ellison 162 176 186 173 6.97 



F. H. Meinhardt 115 168 144 135 562 



O. R. Beneke 101 146 115 129 49] 



Totals 532 673 613 610 241S 



A team composed of Beneke. Beyer, 

 Jliller, Kuehn and Ellison will roll a 

 match game with the Belleville Difficul- 

 ties, which team is captained by E. W. 

 Guy, on nest Monday night on Worden 's 

 alleys, and the following week the same 

 team w411 tackle Uncle Sam 's team of let- 



ter carriers, which is captained by John 

 W. Kunz, a forn-.er florist. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Busiucss is exceptioually good for the 

 beginning of Lent, although there have 

 been one or two quiet days. Violets have 

 sold well and are of fine quality. Brides 

 and Maids are more plentiful, also fancy 

 carnations. Bulbous stock in general and 

 daffodils in particular drag at times. 

 Easter lilies are to be had in quantity, 

 also white violets, both rather scarce until 



Flowertown. 



The tavern keeper and all the natives 

 spell it Flourtown, at least all of them 

 who adhere to higher education, but vis- 

 itors who trudge out the Bethlehem pike 

 lo the second rise beyond the one where 

 they tell such famous yarns that the place 

 is known as Chestnut Hill, one part of 

 it even as ' ' Windy iloor, ' ' shortened 

 latterly for the sake of euphony, will 

 agree with the above spelling. For there 

 George E. Campbell has taken root and 

 flourished exceedingly, as may be seen 

 at a glance or learned from the state- 

 ment that he cut 110,000 Brides and 

 Maids from two houses each 20x150 feet 

 in twelve months. The romantic days of 

 camping out in a big tent are over long 

 since; his home is too comfortable to 

 make that a regret. There is a nice stable 

 and a newer icehouse, just filled with 

 sixty solid tons of frozen water that 

 makes their possessor feel that summer 

 heat has no terrors for his rose buds. 

 There are four 150-foot houses now, two 

 each in Brides and Bridesmaids in the 

 pink of condition, throwing up strong 

 bottom canes that make specials and firsts 

 easily outnumber seconds and thirds just 

 at the right time. Mr. Campbell says 

 that ' ' care ' ' does it. Certainly, as my 

 friend K. would put it, the combination 

 between care and Campbell seems to make 

 a winner. Perhaps it ought to be Camp- 

 bell and care; he takes care you know. 



Little Acts of Kindness. 



It is generally admitted by the intent 

 in and about this City of Brotherly Love 

 that if you strike a heating snag you 

 run out Woodland avenue and consult 

 George Anderson. It would be interest- 

 ing to know how many of our florists 

 have done this; when the number is told 

 you will know how many have benefited 

 by his knowledge and experience. George 

 Anderson is thoroughly up in steam fit- 

 ling, as well as in all kinds of iron work 

 relating to greenhouse construction. He 

 is said to have been the first florist here 

 to heat his place by steam and to cut and 

 drill his own purlins. He is not practical, 

 but he understands the principles that 

 govern steam circulation so that he se- 

 cures results for his work. Many a knotty 

 problem has been submitted to him, why 

 this or that arrangement wouldn't do, 

 that he has solved, making the remedy 

 clear with a rapidly drawn sketch on some 

 convenient post or board. Yes, post, be- 

 cause though a firm believer in iron, Mr. 

 Anderson thinks the iron post of today 

 must be strengthened to fill its place prop- 

 erly in the modern greenhouse. And so 

 with the little sketch in mind each one 

 has returned to his own place with a 

 warm spot under the left side of his 

 jacket for the man who had so freely 



