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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 31, 1904. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past week found everything in 

 the cut flower line very quiet and there 

 was more fine stock than the demand had 

 any use for; it w^as a pity to see a lot 

 of extra fiue, long Beauties going to 

 waste in the wholesale market. The same 

 may be said of bulbous stock, including 

 Harrisii and callas. Prices are rather 

 high for the amount of stock that is com- 

 ing in, but the wholesaieis will not come 

 down on the price, except on large lots. 

 Of course this (taster) week prices will 

 go up somewhat on choice stock, but not 

 much if the cut stock comes in as it has 

 been doing. 



During the past week extra select 

 Beauties sold as low as $3 per dozeu 

 and fine stock was oft'ered at $2 per 

 dozeu. Brides and Maids have also he&L 

 rather plentiful and chtap for the qual- 

 ity. Meteor, Liberty and Perle sold 

 slowly. The supply of carnations was 

 heavy. Fancy, unless extra fine, sold at 

 $3 and good common stock at $1 to $1.50 

 per 100. The cut at present is very 

 heavy and there was a great accumula- 

 Uon of surplus stock. There will be no 

 shortage in bulb stock this week, as the 

 market shows plenty of everything in this 

 line. 



There is a good deal of speculation a» 

 to the Easter supply for the end of this 

 week. Those who have canvassed the 

 vicinity say there will be plenty of Har- 

 risii for the local demand in both cut 

 flowers and plants. A big lot of violets 

 went to waste last week and sales ou 

 them were very slow at 25 and 35 cents 

 per 100. Sweet peas too are over-plenti- 

 ful; white are selling fairly well, hard- 

 ly any sales for pink. Smilax is still 

 selling well, with not enough for the 

 demand. Common ferns are selling at 

 35 cents per 100, other greens as usual. 

 Various Notes. 



Arnold Eingier, of W. W. Barnard &■ 

 Co., Chicago, passed through here from 

 Califorida going east. 

 ' S. S. Skidelsky, the man who sells 

 everything in the florists' line, spent sev- 

 eral" days here last week. Charlie Ford 

 is also making the rounds of the trade. 



A. C. Canfield, of Springfield, 111., 

 made friendly calls the past week among 

 the trade. 



L. Coatsworth and friends, of Chica- 

 go, spent Saturday with us, calling on 

 the trade and visiting the World's Fair 

 grounds. 



B. H. Walker was in town seUing the 

 McCray Florist Refrigerators. Mr. 

 Walker reports trade good in his line. 



Henry Beming is the latest victim of 

 the grippe. Mrs. Berning is also sick -it 

 their home. During their absence Julius 

 Koenig and Otto are miming the place. 



President D. E. Francis, of the Ivou- 

 isiana Purchase Exposition, claims that 

 when the company took Forest Park it 

 was with the understanding not to return 

 it as they found it, but to improve it 

 after the Fair. But the Board of Pub- 

 lic Improvements, which met last week, 

 says they must give a $550,000 bond to 

 restore it as they found it, and that 

 should settle the question. 



Theo. Miller,: on Delmar avenue, is 

 showing some extra fine blooming planta 

 for his Easter trade. 



Fred Weber and John Steidle returned 

 from West Baden, Ind., last Wednesday, 

 looking very much better in health. 



C. Young & Sons Co. are making a 

 grand display of blooming plants this 

 week, their Harrisii being exceptionally 

 fine. 



The Eiessen Floral Co. reports large 

 church decorations for this week and 

 plenty of orders ahead for Easter. 



Kalisch & Sons, at Taylor and Delmar 

 avenues, are showing a lot of Easter 

 plants hard to beat. The boys report 

 trade good. 



Fled Weber's show house is a sight to 

 behold this week; the finest of every- 

 thing in Easter stock at this place. 



F. H. Weber, on Maryland and Boyle 

 avenues, is also in line with some well- 

 grown Easter stock and a fine show of 

 cut flowers. 



At the next meeting of the Florists ' 

 Club, on April 14, at 2 o 'clock, every 

 member attending will be presented with 

 a fine souvenir. A large attendance is 

 expected. Essays by George Windier 

 and John Stiedle will be very interesting. 

 Chairmen of all committees are requested 

 to report at the hall at 1:30 to meet the 

 vice-president and superintendent of 

 trade display of the S. A. F., to review 

 the report of the executive committee 

 and receive instructions as to their duty 

 from then on. 



Bowling. 



On Friday last the Florists ' bowling 

 team suffered defeat at the hands of the 

 Rosedales on the Palace alleys. The 

 florists won the first game, making 900 

 pins to the Rosedales' 763, but bad 

 breaks in the last two games lost the 

 match for the florists. A number of oth- 

 er matches will be rolled after Easter 

 with strong local ten-pin clubs about the 

 city. 



The two teams of the Florists' Chili 

 rolled a match game on Monday night 

 with the following results: 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d. T'l. 



Kueho 204 1S3 163 5«0 



Bever 12T 171 1S5 471 



Meinhardt 134 138 158 420 



Beneke. Jr 149 147 146 442 



Weher, Jr 15S 167 15S 483 



Totals 772 804 810 2376 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d. T"l. 



Beneke. Sr 135 181 169 485 



Miller 151 168 140 450 



Adels 182 173 182 524 



Ellis 180 173 182 535 



Weber, Sr 141 126 140 407 



Totals .: 799 821 800 2410 



J. J. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



On March 25 this citj- was visited ir 

 the worst flood in its history. For thirtv 

 hours it rained incessantly, causing all 

 the creeks and the river to leave their 

 banks and cover all the low-lying land. 

 Nearly all the florists' places are on 

 hitrh ground, however, and all escaped 

 iniury except J. Buheit and Dow a* 

 Broadripple. Both had their boiler cel- 

 lars filled and were unable to fire for 

 several days. Buheit reports $50 dam,a'o 

 on flowers and plants that were stored 

 away for Easter. The mercury dropn ■ 

 to 22 degrees on Monday morning, but 

 both kept the frost out with stoves, 

 lamps, etc. The city water was cut off 

 until Tuesday and some had a tough tini ■ 

 getting wateT into the boilers. At this 

 writing everybody is running in good 

 shape again, and busy getting ready for 

 a big Easter trade. A. B. 



I HAVE always found your paper a 

 very good value for a dollar. — G. H. 

 Mills, Toronto, Ont 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



This week did not start off as well as 

 liud been hoped. Supplies of stock were 

 larger than had been expected and 

 sliowed a considerable increase over last 

 week, which was something of a sur- 

 prise, for it was thought that the grow- 

 ers would be holding back large quanti- 

 ties for the Easter rush. As a matter of 

 fact the low quality of much of the 

 stock received Monelay and Tuesday 

 uould indicate that considerable sorting 

 and storing was in progress. If the 

 producers were able to work off their 

 low grades early in the week and have 

 the good stock for Thursday, Friday and 

 Saturday, they wiU be fortunate, for 

 there will be none too much first class 

 material, judging from the number of 

 orders on file. 



But the result of so much material 

 coming on in the last few days, much of 

 it poor, has been that, with a fair de- 

 mand, good stock has been at a pre- 

 mium, with the bulk of the receipts 

 standing around and selling cheaply. 

 There is no possibility of enough Beau- 

 ties for the week's business, the' only 

 tiling to prevent a considerable advance 

 over quoted prices being the reluctance 

 of the buyers to pay fancy figures at 

 Eastei'. Liberty and Meteor orders, too, 

 will go out short, but there will prob- 

 ably be enough Brides and Maids to go 

 around where the shipper is given some 

 latitude as to quality. There will not 

 be cream for all. There are likely to 

 he all the common carnations the buyers 

 want, with good prospects for a shortage 

 of the 5-cent grade, for orders are very 

 heavy. 



There need be no alarm about not 

 having enough lilies but the discussion 

 will come on the question of quality. 

 There are a great many that are small 

 and short, so that there is likely to be a 

 wide range of prices and somebody is 

 pretty sure to feel that he has got the 

 worst of it. Bulbous stock was stUl a 

 glut at the beginning of the week and 

 violets were very poor property. It wUI 

 remain for Saturday to show whether 

 there is life enough left in them for a 

 spurt at the finish; otherwise it will 

 have been a mighty poor season for thi» 

 violet growers. 



Stock has not been carrying well in 

 this damp weather and the floods have 

 tlelayed some shipments. It is to be 

 hoped the elements will be kind for the 

 next few days. 



Various Notes. 



Leonard Kill has been devoting his 

 spare time to electioneering for his 

 brother-in-law in the twenty-sixth ward. 

 The boys in the market relate that he 

 spent, the other evening, about four 

 hours and $17, more or less, in the effort 

 to convert two gentlemen he met in a 

 quiet place out near the greenhouses; 

 they were much interested but shook their 

 heads sadly and regretted that they 

 "could not vote for Mr. Eeinberg. " Af- 

 ter the fort.v-seventh round, or was it 

 only the forty-third, on being pressed 

 for a reason why they could not vote for 

 the carnation ' candidate, one of them 

 confided: "Well, we must be going. 

 You see, we live in Kansas City. ' ' The 

 election is next Tuesday and every florist 

 who lives in the ward will vote earlv 



