Apeil 14, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



no7 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The latter part of the -neek following 

 Easter the weather was cold, blustery and 

 raining, and the past week has been cor- 

 respondingly dull, with stock of all kinds 

 and in all grades abundant and prices 

 about half of the preceding week. 



The week's business, among the re- 

 tailers, consisted chiefly of funeral work, 

 a few weddings and the opening of the 

 new Jefferson Hotel, which used up quite 

 a lot of cut flowers, also the ball held 

 there which was one of the big social 

 events of the year. Quite a number of 

 weddings, receptions and dinner parties 

 were reported for this week, for which 

 any amount of first-class flowers are in 

 the market. 



A number of retailers are complain- 

 ing that some of the shipments for Eas- 

 ter were what they termed ' ' bum ' ' stock, 

 especially carnations, some of them unfit 

 to send out to their customers. The lat- 

 ter part of last week, Thursday, Friday 

 and Saturday, the market broke badly, 

 in roses especially, including Beauties. 

 The special grade of these came in so 

 freely that the price has fallen below 

 $3 per dozen. The smaJler roses, such as 

 Bride, Maid, Carnot, Golden Gate, Me- 

 teor and Perle, are sacrificed at an ex- 

 ceedingly low price, for $3 and $4 is 

 surely a low price for choice stock. The 

 quality of this stock was never better. 



Carnations, too, are very plentiful at 

 this writing and stock very fine. Fancies 

 in Lawson, Woleott and Enchantress sold 

 as low as $3, with first-class stock at from 

 $1.50 to $2 per 100. These prices bid 

 fair to continue throughout the present 

 week, as the wholesalers say the glut is on 

 good and proper. 



Violets are becoming scarcer, small 

 and somewhat shriveled up and very much 

 ■off color, still the best sell at 50 cents 

 per 100. Harrisii are plentiful at 

 $12.50. Callas go at $10. Paper Whites 

 and Eomans are almost over. Daffodils 

 are a drug and so are jonquils. Valley 

 is still good, at $3. Dutch hyacinths run 

 $4 per 100. Sweet peas have some de- 

 mand, with plenty in the market for all. 

 First-elasa smilax is scarce, with a good 

 demand at from 15 to 18 cents per 

 string. 



Shipping trade, which has been good 

 at the wholesale houses, has fallen off 

 since Easter. From reports it was very 

 satisfactory for the season. 



Various Notes. 



J. W. Craig, of Philadelphia, is in the 

 •city looking after the planting around 

 the Pennsylvania building at the World 's 

 Fair grounds. 



The souvenir book of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club for our S. A. F. conven- 

 tion in August is now being pushed. 

 This will be one of the most handsome 

 books of its kind ever gotten up. It 

 will give the desired information to those 

 who will attend the convention, in fact 

 a complete guide of the city and the 

 World's Fair grounds. It mil also be 

 handsomely illustrated with photographic 

 views of all the prominent places in the 

 city and buildings at the World 's Fair 

 grounds, also of all the prominent mem- 

 bers of our society. So every member 

 of the S. A. F. may look for one at least 

 one month in advance of the convention. 



Superintendent Kuehn, of the trade 

 •display, has the plans of the exhibition 

 tall in the hands of the printer and will 



be ready for mailing by the first of th(> 

 week. Mr. Kuehn thinks that space will 

 be at a premium by June 1. The con- 

 vention is only eighteen weeks off and all 

 committees are in working order. F. M. 

 Ellis, chairman of the hotel committee, 

 is perfecting his plans for hotel accommo- 

 dations for the craft before, during and 

 after the convention. Those in the trade 

 who intend visiting us during this time 

 shoidd communicate with Mr. Ellis, at 

 1316 Pine street, who will be glad to an- 

 swer all questions regarding hotel ac- 

 commodations. 



The few warm days early in the week 

 found the plant stands in Union Market 

 open and doing a rushing business. 

 Among those who made displays were C. 

 Young & Sons, Wm. Schray & Sons and 

 C. C. Sanders. Trade in fruit, shade 

 and ornamental trees, also hardy shrubs 

 of all kinds, is very good this spring. 

 Seedsmen on Third and Fourth streets 

 report a big trade in gTass seed and 

 expect from now on to be very busy 

 with everything in their line. 



Bonrling. 



Of the eighty-seven games rolled by 

 the members of the Florists ' Bowling 

 Club since the last convention, there will 

 be found below the averages, totals, num- 

 ber of games and single high score. 



Plavers. Games. Total. Averages High. 



3. J."Beneke 87 15.381 177 253 



C. A. Kuehn 8-1 14.836 177 243 



Carl Bever 48 8.109 169 259 



A. y. Ellison 22 3.611 164 209 



Wm. Adels 45 7.020 156 217 



Theo. Miller 87 13,554 156 214 



F. M. Ellis 76 11,098 146 182 



F. C. Weber 69 8,545 145 206 



O. R. Benelse 63 8,918 142 191 



P. H. Meinhardt. . 81 11.081 137 221 



Freddie Weber 51 6,656 130 188 



John Toung 41 5.141 125 1S4 



Each team had four players last Mon- 

 day, team No. 1 again defeating No. 5. 

 It was decided to bowl every Monday 

 night hereafter on the New Palace al- 

 leys, corner of Twenty-second and Frank- 

 lin avenue. The big team vpill visit 

 Belleville next Sunday afternoon for a 

 return match with Mr. Guy's team. The 

 score of Monday night was as follows- 

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



Benekc 201 15S 1.S6 161 648 



Miller 115 196 183 177 672 



Weber 113 181 158 173 605 



Weber, Jr 130 113 131 142 516 



Totals 559 648 608 643 2439 



Team No 2. 1st. 2d. 3d, 4th. Tl, 



Kuehn , .' 202 166 125 182 675 



Ellis 123 146 145 155 571 



Meinhardt ; 13.S 1.35 157 153 5,83 



Beneke. Jr 132 175 137 145 585 



Totals 597 622 564 635 2414 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



Trade has not been very satisfactory 

 since Easter. While now and then there 

 has been a little spurt, on the whole 

 things have been moring along very 

 quietly and there has been little to dis- 

 turb the generally serene atmosphere. 

 True, there have been some good sized 

 wedding decorations and also a goodlv 

 lot of funeral work, but had it not been 

 for these there would have been a glut 

 of no small size on hand. At present 

 transient trade is very quiet. 



Ever since Easter roses have been com- 

 ing by the thousands and the price has 

 dropped till the buyer has things verv 

 much his own wa.y. The man who buys 

 job lots is now in his glory and if he is 

 lucky enough to have a lot of funeral 

 work he is reaping a harvest. A ma- 



jority of the roses are of poor quaUty 

 and it is at times hard to fill even a 

 small order with first-class stock. Ivory 

 and Gate are much in evidence and there 

 is some really fine stock of these varie- 

 ties. There is not nearly so large a sup- 

 ply of carnations and at times there are 

 not enough to fill orders. The price is 

 holding up better than on roses. They 

 are showing much better keeping quali- 

 ties than for some time past. Bulbous 

 stock is selling quite well, all things 

 considered, and the supply and demand 

 are about equal. Violets are scarce. 

 Eastern ferns are about used up for this 

 season, but there are some good dag- 

 ger ferns that are selling well. Smilax 

 is very scarce and asparagus of all kinds 

 is eq»ally so. There is very little adian- 

 tura. 



Various Notes. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Critchell have 

 returned to Atlanta, Ga., after making a 

 short visit with the home folks. 



L. F. Darnell, store man for the J. M. 

 Gasser Co., of Cleveland, passed through 

 this city Monday on his way home from 

 the south. He put in his time visiting 

 some of our greenhouses. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Society was held Saturday night. The at- 

 tendance was quite small but some busi- 

 ness was done. It was voted to award 

 the S. A. F. silver medal to The Cardinal 

 and the bronze to Indianapolis, subject 

 to the approval of the S. A. F. 



Now that Easter business has been 

 figured up and about all in the trade 

 heard from, I find that on a general 

 average it was fully as good as last year, 

 but I doubt if it was any better. This 

 was due more to the verv bad weather 

 we had than to anything else. There 

 is no question in my mind but that, if 

 the weather had been better, this year's 

 Easter trade would have been fullv 

 twenty-five per cent ahead of last year. 

 C. J. Ohmer. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Since Easter trade has been dull, with 

 flowers generally in oversupply. A num- 

 ber of large weddings which used flowers 

 quite extensivelv helped to support the 

 market. Prices all around have dropped 

 considerably from a week ago. Violets 

 are getting smaller, although Wm. bim 

 and other growers are still sending m 

 extra fine stock. Mayflowers from the 

 Plymouth woods are now quite plentiful 

 and sell on sight. 



Various Notes. 



Wm Sim, of Cliftondale. is one of the 

 most successful of the larger growers 

 for the Boston market. His pick of 

 Princess of Wales violets for Easter 

 was 120,000, all of first-rate quality. 

 Sweet peas he also grows superbly; his 

 Easter cut of these was 45,000. The 

 only varieties grown are Mont Blanc and 

 Earliest Of All. Probably no such sweet 

 peas were ever before seen in this or 

 anv other market. Mr. Sim also grows 

 stock for Decoration day trade in quan- 

 tity, chrysanthemums, cucumbers and 

 tomatoes. 



Azaleas are at present the most salable 

 of pot plants and the various florists are 

 making good displays of them. W. E. 

 Doyle, at his Boylston street store, had 

 his' large window filled with beautiful 

 specimens of Vervseneana the past week. 



