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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 12. 1904. 



CATTI.ETA MOSSIAE .. per doz 

 CATTLETA SKINNEBI.. 



Assorted Orcbids, $5 to 826 per box 



$6 00 

 2.00 



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Of calling' np 



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or Telegraph, or a letter to 



CHAS. W. MgKELLAR 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



WHEN YOtJ WAKT 



Orchids, Peonies, Valley, Fancy Roses, Fancy Carna- 

 tions, Bulbous Flowers and Greens of all kinds; 

 or Supplies and Wire Work of any kind. 



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IS ENTITLED TO CREDIT. 



Editor Florists' Review: — Prompted 

 by the desire to do .iustice I would be 

 pleased to see a statement corrected, 

 made by your St. Louis correspondent 

 in the issue of the Florists' Eeview of 

 April 28. lu referring to Tower Grove 

 park your correspondent digresses sonio- 

 what from the true state of atfairs when 

 he gives credit only to Mr. Giebel. It 

 is true Mr. Giebel is propagator, bui 

 the other work of the floral department 

 is under the care of Mr. Hugo Schaff. 

 James Gurnet, Supt. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The long-expected good weather lias at 

 last materialized and has helped the 

 plantsmeu greatly, in getting rid of a 

 great amount of bedding stock and they 

 are over head in work of all kinds in their 

 line. 



Of the cut flower trade we will say it 

 is dull and that is putting it mildly, as 

 trade is getting lighter each day and all 

 the symptoms of summer are here. All 

 the cut flowers are showing the etfeets 

 of the warm weather and some really 

 first-class stock went begging on Saturday 

 for want of demand : $4 is now about 

 the best price for roses, although some' 

 extra fancy bring .$(! per 100. Fancy 

 long Beauties are becoming very plenti- 

 ful, and .'?2 per dozen is all they brought 

 on Saturday. Some of Fred Ammann's 

 stock is really fine. Libcrt.v and .Meteors 

 are still good, also some e.\tra rine Kais- 

 erins. A good deal of the stock is com- 

 ing in full bloom. There are plenty of 

 roses in all grades for the demand and 

 at priww to suit the buyer. 



In carnations the market is glutted 

 with fine stock, hard to .sell at any 

 price. Fancies only brought $2 the lat- 

 ter part of the week, firsts $1..50 and 

 commons $1 in 100 lots. Prices in 1.000 

 lots went from $6 to .'flO and the fakirs 

 got the surplus for about nothing. In 

 bulb stock the market is almost cut out. 

 Romans, Pa])er Whites, tulips and Dutch 

 hyacinths are out. Callas and Harrisii 

 are still good in supply at $0 and .$8 per 

 100. Outdoor valley is now in at $1.50 

 per 100. Sweet peas are very jilentiful, 

 with the best at 75 cents. The warm 

 weatheT is rushing in all outdoor stuft', 

 such as lilacs, c^pe jasmine buds, |)ansies 

 and irises. Plenty of good, long smilax 

 is in the market, also dagger and fancy 

 ferns. Adiantum and Asparagus Spieug- 

 eri have good call. 



Grandiflora Cape 

 Jessamine Buds 



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 forwarded by May IB ; telegraphic orders by May 20. 



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Quite a lot of entertaining is going on 

 in the different state buildings at the 

 World's Fair. Some of these buildings 

 are liand.somely decorated with plants, 

 lii'auties are extensively used at thoe 

 affairs. Tlie (Jerman building was made 

 very attractive the past week by one of 

 our west end florists. Some of our lead- 

 ing florists say that they expect work 

 of this kind throughout the summer, 

 which should hidp greatly during our 

 u^iKil dull summer months. 



Various Notes. 



J. W. Davis. {<i New Orleans, was a 

 caller the [mst week. Robert Zirgen- 

 felder, representing the I'iqua Florist 

 Folding Box Co., of Springfield. Ohio, 

 called on the trade last week. 



Twenty-five years ago last Thursday 

 Henry Shaw, founder of the Shaw H()- 

 tanie (iarden and Tower Grove park, cele- 

 brated his sixtieth anniver.sary as a citi- 

 zen of St. Louis, having come liere in 

 1810. Hundreds of prominent citizens 

 called at the Shaw mansion, at Seventh 

 and T^K-ust streets, and congratulated the 

 idiilanthropist. 



The attendance at the Worlds Fair 

 continues good and the palace of horticul- 

 t-ure is receiving more than its share of 

 attention. The apple exhibit of Arkan- 

 sas is tempting, with its famous Arkansas 

 Black included in the 135 varieties 

 shown. Arizona's grape display is also 

 interesting. 



J. W. Dunford. out in Clayton, is 

 growing a lot of new varieties of sweet 

 peas for Burpee, of Philadelphia, for 

 their World's Fair exhibition, which 

 takes place July 23 to August i in the 

 Horticulture building. 



Superintendent Hadkinson reports a 

 number of entries already in for the 

 tender rose exhibition which takes place 

 May 21 to 2.5. Entries close May 18 

 and a big display is looked for. Supt. 

 Hadkinson is surely a hustler, having 

 nearlj- everything in apple pie order this 

 earl,\-. Both ne and Chief Taylor are all 

 smiles. 



Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., ex- 

 pects to make one of the greatest ex- 

 iiibits of gladioli ever attempted. This 



