May lU. l'Jii-1. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1385 



The St. Louis Lady Florists' Bowling Club. 



(li( Horticulture biiildiug is the display 

 of Oklahoma, •nliich is c-omposed of 

 peaches, apples, pears and grapes. One 

 jar contains Chinese cling-stone peaches 

 twelve inches in circumference. The 

 display is attracting a great deal of at- 

 ti ntion. 



The St. Louis Ladies. 



The St. Louis Ladies' Bowling Club is 

 making great preparations to entertain 

 the ladies who will attend the S. A. V. 

 convention next August. The photo- 

 graph reproduced in this issue shows the 

 ladies' organization as it was gathered 

 for practice recently. 



In the upper row- are, from left tu 

 right, Mrs. F. .T. Fillmore. Mrs. Thco. 

 Miller, Mrs. C. A. Jueugcl. 



In the center row are Mrs F. C. 

 Weber, Miss L. Meinhardt, Miss .Tuengel, 

 Mrs. John Steidle. Miss Tillie Meinhardt, 

 Mrs. J. .T. Bcneke. Miss Hertlia ilein- 

 hardt. 



lu the lower row are Miss Sclmell, 

 Mrs. Emit Sclirav, Mrs. P. Schuezle, Mrs. 

 F. H. Meinhardt, Mrs. F. M. Ellis an<l 

 Mrs. Carl Beyer. 



Bowling. 



The cold and rainy night kept some of 



the bowlers from attending, each team 



being one man short this week. The 

 scores were as follows: 



Team No. 1. 1st. 2d. :Jil. T'l. 



Tbeo. Miller ITO 176 16!> 514 



F C. Wcbei- IS3 138 139 41" 



f! H. Meinhardt 132 131 13S 401 



I.'red Webci-. Jr 12S 94 128 3o0 



Totals 563 539 573 1.675 



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



C. A. Kliebu 179 174 14G 490 



F. M. Ellis 172 165 119 456 



O. B. Beneke 165 163 166 494 



Ed. Gel-lach 105 123 119 34 1 



Totals 021 625 550 1.796 



J. .1. B. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL. 



Send 25 cents in coin or postage 

 stamps to the Florists' Review and we 

 will mail a copy of Smith's Chrysan- 

 themum Manual, the up-to-date work of 

 eighty pages, just published. 



E.\TOX, O. — S. J. Galloway reports that 

 on the morning of May 16 frost did much 

 injurv to outdoor stock, peonies especi- 

 al! v. ■ 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Since last report the market has showr 

 a very gratifying turn for tlie better, 

 not that any unusual activity is appar- 

 ent, but the unwieldy surplus has been 

 cut down to something like the needs of 

 the season and the wholesalers are no 

 longer wholly at the mercy of the Greeks 

 iu the matter of clearing up on the sta- 

 ples. Several days of unusually cool 

 weather have no doubt assisted in re- 

 ducing tlie receipts and replanting the 

 rose houses is r.el! under way with miiny 

 glowers, which makes an appreciable 

 iliflference. Buds are, of course, smaller 

 than earlier in the season, but color is 

 fair. There is good stock in plenty for 

 all legitimate requirements. Carnations 

 are shipping better than they did in the 

 recent hot weather and there is still 

 plenty of good stock, but the receipts are 

 held so well in hand that all command 

 some sort of a price. 



There are still too large supplies of 

 callas and Easter lilies and considerable 

 waste. Valley moves slowly. Kenni- 

 cctt's at Carbondale, are sending in 

 irises, but they sell slowly. Xarcissi are 

 a drug. Sweet peas and pansies av 

 plentiful. Good lilac is slow sale; so is 

 cape jasmine. All the other miscellan- 

 ci'us items arc abundant, with no steady 

 unirket. 



Decoration Day Prospects. 



All thoughts are now centered on Dec- 

 oration day, which has become of very 

 great importance in this market. Al- 

 though stock has shortened up material- 

 ly this week, every one expects ample 

 supplies; a few warm days wall bring 

 on a big cut again. However, early or- 

 ders are always advisable. Decoration 

 day is essentially an occasion for cheap 

 prices and advance quotations show lit- 

 tle if any advance over current rates. 

 But there are those who think the call 

 for ordinary grade carnations may bring 

 an advance on late orders. 



It is noteworthy that where local 

 peonies are often in full supply for 

 Decoration day. this year we shall have 

 to do business on the southern cut. Old 

 Eed is just coming from southern Illi- 

 nois, while usually the main crop is 

 pretty well cut by this date. 



There is evident anxiety on the part ■ 

 of Texas and Alabama dealers to move 

 the cape jasmines and unusually large 

 quantities are already in the market. 

 No matter what may turn up short for 

 Decoration day, there will be plenty of 

 <--ipes, and of good quality. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its first Thurs- 

 dav evening meeting May 12 in the new 

 hail, the attendance being rather light. 

 The president appointed a committee on 

 (•(.-operation with the Horticultural So- 

 ciety as follows: J. C Vaughan, C. L. 

 Washburn, Leonard Kill, N. J. Wietor, 

 .l(hn Pochlmann. The committee will 

 iK.ve charge of the club's interests in 

 ll], ;uilun'in flower show and will play 

 :in important part in making it the best 

 show ever held in Chicago. The com- 

 mittee on rovisi(jn of the by-laws re- 

 ported lack of progress and was in- 

 structed by the chair to "get busy" be- 

 fore the next meeting. May 26. The 

 new certificates ordered by the club 

 were on exhibition and were pronounced 

 ;i handsome piece of printing. 



Some time ago the secretary of state 

 at Springfield (Icclared the club's char- 

 lei forfeited for failure to file an affida- 

 vit, as required of corporations, showing 

 tiiat it was not a member of any trust or 

 crmbination ! Tiiis was not discovered 

 lor some time, but the reinstatement of 

 the charter has now been secured by 

 friends of the club without the reincor- 

 poration which was at first feared to be 

 recossary. 



The FaU Show. 



Plans are well under way for the fall 

 exhibition of the Horticultural Society 

 of Chicago, the premium list for which 

 is expected to be ready for distribution 

 this week. As was announced in the 

 Review some time ago, the hall selected, 

 cr really three or four halls practically 

 as one, is at the ninth floor of the Fine 

 Alts building and Auditorium Hotel, the 

 two buildings being connected on this 

 floor. It seems an ideal location, even 

 better than the Auditorium theater and 

 at a fraction the expense, which will be 

 a relief to those in charge of the finan- 

 cial end of the show. The visitors will 

 he carried to the exhibition floor by the 

 three large elevators in the Fine Arts 

 building and the exit will be through the 

 Auditorium Hotel elevators. There are 

 t\.o large freight elevators for the hand- 

 ling of "exhibits. The date of the show 

 has not yet been fixed, but it will be 

 about the middle of November, a week 

 after the presidential election. 



Various Notes. 



.Tohn Welter has leased the .lacob 

 Fliillip place at Rogers Park and will 

 ti:kc possession about August 1. The 

 place is now in carnations and there are 

 50.000 plants in the field for next sea- 

 son's planting, but the now proprietor 

 expects to put the whole place iu let- 

 tuce. Another Rogers Park carnation es- 

 tablishment recently changed hands by 

 lease, Albert Lies taking the Paul Gaert- 

 ner jilace. Mr. Gaertner will go into 

 other business. 



John Muir has a conservatory in 

 course of erection at hi? new place at 

 I'orty-seventh and Grand boulevard. He 

 expects to move about June 1. 



The Gloede Floral Co., at Evanston, is 

 suiding the E. F. Winterson Co. some 

 remarkable Flora Hill carnations. They 



