The Weekly Florists' Review* 



temper (who was al one time superin- 

 tendent under Commissioner Fecter), 



i Jus Eg; Fred I Istei tag and \n 



drew Meyer, Jr. Let the best man win, 

 and that qui' kl\ . 



Ii was amusing to read the implica- 

 tion in another paper thai your corre- 

 nt derive his markel report from 

 tgination. The writer in que-l inn 

 is not a member oi our club, and is lo- 

 oted awaj ou1 in the woods, « liere uevi - 

 and it looks to nie as if this 

 i< another ease of a man who lives in a 

 glass house throwing -tones. The Re- 

 view's markel reports are straight. 



Bowline- » 



All florists w lio are interested in howl- 

 ing are requested to attend the meeting 

 of the howling club Monday night. June 

 1. The meeting will be held at the Mon- 

 arch howling alleys. '2012 Locust street. 



,i 8 o'clock, Besides the regulars it is 

 ,-pecialh requested that Carl Beyer. 

 Robert ' Beyer. C. C. Sanders. Emil 

 Schrav. Frank Fillmore. E. W. Guy and 

 R. F. Tesson be present at this meeting 

 without fail. This meeting is called to 

 ii if a good team can he gotten 

 t6g« thei in represent St. Louis at Mil- 

 luring the S. A. F. meeting next 



tugust. 

 Six tlorist bowlers rolled four games 



ii Monday and made some fair scores, 

 which were as follows: 



player— 12 3 4 Total 



Wm. Adels 137 156 ISO 143 616 



Thee. Miller 160 124 171 157 61" 



, ' \ Kurlin S7 112 2011 160 599 



1 , wvher 160 16S 139 114 500 



Fred Weber, Jr.... 145 135 100 104 4S4 



Louis \v Pa 78 74 90 100 342 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



Pre 



The Market, 

 ek brought forth a glut, the 



of which was greater perhaps than 

 we have ever had before. The continu- 

 ous hot sunshine did the business and 

 roses and carnations all opened up at 

 omce. Trade, as a whole, was not so 

 bad, but when you consider the immense 

 quantities of flowers that were sold you 

 begin to realize how low prices went. 

 In fact, stock sold at whatever the buy- 

 er chose to offer. There was no such 



thing as holdi 

 wholesale housi 



thev had to g 



for' a fai 



anything 1. 



as the wli 

 than busy 

 Decoratii 

 tities of flo 

 there will 

 as last we 

 prices and 

 figure s is 

 week. 



icing care of stock. 



day will use great quan- 



rs. and the chances are that 



■t be nearly so much stock 



There will be a boost in 



gi in , al clean-up at good 

 icipated for the end of the 



;s are showing the effect- id" the 

 hot weather and many are mildewed. 

 ii- .ire growing smaller every 

 day. Pink and white peonies are com- 

 ing in and there is a fair demand for 

 them. Irises are about over. They 

 bloomed too late to be of much value 

 this season and though there was some 

 very fine stock cut it did not sell as it 

 should. 



There is plenty of feverfew, candy- 

 tuft, etc., with a fair demand for it. 

 Longiflorum lilies are still to be had, but 

 they move slowly. Smilax is more plen- 

 tiful. There is also a fair quantity of 



i which sell- Well. Pli 

 is scarce. Adiantum is good and sells 

 well. The supply of cold storage east- 

 ern ferns is all used up, but the new 

 stork will soon be in. The new southern 

 fern is in at present, but it will not sell 

 when the eastern is to be had. 



Notes. 



"Dick" Witterstaetter in joining the 

 ranks of the Benedicts has set the pace 

 for -nine of the younger men. The first 

 to follow his example is his nephew, 

 Frank Deller. The dale i- June 10, and 

 the happy- bride to be is Miss Julia Nei- 

 derer. Besl wishes for the happiness of 

 the young couple. 



Charles Critchell. who is in business 

 at Atlanta. Ga.. is home for a few days' 

 vacation. He is looking very prosper- 

 ous and says that trade is very brisk in 

 the southern city. C. J. Ohmeh. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market, 



The week did not open to the ati 

 faction of local wholesalers. Receipts 

 continue beavj and quality is deterioral 

 ing rapidly, particularly in roses. Beau- 

 ties continue of fair grade for the sea- 

 son and supplies in all lengths are 

 greater than the demand, with the re- 

 sult that even the best stock moves 

 slowly and the fakirs afford the only 

 outlet for the bulk of the receipts. Tea 

 roses show the effects of the weather in 

 a marked degree, and it is necessary to 

 sort over a thousand to get out a hun- 

 dred which will stand shipment, with the 

 inevitable result that the remaining 900 

 bring very little. There are some very 

 ".nnd Liberties and Cbatenav. 



Carnations hold their quality much 

 better than roses and then- is some very 

 good stock available, but there ore quan- 

 tities that are very small and badly 

 faded. Sleepiness is also a pronounced 

 characteristic of much of the stock. 



Peonies are coming in heavily, but 

 a great deal of the southern cut is of 

 poor quality. At Klehm's Nursery they 

 are fifteen days ahead of the average 

 season. Sweet peas are selling slowly 

 and pansies do not move. There is 

 ing of a let-up in the receipts of 

 Easter lilies, which the change to warm 

 weather brought on with a value-destroy- 

 ing rush a few days ago. 



There is some good business booked 

 for the last three days ,,f the Week. 



all records. The jasmines look to be a 

 little late and they will have verj lov. 

 value after May 30. 



Notes. 



The general demand of florists and 

 gardeners for higher wages seems to 

 have brought growers of bedding plants 

 in closer touch with each other. The 

 prices are more uniform and satisfac- 

 tory and -ales around Chicago reported 

 brisker than ever, but there are large 

 ini! - -till on hand. One of the scarce 



items i- e. hexeiia. l' 1 stock of which 



is selling at from $30 to $40 a thou- 

 sand. 



B. Eldredge. of Belvidere, i- sending 

 in snme very fine Crane carnations, 

 stems very long and strong. 



A. Lange i- in the midsl of his spring 

 special sales. This week it has been 

 I nie- .ii 5 rents each. 



Carl Tin mas has returned from his 

 visit to hi- ild In.ine it Wr-i -q.ringfield. 



Pa., where he spent his vacation sick in 

 bed with the grip. 



A. L. Randall has opened three cases 

 of ferns from cold storage which had 

 been practically destroyed by rats, and 

 ferns are worth $3 a thousand in case 

 lots nowadays. 



H. N. Bruns is having very fine Suc- 

 re- with lily of the valley. He is in 

 just righl for Decoration day. 



Fritz Hah. has a big stock of bed- 

 ding plain.-, including about 20.000 ge- 



moving well. This is his busy week. 



\\utnr Brothers say they never saw 

 anything like the call for chrysanthe- 

 mum cuttings. They have been weeks 

 behind on orders for many varieties. 



N". J. Wietor returned Tuesday from 

 Fox Lake, fishing. 



George Reinberg's carnation cuttings 

 have been going like hot cake- lately, 

 many orders and big ones. 



Mr. and Mi-. Peter Re in berg had a 

 partj of fiftj friends to assist in the 

 celebration of their twentieth wedding 

 anniversary last Friday night. Matt 

 Evert appeared on the scene accompanied 

 by a hi ass band. 



Calvert & Son. at Lake Forest, are 

 -ending Weiland & Risch snme good La 



Leonard Kill lias been suffering for 

 several days with rose thorn poisoning 

 in his right hand. 



A. F. Longren has completed the glaz- 

 ing of the new range for Poehlmann 

 Bros. 



A. L. Vaughan is at home to remain 

 until after Decoration day. 



Visitor: J. Sanstrom, Momence, 111. 

 Bowling. 



The following is the score of the prac- 

 tice match May 2G. It brought I Mai 

 ti up into the tir-i ten: 



The Market. 



The glutted conditi .: -till exists in 

 this market and the demand for stock is 

 limited, for business is only fair. The 

 question with the wholesalers and grow- 

 ers is how to get rid of the stock. Prices 

 do not seem to enter into any considera- 

 tion when quantity is wanted, as one 

 can buy large lots at his own figure. 

 The result of the warm weather i- \n\ 

 noticeable on roses, particularly on 

 Ala ids, which are off color and small. 



Peonies are arriving in quantity and 

 sell at $6 per 100 for choice blooms. 

 Gladioli are coming in small lots. Good 

 sweet peas are scarce and find a ready 

 market. Quantities of poor ones are 

 about, but these cannot be sold at any 

 price. 



Notes. 



The extremely warm weather and long 

 dry spell was broken last Friday. May 

 22. No serious results arc reported on 

 aernunt of the long drought. 



The Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Com- 

 pany, al Bakerstown, lias put in a com- 

 plete system for field watering. 



Patrick Meyer has leased the houses 



