The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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here was out of the question, as all 

 stock that came in was used at home. 



Prices on stock were somewhat high 

 when one considers the quality of the 

 flowers, roses having been full of mil- 

 dew. Carnations are getting small, still 

 they bring a good price. $1.50 to $3 for 

 common stock, with fancy stock at $4 

 and $5. Sweet peas ale selling out clean 

 at 50 cents per 100. A few good asters 

 are in. which sell at $2 and $3 per 100. 

 Cape jasmine has a big call, owing to 

 the shortage of white stock; 50 and 75 

 cents per 100 was considered a big price 

 for them. These are handled mostly by 

 the commission men along Third street, 

 who have them consigned by the car 

 load. The street fakirs were handling 

 them largely tin- past week. ■»- thej 

 were about the only flowers they could 

 obtain, all other stock having brought 

 a higher price than they cared to pay. 



Business from now on will be some- 

 what slow, as most of the social events 

 are past and the flower-loving people 

 are seeking the summer resorts to lie 

 gone until fall. Until then the florist 

 of our town will have to content him- 

 self with odds and ends from the few 

 stragglers who remain at home. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 

 The June meeting of the Florists' Club 

 was very poorly attended but this time 

 it was owing to the big flood. Our 

 members from the east side, who are 

 regular attendants, could not get over. 

 When the meeting opened there were 

 ten members present. President Dun- 

 ford was in the chair. Secretary Schray 

 was absent, owing to very important 

 business at home, and J. J. Beneke acted 

 in his place. The trustees announced 

 that the picnic would lie held on Thurs- 

 day, July 23, at Preistor's Park, half 

 way between Belleville and St. Louis; 

 that a. band of music and games of all 

 kinds with prizes would be the features 

 of the outing, that invitations would be 

 mailed to all in time, and that a full 

 report would be made at the next regu- 

 lar meeting of the club. Chas. J. Juen- 

 gel, state vice-president of the S. A. F.. 

 was appointed a committee of one on 

 transportation for the Milwaukee meet- 

 ing. Members who will attend this 

 meeting should send in their names to 

 Mr. Juengel as soon as possible. The 

 members were also requested to -end in 

 a report of their business to Mr. Juen- 

 gel, so that he can make up his yearly 

 report. This should be done not later 

 than the next meeting. Tne question 

 box, which is always one of the features 

 of our meetings, brought out a good 

 discussion on several questions. Will- 

 iam Winter, of Kirkwood, Mo., invited 

 the club to hold its next meeting at his 

 place, which invitation was accepted 

 with thanks. This meeting will take 

 place July '.). at 2 o'clock, at which the 

 nomination of officers will occur. . This, 

 with an essay by Fred ( . Weber, on 

 "Benefits Derived by Attending Con- 

 ventions," should make an interesting 

 meeting, and a big turnout is expected 

 bv President Dunford and by Mr. Win- 



Notes. 



J. G. Bennett, western representative 

 of the Commercial Cut Flower Box Co., 

 of Binghamton. N. Y., was a caller on 

 the trade the past week. 



Fred Ammann. of Edwardsville. has 

 been bringing in his cut each day him- 

 self, by way of Alton, at a great ex- 

 pense. Fred could not stay at home and 

 let the trade in St. Louis suffer for 



want of stock, and his efforts helped out 

 a great deal. 



Mrs. -M. M. Avers furnished lowers 

 for two of the largest weddings thai 

 took plaee last week, oi i which re- 

 quired as many a- 1,000 Bride roses. 

 Tie'-.' were hard to get, I. iii -lie was 

 equal to the task. 



Fred Weber and George Waldbarf 

 were two very busy men tie- past week. 

 with flora] work of all kind-, and plenty 

 of it. but it required -..me hustling oil 

 their part t.. get the stock. 



Hie Ellison Floral Co. had a busy 

 week of it. with school work, using near- 

 ly 2.000 Perle roses to fill its orders. 

 Quite a lot of dinner table decorating 

 is also reported by them. 



Thco. Miller is around nowadays look- 

 ing very lonesome. His family are on 

 the high seas bound for Germany to 

 spend "the summer. Theo. will spend 

 part of the next few weeks getting him- 

 self in shape t.. earr\ oil' some of those 

 prizes at Milwaukee. 



Bowling. 



The bowlers met Monday night and 

 rolled three games. Two teams were 

 made up, with five on a side. Some very 

 good scores were made, Beyer and Kuehn 

 being high men. Here is the record: 



Exchange. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 



Bever 169 21 1 1 48 528 



6115- 12!l 147 151 427 



Miller : 164 140 151 455 



Kills 124 155 129 4.15 



W< ■!■■ Jr 112 117 16S 397 



Total 698 770 747 2212 



Review. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 



Kuehn 138 174 19S 507 



Beneke 153 166 145 464 



W.-lier Sr 147 148 160 455 



Adles 112 124 152 388 



Betteken 151 12S 140 419 



Total 700 740 792 2233 



The two teams will roll next Monday 

 night at the new alleys in Urig's Cave, 

 Jefferson and Washington avenues. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The conditions in the cut. flower mar- 

 ket have changed considerably, for fewer 

 flowers are now coming in, owing to the 

 change in the weather and the replant- 

 ing. White flowers are very much in de- 

 mand and quite scarce at times. Sweet 

 peas are coming in in enormous quanti- 

 ties, except on the rainy days. Leo Nies- 

 sen is receiving some fine iris and lark- 

 spur. Home grown gardenias are about 

 over, though a few are coming in from 

 out of town. Beauties are very much 

 in demand, but prices have not ad- 

 vanced. The indications point to this 

 being the closing week of the wedding 

 and commencement season, but a heavj 

 demand on Monday created an unex- 

 pected scarcity, especially for Beauties 

 and lilies. 



Afternoon with Mr. Harris. 



Were you to ask any one of our lead- 

 ing store keepers whether the growers, 

 as a class, were good business men. he 

 would probably smile and call your at- 

 tention to a handsome vase of sweet 

 sultan or giant daisy; but were you_ to 

 ask him whether he considered that Wm. 

 K. Harris' place was run on business 

 principles, he would answer most em- 

 phatically in the affirmative and tell 

 you that' there is no better business man 

 to be found among the growers. Mr. 



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till another 

 were espe- 



>reat beau- 

 method of 

 ■n obtained 



teriniiiali-. one 01 Mi 



1 11 eh lill- on.- house a 



later. Those in 6-ini 



cially line. lm\ ing proi 



ty iii the fall. I ndei 



culture better results ] 



than before, ag shown !.> comparison. I 



should like to be able to tell about his 



method, but unfortunately 1 can't. 



The new type of Boston fern with 

 broad foliage,' beautifully crested, habit 

 compact, is very promising. It has not 

 been decided whether thi- type is suffi- 

 cienty distinct to merit a name. It is more 

 than probable that Nephrolepsis Har- 

 ri-ii will ere long be as famous as Lil- 

 ium Harrisii. Mr. Harris believes that 

 the only way to grow Bostons is in pots 

 from the cradle up, so to speak, and 

 that planting in the bench, except pos- 

 sibly for stock, is a mistake. Several 

 large houses will be filled with these 

 ferns. N. Piersoni is here on trial. Pan- 

 damis Veitehii and otaheite oranges com- 

 plete the list of varieties now occupying 

 the French plate glass hou-,-. Mr. Har- 

 ris is a believer in this glass for pro- 

 ducing finely colored foliage and flow- 

 ers. He also firmly believes in the au- 

 tomatic ventilators, which he thinks wor- 

 thy of general use. The other foliage 

 plants grown are rubbers, both single 

 -1 .hi and branching in great profusion, 

 arecas, kentias, Pandanus utilis, crotons 

 and a few others. 



The chrysanthemums for cuttings have 

 just been' benched. Of these, Florence 

 Harris, which blooms about November 

 1, and Our Dear Friend, blooming at 

 Thanksgiving, are each given a full cen- 

 ter bench. Both are seedlings raised on 

 the place, large in size, color a canary 

 yellow. Mr. Harris considers Our Dear 

 Friend as one of the best varieties ob- 

 tained during the past ten years. He 

 ha- not disseminated the stock of either, 

 believing it better to keep these gems at 

 home. Grace, a light sport from Maud 

 Dean, is another variety of merit given 

 a place of honor. Ivory, pink and white 

 Mrs. Jones. Maud Dean and Major Bon- 

 affon are also here. Gardenias are plant- 

 ed out in the bench, grown in one of 

 the small houses and will be forced 

 again this season. The quantity of bulbs 

 forced will be increased next season. 



Very large quantities of Easter plants 

 will be grown as in the past. Several 

 houses have just been reglazed. Outside 

 4.000 Hydrangea (Hak-a in 6 and 7-inch 

 pots, to' say nothing of a couple of thou- 

 sand smaller plants, make a fine dis- 

 play in the frame-. They are plunged 

 in 'hops and sand. Climbing Clothide 

 Soupert is planted out. also Ramblers. 

 Peonies have done very well this season, 

 the Flower Market averaging 6} cents 

 for the cut blooms. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Reid shipped 15.000 carna- 

 tions, some Brides and Maids and 500 

 valley in one order to Wadena, Minn., 

 one day last week. 



F. & H. Mergenthaler are cutting 



