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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



in any other. The behind hand florist is 

 directly competing with experts in his 

 own line who are fully up to date and 

 some of them just a page or two 

 of the times. For instance Sain I 

 is the Lou Dillon of the chrysanthemum 

 business. He breaks his own Xcw Eng- 

 land record four days this year by bring- 

 ing in a dozen August 25, and following 

 it up in a limited manner. 



There is some remonstrance against 

 average prices, but good material is gen- 

 erally" selling at fair rates. There is, 

 however, a decided droop on the Sham- 

 rock and a better movement in may- 

 flowers, golden rod, columbine and other 

 distinctly American specialties in which 

 we can always place our Keliance. 



Notes. 



Have you noticed that Iliffe evidently 

 patterned his system of heating the mar- 

 ket by the elevated railroad? Part of 

 the time it is overhead and then under- 

 foot. The first time greenhouse methods 

 have been introduced in a Boston busi- 

 ness block. I am told. 



A slip of the pen last week gave the 

 wrong hour for the auction sale of stalls 

 at the flower market. It comes off Satur- 

 day, September 12, at 9 a. m., and there 

 is "much speculation as to the results in 

 a room big enough to hold all comers. 

 But the new location seems to be a suc- 

 cess all right. Can anyone name a cus- 

 tomer who frequented the old market 

 and does not come regularly to the new? 

 J. S. Manter. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business is reported as having been 

 pretty good the past week, consisting al- 

 together of funeral work. There is no 

 trouble to get stock, as everything is 

 very plentiful, though mostly of the 

 poorer grade. First-class stock is still 

 scarce and will continue so until cooler 

 weather sets in. We have had a few 

 good soaking rains of late, which will 

 help outdoor stock greatly. The opening 

 of the schools next week and the return 

 of the summer vacationists should im- 

 prove business, especially the transient 

 trade of the downtown stores. Some of 

 the wholesalers report that shipping trade 

 is again good and that quite a few ship- 

 ments were made the past week. 



Among the best roses that are in the 

 market are Bride, Kaiserin, Carnot and 

 Meteor. The very best of these bring $5 

 to $6 per 100. Seconds are sold at almost 

 any price, as there are too. many of them 

 in the market at present. A few good 

 Beauties are also seen, but not with 

 extra long stems. The best sell at $2 per 

 dozen, and from that they range down to 

 $4 per 100. Good carnations are still 

 scarce. Field-grown stock is small and 

 short-stemmed and not fit for cut flower 

 work. For these 50 and 75 cents per 100 

 is considered a big price. A few good 

 Hills bring $1. No good Daybreak or 

 reds are in the market. Asters are very 

 plentiful, with only the long white and 

 purple in demand, at $1.50 per 100, and 

 50 cents is all the small ones bring. 

 Tuberose stalks are plentiful; in fact, 

 there is an overstock, which is also true 

 of glad] es ' ' bring $3 and 



- and they are still 

 cheaper in 1000 lots. The demand for 

 other outdoor stock is poor, with plenty 

 of everything in the market. There has 

 been quite a demand for smilax and the 

 market seems to be well supplied with it. 



Various Notes. 

 During the past week we have had quite 

 an array of visitors. Among the first 

 was Col. Paul Berkowitz. of H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., Philadelphia, with a well- 

 filled order book. Then came J. Stern, 

 from the same town, selling wax floral 

 designs. L. Baumann, of Chicago, was 

 next, with decorative articles. All re- 

 port good trade in their lines since the 

 convention. George Vestal, of Little 

 Eock, and William Bastien, who is with 

 George M. Kellogg, at Pleasant Hill, Mo., 

 also made friendly calls on the trade. 



Robert F. Tesson, who took sick in Chi- 

 cago after the convention, is up and 

 around again at his home in Clayton. 



The decorations made by Carl and Rob- 

 ert Beyer at the twenty-first harvest fes- 

 tival held at Lemps Park were again 

 the feature of the big display. The affair 

 lasted two days, Sunday and Mondav. 

 August 30 and* 31. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber are ex- 

 pected home this week from Michigan, 

 where they went from the convention. 

 During their absence Fred, Junior, is 

 taking good care of everything that 

 comes in. 



C. C. Sanders' places on Delmar ave- 

 nue and on Henley road are in fine shape 

 for the coming season and he expects 

 to be well supplied with fine roses, carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemums for his home 

 trade. 



At Frank Fillmore's place everything 

 is in fine shape. His roses and carna- 

 tions are looking at their best. Frank 

 had to do jury duty the past week, which 

 he says is too much bench system for him. 

 The September meeting of the Florists ' 

 Club will be held next Thursday after- 

 noon at Fred Ammann 's place in Ed- 

 wardsville, 111. The meeting will open 

 promptly at two o 'clock and the mem- 

 bers are requested to meet at twelve at 

 the bridge entrance to take the Lans- 

 down ear. President Dunford expects a 

 large attendance, as the meeting will be 

 of great importance to all the mem- 

 bers. The installation of officers will 

 take place. An essay will be read by 

 Frank M. Ellis on ' ' trade in Cut Flow- 

 ers the Past Season." The convention 

 delegates will tell of their experiences at 

 Milwaukee and Chicago, of how they cap- 

 tured everything except the bowling 

 match. It is also expected that the new- 

 officers will put the machine in opera- 

 tion at once for the convention next 

 year. Brother Ammann promises a good 

 time for all, so don 't fail to attend and 

 take part in the proceedings. 

 Bowling. 

 The first bowling since the convention 

 occurred last Monday night at the Blue 

 Ribbon alleys, just to show what we can 

 do at our home alleys: 

 Player— 1st. 



C. A. Kuehn 183 



J. J. Beneke....l84 



Carl Bever 184 



Theo. Miller 146 



F. M. Ellis 147 



Fred Weber. Jr. .122 

 F. J. Meinhardt.,136 



J. J. 



The Market. 



Hammontox. X. J. — Watkis & Nichol- 

 son are building a new palm and fern 

 house and enlarging their carnation 

 house. 



Clyde. O.— W. E. Hall has torn down 

 two of his old houses and will build one 

 modern structure in their place. 



The hot weather forced out the roses 

 and resulted in an unwieldy supply of 

 soft stock, but the few cool, rainy days 

 changed all that and cut down the crops 

 to a surprising degree, so that receipts 

 have been light this week. There are 

 still enough of the low grade flowers, but 

 shipping demand has taken a spurt and 

 the wholesalers have had to do a great 

 deal of hunting to find satisfactory ma- 

 terial for their orders and in some in- 

 stances, it was impossible, to fill them 

 even in part. Beauties of the 20 and 

 24-inch lengths are in good demand and 

 hard to get. 



Carnations from indoors are again 

 coming along and the supply will show 

 a steady increase. Of course the stems 

 are short as yet, but the stock is good 

 for so early, it having been a very favor- 

 able season. Some excellent Semple's 

 asters are in and selling fairly well. There 

 are still quantities of the low grade stuff, 

 which is hard to get rid of at any price. 

 Good auratum lilies are still to be had, 

 but much of the receipts in this line, too, 

 are poor and hardly salable. Gladioli 

 continue in heavy supply, but few dahlias 

 are seen and these few sell slowly. Greens 

 of .ill kinds are equal to all requirements. 



Various Notes. 

 C. L. Washburn and family returned 

 yesterday from Wausaukee, Wis. 



E. E. Pieser says that he does not re- 

 member a duller period than from Au- 

 gust 18 to 30, but that business opened 

 well this week. 



F. Stielow. at Niles Center, grows his 

 carnations in brick clay, composted a year 

 before use with almost an equal part of 

 manure. White Cloud, in this soil, is 

 a very good keeper. 



A bed of Egandale canna at Lin- 

 coln Park, is attracting much favorable 

 comment. 



P. J. Hauswirth goes to Atlantic City 

 next Wednesday for the Red Men's an- 

 nual pow-wow. 



George Piepgrass is at Mercy Hos- 

 pital, recovering from a surgical opera- 

 tion. 



i .'. M. Dickinson has been in northern 

 Wisconsin for a few days with Mrs. 

 Dickinson and their boy. 



Robert Northam is now salesman for 

 M. Winandv, at the Growers' Market. 



Louis Wittbold was at Wheeling. 111., 

 this week to bring home his wife and 

 boy, who have been visiting Mrs. Witt- 

 bold 's parents there. The little one has 

 been quite ill. 



George Weiland, of Evanston, will be 

 married September $ and will leave with 

 his bride for a trip to the Pacific Coast. 



Jacob Phillip, who has been growing 

 vegetables at Rogers Park, has benched 

 I's.nmi carnation plants and will send his 

 cut to John Muno 's city salesroom. 



Morton is again on duty at Bas- 

 sett & Washburn's after a trip to New- 

 York. 



A. L. Randall is harvesting his 

 peaches in Michigan and sending over a 

 good crop. 



The Libertyville fair is receiving the 

 attentions of the north shore florists this 

 week. 



J. A. Budlong is at home again, hav- 

 ing ridden his bicycle to Providence, 

 R. I., and most of the way back again. 

 When within a short distance of Chi- 

 found the roads too muddy for 



