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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



enterprisingly. Eight large houses have 

 been rebuilt, and a great ini rease in the 

 .■nliia.Miti.nl established. Bverj variety 

 , Eor florists' use is here in un- 

 limited quantities. 



The Cut Flower Exchange in the Coo- 

 gan building is putting on some new 

 clothes for the eomiuo -i'.-i -<>M. and now 

 lacks only one of the century, having 

 ninety-nine stand holders on its list. 

 The life and hubbub of a busy morning 

 then- can be imagined. 



Fred Atkins is looking remarkably 

 well after his European trip, and his big 

 atoefc 'i bulbs was bei ng unloi 

 repack. I I n shipment when I called. 



I'l.' ■ ■ ■-.-.:; .. ha v •■ 1 in 



pleted ' l :i i . M.« Red with 



iarg i - k of it Inch in Eu- 



rope, he t( Us me, is becoming depleted. 

 The nursen department lias not been 

 forgotten and immense additions and im- 

 portations are provided for. The big 

 storm nearly precipitated a catastrophe, 

 Bwaying the palm houses dangerously 

 near to a complete collapse. Rut for- 

 tunately rapid bracing saved them, and 

 the valuable stock they sheltered. Bob- 

 bink & Atkins have their own cypre°s 

 tub factory, employing several hands, 

 and finding a ready sale for all they can 

 manufacture. 



\V. II. (iunther lias enjoyed an add.l 

 outing for a few weeks with his family 

 at Highlands. X. Y. While there he 

 took a trip among the violet growers 

 around Poughkeepsie and found an epi- 

 demic of typhoid fever in the Bahret and 

 Knauss families, eleven of the growers 

 being down with the disease, and C. Gr. 

 Knauss, unfortunately, one of its vic- 

 tims. These gentlemen have been shin- 

 ping violets to Mr. Ounther since 1893. 

 Then he could see his growers in that 

 section in a day. Now it takes two weeks 

 to visit all of them. AH the wholesalers 

 who have visited the violet section of the 

 Hudson report the stock as never havir" 

 looked better, and an enormous output is 

 predicted. 



William Sampson, the wholesale florist 

 of the I '....can building, has decided to 

 forego the strenuous responsibilities of 

 the cut flower trade this season and has 

 arranged to join the forces of Thomas 

 Young, Jr. Mr. Sampson was with Mr. 

 Young for nearly ten years, so that it 

 will be like returning home to get back 

 to the old duties again. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



The Mark*. 



Business during the past week was 

 fair and there is considerably more life 

 in the .ut flower market than there has 

 been for some time, still scleral leading 

 retailers report that they find trade slow- 

 to open. Scleral large wedding orders 

 have been Looked by them for I '. tobei 

 Some smaller wedding work was done the 

 past we. ; . labi rate in the 



way of decorations was noted. The call 

 for lighl rial has been quite 



good, and some days the market was 

 entirely- cleaned up on white 

 there was a lively demand for funeral 

 work. 



Last week thei Id snap. 



which necessitated firing at night, and 

 stock shortened up considerably. White 

 roses became very scarce the latter part 

 of the week, although in colored roses 

 there were enough for the demand. 

 Bridesmaids are of better color since the 



cool weather began, but some mildew is 

 noticed on them. .Meteors are showing 

 better wood and color. The top price for 

 coo. I stock is about $5 per 100, and $3 

 for the second grade. Quite a lot of 



I leant ies are coming in and are ..I g i 



quality, with longer steins. The demand 

 for these is goo. I, the best always selling 

 well at any time, Thi i hoicest bring $3, 

 and from that they grade down to 7-"i 

 ..aits p.-r dozen. Carnations are improv- 

 ing every day, with fancies still very 

 scarce. There is plenty of outdoor stock 

 coming in, which is very small and sells 

 slowly. Most of our growers are not cut- 

 ting much vet from their housed stock. 

 The best sell a i $1.50 to $2, and the out- 

 door stock at 50 .cuts per 100. No 

 chrysanthemum blooms are in, but some 

 are promised in a week or ten days. A 

 few violets have been seen, but no regu- 

 lar shipments are as yet noted. Lily of 



the valley continues g 1 and the demand 



is fair tit $4 per 100. Very little outdoor 

 stuff is coming in. Hydrangeas and as- 

 ters are good; dahlias are few and poor, 

 and tuberose stalks are about the only 

 good outdoor stock that comes in at pres 

 ent. The green market is in good condi- 

 tion, plenty of everything to be had at 

 the usual prices. 



Various Notes. 



The members of the Florists' Club will 

 please take notice that owing to the 

 u. \i regular meeting of the club falling 

 on Oetober 8, big Thursday of fair week, 

 it has been decided to hold the meeting 

 a week later, which will be Thursday- 

 afternoon, Oetober 15, at 2 o'clock, in 

 Odd Fellows' building. 



Twenty-five years ago last Thursday 

 the St. Louis Floral and Horticultural 

 Society was organized, from which sprang 

 the present St. Louis Florists' Club. 

 Among the most prominent of the organ- 

 i/cis at that time were the Hon. Henry 

 Shaw. Carew Sanders. E. A. Michel, Eli 

 Foster, .1. M. Jordon, Charles M. Ellerd, 

 Dr. Kiitiii Sanders, .lohn .1. O 'Fallon, Dr. 

 Louis Boisliniere, l'alus (last, Charles 

 Connon, A. S. Mermod, James E. Yeat- 

 maii. Norman .1. Coleman and others. 

 Most of these have passed beyond, and 

 the one left, who is now a member of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club. Carew Sanders, 

 is tit the present time enjoying the best 

 of health, having just returned from a 

 month's pleasure trip with his wife 

 through Colorado and Kansas. 



R, II. Walker called on the trade last 

 week, representing the McCray Refriger- 

 ator Co. Mr. Walker says that their 

 sales have been big from their adver- 

 tisement in the Review. 



F. W. Maas, of tin Plant S I Co., and 



Adolph Corneli, of the Schisler-Corneli 

 Seed Co.. have returned from their trips 

 to Chicago. Roth firms are busy with 

 bulb orders. 



Rudolph Win.lt. son of J. F. Windt, 

 the Bayard avenue florist, will leave tins 

 nek for New V..rk to accept a position 

 in one of the huge establishments in 

 that city. Mr. Windt is an energetic 

 young man and a willing worker. The 

 firm which secures In- services will not 

 regret it. 



.1. I.. Irwin, who has charge of the 

 Philippine Island World's Fair exhibit, 

 will house his orchids and palms for the 

 winter at Old Orchard in the house owned 

 by the Michel Plant and Bulb Co. 



The Bentzen Floral Co., on Marcus ave- 

 nue, reports that it is shipping a great 

 many plants through its advertisement 

 in the Review. A fine lot of pot chrys- 



anthemums at. this place will soon be 

 ready for the market. 



The St. Louis Fair Association will 

 open its annual fair on Monday, October 

 5. Colonel John Ayres, who is superin- 

 tendent of Floral Hall, says that the 

 usual prizes will be given for plants, de- 

 signs and cut flowers, and that quite a 

 few entries have already been made by 

 the local florists. Our friend. Max Her- 

 zog, has again been selected as judge of 

 1 1 xhibition. 



William Lamar is still keeper of Forest 

 Park and it looks as if he will remain. 

 Mr. Lamar is a Republican, working un- 

 der a Democratic administration, and is 

 perhaps too good a man to dispense with, 

 and is kept to help out those who know 

 very little about running a big park like 

 Forest. 



The Connon Floral Co., at Webster 

 droves, is sending in some good roses and 

 carnations. John Connon reports that he 

 is much pleased with the outlook for the 

 coming season. 



Ostertag Bros, furnished the floral 

 decorations at the opening of the Mis- 

 souri Athletic club on last Saturday. The 

 de -ations were elaborate and much ad- 

 mired. Henry Ostertag reports trade 

 good in that line. 



Charlie Ford, who represents A. Herr- 

 mann, of New York, is in town booking 

 supply orders and reports trade very sat- 

 isfactory in his line. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club had a delightful 

 night for bowling. Three games were 

 rolled and most of the scores were good. 

 Carl Beyer was high man, followed by 

 Beneke and Kuehn. all being in the 

 500-elass. The scores: 



John Young 12.". 120 168 LIT 



Fred M.inlcir.lt 121 12« 131 126 



The ladies of the bowlers will roll their 

 first games on Wednesday afternoon at 

 the Blue Ribbon alleys, Jefferson ave- 

 nue and Locust street, and every Wednes- 

 day hereafter at 2 o'clock will find the 

 ladies bowling. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business continues to improve in all 

 branches of our great industry. The 

 weather has at last been kind, it really 

 owes us something, bringing in flowers of 

 a higher grade, which brought advanced 

 prices. This is especially noticeable in 

 lleaiitics. Maids and carnations — Queen 

 Louise and Enchantress ideal. Jacob 

 Becker's new pink rose has made its ap- 

 pearance. The first single violets are in, 

 but are hardly at home yet. Dahlias 

 are arriving in immense quantities. W. 

 P. Peacock sent in 5,000 to S. S. Pen- 

 nock on Monday. The demand for them 

 is excellent. Valley goes rather slowly 

 now; it should be different next week. 

 W. J. Baker is receiving some nice yel- 

 low daisies. Robert Craig & Son are 

 bringing some nice Harrisii lilies to 

 the Flower Market. Greens are selling 

 better. 



East vs. West. 



A keen rivalry has sprung up between 



the two great centers in the wholesale 



cut flower business divided by Broad 



