The Weekly Florists' Review* 



835 



greater than in any of the other roses, 

 but still there were plenty of Meteors, 

 Carnots and Perles. The very choicest of 

 stock did not bring over $5 per 100, while 

 good roses sold as low as $2 in 100 lots 

 and $10 in 1,000 lots. The short-stemmed 

 stock had no sale at all. In Beauties 

 fancy grades are not overplentiful, but 

 of medium and short stock there is more 

 than enough. Carnations have also de- 

 clined in price and really good stock sold 

 at $1.50 per 100. while plenty of good 

 flowers with short stems sold at $8 per 

 1,000. Marquis, Enchantress, Wolcott, 

 Xelson, Lawson and Crane are among the 

 best that come in. Violets are still very 

 much off color and small, with the market 

 well supplied and sales slow. Uwing to 

 the quality of the stock, 25 cents per 

 100 is all they bring at present. Cosmos 

 is also loading down the wholesale houses, 

 thousands of good quality coming in and 

 selling at 35 cents per 100. 'Mums of 

 first quality seem slow in coming in. A 

 few good white and yellow were seen at 

 $1.50 per dozen. Snail stuff does not 

 bring uv.-r 60 cents per dozen. A good. 

 killing frost is what is needed in this 

 section to kill off the supply of outdoor 

 stock which is being dumped in this 

 market in big quantities. The end of the 

 week found the market short on fancy 

 ferns, but other greens, such as smilax, 

 asparagus and galax are in good supply 

 at the usual prices. 



Various Notes. 



Mis. M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 was a guest of the Misses Meiniiardt the 

 past week. She took a hand at bowling 

 on ladies' afternoon and did some excel- 

 lent work. 



Wm. Edlefsen, of Milwaukee, accom- 

 panied by his niece, Mrs. H. V. Huukel, 

 also of Milwaukee, spent a pleasant week 

 with us. Mr. Edlefsen was much pleased 

 with his trip and spoke highly of the 

 progress of the World's Fair, which he 

 said was immense. 



George E. Legler, representing S. P. 

 Forest & Co., Chicago, was in town sell- 

 ing pressed flowers from Palestiue. 



F. M. Ellis returnd from his week's 

 trip much pleased with what he saw and 

 with the prospects for the coming sea- 

 son. 



James W. Dunford and his father 

 visited Belleville the past week, calling 

 on friends in the trade. 



F. Carr, better known as "Pap" Carr, 

 who sold plants for rears at the Union 

 Market for Wm. Schray & Sons, died 

 last week. The funeral was held Satur- 

 day and many of the trade attended. 



The St. Louis Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical Association held a very success- 

 ful fair the past week. On big Thursday 

 the crowd was estimated at .".0,000 and 

 the attendance in Floral Hall was large 

 during the day, the visitors seeming to 

 enjoy the display made by the local 

 florists. Wm. Schray & So'ns were the 

 largest exhibitors and were awarded $248 

 in prizes for plants and cut flowers. 

 Kichard Frow came in for $30 worth and 

 F. Carr for $3. These men were the 

 only exhibitors this year, and Mr. Schray 

 seemed to have everything his own way 

 as to winning prizes. 



The Florists' Bowling Club rolled a 

 three-man match on Monday night. Carl 

 Fever was in extra good form, making 

 an average of 226. Kuehn was second 

 with an average of 192, and Beneke third 

 with 183. 



The scores were as follows: 



1 17 



Roses— 

 .T. ,r. Beneke. 

 r .1. Meinbar 

 Carl Beyer . . 



Total 51u 



Carnations— 1st. 



('. A. Kuehn 1ST 



The... Miller 150 



F. M. Ellis 178 



Total 515 



The Market. 



There is a great deal of complaint at 

 the results of last week. The aggregate 

 of the seven days' business was consid- 

 erably below last year's record and the 

 averages returned to the growers were 

 very unsatisfactory. Along in the mid- 

 dle of the week there was a very large 

 waste on low grade stuff and this, of 

 course, pulled down the price on the 

 belter material and made the figuring of 

 average prices of roses and much other 



-i'l mire a considerable skill in the 



use of fractions. However, things 

 started off better this week, although 

 there is still little value in the low grade 

 material. City trade seems very quiet, 

 except for a few large orders foi store 

 openings, weddings, etc., but shipping 

 demand is brisk. 



Beauties are the best seller on the list, 

 but white roses go fairly well ami tin- 

 store decorations have .leaned up a good 

 many small chrysanthemums. In general 

 qualities are showing a steady improve- 

 ment. This is particularly noticeable in 

 violets and chrysanthemums. Carnations 

 have been good" right along, but roses do 

 not seem to gain strength as rapidly as 

 might be expected with the very fine 

 weather. We have as yet had no frost 

 and there are good dahlias, plenty of 

 cosmos, some gladioli, a few asters and 

 other outdoor flowers in the market. 



Various Notes. 



The committee announces that the first 

 monthly exhibition of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club will be held October 24, de- 

 voted to cut chrysanthemums and carna- 

 tions, prizes to be awarded for the best 

 collection of each. Those having seed- 

 ling chrysanthemums to be judged can 

 have the same passed upon at this show, 

 as the judges are the ones selected by the 



exhibits will be entitled to registration 

 by paying the necessary fee. Blooms in- 

 tended for exhibition should be sent to 

 E. F. Winterson, 45-49 Wabash avenue, 

 Chicago, charges prepaid, not later than 

 1 o'clock, October 24. The club will see 

 to the staging of all exhibits. 



The E. E. Gray mushroom plant near 

 Hinsdale was totally destroyed by tire 

 one night last week and the report is 

 that it will not be rebuilt. 



Sharp, Partridge & Co.. say that it 

 looks favorable for fairly cheap glass for 

 next season. Prices are now off about 10 

 per cent as compared with quotations 

 on greenhouse sizes a year ago. this with 

 stocks well cleaned out, and with the big 

 factories only just starting for the sea- 

 son, certainly the indications would not 

 point to any advance. On small lots of 

 16x24 double strength A the present quo- 

 tation is $4.05 a box, but it is doubtful if 

 any considerable quantity of this size 

 could be obtained should need for it 

 arise today. 



John Sterrett has the deepest sympa- 

 thy of every one in the market in the loss 

 of his son, Leonard, who was also well 



known to the trade. The lad 's body was 

 found beside the tracks of the Is'orth- 

 u. -stern railroad on Friday morning, he 

 having evidently fallen from a moving 

 train. 



Emil Buettner has recently completed 

 two new houses, one 30x125, the other 

 30x130, and has them planted to carna- 

 tions in fine shape. 



Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Friedman are the 

 happy parents of a baby boy. 



E. S. Thompson was over from South 

 Haven on Tuesday with exhibits of fifty- 

 f dahlias which he put 

 and P.u. Hong's. He has 

 his collection, including 



seven va 

 up at Ba 

 over 100 



this market. Mr. Thompson goes to St. 

 Louis this week to arrange for an ex- 

 hibit at the World 's Fair next year. 



O. J. Friedman had the large order 

 for the decoration of the new Schlesinger 

 & Mayer store for the opening this week. 



X. J. Wietor's ten-mouths-old boy is 

 quite seriously ill. 



George Scott is now with the F. F. 

 Winterson Company. John Degnan, of 

 that firm, is on the road and sending in 

 nice orders from every town. 



A. L. Randall is at home after spend- 

 ing the summer on lus farm in Michigan. 



1'. M. Broadbeck, tit Evanston, has a 

 banana plant in one of his rose houses 

 now ripening a bunch of about 200 

 fruits. The variety is Musa Caven- 

 dishii. 



.I.im.-s llartsliornc was in town this 

 week and sa\s that carnation Fiancee is 

 beginning to bloom in fine shape. 



.Mrs. F. R. Hills is getting along nice- 

 ly, but will not be about for some time. 



the last I 

 II his mate 

 in the aft- 

 s much of 

 May, she 

 e she" did. 

 awakening, 

 erous wed- 

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 isions have 



