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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



OCTOBER 22. 1903. 



The main flow from the 



I Id be riot less than a -IV 



in. li one, and the main return, which 

 must connect at the bottom of the boilei . 

 asl wi H below the water line, 

 should be a 2% inch. 



Henry W. Gibbons. 



1'he Market. 



Trade tin- past week was exceptionally 

 good with some of the West find florists. 

 Social affairs were quite numerous, while 

 i funeral orders 

 were put up by the down town florists'. 

 The usual demand, though, that general- 

 ly rutin's with the chrysanthemum season 

 lias tint as yet materialized and the busi- 

 ness i- qo1 wha( n si Id beat this time 



of the year. The mild weather is still 

 with as and so far no frost of any eon- 



report thai the t;in. \ Murk sells well, but 

 there is too much of the second and third 

 quality coming in, which has to be sold 

 for almost nothing. Brides and Brides- 

 maids are most plentiful, but there are 

 also plenty of Golden Gates. These are 

 selling tit 'from $2 to $6 per 100. Fancy 

 Carnoi are in demand, so are other roses 

 of this class. Long Beauties are good 

 sellers, but on other grades the market 

 is well supplied. Fancy bring $3 per 

 dozen, and $2 and $1 for the others; 

 shorts 60 and 75 cents per dozen. 



Among the chrysanthemums Glory of 

 Pacific, Bergmann and Yellow Queen are 

 best ; really fancy blooms are as yet 

 limited. Prices run from $1 to $2.50 per 

 dozen. It is said that by the end of 

 this week better conditions are expected 

 in the 'mum market. In carnations in- 

 door-grown stock is improving in qual- 

 ity, but nothing very fancy is seen as 

 yet. There is plenty of second quality 

 "at. $1 and $1.50 per 100. A good deal of 

 outdoor stock is still coming in and 

 with those the market is pretty well sup- 

 plied with carnations of all kinds. 



Violets are becoming somewhat better 

 in color and a few cool days will see 

 first-class violets in the market again ; 25 

 and 35 cents is the price this week. 

 Cosmos is very plentiful and makes good 

 window decorations, being very cheap; 

 25 cents per 100 buys the best. A big 

 lot of valley was used last week for 

 weddings and was a little scarce. A good 

 deal of wild smilax is in and the past 

 week quite a big lot was used for decora- 

 tions. 



Club Meeting. 

 The Florists' Club had a very large 

 attendance at its regular meeting last 

 Thursday afternoon in Odd follows hall. 

 The meeting opened nt i'-.:'.<i with all the 

 new officers present except Vice-Presi 

 dent Winter. Tie Ini-t.-i- reported that 

 the list of essays would be ready by the 

 next meeting. Several important com- 

 munications were read and filed. Four 

 applications for membership were read 



from S. Silver-inn,, \ ,,i Gorley, 



Max Rotter and Walter Hummel. The 

 first three are retailers and the latti r a 

 student at Shaw's Garden. Wm. Bonche 

 whs elected to membership. 



J. IT. Hadkinson, of the landscape de- 

 partment at the World's Pair, was pres- 

 ent and gave a very interesting talk and 

 invited all the members to visit the 

 grounds. Mr. McClure and Mr. Bal 



this united the members to visit Shaw's 

 Garden on Novembei 15 and view the 

 new rln vsanthemums. which will then 

 !»■ at their best. Both invitations were 

 accepted with thanks. A committee con- 

 sisting of Messrs. Fillmore, Koenig and 

 Tesson was appointed by the president 

 to make a collection to help II. Schweit- 

 zer, of Mendota, 111., who recently lost 

 everything by storm. All present con- 

 tributed and any others can send to any 

 of the committee. 



The president handed in a list of the 

 committees which will have charge of the 

 1 1 , . m convention of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists. The chairmen of the dif- 

 ferent committees are as follows: Gen- 

 eral reception committee, J. F. Ammann; 

 president's reception. J. .T. Beneke; la- 

 dies' reception, Fred C. Weber; souvenir 

 publication, E. F. Tesson; press com- 

 mittee, A. S. Halstedt ; advertising and 

 printing, F. .T. Meinhardt; hotels, B. C. 

 Burchel; finance. Otto G. Koenig; enter- 

 tainment and sports, Carl Beyer; dec- 

 orations, Henry C. Ostertag; superin- 

 tendent of trades display, C. A. Kuehn. 

 The list of the different committees was 

 approved by the club. All chairmen 

 should be present at the next meeting. 

 The finance committee was instructed to 

 1 login work at once. Mr. Koenig, the 

 chairman, promised that by the next 

 meeting a report would be made. 



The following members have promised 

 essays during the winter: F. J. Fill- 

 more. J. W. Dunford, J. H. Hadkinson, 

 Mr. McClure, A. G. Grimier, Geo. Wind- 

 ier. Messrs. Ammann, Dunford and Hal- 

 stedt, the trustees, will have the full 

 list ready by the next meeting, when 

 a chrysanthemum exhibition will be given 

 at the club rooms. Three prizes will be 

 offered for the best ten blooms, $5, $3 

 and $2 open to local growers only. 



The question box brought out several 

 lively discussions, especially the one con- 

 demning the crape pullers and the club 

 will ask the daily papers to help break 

 up this practice. The meeting then ad- 

 journed to partake of an elegant lunch 

 spread in the next room. 



The next meeting will be held on 

 Thursday afternoon, November 12, at 2 



'clock. 



Various Notes. 



J. H. Vesey spent Saturday with the 



trade on his way home from Fort Wayne, 



1 ml., where he was on a visit to his broth- 

 er. Judge Vesey. 



J. A. McDowell, the orchid, bulb and 

 cactus grower from the City of Mexico, 

 is here making arrangements for space 

 at the World's Fair. Mr. McDowell 

 will also make a display at the next S. 

 \. I'. convention, having already spoken 

 for space. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, A. 

 S. Halstedt and A. G. Fehr, of Belle- 

 ville, the Ude brothers, Pilcher and Ber- 

 ■ lan. of Kirkwood, A. J. Jablonsky, of 

 Wellston, Messrs. Dunford, Steidle and 

 Tesson, of Clayton, spent a very pleas- 

 ant .afternoon at the club meeting last 

 week. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, was in town 

 Saturday buying supplies. Mr. Guy re- 

 ports trade good, with plenty of funeral 

 work. 



Fred C. Weber furnished the decora- 

 tions tor the paint, oil and drug conven- 

 t i. hi at the Southern hotel. A big lot of 

 on-hids was used for the occasion. 



George Waldbart is making a fine show 

 of out flowers, also some well grown pot 

 chrysanthemums. Business at his place 

 has opened up nicely. 



ii-toitau. Bros, furnished one of the 



largest wedding decorations of the season 

 last week. That's the reason Henry 

 missed the club meeting. 



Freddie Weber has returned from his 

 trip east, which he reports very pleas- 

 ant, meeting with many friends in New 

 York and Philadelphia. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers is again about her 

 place of business after a long illness. 

 She reports trade in decorative work 

 good. 



J. F. Windt has some very fine Boston 

 ferns, also extra good pot chrysanthe- 

 mums. Mr. Windt has been very busy 

 of late. 



Bowling. 



The Ladies' Bowling Club will go in 

 a body this week Wednesday, to Belle- 

 ville, ill., to be entertained by the ladies 

 of that place in a bowling contest. At 

 the last week's bowling Mrs. F. M. 

 Ellis made the highest single game yet 

 made, which was 145. All the ladies are 

 improving and are even thinking of chal- 

 lenging the men for a match in the near 

 future. 



Nine of the bowlers were at the alleys 

 Monday night and rolled their usual 



tin- -lull games, with 



scores, as follows: 



J. J. Benccke 



0. A. Kuehn 



Theo. Miller 

 F. 0. Weber 



F. J. Meinhardt 

 John Young 

 Freddie Weber . . 



very good 



J. J. 



COVERING PIPES. 



What is the best material with which 

 to cover steam mains, overhead in a 

 greenhouse, where not all the heat is 

 wanted, but some would be desirable* 

 Most of the pipe is 2-inch and expense 

 is something of an object. F. W. 



Hair felt is the cheapest material to 

 use for such purpose, the thickness de- 

 pending upon the amount of heat it is 

 desired to have escape into the house. 

 One-quarter or one-half inch would be 

 ample. Another handv wav is to use the 

 sectional asbestos covering and cover 

 only portions of the pipe, varying the 

 amount of covering as circumstances call 

 for. The asbestos air cell covering made 

 by F. J. Gast, of New York City, is 

 very economical and convenient to use. 

 Henry W. Gibbons. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston, Mass., rho- 

 dodendrons, etc.; W. B. Bishop, Bur- 

 lington, N. J., dahlias; M. Rice & Co., 

 Philadelphia, ribbons and supplies; F. 

 C. Heinemann, Erfurt, Germany, seed 

 novelties; Pape & Bergmann, Quedlin- 

 burg, Germany, seed novelties. 



Bellevue, Pa. — Fred Burki, who has 

 been reached at this postoffice, should 

 now be addressed at Crystal Farm, Gib- 

 sonia, Pa. 



Columbus, O. — The Fifth Avenue 

 Floral Company is building an even-span 

 house 25x100 and the Livingston Seed 

 Company three houses 16x100 for plant 

 trade. Ralph Knight, foreman at Liv- 

 ingston's, has resigned to take the man- 

 agement of the establishment of the 

 Smith Floral Company. The weather 

 lias been unfavorable for outdoor flowers 

 and good stock in all lines is scarce. 



