JANUARY 27, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



383 



ST. LOUIS. 



Trade Looking Up. 



Cut flower trade in tlie city has b?en 

 better tor several days past and the 

 outlook is very encouraging from now 

 on until Lent sets in. Dinners, wed- 

 ding receptions and other entertain- 

 ments make a call for quantities of cut 

 flowers. 



Roses have been very scarce, good 

 blooms selling well. This condition of 

 the rose market is undoubtedly due 

 more to the smallness of the cut gen- 

 erally than any special increase in 

 consumption. The last three days 

 of the past week were very brisk, 

 especially in funeral work, and 

 the commission men say they 

 soon sold out all their stock. Good 

 Beauties are very scarce, particularly 

 first-class grades. The few that come 

 in go at from $3 to $5 per dozen. 

 Brides and maids, which have been 

 plentiful right along, are also scarce, 

 the first grades bringing from $6 to 

 $10; seconds, $5. Meteors are very 

 scarce, Woottons taking their place for 

 good red roses and bringing from $5 to 

 $7 per 100. Perles and La France have 

 fallen in line with the scarce ones, and 

 good blooms demand $4 to $6. 



Carnations are comparatively scarce 

 and are going well. Daybreaks and 

 Scotts sell at $2 to $4, with some ex- 

 tra fancy at $5. The scarlet Portia and 

 Jubilee bring $4 for the best. Bulbous 

 stock is still in good supply. Fine 

 Valley brings $4, Romans and paper 

 ■white, ?2 to $4. Daffodils (Von Sioii) 

 are coming in now and go at $4. Tulips 

 are rather short stemmed, and sell at 

 $3 and $4. Narcissus and callas are 

 selling well at $10 and $12.50; Freesia, 

 $1 to $3. Stevia is fine at 20 cents per 

 bunch. Violets are flooding the mar- 

 ket just now and Californias (home 

 grown) can be bought at 50 cents, and 

 the small single as low as 10 cents per 

 100, while good double can be had at 

 40 and 50 cents. Complaints of dull 

 business seem general all over the 

 country, according to the notes in our 

 last issue, both shipping and local 

 trade suffering alike. 



With the BeUeville Craft. 

 The invitation extended to the Flor- 

 ist Club by their Belleville brethren 

 was accepted by twenty-four of the 

 members, and on Tuesday morning at 

 10:25 they met at the Union station 

 and took the Air Line for Belleville. 

 Among those who were in the party 

 were: C. C. Sanders, F. C. Weber, 

 Fred Meinhart. John Ammann, C. A. 

 Kuehn, F. J. Fillmore, Carl Beyer, Al- 

 bert Michel, R. F. Tesson, William El- 

 lison, F. W. Ude. Jr., H. G. Ude, Gus 

 Ude and Theodore Richter, of Kirk- 

 wood; A. Windier, Charles Juengel C. 

 W. Wors, Emil Schray, Julius Schray, 

 Max Herzog, H. Schulte, P. G. 

 Brackenburg, J. J. Bucke and 

 Miss Ellison. The party arrived 

 at the BeUeville junction at 11 

 o'clock and made their first visit to 

 Mr. Emmons, of the West Park Floral 



Company, who was in waiting at the 

 depot. The party at once proceeded 

 to inspect Mr. Emmons' place. A lit- 

 tle keg painted green, in the potting 

 shed caught the eye of Jolly Max Her- 

 zog and his side partner, Frank Fill- 

 •more. Mr. Emmons has five houses, 

 each 150 feet long, planted in carna- 

 tions and roses, and everything looked 

 to be in fine shape. 



After sampling the green keg the 

 party started for the city, with Mr. 

 Emmons as our guide. At this point 

 we were met by Dr. Halstedt, E. W. 

 Guy and M. Semmler. From here we 

 were taken to Mr. Guy's establishment, 

 which we also found looking at its 

 best. Next door to Mr. Guy is the St. 

 Clair Flora! Company, with Mr. Will- 

 iam Trillow in charge. This place has 

 greatly improved under Mr. Trillow's 

 care. Carnations and roses are mostly 

 grown here, and all things are in finest 

 shape. 



We next visited Mr. Fehr and Mr. 

 Grossart, and also Mr. M. Semmler. 

 At the latter place the old gentleman 

 and his wife received us with open 

 arms. After looking through the 

 houses Mr. Semmler invited us into 

 the house to partake of a light lunch of 

 cake and wine. Mr. Semmler's place 

 is of the old style, but is kept in ap- 

 ple pie order, everything being very 

 clean and nicely arranged. 



From this place we were taken to 

 Lavaux's for dinner, where we found 

 a fine spread. The room was nicely 

 decorated with potted plants of all 

 kinds and the tables with smilax, roses 

 and carnations. This part of the pro- 

 gram was very much enjoyed by all 

 present. Mr. E. W. Guy delivered an 

 address of welcome to the St. Louis 

 florists. After dinner the party visited 

 the Belleville Commercial Club rooms, 

 and after bowling a few games it was 

 train time. At 6:30 all were on the 

 train headed for St. Louis, and ex- 

 pressed themselves as having spent a 

 most enjoyable day, thanks to our 

 Belleville brethren. 



Shaw's Botanical Garden?. 



A visit to Shaw's Botanical Gardens 

 a few days ago was much enjoyed, as 

 Prof. Trelease had several things of 

 interest to tell me. I found the pro- 

 fessor in his oflScft, and glad that I had 

 come. He has b^n sick the past week 

 with the grippe, but was feeling much 

 better. Our talk was on the Chry.?- 

 anthemum show for 1898. The Shaw 

 premiums will again head the list, and 

 the professor would very much like to 

 see more competition for the Henry 

 Shaw gold medal, which is given for 

 a plant of decided merit, for cultiva- 

 tion, not previously an article of 

 North American commerce, and intro- 

 duced to such commerce by the exhib- 

 itor during the year in which said 

 award was made. He hopes that some 

 of our eastern florists will fall into 

 line at the next show. The professor 

 is enthusiastic for the success of our 

 show this year and will do all in his 

 power to help make it the grandest 

 affair we ever had. 



"How do you like our new trade pa- 

 per. The Florists' Review, professor?" 

 "It's a grand paper, and such men as 

 Scott, Grant and Dorner assure its 



success." 



Death of Henr/ Michel. 



We regret to note the death of Henry 

 Michel, formerly of this city, who died 

 a few days ago at Marion, Ind. For 

 many years he was president of the- 

 Michel Plant and Bulb Company. He 

 has a number of relatives in this city, 

 among them being Albert Michel, a 

 brother, and Eugene Michel, a nephew, 

 and friends by the score. 



B. J. Berterman, of the Berterman 

 Floral Co., Indianapolis, Ind., was a- 

 visitor last week. 



Of Interest to Bowlers. 

 The Bowling Club on Monday night 

 rolled four games of cocked hat and J. 

 W. Kunz was high man with 141, high 

 single score 48; Kuehn, second, with 

 131, single score 41; E. Schray, third, 

 with 19, single score 34. The weather 

 was bad and the attendance not good. 

 Next Monday night will end the cocked 

 hat series. J. J. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



1 2th Annual Meeting of State Florists. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the- 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana 

 was held at the state house, this city, 

 in the horticultural and agricultural 

 rooms, an exhibition of choice flowers 

 and plants in the former and the meet- 

 ing in the latter. The attendance was 

 satisfactory throughout, the meeting 

 having life and vim to it. President 

 Stuart's address was full of good points 

 and suggestions. The annual report 

 of the secretary showed the usual 

 membership, with a sufficient surplus 

 in the treasury to print the annual re- 

 port and pay other expenses for the 

 coming year. The report of the elev- 

 enth annual chrysanthemum show 

 showed somewhat discouraging on ac- 

 count of a cut in premiums to the state 

 members under the favorable circum- 

 stances of last fall, but the majority 

 present felt that much good had been 

 accomplished in education, and an ex- 

 tra effort should be made to bring the 

 flnancial matters into better shape. 



A report from the local society 

 members indicated that they are ne- 

 gotiating with the Commercial Club of 

 Indianapolis for support. A perma-- 

 nent committee was appointed to con- 

 fer with a like committee of the Indi- 

 anapolis Florists' Club for further con- 

 sultations and report to the officers- 

 and executive committee in one montli 

 from now to decide definitely on hold- 

 ing the twelfth annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show. No doubt exists but what, 

 a show will be held — it is only how ex- 

 tensive it shall be made. On invita- 

 tion of Mr. E. G. Hill the July meetins: 

 of our Society will be held in Rich- 

 mond. 



