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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MARCH 17, jS98. 



Michel, F. H. Weber and W. Hucke 

 were elected to membership. The 

 president then appointed the following 

 committee, W. C. Young, J. J. Beneke. 

 R. F. Tesson and Secretary Sehray, to 

 negotiate with eastern florists' clubs 

 to join us next August to attend the 

 S, A. F. A. O. H. meeting at Omaha. 

 The committee was instructed to be- 

 gin work at once, as they only have 

 four meetings in which to do their 

 work before the annual meeting. 



An intermission of ten minutes was 

 called to look into the merits of the 

 carnations on exhibition. The presi- 

 dent appointed a committee of three to 

 act as judges, as follows: Wm. Tril- 

 low, Frank Fillmore and J. J. Beneke. 

 After ten minutes the meeting was 

 called to order and the report of the 

 committee was made, as follows: 



Report of Exhibition Committee. 



Fred Dorner's Gold Nugget, a grand 

 flower, very fine yellow, and worthy 

 of certificate; White Cloud, same 

 grower, very good white, also worthy 

 of a certificate; Wm. Swayne's Em- 

 press as a dark carnation was consid- 

 ered perfect, and worthy of certificate, 

 the stems of this carnation averaging 

 3 feet; Chris Besold's Mrs. Frances 

 Joost, flowers a little faded from its 

 long trip, was regarded a fine pink, 

 and worthy of certificate; John Bur- 

 ton's Alba Superba, a magnificent 

 white, came in good condition, and was 

 worthy of certificate; Hopp & Lemke's 

 Kathleen Pantlind, a very attractive 

 flower, almost the color of Daybreak, 

 but more robust, was awarded a cer- 

 tificate. A fine grown plant of Kath- 

 leen Pantlind was also on exhibition, 

 with fourteen buds, and attracted a 

 great deal of attention. A large vase 

 of Mrs. Bradt from Dorner's was 

 greatly admired, and acknowledged the 

 best seen of this variety. 



R. Witterstaetter's exhibit consist- 

 ed of a large vase of magnificent 

 blooms of Evelina. This carnation is 

 a great favorite with the St. Louis 

 florists. Stollery Bros'. Argyle, a fine 

 pink, came in for its share of admira- 

 tion. The above two varieties already 

 have the club's certificate. 



The committee wishes to call atten- 

 tion to a vase of fourteen varieties 

 grown by William Trillow (St. Clair 

 Floral Co.), Bellville; a vase of good 

 Daybreak and Scott by J. F. Ammann, 

 of Edwardsville, 111., and a vase of 

 fifty finely grown Daybreaks by Miss 

 Flick, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Henry 

 Aue showed a vase of very fine mixed 

 carnations. John Steidle exhibited 

 three fine vases of well gi-own car- 

 nations. In one vase Mr. Stei- 

 dle showed his sport from Day- 

 break, which the committee thinks is 

 something good. E. W. Guy, of Belle- 

 ville, had a large vase of fine Arma- 

 zindy. Mr. Guy reports that this va- 

 viety is doing well with him. F. W. 

 Ude," Jr., and F. Richter, of Kirkwood, 

 each showed a vase of good mixed 

 carnations, and Frank Fillmore was 

 also on hand with a mixed bunch 

 which showed up well. 



Fred Dorner, Jr., of Lafayette, Ind.; 



A Berdan, Kirkwood, and Charles 

 Young, were our visitors. The Flor- 

 ists' Review was on file as usual for 

 reference. The next meeting of the 

 club, April 14, will be its annual rose 

 show. John W. Kunz, the club 

 auctioneer, sold the blooms on exhi- 

 bition to the highest bidder. After 

 this the meeting adjourned and a gen- 

 eral introduction followed. 



Observations. 



F. W. Ude. Jr., was the proudest 

 man in the hall after having become 

 the sole owner of Kathleen Pantlind. 



Chas. Juengel was very much taken 

 with the Empress. 



Frank Fillmore thinks Evelina the 

 grandest of all whites. 



Fred Weber walked off with Frances 

 Joost as though he won a capital prize. 



Bmil Sehray had his eye on the Gold 

 Nugget, and was afterward seen with 

 them on his way home. 



Herman and Gus Ude had their 

 heads together admiring Alba Su- 

 perba and White Cloud. 



John W. Kunz fell in love with Mrs. 

 Bradt. She was seen in his show win- 

 dow later on. 



President Halstedt was seen to ad- 

 mire John Steidle's sport from Day- 

 break. Doc thinks John has a good 

 one, and should push it. 



Max Herzog says that Miss Flick 

 knows how to grow Daybreaks. 



E. W. Guy is a great admirer of 

 Armazindy, and Everett knows a good 

 thing when he sees it. 



Charlie Kuehn didn't say much, but 

 thought his share. Charlie is a great 

 admirer of fine carnations. 



Fred Dorner, Jr., was the center of 

 attraction, explaining the merits of 

 his carnations. 



Willie Jordan was on hand and 

 helped Kunz wonderfully well in buy- 

 ing Evelina and Mrs. Bradt at a good 

 round figure. 



Bob Tesson thinks Aigyle a good 

 pink for the retailers to handle. 



Julius Koenig. Jr., had a Bradt of his 

 own, but when he saw Dorner's he 

 shook his head. 



Frank Ellis had an eye on Aue's 

 mixed vase, especially Eldorado, which 

 Frank thinks is a beauty. 



Visitors in town were Mr. and Mrs. 

 Unverzagt, of Springfield, 111.: Meyer 

 Heller, New Castle, Ind.; Fred Dor- 

 ner, Jr., Lafayette, Ind.; Joe Rolker, 

 New York, and Jos. Heinl, Jackson- 

 ville, 111. 



Market Review. 



Trade in the cut flower line the 

 past week slackened up somewhat and 

 the long expected glut has arrived at 

 last. Everything is plentiful now — 

 even a few fine Beauties can now be 

 had. Carnations are on equal par 

 with bulbous stock and violets. Roses 

 of all kinds can be bought cheap, but 

 there seems to be very little demand. 

 The commission houses are now look- 

 ing for your trade. A week or so past 

 we were looking for them, and should 

 this state of affairs keep up the 

 wholesalers will be fighting each other 

 to see who can sell the cheapest. 



Roses of all kinds can be bought very 

 cheap, and only the very choicest 

 stock bring $4 and $5; the others sold 

 at $1 and $2 per 100. Carnations are 

 a great glut, and the price has gone 

 down as low as ?1 and $2 for the very 

 best — more Daybreaks and Scotts than 

 any others. Harrisii have dropped to 

 16 and $8; callas the same price. 

 Dutch hyacinths are sold at $2 and $4. 

 Daffodils meet with very little demand 

 at $2; valley fair at ?3. Violets of all 

 kinds are being dumped every day and 

 have little or no value at present. 

 Sweet peas are very fine and are about 

 the only flower in demand, and are 

 held up at $2. Smilax is sold at ?12.50 

 and $15. 



Notes. 



The Mound City Cut Flower Co., 

 doing business at 1322 Pine street, 

 made an assignment last week Wed- 

 nesday for the benefit of its credit- 

 ors. Jos. H. Barr is named as trustee. 



George M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., spent Sunday in St. Louis. Mr. 

 K. is on his way to attend the execu- 

 tive meeting of the S. A. F. A. O. H., 

 to be held at Washington. D. C. 



The Bowlers had a fine night Mon- 

 day to bowl, but the attendance was 

 not so good as usual and will not be 

 from now on until after the spring 

 trade is over. E. Sehray was high man 

 in the three games rolled, with 577; 

 Helwig, second, with 496; Fillmore, 

 third with 495. The highest single 

 score was by Helwig, with 216; Fill- 

 more, second with 209: Sehray, third 

 with 197. Next Monday night we roll 

 for a cake. J. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



Florists' Society. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society was held last 

 Saturday evening. Although the wea- 

 ther was unfavorable the meeting was 

 well attended and full of interest. The 

 next regular meeting will be held on 

 the third Saturday of April instead of 

 the second, on account of Easter fall- 

 ing on the tenth of the month. It was 

 decided to give a banquet at the club 

 rooms about the middle of May to 

 which the ladies will be invited. B. 

 G. Gillett was aonointed a committeo 

 of one to make the necessary arrange- 

 ments. 



Steps have been taken to form a i 

 auxiliary society for the benefit of the 

 growers, it being thought that consid- 

 erable money could be saved by so 

 doing, especially in buying glass, coal, 

 etc., as lower prices could be obtaintd 

 byclubbingtogetherand ordering large 

 quantities. The boys all think well of 

 the idea and it is sure to be a go. Wm 

 Murphy, Albert Sunderbruch and Gus. 

 Adrian were appointed a committee lo 

 complete arrangements. 



Exhibition. 



The exhibition of plants and cut 

 flowers proved to be the most success 

 ful one given by the society this sea- 



