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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



APRIL 14, 1898. 



brought ?2, while the best fancy sold 

 at $6. the bulk selling at $4. Violets 

 were very scarce and only a few Cali- 

 fornlas came in. and sold at $1 per 

 100. A few southern arrived from the 

 south and were bought up at 3-J cents. 

 Bulb stuff was very plentiful and. 

 generally speaking, good in quality. 

 Dutch hyacinths and tulips sold at $3 

 and $i; valley, very tine, $4: Von Sion. 

 $3 and $4. Cut Harrisii reached the 

 $l."i mark Saturilay morning and sold 

 well; callas. $10 and .$12.50. and plenty 

 of them. Sweet peas went up to $2.50 

 per 100. 



Everybody Satisfied. 



The down-town as well as the West 

 End florists are very enthusiastic over 

 their Easter business, and it is safe to 

 say that the bulk of trade done was 

 far in advance of any previous Easter 

 weelv. The majority of the florists had 

 tlieir windows handsomely decorated 

 with hydrangeas, azaleas, palms, arau- 

 carias, Harrisii and calla plants. 



Among the West End florists. Mr. 

 Robert Ayers. of the Ayers Floral Co.. 

 reports business with them the best in 

 years. Plants and cut flowers alike 

 sold well, with lots of funeral work all 

 the week. 



At Weber's all hands were busy with 

 plants, cut flowers and decorative 

 work. Business was never better than 

 this Easter. 



Connon Floral Co. and Luther Arm- 

 strong did a tip-top business; had all 

 they could do to supply the demand 

 and realized good prices. 



George Walbart and Mary Ostertag, 

 the North Grand avenue florists, re- 

 port business excellent and sold out 

 clean. They both made a fine display 

 in their large show windows with 

 handsome plants and cut flowers; 

 trade the best in years. 



Robert Tesson. of Ellison & Tesson. 

 reports business at their up and down- 

 town stores great; trade better than 

 ever at Easter time. 



Ostertag Bros., Chas Schonelle, and 

 Wm. Oughton, the Washington avenue 

 florists, report business very satisfac- 

 tory; could have done more had tlie 

 supply been larger. 



The down-town floiists all did a 

 great business. Riessen Floral Co. 

 made a fine display at their two down- 

 town stores. Mrs. Buechel reports 

 that they were worked to death; besi 

 trade in years. 



At Jordan's the display of Harrisii 

 and palms was fine, and Mr. Kunz. the 

 manager, reports trade in excess of 

 last year. 



Miss Badaracco, North Floral Co., 

 and Krebs Floral Co. report that tr.-ide 

 was fine and could not have been bet- 

 ter in plants and cut flowers. 



C. Young & Sons Co. were very busy, 

 experiencing the best Easter in years. 

 This firm had the finest lot of Harrisii 

 plants in the city. 



The South Side florists speak in the 

 same terms. Fillmore, Schray and 

 Beyer had good plant sales and almost 

 sold out of Easter stock. 



Gus Eggling and W. L. Hucke report 



a rusliing Easter trade, with good 

 prices, selling out early Sunday. 



The North Side florists, near the 

 cemeteries. Julius Koenig. Sr. and 

 Jr., and H. Meinhardt, report that they 

 were never busier than this Easter. 



C. C. Sanders also had a fine trade 

 in plants and cut flowers, averagmg 

 better than last year. 



Notes. 



Rudolph J. Mohr. late with Hess & 

 Swoboda, Omaha. Neb., is now at the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. Mr. Mohr 

 will remain in St. Louis and will make 

 application for membership in the lo- 

 cal florist club at its next meeting. 



It is now a fixed fact that the chrys- 

 anthemum show this year will he held 

 at the Coliseum, the directors having 

 accepted our terms. The datos are 

 fixed for November 14. 15. 16, 17 and 

 IS. The committee is hard at work 

 and the special prizes are coming in 

 better than last year. This will make 

 it the best and largest show St. Louis 

 has ever had. 



Joe Rolker, representing Aug. Rolk- 

 er & Sons. New York, is in town look- 

 ing better than ever. 



At the bowling club Monday night 

 the attendance was good and some 

 good rolling was done. In the three 

 games rolled Emil Schray was high 

 man with 6S4; Carl Beyer second, with 

 .576. and Kuehn third, with 559. High 

 single score was by Schray, with 260, 

 Beyer second, with 218; Kuehn third, 

 with 202. Dr. Helwig and Fillmore 

 both distinguished themselves by mak- 

 ing 93 and 90 in one of the games. 



J. J. B. 



WASHINGTON. 



Satisfactory Easter. 



Easter day opened bright and warm, 

 which cheered the boys who have 

 worked so hard and have been under 

 such a strain the past few weeks in 

 preparing for this event. All seemed 

 to h.-ive plenty and all shared alike the 

 prosperity that followed. The week 

 opened with a genuine snow storm, 

 accompanied with high winds. The 

 high winds continued until Friday, 

 making it extremely difficult in ship- 

 ping Harrisiis. The night tempera- 

 tures on two occasions during the 

 week fell to 22 degrees, and looked a3 

 if Easter day might be frosty, but for- 

 tune favored the fiorists this time and 

 the day was perfect. 



The trade in general was very good. 

 High prices were not realized to any 

 extent, few paying more than one dol- 

 lar. The customers wanted roses for 

 that price and asked for the best for 

 that money. Large plants of azaleas, 

 .genistas and hydrangeas did not go 

 very lively; like roses, they gave way 

 to cheaper plants. 



Ej.pressions of Opinion. 



The market people one and all had 

 congested crowds about, without suffi- 

 cient help to wait upon them. The ac- 



companying interviews will tell the 

 story; 



Mr. Wm. Gude.— "The sale of plants 

 was very much larger than at any pre- 

 ceding Easter. We had quantities and 

 could sell cheap. Large flowering 

 plants not in demand, though sold a 

 few. Church work about as usual. We 

 had about twenty clerks and found 

 even this number inadequate to prop- 

 erly wait on the throngs who crowded 

 the store. We did an immense busi- 

 ness." 



Mr. J. Louis Loose. — "My cut flower 

 trade was excellent, realizing good 

 prices. The demand was for fine 

 plants, cheap ones not taking. All my 

 ten and fifteen dollar plants are gone, 

 while, as you see, my interior ones are 

 left. The demand for violets was enor- 

 mous; I might say tlie same of carna- 

 tions. I consider it my best Easter." 



Mr. C. F. Hale.— "I don't think 

 there were as many boxes of flowers 

 sent out this Easter as on former 

 years; their place seems to have been 

 taken by plants. The demand was for 

 plants ranging from one to two dol- 

 lars, not exceeding that. Bulbous stuff 

 seems on the decline. It does not take 

 first place as it did formerly. Violets 

 were inferior and I did not care risk- 

 ing sending them out." 



Mr. Otto Bauer. — "As far as I am 

 concerned I had a pretty good Easter. 

 Could have sold double the quantity of 

 violets. People did not want high 

 priced roses; the demand was for 

 cheaper stuff. Carnations were in 

 great demand and the supply limited." 



Mr. Blackstone. — "I had a large 

 stock of violets and soon disposed of 

 them. Trade good." 



John Graver. — "Harrisiis went off 

 like hot cakes. Carnations and violets 

 sold well. Could not get good prices 

 for roses; demand was for cheap 

 flowers. Foliage plants not even called 

 for. Tulips, jonquils, etc.. good." 



Robt. Bowdler. — "All the business I 

 could handle, and supply equal to the 

 demand." 



N. Studer. — "Business the best we 

 ever had." 



C. Schellhorn. — "Sold out my roses 

 early, realizing good prices. Plant 

 trade immense." 



Fred Kramer. — "Best Easter we ever 

 had; shipping trade excellent. Sent 

 fiowers to Key West and even to Ha- 

 vana last week. Market trade good." 



Phillips & Lewis. — "We had to hus- 

 tle to wait on the crowds, and before 

 night were completely cleaned out. 

 Best Easter we ever had." 



The demand for Easter lilies was 

 good, and but few were unsold. Prices 

 obtained averaged about twenty-five 

 cents per flower and fifteen cents per 

 flower, wholesale. There were several 

 thousand more grown in this city this 

 season than last, so that the supply 

 was equal to the demand. W. H. K. 



THE WASHINGTON MEETING. 



Editor Florists' Review: I feel that 

 I cannot allow to pass unchallenged 

 the report of your Washington corre- 

 spondent, in your issue of March 31, 



