APRIL 2S, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



869 



View of the wholesale store of S. B. Winter, Chicago. 



brings $2 and $3. Harrisii are selling 

 at $ij and $6; callas, same. 



Sweet peas are now selling at 2.5e 

 per 100, and are very good. They are 

 not yet overplentitul. l)ut it is like'y 

 that in a week or so the market will 

 be overloaded with them. 



There is still a scarcity in greens, 

 and no ferns in the market all of last 

 week. Some of the florists fell back 

 on rose leaves for backing. Smilax is 

 also a little scarce and in good demand 

 at $15. 



Notes. 



The preliminary premium list of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club for the e.ichibi- 

 tion of 1898 has been issued. Class 12 

 this year was made for Miss Mary 

 Lionberger. who gives $100 for pre- 

 miums for herbarium collections of 

 wild plants, such collections to be 

 made and exhibited by pupils of any 

 school in St. Louis or St. Louis county. 



Mr. Alex. Walbart. formerly at 

 Grand avenue and Chestnut street, 

 will open a flower store on Grand ave- 

 nue, near Olive street, before the end 

 of the month. 



Mr. C. C. Sanders reports that tree 

 planting has been very brisk with him 

 this season; also in shrubs and ever- 

 greens. Others in the same line re- 

 port likewise. 



C. Young & Sons Co. are receiving 

 large orders from outside of the city 

 for plants, seeds and bulbs, and from 

 appearances business in this line will 

 be better than last year. 



Mr. H. C. Irish is now acting uirect- 

 or at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 in the absence of Prof. Wm. Trelease, 

 who is now in Europe. 



The Bowling Club. 



Only eight members took part in 

 the three games rolled by the club 

 Monday night, the rain keeping the 

 rest at home. Emil Schray is in form 

 again, and was high man with 643, 

 j single score 237; C. A. Kuehn. second 

 1 with 603, single score 22:'.; Fred Weber 

 third with 500, single score 197. This 

 I ended the April series of 12 games. 

 Chas. Kuehn wins the average medal 

 with 2,255; John Kunz, second, with 

 2,082. and Beneke, third, with 2,0o3. 

 Emil Schray wins the high single 

 score medal with 266; Beneke, second, 

 with 23o, and Kuehn. third. 223. The 

 May series will begin next Monday 

 night with 25 games of cocked hat, 

 just for a change. J. J. B. 



CLEVELAND. 



Spring! Oh. Spring! 

 You're not such a beautiful thing. 

 And poets all lie when they sing 

 Of your manifold charms, naughty 

 Spring! 



Measly Spring! 



For 'tis the grower that mighty well 



knows 

 You're the cause of one-half of his woes, 

 And .vou can't get a price for a rose 

 That'll pay tor the wear of the hose. 



Hang you. Spring! 



To the above horrible result does 

 the situation of last week lead one. 

 Cuba libre does not so immediately 

 burn into one's soul as flowers nearly 

 tree, a condition almost realized at 

 ! the latter end of the week just past. 

 Dry goods stores, as well as the legiti- 

 mate dealers in floral products, were 

 engaged in the pleasant pastime, and 

 as a result roses, carnations, daffodils 

 and other flowers were sold at prices 



that must seem ridiculous when one 

 stops to think of them. Roses were 

 the principal feature in the slaughter, 

 some very fair stock being disposed of 

 at 25 cents a dozen. American Beau- 

 ties were sold in a dry goods estab- 

 lishment at 10 cents each uniforml.v — 

 short or long stems— and there was 

 some very good long-stemmed stock 

 in the lot, too. 



More than one establishment sold 

 roses at from 25 to -"ii* cents. Others 

 who did not have these to burn got 

 up conflagrations of their own with 

 carnations at 15 and 20 cents per 

 dozen, and daffodils and tulips at 25 

 cents, so that all around there was a 

 real hot time in the old town last 

 week in spite of the rather chilly nat- 

 ural atmosphere. 



Well, every year has seen a similar 

 outbreak for some time back, and pos- 

 sibly we shall continue to have the 

 same sweetly pleasant situation every 

 year in the future until florists learn 

 that while there may be a real pleas- 

 ure in these little eccentricities, there 

 is little money in it, more especially 

 as the public is thereby led to form 

 very erroneous opinions as to the fig- 

 ure" at which flowers can fairly be 

 sold, and is very slow to forget these 

 good times that are occasionally pro- 

 vided by the all too generous florist 

 solely out of the goodness of his 

 heart and the praiseworthy ambition 

 to "do" his competitors. NEMO. 



PITTSBURG. 



Business Fair. 



Business for the past week has been 

 very fair and promises to continue in 

 this state. The war excitement dees 

 not seem to have any perceptible influ- 

 ence on social doings. Receptions, 

 weddings, banquets and otYier social 

 functions continue with their usual 

 regularity. There seems to be a sur- 

 plus of roses and the prices are ac- 

 cordingly exceedingly low. The weath- 

 er is unfavorable for the sale of a 

 large amount of bedding plants. The 

 growers anticipate an unusually large 

 demand for Decoration day, due to the 

 newly awakened patriotism. 



Notes. 



Messrs. Elliott & Ulam, of Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., will furnish the decorations 

 for the Americus CUib banquet April 

 28. 



At the last meeting of the Pittsburg 

 and Allegheny Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club two new members were elect- 

 ed: Messrs. M. Nauman and Frank 

 Hayman. Plans will be formulated at 

 the next meeting for a general fall 

 flower show. Many members will look 

 forward to a grand banquet this club 

 intends giving In the near future. 



F. Britenbaugh & Bro. report a large 

 sale of their Little Beauty and Lord 

 Byron fuchsias. 



F. J. Curtis, of Ben Avon, Pa., is 

 sending out a neat announcement of 

 bedding plants. 



