MAY 12. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



923 



Mr. Beneke's Dream. 



ing team was held. The following 

 resolution was offered: 



"Whereas, The highest degree of ex- 

 cellence in any sport is only attained 

 by those able to devote their undi- 

 vided attention to that sport; and, 



"Whereas, Florists are workers, not 

 sports; therefore, be it 



"Resolved, That this club will not 

 win the Bowlers' League tournament 

 of 1808." 



After some discussion this resolu- 

 tion was adopted by a unanimous 

 vote. N. B. — The Review is the only 

 paper to secure the above important 

 information, which explains some 

 things which required an explanation. 



J. W. Y. 



MR. BENEKE'S DREAM. 

 Mr. J. J. Beneke, of St. Lnuis, is 

 very fond of roses and also of his fel- 

 low craftsmen. One night, after a very 

 pleasant gathering, he had a dream 

 (hat pleased him much, and at the 

 first opportunity he had an artist paint 

 it for the edification of his friends in 

 I lie trade. The accompanying engrav- 

 ing is from a photograph of the paint- 

 ing, and is much reduced in size. 



Probably no rose plant ever before 

 produced such a crop of flowers, either 

 in quantity or quality. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The weather has been quite cool the 

 past week, which checked the great 

 glut of roses that was promised, but 

 the cold snap did not seem to have 

 any effect on carnations. Everything 

 was plentiful and most of the stock 

 good. 



The market did not show much im- 

 provement, although the glut was not 

 so great. Prices on roses only showed 

 a slight improvement. Trade in re- 

 tail circles was a little better, there 

 being quite a lot of funeral work go- 

 ing on, creating a demand for white 

 stock. 



Roses opened up this morning (Mon- 

 day) at from $3 to $5, Brides, Meteors, 

 Maids and Carnots bringing .^4; prime 

 stock, .$5: Perles and Woottons, $3; 

 seconds, ^1 and $2. Some fine Beauties 

 were sold at .f2.."iO per dozen the past 

 week, though the prevailing price was 



about 11.50. This week prices on 

 Beauties will go up. 



Carnations arrived in great quanti- 

 ties, more than could be disposed of, 

 and sold as low as 40 cents per 100 in 

 1,<"M> lots, but this morning they 

 seemed a little scarce, the price going 

 up to $1 for general stock; selected 

 fancies, $1.50 and $2. 



Harrisii and callas could be bought 

 very cheap, as they were and are now 

 quite a glut; $4 is the average price 

 for the very best. Sweet peas are not 

 so plentiful, the supply being short of 

 demand; price, 75 cents. Out-door val- 

 ley is beginning to arrive and sells 

 at .?2. 



Ferns are still very scarce and snii- 

 lax has been in great demand at $15. 

 Charlie Kuehn has promised the floi- 

 ists to have plenty of ferns by the first 

 of the week at the same old price, 

 •>?1.75 per 1,000. 



Plant trade the past week has been 

 (luite dull, owing to the cold and rainy 

 weather. 



Notes. 



General Supt. of Parks Wm. C. Pape 

 has designed a "Remember the 

 Maine" floral piece which will be 

 placed in Forest Park. The plans will 

 be carried out just as soon as Com- 

 missioner Franklin Ridgely returns 

 from the East, where he went to visit 

 his son. Ensign Ridgely, of the U. S. 

 Navy. 



Ernest Tesson, with Ellison & Tes- 

 son, has gone with the soldiers to 

 camp at Jefferson Barracks. Ernest 

 and Bob are members of the Battery. 

 Bob could not be spared from the 

 business, but says that if called upon 

 to fight he will be where the bullets 

 are the thickest — "under the ammuni- 

 tion wagon." 



Wm. Bouche, superintendent of Mis- 

 souri's exhibit at the World's Fair, 

 will build a palm garden In the Coli- 

 seum this summer, to be ready for the 

 opening of the exposition early in Sep- 

 tember. 



Miss Flick, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 sent to this market last week some 

 splendid carnations, especially the 

 Bridesmaids and Mme. Albertini. 



Max Herzog's loss of 1.000 feet of 

 glass was not due to hail. The storm 

 blew down his smoke stack, thus caus- 

 ing the loss of glass. Max says it did 

 hail, but not strong enough to break 

 the glass; thus the report was circu- 

 lated that his loss was by hail, as 

 stated in The Review of last week. 



Club Items. 



The Florists' Gun Club is soon to 

 begin practice, so as to be in good 

 trim when they meet the Eastern 

 cracks at Omaha next August. The 

 club will, as usual, practice at Tesson's 

 place. 



The Bowling Club will, after the 

 May series, select a team to represent 

 the club at Omaha, and as a great 

 many of the members have expressed 

 their intention of going a good team 



