MAY 5, 1898. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



895 



View in the wholesale store of Reinberg Bros., Chicago. 



tions of zealous citizens that he is not 

 an anarchist. All the same the cigars 

 are on John. 



The Club. 



Next Monday, at the regular meeting 

 of the New York Florists' Club, be- 

 sides the usual monthly exhibit for the 

 club's medals. Professor W. E. Britton, 

 ■of the Connecticut Agricultural Expe- 

 riment Station, will give an interesting 

 talk on "Experiments With Chemical 

 Fertilizers on Greenhouse Plants." and 

 :a large meeting is anticipated. 



"Various Items, 



Greater New York is so great now 

 that when any one comes from the 

 Quaker City they bring along a chap- 

 eron, and so when our friend. Harry 

 Bayersdorfer. passed through this city 

 ■on his way to "Yurrup." to seek the 

 "newest" in his line, he was accom- 

 panied by his genial partner. Paul 

 Berkowitz. Mr. Bayersdorfer sailed 

 Tuesday on the steamship Havel, and 

 we wish him a bon voyage and safe 

 return. 



New Jersey. 



At the regular meeting of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society Monday 

 evening, Malcom MacRorie in the 

 chair, the usual business was trans- 

 acted. The essay for the evening was, 

 "Horticultural Societies; Their Pur- 

 pose and Management," which was 

 ably handled by Mr. James W. 'With- 

 -ers, and brought out considerable dis- 

 cussion. 



ST. LX3UIS. 



The Market. 



The cut flower trade in St. Ix)uis is 

 not what it should be, and the glut is 



still with us, especially in carnations. 

 Roses, too. have been very plentiful. 

 Perles. Brides and Bridesmaids are the 

 most plentiful. Quantities of cut flow- 

 ers of all kinds are being receivftl 

 daily as a result of the high tempera- 

 ture, and there has been a heavy loss 

 in all varieties, there being very little 

 demand the past week, and only the 

 very best of stock selling. It is im- 

 possible to sell the poor stock, even 

 the fakir refusing it. 



The various commission houses re- 

 ceived some fine specimens of all kinds 

 of flowers in season last week, but as 

 trade is dull, prices are merely nomi- 

 nal. Funeral work seems to be on 

 the increase rather than otherwise. 

 Transient trade is almost entirely 

 monopolized by the fakirs, who fairly 

 swarm the down-town district. It has 

 been a long time since prices were as 

 low as last week. Carnations and 

 roses have suffered alike in this re- 

 spect. The market can not possibly 

 consume all that is received, not even 

 with the help of the fakir. 



Beauties have been in fair demand, 

 but have suffered with the rest. Short 

 stemmed ones are nearly all bullheads 

 and most of them have to be dumped. 

 The best stock of Brides, Maids, Me- 

 teors and Carnots sells at $4; seconds. 

 .$1 and $2: mixed roses in 1.(XH.1 lots 

 sold some places at $."i. 



Carnations are down with the rest: 

 prime stock brings $1 and good blooms 

 T.'p cents, while the bulk sells at ."iD 

 cents, and in larger lots the price is 

 less. 



Violets are about over, and the few 

 that come in bring 3.5 cents. 



Bulb stock is about all cut. Tulips 

 and Dutch hyacinths are coming in 

 from the open ground. Sweet peas are 

 not over-abundant yet, but the indica- 



tions are that they will be shortly; 

 price this week opened at 75 cents per 

 100. 



Ferns are still very scarce. Smiiax 

 is selling well at l."i cents per string. 

 One commission man who had a few 

 ferns arrive last week put the price up 

 to .i;:;..''pii per l.twio. This the florists 

 did not relish, but had to have them, 

 though in the future when ferns be- 

 come more plentiful they will remem- 

 ber him for his kindness for selling 

 them, even at that price. 



Personals. 



Mi-s. Martin, who bought out Wm. 

 Lingenbrink. in Alexander's drug 

 store. ."i2ii Olive street, a few months 

 ago, has closed its doors. 



Mr. Fred Foster, formerly manager 

 of the Krebs Floral Company, has 

 opened a wholesale house on Eleventh 

 street, between Pine and Chestnut. 

 The florists about town think he will 

 do well if he makes money. 



W. J. and M. S. Vesey, of Fort 

 "Wayne, Ind., are sending to this mar- 

 ket some elegant stock: also their new 

 carnation. Fort Wayne. 



Riessen Floral Co. report lots of 

 funeral work the past week: also a 

 few good wedding orders booked for 

 this month. 



Max Herzog lost l.iKtn feet of glass 

 by hail Sunday afternoon. A few oth- 

 er florists in the same vicinity also 

 lost a few feet. The storm likewise 

 did a considerable damage to our 

 parks. 



Club Notes. 



The members of the Florist Club 

 should not forget to attend the next 

 meeting. Thursday, May 12, at 3 p. m., 

 as business of great importance will 

 come up and there will be an exhibi- 

 tion of miscellaneous cut blooms by 

 local growers. 



The Florist Bowling Club made a 

 change on Monday night and rolled 

 four games of Cocked Hat. The even- 

 ing was fine and the attendance was 

 good. C. A. Kuehn was high man in 

 the four games with 147: Beneke. sec- 

 ond, with 137: Kunz and Beyer a tie 

 for third place, with 134. The highest 

 single game was by Beneke, with ."U: 

 Kunz, second, with 45; Kuehn, third, 

 with 41). Next Monday night the club 

 will made arrangements to roll a 

 match game with the Concordia Turn- 

 ers of South St. Louis, and the team 

 selected at the same time. A full at- 

 tendance is requested. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Weather Affects Supply. 



Last week it was so unseasonably 

 cold and wet (the latter not so very 

 unseasonable) that the growers had 

 to fire harder than six weeks ago. Re- 

 lief came on Saturday, when it cleared, 

 but many a grower was surprised to 

 find how much coal the last week in 

 April had consumed. 



The effect of all this was to shorten 



