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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



.\<i\l-;.\Il{KK 'M 



of tlie Jlissouii Botanicul Giiidon. pre- 

 sided in place of Dr. Wm. Tielease. 

 owing to the sickness of JIi'. Tielea se's 

 oldest soil. Frank. Dr. .John Green, of 

 the St. Loui.^ Academy of Science, acted 

 as toastmaster. Tlie decorations were 

 much the same as in former years. 



Some of the speakers and tlieir sub- 

 jects were as follows: Prof C. K. Wat- 

 rotis, of Des Moines, Iowa, "The Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society;" F. M. .Tudson, 

 "The Shaw Banquet:"" Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean, of the World's Fair. "Our For- 

 ests;" Mr. Frederick W. Taylor. 'Hor- 

 ticultuie Pure and Simple;" C. O. Wil- 

 liams, of Quincy. 111., "The American 

 Apple (Growers' Congress;" Prof. .\. T. 

 Erwin. "The Iowa State Agricultural 

 College;" Prof. Albert Blair, of Cham- 

 paign University, "Professional Men 

 as Orchanlisls;" James W. Punf ud. 

 Jr.. president of the St. I^uis Florists' 

 Club, "The St. Louis Florist;" Herman 

 Von Sehenk, "Plant I'atholojry." The 

 speechniakiii^ and the funny remarks of 

 the toast master lasted until midnight. 



Apple Growers' Meeting. 



Xearly two hundred apple growers 

 attended the lirst meeting of the Apple 

 Growers' Congress, which took jjlacc at 

 the Lindell Hotel last Tuesday and 

 Wednesday. Xovember 18 and 19. One 

 hundred and twenty-seven new mem- 

 bers were enrolled during the meeting. 



The World's Fair was indorsed and 

 the Department of Horticulture was 

 commended. Frederick W. Taylor, chief 

 of agriculture and acting chief of hor- 

 ticulture, of the World's Fair, acted 

 for Mayor Wells to welcome the con- 

 gress to St. Louis. 



The newly elected officers are as fol- 

 lows: President, Senator H. M. Diiu- 

 l<p. of Salem. III.: vice president, .Tiulge 

 W. 1!. Wilkins. of St. Ixiuis; secretary, 

 T. C. Wilson, of Hannibal, Mo. ; treas- 

 urer, Wesley Greene, of Des Moines, 

 Iowa: statistician. Prof. .T. F. Stinson. 

 of Mountain (irove Exiieriment Station, 

 IMo. The meeting adjourned Tliursday 

 evening to meet ;>gain in Xovember, 

 It'OS. when the seconil ;iuiuial congress 

 will be held in St. Louis. 



.Tudge Fugene W. Stark, of Stark 

 Bros. Xurseries. Txiuisiana. Mo., was a 

 regular attendant at the meeting. He 

 says his company will make an elab- 

 orate d'splav of iipples at the World's 

 Fair. 



Notes. 



Fraid< .1. Treleasc. oldest son of Prof. 

 Trelease. of the Missouri liotanical Gar- 

 <len. and who is now sick with a mild 

 attack of scarlet fever, won the first 

 prize for a photograph of a group of 

 young rabbits in the annual picture 

 competition conducted by the St. Xich- 

 olas magazini'. 



Martin Keukauf. rejocscnting H. Bay- 

 cisdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia, is with us 

 tills wetk bonking orders for the lioli- 

 day trade. 



ilidin W . Kunz has left St. Louis and 

 is now with .1. -\l. AdCullough's Sons. 

 Cincinnati. Ohio. .T. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



other stock were being filled in full. Of 

 carnations the supply w;is ample. Prices 

 were held «ell up to quotations. The 

 orders from outside points were nu- 

 merous, but did not average so large in 

 dividnally, as last year. It seemed evi- 

 dent that the continueil warm weather 

 and considerable amount of sunshine 

 during last week had materially in- 

 creased the home cut </f many of the 

 buyeis. and their demands upon Chicago 

 were less in consequence. At the same 

 time, the total volume of trade was 

 large. Late in the afternoon prices on 

 medium and low grade carnations 

 showed signs of weakness. 



Notes. 



On Monday wintry weather arrived, 

 but no snow as yet, and we are favored 

 with a considerable amount of sunshine 

 for the season. 



After jiaying all the expenses of the 

 recent exhibition, the treasuiy of the 

 Horticultural Society will receive a sur- 

 plus. But there would be no surplus 

 except for the fact that many of the 

 )nemiums were contributed. However, 

 the exhibition came very near paying its 

 own way on its merits. 



A meeting of tlu' Florists' Club was 

 called for Wednesday evening. The date 

 was unfortunate, as few in the trade 

 can attend a meeting the evening be- 

 fore Thanksgiving. 



Recent visitors : B. Fschner. of M. 

 l?icc & Co., Philiidclpliia: J. A. Kvans 

 and wife, Richmond, Ind.; C. E. Heite. 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



Indications are that well berried holly 

 will be scarce this j'ear. 



The Market. 



On Tuesday afternoon the general 

 feeling among the wholesalers was thai 

 the Thanksgiving trade as a whole would 

 average about the same as last year. 

 There were not near enough Beauties 

 to meet the call, but orders for all 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Tli(! past week has been a more ac- 

 tive one than the week previous, and 

 all kinds of stock sold at a slight ad- 

 vance. 



Tlie dark, gloomy weather has short- 

 ened the cut of roses. Beauties are ar- 

 riving in very good condition, but the 

 supply is limiti-d, the demand consum- 

 ing all of them. In Maids. Brides and 

 Liberties the best grades are quite 

 scarce, while the medium and shorts are 

 more plentiful. 



Tlie carnation receipts are not nearly 

 so large and the supply is again about 

 equal to the demand; white ones are 

 scarce. The fancy grades sell well at 

 better prices. 



Paper white narcissus and Roman 

 hyacinths are arriving in large quan- 

 tities. The demand for them is good, 

 owing to their newness and also to the 

 scarcity of white cariuilions. 



Chrysanthemums, the ruling fall fa- 

 vorite, will soon have to give way to 

 the stdples. The suiii>ly of munis still 

 equals the demand. Some very good 

 blooms of Dean. Katon, Appleton, Bon- 

 nall'on and Joncs are arriving. 



Harrisii lilies are now arriving in 

 large lots and the supply from now on 

 will be regular. A nmnber of our local 

 glowers are forcing them in large quan- 

 tities. 



Fred Burki sent in his first cut of 

 lilies last week. He is also cutting some 

 good mignonettes. 



H. L. 'Blind & Bros., are devoting a 

 liiiiisc to the growing of Christmas 

 plants this year. Tliey have a lot of 

 Beaouia Gloire de I/orraine specimen 

 l)l;ints. which they expect to have in 

 liloiuM for the ludidavs. 



Cbai'les Koenig can well be named the 

 "Bulb King.'' He is forcing large quan- 

 tities of l)ulbs this season, which he 

 grows to perfection. 



The Pittsburg Rose and Carnation 

 ( o.. at H;ikerstown. are sending soiiu 

 very fancy Maids. Brides and carnations 

 to the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. They 

 also receive Bon Silenes and Cusius 

 fiom that company. 



Mr. E. C. Ludwig, of the Allegheny 

 market, reports business very good. 

 Krnest always has a great many pretty 

 little novelties on his stand, which at- 

 tract the eye of the flower buyer. 



Breitenstein & Flemm had a unique 

 table decoration last week, which was 

 very appropriate for the fall season. 

 Mammoth English hothouse grapes, Cyp- 

 ripediums insigne and Parleyense were 

 used, and the effect was beautiful. 



Notes. 



John Perron, general foreman of the 

 Allegheny Park conservatories, died 

 Jlonday evening of Bright's disease, after 

 a year's illness. The funeral was held 

 Thursday. 



One hundred and ten large cases of 

 wild sinilax and 5,000 yards of 

 .Jersey laurel festooning were used to 

 dicorate the Duquesne Garden for the 

 banquet of the Scottisii P.ite Masons 

 last week. Mrs. E. A. Williams had 

 this contract, and the decorations were 

 novel and original, for which she ic 

 c-eived many compliments. 



J. M. Phillips' Sons have opened a 

 seed house at 640 Grant street and are 

 now preparing for spring, 1903. business. 

 E. H. Phillips will be in charge. 



Gustav and J. W. Ludwig are exhibit - 

 iting a very pretty and interesting i col- 

 lection of 1!. Vincent. Jr. & Sons' pnm- 

 l)on chrysanthemums, which attract 

 eonsiderable attention. 



At the next meeting of the Florist 

 Ciub Tuesday evening, iX>cember 9, 

 "Christmas Plants" will l^e the topic 

 for discussion. An exhibition of bloom- 

 ing plants will be made. All members 

 are requested to bring specimen plants. 



HooHoo. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 

 Prices advanced sliarply last Friday 

 and have been sustained since. Several 

 large affairs requiring great quantities 

 of flowers were followed by a heavy 

 Thanksgiving demand. Chrysanthemums 

 are by no means plentiful, great num- 

 bers having been used lately. Carna- 

 tions that were selling on the streets are 

 now eagerly bought, and some days 

 were actually scarce. The bulk of the 

 demand has. however, been for roses and 

 chrysanthemlinis. The poinsettia has 

 made its appearance; also lilac. W. 

 ,1. Baker is receiving some early paper 

 white narcissus. 



The Flower Market. 



The directors have elected Samuel J. 

 Bunting, the well known Easter plant 

 and cut flower grower, to fill the va- 

 cancy in their ranks which has existed 

 since the market was organized. As 

 the terms of service of the members of 

 the board were incorrectly printed be- 

 fore. I give herewith the correct list; 

 For three years. 11. C. (ieiger. Joseph 

 Heacock. W. K. Harris: for two years. 

 S. .J. Bunting. Edwin Lonsdale. Herbert 

 G. Tull : for one year. W. P. Craig, R. G. 



