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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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House of the New Pink Rose Canadian Queen at the Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. 



drum Co., and as 479 is directly oppo- 

 site the department house it is probable 

 that Tommy can run both jobs. He has 

 a fine hand for handling both flowers 

 and the ribbons behind a span of 2:20 

 trotters. W. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving trado was about tlie 

 same as in former years. The wholesalers 

 were fairly well supplied and are well 

 satisfied with the prices and the amount 

 sold. 



Tlie supply of first-class stock in roses 

 was light and the quality hardly up to 

 the average. American Beauties were 

 verj' scarce but of good qualitj-, and, as 

 usual, in brisk demand at top prices. 

 These sold as high as $12 per dozen at 

 the retail stores. Brides and Maids were 

 the only roses that were quite plentiful. 

 Red and yellow roses were short in sup- 

 ply, as were Golden Gates and Carnots. 

 In carnations the supply was about 

 equal to the demand. A few lots were 

 left over, owing to the fact that some of 

 the growers indulged in pickling. Tlie 

 demand was heaviest for red and pink, 

 and as the quality was very good, the 

 trade was compelled to ask 75 cents and 

 $1 for them. The demand for these col- 

 ors at the retail stores was hea\-}-. 



Violets were short in supply, even 

 shorter than was anticipated, and the 

 price was forced up from the quotation 

 given. 



Chrysanthemums were quite plentiful, 

 except in first-class stock, which was in 

 active demand and went at good, stiff 

 prices. 



Romans and paper whites were in fine 

 demand and of fair quality with prices 

 at the regular market quotations. Some 

 good valley and stevia were seen, which 

 sold well. All kinds of greens had a 

 good call. 



The West End florists sav that house 



plants are moving better, and that from 

 now on until after the holidays there 

 should be a good demand for this class 

 of stock, of which Messrs. Sanders, Win- 

 dier, Schray and Beyer are well supplied 

 for the holiday trade. Tlie wholesale 

 men, all of whom do a good shipping 

 trade, report a large business in this 

 line and quite an increase over last year. 



Club Meeting. 



The members of the club should not 

 forget that the December meeting will 

 take place next Thursday afternoon at 

 3 o'clock, and as the meetings of late 

 have been very interesting and instruc- 

 tive, a large attendance is expected. The 

 two December essays will be read — one 

 by President Dunford on "Greenhouse 

 Construction" and the other by A. Jab- 

 lonsky on "Experience with Carnations 

 on Benches and Solid Beds and Best Re- 

 sults." Dr. Halstedt and R. J. Mohr 

 have also promised to read their essays 

 whieli were left over from the last meet- 

 ing. The final vote on changing the hour 

 from 3 to 2 p. m. will take place. This 

 being the last meeting of the year, the 

 attendance should be large, as those 

 one-time-a-year members are likely to be 

 on hand. 



Notes. 



George Ostertag was in a very happy 

 frame of mind the past week. George 

 says it's a boy; nine pounds, full weight 

 I and a regular Sandow. 



William Ellison came down from Chi- 

 cago last week to help the folks out for 

 Thanksgiving day work. He will re- 

 turn this week as buyer for the house. 



Emil Schray, having a worried look 

 on his face, was asked the cause of it. 

 He replied that he had a pair of twins 

 at his place, which fairly took my 

 In-eath for a moment, when he finished 

 by saying they formerly belonged to 

 Frank Fillmore. I couldn't quite un- 

 derstand; when finally I saw Fillmore's 

 twin boilers standing in a shed not far 



off. This is too good to keep from the 

 boys. 



At a meeting of the city council of 

 Belleville on Monday night Alex. S. 

 Halstedt was elected mayor of Belleville 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- 

 nation of Mayor Hay, who was elected 

 county judge of St. Clair County. Mayor 

 Halstedt is a meml:)er of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, and tlie head of the St. 

 Clair Floral Cof., of Belleville. The 

 members of the club are with me in 

 congratulating Mr. Halstedt and the 

 people of Belleville on their selection. 



League Bowlers. 



The florist Iwwlers in the St. Louis 

 tenpin league are doing quite well. The 

 Bankers, of which Arthur Ellison is a 

 member, rolled a 1,036 game last week. 

 They are second in the race. Sturtz, 

 Kuehn and Beneke, of the Unicums, 

 are also holding their own with good 

 averages. Carl Beyer, in the Western 

 league, is rolling some big games, and 

 the prospects for a tiptop team at Mil- 

 waukee next summer are good. 



J. J. B. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market, 



Thanksgiving business proved to be 

 record-breaking, and general satisfac- 

 tion is the result. Tliere was a fine lot 

 of stock to be had, and enough for all 

 orders, with the exception of Beauties 

 and fancy carnations. The florists in 

 the .Jabez Elliott Flower Market have 

 another story, though. They had saved 

 up their stock and had come to the mar- 

 ket expecting to do a very large busi- 

 ness, which they undoubtedly would 

 have done had not a cold, drizzling rain 

 set in early in the morning, which quick- 

 ly settled 'things for them. They report 

 trade as very poor. The flower buyers 

 did not leave their homes unless they 



