March 5. 1903. 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



571 



ST. LOUIS. 



Market Conditions. 



Ill Lulb st.ulT almost every variety is 

 selling well. Even valley, which has 

 been slow, has extra call. Smilax, 

 asparagus, adiantum, galax and comiuon 

 ferns are all selling well at the usual 

 prices. 



The growers are busy now preparing 

 their Easter stock. The Beyer boys have 

 a fine lot of azaleas and plenty of 

 bulbous plants for Easter. Sanders, 

 Windier and Schray are also well stocked 

 up with this kind of stock. 



Roses the past week were more plenti- 

 ful, which pleased the buyers very much. 

 A slight drop in the price was also a 

 noticeable feature, but as yet there is no 

 troublesome overstock. 



Violets have held their own the past 

 week. Althougli abundant, they sold 

 well, and the stock offered was of fine 

 quality and good color. The fakirs buy 

 those that are left over in 1,000 lots 

 very cheap. The few warm days we had 

 they were selling them on the street 

 corners at 5 and 10 cents per bunch. 



Carnations were quite plentiful and 

 of good quality. The price is still up on 

 them and on Saturday they were selling 

 as high as 4 and 5 cents for anything 

 that looked good, and only the rankest 

 kind sold for le.ss. 



The month just ended was a good one 

 for both the retailer and wholesaler. 

 Flowers of all kinds were extremely 

 scarce during the entire month, and 

 shippers to this market obtained good 

 prices for all of their consignments and 

 very little went to waste. The commis- 

 sion men report an increased shipping 

 demand. 



Notes. 



ilr. Ralph Ward, representing Hage- 

 niann & Co.. New York, spent Satur- 

 day and Sunday with us. Mr. Ward vis- 

 ited the World's Fair grounds and was 

 much sui'prised at the ju'ogress made. 



A'isitors: .Joe Rolker. of New York, 

 and Dan Jlacilorie, of Orange, N. .1. 



Fred H. Weber, late with Geo. JI. Kel- 

 logg, Kansas City, and formerly with his 

 uncle, F. C. Weber, will open a retail 

 store witli greenhouse at Boyle and 

 Maryland avenues early in April. 



Tlio Bentzen Floral Co., on Marcus 

 avenue, have a fine lot of cinerarias in 

 bloom, which are having a good sale. 



President Dunford. of the Florists" 

 Club, is back from his three weeks' visit 

 in Florida and is making preparations 

 for an interesting meeting of the club, 

 which is to be held next week Tliursday, 

 March 12. Ifr. Dunford has prepared a 

 paper on what he saw in Florida in the 

 way of floriculture. This along with 

 the essays of ilax Herzog and Otto 

 Kocnig, will make this meeting worth 

 your while to attend. J. J. B. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Tlie florists in general did a big busi- 

 ness up until the beginning of Ijent, but 

 the small drop since Lent does not seem 

 to affect them very much. Stuff of all 

 kinds has been keeping scarce, which of 

 course means no drop in price. All tea 

 roses are bringing 121 cents. Beavities 

 $3 to $8 per dozen. Carnations 3 to 4 

 cents. Easter lilies are a little scarce 

 and are bringing .pi. 50 per dozen. Bulbs 

 of every description are very plentiful. 

 Piices range from 2 to .3 cents. At 

 present the Washington market is glut- 

 ted with southern violets, which sell at 



from $1.50 to $2.50 per thousand, which 

 gives the street fakirs their usual har- 

 vest. 



George Cook, who has lieen with .J. H. 

 Small & Sons for the past 18 years, luis 

 opened a handsome store on Connecticut 

 avenue. George is well liked by the 

 craft, who wish him lots of success. 



Mr. Pflster, who has been in the White 

 House for the past 25 years, has also 

 opened a handsome store on Connecticut 

 avenue and is doing a successful busi- 

 ness. 



George Schaffer reports good business 

 at his uptown branch. 



William Gude reports business very 

 good, and he has been a very good busi- 

 ness man, but he has some time to play 

 with his little boimcing boj. (A new 

 one.) 



The W^ashington Florists' Club has of 

 late bee'n very active, Thej' also have 

 made up their minds to enter the howl- 

 ing contest at Milwaukee next August. 

 They have engaged two flue alleys every 

 Wednesday night. The following is the 

 bowling score for three games: 



Names. 1st. 2cl. 3d. Tot.al. 



O. Cook 158 LIT 137 450 



.1. W. Freeman 121) 1.3S« 134 392 



.7. Davidson 110 143 97 350 



F. l>nvis lis 125 103 340 



W. 11. Ernest 172 257 161 500 



.7. R. Freeman 13S 121 125 3S7 



F. H. Kramer 175 152 135 462 



(i. Barber 133 124 141 398 



W. F. Onde 163 117 136 416 



<;. Schaffer 124 129 110 363 



J. Shine 8.0 133 S5 307 



O. Bauer SO 92 135 307 



F. H. Kramer. 



PITTSBURG. 



The first week of Lent had quite an 

 effect on this market. The demand for 

 cut flowers dropped off considerably, 

 causing some decline in prices on the 

 shorter stemmed roses. On fancy and 

 special grades prices have not changed. 



Carnations are .now arriving in 

 larger quantities, which caused a drop 

 in prices. The fancy sorts are down to 

 4 cents for the choicest. White carna- 

 tions are still scarce. American Beauties 

 are being received in larger quantities. 

 In bulb stock the supply of tulips, hya- 

 cinths, daffodils, etc., is very heavy and 

 .selling slowly. The quality of tulips 

 and daffodils was never better; prices 

 range from 3 to 4 cents, according to 

 quality. 



Green stock remains about the same. 

 Smilax is getting rather scarce. Other 

 kinds are improving daily, and prices are 

 gradually declining. 



The big flood which swept the three 

 rivers last Saturday night and Sunday 

 caused untold damage. The Pittsburg 

 Cut Flower Co., L. I. Neff a7id Mrs. E. 

 A. Williams were among those who were 

 unfortunate enough to get water in their 

 cellars. The only damage resulting 

 tlierefrom being the dampness, as the 

 warning had been taken advantage of 

 and all goods removed. 



J. W." Ludwig is in New York looking 

 up Easter novelties. 



Charles Koenig is happy over the ar- 

 rival of a baby girl at his home, Feb- 

 ruarv 19. Hoo-Hoo. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market, 



California, has at last got back her 

 usiual climate, which 1 was afraid, a 

 week or so ago. had disappeared entirely. 



Temperature this February 20th morn- 

 ing at 8 a. m.. 54 degrees, at noon do de- 

 grees and at 5 p. in. 60 degrees. How is 



that for wintry weather? As a conse- 

 quence bulbous stock and violets are 

 coming in with a rush. 



Narcissus paper white are about gone, 

 and daffodils are at the heighth of their 

 season. Tlie single trumpet major is 

 the only good seller and brings about 

 $1.25 per 100 wholesale. 



Freesias are plentiful and average 

 about $1 per 100. Tulips, principally 

 Belle Alliance and Kaiserskroon are 

 vei'y plentiful and cheap. Valley is 

 only in moderate supply. Easter lilies 

 hold their own as to price. Carnations 

 are a shade cheaper, but roses have not 

 changed the past week but the quality is 

 somewhat better. Good Beauties are in 

 short supply, although Brides. Maids, 

 Test out and Liberty are improving, both 

 as to color and length of stem. 



Business for the past w'e'ek has been 

 fair. A goodly assoitment of funerals 

 and weddings have kept the retailers 

 from getting into mischief. 



It is only a question of a few weeks 

 until flowers get "way down" in price. 

 Our spring time begins about two months 

 earlier than it does in the eastern state* 

 and by the first of April outside rose* 

 make their appearance in large quanti- 

 ties; lilacs and the various annuals fol- 

 low soon afterwards and for a few 

 months floweVs can be had almost i^ . 

 the asking. 



Notes. 



The old established Eddy street florist 

 has been succeeded by Domini & Co., well 

 known dealers here. 



The Shanahan Floral Co. has one of 

 the most attractive windows in town. 

 Their display of long-stemmed roses and 

 fancy carnations is a sight worth see- 

 ing. 



Mr. Nick, the well known florist of 

 Oakland, has had to remove his large 

 greenhouse from the property he has 

 occupied on Broadway. A large building 

 is to be erected on the site wdiich has 

 l>een purchased by the Realty Syndicate. 



Mr. Martin, of the firm of ilartin i^'- 

 Forbes, has been spending several days 

 in town. He leports business booming 

 in Portland. Ore. 



H. H. Stegman has taken charge of 

 the greenhouses of Gill's Floral Depot 

 situated on Twenty-eighth street, Oak- 

 land. Mr. Ste'gman is a very success- 

 ful grower and a good planfsman and as 

 a propagator is hard to beat. 



Sievers & Boland have a splendid show 

 of azaleas in full bloom in their win- 

 dows. They are fine specimen plants. 



One of the most successful growers 

 in the vicinity of San Francisco is Mr. 

 A. Galloway, of Fruitvale. He makes a 

 specialty of carnations and has splendid 

 results with Lawson, Estelle and Tri- 

 umph. His flowers bring top prices 

 throughout the season. 



W. W. Saunders, well known as a 

 bulb grower, was committed to the Napa 

 Insane Asylum this week. Mr. Saunders 

 had a large bulb nursery at Golden Gate, 

 Cal., where he gi'ew callas and narcissi 

 very extensively, both for the California 

 and eastern market. His dementia wan 

 supposed to be brought about by business 

 woriy, although he has been in poor 

 health for a long time. He leaves a 

 wife, but no family. G. 



TARRYTOWN, N, Y. 



At the 7neeting of tlie Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society, held January 29, 

 the executive committee reported in fa- 

 vor of offering prizes for chrysanthe- 

 mums to be competed for at the next fall 



