FEniiDAKr 19, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



481 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The past week found the market still 

 scarce of flowers and trade at the retail 

 stores brisk. There was an extra de- 

 mand on St. Valentine's day. This day 

 has never counted for much in the cut 

 flower trade, but it seems to be a grow- 

 ing fad to send a box of cut flowers as 

 a ^valentine. The call for violets was 

 trreat and the price on them went up to 

 35 cents per bunch at retail. 



Eoses continue scarce, not nearly 

 enough coming in to supply the demand, 

 and anything that looks well brings a 

 wood price. Good Beauties are out of the 

 question in this market at present. The 

 Meteors that come in are of vary- 

 ing quality. The best roses that come 

 in are Brides, Maids and Golden Gates. 



Carnations are quite plentiful and 

 keep moving at a lively rate. Wliite is 

 in great demand. The past week the 

 wholesalers handled some extra fine 

 Guardian Angel, Triumph, White Cloud, 

 Dorothy and Norway, the retailers' price 

 being 75 cents to $1 a dozen. Violets 

 had 'been a great glut the past week un- 

 til Saturday, when they found a lively 

 market at advanced price. 



Bulbous stock still has a big demand, 

 owing to the large amount of funeral 

 work, and there is apparently no over- 

 stock in anything except valley, which 

 seems to have but little call. Harrisii 

 are still limited as to quantity, but plen- 

 ty of callas are in the market. 

 " We are at this writing having a great 

 snow storm, which looks as though cut 

 flowers will have to suS'er again this 

 week. Trains are all late this morning 

 and very little stock coming in, and 

 should this weather keep up prices will 

 be high. 



The Club Entertainment. 



The Florists' Club entertained the 

 members and their families on St. Valen- 

 tine's day with a good programme and 

 lunch at their rooms in the Odd Fellows' 

 building. The different parts were all 

 taken by florists and members of their 

 ■ families". The attendance numbered 

 seventy-five. Owing to the very stormy 

 weather those living very far out found 

 it impossible to attend, and, of course, 

 as usual, missed a rare treat, as the af- 

 fair was a success in every way. The 

 members were slow in coming and the 

 performance did not begin until 9 p. m. 

 The performance opened up with an 

 address of welcome by President Dnn- 

 ford. Miss Laura Sanders followed with 

 a piano solo, which was pleasing. J. J. 

 Beneke then gave a comic recitation. 

 Frank Fillmore sang "Act on the Square, 

 Boys," which took well. Mr. Carew San- 

 ders pleased the audience very much with 

 '"The Yorkshire Man in London." Frank 

 Ellis, who has a beautiful tenor voice, 

 sang two songs with much feeling. After 

 this J. J. Beneke did a black-face turn, 

 with funny sayings, changing for his 

 iH'xt turn to an old plantation darkey in 

 a singing and dancing turn. Miss Jes- 

 sie Sanders, the youngest of the perform- 

 ers, made a great hit with a recitation 

 ending with a song. Mr. F. B. Call did 

 a neat specialty turn with the mandolin. 

 Miss Helen Ellis, assisted by her teacher. 

 Miss Bonning, played a selection on the 

 piano. Mr. 5>ancis Fillmore, the oldest 

 of our performers, recited "Tlie Irish 

 Immigrant," and did it well, eliciting 

 much applause, Fred Ammann told us 



some funny stories in Dutch and Irish, 

 which were much enjoyed by everybody. 

 The Juengel children played piano solos 

 while the audience enjoyed a splendid 

 repast of ice cream, cake and cofiee. The 

 hour now being too late for dancing, 

 everybody went home, well pleased with 

 the "evening's entertainment, which no 

 doubt will be repeated in the near fu- 

 ture. 



Visitors. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., spent Tuesday in St, Louis, Mr, 

 Kellogg says the EiviEW is the only pa- 

 per that brings business and good help 

 from advertising, 



James Hartshorne, of the Chioe^o Car- 

 nation Co., Joliet, 111., was in town 

 Thursday to attend the club meeting. 



J. F. Ammann and Henry Blixen, of 

 Edwardsville; Mayor Halstedt, Henry 

 Emmons, E. W. Guv and A. Fehr. of 

 Belleville; W, J. Pilcher and F, W, Ude, 

 Jr., of Kirkwood; F, B. Call and John 

 Steidle, of Clayton; A, Jablonsky, of 

 Welston, and John Connon, of Webster, 

 Mo., were visitors the past week and at- 

 tended the club meeting on Thursday. 



Notes. 



The Xorth Floral Co. has quit the store 

 business at 914 Olive street. 



The St. Louis Palm Co. has opened 

 a retail department at 923 Olive street. 



The Inland Pottery Co. has opened up 

 new quarters in the Wells building, 

 Broadway and Olive street. 



James Gurney, who is well known 

 throughout the'floricultural world, and 

 for many years director of the floricul- 

 tural department at Shaw's Garden, has 

 resigned his position to give all his time 

 to his duties as superintendent of Tower 

 Grove Park, Prof. W. C. Irish, assist- 

 ant director of the Garden, succeeds Mr. 

 Gurney. 



Qub Meeting. 



The February meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was well attended, about forty 



members being present, and a great many 

 visitors called to view the exhibition of 

 carnations, which w-as large and fine. 



Those from out of town who exliib- 

 ited were as follows: The Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., Joliet, 111., showed Harlowar- 

 den, Marshall Field, Her Majesty, Mrs. 

 Higinbotham and Mrs. Potter Palmer; 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., 

 sent Alba, Apollo, Sibyl, Stella and D. 

 \^liitney; S. J. Reuter, of Westerly, R. 

 I., showed his famous Lillian Pond; Wil- 

 liam Murphy, of Cincinnati, 0., staged 

 the fine Murphy's White; Henry Eich- 

 holz, of Wayne'sboro, Pa., showed the 

 bovs the Tiger, but none of them cared 

 to" buck it; E. T. Graves, of Richmond, 

 Ind,, pleased the boys with President Me- 

 Kinley, 



Among the members who showed 

 blooms are the following: The St, Clair 

 Floral Co.. Belleville, 111., staged its fine 

 white seedling No. 10 and a vase of fine 

 mixed blooms. J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville, 111,, showed a grand vase of White 

 Cloud, Morning Glory and Guardian An- 

 gel. A. Jablonsky. Wellston, JIo.. showed 

 a vase of exceptionally fine Peru and 

 two vases of well grown stock of mixed 

 varieties; St. Louis Carnation Co., Clay- 

 ton, Mo,, an elegant vase of Norway; 

 John Steidle, Central, Mo., a vase of veiy 

 fine mi.xed blooms; F. J. Fillmore a vase 

 of his pet, the Hoosier Maid, and Mar- 

 quis, which looked fancy. 



Tlie meeting opened at 2 o'clock with 

 Vice President George Windier in the 

 chair in place of President Dunford, who 

 is in Florida. Communications were re- 

 ceived from H. Wel>er & Sons, Tliompson 

 Carnation Co., F. W. Taylor, J. H. Had- 

 kinson, Cincinnati Florists' Club. E. G. 

 Hill Co., and Prof. Trelease, which were 

 read and filed, 



Mr. Gillier was recommended to the 

 club for the Shaw Garden scholarship, 

 to be voted upon at the next meeting of 

 the club, Mr. Potts, the young man last 

 sent by the club, having resigned. Ap- 

 plications for membership were made by 

 A, J. Bentzen, E. W. Guy, of Belleville, 

 and W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood. 



The express matter was again taken 

 u]), and a committee consisting of Henry 

 Berning, C. A. Kuehn and F. M. Ellis, 

 our three wholesale men, will take the 

 matter in hand and communicate with 

 the difTerent fiorists' clubs and also witli 

 Mr. Pieser, of Chicago, and make a re- 

 port at the next meeting for the benefit 

 of our state vice president of the S. A. F., 

 Mr. Charles Juengel, who has been re- 

 quested to make a report to Secretary 

 Stewart of the S. A, F. 



The president appointed the following 

 judges to look into the merits of the 

 carnations on exhibition: F. J. Am- 

 mann, John Steidle and F. .J. Fillmore 

 on outside exhibits, and Max Herzog, F. 

 W. Ude, Jr., and W, J. Scott on local 

 exhibits. The judges on outside exhib- 

 its made the following report: They 

 awarded first prizes to Harlowarden for 

 the best 1903 introduction, as a grand 

 crimson; Higinbotham, fine light pink, 

 improvement on Daybreak; Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer, good red, "with large flowers; 

 Her Majesty, very fine, large pure white ; 

 Marshall Field, fine variegated, improve- 

 ment on Bradt; Sibyl, good color, some- 

 what lighter than President McKinley; 

 Apollo, "very fine scarlet, good, large 

 flowers, and distinct; D. Whitney, very 

 fine yellow, very promising; Alba, very 

 fine white, elegantly fringed; Murphy's 

 White, very fine white: Lillian Pond, 

 large and "very fine white; The Tiger, 



