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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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are \va}' up. Never Ijefore did tlie best 

 quality of roses bring $10 per 100 at this 

 time of tlie ye.fr. Some e.vtra quality of 

 Meteors, of tine color, were in the market 

 the past week. All varieties in rose- 

 bring the same price, according to qual- 

 ity, with the exception of Beauties. 



Fancy carnations sold as high as $5 ; 

 others at the usual price. Prosperity is 

 coming in grand and sells at sight. 

 White is in greatest demand. Everything 

 sells out clean, notwithstanding the poor 

 quality. 



Violets are the only flowers that are 

 plentiful. In fact, there is an oversupply 

 just now. It seems as if our Kirkwood 

 growers are trying to outdo one another 

 to see who can bring in the largest num- 

 ber. Xone but the California is in this 

 market. Tliey are selling at present as 

 low a.s $2 per 1.000 for second quality 

 and $4 for first. 



In bulb stock, plenty of fine tulips are 

 now in and all the lighter colors are sell- 

 ing fast. Valley is also moving faster. 

 Romans and paper whites are somewhat 

 scarce, with a good demand. Tlie same 

 may be said of daffodils. Harrisii, at 

 ,$12.50. are selling at sight, but callas 

 not so well. Asparagus in bunches is a 

 good seller. Adiantum is scarce and sells 

 quickly. Smilax is also selling well. 



The' plant trade among the West End 

 florists was at a standstill during the 

 cold snap. They are handling some very 

 fine azaleas, lilies, cinerarias, hyacinths, 

 tulips and dafi'odils. These with palms 

 make up their assortment. 

 News Notes. 



Mr. B. E.schner. of il. Rice & Co., Phil- 

 adelphia, is in town this week selling 

 supplies. He reports good trade in his 

 line. 



Mr. Wm. Linginbrink. once a pronii 

 nent florist in this city, has been in town 

 visiting his friends in the trade. Mr. 

 Linginbrink is now a lanch owner out 

 west. 



Mayor Halstedfs new white seedling 

 No. 10, as shown at the last club meet- 

 ing, is a fine one. It is a large white 

 of good form and substance. It is a 

 strong grower, with very long stems of 

 thirty inches or more. 



The florists are bowling every Monday 

 night and some very ifair games are 

 rolled. Tonight (Monday) ^U■. B. Eseh- 

 ner. of M. Rice & Co., who has become 

 quite an expert, will be their guest. 



Display of Florists' Ribbons by Lion & Wertheimer, New York, at the Brooklyn Exiiibition 

 of the American Carnation Society. 



Among the regulars every Mtonday night 

 are E. C. Weber, Theo. Miller. F. M. 

 Ellis, Will Adels, Fred Weter, Jr., John 

 Young and C. 0. Sanders. C. A. Kuelin 

 and J. J. Beneke roll each week with the 

 LTnicuni team in the Tenpin League, and 

 Carl Beyer with the Western League in 

 South St. Louis. A team will be selected 

 from these to bowl the Chicago bowlers 

 when they vi.sit us next month. 



J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



Passing home from New York on Sat- 

 urday morning, while in the vicinity of 

 Utica, about 7 a. ni.. we went through 

 a howling snow storm, but on the shores 

 of Niagara the sun was shining bright I 

 1 found business had been just so so and 

 flowers scarce — easy to account for 

 that. So I have little news, having had 

 no chance to gather anj-, I was delight- 

 ed to see a big half-dozen BuflFalonians 

 in attendance at Brooklyn, and still 

 there might have been one or two more. 

 There were Mr. and Jlrs. Kasting, Mr. 

 Guenther, Mr. S. A. Anderson's head 

 clerk, name forgotten. ^Ir. W. .J. Palmer 

 and William Scott. 



Several of the Detroit boys gave us a 

 call on their way to the convention, 

 among them the president-elect. Of 

 course Buffalo is well pleased that we 



Display of Florists' Supplies by Reed & Keller, New York, at the Brooklyn Exhibition of 

 the American Carnation Socitty. 



are going to that beautiful city, be- 

 cause we can't get belated by blizzard 

 or train blockades. If the cars don't run 

 on time we can skate up the lake. It's 

 only a little over 200 miles. Detroit is 

 most favorably located, and in electing 

 Mr. "Rag" Rackham as president the 

 society is to be congratulated. Like the 

 writer, he has taken no part as exhibitor 

 at our conventions, but he is a worker, 

 and business from the word go, and I 

 predict for next year's exhibition a busi- 

 ness-like system of management that has 

 never been surpassed. And don't forget 

 that in the same city lives the only Phil 

 Breitmeyer. 



Mj-. Editor, I feel that what it is v 

 duty to say now should never encumber 

 your columns, but as the occasion for it 

 was presented over iny signature, I beg 

 you will excuse me this time, and al- 

 though not of the slightest interest to 

 your readers, I owe some explanation to 

 a gentleman who recently called on me. 



Two weeks ago in a great hurry I 

 very briefly mentioned the names of sev- 

 eral gentlemen who called on me in the 

 interest of their respective firms, and 

 among others, Mr. Tom Wade, represent- 

 ing August Rhotert. I said he was "pro- 

 gres.sive and offensive." The last word 

 is taken exception to by T. W., and 1 

 don't blame him. Although not expect- 

 ing a challenge to mortal combat, I most 

 willingly modify the adjective and sin- 

 cerely hope that any florist who does me 

 the honor to read my notes will not 

 expect to see in Mr. Wade anything but 

 a gentleman. Progressive he is and pos- 

 sessed of a most thorough knowledge of 

 the business, but he is not going out of 

 our shop without an order if he can help 

 it, and I am not the best hand at refus- 

 ing. Some drummers say, "Look 'ere, 

 old man, you better give me that order 

 for 5,000 Rom'ans, same as ye did last 

 year." Mr. Wade says, "Most decidedly 

 you will make a mistake if you don't 

 "order the valley from us again." Differ- 

 ence in style only, but not feeling very 

 well that "afternoon I was irritated at 

 trifles. However, as soon as Mr. Wade 

 closed his book we had a fraternal chat 

 made pleasant with lubrication. I should 

 have been satisfied with the word pro- 

 gressive, for if you keep a stiff upper 

 lip and can firmly say "No" there is 

 nothing more remote than offensiveness 

 in Tom Wade. Make up. I knew my 

 "lib pen would get me into trouble some 

 'dav. W. S. 



