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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April 23, 1903. 



was correspondingly large. Mr.?. Bel- 

 lows, formerly of the Boston .store "de- 

 partment" is in his employ now. 



Most of the leading retailers adver- 

 tised Easter stock in the daily papers. 

 Business since Easter has continued to 

 boom. We were called on for stock for 

 two great weddings occurring in the 

 southern part of the state this week. 



Peter Byrnes, of Wiekford, has the 

 Hannan-Smith wedding, at Narragan- 

 sett Pier, Wednesday. Miss Earrington 

 has the Pierce-Nightingale wedding here 

 on Wednesday. 



I had the pleasure of visiting the plant 

 of J. A. Budlong & Sons in company 

 with W. R. Pierson and S. J. Reuter. 

 It is a wonderfully interesting place and 

 must be seen to be appreciated. 



Remiie & Pino, seedsmen, are in the 

 midst of their rush and report an in- 

 crease up to date. 



Dave MeCoid reports a. scarcity of 

 good outdoor help this season. 



E. J. Johnston has added a new horse 

 to his string. 



J. F. Wood's father-in-law, a highly 

 respected citizen, died Easter Saturday. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



There was quite a falling off in busi- 

 ness the past week among the retail men, 

 though the plant men were quite busy 

 and are making great preparations for a 

 rush in their line. 



Harrisii and longiflorum are now over- 

 plentiful and the price has dropped to 

 iiJlO for the Harrisii and $15 for the 

 longiflorum. All three houses have loads 

 of them just now. 



Valley is in overstock and $3 is about 

 the best price for it. Other bulbous 

 stock is also moving slowly, except 

 Butch hyacinths, which sell well. 



Sweet peas are in fine and plenty for 

 the demand. White sell the best. 



The rose market is in good supply 

 with plenty of long and short Beauties 

 and extra" fine Brides. Maids and Me- 

 teors. There are a great number of big 

 weddings looked for within the next 

 two weeks, which should relieve the 

 market considerably of its oversupply. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



The April meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in Belleville 111., on in- 

 vitation of Mayor Halstedt, to which 

 fifteen members responded. The meet- 

 ing was held in the Council Chamber in 

 the City Hall. The room was hand- 

 somely decorated for the occasion. The 

 roses on exhibition were not many, but 

 choice. The St. Clair Floral Co., of 

 which the mayor is the head, exhibited 

 a fine vase of Kaiserin roses for com- 

 petition, also an elegant vase of Queen 

 of Edgely roses, and a vase each of 

 Crane, Marquis, and Bon Homme Rich- 

 ard carnations. 



Frank Fillmore showed a vase of his 

 big four roses, Brides, Maids, Woottons 

 and Perles; Emil Schray, a vase of well- 

 grown mixed roses. R. F. Tesson's roses 

 came too late for exhibition. Mr C C. 

 Sanders sent an elegant box of fine 

 double fringed petunias, which were 

 much admired. 



Tlie meeting opened at 2:. 30 p. m. 

 with President Dunford in the chair. 

 Mayor Halstedt welcomed the members 

 to the city. He said he would not ad- 

 dress them as an executive officer, but 

 as a life-long member of the club and 



as a florist, and hoped the members 

 would come over often, as he always 

 kept open house, and especially, to a 

 florist. 



The entertainment committee reported 

 that everything was in readiness for the 

 entertainment of the Chicago brothers at 

 any time they might come. 



Two new members were elected, D. R. 

 Mc.4nnaly and Walter Gilles. 



Tlie president appointed Messrs. Koe- 

 nig, Ellis and Guy to pass on the roses 

 on exhibition, who reported that the 

 vase of Kaiserins had won first prize 

 of $5; Frank Fillmore second prize of 

 $3, and Emil Schray came in for third 

 prize of $2; the vase of Queen of Edge- 

 ly, worthy of mention ; the carnations 

 by the St. Clair Floral Co. as good, clean 

 flowers, and the pettniias, by C. C. San- 

 ders, as an extra fine assortment. 



None of the members was ready with 

 his essay, all having been too busy to 

 prepare them. The essay for the next 

 meeting in May is by F. J. Fillmore on 

 "Hard and Soft Coal Heating." 



After a number of questions from the 

 box were disposed of the meeting ad- 

 journed to the bowling alleys, where an 

 elegant lunch was spread, and after sup- 

 plying the inner man speeches were 

 made. President Dunford spoke on "The 

 Florists' Club and Its Attendance," and 

 Mr. Carew Sanders on "Once a Florist, 

 Always a Florist." Mayor Halstedt also 

 spoke along these lines. 



After this two teams were made up 

 and bowled one game. F. M. Ellis cap- 

 tained team No. 1 and J. J. Beneke team 

 No. 2, Beneke's team winning by 1.50 

 pins. Tlie teams were made up as fol- 

 lows : 



Team No. 1. Team No. 2. 



Fi-ank M. Ellis. Capt. .T. ,T. Beneke. Capt. 

 E. W. Guy. Emil Schray. 



J. W. Dunford. !■'. J. Fillmore. 



Richard Frow. C. J. Juengel. 



Mayor Halstedt. F. B. CaU. 



After the game everybody went home 

 happy and well pleased with the after- 

 noon's entertainment. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



The Chicago boys, seven in number, 

 paid us a visit on Saturday. Three, 

 who acted as an advance guard, arrived 

 on Saturday morning. They were Geo. 

 Asmus, Charles Balluff and Leonard Kill. 

 Tliese three spent a pleasant day in dif- 

 ferent parts of the city, and on Sunday 

 morning the men were reinforced by Phil 

 Hauswirtli. George Stollery, big Ed Win- 

 terson and Fritz Bahr. After break- 

 fast at Hotel Rozier they visited the 

 wholesale houses to renew old acquaint- 

 ances. After this the boys were taken 

 to the World's Fair Grounds. At this 

 place the visitors were much amazed at 

 the size of the buildings and the prog- 

 ress made. Ed Winterson and Fritz 

 Bahr bought the first souvenir sold on 

 the grounds. The return trip to the 

 city was through the residence part, 

 which was much enjoyed. 



After refreshments the party started 

 for the bowling alleys, where the two 

 teams lined up for three games, in which 

 the Chicago team won all three games, 

 and the scores below will show how the 

 games were won. 



After the bowling supper was served 

 at Toney Faust's, after which the boys 

 were taken through the business part 

 of the city, and when the Union Station 

 was reached it was almost train time. 

 All were much pleased with their visit, 

 and, as Ed Winterson said, those who 

 did not come missed the best time of 

 their lives. The funniest part of the even- 

 ing's entertainment, and what puzzled 



the boys most was: What did Balluff 

 leave and Winterson take back home 

 with him? 



Among the florists outside of the bowl- 

 ers who were present were S. S. Skidel- 

 skv, F. C. Weber, C. J. Juengel, F. J. 

 Fillmore, Otto Koenig, F. M. Ellis, A. 

 G. Fehr, Fritz Bahr, Leonard Kill and 

 Herman Weber. 



The Score. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS. 



B E 1 2 3 Total Aver. 



Asmus 5 5 157 205 141 503 167 2-3 



BalluCE .3 12 127 137 140 404 134 2-3 



Hauswirth . .2 7 159 151 172 482 160 2-3 



Stollery ... 2 S 143 155 176 474 158 



Winterson ..1 10 185 150 147 482 160 2-3 



13 42 771 798 776 2345 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS. 



B E 1 2 3 Total Aver. 



Beneke 7 10 131 luS 165 404 134 2-3 



Guy 5 5 170 197 159 526 175 1-3 



Beyer 6 9 179 119 124 422 140 2-3 



Weber. Jr... 2 11 115 149 133 397 132 1-S 



Kuehn 4 6 149 )66 169 484 1611-3 



24 41 744 739 750 2233 



Notes. 



A. S. Halstedt, of the St. Clair Floral 

 Co., of Belleville, has bought the Hucke 

 place and will grow Beauties and carna- 

 tions for this market. Tliis, with the 

 company's other place, will enable it to 

 send in a large amount of cut blooms 

 next fall. Mr. Halstedt and his son 

 Chester left for Chicago Friday noon to 

 spend a few days with the craft of that 

 city and buy cuttings. 



F. J. Ammann is a candidate for 

 mayor of Edwardsville, and as Fred is 

 very popular with the people of that 

 city, his election is already assured. Our 

 best wishes are with him. 



W. J. Pilcher, one of our best violet 

 growers, has bought the Berdan place 

 at Kirkwood. Mr. Pilcher will rebuild 

 the old houses and build a few new, 

 modern houses to grow carnations for 

 our market next fall. 



Mr. J. F. Windt, the Bayard avenue 

 florist, who lias been sick the past two 

 \\'eeks, is reported to be improving. Ru- 

 dolph. Mr. Windt's son, reports a very 

 busy Easter. Although short handed, he 

 got through nicel.y. 



Henrv Emmons, of Belleville, is much 

 improved. Mr. Emmons has been laid 

 up nearly all winter with a bad case of 

 rheumatism. 



Robert F. Tesson has bought a tract 

 of land half way between East St. Louis 

 and Belleville, on which he mil build a 

 range of houses to grow roses for this 

 market. Mr. Tesson is contemplating a 

 trip to Europe soon, and in that case he 

 will not be able to attend the convention 

 next August. J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



Most always we expect a rather quiet 

 week following Easter. The use of flow- 

 ers has been so profuse that even we, 

 whose business it is to promote their 

 sale, are indifl'erent to their charms for 

 a few days. This, however, has not 

 Iwen the ease the past week, and in 

 spite of four days of dreary, wet weather 

 business was very good. 



il have heard from other florists about 

 the Easter trade and later communica- 

 tions are of the same tenor, viz., that 

 it was a most satisfactory Easter. 

 Byrnes & Slattery say, "Far beyond our 

 expectations, and you know it's only 

 our first Easter." W. J. Palmer said, 

 "We could not ask for more." Joseph 

 Rebstock said, "Sold clean out. I feel 

 good. What are you .going to have?" 

 "I liave not irrigated for a long time. 



