May 7. T.iu:;. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1005 



Store Conservatory of J.J. Habermebl, Philadelphia, at Easter. 



Florist Roeder, at City Island, a ehann- 

 iiiff suburb of New York, where the 

 yac-lits that keep Lipton from •■lifting 

 the cup'' anchor, and where Mr. Roeder 

 enjoys a monopoly of the trade. Just 

 across the bridge the grand new Ford- 

 ham park is being developed. 



The death of the head gardener of the 

 Albert Vanderbilt estate, at Oakland 

 Farm, Newport, ilr. Allen, is feelingly 

 referred to in dispatches from the soci- 

 ety city, and the beautiful country seat 

 of the Vanderbilts. at Portsmouth, was 

 placed at the disposal of Mr. Allen's 

 family and friends for the funeral serv- 

 ices. J. AU.STIN SlIAW. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



We have been visited by all kinds of 

 weatlier the past week. The very warm 

 day on Wednesday gave way to cold and 

 disagreeable days the remainder of the 

 week, with the mercury down to freezing 

 point, doing great damage to the young 

 stock. The great crowd of people in our 

 fity on last Thursday, attracted by the 

 dedication of the World's Fair, got a 

 frosty reception so far as the weather 

 was concerned. 



Tlie past week was a great one. and 

 the large number of distinguished vis- 

 itors were presented with nuin.v beauti- 

 ful floral offerings. The decorations for 

 receptions at the hotels made business 

 good for those who were fortunate 

 enough to get the orders. We hear that 

 the Michel Plant and Bulb Co. furnished 

 the flowers and plants for the receptions 

 at the World's Fair grounds, the Reis- 

 sen Floral Co. at the hotels, and the 

 Ellison Floral Co. at the St. Louis club. 

 The home of D. R. Francis, where Rresi- 

 dcnt Roosevelt and ex-President Cleve^ 



land were housed during their stay, was 

 tastefully decorated with plants and 500 

 American Beauties each day. 



The market is still overstocked with 

 all kinds of flowers, and with business at 

 a standstill it is hard for the wholesalers 

 to dispose of their stock at anything like 

 a fair price. 



American Beauties have been selling 

 well; that is, the best, and there are 

 plenty of them in the market for all de- 

 mands. Other roses have to suffer and 

 are selling verv cheap; as onlv the best 

 sell at present the seconds are left over. 

 The quality of the stock is good — better 

 than for some time back. 



Carnations are even more plentiful 

 than roses and are selling as low as $10 

 per 1,000, and $l.r)0 and $2 in 100 lots, 

 with plenty of them sleeping on the 

 lounters and floors of the wholesalers 

 for want of demand. Shipping trade for 

 these has also fallen olT greatl.v, showing 

 that other places are as dull as it is 

 here. In quality the carnations were 

 never better than at the present time. 



Tlie price of Harrisiis is down to $0 

 per 100, same as callas. Both are a 

 glut, with very little doing in their line. 

 Sweet peas are about the onl.v flowers 

 that have a demand, and they are nearly 

 alwa.vs sold out clean by noon at a fair 

 lirice. Tliese are not as yet plentiful. 

 All bulbous stock is over, but some fairly 

 good valley is still in the Tuarket at the 

 usual price. Some good smilax came in 

 the past week, but not nearly eno\igh for 

 tlie demand. Other greens are selling 

 well, with a slight advance in price on 

 conimim ferns. 



Notes. 



Ceo. :M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill. Mo.. 

 was a visitor the jiast week. He at- 

 tended tlie dedication ceremonies. 



R. J. Mohr has returned from Chicago 

 and Joliet. At the latter place he was 

 with the Cliicago Carnation Co. Mr. 

 Mohr expects to be employed at the 

 World's Fair grounds this summer. 



Mr. Trillow is still with us and says 

 dedication week was no good in his line. 

 A number of the Belleville craft were 

 also visitors the past week attending 

 the dedication ceremonies. 



Mr. Robert AuU was on Friday last 

 appointed park commissioner by Mayor 

 Wells to succeed Franklin L. Ridgely, 

 who has held the )dace for the past 

 eight years. Mr. Aull was formerly sec- 

 retary of the St. lyouis Fair Association, 

 is a democrat and an able man for the 

 position. He will make one of the best 

 park coiiimissiiiners St. Louis has had. 

 The number of local florists who are out 

 for the jiosition of superintendent can 

 now bring in their applications and Mr. 

 Aull will select the one best fitted to 

 fill the position to succeed Fred W. Pape, 

 svlio has held the position since the <leath 

 of his father nearly four years ago. 



The nursery adjoining the World's 

 Fair grounds and conducted by the Park 

 View Really Co. is in fine shape under 

 the careful guidance of Mr. Win. Bouche. 



.Mr. Fred Kessler, laiulscapc architect 

 for the World's Fair, has gone east to 

 buy nursery stock to be planted on the 

 grounds. 



The May meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be held next Thursday. May U, at 

 i o'clock, iM the Odd Fellows' building. 

 At this meeting a miscellaneous cut 

 flower show will be held, and all the 

 members are requested to liring anything 

 Ihcv can spare. As stock is so plenti- 

 ful, there should be a big display of 

 seasonable flowers on exhibition. Mr. 

 Fillnion' will read his essay on "Soft 

 ami Hard t'oal Healing." which no doubt 



