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JuMB 23, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



207 



powers are again breathing easy. All 

 report about the same, the best season 

 wo ever had and about sold out of every- 

 thing good. 



Various Notes. 



The American Seed Trade Association 

 •will open the twenty-second annual con- 

 vention tomorrow (Tuesday). Mr. Schis- 

 ler, of Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., has 

 charge of the local committee on enter- 

 tainment. A large attendance of seeds- 

 men is expected. The meeting will take 

 place at the Forest Park University 

 Hotel, near the World's Fair grounds. 

 €. E. Kendel, of Cleveland, Ohio, is al- 

 ready here and S. F. Willard, the presi- 

 ■dent, is expected in the morning, also 

 ■Chas. McCullough, vice-president. The 

 •entertainment will consist of a boat ride, 

 a visit to Shaw's Garden and a day at 

 the World's Fair. The local committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. Schisler, Plant, 

 Prunty and Bushnell, has all arrange- 

 ments completed to entertain the visitors. 



The exhibition of peonies in the Horti- 

 culture building from May 28 to June 

 7 was large and fine. The following firms 

 made exhibitions: Chicago Carnation 

 ■Co., Joliet, 111.; J. F. Eosenfield, West 

 Point, Neb. ; Charlton Nursery Co., Rocl^ 

 «Bter, N. Y.; C. W. Ward, Queens, N. 

 Y., and G. & M. Wild, of Sarcoxie, Mo. 

 There were nine classes, all of which 

 were competed for. 



C. Young & Sons Co., Wm. Schray & 

 "Sons, Michel Plant and Bulb Co., and 

 -Shaw's Garden are the local exhibitors 

 in the Horticulture buUding, all making 

 splendid exhibits. 



Becent visitors in the trade were A. 

 Dietsch, Chicago; J. H. McFarland, Har- 

 Tisburg, Pa.; Thos. B. Meehan, Phila- 

 delphia, and H. P. Kelsey, Boston. 



Henry C. Ostertag, of Ostertag Bros, 

 ■contemplates building a fine conserva- 

 tory and store at the corner of Washing- 

 ton and Taylor avenues, to cost $8,000. 

 The plans are being made by Mr. 

 Thompson. J. F. Windt, at 901 Bay- 

 ard avenue, is building a show house :tt 

 his place to cost $3,000. The work is also 

 i'being done by Mr. Thompson. 



Frank H. Weber will leave this week 

 to attend the twenty-ninth annual meet- 

 ing of the American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen, which takes place at Atlanta. 

 Oa., June 22 to 24. Mr. Weber is a 

 vice-president of the association. 



Carl Beyer, chairman of the bowlinj: 

 • committee, has made arrangements with 

 Martin Kern, who is the champion of 

 the United States, for the use of his 

 twelve alleys at Twenty-second and Frank- 

 lin avenues for the bowling tournament 

 of the S. A. F. in August. These are 

 the finest alleys in the city, within easy 

 reach of the convention hall. Mr. Kern 

 has promised to do all in his power to 

 make the stay of the florist bowlers at 

 his alleys long to be remembered. 



The lady bowlers have had several 

 meetings of late and a program has been 

 mapped out for the entertainment of the 

 visiting ladies during their stay. Their 

 bowling will take place on Wednesday 

 morning at the same alleys where the 

 men bowl that afternoon. Miss 

 Tillie Meinhardt, Mrs. F. C. Weber, Mrs. 

 Theo. Miller, Mrs. F. M. Ellis, Mrs. J. J. 

 Beneke and Mrs. F. H. Meinhardt will 

 have charge of the entertaining, assisted 

 by the other ladies of the club. 



C. A. Kuehn, superintendent of trade 

 display, is already a very busy man per- 

 fecting plans as to the display, with ap- 

 plications for space coming in by every 

 ^mail. Otto Koenig and F. M. Ellis are 



Pansy Exhibit of Peter Brown, Lancaster, Pa., at St. Louis "World's Fair. i. 



also busy with their duties. Messrs. 

 Ammann, Beyer and Beneke are also 

 working hard. 



Among the week's visitors was Charles 

 W. Biemers, Louisville, Ky. 



Bowling. 



Of the 115 games rolled by the Florists ' 



Club since the Milwaukee contest, the 



first five are likely to be the teams that 



^vill represent St. Louis during the next 



convention : 



Name— Games. Totrf. Av. 



J. J. Beneke U5 20,261 176 



C. A. Kuehn 115 20,151 175 



Carl Beyer 64 10,524 164 



A. Y. Ellison 31 5,065 163 



Theo. Miller 115 18,012 156 



Wm. Adels 48 7,428 151 



P. C. Weber 88 13.073 148 



F. M. mils 108 1S,489 14:: 



F. H. Meinhardt 109 14,835 136 



O. R. Beneke 93 13,555 135 



PYed Weber, Jr 65 8,364 128 



Ed Gerlach 15 1,714 114 



On Monday night Team No. 1 met the 

 first defeat for a long time. The scores 

 were as follows: 



Team* No. 1. 1st 2d Sd T'l 



Beneke 163 177 167 507 



Miller 148 113 144 4<» 



Weber 165 148 134 447 



Gerlach 118 09 113 830 



Totals 594 637 588 1,689 



Team No. 2. 1st 2d Sd T'l 



Kuehn 147 176 161 484 



EaiUon 153 166 160 479 



O. R. Beneke 177 136 173 486 



Meinhardt 104 127 118 349 



Totals 581 605 612 1,798 



J. J. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Cut flower business is dead; the de- 

 mand for stock is very light. June wed- 

 dings all occurred the early part of the 

 month, leaving nothing for the florists 

 but funeral work and orders for com- 

 mencements. There are not enough of 

 these to create any special demand. 



The quality of roses and carnations is 

 somewhat better than at this time last 

 year, and the quantity is so great that 

 only the very best are sold, the balance 

 reaching the dump. Many growers lo 

 not seem to consider the season; th3y 



ship and pay express charges on stock, 

 which, from its appearance when it reaches 

 the wholesalers, must have been worthless 

 when packed. Peonies have been a drug 

 on the market this season. 



Various Notes. 



H. P. Joslin shipped the Cut Flower 

 Co. quantities of fine Spanish iris. This 

 wholesale house had several large ship- 

 ping orders for Beauties last week. 



William Kroek reports a good demani 

 for vegetable plants last week. 



The Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Co. 

 is still cutting very fair roses and car- 

 nations and promises a fine cut of Kai- 

 serins a little later. 



The date of the Florists' Club's picnic 

 wiU be announced at the next meeting, 

 Tuesday evening, July 5. The committee 

 is arranging a very elaborate program, I 

 am sure there will be "large doings.'.' 



The various civic clubs in our sur- 

 rounding towns have been doing a good 

 work by offering prizes for the best kept 

 gardens and lawns, and in this way 

 arouse much interest in plants and shrub- 

 bery, from which the florists and plants- 

 men are benefited. Wide-awake nursery- 

 men are taking advantage of this and 

 their agents are booking good orders for 

 fall delivery. 



Last Saturday the Bellevue Civic 

 Improvement League gave its second an- 

 nual flower show. Thousands of people 

 witnessed the display, which was very 

 large. This league issued a general in- 

 vitation to all of the community to send 

 flowers for exhibition. Besides these, a 

 large collection of shrubbery was sent by 

 Wm. H. Moon Co., of Morrisville, Pa., 

 and Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. Local 

 florists who exhibited were Fred Burki, 

 B. L, Elliott, Geddis & Blind Brothers, 

 John Bader, E. C. Lud'wig, N. A. Blanev 

 & Co., G. & J. W. Ludwig, H. P. JosUil, 

 H. C. Frick, and the Schenley park con- 

 servatories. The influence of this society 

 is very noticeable in the community; the 

 la'wns are well kept, front fences are re- 

 moved and hedges planted in their place. 

 J. W. Vickerman, of Bellevue, is secre- 

 tary of the league. The craft congrat- 

 ulate him on his good work. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



