July 21, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



389 



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 affords at this season of the year. Your 

 orders will receive as careful attention as ever. 



All Cut Flowers in Season. 



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AMBBXOAJr BBAUTT. Per doe. 



80-86-lnob stem $8.00 



24-lnch stem 2.60 



ao-lnch stem 2.00 



15-lncb stem 1-60 



12-liicb stem 100 



StaortBtem 60to .75 



PerlOQ 



Brides and Maids $8.00to $0.00 



Meteors and Gates 8.00to 5-00 



Liberty 4.00to 8.00 



Kalserin 4.00to 8.00 



Carnations l.OOto 1.80 



large and fancy 3.00 



Asters l.OOto 2.00 



VaUey 4.00 



Marguerites 60to .76 



SweetPeas 26to .40 



Auratum Ulles, doz.. $1.25 to $1.(0 

 Longiflonuns, doz.. $1.00 to $1.60 

 Asparagus, per string, 40 to 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri S.OOto 4.00 



Ferns per 1000, $1.00 .16 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



Adlantum 76to 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $1.25 



Ba^eet to eluuf o wtthoat notlefl. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The week just past was very quiet in 

 the cut flower line. At the wholesale 

 houses very little shipping trade is go- 

 ing on, and about the only thing that 

 keeps the trade alive now is funeral 

 work, and even that seems to be slow. 

 There are very few social affairs given 

 at the World's Fair grounds just now, 

 and so we are in summer stillness, which 

 gives us plenty of time to look after 

 convention affairs. 



In the market there are a lot of roses 

 of fair quality just now — in fact, too 

 many for the demand. Brides, Maids 

 and Kaiserins are plentiful and fairly 

 good stock can be bought for $3 and $4 

 per 100. liberty, Meteor and short 

 Beauties run about the same in price. 

 Very few good long Beauties are seen. 

 In carnations, the market is somewhat 

 short of fancy stock and not any too 

 many of the common grades. The aver- 

 age price is about $1.50 per 100, though 

 a few fancy bring $2. The common 

 grades do not bring over 50 cents to $1 

 per 100. 



Sweet peas were a little scarce the 

 past week, owing to the heavy rains, 

 which spoiled thousands of them. A few 

 dry days will again see them plentiful. 

 The outdoor flowers, such as gladioli, 

 asters, tuberoses and cornflowers, are 

 plentiful. Some excellent lily of the val- 

 ley is going begging for want of demand. 

 Smilax is in demand, and so are other 

 greens, with fancy ferns a little scarce. 



Qttb Meeting. 



The July meeting of the Florists ' Club 

 was large and harmonious. The after- 

 noon was warm, but thirty-five members 

 were on hand. After the regular routine 

 work, the chairmen of the different S. 

 A. F. committees reported that all ar- 

 rangements were completed for receiving 

 and entertaining the S. A. F. members 

 during the convention next month. The 

 applications for membership were numer- 

 ous. The following were elected: C. 

 Winters, W. E. Robinson, John Nyflot, 

 Charlie Schonelle, Arthur Y. Ellison, 

 Nic Himmer, John Himmer, J. S. Secke- 

 ter, H. M. Schisler, George S. Walters, 

 Geo. M. Ostertag and Harry Young, 

 making fourteen in all. This makes the 

 membership of the club ninety-one. Nine 

 new applications were promised by next 



The S. A. F. Convention is close 

 at hand and everyone id inter- 

 ested in knowing all about 



What You Will Show 



in the Trades' Display or at the 

 World's Fair. Tell them about 

 it in the next few issues of 



The Review 



meeting, making 100 meml)er8 by the 

 opening of the S. A. F. convention. 



The nomination of officers resulted as 

 follows: For president. Otto G. Koenig 

 and Chas. A. Juengel; for vice-presi- 

 dent, Carl Beyer, W. J. Pilcher and 

 Henry Ostertag; for secretary Emil 

 Schray; for treasurer. F. H. Meinhardt 

 and J. W. Dunford; three trustees, Theo. 

 Miller, George Windier, Fred C. Weber, 

 E. W. Guy, Theo. Klockenkemper and 

 Frank Weber. 



James W. Dunford read an essay on 

 "Greenhouse Building and Help," which 

 was well received and quite a discussion 

 . followed. At the next meeting of the 

 club, August 11, the election of officers 

 will take place. The date will be just 

 four days before the opening of the S. 

 A. F. convention, when the largest at- 

 tendance of the year is expected. 



Various Notes. 



William Ward Tailby and bride, of 

 Wellesley, Mass., spent a week of their 

 honeymoon in St. Louis. Mr. Tailby 

 found time to call on the trade. 



A. F. J. Baur, of Indianar-olis, Ind., 

 whose notes are so much looked after in 

 the Review, in company with Mrs. 

 Baur, visited the World's Fair last 

 week. They also made the rounds of 

 the trade. 



After the club meeting on last Thurs- 



day a special bowling match was ar- 

 ranged between Theo. Miller, Carl 

 Beyer, C. A. Kuehn and Frank Ellis. 

 Kuehn and Ellis won all four games. 

 Theo. Klockenkemper, who accompanied 

 them, showed some ability as a bowler. 

 Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ellis returned 

 Wednesday night from a week's fish- 

 ing trip at Whitehall, 111., and report a 

 big catch of fish every day. 



J. J. Beneke. 



THE S. A. F. PROGRAM. 



Since our last issue the program of the 

 S. A. F. meeting at St. Louis has been 

 altered in one or two unimportant de- 

 tails. The meeting of the Florists' Hail 

 Association will 1^ held at two o'elocK 

 on Thursday and the Carnation Society 

 will meet at four o'clock the same day. 

 This will be while the shooting is in 

 progress. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



S. A. Van Konijnenburg & Co., Noord- 

 wijk, nr. Haarlem, Holland, bulbs; H. 

 Beaulieu. Woodhaven, N. Y., onion and 

 pansy; E. H. Hunt, Chicago, insecti- 

 cides. 



Worcester, Mass. — Hugo Book is 

 building a greenhouse 23x175 at an es- 

 timated cost of $2,500. 



