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jTjtr 28, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



429 



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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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AMBBICAV BBAXTTT, Per doi. 



80-86-lnch stem $3.00 



24-lnch stem 2.60 



20-lncta stem 2.00 



16-Inch stem 1.60 



la-Inch Btem 100 



ShortBtem 50to .76 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $8.00 to $6.00 



Meteors and Gates 8.00to 6.00 



Liberty 4.00to 8.00 



Kalserin 4.00to 8.00 



OamatioDB l.OOto 1.60 



large and fancy 2.00 



Asters l.OOto 2.00 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Gladioli per doz., 86c to $1.00 



Sweet Peas 26 to .40 



Auratum lilies doz., $1.S0 



liOnglflorums doz., $1.60 



Asparagus, per string, 40 to 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 8.00 to 4.00 



Ferns per 1000, $1.00 .16 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



Adiantum 75to 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $1.25 



Smijeet to ehuge without aotke. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business conditions here remain un- 

 changed so fax as the store business is 

 concerned. Some of the dealers still 

 report a brisk demand in cut flowers 

 for delivery at the different state build- 

 ings in the World's Fair grounds. 

 Others have been busy with funeral 

 work. 



The month of July is reported by some 

 of the dealers as much better than last 

 year. Of course, the World's Fair has a 

 great deal to do with the increase of bus- 

 iness this year among the florists. The 

 plantsmen especially are much pleased 

 with the business they have done this 

 spring and summer, as very much more 

 was done in the planting line. The 

 wholesalers too are well pleased with 

 the business they have done the past 

 season and good prices prevailed through- 

 out. 



Stock at the present time in roees is 

 quite plentiful but only in second grades. 

 First-class, fancy stock is out of the 

 question in all varieties. The price on 

 the best rosee that come in is $5 and $6 

 per 100. White and pink are coming in 

 abundancej so are short American 

 Beauties. Carnations are very poor in- 

 deed, the bulk of them being hardly 

 salable for any use. The best are in 

 big demand, especially the white. Col- 

 ored stock has little demand except when 

 fancy. For the best $2 is asked and 75 

 cents to $1.50 per 100 for the rest. 



Sweet peas are very poor, owing to 

 too much rain of late. Peas have a 

 good demand, when good, at 25 cents per 

 100. Lily of the valley is at a stand- 

 still, though of extra fine quality. Among 

 the outdoor stock, tuberoses and asters 

 are selling well. Gladioli are slow at 

 $2 and $3. Other outdoor truck has 

 very little call now. Smilax and other 

 greens are as usual. 



Various Notes. 



The weather in St Louis at present is 

 very cool. The summer has so far been 

 in fine contrast with the season in cities 

 where St. Louis has long been misrepre- 

 sented. The deadly heat of some more 

 northern cities is never felt here. 



Max Herzog took advantage of the 

 cool summer and was married on last 

 Wednesday to Miss Bertha Ulrich. Only 

 near friends and relatives attended the 

 wedding. Congratulations are now in 



order and we hope Miix will attend the 

 next club meeting to receive them. 



The finance committee held a meeting 

 last Thursday at Weber's store. It can 

 be safely said that this committee is 

 doing its share of work. They report 

 plenty of fimds on hand for all purposes 

 during the convention of the S. A. F. 

 next month. This committee will meet 

 again this week to complete arrange- 

 ments. 



The general entertainment committee, 

 consisting of all the chairmen of the 

 different committees, will meet this 

 week Wednesday to perfect all arrange- 

 ments for entertaining the S. A. F. 

 members. President Breitmeyer, of De- 

 troit, and Phil Hauswirth, of Chicago, 

 are expected here this week to look over 

 the ground. 



Carl Beyer, chairman of the bowling 

 committee, reports a great many prizes 

 to date for the bowlers; in fact, so 

 many that nearly everybody should 

 carry home a prize of some Mnd. One 

 of the finest among them is a large sil- 

 ver trophy, donated by the Anheuser 

 Busch Brewing Association, also a fine 

 gold medal by the Brunswick-Balke Com- 

 pany to be known as the champion 

 medJaX. C. A. Kuehn and Henry Oster- 

 tag are also in line with prizes. Mr. 

 Beyer, too, will donate a handsome 

 prize. 



It will be well for all the bowling 

 captains to send in iheir entries, so 

 that we can know in advance just how 

 many teams wiU bowl in the tournament. 

 The alleys have plenty of room for 

 twelve clubs to bowl at one time, and 

 we hope to have at least ;hat many teams 

 if not more. We rely on teams from 

 Chicago, Buffalo, New York, Washing- 

 ton, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Mil- 

 waukee, Omaha, Philadelphia. Flatbush, 

 Pittsburg and St. Louis to be with us 

 next month and take part in the tourna- 

 ment. 



Visitors here in the florist trade are: 

 J. Mead, representing the Furman boilers ; 

 J. T, Goodlive, of Zanesville, O. ; Mr. 

 Huckleberry, of North Vernon, Ind. ; J. 

 Warren, of Louisville; Wm. Kutschback, 

 of Houston, Ttex. 



The big floral parade on the water will 

 take place Saturday morning at the 

 World's Fair. The Eggeling Floral Co. 

 has the contract to furnish the flowers for 

 the occasion. This wiU be a grand af- 

 fair, as twenty-five floats will be dressed 

 in flowers. The contract calls for $15,- 



000 and only twelve hours to do the 

 work, starting after ten o'clock Friday 

 night, the parade starting" at ten o'clock 

 Saturday morning. 



Bowling;* 



The St. Louis convention team rolled 

 a match of three games with the next 

 five highest men of the Florists' Bowl- 

 ing Club. The convention team gave 

 them a handicap of 125 pins per game, 

 total pins to count. The convention 

 team won by forty-two pins, as the fol- 

 lowing scores will show: 



Regulars. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



J. J. Beneke 189 177 167 BIS 



C. A. Kuehn 199 136 179 B14 



Theo. Miller 162 121 117 400 



Carl Beyer 171 161 177 609 



A. Y. Ellison 170 173 174 626 



Totals 900 768 814 2,482 



Subs. Ist 2d 8d T'l 



P. M. Ellis 182 161 167 BIO 



F. H. Melnhardt 127 117 110 8B4 



F. C. Weber 181 134 1B6 441 



Ed. Gerlach 94 111 86 201 



O. B. Beneke 166 137 166 469 



Handicap 128 128 128 87B 



Totals 845 785 810 2.440 



The lady bowlers met Monday after- 

 noon to arrange all details for tiieir 

 work during the convention. The lady 

 visitors will be well taken care of and 

 they hope that the attendance will be 

 large. After the meeting they rolled 

 three games. The score of last Monday 

 was as follows: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d T'L 



Mrs. Theo. Miller 148 120 117 885 



Mrs. F. H. Melnhardt.. 103 150 131 883 



Mrs. D. Schnetzle 99 116 121 836 



Mrs. F. M. Ellis 101 135 99 838 



Miss L. Melnhardt 83 99 182 814 



Miss B. Melnhardt 98 99 94 291 



Miss T. Melnhardt 88 86 88 272 



Mrs. Carl Beyer 96 98 118 212 



Mrs. J. J. Beneke 73 57 78 208 



Mrs. P. C. Weber 66 63 66 195 



Mrs. 0. C. Kocnlg 88 23 84 168 



J. J. B. 



St. Louis Hotels. 



The Florists' Club has issued a list of 

 nearly 100 hotels at which accommoda- 

 tions may be had during the S. A. F. 

 convention at from 50 cents per night 

 upward, most of the rates being from 

 $1 to $2 per night. There are ample 

 sleeping accommodations in St. Louis at 

 reasonable rates. But it would be wise 

 to make arrangements in advance. Write 

 F. M. Ellis, 1316 Pine street, chairman 

 of the hotel committee of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club. Better do it today. 



