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OcTOBEa 13, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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3[wa;iatYour Service. 



Let us hear from you, whatever your wants may be in the 

 line of Seasonable Cut Flowers. Choice stock in all de- 

 partments and a skillful force of people glad to serve you. 



E. C. 3IVILING, 



The XtSkigemt, Best Eijaipped and Most Centrally Jbocated 

 Wholesale Cat Flower Honse in Chlcag'o. 



32-34.-36 Randolph St., 



Ia«. n].*>«<-. i.isi.hA.». i '*7» •"•• "77 Central. 

 Long Distance Telephones | j^^ Automaiic. 



Chicago, 111. 



AMB&XOAH BBAUTT, Per dot. 



80— 36-iDcb stem 18.00 



24-iiicb stem 2.B0 



20-iDcb stem 2.00 



16-iocta stem 1.50 



12-incb stem 1.00 



Sbort stem 83.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $2.00 to $6.00 



Kleteors and Oates 2.00 to 6.00 



Liberty S.OOto 6.00 



Oamations. select, all colors.... 1.00 to 1.50 



larRe and fancy.... 2.00 to 8.00 

 Mums, large. per doz., $2.f<0 to $3 

 medium " 1.60 to 2 



" our selection 15.00 



Violets 60to 1.00 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Tuberoses . .per doz, 8^c to 50c 

 LonRlflorums " 1.50 

 Asparagus, per string. 35 to 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00 to 8.00 



Perns per 1000, $125 .16 



Galax per lOUO. $1.25 .15 



LeucotbOB .75 



Adiantum .75 



Adiantum Croweanum. 1.50 



Smilaz per doz., $1.50 10.00 



Snbjeet to ehssce wttkost sotlee. 



Mptitlon The Review when yon write. 



ing E. C. Amling some very well groTvn 

 Enchantress, stem and color very good 

 for the season. 



Wietor Bros, are pretty well cut out 

 on the early mums and will be getting 

 the mid-season sorts in a day or two. 

 Their carnations are in fine shape. 



Massachusetts ferns are coming in 

 hot. 



There have been a large number of 

 visitors in town this week. Among them 

 are Fred Dorner, Jr., of Lafayette, Ind. ; 

 Wm. H. Evans, of Colorado Springs, 

 Colo.; J. F. Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, 

 la., returning from a trip to New York; 

 W. P. Craig, of Philadelphia, with sam- 

 ples; E. S. Thompson, of South Haven, 

 Mich.; Mr. Walgreen, of Dixon, 111. 



BowIinc[. 



The bowlers have received a challenge 

 to play at Joliet on the Saturday of the 

 Joliet flower show. The invitation will 

 be accepted. 



The bowlers had another practice 

 meeting Tuesday night. They propose 

 to keep it up each week all winter. 



The following are the scores made at 



Bensinger's October 11: 



Plaver. Ist 2d 3(1 4th 6th 



Manhelm 61 100 67 



Zappe 143 118 114 97 136 



Beamer 147 147 171 l.-?7 182 



Scott 138 151 133 179 142 



Asmus 117 193 148 137 180 



Lambros 176 160 173 1.30 131 



Hauswlrth 138 1.55 19.5 145 203 



Degnan 133 154 97 141 158 



Balliiff 175 138 153 205 181 



Wlnterson 108 121 100 109 108 



Victor KreltUng 130 130 



L.\DIES' GAME. 



Plaj'P'". Ist 2d 



Mrs. Kreitllng 93 108 



Mrs. John Lambros 31 as 



Mrs. George Asmus 96 110 



Mrs. E. F. Wlnterson 71 64 



Mrs. George Scott 39 71 



Mrs Phil. Hauswlrth 85 68 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past week the wholesale houses 

 had plenty of cut stock for all demands. 

 The warm weather combined with dull 

 trade was responsible for this big in- 

 crease and small glut. We need much 

 cooler weather to stimulate retail activity 

 in the cut flower trade. Of course, there 

 is a big lot of decorating going on every 

 day about town and at the World 's Fair, 

 which keeps some of the boys busy, es- 



pecially those who make a specialty of 

 that kind of work. 



We are pleased to note more activity at 

 the wholesale house and the store men are 

 buying more than usual. There is a good 

 demand for all kinds of roses, especially 

 Beauties with medium stems, which seem 

 quite plentiful at $1 and $2 per dozen. 

 Extra long-stemmed Beauties are also 

 good sellers but scarce at $4 per dozen. 

 Carnations are in strong demand and 

 first-class blooms are being offered. Fan- 

 cy stock is now up to $2 per 100, fair 

 stock $1.50 and common $1 per 100, En- 

 chantress is coming in fine and so is Bos- 

 ton Market. In pink Joost is best. Law- 

 son is good in flower but very short in 

 stem. 



Chrysanthemum blooms are somewhat 

 late, still a few are coming in every day, 

 but not near enough to supply the wants. 

 The best of these brought $3 per dozen, 

 small white $1 and $2 per dozen. By the 

 end of this week the market will be in 

 good supply of all varieties. Cosmos now 

 brightens the show windows of the flor- 

 ists, though the demand is not very brisk. 

 The price is 25 and 35 cents per 100. Lily 

 of the valley is in good supply at $3 and 

 $4 per 100. Violets are coming in more 

 plentifully every day, but of poor qual- 

 ity at 25 and 35 cents per 100. Tuberose 

 stalks are still selling well at 3 and 4 

 cents. Some very fine pink and yellow 

 dahlias are in the market at $1 and $2 

 per 100. There are plenty of greens. 



Various Notes. 



We had with us the past week Harry 

 May and sister, son and daughter of John 

 N. May, of Summit, N. J. They will re- 

 main ten days and then visit Chicago. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Peter Reinberg were down for 

 Chicago Day at the World's Fair. J. D. 

 Preussner, of Galveston, Texas, and C. H. 

 Foreman, of Louisiana, Mo., also were 

 recent visitors. Paul Berkowitz, of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, spent 

 a week here and left Sunday for Pitts- 

 burg, taking with him a well filled order 

 book. 



Jabes Gadd, formerly with C. Young 

 & Sons Co., is now with Theo. Miller, on 

 Delmjir boulevard. 



Walter Sanders, son of C. C. Sanders, 

 left last week for the west. Walter wants 

 to see what the great west has in store 

 for the young man. He has the best 

 wishes of the trade, wherever he lands. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, E. W. 

 Guy, of Belleville, and C. A. Kuehn, of 

 St. Louis, visited the Springfield, 111., 

 fair a week ago. All made friendly calls 

 on the trade at that place. 



The Louisiana Purchase Exposition 

 Co, report that they will not restore For- 

 est Park at the close of the exposition, 

 but will improve it to make it one of the 

 finest pleasure grounds in the world. This 

 decision was reached at a meeting of the 

 directors and the city officials held last 

 week. 



Horticultural Day at the World 's Fair 

 last Tussday attracted a great crowd. 

 The big building was decorated in grand 

 style. It was estimated that about 1,000 

 barrels of apples were given away. Mr. 

 Hadkinson and Chief Taylor are greatly 

 pleased at the reception given their de- 

 partment by the general public. 



Henry G. Berning, who spent a week 

 at Oakville, III., taking baths at this fa- 

 mous resort, has returned much improved 

 in health. 



A. Stonewall Tesson, brother of Robt. 

 F. Tesson, died Saturday morning of 

 heart failure. The funeral took place Sun- 

 day afternoon from the family residence 

 in Clayton. Robert has the sympathy of 

 his fallow craftsmen in the trade. 



Fred Dorner, Jr., and Mrs. Dorner of 

 Lafayette, Ind., have been taking in the 

 World's Fair. Arthur Cowee, of Ber- 

 lin, X. Y., is still here but will return 

 home next week, having finished up his 

 work at the World's Fair. 



Bowling. 



The florists continued their bowling 

 on Monday night, with no handicaps. 

 Good hard work through the winter 

 should put them in good trim for the 

 annual contest at Washington. 



PKivpr. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



J. J. Beneko 181 1.35 157 473 



C. A. Kuehn 160 124 166 459 



F. II. Melnhardt 152 160 132 444 



F. M. Ellis 145 162 120 438 



F. C. Weber 145 168 120 434 



Theo. Miller 1.33 124 153 410 



O. R. Beneke 114 126 150 390 



Ed. Oerlach 94 76 119 289 



J. J, B. 



YouNGSTOWN, 0. — J. C. Schuffert be- 

 gan cutting mums October 8. His stock 

 is in fine shape, 



I AM well satisfied with the Review 

 and could not well get along without it. 

 — E. Jensen, West Superior, Wis. 



