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October 20, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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sia^wYour Service. 



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



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



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



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Ceetral. 



Chicago, III. 



AUBBZOAV BBAVTT, Per dos. 



80-8fr-iDCh 8tem ....$8.00 



24-iDch stem 2.60 



20-incli stem 2.00 



16-iDch stem 1.60 



12-lncb stem 1.00 



Sbort Item $4.00 to $6.00 per 100. 



Per 100 



Brldei and Maids $2.00 to $6.00 



Meteors and Qates 2.00to 6.00 



Liberty S.OOto 6.00 



Oaruations, select, all colors.... 1.00 to 1.60 

 large and fancy.... 2.00 to 8.00 

 Mums, large. per doz.,t2 to $2.60 

 " medium ••$1.25 to 1.50 



" our selection 12.00 



Violets eoto 1.00 



VaUey 2.00to 4.00 



LoDKiflonuns per doz.,$2.00 



Asparagus, per string, 85 to 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengerl 2.00 to 8.00 



Ferns per 1000, $1.26 .16 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



LeucothoB .76 



Adlantum 76to 1.00 



Adiantum Croweanum 1.26 



Smilax per dos., $2.00 



B^UMt to ehaage wltheat MOtlee. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



there is not a heavy cut of carnations 

 in sight for six weeks and that prices 

 consequently will be firm. 



W. N. Cbaiq, 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade in the cut flower line, as report- 

 ed, was somewhat better the past week, 

 as a number of social affairs used up 

 quite a lot of choice stock, of which 

 there was plenty at the commission 

 houses. 



Chrysanthemums, as usual at this time 

 of the year, are crowding roses and car- 

 nations. They are coming in more freely 

 and choice stock is selling well. The top 

 prices are $2.50 to $3 per dozen. Mme. 

 Bergmann and Polly Eose are quite 

 plentiful, also Glory of Pacific and old 

 Oloriosum, of the smaller varieties. The 

 prices asked are $1 to $2 per dozen. By 

 next week the market will be pretty well 

 stocked with all varieties. 



Boses are in fair demand and, like the 

 mums, only the choice goods in demand. 

 American Beauties are in big supply just 

 now. Extra choice long bring from $3 

 to $5 per dozen. Others are as low as 

 $1 to $2 per dozen and a big lot of short- 

 stemmed ones at $4 to $6 per hundred. 

 In Bride, Maid, Meteor, Liberty, Perle ^ 

 «nd Camot there is a big supply of good 

 stoct. Firsts bring $5 and $6 per hun- 

 dred, seconds $2 and $3, shorts as low 

 as $1. 



Carnations are plentiful and some of 

 them of extra quality. The top price is 

 $2 per 100, and as low as $1. Rose 

 Queen, Flora Hill, Enchantress, Boston 

 Market and Joost are the most looked 

 after this week. Violets are coming bet- 

 ter, but yet too small for good sales. 

 The best prices are 25 and 35 cents. The 

 cool weather the past week should im- 

 prove them greatly. 



Valley is fine and plentiful. Outdoor 

 stock, such as cosmos, tuberoses and dah- 

 lias, is about over for this season. Smilax 

 looks well and has a good call at 15 

 cents. Of all other greens the market is 

 in good supply, with a good demand. 



Good chrysanthemum plants are not 

 yet to be seen, but the growers, Messrs. 

 Windier, Schray, Sanders and Beyer, say 

 that by next week the stock will be in 

 fine shape. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held October 13, President 

 Juengel presiding. Twenty members were 

 present. All convention committees 

 made their final reports and were dis- 

 charged with, thanks. Communications 

 were read from the Detroit and New 

 York clubs thanking the members for the 

 treatment received by their members who 

 attended the convention; also a commu- 

 nication from President Breitmeyer re- 

 garding the National Flower Show at 

 the World's Fair. 



Two members were elected to mem- 

 bership, Andrew Olsen, of St. Louis, and 

 W. A. Chalfant, of Springfield, Mo. Four 

 applications for membership were filed, 

 by C. C. Sanders, Fred H. Weber, Henry 

 Lohrenz, all of this city, and Swan Peter- 

 son, of Gibeon City, 111. 



It was decided that at the next meet- 

 ing of the cliib a chrysanthemum show 

 would be held in the club rooms, for 

 which the club has offered $50 in prizes. 

 A committee was appointed by tlie chair 

 to taJse charge of the management. The 

 committee consists of J. J. Beneke, F. 

 H. Meinhardt, Emil Schray and Theo. 

 Miller. The prizes are open to all chrys- 

 anthemum growers. This committee will 

 meet this week and arrange a prize list, 

 which will be mailed to the growers. 



There was quite a discussion regarding 

 the disposition of the convention funds 

 left over. This was left open until the 

 December meeting, when it vnll come up 

 for final disposal. 



Swan Peterson, of Gibson Cityj 111., 

 was present and gave the boys a talk on 

 carnations, at the same time exhibiting a 

 sample of Gibson Beautyj which was 

 much admired. 



W. J. Pilcher, vice-president of the 

 club, was prevented from attending the 

 meeting owing to the death of his moth- 

 er. The club extended a vote of sympa- 

 thy. 



The question box failed to bring out 

 as lively a discussion as heretofore. 



The next meeting of the dub should be 

 a hummer. The chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion should bring out the largest attend- 

 ance the club has yet had. This meeting 

 will be on Thursday afternoon, Novem- 

 ber 10, at 2 o'clock. 



Various Notes. 

 Visitors who belong to the craft and 



who are spending a few days with us 

 and at the fair are Mr. and Mrs. Bauth, 

 Springfield, 111.; A. K Mauff, Denver; 

 Mr. Vesey, Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. D. Thompson, Joliet, 111.; Mrs. Mo- 

 rat and her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Schulz, 

 Louisville; Swan Peterson, Gibson City, 

 111.; Allen McGregor, Springfield, 0.; 

 Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill. 



The Michel Plant and Bulb Co. is to 

 have an auction sale on Thursday, Octo- 

 ber 20, at 10 a. m., for the disposal of 

 some 2,000 plants of all kinds. 



Wm. Schray & Sons received notice 

 that they have been awarded a gold 

 medal for their new canna at the World 's 

 Fair. They have named it Superior. It's 

 the only one that is now in full bloom 

 on the grounds. 



A. G. Bentzen, on Marcus avenue, has 

 just finished two new houses and reports 

 everything in tip-top shape for the win- 

 ter season. Mr. Bentzen has a fine lot of 

 palms and Boston ferns. 



J. F. Stinson, superintendent of po- 

 mology in the Horticultural building, 

 World's Fair, was presented the past 

 week with a handsome gold and enameled 

 medal as a token of esteem from the ex- 

 hibitors in the Palace of Horticulture. 



The city park commission is at a loss 

 as to the kind of trees to plant in City 

 Hall Park, as over half of them have 

 died. Maples and elms have been tried 

 and the oak cannot grow where there 

 are paths and granitoid, as all the roots 

 lie close to the surface. A few sug- 

 gestions from the outside would help 

 them out of this trouble and no doubt be 

 greatly appreciated. 



The Simmons Hardware Co. is open- 

 ing its china department and there are 

 prizes offered for the best table decora- 

 tion and best arranged bride's reception 

 decoration. Four florists have entered. 

 They are Ostertag Bros., Ellison Floral 

 Co., C. Young & Sons Co. and Miss M. 

 S. Newman. The public is to be the 

 judges by their votes. We hope justice 

 will be done. 



R. J. Mohr, late of St. Louis, is 

 now with W. J. Smyth in Chicago. Mr. 

 Mohr is a member of our local club and 

 the members wish him well in his new 

 position. 



Robert Beyer surprised the craft by 

 coming down town last week. Some say 

 this is "Bob's" first visit down town 

 since the S. A. F. convention in 1893. 

 His friends hardly knew him. J. J. B. 



