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November 8, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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ens', on East Thirty-third, the new ice 

 l)Ox has been installed and the opening 

 business has been very satisfactory to the 

 proprietor. 



David Clarke 's Sons are rejoicing in 

 opening of the subway and are celebrat- 

 ing by a profuse daily decoration in 

 iheir enormous store, a station at their 

 very doors making special conveniences 

 for their numerous patrons. 



November 15 will see the season's final 

 exhibit of chrysanthemums in New York, 

 at the rooms of the New York Florists' 

 €lub in the Grand Opera House building. 

 There should be no delay in notifying 

 President Traendly or Secretary Young 

 by exhibitors. It is planned to make this 

 a gala night. Many florists from other 

 cities will be here on account of the big 

 flower show of the American Institute, 

 which will be the longest if not the best 

 on record, extending from November 10 

 to 17. 



President Traendly, Vice President 

 Butterfield and Messrs. Sheridan, 

 O'Mara, Nugent and Shaw, of the New 

 York Florists' Club, were visitors at 

 Madison, on the first day of the exhi- 

 bition last week. Chas. H. Totty, of the 

 executive committee, was absent owing to 

 the,death of the father of Mrs. Totty. 



Bowling. 



The following are the scores made this 

 week: 



Traendly 98 107 164 



Bntterflcld 140 112 120 



Ftord 127 148 111 



Shaw 125 119 166 



Penrlch 191 148 



Adam 116 117 



Langr 169 224 



Slebrecht 97 118 



Marshall 143 139 



Holt 151 90 



O'Mara 125 



Hoffman 103 



J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The retail trade is much benefited by 

 cooler weather. "While trade is better 

 than last year at this date it is not en- 

 tirely up to expectations. We had quite 

 a frost the past week, which killed all 

 tender outdoor plants. A few of the 

 up-town florists report a busy week in 

 all kinds of work and especially funeryl 

 work. Quite a number of social affairs 

 are on tap for this week at the World 's 

 Fair and no doubt a loc of first-class 

 stock will be used. Tl'3 florists in the 

 west end who have fine show houses are 

 stocked up with fine blooming plants 

 of all kinds and especially clirysantha- 

 mums, which gives them very attractive 

 showings. 



The quality of the st ick at the three 

 wholesale houses is good, but select 

 grades are limited in quantity. Kxtra 

 select Carnot, Liberty and Kaiserin bring 

 $8 per hundred. On Bri<lc. Maid, 

 Meteor and Perle the pricaa are from $5 

 to $6. Seconds and thirds in these run 

 from $1 to $3. American Beauties of 

 the extra quality are still snarce for the 

 demand, at $4 and $5 per dozen. Good 

 Beauties can be bought for $2 and $3. 

 Others run from 5 to 10 cents each. 



The demand for carnations is big. 

 Everybody wants select stock, while 

 common stock is generally left over. The 

 stock in Lawson, Enchantress, White 

 Cloud, Estelle, Wolcott and Joost is com- 

 ing in fine and when extra choice sells 

 at sight for $2 and $3 per hundred. 

 Lawson is coming with longer stems, 

 which helps to sell it. 



It strikes us that the demand for 

 chrysanthemums is \eTy good and es- 

 pecially for medium sized blooms. Fancy 

 stock is slow in coming to this market. 

 Good white has the call at $3 per dozen. 

 Those left are generally yellow or pink. 

 We are promised some extra fine speci- 

 men blooms this week, which will be 

 welcomed by those who keep first-class 

 stock. Violets are selling well and are 

 much better. Some extra fine doubles 

 were seen at Kuehn 's last week at $1 per 

 hundred. Californias are 50 cents. 

 Choice stock is limited at present to 

 standing orders, which are quite heavy. 



Cosmos and tuberoses are still coming 

 in limited quantity. All other outdoor 

 stock was killed by the heavy frost of 

 the past week. Good smilax is coming 

 in freely and sells well at 15 cents per 

 string. Extra fine adiantum is to be had 

 at $1.25 per hundred. 



VarioiM Notes. 



Ed Kalisch, of the firm of Kalisch & 

 Sons, was married the past week. Con- 

 gratulations are now in order. 



A. Berdan, of Kirkwood, is sending F. 

 M. Ellis Paper Whites which are really 

 fancy for this time of the year. 



James W. Dunf ord is sending in a fine 

 cut of roses from his place at Clayton. 



The Schuerman Floral Co. will again 

 decorate the Coliseum for the horse 

 show the latter part of this month. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, is 

 sending in an extra fine lot of Chatenay 

 roses to Kuehn 's. His Beauties and 

 other roses are up to their usual stand- 

 ard. Fred expects to be in it at the big 

 show next week. 



G. Kruse, in South St. Louis, reports 

 business good. He has a fim l»t of 

 Boston ferns which he is selling to the 

 wost end florisls. 



The floral clock at the World's Fair 

 looks dilapidated since the frost killed all 

 the coleus which were used for the fig- 

 ures. 



Fred Weber and James Arata had to 

 do jury duty the past week, which was 

 not much to their liking. 



The local craft is much pleased to 

 learn through the Review that Messrs. 

 Herrington, Duckham and Budd are to 

 be the judges at the World's Fair flow- 

 er show. All three have many personal 

 friends among the craft here. The local 

 florists, are all taking a great interest in 

 the big show and it will be no fault of 

 ours if the show shauld not be a success. 

 Phil Hauswirth is expected this week to 

 take up his headquarters in the Horti- 

 culture building and hold meetings with 

 the local committee. Your scribe paid 

 a visit to the grounds on Friday and 

 found all hands busy in the conservatory, 

 making preparations for housing the big 

 show. J. H. Hadkinson, the superintend- 

 ent, says everything will be made com- 

 fort'ible for all the visiting florists and 

 that he will render all assistance xo 

 make all feel like home. 



Dan Newsham is busy packing up his 

 palms at the World's Fair ready fo» 

 shipment to New Orleans this week. I>aD 

 says he will return for the big show. 



President Juengel says that the club 

 meeting next Thuradav afternoon, No- 

 vember 10, at 2 o'clock, will be open to 

 all visiting florists. They are especially 

 invited to take part in our proceedings. 

 The members should come out in full 

 force. There will be cigars to burn, if 

 that will help any. 



Fred Foster and Alex. Siegel had a 

 great time of it on Sunday, having the 

 street fakirs arrested, as an order has 



been issued by the city officials that 

 street fakirs must vacate. Fred took sev- 

 eral rides personally in the patrol wagon 

 with his victims to see that they were 

 safely locked up in the hold over. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Fred Ehret sized up the market con- 

 ditions exactly this week when he said: 

 "I can't sell enough flowers." There 

 is plenty of business on most days but 

 a tremendous supply of stock that will 

 accumulate at times, in spite of the most 

 heroic efforts. Among the best chry- 

 santhemums this week are Appleton, Bal- 

 four, Bonnaffon, Byron, Coombes, Eaton, 

 Halliday, Ivory, Shaw and others. Vio- 

 lets are scarcer and are in demand. Boses 

 sell rather slowly. Carnations go a little 

 better. The Cut Flower Co. had some 

 nice shipping orders for Enchantress and 

 Prosperity. The additions to the list 

 are Paper White narcissi at Niessen's 

 and at Beid's and Easter lilies grown 

 by Julius Koehler & Son, of Frankford. 

 As seen at Joseph Kift & Son's hand- 

 some store, they were very fine. The sub- 

 traction from the list is cosmos. The 

 last of the outdoor stock succumbed to 

 Jack Frost. 



The Largest Decoration. 



The event of the week is unquestiona- 

 bly an elaborate store decoration ar- 

 ranged by Hugh Graham for Gimbel 

 Brothers. It covers the main aisle on 

 the second floor, which runs from Eighth 

 street to Ninth street and is about thirty- 

 five feet wide. Last year this decoration 

 was the finest thing of its kind ever seen 

 in this city. This year practically the 

 same ground is covered. The changes are, 

 however, very marked. The effect is 

 much more artistic. Presumably Mr, 

 Graham has been allowed to use his taste, 

 with the result that the incongruous fea- 

 tures supposedly popular are removed. 

 The idea is a California garden. Cut 

 chrysanthemums, cut roses, growing or- 

 chids and foliage plants predominate. 

 There are four or five water effects and 

 a tall rockery. The chrysanthemums are 

 a show in themselves. The orchids, all 

 from Logan, are a most creditable com- 

 mercial collection. All the growing and 

 much of the cut stock came from Mr. 

 Graham's place at Logan, but some idea 

 of the vast quantity used may be gath- 

 ered when it is noted that the Leo Nies- 

 sen Co. furnished 1,000 fine crysanthe- 

 mums, E. Bemheimer 1,200 roses and 

 so on. * 



A Visit to Riverton. 



The chief was at home this time, fresh 

 from a few weeks' trip across the ocean, 

 taken on the slowest steamer, giving but 

 little time on the other side. The effect 

 was excellent. All signs of the strain of 

 managing a big place had disappeared 

 and there was abundant evidence of 

 latent energy sufficient to meet eYerj 

 business problem that may arise. 



It is rather a difficult matter to give 

 an adequate idea of a large plant like 

 that of the Henry A. Dreer Co., but when 

 there is inspiration from a master in 

 horticulture, like J. D. Eisele, with a lit- 

 tle aid now and then from George A. 

 Strohlein, it would be a mighty poor 

 scribe who couldn't write something 

 readable. 



Mr. Eisele brought over with him 

 some plants of an improved Paris daisy 



