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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 16, 1905. 



FANCY WHITE LILAC, $r.25 per doz. 



FANCY LILY OF THE VALLEY, $3,00 



and $4.00 per 100. 

 TULIPS, long: stems, $3.00 per 100. 

 DAFFODILS and JONQUILS, $4 per 100. 

 HUDSON RIVER VIOLbTS,75cto$) per )00. 



CARNATIONS, a fine assortment of extra well 

 grown stock and many fancy varieties. 



ROSES, extra fine, especially in Brides and Maids* 

 A full line of Cut Flowers. If you do not receive 

 our price list we should like to send it to you. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



21 Randolph St 



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CHICAGO, ILL. 



Uentlon The Rerlew when yon write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



A few important tluctuations were 

 noted in the cut flower market the past 

 week, which were unlocked for. The 

 «arly part of the week stock became 

 wery scarce in all first-class grades. Later 

 in the week stock of all kinds was again 

 overplentiful and prices were again re- 

 duced. 



The retail trade runs in. about the same 

 'Channel, some days plenty of work, the 

 next day dull. The bulk of the work is 

 rfor funerals. No doubt these conditions 

 "will prevail as long as this disagreeable 

 weather lasts. Some extra work was 

 looked for St. Valentine's day, which 

 was quite a busy day last year. It brings 

 a good call for violets, which are very 

 plentiful, $2 to $2.50 per thousand being 

 ^bout the best price for singles. Fine 

 •doubles are down to 50 cents per hun- 

 dred. Carnations have been very plenti- 

 ful and only the extra fancy and white 

 Bold. A big lot of colored stock was 

 left over each day, only to be dumped. 

 Prosperity, Lawson and Enchantress are 

 of fine quality. Some extra White Cloud, 

 Triumph, Joost and Estelle are also to 

 be had at prices in reach of everybody. 



White roses are not any too many for 

 the demand. Of Maids, Meteors, Lib- 

 •erties and short Beauties there are more 

 than enough. Long Beauties are also 

 •plentiful. The wholesalers are still over- 

 •stoeked with many kinds of bulbous 

 fltock of good quality. Of Dutch hya- 

 cinths. Harrisii and callas there are 

 enough to go around. White and pink 

 sweet peas sell fairly well. White lilac 

 at Kuehn 's is extra fine. Everything in 

 the line of greens is plentiful. 



1^^ Florists* Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held one of the 

 largest meetings in its history Fohniary 

 0, nenrly seventy-five being in attendance. 

 Including James Hartshorne and J. D. 

 Thompson. Joliet, 111.; A. C Canfield, 

 Springfield, 111.; S. S. Skidelslcy, Phila- 

 delphia, and Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleasant 

 Hill, Mo. 



There was a grand display of carna- 

 tions: The Chicago Carnation Co., Jo- 

 liet. was the largest exhibitor, showing 

 Harlowarden, Lady Bountiful, White 

 Lawson. Prosperity, Cardinal, Enchan- 

 tress and Mrs. T. W. Lawson. E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond. Ind., sent Mrs. Patten, 

 Lady Bountiful and Cardinal. Thos. Sal- 



verson & Son, Petersburg, 111., staged 

 Mrs. Lawson, Norway and Prosperity. 

 The Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 showed a grand vase of Eobert Craig. 

 H. Weber & Son, of Oakland, Md., sent 

 an extra fine vase of My Maryland. John 

 E. Haines, Bethlehem, Pa., sent John E. 

 Haines and Guttman & Weber, New 

 York, sent Victory. W. J. Palmer & Son, 

 Lancaster, N. Y., sent a vase of fifty 

 lied Lawson, which did not arrive until 

 the next day. 



Among the local growers who exhib- 

 ited were John Steidel, who had Adonis, 

 Enchantress, Gov. Wolcott and a fine 

 mixed vase. J. F. Ammann had White 

 Cloud, Enchantress and a vase of mixed. 

 A. Jablonsky showed Ehchantress, Crane, 

 Ijady Bountiful and a vase of mixed. N. 

 Himmer showed a vase of sports of En- 

 chantress and Joost. 



The meeting opened at 2:30 p. m. 

 with all the officers present. After the 

 regular order of business, the building 

 committee asked to be relieved and rec- 

 ommended that F. C. Weber, C. A. 

 Kuehn and Otto Koenig take their place. 

 The new constitution and by-laws were 

 read for the first time. Two more read- 

 ings will be required before they can be 

 acted on. This will be at the April 

 meeting. The trustees reported that it 

 was not advisable for the club to hold 

 a chrj'santhemum show this fall. A press 

 committee was appointed as follows: J. 

 J. Beneke, Geo. Windier and E. Windt. 

 Four members were dropped for non- 

 payment of dues. F. J, Fillmore reported 

 at length on the carnation convention at 

 Chicago. 



Short addresses were made by James 

 Hartshorne, J. D. Thompson, A. C. Can- 

 field and S. S. Skidelsky. The latter 

 complimented the St. Louis growers on 

 their showing. 



Messrs. Thompson, Hartshorne and 

 Canfield acted as judges for the home- 

 grown exhibits and Messrs. Ammann, 

 Steidel and Jablonsky judged the out- 

 side exhibits. Their report was as fol- 

 lows: Fifty blooms pink, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., first and second with Lawson 

 and Enchantress; Salverson & Son, third, 

 on Lawson. Fifty blooms white, Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., first and second 

 with Lady Bountiful and White Lawson; 

 E. G. Hill Co., third, with Lady Boun- 

 tiful. Fifty red, Chicago Carnation Co., 

 first, with Cardinal; Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co., second, with Robert Craig; E. 

 G. Hill Co., third, with Cardinal. Fifty 

 any other color, Chicago Carnation Co., 



first and second, with Prosperity and 

 Harlowarden; E. G. Hill Co., third, with 

 Mrs. Patten. H. Weber & Sons, Oakland, 

 Md., scored eighty-eight points on My 

 Maryland and received a certificate of 

 merit. John E. Haines and Victory were 

 too far gone to be judged but are appar- 

 ently good reds. 



For the local growers the results were 

 as follows: Fifty white, John Steidel 

 first, with Gov. Wolcott; A. Jablonsky 

 second, with Lady Bountiful; J. F. Am- 

 mann third, with White Cloud. Fifty 

 pink, J. Steidel first, J. F. Ammann sec- 

 ond and A. Jablonsky third, all with 

 Enchantress. Fifty red, J. Steidel first, 

 with Adonis; A. Jablonsky second, with 

 Crane and Flamingo. Fifty blooms 

 mixed, J. Steidel first, A. Jablonsky sec- 

 ond and J. F. Ammann third. Favorable 

 mention was given Mr. Steidel for a pink 

 sport of Enchantress and a vase of seed- 

 lings. 



The next meeting of the club will be 

 a rose meeting. This will be March 9 

 at 2 o'clock. Prizes amounting to $50 

 will be offered and all rose growers are 

 invited to exhibit. The committee of ar- 

 rangements is Otto Koenig, F. H. Mein- 

 hardt and J. J. Beneke, who wiU meet 

 this week to arrange for the list of 

 prizes, which will be sent to all rose 

 growers. 



There is some talk among the mem- 

 bers of the St. Louis Florists' Club of 

 having a big celebration on the club's 

 eighteenth anniversary, June 28. A big 

 banquet is talked of at the Hotel Jeffer- 

 son. 



The New Growers' Qub. 



A meeting was called for February 9 

 for plant and cut flower growers of St. 

 Louis and vicinity to perfect an asso- 

 ciation to be called the St. Louis Flower 

 and Plant Growers' Association. Dr. 

 A. S. Halstead was elected president, 

 E. H. Michel secretary, and Gus Eggeling 

 treasurer. The membership to this asso- 

 ciation is extended to growers within 

 500 miles of St. Louis. Their charter 

 calls for seventy-five members. This as- 

 sociation is in no way connected with the 

 St. Louis Florists ' Club. J. J. B. 



The advertisement of the Iowa Seed 

 Co. last week quoted Louise Erdody be- 

 gonias at $3 per 100. This was clearly 

 an error, as this is well grown 3-inch 

 .stock, many having two plants to the pot. 

 It should have been $6 per 100 and bo 

 appears this week. 



