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TheWeefcly Florists' Review. 



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SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



(iardenias, White Violets. Ji'^h^SSll^la ^M'* 



lfi»ntton The It»Tlfw when yon write. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Company^ 



WHOLESALE GUT FLOWERS, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, WIRE DESIGNS. 



52 and 54 High Street, 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



Headquarters fer EXNCY CARNATIONS and ROSES 



PITTSBURG'S LARGEST SND OLDEST WHOLESALERS. 



PinSBURG CUT FLOWER CO. 504uiiertyAYe. Pittsburg, Pa. 



^ Mentlop. The ReTlew when yon write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market was even more crowded 

 the past week than the one previous. 

 The warm weather of late has had a 

 great deal to do with the prevailing 

 conditions. March came in like a lamb, 

 but the weather man predicts that the 

 lion will soon appear. The business, so 

 far as cut flowers are concerned, has 

 been very unsatisfactory. The whole- 

 sale market has been glutted with stock 

 of all kinds and sales were made only 

 when prices were made low enough so 

 that the retailer would buy on specula- 

 tion and make his windows attractive. 

 There are no fixed values. The ques- 

 tion is, "how many can you use and we 

 will make the price right." 



Special Beauties sell slowly. Shorts 

 are too many for the demand. Brides 

 clean up pretty well, but Maids, Me- 

 teors, Perles and Gates, are slow. 

 There are plenty of these for all de- 

 mands at low prices. Specials, though, 

 run to $8 per hundred. Carnation blooms 

 are in surplus, with fancy stock as low 

 as $2.50 per hundred. Enchantress, 

 Lawson and Prosperity with good long 

 stems sell at these figures. Good com- 

 mon stock is hard to dispose of when 

 fancy stock sells so cheap. 



Violets are in great demand. Extra 

 fine long Califomias are within reach 

 of all in 1,000 lots; as low as $1.50 per 

 thousand. This is about the only flower 

 handled by the stores and fakirs at 

 present. Lilies are very plentiful and 

 especially callas. They might be called 

 a glut. Harrisii are not so many. The 

 store man with a big funeral order is in 

 clover. 



Eomans, Von Sions, tulips and other 

 bulbous stock still make gray hairs for 

 the wholesalers. Sweet peas and lilacs 

 are finding little favor from the buyers. 

 Smilax is selling fairly well along with 

 other greens. 



Varioos Notes. 



George M. Kellogg spent Saturday 

 in the city, looking for help for his up- 

 to-date dairy at Pleasant Hill. Mr. 

 Kellogg reports a big cut of roses at his 

 place, which find a ready market, and is 



Cattleyas, per dozen $5.00 to $7.50 



Cypripediumst per dozen 1.50 to 2.00 



Asst. Orchid Sprays, etc., per box 5.00 to 25.00 



Fancy Cut Flowers 



A SPECIALTY. 



If yM WMt Choice C«t Flowera at aay tIaM or all the ttao, soad to 



CHARLES W. McKELLAR 



61 Wabash Avanii*. CHICAGO. 



Weatara HeatHiaartera for Clwice 



ORCHIDS, TiOaS. Wild Smilax. Asparacas. a^laatan, Saillax, raao* 

 Faraa always In abundance. Also a complete line of all Florists' Ssspllos, ■svsl- 

 tlss aad wiro Work. L. D. PImm CmItiI tm. tatimtic Mtt. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



sorry that he cannot be with the boys at 

 the club meeting this week. 



J. W. Dunford, of Clayton, called on 

 Saturday. James reports a fine crop of 

 Harrisii in pots coming on, which should 

 sell well among the retail trade. 



Henry Ostertag was busy on Saturday 

 canvassing votes at the democratic 

 primaries. He is a candidate for the 

 house of delegates from the Twenty-sec- 

 ond ward. 



George M. Kessler has a new title 

 now, Director of Eestoration. Mr. Kes- 

 sler has started a big force of men at 

 the World's Fair grounds working at 

 the restoration of Forest Park. 



Chief Taylor and Supt. Hadkinson are 

 still holding the fort at the World's 

 Fair grounds and will until late in the 

 spring, as many important matters are 

 to be transacted in their department. 



J. W. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, is cutting 

 extra fancy Enchantress carnations and 

 California violets. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, is sending to 

 Kuehn some well grown bulbous stock 

 of all kinds. 



Charlie Dauemheim, Jr., of Kimms- 

 wick, is cutting a fancy lot of carna- 

 tion blooms, which are sold in this mar- 

 ket by Berning. 



George Augermuller, for many years 

 bookkeeper for C A. Kuehn, has left 

 his place. It is rumored that he will 

 open a wholesale house on his own hook. 



Bowline. 



On Monday several of the old-timers 

 of the club met and bowled four games. 

 The scores were as follows: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 4th T'l 



Kuehn 147 167 157 180 651 



Miller 165 151 147 154 617 



Beneke 150 145 156 167 617 



Beyer 185 160 94 154 593 



Melnhardt 144 139 141 147 574 



Gerlach 176 116 101 105 549 



Ellis 108 144 112 111 476 



J. J. B. 



