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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



March 16, lOOB. 



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WIETOR BROS. 



51 Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO. 



ing, and very large. It was up for a cer- 

 tificate and scored 85 points. George & 

 Allan showed a vase of Enchantress 

 verj' well done. C. C. Murphy staged sev- 

 eral good seedlings. The Indianapolis 

 Flower & Plant Co. sent Candace. It is 

 a beautiful medium pink color. It 

 scored 81 points. 



J. A. Peterson exhibited his Tunford 

 Hall begonia in fine form, also panda- 

 nus and the new fern, N. Piersoni ele- 

 gantissima. V. i.v 



A shipment from J. E. Haines, Beth- 

 lehem, Pa., did not arrive till seven 

 o'clock. It contained several seedlings. 

 J E. Haines, a beautiful red, was scored 

 by the judges and received 89 points. 

 Other seedlings scored by the conimittee 

 were: Aristocrat, 93 points; J. A. Val- 

 entine, 87; My Maryland, 91; Jessica, 

 87 My Maryland was the only one en- 

 titled to a certificate. The others must 

 be exhibited at our fall show The S. 

 A F silver medal was awarded to Aris- 

 tocrat, the bronze to My Maryland. 



At six o'clock the visiting florists were 

 entertained at dinner at the Gibson 

 House, where a general good time was 

 had till" the meeting of the society wa^ 

 called to order at 8 p. m. at the club 

 rooms. One item that will be of general 

 interest to the craft at large is that it 

 was placed on record by a unanimous 

 vote that it is the intention to in^?te the 

 S A F. to this city on its twenty-fifth 

 anniversarv. A committee was appointed 

 to look for more extensive and centrally 

 located rooms to hold our shows in where 

 a small fee could be charged for ad- 

 mission. Theo. Bock, the J^dge of our 

 shows, was presented with a fine meer- 

 sohaam pipe and cigar holder as a token 

 of appreciation of his services. 



Visitors were: John W. Weber, of 

 Oakland. Md.; D. Honaker, l;««°KtO"' 

 Kv • Theo. Bock, Hamilton, O. ; John 

 Evais, E. G. Hill and Ed. Euch, Eich- 

 inond,Ind. C. J. OhmeR. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade in the social line has dropped off 

 greatlv since Lent began, but work for 

 funerals has been quite plentiful, ibe 

 clear warm weather of the past week 

 helped the retailers down town, ^ho re- 

 port transient trade excellent Violets 

 are selling best, carnations and jonquils 

 next The«e are sold so cheap that they 

 are "within the reach of all classes. 

 Prices on all grades of stock are on the 

 downward grade and cut stock is com-. 



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ing forward in increasing quantities. 

 The trade here thinks that there is lit- 

 tle prospect of any betterment before 

 Easter. 



Eoses, in particular, are most plenti- 

 ful and Bride seems the only one that 

 has any demand. In Maids, Meteors, 

 Perles and short Beauties the market is 

 overstocked. Fancy long Beauties are 

 enough for the demand. Carnations are 

 an overstock with first quality blooms. 

 Special fancies are sold at 3 cents. 

 Others are only sold when fancy 

 stock runs out. Violets are also 

 badly overstocked and are kept mov- 

 ing with great difficulty. Prices are 

 way down, as low as $1.50 per thousand. 

 Harrisii and callas are offered in large 

 quantities and our local growers are in 

 the belief that stock intended for Easter 

 will come in ahead of time. Much will 

 depend upon the weather to make Har- 

 risii scarce for Easter. 



Other bulb stock is the same as last 

 reported, plentiful and cheap. Tulips 

 are hard to sell. Valley is fine, but very 

 slow in demand. Sw6et peas have some 

 demand, as there are none too many in 

 the market. Smilax is of very fine quali- 

 ty but in slow demand. All other greens 

 run about the same. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club meeting March 9 

 was attended by a larger number than 

 usual. The attraction was our annual 

 rose show, and the exhibition was large 

 and fine. Peter Eeinberg, Chicago, 

 showed Bride, Bridesmaid, Uncle John 

 and Chatenay; A. C. Canfield, Spring- 

 field, 111., a fine vase of Gen. MacArthur; 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, 

 Bride, Golden Gate, Bridesmaid and an 

 extra fine vase of their new carnation, 

 Glendale; John Breitmeyer's Sons, De- 

 troit, La Detroit and a vase of snap- 

 dragon; Heller Bros., New Castle, Bride 

 and Bridesmaid, not for competition; J. 

 F. Ammann, Edwardsville, Chatenay, 

 Bride, Perle, Ivory and Golden Gate; J. 

 F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, Beauty, 

 Bride, Maid, Ivo ty, Mete or and Chat- 

 Mill CoT7 Kichm^nd^ 



eighteen of the famous Eichmond, which 

 was the center of attraction; John 

 Hartje, Indianapolis, new carnation, 

 Candace, a fine pink variety; Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, Chicago, a table of Baby 

 Eambler. The exhibition was in charge 

 of Messrs. Koenig, Meinhardt and 

 Beneke. Everything was in order when 

 the meeting was opened at 2 o'clock by 

 President Juengel. 

 After the regular, routine business the 



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trustees reported their plan for holding 

 a successful flower show this fall, which 

 was adopted by the club by a full vote. 

 Otto G. Koenig will be manager and F. 

 H. Meinhardt superintendent. These 

 two, with the trustees, Messrs. Weber, 

 Guy and Miller, compose the executive 

 committee. This is a great body of 

 workers and a successful show is as- 

 sured. During the meeting $500 was 

 subscribed for the flower show by the 

 members present. 



The judges of roses were E. W^ Guy, 

 J, S. Wilsob and Frank Fillmore. Their 

 report was as follows: Twelve Ameri- 

 can Beauties, J. F. Wilcox, first. 

 Twenty-five Brides, J. F. Athmann, first ; 

 W. J. & M. S. Ves ey, second. Bridtw- 

 maids, W. J. & M. S, Vesey, first; J. 

 F. Wilcox, second. Chatenay, J. F. Am- 

 mann, first; J. F. Wilcox, second. Gate 

 or Ivory, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, first, 

 with Gate; J. F. Wilcox, second, with 

 Ivory. Gen. MacArthur, Liberty or Me- 

 teor, A. C. Canfield, second, with Mac- 

 Arthur, the first prize being withheld. 

 Any variety not mentioned, P^ter Eein- 

 berg, first, with Uncle John; Breit- 

 meyer's Sons, second, with La Detroit. 

 Heller Bros., Breitmey6r, John Hslrtje 



