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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 13, 1905. 



right for Easter. Rosss in variety, aza- 

 leas, genistas, acacias and other season- 

 able sorts are grown in quantity. 



The next meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and riorists' Club occurs on April 18. A 

 number of new members will be elected 

 and there will be interesting talks. It 

 will pay every member to be prssent. 



The next prize exhibition at Horti- 

 cultural Hall occurs on April 29. Classes 

 are provided for Azalea indica, pelar- 

 goniums in variety, calceolarias, tulips, 

 narcissi, pansies and native plants, also 

 a variety of forced vegetables. 



Seed stores have been rushed to the 

 limit of late and overtime has been 

 the rule for everyone. More early or- 

 ders are now sent in than used to be the 

 case. Nurserymen are also having a 

 strenuous time of it shipping stock and 

 are hoping for a cool month to retard 

 vegetation and thus prolong their sea- 

 son. 



At the new market N. 1'. Comley, Mal- 

 colm Orr and Edward Wood are still 

 shipping in first-class violets. New stall- 

 holders at this market are John Hus- 

 band, of Cambridge, and J. W. Cava- 

 naugh. The latter is handling quanti- 

 ties of May flowers, which are now abun- 

 dant. Mrs. David Fisher, of Montvale, 

 has started to sell Asparagus Sprengeri 

 and adiantum at the same market. 



Alexander McKay, of South Framing- 

 ham, has bought material for his new 

 houses, to be erected on land recently 

 acquired, and is busy with preparatory 

 work. Blair, of South Framingham, will 

 have a new house built by Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. 



William Sim cuts over 5,000 sweet 

 peas daily, but cannot half supply his 

 orders. He is just starting to pick 

 Princess of Wales violets from his 

 frames. Of these he has three, each 360 

 feet long, which will give him a heavy 

 picking for Easter. He is getting $1 per 

 hundred for all his best. 



We regret that John Walsh, of the 

 Park street market, is again a victim of 

 rheumatism and hope for his speedy 

 recovery. 



Thomas Pegler, who sells for Oscar L. 

 Dorn, handles some 10,000 Campbell vio- 

 lets daily at present. He expects to have 

 about 60,000 for Easter. 



Waban Conservatories will plant their 

 new rose "VS^Iellesley heavily this season, as 

 it has been very popular. They have 

 received orders for stock from all sec- 

 tions of the country. 



J. W. Foote and A. Eoper are send- 

 ing grand Fair Maids to the now mar- 

 ket. The latter 's flowers are from plants 

 carried over a second year. Mr. Boper's 

 new seedling, Chester Eoper, continues to 

 produce heavily. From 2,400 plants he 

 has averaged over 2,500 flowers per week 

 for the past ten weeks. W. N. Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past week there was little change 

 from the last report. The weather has 

 been cool, showing frost in the morn- 

 ings, but not enough for any damage 

 in this locality. This does not seem to 

 help the retail business and another dull 

 week will have to be reported. 



The commission men are still receiv- 

 ing an abundance of fine stock in roses, 

 carnations and bulbous material. The 

 latter is a great glut and at the rate 

 it is coming in very little will be had 

 for Easter. Narcissi and lilac from the 



south have increased the supply at the 

 wholesale houses. 



Good roses were sold below the quo- 

 tations. Brides and Maids are very 

 plentiful. Golden Gates, Meteors, Perles 

 and Beauties in all grades can be had 

 in large quantities at any of the whole- 

 sale houses. The best of these are sent 

 in by Vesey, Ammann, Canfield and Wil- 

 cox. If the supply and quality as it is 

 at present will be the same at Easter 

 we will all be happy. 



Extra fine stock in carnations is noted 

 at this writing, with the best as low as 

 $2.50 per hundred. All varieties are 

 plentiful. Lawson, Enchantress, Estelle 

 and any good white have the call. Poor 

 stock is going to waste in big lots. Vio- 

 lets are all gone, none to be had at any 

 of the wholesalers'. Sweet peas are 

 coming in more plentifully and the 

 chance is good for a big supply for Eas- 

 ter. The supply of Dutch bulbous stock 

 is larger than ever. This stock is sell- 

 ing very slowly. Von Sions are down 

 to $2 per hundred, with Harrisii and cal- 

 las at your own price, tulips and Paper 

 Whites also. Dutch hyacinths are a 

 glut. Most of the growers think that 

 this stock will be almost cut out by 

 Easter. 



The plant trade among the west end 

 florists is reported good, all their show 

 houses being filled with extra fine bloom- 

 ing stock, spirffias, rhododendrons, hybrid 

 roses, bulbous stock in pots and pans, 

 and hydrangeas. Union Market stands 

 are also showing blooming plants of all 

 kinds. In this line business is reported 

 as fine. 



Various Notes. 



Arnold Ringier, representing W. W. 

 Barnard & Co., spent a few days with 

 the trade the past week on his way home 

 from 'Frisco. He reports a very suc- 

 cessful trip. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., spent a day with us the past week. 



C. Young & Sons Co. is making a 

 great show of Harrisii lilies in full bloom 

 at the downtown store. They report 

 the plant and seed department very busy. 



George Angermueller, the new whole- 

 saler, reports satisfactory trade the first 

 week, with plenty of good stock to sup- 

 ply the demand. 



Henry Berning has been sick abed the 

 past week. I'rom last reports he was 

 improving. 



Charlie Kuehn and Frank Ellis report 

 quite a lot of shipping orders in for 

 Easter. Supply orders are also numer- 

 ous. 



The Florists' Club meeting this week 

 Thursday promises to be well attended. 



Carl Beyer has been laid up for ten 

 days with a sprained leg. The lay-up 

 cost Carl about twenty pounds of flesh. 



The bowling league has closed and 

 the florists who took part all had good 

 averages. A. Y. Ellison, with 174, leads. 

 Next in order is Beneke, 163; Kuehn, 

 162, and Carl Beyer, 160. They will now 

 bowl every Monday night with the Flo- 

 rists' Club. 



A. Jablonsky, at Wellston, has a fine 

 supply of blooming Easter stock. 



Henry Ostertag was all smiles after 

 Tuesday's election. He says everything 

 is coming his way. Business at his place 

 he reports as fairly good during this 

 Lenten season. 



Quite a number of the florists served 

 as judges during the election on last 

 Tuesday. Among them were Chas. A. 

 Juengel, C. C. Sanders, Theo. Miller, 



Will KaJisch, Bobt. Beyer, George Wind- 

 ier and J, J. Beneke. The vote stands 

 four democrats and three republicans. 



H. Weber & Sons, C. C. Sanders and 

 H. W. Schuette report heavy orders for 

 tree planting. 



J. H. Billington has sold his place on 

 Easton avenue to Joe Hensel, who has a 

 store at Taylor and Olive streets and will 

 run both places. Mr. Billington will 

 soon leave for Washington, where he has 

 secured a position in the Agricultural 

 Department. 



Mrs. A. Berdan, wife of the well known 

 florist at Kirkwood, has a very bad at- 

 tack of paralysis. Mrs. Berdan is over 

 70 years of age and a complete recovery 

 is very uncertain. Mr. Berdan, who is 

 one of our oldest florists, has the sympa- 

 thy of the trade. 



Bowling. 



Team No. 1. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Beneke 179 126 186 491 



Miller 158 200 156 514 



F. Melnhardt 155 113 114 382 



Ed. Gerlaeh 122 122 132 376 



Totals 614 561 588 1763 



Team No. 2. Ist 2d 3d T'l 



Kuehn 164 144 383 491 



R. Melnhardt 163 128 137 428 



Weber 155 162 126 443 



Ellis 78 146 107 330 



Totals 560 679 553 1692 



J. J. B. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Execative Committee Meeting. 



The executive committee of the Society 

 of American Florists convened at the 

 New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C, 

 on April 4. Vice-President J. B. Free- 

 man, of Washington, presided over the 

 several sessions in the absence of the 

 president. The members of the execu- 

 tive committee present were H. B. 

 Beatty, of Pittsburg, treasurer; W. J. 

 Stewart, of Boston, secretary; Theodore 

 Wirth, Hartford, Conn.; W. H. Elliott, 

 Brighton, Mass.; E. V. Hallock, Queens, 

 N. Y., and H. M. Altick, of Dayton, 0. 

 Retiring president Philip Breitmeyer, De- 

 troit, was also present, as were ex-Presi- 

 dents Wm. B. Smith and Wm. F. Gude, 

 of Washington. The latter is now presi- 

 dent of the Washington Florists' Club 

 and in general charge of the arrange- 

 ments for the entertainment of the so- 

 ciety when it meets for its twenty-first 

 time. 



The committee selected August 15 to 

 18 as the dates for the convention. The 

 opening session will take place on the 

 afternoon of Tuesday and that evening 

 will be given to the usual reception. 

 Nomination of officers and the selection 

 of a place of meeting for 1906 will 

 occur on Wednesday and on Friday the 

 election will take place. The fourth day 

 will probably see the bowling contests. 

 Arrangements were made with regard 

 to the trade exhibit, which promises to 

 be considerably the largest the society has 

 ever seen, because of the convention 

 being close to the cities in which those 

 who have previously been the large ex- 

 hibitors are doing business. 



The executive committee was enter- 

 tained at dinner at the New Willard on 

 the evening of April 5, among the guests 

 being- several of the chiefs of staff at 

 the Department of Agriculture. 



Brampton, Ont. — Wm. Fendley will 

 build four houses 21x200, using the King 

 Company's style of connected construc- 

 tion. 



