JOND 8. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* J 37 



BUFFALO. 



Memorial Day. 



We were told by our weather man that 

 Memorial day was to be cloudy and rainy 

 and other disagreeable things. How good 

 that his word, like many others, is not 

 infallible. It was a glorious day, warm 

 and bright from early morn to dewy eve, 

 and all the population that was not bed- 

 ridden seemed to be outdoors. It seemed 

 to be ah extra day in this city. In the 

 morning there was a small monument un- 

 veiled at the grave of Gen. Parker, a 

 full blooded descendant of Eed Jacket 

 and who was a right bower of Gen. Grant 

 in the closing scenes of the great war. 

 He lies with other illustrious red-skinned 

 Americans near Ked Jacket in beautiful 

 Forest Lawn. 



Later in the day a splendid plot of 

 ground was dedicated to the soldiers and 

 sailors of all our wars who lie in Forest 

 Lawn. Their number has outgrown the 

 capacity of the old plot. This attracted 

 thousands to Forest Lawn and other 

 thousands went to visit the resting place 

 of their friends. Altogether it was the 

 greatest Memorial day we can remember 

 and all this helped the business. 



Flowers were none too plentiful. Tu- 

 lips were all gone and lilac and snow- 

 balls scarcely in. Valley was just right, 

 but we had to depend largely on carna- 

 tions, roses, lilies and other greenhouse 

 flowers. The demand was certainly great. 

 Many of the donations from the public 

 schools to the G. A. E. consisted of flow- 

 ering plants, mostly geraniums, fuchsias 

 and small hydrangeas. Many hundreds 

 of vases had been promised for Memorial 

 day, and, wet weather having delayed 

 work the previous week, it meant a killing 

 forty-eight hours for the Pine Hill folks 

 as well as for the Limestone Eidge flo- 

 rists. In Forest Lawn it was a proces- 

 sion of florists ' wagons for Sunday, Mon- 

 day and Tuesday. 



The market people did a great business 

 for several days previous. A. F. Christ- 

 enson had seven wagons going to Chip- 

 pewa market all day Saturday. The Main 

 street stores made a fine display and all 

 seem to have cleaned out everything. But 

 in this cool locality the plant business 

 will not be over for two weeks. This is 

 really the week of the rush. All are 

 afraid of frost until June 1 and then all 

 want their gardens fixed up at once. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Braik is filling the park beds this 

 week. It would be difficult for the most 

 expert commercial man to turn out more 

 in quantity or finer in quality than he 

 does from three houses each 20x100. But 

 here is a splendid illustration of the 

 great use that can be made of hotbeds 

 and cold frames. Hundreds of sash 

 have been filled with fine stuff, all the 

 overflow from the three houses. All to- 

 gether about 300,000 bedding plants will 

 be put out, besides the large quantity 

 that Prof. Cowell uses in the South park. 

 You know the Elks are coming and, if 

 they will be able to see at aU, we want 

 them to see Buffalo beautiful. As the 

 weather will likely be hot when the army 

 of philanthropists meets here, there is 

 some talk of filtering Lake Erie for their 

 especial benefit. 



Visitors of late: S. S. Skidelsky and 

 Mr. Platibus McHutchinson. W. S. 



Princeton, Ky.— J. S. Stremler savs 

 Dusmess has been exceptionally good this 



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ST. LOUIS. 



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The Market. 



Decoration day trade, which never 

 amounts to much here, was surprisingly 

 good and all report a great increase for 

 this holiday. The wholesalers, too, re- 

 port a big shipping business the day be- 

 fore. All grades were picked up at ad- 

 vanced prices and stock became suddenly 

 scarce. Betail prices also advanced to 

 double. The best grade of stock was not 

 looked for, as is usual on floral holidays. 

 The plant business was very heavy, prob- 

 ably far ahead of any year, especially 

 with the florists who are near the big 

 cemeteries. 



This week we expect much activity 

 among the local trade for weddings and 

 school closings, and the wholesalers ex- 

 pect a heavy demand all during this 

 month. Today, Monday, stock is coming 

 in small lots and it looks as though there 

 will be a scarcity in all grades this week. 

 Long Beauties are limited to a few hun- 

 dred. Mediums and shorts are plentiful. 



Enclosed is my check for $3.00 

 to cover your charge for space in 



Dandy Adv. Never saw anything 

 like the quick response. Sold out 

 in two days. Had to return 

 about $60 and have orders still 

 coming in. 



W. C. ROCKWELL 



Bradford, Pa., 



May 30, 1905. 



Fancy stock in the smaller roses is be- 

 coming scarce, though plenty of poorer 

 grades are in. Carnations have been 

 short of the demand since Decoration 

 day, at from $2 to $3 per hundred. Lily 

 of the valley is selling much better and 

 some extra fine stock is in the market. 

 Sweet peas are coming in heavily. The 

 bulk of this stock comes from Kirkwood, 

 where about ten growers are trying to 

 outdo each other with this popular flow- 

 er. White, pink and lavender sell the 

 best. A few caUas and Harrisii are still 

 coming in. Peonies in this locality are 

 over and those in the market are being 

 shipped in. 



Planting season is about over and the 

 growers are getting busy making altera- 

 tions and building new houses so as to 

 be ready for the fall trade. 



Various Notes. 



Harry Balsley, of Detroit, is in town. 



Charlie Wors is selling flowers at the 

 West End Heights garden and Fred Fos- 

 ter has the stand at Delmar garden. 

 Both report good trade, especially on 

 Sundays. 



City Hall park looks very handsome 

 this year. Those fifty fine specimen bay 

 trees set it off nicely. The bedding, 

 too, is very attractive. Forest park. 



too, under the supervision of George Os- 

 tertag, has some very attractive bedding. 



President Charles Juengel, of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, has been ill the past week, 

 but is about again and will be in the 

 chair at the club meeting this week. 



Miss Tillie Meinhardt reports that 

 they were so busy on Decoration day that 

 they could hardly attend to all the wants 

 of their customers. Everything sold 

 clean. 



Miss Schnell, over in East St. Louis, 

 has moved to a better and larger loca- 

 tion. She buys all her stock on this' 

 side of the river and reports" a big trade 

 on Decoration day. 



Frank M. Ellis is now one of the vice- 

 presidents of the American Chocolate 

 Culture Co., which has large plantations 

 in bananas and chocolate trees in Pana- 

 ma, with offices in the FuUerton building 

 of this city. 



Fred Foster got quite an advertise- 

 ment out of the daily press by chasing a 

 man who stole $10 from him through the 

 principal business streets, several hun- 

 dred men joining in the chase. 



Henry Ostertag reports that he has 

 several large weddings on for this month. 

 Decoration day business and plenty of 

 funeral work kept them very busy aJl of 

 last week. 



Miss Beula Hurst is now with the St. 

 Louis Palm Co., having left the employ 

 of Miss Badaracco a week ago. 



The local seedsmen are making prepa- 

 rations to attend the twenty-third annual 

 convention of the American Seed Trade 

 Association at Alexandria Bay, N. Y., 

 this month. They say quite a number 

 from here vrill attend. 



The American Association of Nursery- 

 men, which meets in convention next 

 week Wednesday at West Baden Springs, 

 Ind., will have a good representation of 

 local nurserymen in attendance. 



Henry Lohrenz, who operates the Park 

 Floral Co., reports a nice trade this 

 spring in plants and floral work of all 

 kinds. 



Charles Kuehn says he will grow a 

 mustache this summer to make him 

 stronger in his bowling. This one, he 

 says, will so eclipse any former attempts 

 that his friends will hardly know him at 

 Washington this summer. 



Carl Beyer, who has not been bowling 

 much of late, says he is getting too fat. 

 Carl should cut out banquets and take 

 J. Austin Shaw's remedy, a fast. 



The Plant and Cut Flower Growers' 

 Association will hold its June meeting 

 next Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. in 

 Louisiana haU. 



June 4 was the first Sunday opening 

 of the year at the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden, which is only open to the pub- 

 lic on two Sundays in the year, June an3 

 September. Nearly 15,000 visited the 

 garden during the day. In the absence 

 of Prof. Trelease, Mr. Irish and the 

 students were on hand to show the visi- 

 tors through this beautiful place. The 

 gard^^n is in excellent condition. The 

 orchid house was the most interesting 

 point, which is in charge of Geo. Mc- 

 Clure. The other interesting point was 

 Tower Grove park, near by, which is 

 one of our finest city parks, under the 

 supervision of James Gumey. 



At the bowling meeting on Monday 

 night six members and Harry Balsley, 

 with his peculiar **8pit" curve ball, 

 rolled a few games, which resulted as 

 follows: Beneke, 848; Kuehn, 815; 

 Beyer, 736; Balsley, 736; Geriach, 609; 

 Lohrenz, 324; Meinhardt, 527, 



J. J. B. 



