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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Midsummer dullness is now upon us. 

 The week just passed about wound up 

 the school commenoements and weddings. 

 Still, there will be a few more on the 

 smaller scale. The away up society 

 folks have packed up and left the city 

 for the summer, so the demand for flow- 

 ers from this source is over for this 

 season. 



The weather here is very hot and rain 

 is badly needed for the stock in the fields. 

 There are still plenty of flowers of fairly 

 good quality for this time of the year. 

 Brides and Maids are still in good shape, 

 also Kaiserin and Meteor. Some extra 

 good Jacqs are in, but somewhat short 

 in stem. There are plenty of short- 

 stemmed Beauties; fancy long are lim- 

 ited. 



Carnations, that is, good ones, are 

 scarce, but there is plenty of small and 

 poor stock in the market. Sweet peas 

 are a big glut in all varieties. The best 

 stock brings only $1.50 per thousand. 

 Lily of the valley still has some call, 

 with enough good stock from local grow- 

 ers for the demand. Outdoor stock, 

 such as cornflowers, daisies, yellow lilies 

 and candytuft is plentiful. The "green 

 goods" are, as usual, equal to all de- 

 mands. 



Various Notes. 



Frank Weber, one of our local nursery- 

 men, entertained some thirty nurserymen 

 at Delmar garden on June 12, the whole 

 party leaving that night for West Baden 

 Springs, Ind., where the nurserymen held 

 their annual convention. Mr. Weber has 

 returned and reports a large meeting and 

 a good time. 



Robert Meinhardt, until recently book- 

 keeper for C. A. Kuehu, has opened a 

 retail store at the corner of Sarah and 

 Suburban streets, which seems to be a 

 good location, as he reports a good trade. 



Max Rotter, who was recently bitten 

 by his dog, is on the road to recovery. 

 He had the dog shot. 



Carl Beyer is about again. His hand, 

 into which he ran a rusty nail, is in 

 good shape again. Luckily it was not his 

 bowling hand. 



A. G. Bentzen had the bouquets for 

 the high school graduates, seventy-five 

 in number, and Mrs. Ayers had the hall 

 decorations at the Odean. 



Alex Siegel has returned from his trip 

 to Chicago. He is contemplating a fish- 

 ing trip in the near future. 



The transportation committee reports 

 that indications are favorable for secur- 

 ing very satisfactory rates to Washing- 

 ton. The present plans are to go by 

 way of Cincinnati over the B. & O. and 



from there travel with the Cincinnati, 

 Louisville and Indianapolis delegations 

 to Washington. This should make a 

 pleasant trip. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, of Chi- 

 cago, spent Monday in St. Louis on 

 their way home from the west. Mr. 

 Vaughan during the day entertained a 

 few of the local florists at a dinner to 

 talk over S. A. F. matters. It was a 

 very enjoyable affair. Among those 

 present were Fred Meinhardt, Charles 

 Juengel, Otto Koenig, Henry Berning, 

 R. F. Tesson, Dr. A. S. Halstead, F. J. 

 Fillmore and J. J. Beneke. 



Bowling;. 



Five St. Louis florists journeyed down 

 to DeSoto, Mo., last Saturday night as 

 guests of the Hibbert Floral Co., and tha 

 Business Men's League. The bowling 

 took place at the Y. M. C. A. alleys. We 

 all had a good time. The DeSoto boys 

 beat us fifty pins in the three games 

 bowled and not until the last game did 

 the boys get the hang of the alleys, 

 which were fairly good. The only draw- 



back was the light. The DeSoto boys 

 will be entertained by us on the big 

 bowling night, September 4, at the Palace 

 alleys. The scores of the match were 

 as follows: 



St. LouU. Ist 2d .Sd T'l 



Beneke 138 ]46 168 452 



Beyer •. 148 150 183 481 



Gerlach 134 93 124 351 



Meinhardt 14<) 1.30 141 441 



KlUson 138 172 210 520 



Totals 728 691 826 2245 



HJbberts. 1st 2d 3il T'l 



Illbbert 147 142 136 425 



Hlnchey 187 156 147 490 



Price 134 200 139 473 



White 164 1159 151 474 



Huskey 128 179 126 4.33 



Totals 758 836 699 2205 



J. J. B. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — While in Chicago 

 this week Joe Tosini bought the material 

 for two new greenhouses 16x80. 



EiTTERSviLLE, Pa. — On June 15 fire did 

 $500 damage to the home of John Horn. 

 The greenhouses, a few feet away, were 

 not injured. 



Baldwins, N. Y. — George T. Schune- 

 man sails for Europe June 27 on the 

 Kronprinz Wilhelm. He will spend a 

 month in the vicinity of London, Paris 

 and Berlin. 



Carthage, Mo. — B. W. Speece reports 

 trade very good this season. He has sold 

 out of stock very cleanly and will have 

 to stock up on many things. He lost' 

 about 100 panes of 10x12 glass in the 

 recent hail storm but did not think the 

 claim worth presenting to the Hail Asso- 

 ciation. 



One cannot be anything but pleased 

 with the Review; the Special Number 

 was a "beaut." Anything I can do to 

 push a good thing along I will do with 

 plpasure. H. P. LODINQ. 



Field of Pansies Grown for Seed by Peter Brown, Lancaster, Pa. 



