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Septeubeb 14, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



935 



OUR WAY 



Ouf way of handling otir track is to give them such good flow- 

 ers that they keep on being our trade. 



If yo« will send yoor next order our way, yo« will be so well 

 pleased with otir way of sending it to yoo that yo« will never send 

 it any other way. j , | 



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Weiland & Risch 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59=61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Long: Distance Phone, Central 879. 



AMERICAN BBAUTIKS— ^^^'^Ph 



Extra long- W-OO 



30-lnch siems S* 



24 " •* S-60 



18 " " 1-76 



12 " " 1.W 



Short " 80 



B08ER— Per 100. 



Maids $3.00 to $6.00 



Brides S.OOto 6.00 



KlUamey 3.00 to 8.00 



Liberty 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 300to 6.00 



Special prices In IOOj lots. 



OABNATIONH- „^ 



Good Stock l.OOto 2.00 



Special prices In 1000 lots. 



MISrVLLAltBOUS STUCK- _ 



Valley j 3.00 to 4.00 



Easter lilUes 12.00 to 15.00 



Asters 75to 2.00 



Daisies 1-00 



Tuberoses, Fancy 5.00 to 6.00 



DECORATIVE— 



Ferns, per 1000, $1.25 .16 



Sprengeri 2.00 to 4.00 



Asparagus Strings 26.00 to 60.00 



Adlantum 100 



Galax .16 



Smllax ICOOto 16.00 



Leucothoe Sprays 75 to 1.00 



Snbjeot to change without notice. 



which no one blamed the "Washington 

 florists; they certainly did all in their 

 power to make the trip one long to be 

 remembered. Those who attended the 

 barbecue will vouch for this. 



The reception accorded the visitors at 

 Baltimore was also spoken of. One of 

 the most noticeable features in that 

 progressive city is that even the poor- 

 est families seem to devote a great deal 

 of time and attention to keeping the sur- 

 roundings looking nice, many pretty 

 beds and window boxes being seen. 



A resolution of thanks was tendered 

 the florists of the cities visited, not for- 

 getting the fine lunch at the Quaker 

 City. 



In speaking of the big show to be held 

 in Boston in March, everyone was very 

 much interested. 



Vaxiotis Notes. 



Lancifolium lilies and Bostons were 

 used to good advantage in decorating 

 Sullivan's window this week. 



News has reached here that Fred. M. 

 Walker is being returned to this coun- 

 try insane from confinement on false 

 charges in a Panama prison. Mr. 

 Walker had charge of the grounds and 

 greenhouses at the State Insane Asylum, 

 at Pontiac, for many years and was well 

 known to florists in this vicinity. 



The greenhouses and downtown stort> 

 of the late H. G. Flammer are being 

 offered for sale by Mrs. Flammer. 



S. S. Skidelsky has assumed complete 

 control of the sale of a beautiful pink 

 sport of Enchantress, originating with 

 B. Schroeter. 



Miss Josephine Mero has returned 

 from a seven weeks ' eastern trip. 



Henry C. Fruck, gardener to Joseph 

 Berry, Grosse Pointe, has a new seed- 

 ling fern said to be very fine. It has 

 a growth similar to Wittboldii, but is of 

 a very graceful habit. 



Mr. Smith, gardener at Newberry's, 

 Grosse Pointe, received a very bad sprain 

 of his left ankle while alighting from a 

 car on Labor day. He will be laid up 

 three or four weeks. 



Visitors: Paul Berkowitz and E. J. 

 Fancourt, Philadelphia; Fred C. Weber, 

 Jr., St. Louis. H. S. 



vii'ntliip Thy Rerlew when yog write. 



I AM sold out of violet plants; the 

 Review did its work as usual; thanks. — 

 C. Lawrituen, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



ST.LOUIS. 



The Market. 



For the first week in September busi- 

 ness was slow. One or two small wed- 

 dings and some funeral work was about 

 all that was going on about town. These 

 conditions will surely improve in the next 

 week or so, as most of the society folks 

 are returning from their summer vaca- 

 tions. Most of the retail stores are 

 looking fine, for the cleaning, painting 

 and papering is about completed, and 

 everybody is looking forward to a good 

 fall trade. 



At the wholesale houses stock is good 

 in all lines. Asters are beginning to 

 give out with most of the growers; still 

 enough are in for the demand. Boses 

 are looking much better than a week 

 ago. Some extra good Bride, Kaiserin, 

 Chatenay and Carnot are in the market. 

 Of Beauties there are enough but not 

 of extra fine quality. Carnations are 

 also beginning to look better but are 

 still too small and short-stemmed to sell 

 well. "Valley is of extra quality. Other 

 flowers in the market are gladioli and 

 tuberose stalks. Everything that is 

 wanted in "greens" is in the market at 

 usual prices, 



Vaxiotis Notes. 



Visitors the past week were J. Stern, 

 of Philadelphia, and Mr. Schloss, of 

 Schloss Bros., New York. 



T. W. Guy, at one time one of our 

 local growers, now of St. James, Mo., 

 spent Monday here in company with his 

 son, E. W. Guy. 



Rudie Windt spent the past week trav- 

 eling through Illinois and stopping a 

 few days in Chicago. 



Vincent Gorley, one of the last of the 

 conventionists to return, reports that he 

 had the best trip of his life. He 

 visited all the large eastern places, re- 

 turning by way of Chicago. He learned 

 a great deal in a business line from this 

 trip. 



Wm. Jordan, who is running th« old 

 Jordan greenhouse on Union avemw, re- 

 ports that he will retire from the grow- 

 ing business after this month. He has 

 disposed of the old houses and the 

 ground and will enter the retail business 

 before the winter months are over. 



Mr. and Mrs. Wm. EHkWn are expected 

 home this week from their northern sum- 



mer home. Arthur Ellison, who had 

 charge of the place all summer, will then 

 take a few days' much needed rest. 



Henry Lohrenz has his new place at 

 Park and Mississippi avenues looking at 

 its best. It is one of the attractive spots 

 in that neighborhood. 



R. J. Windier, who recently opened 

 up at Grand and Shenandoah avenues, 

 is making a very attractive display in 

 his show window. 



Bowling. 



The florist bowlers will enter the 

 Palace Bowling League this fall. The 

 seven bowlers selected are A. Y. Elli- 

 son, C. A. Kuehn, Theo. Miller, Carl 

 Beyer, Robt. Meinhardt, Wm. Adels and 

 J. J. Beneke. This team will average 

 850 per game and should make a good 

 showing. 



At the big social bowling night on 

 September 4 it was noticed that some 

 good timber in the bowling line is 

 among the florists who attended. Among 

 those who should make good bowlers are 

 W. J. Pilcher, John Steidel, J. F. 

 Ammann, Herman Weber, Geo. Anger- 

 mueller, Theo. Klockenkemper and Mr. 

 Braun. Among the old-timers who still 

 showed good speed were Emil Schray, 

 C. C. Sanders, Chas. Juengel and Frank 

 Fillmore. These were all at one time 

 prominent members of the bowling club, 

 who never missed a night. They should 

 be back in the club, as Dr. Osier is not 

 looking for any of them yet. 



The bowling club had ten men on the 

 alleys on Monday night. Two teams 

 were made up for a match of three 

 games. The night was very cool and 

 good scores were made by Carl Beyer and 

 Robt. Meinhardt. The scores were as 

 follows: 



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



J. J. Beneke 168 159 180 507 



R. Meinhardt 169 160 190 519 



Theo. Miller 187 158 115 460 



F. Meinhardt 1.-.4 124 148 426 



E. A. Gerlach 95 106 1.34 335 



Totals 733 707 767 2247 



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



C. A. Kuehn 165 151 121 437 



C. Beyer 168 211 168 547 



F.Weber 123 144 176 443 



H. Lohrenz 154 147 137 438 



R. Wlndt 117 113 99 329 



Totals 724 706 7012194 



J. J. B. 



Culture of Grafted Roses sent on re- 

 ceipt of 25c. — Florists' Review. 



