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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBBB 5, 1905. 



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the Wittbold Co. and at 12:30 Fleisch- 

 inan asked for 500 strings and had them 

 at 4 o'clock. 



John Ghormley opened Fleiechman's 

 new North State street store last Thurs- 

 day. The store has been thoroughly re- 

 modeled and a conservatory added in the 

 rear since ' * Moscow ' ' closed up. A great 

 deal of money has been spent on the fur- 

 nishings, the walls being in mosaic and 

 the wood work of oak finished in green. 

 There is no prettier store in town. A 

 formal opening will be announced later 

 in the month. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has for a 

 week been receiving dahlias from the 

 L. K. Peacock Co., of Atco, N. J. The 

 equal of the stock has never been seen 

 in Chicago, but the distance is a little 

 too great and some shipments have been 

 so badly bruised that little could be done 

 with them. However, the stock which 

 could be selected out has sold very quick- 

 ly, the varieties being of the best. If 

 such blooms were in regular local supply 

 there would be a different opinion as to 

 the cut flower value of the dahlia. 



W. F. Scofield, 148 North State street, 

 is busy redecorating his store. He will 

 have a very neat place when the work 

 is completed. 



C. T. Neiglick, 239 North State street, 

 has a nice place and is doing a good 

 business. 



G. E. Pieser, secretary of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., leaves the latter part of 

 this week for a few days' vacation trip 

 to New York. 



C. Carlson has finished cutting his crop 

 of asters and is now harvesting his crop 

 of seed, of which he annually produces 

 quite a quantity. 



O. P. Bassett is at West Baden, Ind. 



J. C. Buekner, formerly with A. Lange, 

 has opened a new retail store at 87 Mon- 

 roe street. 



P. Weiler, of the Superior Machine and 

 Boiler Works, who is known to practi- 

 cally e\CTy grower in this vicinity, has 

 been on the sick list all summer and his 

 many friends will be glad to know that 

 he is again able to be about. 



The A. L. Eandall Co. reports that Oc- 

 tober 2, 1905, was the best October day 

 in the history of the concern, with the 

 single exception of October 30 of last 

 year, this being the day known locally as 

 New Orleans day; All Saints' day is 

 November 1. 



September was the warmest in recent 

 years. On the last day of the month the 

 midday temperature was 80 degrees. 



A. L. Vaughan spent Wednesday at 

 Grand Rapids. 



The Cliicago Commercial Association 

 will hold its annual banquet at the Audi- 

 torium Saturday night. It will call for 

 a big decoration as the guests will num- 

 ber about 1,500. 



Prices on greenhouse glass have eased 

 off slightly in the past few days. 



Visitors: Thos. Peaker, Springfield, 

 m.; Andrew Anderson, Batavia, 111.; 

 Mrs. P. Schutz, Hammond, Ind. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Business is not as steady yet as it 

 might be, though there are some signs of 

 revival. Prices are stiffening on first 

 grade stock. Other grades do not show 

 any advance. Outdoor stuff is gradu- 

 ally disappearing, except cosmos, which 

 is just now of fine quality. All varie- 

 ties of roses are improving in size and 

 color. Good long Beauties are in demand. 

 Other roses are abundant, many more 

 than the trade could use the past week. 



Carnations are coming in with longer 

 stems and better blooms. Enchantress 

 and Lawson are the best sellers. Fancy 

 grades are not too many. Plenty of 

 whites from the field are in. There were 

 plenty of violets the past week, but still 

 too small and pale to command much at- 

 tention. There is nothing to report as 

 to chrysanthemum blooms, as only a few 

 whites are in the market. The trade is 

 in hopes that they will be in next week in 

 time for the horse show, which opens on 

 October 9. Valley is selling well. 



Tuesday trade was brisk, owing to the 

 great Veiled Prophets' ball, which used 

 up a lot of fancy Beauties and carna- 

 tions. 



A Social Meeting. 



Another of those social features of the 

 Florists' Club took place September 27. 

 This affair was given by Messrs. Weber 

 and Miller, who reciprocated for the 

 pleasant entertainments given them be- 

 fore and after returning from their trip 

 to Europe this summer. The members 

 were requested to meet at Theo. Miller's 

 place at 2 o'clock and nearly thirty-five 

 responded to the call. They were escorted 



CURRENT PRICES 



„ AM. BBAUTIBS Perdoz 



36 inch stems Ki.OO 



24- Inrh stems 3.60 



18 to 20-lDOh stems 11.76 to 3.00 



16 Inch stems 160 



12 inch stems.. l.liO 



Short Tito 1.00 



, ROSBS Per 100 



Maids t3 00 to 16 00 



Brides 200to 600 



EUlaroey SOOto 800 



Liberty SOOto 8.U0 



C&atenay S.OOto 6.00 



Special prices In 1000 lots. 

 Carnations, (rood stock. ..fl.OO to t2 00 

 MUMS, per doz., M.OO. 



,, Mlacollanaous Stock 



Valley ; ..S.OOto 4.00 



Baster Lilies.... doz., 12.00 15.00 



Daisies 100 



Tuberoses, fancy 4.00 to 6.00 



DBCORATIVB 



Ferns, per lOOU, 11.60 .16 



Sprenreri 3.00to 400 



Asparagas Strings 25.00 to 60.00 



Adlantum 76to 1.00 



Galax, bronze and rreen.. .15 



Smllax 10.00 to 1200 



Leucothoe Sprays 75 to 1.00 



Subject to change without notice. 



across the way to a garden which was 

 nicely decorated for the occasion and 

 where a band of music played as we en- 

 tered. In the center of the garden was 

 a long table on which anything a man 

 wanted to eat was spread. After satis- 

 fying the inner man, President J. F, Am- 

 mann, who acted as toast-master, called 

 upon Fred C. Weber and Theo. Miller to 

 give the boys a talk on their trip through 

 Europe. Each gentleman talked on the 

 good, bad and humorous sides of his 

 travels. President Ammann called on 

 others to speak for the good of the club. 

 Among the members called upon were 

 John Steidel, Frank Fillmore, Fred 

 Meinhardt, C. C. Sanders, Otto Koenig, 

 Carl Beyer, A. Jablonsky, E. W. Guy 

 and J. J. Beneke. After a few songs 

 and funny stories the party broke up and 

 the occasion is one long to be remembered 

 by those present. 



Various Notes. 



James S. Wilson, of Western Springs, 

 111., was in town the past week, calling 

 on friends and visiting his mothei, who 

 lives here. 



E. Hibbart, of De So*y, Mo., spent 

 Saturday in St. Louis with his young 

 son, who attends school here. Mr. Hib- 

 bart reports that they will have a fine 

 lot of extra good carnations this season. 

 He hopes for a return bowling match 

 with the boys some time this winter. 



The Bentzcn Fior.^l Co., on Marcus 

 avenue, has a fine lot of carnation plants, 

 which aie selling well. 



Carl G. Fulmer, son of J. D. Fulmer, of 

 Des Moines, la., was a caller the past 

 week. Ycung Mr. Fulmer ie thinking 

 of locating here, but not in the florists' 

 busine.ss. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, wh6 

 has a fine tcr.m of mules, came to the res- 

 cue of the fire department at bis } Pace 

 last week. He acted as driver on the 

 big engine. On responding to an alarm 

 the mul-^8 ran away, passing the fire 

 on two TV heels. Before the team wag 

 stopped the fire was .nit, out by the 

 bucket brigade. 



Williim Lmgenbrink, well known in 

 the trade here, writes from Iloronce, 

 Italy, that ho will return soon and open 

 a flower stove next spring. He has been 

 very puccossful since leaving hero four 

 years ago. 



A. Jablonsky reports that he will have 



