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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 12, 1006. 



ward to catch every word, and when Mr. 

 Scott went on to say that this rose when 

 planted at Sharon Hill had grown seven- 

 teen feet without producing a flower he 

 laughed merrily, as the rose growers sat 

 back in their chairs with deep disgust 

 on their faces. P. J. Lynch read a clever 

 original poem with spirit. Edwin Lons- 

 dale sang the "Duke of York" as only 

 he can sing it, and Adolph Farenwald 

 made a ringing speech, sounding the 

 changes on the coin in "a way to stir 

 his hearers. The party broke up at a 

 late hour, agreeing thai the evening had 

 been one of the pleasantest of the many 

 entertainments in which the members of 

 the club had participated. 



Burton vs. Niessen. 



Last Saturday afternoon the employees 

 of the Burton rose-growing establish- 

 ments played a game of baseball with a 

 team representing the Philadelphia 

 "Wholesale Flower Market, Edward Reid 

 Co., and the Leo Niessen Co., the latter 

 team winning by the score of fourteen 

 to six. The features of the game were 

 the good feeling shown by both teams 

 and the fans present, and the excellent 

 nerve of L^o Niessen in calling this rep- 

 resentative team the Leo Niessen Co. 

 baseball team. 



After a very pleasant hour around the 

 refreshment booth nobody seemed to 

 care much who won. Even the umpire, 

 poor unfortunate individual, ma,de peace 

 with both factions, and was freely for- 

 given before the company finally dis- 

 persed. 



Various Notes. 



Henry F. Michell is summering at At- 

 lantic City. 



M, Eice & Co. are importing goods by 

 way of New York as well as through this 

 port, in order to expedite matters. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have large con- 

 signments on the steamers Barcelona and 

 Menominee. 



William J. Moore has been offering 

 Stokesia cyanea until early asters ar- 

 rive. 



Samuel S. Pennock is summering at 

 XDcean City, N. J. 



Mrs. John Wolf, of Savannah, Ga., is 

 visiting friends here. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Receipts of poor stock at the whole- 

 sale houses are very much more than 

 the demand calls for, especially in sweet 

 peas and Bride and Maid roses. Carna- 

 tions, too, are becoming very small and 

 of poor color. We are still in need of 

 a soaking rain for the outdoor stock. 

 The business among the retailers since 

 the Fourth has been reported as very 

 dull in all lines, so the boys are going 

 away one at a time to be back in season 

 for the boss 's vacation at Dayton next 

 month. 



The wholesalers, too, are idle after the 

 morning sales are over. Little shipping 

 is being done at present. Prices on 

 stock are low, especially on sweet peas: 

 5 cents and 10 cents per hundred in 

 large lots. These are at their height 

 at present and of fine quality. The 

 bulk of these come from Kirkwood. 



Beauties are of poor quality. Kai- 

 ■erin. Ivory and Carnot are good. Bride 

 and Maid still are poor. 



Carnations are selling well, though they 

 are small in flower. Valley is good, with 

 slow sale. Gladioli, tuberose stalks, 

 daisies, cornflowers and asters are hav- 

 ing slow sale at present. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Wm. Ellison, of the Ellison 

 Floral Co., is visiting the northern lakes 

 for the summer. Her daughter. Miss 

 Allie, is in Grand Rapids, Mich., on a 

 visit. 



Henry Emunds, of Beheville, 111., vis- 

 ited Chicago last week on business and 

 pleasure. 



Wm, Winter, of Kirkwood, spent Sat- 

 urday in the city calling on the trade. 



A. S. Halstead, of Belleville, was over 

 on Saturday, buying supplies. Mr. Hal- 

 stead will leave for Chicago tonight and 

 also visit his daughter at Detroit be- 

 fore returning home. 



F. C. Weber, Jr., is spending ten days 

 north on pleasure. 



A. Bayhouse, of the Bayhouse Floral 

 Co., Boise, Ida., spent a few days here, 

 visiting the growers. 



George Waldbart is having great suc- 

 cess this year with his daisy and sweet 

 pea farm in St. Louis county. Thou- 

 sands are cut each day for his Grand 

 avenue establishment. 



Fred H. Meinhardt, state vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., will this year look 

 after transportation for the Dayton con- 



Mrs. F. M. Ellis and her two daugh- 

 ters are visiting friends in the western 

 part of the state, where they will re- 

 main until Mr. Ellis returns from 

 Panama August 1. 



Theo. Klockenkemper has offered his 

 place on Mead avenue for lease. Here 

 is a chance for a good carnation grower 

 to make some money this fall and win- 

 ter. 



William C. Osberghaus, for the past 

 seventeen years gatekeeper at Shaw's 

 Garden, died at his home in the garden 

 on Saturday at the age of 51 years. 

 He was known to many S. A. F. visitors 

 and was well known to every member 

 of the local trade. He is survived by 

 his wife and four children. The fu- 

 neral took place Monday from his home 

 at the entrance to, Shaw's Garden. In- 

 terment was in St. Matthew's cemetery. 



For the months of July and August 

 all four wholesale houses will close at 

 5 p. m. Berning and Kuehn started in 

 July 1 and Angermueller and Ellis this 

 week, so the trade will know that after 

 5 o'clock nothing can be had from them. 



The two teams got at each other Mon- 

 day night. Team No. 1 won all three 

 games, as follows: 



Daisy Plantation of Gtxxgt Waldbart, St. Louis, at Clayton, Mo. 



vention. Tliosc going will please report 

 to liim. 



The club meeting this week Thurs- 

 day, which will be held in Edwardsville, 

 is promised a large attendance by the 

 members and their ladies. Mr. Ammann 

 has made full preparation for entertain- 

 ing them. 



The trustees of the club, Messrs. 

 Beyer, Weber and Fillmore, spent a day 

 last week looking for a place to hold 

 our annual outing and decided on the 

 beautiful Eoncona park, on the suburban 

 line in St. Louis county. The date of 

 the outing is Thursday, July 26. There 

 will be the usual games, fishing, boat- 

 ing and dancing. The music will be by 

 the famous colored Jubilee band, who 

 will amuse the crowd with both singing 

 and dancing. Another feature this year 

 will be a baseball game between the 

 wholesalers and retailers. The teams 

 have been made up as follows: 



Wholesalers. Position. Ketailers. 



Schrlefer P Beneke 



Alves c Adels 



Smith lb Sanders 



Berning 2h Wlndt 



Kuehn ss R. Windier 



Angermueller Sh C. Beyer 



Ossick If Schoenelle 



Gerlach cf Lohrenz 



.1. Koenig rf F. Meinhardt 



fmplres — Kied Ammann and E. W. Guy. 



Teiim Xo. 1— 1st 2d 3d Tl 



Beneke 170 152 150 478 



Brunlng 116 152 116 3S4 



Gerlach 177 166 94 437 



Lohrenz l.JO 159 163 452 



Blind 165 188 132 485 



Totals . .704 817 655 2230 



Team No. 2— 1st 2d 3d Tl 



Kuehn 157 158 179 494 



Schrlefer 134 127 94 355 



J. Koenig 101 97 98 296 



Smith 1:J3 101 106 340 



R. Meinhardt 165 188 132 485 



Totals (i!»l 671 609 1970 



J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Stagnation expresses tiie condition of 

 affairs in the wholesale flower markets. 

 Stock is not overabundant in any line 

 and yet the demand creates no stir in 

 prices and midsummer values prevail. The 

 new roses are short-stemmed and small 

 and often drop to $2. .50 a thousaml. 

 Lilies are shortening in quantity and a 

 slight increase in price was noted Mon- 

 day. The sweet pea flood comes in 

 steadily and the tide recedes in value. 

 Orchids are at low ebb, with the rest 

 of the arrivals, and so everything an<l 

 everybody is resting or planning for tt;p 



