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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 25, 1907. 



«eem to be plenty of second grade roses, 

 with short stems. First-class roses in 

 this market are out of the question. Few 

 Beauties' are coming in just niw. In 

 greens we have enough o£ everything in 

 reason. ' 



All four wholesale houses will close 

 Thursday afternoon, July 25, so the em- 

 ployees can attend the florists' picnic. 



St. Louis to Philadelphia. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club has made 

 ■special arrangements for transportation 

 to Philadelphia for the convention, via 

 the Pennsylvania railroad. The round 

 trip rate will not exceed $25. A special 

 car has been arranged for and berths 

 may no\V^ be reserved by addressing Will- 

 iam C. Young, 5512 Waterman avenue. 

 The sleeping car fare is $2.50 each way. 

 All in the trade who wish to do so are 

 cordially invited to travel from St. Louis 

 with the party. It is expected that some 

 of the western delegates will travel on 

 the same train from St. Louis on. The 

 St. Louis delegation promises to be large 

 and a pleasant time is assured. State 

 Vice-President W. C. Young, of the S. A. 

 F., has a way of entertaining in home- 

 like fashion, so any local or out-of-town 

 florist who has any intention of going 

 with us should let Mr. Young know at 

 once, as he is the proper person to apply 

 to for any information on convention 

 matters. 



Various Notes. 



B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, was a caller the last week, sell- 

 ing supplies and booming the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



Harry E. Kidder, secretary, treasurer 

 and general manager of the Ionia Pot- 

 tery Co., of Ionia, Mich., made the 

 rounds of the trade last week. 



At this writing the buyers at the 



He was overcome with the heat. The at- 

 tending physician has forbidden any one 

 to see him. His many friends hope for 

 a speedy recovery. 



Geo. E. Kessler, landscape gardener 

 and director of restoration of the Louisi- 

 ana Purchase Exposition, is in the city 

 and will this week, with Park Commis- 

 sioner Scanlan, go over the ground, as 

 restoration is now complete, and will 

 turn over the property to the care of the 

 park department. 



Ed Kalisch, of the firm of Wm. Kal- 

 isch & Sons, left last week for a stay at 

 the northern lake resorts. This is a 

 much needed rest after a hard season's 

 work. 



George Angermueller, Henry Ostertag 

 and John Burke are spending a few 

 days fishing in the St. Francis river. All 

 will be back in time for the picnic. 



F. J. Foster has moved his family to 

 their new home, in Kinloch Park, in the 

 country. The place is large enough to 

 raise considerable outdoor cut stock for 

 summer use in his store. 



Mrs. W. F. Bentzen, wife of W. F. 

 Bentzen, leading commission merchant 

 and member of the Florists' Club, was 

 thrown from a surrey she was driving in 

 Forest park last week and was severely 

 injured, suffering a dislocation of the 

 left hip and a broken collarbone. Mr. 

 Bentzen reports that Mrs. Bentzen is 

 mending rapidly. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society's 

 executive board met last Tuesday in the 

 rooms of the Mercantile Club, with a 

 good attendance. Fall flower show mat- 

 ters came up for discussion, and other 

 business of interest to the society. The 

 society's aim is to give the show in the 

 new Coliseum, which is to be built at 

 the corner of Jefferson and Washington 

 avenues. This, from last accounts, will 

 hardly be in shape for shows before 



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The Leading Florists' Supply House 



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A Philadelphia Salesman and His Airship. 



wholesale houses are talking picnic. 

 Quite a number of wagers have been 

 placed as to the result of the ball game 

 between the wholesale and retail teams. 

 Some valuable prizes are being offered 

 apd should the clay be pleasant the larg- 

 est gathering of florists is expected on 

 Thursday, July 25. 



The directors of the Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden have issued invitations to the 

 eighteenth annual banquet to gardeners, 

 florists and nurserymen provided for in 

 the will of Henry Shaw, to be given at 

 the Southern hotel, Wednesday night, 

 August 14, at 7 o'clock. 



Gus Eggeiing, head of the Eggeling 

 Floral Co., is dangerously ill at his home. 



.January 1, 1908, which would be too late 

 for the fall show, but in good time for 

 their spring show, which was a great 

 success last spring. J. J. B. 



Clarinda, Ia. — J. V. Pfander's green- 

 house was damaged recently by a storm. 



Lake Charles, La.— C. D, Otis is 

 building up a trade in canned and bot- 

 tled figs, some of his product being sold 

 as far away as Michigan. 



Nashville, Tenn. — Leon Geny is ad- 

 ministrator of the estate of Jacques 

 Geny, an eccentric character who died 

 recently. The Geny brothers are among 

 the heirs. 



, . BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Summer dullness prevails everywhere, 

 but the supply of both roses and carna- 

 tions has fallen off heavily. Boses are 

 rather scarce and clean out well at sum- 

 mer prices. Carnations bring from 50 

 cents to $1 per hundred. Some are sold 

 lower, but are often not disbudded and 

 are the final pickings before the plants 

 are thrown out. These the street fakers 

 handle at low prices. Sweet peas are the 

 most popular flowers. Owing to the 

 drought, these are rather short-stemmed, 

 but find a fairly good sale. Gypsophila 

 is abundant and comes in useful. Gladioli 

 are scarce, as are lilies. Asters bring $1 

 per hundred, a few fancies even more. 

 These are not abundant as yet, but are 

 a welcome change from the undersized 

 carnations seen. A general assortment of 

 outdoor flowers is seen, much of which, 

 however, is hard to dispose of. Green 

 goods, such as asparagus and ferns, meet 

 with slow sale. 



Sweet Pea Exhibition. 



The annual sweet pea show, at Horti- 

 cultural hall July 20, brought out a 

 grand display of these popular summer 

 flowers, the finest the society ever had. 

 Competition was unusually keen in all 

 classes, there being from nine to sixteen 

 entries in each. 



Foi* display filling thirty vases, twenty- 

 five sprays to a vase, N. F. Comley led 

 with a fine assortment; E. L. Lewis, sec- 

 ond. For twelve varieties, six sprays 

 each, prizes went to E. L. Lewis, William 

 Reed and A. E. Hartshorn. Dorothy 

 Eckford won first for fifty sprays white, 

 Thomas Howden staging an excellent lot ; 

 N. F. Comley, second, with fine White 

 Wonder; A. E. Hartshorn, third, with 

 Dorothy Eckford. N. F. Comley led in the 

 class for light pink or blush with Gladys 

 Unwin; T. Howden, second, with the 

 same variety; A. E. Hartshorn, third, 

 with Countess Spencer. 



N. F. Comley had the best fifty rose- 

 colored, showing John Ingman; T. How- 

 den, second, with Lord Rosebery; A. E. 

 Hartshorn, third, with John Ingman. N. 

 F. Comley again led for blue or purple 

 with fine King of • the Blues ; Wilfred 

 Wheeler, second with Navy Blue; Joseph 

 Thorpe, third, with the same variety. For 

 lavender, T. Howden won, with splendid 

 flowers of Mrs. Geo. Higginson; N. F. 

 Comley, second, with the same variety; 

 W. Wheeler, third, with Countess of Rad- 

 nor. Mr. Howden also led for scarlet, 

 with King Edward VII, Mrs. F. S. De 

 Lue and O. B. Kenrich following, with 

 the same variety. For fifty orange or 

 salmon, T. Howden was in the lead, with 

 Helen Lewis; W. Wheeler, second, with 

 Miss Willmott; Mrs. F. S. De Lue, third, 

 with Helen Lewis. Mr. Howden once 

 more took first honors for any other 

 color, with Shahzada; O. B. Kenrick, sec- 

 ond, with Blanche Ferry; E. L. Lewis, 

 third, with Florence Molyneux. 



For thirty varieties herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Blue Hill Nurseries took both first 

 and second prize, with a splendid assort- 

 ment. Some splendid vases of alstroeme- 

 rias and liliums were included. Large 

 displays of Japanese iris were made by 

 T. C. Thurlow, R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Bay State Nurseries and others. James 

 McKissick showed a grand lot of twenty 

 distinct delphiniums from Lemoine. Sev- 

 eral were singled out for a certificate of 

 merit. James Garthly, gardener to H. H, 

 Rogers, had a splendid table of stock. 



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