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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 1, 1907. 



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they call. Every mail brings one or 

 more. 



Miss Meyers, bookkeeper for G. Anger- 

 mueller, has returned from her vacation 

 looking much improved in health. 



Gus. Eggeling, who" was reported sick 

 in the last issue, is up and around again. 

 He says he had a narrow escape this 

 time. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will on 

 next Thursday afternoon hold its meet- 

 ing at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 

 The annual election of oflScers will take 

 place; also other important matters will 

 come up for discussion. This being the 

 last meeting before the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion, a large attendance is expected. The 

 members are also invited to bring their 

 ladies with them, who will be entertained 

 by Mrs. Trelease and Mrs. Irish. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADBLPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Widespread mortality has caused a de- 

 cided quickening in the demand for cut 

 flowers during the last week. While not 

 in any sense an epidemic, this mortality 

 is pronounced, probably owing to the ex- 

 treme heat on several days. Asters are 

 easily first in the market. The better 

 varieties, Semple's and a choice white, 

 noted in this column last season, Ostrich 

 Plume, have made their appearance so 

 early as to indicate improved methods 

 with the growers. Prices have advanced, 

 due to quality, and on several days there 

 were not enough to meet the demand. 

 Valley also was scarce. Lilium auratum 

 is in fair demand. Adiantums have been 

 selling well, also galax and dagger ferns. 



New crop Beauties have made their 

 appearance and are a welcome addition. 



To sum up, flowers are scarcer than a 

 week ago, and hardly equal to require- 

 ments, excepting the outdoor stock and 

 indoor stock of poor quality. 



Gmvention Hospitalities. 



The entertainment committee in charge 

 of the S. A. F. amusements has accepted 

 the offer of H. Bayersdorfer & Co. to 

 give a luncheon in honor of the visiting 

 delegates on Thursday, August 22, from 

 12 until 4 o'clock. This luncheon will 

 be held on the roof garden of the Bay- 

 ersdorfer building at 1129 Arch street. 

 Mr. Bayersdorfer has engaged an or- 

 chestra for the occasion. 



The bowling committee, in charge of 

 William Graham, is full of activity and 

 promises an excellent program. Clubs 

 forming teams of five ladies each will 

 have an opportunity to compete for 

 handsome prizes. 



The reception committee, consisting 

 of Robert Craig, William K. Harris and 

 John Westcott, reinforced by William 

 Graham and Samuel 8. Pennock, has 

 been deputed to invite Governor Edwin 



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S. Stuart and Mayor John E. Reyburn 

 to address the convention at its opening 

 session. 



Next Tuesday's Meeting. 



Next Tuesday's meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club promises to be one of special 

 interest. First, there will be the all-ab- 

 sorbing convention arrangements; then 

 George Eedles, one of our best informed 

 plantsmen and botanists, will speak on 

 "Some Observations on Native Plants." 

 And last, but by no means least, will be 

 the competition for the Nephrolepis 

 AmerpohUi prizes offered by William P. 

 Craig. Review readers will remember 

 that nine of our most skillful private 

 gardeners entered this competition, each 

 receiving three plants of this new fern 

 three months ago, under the conditions 

 that they be grown until the August 

 meeting of the club and there exhibited. 

 There were no restrictions as to size of 

 pots or pans. Three cash prizes have 

 been offered. The winner of first prize 

 is also to receive one plant, the remain- 

 der reverting to Mr. Craig. Reports from 

 the gardeners indicate that some won- 

 derful specimens will be seen. Mr. Craig 

 has further plans for entertaining his 

 fellow members, in the shape of music 

 and refreshments. His brother, Robert 

 A. Craig, has composed an original song, 

 a parody, I think, on "The Kangaroo," 

 which he will sing with piano accompani- 

 ment. 



An Interesting Idea. 



A. M. Campbell once told Phil a story 

 about an editor who secured a pair of 

 game roosters, dipped their feet in the 

 ink bottle and allowed them to fight on 

 a large sheet of white paper. After the 

 battle the sheet of paper was handed to 

 an imaginative reporter, who was told 

 to write a story about it. The reporter, 

 who knew nothing about the battle, 

 wrote a marvelous story concerning Chi- 

 nese hieroglyphics, or something of the 

 sort. Mr. Campbell has stoutly protested 

 that there was nothing pointed in his 

 telling this particular story to Phil, but 

 it seemed odd nevertheless. 



That story will recur whenever the 

 question of the fitness of a thing for 

 publication is up for decision.' Despite 

 the story, Phil has the courage to print 

 the following simple statement of facts: 



When David Cliffe was proprietor of 

 the Enterprise Greenhouses, in German- 

 town, the principal house, called the show- 

 house, was devoted to palms, with an 

 occasional sprinkling of flowering plants. 

 These palms were in the house the entire 

 year. Later, when Emile H. Geschick 

 came into possession of this place, the 

 character of the showhouse was changed. 

 It was filled in the fall with chrysan- 

 themums, in winter with bulbous flowers 

 and some flowering plants, at Easter with 

 lilies, azaleas, etc.; in the spring with 

 geraniums, bedding plants, 'vines and 

 vegetable plants. The house was used 



