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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Ficus Pandurata and Nephrolepis Amerpohlii 



Both were Sensations and divided honors at the Philadelphia Convention 



Philadelphia Lace Fern 



PICU8 PANDDRATA, 23^ ft .S36.00 per doz. 



',[ Sit 4s00perdoz. 



& ft 60.00 per doz. 



larifer plants !S7 50 and $iOOO each 



liranched plants $5, $6, $7.r)0 and $10 each 



NSPH. AMKRPOHLII, 2-in. potg .S25/0 per 100: SJno 0(i per KKX) 



4 in. pots. .81.00 each; 110.00 per doz.: S7.") On per 'OJO 



5-in. pots 81 .■>Oeac-h: 8u5()0 per doz. 



6-in. pots 2 00 each; 20 00 per doz. 



8-in., 83.00 each. 10 in.. .sfi.OO each. 



ROBT. CRAIG CO., 4900 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention TTip IJcview when you write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Fht' <nt Howor trade of the last week 

 uas fairly good so far as funeral work 

 was concerned. Other work lias been 

 very scarce. Most of the retailers are 

 Imsy repainting their stores and making 

 l)re|>arations for the fall trade, which 

 ue expect to oju-n Sejitember 1. 



The greenhouse men are kept l)usy fin- 

 ishing uj) their new houses and housing 

 ■ arnations. .Much building litis been go- 

 ing on in ;ind tiruiind here and it is esti- 

 mated thiit netiriy L'()(|,|»()() fVet of new 

 ijlass lias been added this summer. .At 

 the wholes;il»! houses there are j.leiitv of 

 ;isters of all kinds, which are seiling 

 fairly well, but the ci.nsignments are 

 very hetivy at present, maiiv more than 

 the demand calls for. The same mav be 

 ■i.-iid of gladiolus spikes. Tidierose stalks 

 are now coming in and tire detining up 

 well. Ho.ses, loo. are coming in better, 

 but still with short stems. The bi 

 these li:iv(> a good c:,||. |.'j,-st 

 icin ISetiuties tire still 

 fairly good blooms of 

 <oming in. Sinilax is having an excep- 

 tionally good demtind. with pleiitv of 

 -ood strings in the mtirket. Kvervthing 

 'Ne in greens is [.leritiful. 



le Dest of 

 irstcltiss .\nier- 

 very sctirce, but 

 short stems are 



The Apple Growers' Congress. 



The meeting of the .Vjiple (iroweis' 

 (Congress in this city last week, :U the 

 Southern hotel, wiis a great success so- 

 cially and in iittendtince. Piesident II. 

 M. Dunlop opened the meetiiiii :it M a. 

 m. Tuesdtiy morning. 



Among those who acldressed the meet 

 ing were i'rofessors M. H. White and 

 Win. Scott, ptithologists of the Depart - 

 tnent of Agriculture; W. H. Ttiylor, 

 pomologist in the stiine deptirtnieiit ; <i. 

 W. Smith, of AlbioiO N. V.; .Itimes 

 ^^est. assistant sttite entoimdogist 

 Illinois; T,. A. Goodnitm. president 

 the .\meri<'an Pomologii'til Society. K; 

 stis City. Mo.; Senator .1. 1'. l.ogati. 

 Silo.un Springs, ,\rk.; ( '. .\. , lav it/, 

 f'uelph. Ont. ; (ieorge T. Tip|MM. se.re 

 ttiry of the Missouri llorticiiitiirtil So 

 ciety; Prof. ]{. Hi.ks, ot St. i.oiiis. .\lo.. 

 tind S. Cyrus Miller, iltiydenville, Mas<. 



The meeting was closed with an ad 

 dress by Norman J. Colman. The I'lec 

 tion of oflicers resulted as fidlows: I*r.-< 

 ideiit, II. M. Dunlop, of Savov. 111.; <ec 

 letary, T. C. Wilson, of lltin'niiial. Mo.; 

 vice-|iresideiit. Kx Judge W. h*. Wilkin 

 son. of St. Louis. For the next meetiriL; 

 pitice St. Louis was tigaiii selected. In 

 tlie evening the deleg;it(>s were tlie guests 

 of the directors of the Missouri I'.otaii 



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of 

 of 



all- 

 ot 



of 



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 em 



Garden 

 hotel. 



at :i btiiKjiiet at the Siuth- 



The Shaw Banquet. 



rin> eighteenth annual btiufjuet given 

 by tlie directors of the Missouri Botan- 

 ical (iiinleii, provided for in the will of 

 Henry Shaw, to gtirdeners, florists and 

 iiiirseiymeii, took jdtice at the Southern 

 hotel oil Wednesday night, .\ugust 14, 

 at 7 o'clock. Covers for l.lo were hiid 



were nicely decortited with 

 colors, luiide up in ring 



and the ttibles 

 asters in till 

 shape. 



Prof. Win. Ti-elease. director of the 

 garden, u:is totist mtister tind toasts were 

 responded to by H. M. J)unlop, president 

 of the .\p|)le Crowers' Congress; W. C. 

 Young, president-elect of the St. Lonis 

 Florists' Club; I'tnk Commissioner Phil- 

 ip C. Scanlan, who (Itiims h(> received his 

 first training in the nursery; Walter Ret 

 /.cr. of the St. Louis Seeii Co.; Norman 

 .1. Colman; J'rof. M. p.. Waite, of the 

 Deptirtment of Agriculture; L. A. (iood- 

 m:in, jiresident of the American Pomo- 

 logical Soci.'ty, tind .1. C. Vaiighan. of 

 Chictigo. chtiirnmn of the National Coun- 

 eil of Ib.rticultiire. P.esi.les tlie above 

 ineiinoiieil and the <lelegates of the Ap 

 pie Growers" Congress, the following 

 members of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 uciv present: C;,rl P.ever, F. ,1. Fill 

 more. W. C. Smith. Fniil Sclirtiv. .lolm 



