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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 23, 1908. 



former, are compelled to devote con- 

 siderable of their own time to the club 's' 

 affairs and it was thought no more than 

 right that they receive something in re- 

 turn. 



The committee on badges submitted a 

 design for a pin to be worn at out- 

 ings, etc. This matter was left in the 

 hands of the committee, who were in- 

 structed to order a stipulated number of 

 pins of a design on which they decided. 

 These pins are to be paid for by the 

 individual members. 



The matter of the annual outing was 

 left in the hands of the entertainment 

 committee. The name of Whi. B. Brown 

 was added to this committee. This was a 

 wise move, as Mr. Brown is what might 

 be termed an expert at entertaining. The 

 committee was allowed a goodly sum 

 by the club, to be used for premiums, 

 etc. July 27 is the date set for the 

 outing. 



Treasurer Taepke had been doing some 

 tall hustling all day, thereby greatly 

 reducing the sum of outstanding dues. 

 His report showed that there is still a 

 much larger amount of back dues than 

 should be, and the delinquents are asked 

 to please remit by next meeting. 



Along about ten o'clock refreshments 

 were served and a recess was called. The 

 way the boys got away with those sand- 

 wiches was a caution. 



J. F. Sullivan was mentioned as a can- 

 didate for secretary of the S. A. F. Mr. 

 Sullivan has been the club secretary for 

 over six years, and each and every mem- 

 ber knows that a more capable man to 

 handle the clerical end of our national 

 society would be hard to find. Mr. Sulli- 

 van will have the most hearty support 

 of his fellow club members in Detroit, 

 who highly indorse him as a worjhy can- 

 didate. Once before Mr. Sullivan thought 

 of entering into the race for secretary, 

 but, not wishing to run against a friend, 

 he withdrew. This time his Detroit 

 friends will not let him withdraw. 



George Rackham was reinstated as a 

 full-fledged member of the club, on his 

 own wishes. At the time of going out 

 of the business the club put Mr. Backham 

 on its list as an honorary member, but, 

 as he puts it, he did not want to be 

 only a bump on a log. 



The election of officers takes place on 

 the evening of the next meeting and a 

 large turnout is hoped for. 



Various Notes. 



Alexander Common has purchased the 

 stores at 412 and 414 Grand River ave- 

 nue, this city. He will remove his flo- 

 rists' and fruit business to this new 

 address as soon as he can dispose of the 

 fixtures, etc., at the old place, 1407-9 

 Woodward avenue. 



Harry Rackham has accepted a po- 

 sition with Mr. Valentine at Denver, Colo. 



Harry Smith, formerly of Grosse 

 Pointe, has purchased two and a quarter 

 acres of land opposite the Evergreen 

 cemetery entrance, out on Woodward ave- 

 nue. Mr. Smith intends to erect Several 

 houses on this land at once, and do a 

 general florists' business. The beauti- 

 ful new Woodlawn cemetery is also with- 

 in a few hundred feet of Mr. Smith's 

 new place, as are the • State Fair 

 grounds. So far, Mr. Smith will have 

 this field all to himself and, with proper 

 management, his success is already as- 

 sured. 



The Kenneth Anderson Mfg. Co. has 

 received a large order for pipe and fit- 

 tings for Breitmcyer's Mount Clemens 

 place. This order includes several hun- 

 dred feet of 5-inch pipe, to be used 



as an overhead main in the new section, 

 and also as a pipe for drawing water 

 ■from the river just below their place. 



Forest H. Hitchcock, of the Lohrman 

 Seed Co., has been away on a few weeks' 

 vacation. 



Norman Sullivan is to act as captain 

 of the bowling team that is going after 

 the honors at the convention. 



Philip Breitmeyer left early ' on the 

 evening of the last meeting to catch the 

 boat for Cleveland. 



George Rackham has been engaged on 

 Belle Isle' the better part of the sum- 

 mer. He has charge of a large number 

 of men doing outside work. 



Wni. Dilger left for New York Wednes- 

 day, July 22, on a specially equipped car, 

 to bring back a carload of live fish from 

 the Bermudas for the aquarium at Belle 

 Isle. 



The Michigan Chit Flower Exchange 

 baseball team has ventured on new 

 ground. Sunday morning, July 19, they 

 played one of the strong amateur teams 

 of this city, winning by a score of 16 to 

 10. They are now after a game with 

 our pennant winners. ,; H. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



From reports of some of our lead- 

 ing florists, July business so far has 

 been fairly goyd, but only as far as 

 funeral work is concerned. Outside of 

 this, we would say that it is dull. Stock 

 of all kinds is of poor quality. This is 

 specially true of roses and carnations. 

 In roses, white and pink Cochet are 

 coming in from Canfield's, of Spring- 

 field, and finding a good market, owing 

 to the scarcity of other varieties. Quite 

 a lot of Beauties are coming in, but none 

 of the best quality. First grade carna- 

 tions are scarce. Those that come in are 

 small; white, and good Enchantress are 

 in demand. 



Asters are coming in better, and it is 

 said that by next week they should be 

 plentiful in all colors. Gladioli are in 

 plenty; in fact, there are too many for 

 the demand. All the light colors are 

 selling well. Thi> darker shades are 

 used for window decorations. Tuberose 

 stalks are beginning to come in, and 

 those, too, will soon be in plenty. The 

 bulk of them come from Kirkwood. 



Qub Picnic 



The club picnic took place July 15. 

 This is one of the great events of the 

 year among the florists in and around 

 St. Louis. J. Pluvius tried to butt in 

 and make things disagreeable, but finally 

 behaved. The morning crowd was small, 

 but every car after dinner came loaded 

 down with florists, accompanied by their 

 families. Normandy grove is a beauti- 

 ful place and Messrs. Schoenle, Smith 

 and Beyer did their work well. 



The features of the day were the ball 

 game and the bowling. The ball game 

 drew a large crowd. Umpire Ostertag 

 had a hard time of it. Though a re- 

 tailer, he seemed to favor the wholesalers. 

 Fred Ammann, the other umpire, gave 

 way to A. J. Bentzen. Only five innings 

 were played, the score at the end being 

 9 to 8 in favor of the wholesale team. 

 Pitchers Huetemann and Schriefer did 

 fine work. Each side got five hits and 

 each pitcher struck out ten men. Mis- 

 plays on both sides caused the big scores. 

 Catchers Alves and Weber also did great 

 work. 



The bowling was in charge of Carl 

 Beypr. The alleys and balls were in bad 



condition, causing poor scores to be made. 

 Twenty-five ladies took part in the first 

 event. Mrs; Theo. Miller was first, with 

 128; Mrs. Qarl Beyer second, with 98; 

 Mrs. E. W. Guy third, with 90. Miss 

 McWenne w6n the booby prize, a bottle 

 of catsup. She failed to knock down a 

 pin in a full game. 



Twenty men bowled. First prize was 

 won by Charles Kuehn, his score being 

 195; Theo, Miller second, with 189; Carl 

 Beyer third, with 185. E. W. Guy won 

 the year's subscription to the Review 

 for the grower making the highest score, 

 180. The booby prize went to Frank 

 Vennemann. In the other games the 

 prizes were as follows: 



One litindred yard dash — Aug. Hartinan first. 



One hundred yard dash for boys — Eddie 

 O'Kourke first. 



Ejfg aud spoon race — Miss H. Rlesson first. 



Hop. step and jump — Fred Alves first. 



Fifty yard dash for girls — Miss Martha Win 

 ter first. 



P'lfty yard diisli for Ijoys— C. Bentzen first. 



'i'wo hundred and twenty yard run — Aug. 

 Hartman first. 



Hoys' and girls' pritato race — Ed Fitzgerald 

 and Miss Winter first. 



Tlie tug of war was not [Hilled off and the 

 box of cigars donated by H. Balsley will l)e 

 smoked by the members at the next club 

 meeting. • 



The ])rlze for waltzing was won by Miss Mln- 

 nh" Beyers; her partner was fiddle Gerlach. 



Harry Ostertag assisted the trustees in 

 starting all the events. The rest of the ■ 

 evening the younger folks indulged in 

 dancing, bowling and other amusements, 

 which were in plenty all over the grounds. 

 It was near midnight when all went 

 home, saying that this year's outing was 

 the best ever given by the club. Thus 

 the fifteenth annual picnic passed into 

 history. 



Henry Emunds, E. W. Guy and Adolph 

 Fehr, with their families, represented 

 Belleville. Mrs. Guy took the cake in 

 bowling. 



We missed Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Weber 

 and their daughter, who are traveling in 

 thts west; but Fred C., Jr., and Herman 

 were on hand to represent the family. 



Fred Ammann, as usual, came from 

 Edwardsville to be with his many friends 

 in the trade. 



Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weber and his 

 brother, Frank, known as "the handsome 

 old bachelor," came all the way frorn^ 

 Gardenville and met many old friends. 



Charles Schoenle, Carl Beyer and Will 

 Smith were here, there and everywhere 

 the whole day long. They deserv-e a 

 great deal of credit for the good time 

 we all had. 



Eddie Gerlach was the happiest man 

 on the grounds after winning the prize 

 waltz with Miss Beyers. 



Henry Berning, wife and sister. Miss 

 Berning, had an enjoyable time in the 

 bowling alleys. 



Billy Winter, W. J. Pilcher, Mr. and 

 Mrs. F. W. Ude, Sr., and August Hart 

 man represented Kirkwood. 



The S. A. F. state vice-president, John 

 Steidle, and wife enjoyed the day very 

 much. Mr. Steidle was talking conven- 

 tion and S. A. F. membership to all in- 

 terested. 



Henry Ostertag, with his daughter and 

 a large force of employees, occupied one 

 large table and looked like a happy fam- 

 ily at dinner. 



C. C. Sanders, chairman of the execu- 

 tive committee of the St. Louis Horti- 

 cultural Society, brought out his whole 

 family and said they enjoyed the day 

 very much. 



Charlie Kuehn, .Jr., found a pocketbook 

 containing money on the grounds. The 

 party losing it can have it by calling 

 at Kuehn 's wholesale store. 



Francis Fillmore, aged 90, was on hand 



