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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





September 24, 1908. 



M. Rice & Co. They all report good busi- 

 ness. 



John J. Burke has reopened his store 

 at Sixth and Locust streets, and is show- 

 ing a window of fine ferns. A good 

 run of business is reported for the first 

 week. 



James Young, of C. Young & Sons Co., 

 says that they again have the contract 

 to furnish the decorations of the great 

 Veiled Prophet's ball, and that they will 

 be on a more elaborate scale this year 

 than last. A number of decorations for 

 fall openings will keep them busy this 

 week. 



W. C. Smith and Henry Ostertag, two 

 of the Florists' Club's trustees, visited 

 the St. Clair county fair, at Belleville, 

 last week and report that the St. Clair 

 Floral Co, made a creditable plant show, 

 and they were entertained during their 

 stay by A. S. Halstead, who was director 

 of the art department at the fair. 



We hear that City Forester An^ew 

 Meyer, Jr., was badly poisoned''"by ivy 

 last week and is confined to Jlis bed. 



Herbert Heller, of Heller Bros., New 

 Castle, Ind., spent September 21 in the 

 city, looking over the prospects for the 

 coming season. Mr. Heller says their 

 cut of Beauties will be the largest in 

 years. 



Bills for the appropriation of $425,- 

 000 were introduced in the city council 

 for the purchase of ground for three new 

 parks, one in the southern part of the 

 city and the other two in the northern 

 part of the city. The park department 



is confident that the munixsipal assembly 

 will appropriate the -money. It is also 

 possible that $700,000 will be appropri- 

 ated to purchase the old fair grounds, 

 to be used as a public park. Park Com- 

 missioner Scanlan says the city needs 

 this property, as the park facilities are 

 becoming less adequate each year. 



The Riessen Floral Co. reports a busy 

 week in large designs for funerals. At- 

 tractive window displays are seen here 

 every day. 



Ostertag Bros, furnished the decora- 

 tions for the dedication of the new Jew- 

 ish temple. They were highly com- 

 mended. They were showing last week 

 a fine new delivery wagon. While Mr. 

 Ostertag was driving down town some- 

 one played a joke on him by placing a 

 sign on the new outfit, inscribed "For 

 sale cheap." 



A. C. Canficld, of Springfield, 111., and 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., shipped the first white chrysan- 

 themums to this market last week. These 

 two firms are also consigning to this 

 market a fine lot of roses. 



Charles Beyer had a number of large 

 plant decorations for fall openings of 

 downtown department stores. F. W. 

 Bruenig, C. C. Sanders, Alex. Johnsoti 

 and Schray & Son were also busy with 

 this kind of work last week. 



William Winter, of Kirkwood, was 

 congratulated by his many friends in 

 the trade on being elected school direc- 

 tor at Kirkwood. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, and 



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Soup or Clam Broth 



ShMpthead 



Sea Bass 



Honey Comb Tripe 



White Potatoes Sweet Potatoes 



Lobttet Green Coin Hard Crabs 



Spring Chickea 



Hard Clami So(t CUm, 



Rhode Island Sauce Served with each Coursj 



Boston Br- n Bread and Cele^ 



Water Melon Ice Cream 



Colfe Cigars 



Card for Outing; of New York and New Jersey Association of Plant Growers. 



Henry Johann, of CoUinsville, 111., were 

 visitors last week. Both will take active 

 part in the Illinois State Fair, which 

 opens September 25. J. J. B. 



LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 



The State Floral Society is preparing 

 to hold, in November, a show which 

 should receive the hearty support of the 

 trade, because it will be not only the 

 largest flower show of the season in the 

 southwest, but one of the large shows of 

 the year. Paul M. Palez, of W. J. Vestal 

 & Son, is the manager again this year, 

 the same as last, and the assurances of 

 exhibits which he already has received in- 

 dicate that last year's success will be put 

 far in the rear. At a meeting of the so- 

 ciety September 17 C. M. Dickinson, of 

 E. H. Hunt's, Chicago, and C. H. Hune, 

 of the Memphis Floral Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn., were selected as judges. There is 

 a large list of patronesses and the society 

 people of Arkansas will lend their sup- 

 port. The $2,000 offered in prizes should 

 secure keen competition. Among those 

 who already have pledged exhibits are 

 the following: 



Koses, chrysanthemums and carnations — H. 

 W. Buckbee, Rockford, III.; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Chicago Rose Co., ZecU & Mann and Ben- 

 they-Coatsworth Co., all of Chicago. 



For orchids— C. W. McKellar, Chicago; John 

 Breltmeyer's Sons, Detroit, and Carrlllo & Bald- 

 win, Secaucus, N. J. 



For roses and carnations — George Relnberg, 

 Peter Relnberg, Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 

 and George M. Kellogg, Kansas City. 



For roses and chrysanthemums — E. H. Hunt, 

 Chicago; Otto SchwlU, Memphis; Memphis Flo- 

 ral Co., Memphis; Baker Bros., Fort Worth. 



Roses— John Wolf, Savannah, and E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind. 



Carnations — Chicago Carnation Co., Jollet, 111.; 

 Baur & Smith, Indianapolis; Wietor Bros., Chi- 

 cago. 



Violets, carnations and roses — Elmer D. 

 Smith, Adrian, Mich.; Vaughan & Sperry, Chi- 

 cago. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Trade and the temperature are 

 playing see-saw: first they go up, up, 

 up and then they go down, down, down. 

 The temperature last week ranged from 

 the nineties to perilously near the frost 

 line, and it made a great many of the 

 florists urge the help on to house some 

 of the most tender plants. There have 

 been one or two frosts reported from 

 Hagcrstown, but no damage was done. 



Asters are on the wane, the bulk of 

 the stock being of poor quality and 

 much shorter in stem. Valley is in good 

 demand and of fine quality. A few 

 violets are seen on the street, but are of 

 the single varieties. 



Carnations are more plentiful and are 

 extra fine for the season. They would 

 sell more readily if it were not for the 

 quantities of dahlias that are being sold 

 at 10 and 15 cents per dozen. 



Boston and Barrowsii and Elegantis- 

 sima ferns are in steady demand and 

 all good plants find a ready sale, es- 

 pecially in the markets. 



Various Notes. 



Israel Rosnosky, of Henry F. Michel] 

 Co., Philadelphia, has been elected a 

 member of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club. 



The bowling teams of Washington 

 and Baltimore bowled for a cup Septem- 

 ber 22 at the Diamond bowling alleys. 



Walter Gray, of Catonsville, has com- 

 pleted quite an improvement in his 

 place. He had to do a great deal of 

 grading, which required a good deal of 

 blasting, as he found a regular quarry 





