Mat 27, 1900. 



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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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21 



WIRE^ 



WE'VE GOT THE GOODS 



You'll get anything you need by first train if 



you call on us. 



n|H/\1WIt Vh CI Enormous Supply 

 Mr Lr Vr 1^1 L^\^ Fine stock 



Good stock, assorted $4.00 to $5.00 



White, pink, A-l stock 6.00 



special fancy stock $8.00 per 100 



Complete Price Llart Pagre 0, Review lor May 80. 



VAIGHAN & 8PERRY 



NOW IN OUR NEW DOUBLE STORE 



54 Wabash Avenue, i.^rl^'-S. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



June, inquiries for commencement and 

 wedding stock already coming in. 



Martin Beukauf, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, has been in town this 

 week. 



Bowling. 



The following scores were made by the 



bowlers May 21: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



J. Knichten 105 119 134 



J. Michelsen 169 139 98 



H. Kruchten 182 194 170 



M. Pink 71 112 85 



E. F. Winterson 155 130 157 



Totals 682 694 644 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



O. Goerlsch 113 121 128 



P. Pastemlck 118 144 191 



W. Graff 107 151 187 



J. Zech 146 176 208 



B. Armstrong 113 121 145 



Totals 597 713 850 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



P. Ayers 133 141 174 



B. Schulz 118 132 130 



J. Craig 117 164 128 



P. Krauss 104 115 134 



A. Zech 187 126 161 



Totals «59 678 728 



Player 1st 2d 3d 



E. Farley 91 113 169 



L. Vanghan... 115 178 169 



V. Herman... 170 184 128 



T Voirel 80 94 98 



W. Wolf'.'. 188 146 181 



Totals Tiii 715 ~715 



Wilmington, N. C— Will Eehder has 

 had exceptional success with sweet peas 

 this spring and made a display of them 

 recently in a downtown store window. 



Gloustee, O. — D. H. Stedman says 

 trade has not been as brisk as usual this 

 season, owing to the mines being shut 

 down, but he looks for a good run of 

 business for Decoration day. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business among the retailers last week 

 was good; that is, funeral work; but in 

 other lines it was not so good. The busy 

 people now are the plantsmen, who have 

 plenty of work. The wholesale market 

 last week had plenty of everything. 

 There are a great many outdoor flowers 

 coming in, which are selling cheaply. 

 Carnations are plentiful, especially white, 

 and have been selling as low as $7.50 per 

 thousand. All stock is of excellent qual- 

 ity. Eoses, too, have been more than 

 the demand can use, and have sold 

 cheaply. Peonies are selling well. Good 

 quality sweet peas are in demand, but the 

 bulk of them are short in stem. 



This week the trade is looking for 

 extra business in both local and shipping 

 for Decoration day. A great many orders 

 have already been placed. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. A. C. Canfield, of Springfield, 111., 

 spent a day with the trade here last 

 week. 



Max Eotter, the North Broadway 

 florist, will leave early next week for the 

 east on a six weeks' vacation trip. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers was showing a taste- 

 ful window display last week, of early 

 gladioli and longiflorum lilies. 



C. "Y^ung & Sons Co. are doing all the 

 bedding around the St. Eegis apart- 

 ments this week. They have finished up 

 Delmar garden, which cost nearly $600. 



The trade was busy Saturday, May 22, 

 with funeral work for the obsequies of 

 Mrs. Julius Walsh, wife of President 

 Walsh, of the Terminal railroad. Mrs. 



Walsh was the leader of St. Louis upper 

 society. Tie west end florists in particu- 

 lar were busy. 



Henry Emunds, of Belleville, was a 

 caller last week, and says he and the 

 rest in the trade will be kept busy with 

 planting out from now on. 



George Waldbart is cutting a lot of 

 fine peonies and other outdoor flowers 

 from his place in Clayton, in St. Louis 

 county. 



"Billy" Smith, who has charge of the 

 Florists' Club's S. A. F. convention af- 

 fairs, announces that the club members 

 will travel in a special car over the Big 

 Four railroad to Cincinnati. Mr. Smith 

 has in print a lot of stickers, to adorn 

 the florists ' mail in the trade, announcing 

 the trip. 



Charles Wors has given up his down- 

 town stand for the summer, and has 

 opened at Delmar garden, where he has 

 a nice trade at night. 



H. M. Schisler, of the Schisler-Corneli 

 Seed Co., will have charge of the local 

 delegation that will attend the twenty- 

 seventh annual convention of the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association, which meets 

 at Niagara Falls, Ont., next month. A 

 good delegation from here is expected. 



Most of the local greenhouse men say 

 that they are almost cleaned out of bed- 

 ding stock. All are reporting big plant 

 sales, and from all reports this will be 

 an exceptionally good plant year. 



Henry Ostertag, of Ostertag Bros., re- 

 ports that they have a number of good 

 wedding orders booked for next month, 

 also some good orders for Decoration 

 day. 



The Henry Shaw medal, valued at $25, 

 will again be oflfered by the trustees of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden at the St, 



