OCTOBEB 10, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review; 



17 



One seedling, formerly called Venus, 

 has been changed to Early Bird, because 

 it is fully three weeks earlier than any 

 other variety. American Giant, which 

 is of a deep wine color, will be dissemi- 

 nated in 1912. American Wonder, simi- 

 lar to the original America in color and 

 form but larger in size, will hold its 

 own almost anywhere. Further, he has 

 some good seedlings of hardy phlox; a 

 dark red, which has been named Mrs. 

 Koerner, being a beauty. Last, but not 

 least, he has added the peony to his 

 stock. 



The American Beauties from the 



''Hojton & Hunkel Co. greenhouses are of 



extra fine quality, hnd if this holds out 



till the fall shows, some first prizes 



should certainly be landed by them. 



E. O. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business among the retailers has not 

 been so good. They say they have some 

 funeral work almost daily, but otl^er 

 kinds of work as yet make but little 

 showing. The west end florists are all 

 making pretty displays of cosmos, chrys- 

 anthemums and dahlias in their win- 

 dows. 



The wholesalers say that, while they 

 have not been able to clean up Uheir 

 consignments, they have disposed of 

 considerable quantities of stock daily. 

 Chrysanthemums are coming in more 

 freely; still, there are not any too many 

 of the first-class grades. Beauties are 

 plentiful in all grades, but the bulk of 

 them are of poor quality and sell at 

 low prices. Carnations are in splendid 

 crop and sell well. There are a great 

 many Killarney, Richmond and Mary- 

 land roses on the market; these, too, 

 sell below the usual average prices at 

 this season. Other flowers, such as lilies, 

 valley, cosmos and dahlias, are most 

 plentiful. Some really cold weather is 

 all that is needed to tone up the mar- 

 ket from now on. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its monthly 

 meeting Thursday afternoon, October 

 12, in its meeting rooms in Odd Fel- 

 lows' hall. The attendance was not 

 large, only twenty members being pres- 

 ent. President-elect Windier, who ar- 

 rived early, was duly installed in office 

 by ex-President Fillmore and then 

 opened the meeting and proceeded like 

 a veteran. 



A letter was read from the San Fran- 

 cisco florists, saying that they were 

 about to organize a club aad would -like 

 to receive a copy of the St. Louis club 's 

 by-laws. The secretary was instructed 

 to send a copy. . r- 



. Chas. ,C. Young, J.. E. Muldoon and. 

 George Madsen were elected as mem- 

 bers of the club. ' 

 ■ It was- decided to have at least two 

 essays read at each of the meetings ia 

 the future and the trustees were ordered* 

 to make arrangements for them, r- 



It was also decided to entertain, with 

 a banquet at one of the leading hotels, 

 all visiting florists who will be in. the 

 city during the week of the flower 

 show, the banquet to take place after 

 the next meeting of the club, Novem- 

 ber 9. ' • 



The chair called Upon David Geddes 

 for an account of the recent Chicago 

 trip. His narrative was quite interest- 

 ing, especially in its refereiices to the 

 funny side of the trip. ' 



The question box brought out quite a 

 big discussion on several important 

 questions, which made things quite in- 

 teresting in the closing hour. 



Before adjournment, President Wind- 

 ier made a forcible tal^, saying, among 

 other things, that he was proud to be 

 president of the club, and that, with the 

 assistance of the members, he would do 

 all in his power to uphold the high 

 standard the club has maintained dur- 

 ing the last twenty-five years. 



Various Notes. 



E. Fancourt, of the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia, and R. Karl- 

 strong, representing W, A. Manda, of 

 South Orange, N. J., called on the trade 

 last week, with good success. 



-Grimm & Gorly are out this week 

 with their large White automobile de- 

 livery car. Mr. Gorly says they have 

 been exceedingly busy of late with 

 large funeral designs and good transient 

 trade. 



The executive committee of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society will meet 

 this .week to make arrangements for 

 the fall flower show, which will be held 

 in the Coliseum building November 7 

 to 11. 



M. F. Widmer, who has places in 

 Highland, 111., and East St. Louis, 111., 

 says that trade has been fairly good so 

 far this season. 



M. M. Ayres is making a fine display 

 of fancy cut chrysanthemums and or- 

 chids. This fiLrm also has a handsome 

 new delivery wagon. 



Wm. Schray & Sons will have a grand 

 lot of cut and pot chrysanthemums this 

 year, which will be ready for the 

 flower show next month. 



Young & Sons Co., the St. Louis Seed 

 Co. and the Schisler-Corneli Seed Co. 

 say that business in bulbs has been 

 good of late and they expect this to 

 be one of their best seasons. 



Peter Bisset, of Washington, D.^ C, 

 was here lasf week in conference with 

 Park Coinmissioner Davis regarding the 

 best trees for planting in parks. 



Max J. Rotter has removed his store 

 from North Broadwsry to Fifteenth and 

 North Market streets, where he has a 

 large store and a good location. He 

 will install a new McGyay refrigerator. 



The Ladies' Home Circle will hold a 

 social meeting on the evening of Octo- 

 ber- 17, which the men are invited to at- 

 tend. Mrs. Theo. Miller has charge of 



, the affair. 



Miss Annie Bova, sister of D. Bova, 

 of the Bed Bud Floral Co., was mar- 

 riied October 15. Quite a 'number- of in- 

 vitations were received by the local 



' ttade. 



On visiting the greenhouse plant of 

 Alfred and Hugo Werner, at Clayton, 

 we found them busy glazing 'a new 



. house, which, they say, will give them, 

 in all, 32,000 feet of glass, under which 

 roses, carnations and 'callas are grown. 

 George Schmidt, their rose grower, has 

 the rose stock in' fine shfepe. Richmond, 



.Killarney and White Killai'ney are 



' grown h«re. The carnations grown are 

 Beacon, Enchantress and White En- 

 chantress. These, too, are in fine con- 

 dition. They are having some trouble 

 with stem-rot. They say they ^ill hard- 

 ly be in crop to make an exhibition at 

 the- fall flowfer show. 



The Alexander Floral Co.,.'wbich is 

 near the Werner establishment, was 

 next visited',' ahd Mr. Wunderli and a 

 force of "men were found busy complet- 



ing a new house. Their large rose house 

 is in splendid shape for a good cut this' 

 winter. Mr. Wunderli says the new 

 house will be used for pot roses only. 

 They will also grow Paper Whites and 

 violets for the market this year and 

 they say that more glass will be added 

 next summer. J. J. B. , 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



We have enjoyed ten days of magp< 

 nificent, clear, falL w^thef^ i^.^iparkftd 

 contrast to what we experienced for 

 six weeks previously. Flowers, as a 

 consequence, are much more abundant 

 and prices have been lowered all 

 around. Chrysanthemums are now seen 

 on every hand and in a few days 'more 

 will, to a large extent, demoralize mar- 

 ket conditions as they do annually. 

 Those arriving now include Pacific Su- 

 preme, Glory of Pacific, Monrovia, Hal- 

 liday, Polly Rose, G. S. Kalb, Early 

 Snow and the ever present Golden Glow. 

 Prices have droppfed and only a few 

 ■extra good flowers now make $2 per 

 dozen. Roses steadily improve In qual- 

 ity and so far are selling well. Arriv- 

 als are heavier than a week ago. Some 

 good Red Killarney is now seen, in ad- 

 dition to the pink and white forms. 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward and Laidy Hillingdon 

 are prime favorites. Among red roses, 

 some excellent Rhea Reid are seen, in 

 addition to Richmond. 



Carnations are arriving in much 

 greater numbers and have slumped in 

 price; $1 to $3 are now outside prices. 

 The quality steadily grows better. 

 Double as well as single violets are now 

 at hand. Rarely have violets been 

 more abundant or of better quality this 

 early in the season. Sweet peas are 

 coming from several growers, averag- 

 ing 50 cents per hundred. Of lilies 

 there is an adequate supply of both 

 longiflorum and speciosum. Lily of the 

 valley continues in oversupply. Some 

 nice antirrhinum comes from several 

 growers. The pink shades are in the 

 best request. Dahlias are nearly done, 

 but cosmos is quite abundant. Tube- 

 roses are in little demand, as is candy- 

 tuft. Asters are still seen, but of poor 

 quality. 



Among choicer cut flowers, gardenias 

 are still scarce and high in price. Quite 

 a few cypripediums are included in or- 

 chid shipments. Cattleya labiata is 

 lower in price, as all growers of this 

 popular fall orchid are now cutting it. - 

 Oncidlums are abundant. The demand 

 for adiantnm and asparagus shows little 

 change and there is not so much activ- 

 ity in the plant trade as growers would 

 like to see. 



Club Meeting. ' 



There was an attendance of 175 at 

 the club meeting October 17, four new 

 members being elected at the session.' 

 Papers on bulbs for" forcing, bedding 

 and naturalizing were read by Messrs. 

 Patterson, Cameron and Duguid and 

 were followed by interesting discus- 

 sions participated in by W* N. Craig,' 

 John and Kenneth Finlayson and others, 

 including E. O. Orpet, who is here from 

 Lake Forest, HI. J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 reported for the committee on Amherst 

 Agricultural College. A large number 

 joined the landscape classes. 



Reports of merit were awarded White 

 Wonder and Gloriosa carnations ex- 

 hibited by S. J. Goddard, who also 



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