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TheWeekly Florists' Review* 



Juli 16, 1003. 



Our Leading Decorator. 



years been connected with many 

 largest and handsomest decoratioi 

 in this city. Tliis firm had the 

 - eleetrii lights every thi 

 short, thai was needed to beau 

 large hall in addition to the plan 

 How ers v hen a large entertainmei 

 to be given. Hugh Graham, Si 



ing and his entire business 

 at the citj store 104 S. Thirtei nth 

 and at the greenhouses at Loga 



into the hand- ill his son, 

 Graham, Jr. The greenhouses a 

 mous fi i t heit eai na1 ions, i wo |iin 

 lings, Mrs. Van Rensaeller and 



two years quite a large Business 

 veloped in foliage plants at 

 florists. Mr. Graham said a fi « 

 ago thai the florists* business in 1 1 « i — 

 was si ill i" it- infancy and thai he 

 post d to push it « itli all the brains 



energy hi tld command. 



The Flower Market. 

 The Markel has called . n it- stock 

 ers for the second payment of 25 

 cent, or $5 a share on it- capital - 

 payal le on oi I efore Julj 31. At 

 panying this call is a report of the 

 kel s business during the first 

 months of it- work. The languag 

 this report is optimist ic, but the d 

 1 ions at e decidedly pessimistic. In 

 ,,i there being a deficit, as the r 

 states, the figures actuallj show a 

 profit. Tin 1 expenses are given in 

 while the receipts are passed over 

 merelj a word of comment. I he -\I 

 ha- done good work on a verj snail 

 ital. With the extra amount calli 

 there i- ever} reason to believe thi 

 sphere of usefulness will be greatl 

 larged. 



Various Notes. 

 ( :. F. Km n & Bro., al Law ndale, 

 mpleted two new houses, I- 

 . b Thev are planted with 

 Maids and Brides in solid beds. 



n;s'j4 



in. l.a-i - 111,' til lib- ana ut -la-- lli'al IV 



40 per cent. The place i- entirely de- 

 i, -,.- there being about 8,000 

 Brides and Maids, and 1,000 each Kais.- 

 , i in a ml l.a France. 



I \. Dunn & Co. are re. i i\ ing a a I 



assortment of summer flowers, hardy 



phh • . pet a-, candytuft, sweet peas, 



etc. Their new quarters arc being rapidly 

 put into shape. 



rt G I nil. of the firm of limn 

 V I lj-ei r, i- at i Hen < lottage, near .\lt. 

 Pocono, Pa , foi a short • itii n 



William K. Hani- run- over to his 

 n i icean t ity. X. J., for a day 

 or so eaeh week. 



I). Fuerstenberg, president of the Flor- 

 al Exchange, has crossed the Ulantic 

 with his nephew foi a holidaj in I pe 



Samuel .). Bunting has de idi d to leave 

 i .ie ranks oi t he arowei - ami entet the 

 brick making industry. Hi lias made a 

 specialty of Easter plants foi several 



Bowline. 

 The -Kill series of games, for places 

 mi the team at Milwaukee was rolled at 

 the Tuxedo alleys last week. The fea- 

 ture of the evening was President Hani-' 

 score of 203 in the third game. The 



being in tine condition. Five of the play- 



the 



at 



The eimililiiiii ut the market during 

 the | ,ii -t weak ha- been anything hut 



favorable. There was a scarcity of g I 



stock in most line-, hut thi- was not felt 

 verv much, as there was little business 

 going on with the exception of funeral 

 work, which seems plentiful. We are 

 l . . i - i I \ in need of rain and the rosi - show 

 the effects of the hot weather. The 

 Brides are small and the Maid- are off 

 color. Kai-crin- arc in. .re used at pres- 

 ent. Some good M.t - are in the mar- 

 ket. Beauties are verj soft and g I 



qualitj are very hard to get around here. 

 There' are plenty of carnations for the 

 demand and the -tick i- of good quality. 

 Flora Hill. Crocker and Dorotln are 

 among the best. Sweet peas have shoi I 



ened Up - e and are lint SO gO "1 ill 



qualitj a- they have been. Thej have 



\.n -ln.it -inn- and aie -..1.1 cheap. 

 Gladioli and asters are becoming more 



Club Meeting. 

 The Florists' Club held i 



Bill 



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place in Kirkwo ..I. The mi eting was 

 largi K an. aide. 1. thirty being present 

 Before the meeting opened the members 

 inspected the large and well kept place 

 of Mi. Winter, who grows exclusive!! 

 carnations in solid I eds 1 1 1- large field 

 ,i -.mi,. :,ii. nun ..I nai ions i- looking tine. 

 Tli.. meeting opened at :i o'clock with 

 President Dunford in the chair and all 

 the officers present except Vice President 

 Windier and Trustee Ellis. The trans- 

 portation committee reported that noth- 



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tinn July 2'.', at 1'rei-ter's Park, and 



that invitations had been sent to all in 

 the trade, state Vice-President Juengel 

 reported that he had his yearly rc- 

 poi I t.. t he S. A. F. ready. 



The nomination of officers then took 

 place. Fur president, .1. .1. Beneke was 

 tin- only nominee; fur vice-president, 

 Win. Winter and Max Herzog; for treas- 

 urer, otto <;. Koenig; foi secretary, ii" 

 ..Id reliable Emil Sehrai ; fur trustees. 

 .1. W. Dunford, of ( layton; -1. F. Am- 

 maun. F.dwai d-\ ill. : Mr. Bentzen, St. 

 Louis; Edward Gui and A. s. Halstedt, 

 of Belleville, and W. J. Pilcher, of Kirk- 



w 1. Application for membership was 



made by George 1'. Frow, -mi of Richard 

 Frew ; F. W. Fde. dr.. 11. G. Ude and 

 Arthur Farber. of Kirkwood, and Joseph 

 llaii-er. of Webster Groves, Mo. 



• I. J. Beneke read an essay mi "The 

 Future Florist," which he ended in 

 rhyme, paying especial compliment to 

 hi- old friend of thirty year- standing, 

 F. J. Fillmore. 



For the good of the club A. Jablonsky 

 invited the members to hold their next 



1 with thank-. SO at the former 

 the election w ill take place and at 

 liter the installation. A great lime 



iceted at loth place*. 



■ question "Advantages of Planting 

 itions Early" brought out a lively 



-united di-u-ion. John Steidle 



did Messrs. Fde. 



F. W. tiny took 

 ,1 -aid that from 

 . I ha I early flow- 

 inks that ii vveak- 



auees more or i 

 Year- ago, he 

 ,,f planting ci 



planting than from early planti 

 peciallj around St . Louis. The In 

 growing late and the meeting adj 

 after which we -at down to an 

 lunch, at w hich refreshments of a 

 were served I \ Mrs. W inter and : 



(de-. W. 



had,- our Kirkwood brother - I h.\ with 



three cheers foi "Billy" Wintei and his 

 family, and started t u home, unanimous- 

 h agreeing that the duly meeting will 

 long l... remembered b\ all of us. 

 Notes. 



Joseph Heinl. of Jacksonville, 111., was 

 a visitor last week. Mr. Heinl arrived 

 I,, i,i, :., attend the club meeting at 

 Ixil l,n ....I 



.1. F. Anuiiann. of Edwardsville. IF.. 

 E. W. Guy, A. S. Halstedt and \. G. 



I ,l,i .a Bellei ill. can ver last week 



to attend the club. 



II. nn Blixen, foreman for .1. F. Am- 

 maun, ai Edwardsville, and Mi- Emma 

 Hartung were married last week. I he 



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line. 



