April 18, 1916. 



The Rorists^ Review 



57 



Thursday, April 6. was the opening 

 day of the Elks' flower and fashion 

 show at the Broadway Auditorium. 

 Some excellent carnations and roses 

 were on display. Galley Bros, had a 

 natural wood scene. At the W. J. 

 Palmer & Son display there was a dec- 

 orated framework, with pictures shown 

 on a slide. The Lenox Flower Shop 

 displayed a good table decoration in 

 pink and yellow. A. E. 



FOUB OENEBATIONS OF FLORISTS. 



It is not every boy who can boast the 

 backing of three living generations of 

 forefathers, but 5-year-old Lawrence 

 Story Washburn is an exception. In the 

 accompanying illustration he is seen, 

 not with the shades of his ancestors, but 

 with their corporeal selves. From left 

 to right they are: E. B. Washburn, 

 father; O. P. Bassett, great-grandfather; 

 C. L. Washburn, grandfather. 



The picture was taken in Griffith 

 park, Los Angeles, Cal., where the fam- 

 ily was celebrating the eighty-first 

 birthday of O. P. Bassett, March 31. 

 Mr. Bassett, who was the founder of 

 the wholesale florists' establishment of 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, is as hale 

 and hearty as ever and enjoys life to 

 the utmost. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower market did 

 not improve any over that of the pre- 

 vious week. Quite a brisk business was 

 done during the first part of the week, 

 but there was a notable falling off in 

 trade Friday and Saturday. The abun- 

 dance of stock coming in daily is of 

 prime quality. Prices have been low in 

 all but the fancy grades, which seem 

 to hold up well in spite of the big glut 

 that prevailed all week. Easter lilies 

 have been somewhat scarce. In fact, 

 the supply of all bulbous stock has de- 

 creased considerably of late. Roses 

 were plentiful all week and good stock 

 could be had at $10 per thousand. Car- 

 nations, too, were sold at a low price. 

 Sweet peas were plentiful and extra 

 fancy sorts brought 50 cents per hun- 

 dred, while in other grades 25 cents per 

 hundred was asked. Violets are becom- 

 ing scarce. Tulips, Dutch hyacinths 

 and fancy snapdragons sell well. 

 Greens, excepting good long smilax, are 

 plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Benjamin U. Dugger, who has charge 

 of the graduate laboratory at the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, is an authority 

 on plant diseases. Diseased plants sent 

 to him will be given prompt attention. 



Jules Bourdet, F, H. Weber and 

 David Geddis stopped off at Pittsburgh 

 on their way home from Philadelphia. 

 They were taken in hand by the florists 

 for an auto trip. Hitting the high 

 spots was much enjoyed by them. 



All of the local nurserymen have 

 started digging trees and shrubs. The 

 recent rains helped a great deal to take 

 the frost out of the ground. Advance 

 orders will keep them busy until late 

 in spring. 



The fine pink snapdragons noted in 

 the local market came from John 

 Steidle, of Olivette, Mo. His rose and 

 carnation cuts also are noted for their 

 fine qualily. 



A. H. Burkemper, representative of 



Four Generattoos of the Bassett- Washburn Family of Florists. 



the Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, 

 O., with offices at 112 Ferry street, has 

 returned from a southern trip, which 

 he says was a highly successful one. 



George Waldbart takes his daily 

 automobile trips to his country place in 

 Clayton. He takes great pleasure in 

 looking over his big field of spring 

 stock and fancy chickens. 



Local florists were well pleased with 

 the election of W. A. Rowe to the of- 

 fice of alderman of Kirkwood. Mr. 

 Rowe was installed in office April 6. 

 He is a 2-year-term' trustee of the 

 Florists' Club. 



The mayor's Arbor day committee 

 celebrated Arbor day, April 7, in con- 

 junction with the North St. Louis Busi- 

 ness Men's Association. They planted 

 a number of trees at Chain of Rocks 

 park under the guidance of Phil Giebel, 

 the keeper of the park. 



At Windier 's Wholesale Flower Mar- 

 ket large consignments of extra quality 

 carnations, sweet peas, roses and 

 orchids were noted. Frank Windier 

 says trade has been good the last few 

 weeks, but not large enough to consume 

 the daily consignments. 



It is a pleasure to visit the estab- 

 lishment of Charles Beyer, to talk over 

 old times with Carl and Robert and 

 look over the well kept place. The big 

 show house on Grand ,avenue is at- 

 tractively filled with all seasonable 

 blooming plants. 



Frank J. Fillmore will have a fine lot 

 of Easter lilies as usual this year. He 

 does not grow as many as some of the 

 large growers, but his stock will be fine 

 and just right for the late Easter. He 

 reports an excellent trade. 



William Ossiek, of the W. C. Smith 

 Wholesale Floral Co., says the big glut 

 of stock was handled well and was 

 cleaned up in good shape, having sold 



a big lot of carnations and sweet peas 

 at fairly good prices in thousand lots. 



J. J. Windier and W. C. Smith took 

 in the big dog show at the Armory hall 

 last week. Mr. Smith did not enter his 

 English bulldog "Billy," but from 

 what he saw he remarked that he 

 wished he had. 



The monthly conference of the of- 

 ficers of the Florists' Club was held at 

 the offices of the W. C. Windier Whole- 

 sale. Floral Co., 1310 Pine street, April 

 6. A program of interesting talks for 

 this week's club meeting was made. 



There were quite a number of subur- 

 ban visitors to the wholesale market 

 last week. Among them I noticed W. 

 J. Pilcher, W. A. Rowe, Hugo Werner, 

 •Tohn Connon, Chas. Meyer, Edwin 

 Denker, Gus. Vennemann, H. Gross, 

 George Hartmann, Albert and Arnold 

 Scheidegger, A. S. Cerny, Joseph ' 

 Hauser, Joseph Deutschmann, William 

 Edwards, P. Schneider, F. W. Ude, Jr., 

 L. Armstrong, John Steinecke and 

 Philip J. Goebel, Jr. 



The County Growers ' Association held 

 its regular monthly meeting April 5, at 

 the Eleven Mile House. President Fred 

 W. Ude, Jr., who has been wintering in 

 Florida, reached here in time to preside 

 over the meeting. The nomination of 

 officers took place and the following 

 were the nominees: W. J. Edwards and 

 Chas. Meyer, for president; Wm. Win- 

 ter and Rudolph Gross, for vice-presi- 

 dent; Joseph Deutschmann, secretary; 

 Hugo Gross, treasurer. The election of 

 officers will take place at the May 

 meeting. J. J. B. 



Bluefleld, W. Va.— The Alexander Cut 

 Flower & Plant Co. has been incorpo- 

 rated by W. C. and M. B. Alexander, 

 B. E. Goodrich, W. F. Soule and H. M. 

 Tanner. The capital stock is $25,000. 



