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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 20. 1916. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Last week the wholesale cut flower 

 market was glutted with all kinds of 

 *5ut flowers and the demand was light. 

 The calls for stock each morning did 

 uot make any impression on the large 

 consignments that came in daily. These 

 conditions, of course, forced the prices 

 down to the lowest of the season. The 

 stock coming in was of the highest 

 quality, especially of roses, and as the 

 demand for these was light many went 

 to waste. Onljjr the choicest stock 

 brought anything like a price, while 

 the lower grades went for a song. Many 

 short Beauties are being shipped in, 

 but the market condition leaves many 

 unsold. The same is true of carnations; 

 $7.50 per thousand was considered a 

 good price Saturday, April 15. The 

 outlook is for a big crop of roses and 

 carnations for Easter, as well as of 

 other flowers, such as jonquils, daffo- 

 dils, snapdragons, tulips, Dutch hya- 

 cinths and lilies. Sweet peas will be 

 in overabundance. Extra good valley 

 is somewhat scarce. The wholesalers 

 eay that prices will be lower than for 

 any previous Easter. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 held April 13 in the Odd Fellows' hall, 

 was fairly well attended, thirty-five 

 members being present. The proceed- 

 ings were interesting from beginning 

 to end. President Bourdet was in the 

 chair and all the officers were present. 

 All the committees made reports, that 

 of the spring flower show being espe- 

 cially interesting to the members, as 

 all have united in making the coming 

 show the best and largest the club ever 

 held. The committee on the application 

 of J. H. Heitman reported favorably 

 and his election followed. The follow; 

 ing made application for membership: 

 Oscar Ruff, a retailer; Alex Lorie, of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden; Chas. 

 E. Mandeville, .pot manufacturer; 

 George Schmidt, a Kirkwood grower; 

 Martin Lechner, bulb dealer. Several 

 communications were filed for future 

 reference. David Geddis was called 

 upon for a report on the National 

 Flower Show held recently at Phila- 

 delphia, and gave an interesting ac- 

 count of what he saw. President Bour- 

 det also told the members the fine 

 points about the show and spoke of all 

 the side trips on the way home. A. 

 Vandereen, who had just returned from 

 a visit to Holland, was called upon 

 and gave the members a short talk on 

 Holland and some facts from the war 

 zone. A vote of thanks was extended 

 to the speakers. 



On motion it was decided to appoint 

 a committee of three to ascertain the 

 Amount of glass in St. Louis and vicinity. 

 Tie committee consists of F. Windier, 

 W, C. Smith and W. J. Pilcher. The 

 report is to be ready by next meeting. 

 The question box brought out some 

 good discussions, especially on Easter 

 lilies. This being of great importance 

 at that time, the retailers, growers and 

 wholesalers all took part. The next 

 meeting of the club will take place 

 May 11. 



Various Notes. 



"W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, has 

 started cutting on that big crop of 

 Russell roses. This cut is about the 

 finest in quality ever seen of this A^a- 



riety in this market. At the W. C. 

 Smith Wholesale Floral Co., where this 

 cut is handled, they say it brings top 

 prices. 



Prof. Whitten, of the State Univer- 

 sity, at Columbia, in a report says that 

 the recent light frosts did not hurt 

 the fruit aiiy, particularly in the 

 southern part of the state. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber, Sr., 

 returned home much refreshed April 

 15 from a 10-day stay at French Lick 

 Springs, Ind., and Mr. Weber is ready 

 for a big Easter rush. 



Ostertag Bros, are the local repre- 

 sentatives of the Ideal vacuum flower 

 box, manufactured by the Ideal Light- 

 ing Co., Davenport, la. Mr. Ostertag 

 had these boxes displayed at the house- 

 hold show in the Coliseum last week 

 and took many orders. 



William Smith and E. A. Kelly tobk 

 a day off* April 9 for a fishing trip on 

 the east side and came back with a 

 great string of fine fish. Mr. Smith 

 says the strange part of it was that 

 on the way home nobody stopped them 

 and asked where they had caught them. 



There will be a spring flower show 

 at Columbia, Mo., May 5, and Presi- 

 dent Bourdet, of the Florists' Club, 

 says he has been asked to induce the 

 local florists to make exhibits. He 

 lined up quite a few at last week 's club 

 meeting. 



The Koenig Floral Co. made an at- 

 tractive display at the household show 



at the Coliseum last week, showing 

 badly kept yards on one side and yards 

 as they should be kept on the other. 

 Ostertag Bros, had a display of rustic 

 work and plants for front and back 

 yards. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, was 

 over last week and said that business 

 kept him from the National Flower 

 Show. Mr. Ammann reports that this 

 is his twenty-fifth year consigning his 

 output to the wholesale market of C. A. 

 Kuehn. 



Edward Sedivec has taken a partner. 

 The style of the firm will be Sedivec 

 & Ochs. Mr. Ochs is a graduate of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, having com- 

 pleted a 4-year course. The firm will 

 do a general florist and landscape busi- 

 ness at 2714 Cherokee street. 



Grimm & Gorly had an attractive 

 opening of their enlarged store last 

 week. Flowers were given away to all 

 visitors and great crowds were in this 

 way attracted all day. 



Hugo Werner, of Werner Bros., says 

 while most of the growers could not 

 keep back their lily crop and have been 

 cutting heavily, all their plants will 

 not be ready, as expected, for Easter, 

 to their great disappointment. 



Great preparations are being made 

 by the leading west end florists for 

 Easter. Their show houses are filled 

 with everything in season in blooming 

 plants, lilies, of course, being the lead- 

 ing plant. J. J. B. 



Her Name Was Ampelop Sis! 



"iTy, why don't you cling to me?" 



He cried in whispers thick. 

 "Oh, Archibald. I will," she cried, 



"I think that you're a brick." 



—The ColleKe Widow. 



Commercial Candor. 



A New York firm of "flower brok- 

 ers" whose card says "office hours 12 

 to 1," has this line on the pasteboard: 

 * * Don 't go elsewhere to be cheated, 

 come here." 



An Accomplished Florist. 



Retailer to porter — Look here, Sam, 

 I can write my name in the dust on 

 this showcase. 



Sam — Yes, sir, there's nothing like 

 eddication, is there, sir? 



Not So Bad. 



Rudolph — "Did that Irishman have 

 any luck with his garden last year!" 



Wilhelm — "In a way! He got sun- 

 stroke and collected $200 from a health 

 insurance company!" — Chicago Daily 

 News. 



Yes, Ain't It? 



First Young Lady (pointing to bunch 

 of imitation rosebuds adorning lapel of 

 second Y. L.): "That's a beautiful 

 corsage you have there." 



The Other One (after looking in her 



lap and several other places, and finally 



locating boutonniere) : "Oh, you mean 



my buttonhole. Yes, ain't it pretty!" 



— B. L. T. in Chicago Tribune. 



Saving Seeds By Chloroform. . 



Florist: I see that plants are forced 

 by a Danish scientist by administering 

 chloroform, his theory being that brief 

 periods of rest are followed by quicker 

 growth. 



Farmer: Seeds might be helped 

 along, too, if hens were given chloro- 

 form. — Clipping. 



He Had a Good Income. 



"So you want to marry my daugh- 

 ter, ehf" snorted the old man. "Do 

 you consider yourself financially able 

 to do 80 f" 



"Well," replied the suitor, "after a 

 fellow has bought flowers for a girl for 

 a year and still is not broke, I think he 

 can afford to get married." — Chicago 

 Daily News. 



He Wasn't the Colored Kind. . 



A Washington woman who has 

 enjoyed thirty-five years of more than 

 usual connubial bliss has in her em- 

 ploy an amusing old colored cook. 



One day, when a box of especially 

 beautiful flowers was left for the mis- 

 tress, the cook happened to be present. 

 She said: "Yo' husband send you 

 all them pretty flowers you gits, 

 Missy!" 



"Certainly, my husband," was the 

 response. 



"Glory be!" exclaimed the cook, 

 "he suttenly am holdin' out well, 

 ain't he!" — Clipping. 



