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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBEB 14, 1918. 



CUT FLOWERS 



WE ALWAYS HAVE THE GOODS 

 IF THEY ARE TO BE HAD 



Green and Brown Magrnolias 



Per Carton, $1.60 



Fancy Ferns 



$4,00 per 1000, subject to change 



Galax Leaves, Spha^rnun 

 Moss, Leucothoe Sprays. 



Local Selling Agent for the NEW ROSE PREMIER 



Place your standing: orders with me and stop worrying 



H. G. BERNING, 



1402-4 PINE STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Both Long: Distance Phones 



Patten, at the Flick home in this city 

 for a few days. Miss Patten volun- 

 teered her services to the Red Cross 

 some time ago and is expecting a call 

 for service at any time. She reports a 

 big peace celebration in Toledo Novem- 

 ber 8. 



Mr. Worthington, representative of 

 the Peters & Reed Pottery Co., South 

 Zanesville, O., was a recent trade visitor 

 to this city. R- F. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



All last week the market was in splen- 

 did condition. There was plenty of 

 stock and the demand was large. The 

 quality of the flowers coming in is ex- 

 cellent and all the fancy stock ia quick- 

 ly disposed of at good prices. Shipping 

 business also has been large with all 

 the wholesale houses. Chrysanthemums 

 in all varieties have the call and are of 

 excellent quality. The leading varie- 

 ties in the market are Major Bonnaffon, 

 Eaton, Colonel Appleton, Golden Wed- 

 ding, Dr. Enguehard, Charles Rager, 

 Chrysolora and Seidewitz. All of them 

 sell well. Carnations are showing im- 

 provement in quality, but the consign- 

 ments received are not heavy. Fancy 

 stock is up to $6 per hundred, while the 

 common flowers bring $4 per hundred. 

 These prices are unusual at this time 

 of the year. Roses are of exceptionally 

 good quality and meet a good demand. 

 The leaders are Columbia, Russell and 

 the Ophelias. There are plenty of them. 

 Violets are better each week in color 

 and stems and they clean up at fairly 

 good prices. Local growers say the 

 supply will not be heavy this season. 

 Extra good valley is selling well at $6 

 per hundred. While Easter lilies and 

 orchids are scarce, there is an extra 

 good demand for them. All greens 

 cleaned up last week. The demand for 

 smilax, asparagus and gal ax was heavy 

 and the supply is large. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meetings of the St. Louis 

 County Growers' Association and the 

 Lady Florists' Club were not held last 

 week, because of the ban on such gath- 

 erings on account of the influenza epi- 

 demic. Unless the restriction is lifted 

 there will be no meeting of the Flo- 



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Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



FANCY FERNS — SPECIAL PICKED 



LEAVE AN ORDER WITH US FOR REGULAR SHIPMBNTS 



Manaf actarcr of 



WIRE DESIGNS 



Writ* for price Ust 



C. A. KUEHN, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



M ItisMahla Cat FItwtri 

 MiMrfaetmriadOtilflr ia "Flariata' " Braad SaapNaa 



1312 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon writ«. 



BE PATRIOTIC— Show your colors when you 

 **Say It with Flowers** 



In Time of War, Prepare for Peace. 



We have ti^e largest stock of Tricolor Ribbon in America. Order your reauirements 

 now, while prices are low. 



COHEN & HILLER 874 Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



"Quality as Hixh as the Alps." 



Menflbn The Kerlew when you write. 



Club November 14. For four 

 commencing November 9, the 



rists' 



days, o 



health authorities ordered all stores not 

 essential to close. 



The florists' publicity committee held 

 a meeting November 5 and, while there 

 was not a large attendance of the mem- 

 bers, considerable advertising was 

 placed in the daily newspapers for 

 Thanksgiving. A large advertisement 

 featuring the S. A. F. slogan, "Say It 

 with Flowers," and the chrysanthemum 

 will be inserted in the newspapers to 

 stimulate Thanksgiving sales. No names 

 are signed to the advertisement, which 

 urges the readers to "see your nearest 

 florist." The advertisement is attrac- 

 tive and will undoubtedly create consid- 

 erable business for the holiday. 



Luther Armstrong, of Kirkwood, cele- 

 brated his eighty-first birthday October 

 28. Mr. Armstrong, who was the first 

 secretary of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 when it was organized thirty-two years 

 ago, is in excellent health. He received 

 many congratulations from his friends 

 in the trade. 



Mrs. Julius Koenig, widow of the late 

 Julius Koenig, a charter member of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club, and the mother 

 of Otto G. and John L. Koenig, of the 

 Koenig Floral Co., and Julius Koenig, 

 city forester, died at her home here, 

 November 4, at the age of 73 years. 

 The funeral services were held Novem- 

 ber 6 and were attended by many mem- 

 bers of the trade. The floral offerings 

 were numerous and elaborate. The 



