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The Florists^ Review 



Jandaey 30, 1919. 



CUT FLOWERS 



WE ALWAYS HAVE THE GOODS IF THEY ARE TO BE HAD 



Green and Brown Ma^fnolias. 



Per Carton, $1.60 



Fancy Ferns 



$4.00 per 1000, subject to change 



Galax Leaves, 



Sphagfnum Moss 



Place your standings orders with me and stop worrying 



H. G. BERNING, 



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



Both hong Distance Phones 



Mention Th« ReTlew Miien you write. 



way to the Baltimore market, but there 

 is nothing approaching a glut and prices 

 hold up well. 



Sweet peas are not so plentiful as 

 the wholesale houses would like to have 

 them. We hear a great deal of com- 

 plaint about the buds dropping, and this 

 is happening to such an extent as to 

 make the supply short. Paper Whites, 

 while far from plentiful, are coming in 

 much better supply each day. The 

 same may be said of freesias, the only 

 bulbous stock to amount to anything 

 that is yet to be seen. There is a fair 

 supply of all miscellaneous stock, but 

 it all goes so quickly that it is a hard 

 matter to get a line on it. 



There is little complaint from anyone 

 regarding prices or the failure to get 

 just what they want; everyone realizes 

 it is a condition and not a theory they 

 are facing this winter, and they are 

 satisfied to do the best they can. One 

 thing is certain; the shortage of stock, 

 with consequent high prices, is making 

 better business men out of a lot of flo- 

 rists. 



Various Notes. 



The other evening I had a long talk 

 with George Black. He is enthusiastic 

 over the next and only cotillion to be 

 held here this winter. Mr. Black has 

 had charge of the decorations for these 

 dances from time out of mind and he 

 says the one to be held on Washington 's 

 birthday is going to be the most elab- 

 orate he has ever done. He is working 

 out some of the features now and when 

 Mr. Black says this is to be the best, it 

 means something, for I have been per- 

 mitted to have a peep at many of them. 

 This might be a good opportunity to 

 throw out a hint to those retailers who 

 are always busy for the cotillion. A 

 lot of stock is going to be used, and 

 this is the only chance they will have 

 this winter and roses are scarce. 



James Hamilton, of Mount Washing- 

 ton, is having a fine cut of roses these 

 days. Last September Mr. Hamilton 

 was in great perplexity. He had been 

 unable to keep help during the summer 

 and the weeds were up to the glass in 

 his rose range, so he decided to let this 

 range go for the winter. His son was 

 released from the army September 15. 

 They were going over the place to- 

 gether when his son said it was a great 

 pity to let this range go, as there was 



WAX FLOWERS 



Large Wax Callas, 



(24 to box) for $1.50 



Small Wax Callas, 



(48 to box) for 2.50 



White Lilac, 



(6 sprays to bunch), per doz. bu. 1.50 



Violets, 



(24 to bunch), per doz. bu 1.50 



Cape Flowers, 



large white waxed (300 to box) 



for $2.50 



Choice Wax Roses, 



per 100 4.00 



Special White Waxed Carnations, 



(200 to box) for 3.00 



Choice Brown Natural Galax Leaves, per 1000, $1.50 



GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER CO., Wholesale Florists 

 1324 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. 



FANCY FERNS — SPECIAL PICKED 



LEAVE AN ORDER WITH US FOR REGULAR SHIPMENTS 



Manufactmrer of 



WIRE DESIGNS 



Write for price ll«t 



C. A. KUEHN, WHOLESALE FLORIST 



M SiisnaUt Cat Flaarart 

 MtHlactairer nrf Diilir ia "Ftoritts' " Bnut fapiMaa 

 1312 Pise Street. ST. LOUIS, MO. 



were about to leave when one of the 

 going to be a great demand for roses 

 this winter. "Well," Mr. Hamilton 

 said, "what is the use of talking, when 

 we cannot even get a fireman!" Here 

 is where youth counts. The young man 

 asked, "Can you get the coal?" He 

 was answered, "Yes." "Then we will 

 fire ourselves," he said. We have not 

 seen Mr. Hamilton at any club meet- 

 ings this winter; his is the early watch. 

 If any of my readers are lonely these 

 long winter evenings and do not mind 

 sitting in the boiler pit, they can jour- 

 ney out to Mount Washington, and I 

 am sure Mr. Hamilton will be glad to 

 have their company. I saw some of the 

 Radiance roses they cut at Christmas 

 and they brought 40 cents each. There 

 are other similar cases. But why talk 

 about them? You cannot keep anyone 

 who was raised in the florists' business 

 down long. They may be "badly bat- 

 tered," but when the gong sounds you 

 will find them "still in the ring." 



William Lehr told recently of a case 

 he had seen on his late visit to Phila- 

 delphia. His party had been out all 

 day and they reached the last place on 

 their list at dusk. It was a large range 

 where some of the best roses in the 

 Quaker City are produced, but it was 

 late and they could find no one. They 



WM. C. SMITH 

 Wholesale Floral Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



131«PINEST. (IMhLD.PIlones) ST. LOUIS 



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party noticed the sound of machinery 

 in one part of the range. They walked 

 back and a blackened individual, in 

 overalls and jumper, came up from the 

 boiler pit. What was their surprise to 

 find it was the proprietor himself 1 He 

 was burning buckwheat coal and was 

 obliged to use a forced draft. Mr. Lehr 

 said it sounded like a heavy freight 

 going up a steep grade. 



Next summer, when "the boys" get 

 together on some of their outings, they 

 will have as many reminiscences to re- 

 late as the boys who have been "over 

 there. ' ' Tate. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The weather last week was more like 

 that of May than January, and the 

 warm, clear days put the wholesale mar- 

 ket in fine condition, and business at all 



