January 30, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



67 



TREESIA PURITY 



We are now cutting Freesia Purity in large quantities 



We will have 60, 000 from our own greenhouses 



We have agfain purchased the entire cut of Mr. Rudolph Fischer's Freesia crop, which 

 Mr. Fischer estimates to be about one quarter of a million, including Purity, his magnificent new 

 white, Fischerii, and his exquisite Splendens, lavender, and many other new and rare seedlings in all shades 

 of pink, yellow and lavender. 



We can still furnish Cyclamen plants 



IN ALL SIZES AND COLORS 



We quote from our supply department: 



Violet pins, 3-inch, $1.10 per box, $4.00 per 1000; S'/^-inch, $1.25 per box, $4.50 per 1000: 



Corsage pins, 013, $1.75 per gross. 



CHIFFONS 



4-inch @ 7c yd. 6 - inch @ 9c yd. 8-inch @ n^flc yd. 



GREEN FLORIST THREAD 



Box of 12 spools, $1.85. 



CARNATION MENDERS 



4010 for $1.00 



STONE WIRE 



Per pound, 20c 



RIBBONEZE 



$1.66 per spool of 600 yds. 

 No. 1 GOLD LETTERS 



$5.00 per 1000 

 PLANT SPRINKLERS 



Scollay's, $1.35 each 



FLORISTS' CUT WIRE 



Per box. $2.50 



Write for prices today. 



WALTER ARMACOST & CO. 



22 1 Elast 4th Street w. ci... s.nd.y. Los Angeles, Cal. 



BROWN BOLB RANCH, 



GLADIOLUS 



Our Long Growin; Season Matures Bufbs 



I'fl to 2-inch and up; IH to l^a-inch; 1 to 1^4- 

 inch. All bloomers. 10% discount on $20.00 

 orders. 

 Panama, best large pink, $3.00. $2.25. $1.50. 

 America, $2.00, $1.50. $1.00. Chicafio White, 

 $3.00. $2.f>0, $1.70. Princcpine, $3.00. $2.50. $2.00. 

 King, $2.00, $1.60. $1.20. Lily Lchmann with 

 A. Carey, for florists. $3.fi0, $2.75. $1.75. Mixed, 

 '25 best sorts, $2.00. $1.60, $1.00. Peace, iHi to 3- 

 inch, forcinff. $3.60. Antfusta, 1^-inch and up, 

 $2.00. Pendleton, 1^- inch and up. $4.00; 1-inch 

 and up, $3 00. Halley. IH-inch and ud. $1.80. 

 Glory of Holland, 1^-inch and up. $3.00; 1- 

 inch and up $2.00. Blue Hnlot, iH-inch and 

 up. $1.75; 1-inch and up, $1.40. 



CAPITOLA, 

 CALIF. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ST. LOUIS [NOTES 



[Continued from page 33.] 



Mrs. H. G. Berning wishes to an- 

 nounce through The Kcview that the 

 Lady Florists' Club will meet Febru- 

 ary 4 at the Y. W. C. A. hall and that 

 all lady florists are invited to attend. 



Miss Gussie Malloy, who has been 

 visiting relatives in the east for the last 

 six months, has returned and is back 

 at work at Grimm & Gorly's Washing- 

 ton avenue store. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 

 to Alexander Waldbart, whose son Eich- 

 ard died January 20 at the age of 28 

 years, leaving a wife and two sons. 

 Funeral services were held from the 

 home of his father, on Etzel avenue, 

 •Tanuary 23. 



John Connon, former head of the 

 Connon Floral Co. and now a resident 

 of Twin Falls, Id., paid a visit to friends 

 here last week. 



W. S. Wells, until recently with the 



S. MURATA & CO. 



Oldest and Most Experienced Shippers in Southern California 



380-386 So. Los Angeles St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



WE NEVER MISS 



Mention Th« H«t1«w when yon writa. 



Missouri Botanical Garden, left last 

 week to make his home in northern 

 Wisconsin, taking with him the good 

 wishes of his many friends in the trade. 



The Maryland Florists is the name of 

 a concern which will open its doors 

 February 1 at Boyle and Maryland ave- 

 nues. This is the former location of a 

 prominent west end flower shop. The 

 new establishment will be under the di- 

 rection of Messrs. Schaeffer and Etietz. 



Pierre Schneider, of Webster Groves, 

 and W. J. Edwards, of Kirkwood, are 

 cutting freesias of fine quality. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held at C. A. Kuehn's 

 wholesale house, 1312 Pine street, the 

 afternoon of February 13. The trustees 

 are planning for a carnation exhibition 

 of new and old varieties. 



The Kirkwood violet growers expect 

 large crops for St. Valentine 's day. 

 Bright days and cool nights of late 

 have brought out these flowers and the 

 wholesalers have had to cut the price 

 considerably below the last quotations 

 in order to dispose of the cut. 



Fred Seibel, former park gardener at 

 Jefferson Barracks, has received honor- 

 able discharge from the army and has 

 bought the range of Fred. W. Pope, at 

 3307 Pennsylvania avenue, and is re- 

 stocking the houses. 



Invitations have been issued for the 

 victory banquet at the Planters' hotel 

 February 5 and all arrangements have 

 been completed by the committee in 

 charge. Every florist in St. Louis and 

 vicinity has been invited and a splen- 

 did program will be provided, including 



