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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 8, 1919. 



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FERNS 



FERNS 



Our New Crop is Ready 



for Shipment 



FANCY AND DAGGER "NCY AND DAGGER 



HUCKLEBERRY FOLIAGE 



NATURAL AND FADELESS SHEET MOSS 



All Orders Filled Promptly. Quality Guaranteed. 



THE RUMBLEY CO., Evergreen, Ala. 



classes of Bussell and Ophelia, while 

 the supply of Killarneys was large, es- 

 pecially in the white variety, and these 

 were hard to clean out, even at ex- 

 tremely low prices. 



, In bulbous stock, tulips were in large 

 supply all the week, but the cut is almost 

 ottr flijr the season. There was a good 

 cil of outdbor valley, which sold well, 

 aj?did Spanish iris. Gladiolus spikes of 

 many varieties are numerous, but the 

 demand is not heavy enough to clean 

 them up in one day. Easter lilies are 

 not in oversupply. Marguerites, which 

 generally sell well, are hard to move 

 this season. 



Extra fine, long smilax was in good 

 supply, as well as asparagus. Fancy 

 flat ferns moved well all the week. 



Storm Causes Much Damage. 



A severe wind and hail storm the night 

 of May 4 did much damage to the fol- 

 lowing greenhouse establishments: W. 

 A. Kowe lost about twenty-five 'per cent 

 at the Kirkwood plant. The large plant 

 on the Denny road suffered no loss. A. 

 8. Cerny lost about twenty-five per cent 

 also. Others who reported losses were 

 W. J. Edwards, F. W. Ude, Jr., W. C. 

 Smith Wholesale Floral Co., G. A. Ahner, 

 Paul Ahner, August Hartmann, George 

 Hartmann, Pierre Schneider, William 

 Winter, Ben Niemeyer and A. F. Kopp. 

 The places mentioned are within a 

 mile of one another and, as the hail- 

 stones were the largest in that region, 

 they suffered the most loss. Others out- 

 side this belt sustained a loss of only a 

 few lights of glass. 



Various Notes. 



The Retail Florists' Association held 

 an interesting meeting April 28, at the 

 Missouri Inn Garden. The attendance 

 was better than usual. President Fred 

 C. Weber, Jr., presided over the meet- 

 ing. A number of important matters 

 that were left over from previous meet- 

 ings were taken up and disposed of. 

 There was a general discussion of pub- 

 licity. The four members who repre- 

 sent the association in the Florists' 

 Board of Trade were instructed to at- 

 tend the next meeting of the board, as 

 important matters pertaining to the re- 

 tailers will be taken up at the board 

 meeting. Refreshments were served. 

 The next meeting of the association will 

 be held May 12. 



The members of the St. Louis County 

 Growers' Association and a number of 

 florists from this city spent a jolly even- 

 iug at the establishment o| W. A. 

 Rowe, Kirkwood, Mo.,' April 30. A 

 band furnished music for dancing and 

 all who attended spent a pleasant even- 

 ing. 



At a recent meeting of the St. Louis 

 Ladies' Florists' Club, the fpllowing 



Ferns! Ferns! Ferns! 



NEW CROP NOW READY 



Fancy, per 1000 $1.75 



Dagger, per 1000 .^ 1.50 



KNUD NIELSEN, Evergreen, Ala. 



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