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The Florists' Review 



JuNB 17, 1920. 



derived by the trade in the larger move- 

 ment of stock in the regular channels 

 at prices more nearly satisfactory than 

 would be obtained from outsiders. 



ST. Loxns, MO. 



The Market. 



Conditions in the wholesale markets 

 last week were excellent in both de- 

 mand and supply, since this was one of 

 the busy weeks with the retailer, with 

 school commencements, weddings and, 

 in some cases, an unusual amount of 

 funeral work, which caused market 

 clearings almost daily at prices even 

 higher than the regular quotations. 

 This is especially true of shipping stock. 



The call for white roses was exceed- 

 ingly large, with a good demand for 

 other varieties, the preference generally 

 being given to Premier, with Eussell 

 nex1>. Some of the shipments from out 

 of town arrived in poor condition, ow- 

 ing to the warm weather, and local 

 stock had a decided preference. 



Carnations were in fine demand, but 

 with small blooms and quality not of 

 the best. 



Owing to the many weddings, valley 

 had a big call, with the supply equal. 

 Splendid lots of Easter lilies were no- 

 ticed last week, also candidum and 

 callas. 



Gladiolus spikes are in big demand, 

 with the new varieties most in demand. 

 The local season for peonies is over, but 

 a splendid lot of shipped-in stock came 

 into this market last week. Sweet peas 

 are declining in quality and few 

 fancies are now in. The demand for 

 good orchids is strong, but the supply 

 is small. 



A great deal of outdoor stock of fine 

 quality is in. This is having a splendid 

 demand for window decorations and 

 basket work; among the best sellers are 

 delphiniums, irises, yellow daisies and 

 cornflowers. 



New flat ferns arc arriving and are 

 quite welcome. AH other greens clean 

 up daily. 



Club Meeting. 



The thirty-fourth anniversary meet- 

 ing of the St. Louis Florists' Club oc- 

 curred June 10 at the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden. The meeting was held on 

 the lawn in front of the old home of 

 Henry Shaw, founder of the garden and 

 one of the founders of the Florists' 

 Club. 



A busy week with the retailers and 

 ^ the hot weather kept the attendance be- 

 low expectations, as only forty mem- 

 bers were present when President Hum- 

 mert called the meeting to order. After 

 the usual opening proceedings were dis- 

 posed of, the chair called upon all the 

 committees for reports. 



The trustees reported through their 

 chairman, Oscar EufF, that the annual 

 picnic of the florists would be held at 

 Normandy grove July 22 and that all 

 arrangements had been made for this 

 event. The publicity committee, through 

 its chairman, L. J. Bourdet, presented 

 its yearly statement and the report of 

 the auditing committee. This report was 

 favorably commented upon by the 

 members and the activities of this com- 

 mittee last year and the plans upon 

 which it is working brought out a big 

 di.scussion; those who were not con- 

 tributing to the publicity fund on the 

 t>asis of one per cent from retailers and 

 half of one per cent from growers were 



fully enlightened by talks from J. F. 

 Ammann, L. J. Bourdet, W. J. Pilcher, 

 F. A, Windier and C. E. De Wever. At 

 the close of the discussion a motion was 

 made and carried that the committee be 

 given a rising vote of thanks for its 

 work in behalf of publicity. 



The committee which has charge of 

 the club's thirty-fourth anniversary 

 banquet reported that all arrangements 

 had been made for this event and that 

 invitations had been mailed to all the 

 florists in the city and vicinity. 



Vice-president Eowe, of the Missouri 

 State Florists' Association, reported 

 that the meeting of Missouri growers at 

 Pleasant Hill, Mo., next month should 

 be of great benefit to the association; he 

 is expecting a large attendance from 

 this city. 



Several communications were read, 

 including one from H. J. Seel, of Mil- 

 waukee, accepting the invitation to be 

 the principal speaker at the anniver- 

 sary banquet, and another from two of 

 the club's members, Alexander Lurie 

 and W. S. Wells, now of Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., congratulating the club on its 

 thirty-fourth anniversary meeting and 

 wishing it future prosperity. 



Flowers were ordered sent to two sick 

 members, Luther Armstrong and Ed- 

 ward Buechel. It was also moved that 

 the president and secretary constitute a 



committee to call on any sick member 

 and that it should be the duty of everj 

 member to notify them of any sickness 

 among the members. 



It was also decided that the publicity 

 committee should arrange for a ' ' Say It 

 with Flowers" night at the municipal 

 opera in Forest park and that every 

 lady present that night be presented 

 with a flower. 



A rising vote of thanks was extended 

 to the management of the garden, also 

 to L. P. Jensen and G. H. Pring, who 

 arranged for this meeting, for the en- 

 joyable afternoon.. 



The treasurer's report showed a good 

 balance in the treasury. The question 

 box brought out some interesting dis- 

 cussion. 



J. F. Ammann invited the club to hold 

 its July meeting at his establishment in 

 Edwardsville, 111. ; his invitation was ac- 

 cepted with thanks. The meeting then 

 adjourned. The next regular meeting 

 will take place July 8. 



New Publicity Committee. 



The new publicity committee held its 

 first meeting June 8 at its meeting room 

 at 1316 Pine street. 



There were present at this meeting 

 L. J. Bourdet, A. H. Hummert, W. J. 

 Pilcher, W. A. Eowe, D. S. Geddis, Nat 

 Kingsley, Frank A. Windier, F. X. 



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GOOD WORK 



NATIONAL PUBLICITY FREE FOR FLORISTS. 



No, we don't mean the S, A. F. publicity that's free to the florists who don't 

 contribute to the national fund — some florists pay for that and Secretary Young 

 is getting after the ones who don't. The caption refers to that continuous and 

 generous publicity given to florists by the feature writers in the daily newspapers. 

 An especially good piece of advertising for our profession appeared in the column 

 called, "Ye Towne Gossip," by K. C. B., which is syndicated throughout the 

 country. Maybe you saw it. If not, here it is: 



THERE ARE some fellows. 



WHO NEVER forget. 



TO TAKE a box of candy. 



OR A bouquet of flowers. 



WHENEVER IT happens. 



THEY'RE INVITED to dinner. 



BUT SOMEHOW or other. 



IT SELDOM occurs. 



THAT I ever do it. 



AND THE other day. 



I WAS going out. 



TO THE home of a friend. 



AND I met the host. 



AT HIS downtown office. 



AND WE started home. 



AND ON the way. 



HE WENT into a florist'.''. 



AND SPENT $3. 



FOR A bouquet of flower?. 



TO TAKE to his wife. 



AND THEN went on. 



AND HE lives uptown. 



IN A big apartment. 



AND WE went upstairs. 



AND AT his door. 



I TOOK the flowers. 



WHILE HE got his key. 



AND OPENED the door. 



AND HIS wife was there. 



AND WAS glad to see us. 



OR SAID she was. 



AND SHE saw the flower.". 



AND REACHED out for them. 



AND I gave them to her. 



AND WAS just going to tell her. 



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THAT HER husband bought them. 



WHEN SHE started to thank me. 



AND OVER her shoulder. 



I COULD see her husband. 



PUT HIS finger to his lips. 



AND I didn't say anything. 



AND AT dinner time. 



SHE SPOKE of the flowers. 



AND HOW lovely they were. 



AND HOW kind I was. 



TO BRING them to her. 



AND SOMEONE said something. 



ABOUT THOUGHTFUL men. 



WHO ALWAYS remembered. 



THE LITTLE things. 



THAT AFTER all. 



BROUGHT THE greatest joy. 



AND THEY pointed to me. 



AS A good example. 



AND WE had our dinner. 



AND THEN played bridge. 



AND WHEN we left. 



THE VERY last thing. 



THAT THE hostess said. 



WAS HOW kind I had been. 



TO BRING the flowers. 



AND IN the morning. 



I SAT right down. 



AND SENT her husband. 



A THREE dollar check. 



TO BUY some flowers. 



TO BRING to my wife. 



BECAUSE THEY'RE coming to dinner. 



TOMORROW NIGHT. 



I THANK you. 



