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The Rorists' Review 



DEcilMBEB 4, 1919. 



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 "SEE YOUR COST AT A GLANCE" and leave; your order with us for regular shipments of- 



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C A. KUEHN WHOLESALE FLORIST 



131 25" PINE STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



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year's Thanksgiving must have broken 

 the record. 



Club to Meet. 



. The officers of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club held a meeting at the home of 

 Vice-president Cerny, in Kirkwood, and 

 laid plans for a big get-together meet- 

 ing December 11, which will be held in 

 parlor A, Planters' hotel. The meeting 

 will be made especially interesting to all 

 in the trade. George Asmus, president 

 of the Chicago Retail Florists' Associa- 

 tion, will speak for the retailers and 

 J. F. Ammann, president of the Society 

 of American Florists, will speak for the 

 growers. All in the trade are invited 

 to attend.' The secretary was instructed 

 to send out specially strong notices to 

 all members, urging them to attend and 

 learn something to their advantage from 

 the talks from two of the best informed 

 speakers in the trade. Therefore all 

 members reading this notice should re- 

 serve December 11. The meeting will 

 be called at 2 o'clock. 



Bowling League Scores. 



At the meeting of the "Say It with 

 Flowers" Bowling League Wednesday, 

 November 19, the following scores were 

 made: 



Daisies 

 Windier 

 Bourdet 

 Loownai . . 

 Ossirli . . . 

 HdfTner . . 



Handicap 



1st 2nd 3rd 



.123 121 129 



.108 98 92 



. 88 124 132 



.102 163 137 



.181 142 146 



18 18 18 



Sweet Peas 



1st 2nd 3rd 

 J. Bentzon.114 141 1G4 

 McAnna ...113 89 94 



Kiu'lin 86 108 123 



A. Bentzen. 08 108 84 

 Plotz 158 185 158 



Totals . ..620 606 654 



Carnations 



Ist 2nd 3rd 

 Berman ..170 149 157 



Gumz 105 135 121 



Krager 121 129 141 



Windier ...136 127 99 

 Seger 104 100 116 



Totals ...539 629 623 



Roses 



Ist 2nd 3rd 



Beneke ...136 143 174 



Hahn 114 124 162 



Kuehner ...122 128 123 



Bemer ....118 118 123 



Bever 136 153 176 



Totals . . .636 640 628 Totals . . .626 666 758 



The next meeting of the league was 

 held "Wednesday evening, December 3. 

 The Roses met the Sweet Peas and the 

 Carnations met the Daisies. All in the 

 trade are invited to come in any 

 Wednesday evening and see the fun at 

 the new alleys at Compton and Shenan- 

 doah streets. 



Various Notes. 



D. I. Bushnell, of D. I. Bushnell & 

 Co., president of the Missouri Seed 

 Dealers' Association, spent Monday, 

 November 24, in Jefferson City, pre- 

 siding over a meeting of that associa- 



BUY DIRECT FROM THE GROWER 



SHIPPING ROS£!S IN BUb 



Russell, Columbia, Premier, Milady, Richmond, Ophelia, Radiance, Killamey, 



White Kjllamey, Champ Weiland and Cecile Bmnn^ Roses. 



MUMS, White, Pink, Yellow . .$2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per dos. 



Russell — 

 Columbia. 

 Premier. 

 Milady... 

 Ophelia . . 



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 Special 15c 

 Long 10c to 12c 

 Med. 6c " 8c 

 Short 4c " 6c 



Richmond \ e ■ i ir 



Radiance ) Special. . . . 15c ., 



Killarney . . V i^°°«^ i^c to 12c 



White Killarney.f ^u^\^^/°'^ ?° 

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CARNATIONS, White, Pinlc, Red $4.00 and $5.00 per 100 



Cecile Brunner. 2c. Funeral Roses, $40.00 per 1000. Snapdragons, pink and 

 white, at $3.00 and $4.00 per 100. Asparagus Plumosus Sprays, 50c per bunch. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri Sprays, 50c per bunch. English Ivy Sprays, SOc per bunch, 

 Fancy Ferns, $3.00 per 1000. :' 



Above auotatioas are for flowers as they are cut rr»sh frotn the olants. Come in viit:i your order. 



REGULAR CUSTOMERS WANTED. 



W. E. TRIMBLE GREENHOUSE CO. 



Phone 2416 



PRINCETON, ILL. 



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Member F. T. D 



Cut Flowers 



OUR SPECIALTY 



H. G. BERNING 



1402-4 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. 



WM. C. SMITH 

 Wholesale Floral Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1316Pm(ST. (BoUiLD.Pkona) ST. tOUli 



Supplies and Everything in Season Always on Hand 



tioii. Other St. Louis members besides 

 President Bushnell attending were A. 

 H. Hummert, of the St. Louis Seed Co.; 

 F. T. Plant, of the Plant Seed Co.; Ben 

 Corneli, of the Schisler-Corneli Seed 

 Co., and A. W. Schisler, of the Schisler 

 Grain Co. All returned home Novem- 

 ber 25. 



Charles Hahn, manager of Grimm & 

 Gorly's east side store, made a trip to 

 Marissa, 111., with a truckload of fu- 

 neral work November 24. 



Julius Schaeffer spent a few days 

 last week in Chicago and Milwaukee 

 looking up stock for Christmas in plants 

 and supplies, and got back in time for 

 the Thanksgiving rush. 



Velvet Poinsettias 



These are made of a perfect shade of "Xmas 

 Red" Velveteen of fine quality, long stem with 

 green foliage. A sure seller for the Holiday 

 trade. 



Per dozen $125 



Per gross (12 dozen) 13 50 



Baby Poinsettias 



Splendid color, Xmas red, 8- petal, single 

 stem. Can be used to many advantages, 

 per gross Ji 50 



Special Xmas price list of many other items 

 sent free. 



Geo H. Angermueller Co. 



1324 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. 



The florists' publicity committee held 

 a well attended meeting November 25 

 at the store of the W. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co. and transacted a great 

 deal of business. Chairman Bourdet 

 has called a meeting of this committee 

 for December 9, when Christmas adver- 

 tising will come up for discussion. 



Henry Durenberg, of Grimm & 

 Gorly, \yas held up by robbers last week 

 on his way home. He lost all his money 

 and received a bad scalp wound, but 

 he was back on the job next morning, 

 as he could not miss the big Thanks- 

 giving rush. 



The W. A. Rowe Co., of Kirkwood, is 

 sporting one of the largest new de- 



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