May 10, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



35 



For Mothers' Day 



If you want good stock and good treatment 



Send us your orders for ROSES, CARNATIONS, Valley, Peas, Lilies, Callas, Calendulas, 

 Snapdragons, Stocks, Tulips, Daisies, Pansies, Feverfew and all other seasonable stock. Also Greens, 

 such as Ferns, Asparagus Sprengeri, Green and Bronze Galax, Leucothoe Sprays, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy 

 and Boxwood. We have hoine>grown Asparagus— hence never a shortage. Also a 

 large supply of our famous Blue Ribbon Valley, which is recognized by city buyers to be the 

 best Valley on the Chicago market. Order some and be convinced. 



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Place your PeoDy order for Memorial Day now. Our Peonies will be exceptionally fine this year. 



Also a complete line of all other flowers and greens in season. 



Order here— You can't do better elsewhere, often not nearly so well. 



day, but it is feared that stock will be 

 oil the short side because of the dark 

 weather during the last few weeks. The 

 supply of sweet peas is diminishing, only 

 a few thousands now being received 

 daily. They clean up daily with top 

 prices at 50 cents per hundred. 



Carnations are in great demand this 

 week for Mothers' day sales. The top 

 price is $6 per hundred. Many orders 

 for carnations were placed witli the 

 wholesalers early in the week. Tlie sup- 

 ])ly of roses in the leading varieties, such 

 as Eussell, Ophelia, Beauty and Ward, 

 lias not been too large. Quite a few 

 Killarneys are seen daily. 



Easter lilies are plentiful at -tt) ]»er 

 hundred. Extra fancy stock in snaj)- 

 dragons is in demand and soils well. 

 Gladioli liavo made tlicir appearance and 

 clean up daily. Orchids sold well all 



the week. Valley is scarce. All greens 

 are good sellers. 



Various Notes. 



The St. Louis County Growers' Asso- 

 ciation meeting May 2 was well at- 

 tended. Arrangements were completed 

 for the entertainment of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club May 10. 



Jules Bourdet, vice-president of the 

 S. A. F. for eastern Missouri, intends 

 to get busy with S. A. F. matters as soon 

 as the spring season is over. Mr. Bourdet 

 expects that a large delegation of St. 

 Louis florists will attend the annual con- 

 vention of the society, to be held in 

 New York in August. 



Frank A. Weber, of the H. J. Weber 

 & Sons Nursery Co., says his company 

 has had a most successful season. Mi'. 

 Weber is arousing enthusiasm among the 



nurserymen over the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen convention to be 

 lield in Pliiladeliiliia next montli. 



The Eetail Florists' Association meet- 

 ing at the Mission Inn Garden, May 21, 

 will bo important, and I'rosidont Fred 

 II. Wolior uii;os all moinliors to attend. 



David (loddi^, of the St. Louis Whole- 

 salo Cut Flower Co., sjiont May 6 at St. 

 Josopli, Mo., .111(1 May 7 in Chicago. Ho 

 is organizing a luilitnry compan}' of 

 florists to lie known as the Hoosier 

 Beauties. I"i;iiik (imly also is interested 

 ill tlic (irg;nii/,at ion. Thoy expect the 

 company will l>o iradv to ixo to tlie front 

 in the fall. 



Edwin Donkor, of St. Cliarles, Mo., 

 visited St. Louis during the wook. lie 

 says spring Inisini'ss lias l)een satisfac- 

 tory. 



Burglars \ isitc<j the wliolosale district 



