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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 19, 1921 



Th e florlats whose earde appewr on the paces earnrlnc thla bead* are prepared to fill orders 

 ■— — from other florists tor local deUvsrr on tho neoal iiasls. 



YOUR ORDERS 

 for Memorial Day 



or any other occasion 

 always will receive 

 Prompt and Careful 

 attention. 



2134 Michigan 

 Avenue 



CHICAGO 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



The Market. 



The wholesale market last week was 

 by no means overloaded and the short- 

 age of the week previous was not felt 

 BO much, for the demand was not so 

 large. For Mothers' day all our local 

 consignors cut closely and that kept the 

 market on an even grade all week. 



The retailers report that an unusual 

 amount of funeral work was done last 

 week This week, no doubt, the market 

 will gut back to where it is usually at 

 this lime of the yeer. Increased con- 

 signments of anything seasonable are 

 being looked for, especially with large 

 shipments of cape jasmines from Texas, 

 the first of which arrived here the latter 

 part of last week. 



There seem to be plenty of good 

 roses coming in daily, but the local and 

 shipping demand about cleans them up 

 daily, with excellent prices. 



Carnations are still off crop, but with 

 plenty of good, clear weather there 

 should be plenty for all demands in 

 another week. 



Peonies of the better quality are sell- 

 ing well, and there will be plenty from 

 now on until Memorial day, when the 

 demand should be large. 



Gladioli are coming in well and the 

 market cleans up on them daily, with 

 good prices. Sweet peas are plentiful 

 again and this week should see an 

 abundance in all grades. Valley is hav- 

 ing a good call for the many weddings 

 daily. Much outdoor stock is coming 

 in and it has a fair call. Other stock 



seen daily includes Easter lilies, calen- 

 dulas, delphiniums, cornflowers. Nar- 

 cissus poeticus, white and yellow daisies, 

 stocks and candytuft. 



New flat ferns are arriving, and the 

 old stock is about exhausted. There is 

 plenty of fine asparagus, smilax, adian- 

 tum and other greens, and the demand is 

 large. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its monthly 

 meeting at publicity headquarters 

 May 12. 



When President W. A. Rowe called 

 the meeting to order there were thirty- 

 five present. After the meeting had 

 been opened the trustees reported, 

 through Jules Bourdet, that the club's 

 thirty-fifth anniversary meeting would 

 be held at W. J. Pilcher 's range in Kirk- 

 wood, Mo., on invitation of Mr. Pilcher. 

 Chairman Bourdet then reported for the 

 publicity committee and said that, from 

 reports, this Mothers' day was one of 

 the best in recent years, made 

 possible through the work of this com- 

 mittee. At the conclusion of his remarks 

 he said that the present committee's 

 term expired May 31, and suggested 

 that in its place an allied Florists' 

 Trade Association be perfected. It was 

 voted that this matter be taken up 

 under new business and fully discussed. 



A. II. Hummert, chairman of the S. A. 

 F. local membership drive committee, 

 stated that his committee would, by the 

 next meeting, make a report of its 

 progress. 



B. M. Duggar, president of the St. 

 Louis Garden Club, spoke on the dub's 



spring flower show. May 20 and 21, at 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, and 

 stated that any assistance of the mem- 

 bers to make it a success would be appre- 

 ciated by the members of the Garden 

 Club. Mr. Duggar was given a rising 

 vote of thanks. 



Edward Krummrich, of Belleville, 111., 

 filed application for membership. The 

 trustees reported 40 cents in fines col- 

 lected for failure to wear a flower at the 

 meeting. The secretary then announced 

 that a number of members had so far 

 failed to pay their annual dues and that, 

 unless the dues are paid by July 31, 

 these members would be suspended. It 

 was moved that he send each delinquent 

 a final notice. 



The matter of perfecting an Allied 

 Florists' Trade Association was then 

 taken up for general discussion, in 

 which all present took part. At its con- 

 clusion it was decided, on motion, that 

 the present publicity committee be con- 

 tinued for one more month and that the 

 committee be given power to organize 

 an association of this kind and report 

 back to the Florists' Club at the July 

 meeting. 



The trustees were instructed and 

 given full power to act in the arrange- 

 ments for the annual florists' picnic 

 the latter part of July and report such 

 back at the next club meeting. The 

 treasurer's report showed a healthy bal- 

 ance to the club's credit. The members 

 of the W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 

 were given a rising vote of thanks for 

 the perfect arrangements in their 

 building for holding club meetings as 

 well as committee meetings. 



