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The Florists^ Review 



DBciMaaa 20, 1921 



asparagus aad smilax daily. Since the 

 supply in cut stock was limited and 

 prices high, it was only natural that the 

 retailers pushed plants, as the supply in 

 these was unlimited. 



F. T. D. members among the retailers 

 say telegraph orders were heavy and that 

 plant orders greatly exceeded those for 

 cut stock. New Year's business should 

 be extra good, as society is going to 

 keep open house and many advance or- 

 ders have been placed for table decora- 

 tions at the leading hotels for the usher- 

 ing in of the new year and in the homes 

 for New Year's day. 



Betailers' Christmas Business. 



Out in the west end everybody was 

 busy. The leading dealers in this sec- 

 tion are Joseph Witek, F. H. Weber, 

 Sander's, Fred C. Weber, Theodore 

 Miller and Paul T. Heil. All had a busy 

 week and a most satisfactory Christmas, 

 while their display of plants was the 

 best seen in years. Waldbart's display 

 house was the attraction on Grand ave- 

 nue. The M. S. Newman Floral Co. and 

 the Koenig Floral Co. also attracted 

 many with fine displays. Julius Schaef- 

 fer's first Christmas in the west end was 

 a most satisfactory one. 



The elaborate store of Grimm & Gorly 

 was the attraction on busy Washington 

 avenue all last week. December 24 

 found them almost cleaned out. V. J. 

 Gorly said: "Last year was a great 

 Christmas, but we are ahead this year." 

 The few days' bad weather made little 

 difference with them. 



At both the Mullanphy stores, down- 

 town and OB North avenue, the report 

 was that business would equal any pre- 

 vious year's. 



Fred Strohmeyer, of the Tubbesing- 

 Ayers Floral Co., says the company's 

 Christmas business downtown was be- 

 yond expectations. 



Thomas Carr's Union Market shop 

 did its usual big Christmas business in 

 both plants and cut flowers. Miss Kill- 

 culten, the artist here, was assisted by 

 Mrs. Carr and Rosemary Forrest. 



The Acme Floral Shop, in the Arcade 

 building, had a most elaborate display 

 and reported a busy week. 



The floral departments of Famous- 

 Barr and Vandervoort's reported fine 

 business, as did Fred Foster, the Riessen 

 Floral Co. and George Berner. 



The south end establishments, Wind- 

 ier 's Flowers, Bergstermann, T. W. 

 Brucnig, W. H. Kruse and A. Meyer, had 

 extra fine business up to Christmas. 



Various Notes. 



August H. Hummert, of the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., says while the all-day rain 

 December 2.3 hurt somewhat in transient 

 frado, their advance orders were so 

 heavy that this Christmas would likely 

 equal any in previous years. 



The trade extended sympathy to 

 Thomas C. Carr in the loss of his mother, 

 who died December 19, at the age of 8.S 

 years. She was the widow of Roger 

 Carr, for many years the leading plants- 

 man in Union Market. The funeral 

 took place December 21. The room was 

 filled with an elaborate display of 

 funeral emblems sent by friends in the 

 trade expressing their sympathy to her 

 sons, Thomas, Fred and William, who 

 mourn her loss. 



H. Rohrback has closed his Baden 

 Greenhouses and has opened a retail 

 store, at 2510 North Taylor avenue. 

 This store was formerly occupied by 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



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 Dealers: Oet our wholesale ear lot Drices; write. 

 Produced and guaranteed by 



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Laurel, Hemlock and Spruce Branches, 



5c per lb. 

 Princess Pine lOc per lb. 



HAMILTON BROS. 



Miliington, Franklin Co., Mass. 



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cases. $2.50. 

 PINE CONES, large size. 60c per doz., S3.00 



pei 100. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Cash with order. 



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