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The Florists^ Review 



NOTEMBEB 10, 1021 



SLUIS & GROOT, Ltd. 



Enkhuizen, Holland 



Growers of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 



SPECIALTIES:— Beet, Swiss Chard, Cabbage, 

 Cauliflower, Kale, Cornsalad, Cress, Radish, 

 Spinach, Turnip, Rutabaga; Nasturtium, Pan- 

 sies. Phlox and many other Vegetable and 

 Flower Seeds. 



Our New Price List is now ready and will be 

 sent to WHOLESALERS on request 



Cabbage, White, Enkhuizen's Glory. 

 Introduced by our firm. 



try Club for the dinner and ball given 

 by Fitzsimmons Post October 31, in 

 lionor of General Diaz and General 

 Jacques. Two hundred guests attended 

 the dinner at the hotel. Each was given 

 a large yellow chrysanthemum. The 

 dance was at Hillcrest. About 700 

 guests were there. Mums, ferns and 

 palms were used in both places. 



J. T. Woods, of the Woods Floral Co., 

 Handley, Tex., was in the city Saturday, 

 November 5, on his return from Chi- 

 cago. The Woods Floral Co. is opening 

 a retail store in Fort Worth, Tex. 



Miss Helen Smith has been added to 

 the sales force of the Chandler Land- 

 scape & Floral Co. 



Mrs. Norman Stuart, of Chicago, 

 was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. 

 Bohannon several days last week. Mrs. 

 Stuart is manager of the store of the 

 Bohannon Floral Co., at Chicago. 



The T. J. Noll Floral Co. will give a 

 dinner for its growers in the Hotel 

 Muehlebach November 12. 



Among the week 's visitors were D. L. 

 Mathew, of the Humfeld Floral Co., 

 Concordia, Kan.; John Kunesh, of the 

 Beaver Avenue Greenhouses, Des 

 Moines, la.; Palmer Self ridge, St. 

 John, Kan.; H. Estill, Moberlv, Mo.; 

 David Geddis, of the St. Louis" Whole- 

 sale Cut Flower Co., St. Louis, Mo., and 

 Mr. Rindom, of the Eiverside Gardens 

 Co., Emporia, Kan. 



In a blanket of orchids, lilies of the 

 valley and Columbia roses which the 

 Alpha Floral Co. shipped to Independ- 

 ence, Kan., were 800 roses. 



A. Newell had a large truck full of 

 flowers for the funeral of Mr. Shreves, 

 who had been in the employ of the city 

 for n, number of years. One order was 

 a double spray of dark red and pink 

 mums, a $75 order. 



L. J. Ilaynos has moved from Thirty- 

 sixth street and Troost avenue to 204 

 Admirnl boulevard. The new location 

 is much better, as shown by an increase 

 of business. 



One of the features of the memorable 

 parade of the American Legion conven- 

 tion was a float decorated by the local 

 wholesale florists. This float was sug- 

 gested by Mrs. Simon Shaw, of Texas, 

 who has been active in the movement 

 of "flowers for the living" and the 

 wearing of a flower Armistice day by 

 every man and woman in the United 

 States. .\ Cadillac car was furnished 

 by the Florists' Club of the city and 

 the flowers with which it was decorated, 

 and which were distril)uted during the 

 parade^ were furnished by the wholesale 

 houses of the citv. The work was done 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Northern Greenhouse -Grown^JSeecl 



1000 seeds, 13.75 6000 seeds. $18.00 



10.000 seeds. $35.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



1000 seeds, $1.6o 5000 seeds, $6.75 



10,000 seeds, $12.50 



Larger Quantities of Asoaraeus Seed Quoted 



upon application. 



Seasonable Bulbs 



Hyacinths, Narcissi, Tulips, etc. 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds and Supplies. 

 Wholesale Price List Free. 



mCHELn SEED HOUSE, mULVL. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Lily of the Valley 



Pips from cold storage 



Order a shipment made 

 weekly or fortnightly 



Florists' Money Maker Brand 

 $30.00 per 1000; $16.00 per 500; $8.00 per 250; $4.00 per 100 



Order Brunt' Cut Valley of Yonr Chicago Wholesale Cat Flower Hoate 

 He Ne BRUNSy West Madison street ChiCagOy 111* 



UentloD The ReTlew when yon write. 



by T. J. Noll, of tlie T. J. Noll Floral 

 Co.; L. E. Boliannon, of the Kansas City 

 Wholesale Cut Flower Co.; Glenn K. 

 Parker, of the Stuppy Supply Co., and 

 Henry Kusik, of 11. Kusik & Co. Mrs. 

 Shaw rode in the car. 



Frank X. Stuppy and Dr. B. \V. Mur- 

 phy, of St. Joseph, Mo., attended the 

 funeral of John McAdams in Fort 

 Worth, Tex., last week. On their re- 

 turn they stopped over in Kansas City 

 a day. 



Glenn K. Parker attended the funeral 

 of F. A. Bceler, in Pleasant Hill, Mo., 

 Sunday, November 6. Mr. Beelor was a 

 son-in-law of the late George M. Kel- 

 loptj, of Pleasant Hill. 



Tlie first meeting of the florists' bowl- 

 ing club was held November ;!. Henry 



Chas. Schwake & Co., inc. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Japanese Lilies, French and Dutch Bulbs 

 90-92 West Broadway NEW YORK 



Kusik is captain of a team composed of 

 ^r. E. Carter, Walter Oberg, Henry Ku- 

 sik, Mr. McKeown and Mr. Wallace. 

 John Klaus is captain of a team com- 

 ])osed of himself, Louis Asmussen, Hugo 

 R. Neff, E. C. Foster and Lloyd Mon- 

 son. Mr. Kusik 's team carried off the 

 lionors at the initial meeting. Great en- 

 tliusiasm is manifested by all the mem- 

 bers. ■ J. E. K. 



