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The Florists' Review 



May 28, 1914. 



MIchell's Primroses 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



J* Tr. Pkt. 60c. Tf. Pkt., $1.00. 

 Alba Magnifica, white Chiawick Red, red 



Duchess, white, rosy carmine, yellow eye Holborn Blue, 



Kermesina Splendens, crimson Rose Mom, pink 



Prize Mixture, even blending, all colors 



PRIMULA OBCONICA QIQANTEA 



Tr. Pkt.. 50c. 

 Lilacina. pale lilac Rosea, pink 



Alba, white Hybrida Mixed 



Kermesina, deep crimson 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS SEEDS 



Qr««nh*us«-Brown . 

 LatbhoiM«-Krown . . . 



.100, 50c 1000, $3.25 6000, $16.00 10,000, $29.00 

 .100,36c 1000, 2.50 6000. 12.00 10,000. 23.00 



ASPARAGUS HATCH ERI SEEDS 



100. $1.00 260. $2.00 500. $3.25 1000, $6.C0 ' 

 Can* and WIra Stakaa, all sorts. Send for Wholesale List. 



NICHELL'S SEED HOUSE, 



Dept.S, 818 Market St., 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review -when yon write. 



Majestic Floral Cp., Texarkana, Ark., 

 spent a few days here last week visit- 

 ing the wholesale district and the retail 

 trade. 



David Geddis reports that his flower 

 department at Vandevoort's will soon 

 be out of the basement, as the company 

 has arranged for a ground floor space 

 in their new buildiog across the way 

 on Locust street. New fixtures are now 

 being contracted for. 



The Schoenle Floral Co., on South 

 Grand avenue, is sporting a new deliv- 

 ery wagon. Mrs. Schoenle, the head of 

 the firm, says they have a large num- 

 ber of advance orders fox Decoration 

 day. 



Otto Sander, who is now with Grimm 

 & Gorly, reports that the stork visited 

 his home last week and left a fine baby 

 girl. Mr. Sander was all smiles when 

 his friends congratulated him. 



W. C. Smith says that the wire de- 

 partment is working overtime making 

 trellises, for which there are many ad- 

 vance orders. 



Martin Eeukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia, called on the trade 

 last week and A. Miller, of A. Hender- 

 son & Co., Chicago, passed through on 

 his way to Chicago from his vacation 

 trip in Texas. 



W. J. Pilcher's big new rose house at 

 Kirkwood is nearing completion. Nearly 

 all the Kirkwood growers contemplate 

 adding some improvements to their 

 places. Erecting new houses and re- 

 building old ones will be going on from 

 now on through the summer. 



Grimm & Gorly, the Biessen Floral 

 Co. and Alex. Siegel have prettily ar- 

 ranged Decoration day windows. They 

 all report funeral work quite heavy last 

 week, but in other lines trade was not 

 so heavy. Special flower sales have been 

 featured at these stores daily. 



The C. Young & Sons Co., which does 

 an exceptionally large shipping trade, 

 reports a great many advance orders 

 for Decoration day from near-by towns 

 in Missouri and Illinois. The plant and 

 seed business this year was large. 



C. M. Shuh, representing the Home 

 Mfg. & Supply Co., of Chicago, called 

 on the trade last week, interesting them 

 in metal and fiber jardinieres. This is 

 a new line for the retailers. 



Geo. H. Angermueller says he has 

 been rushed all week with shipments of 

 Decoration day supplies, orders for 

 which still are coming in daily. His 



CUT TULIPS 



NOW READY TO SHIP 



The Best Darwin and May Flowering Sorts. 



Clara Butt, beautiful pink | $ 4.00 per 100 



Farncombe Sanders, Am. Beauty shade I 35.00 per 1000 



Lilac Sprays $2.00 per 100; 18 00 per 1000 



False Solomon's Seal, The Best Decoration Day GreeS, 

 catries a small white flower. In bunches of 35 to 40 spr^s, 

 $3.00 per dozen, $20.00 per 100 bunches. 



German Iris $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000 



Cash with order or satisfactory references. 

 Shipped from Denver. 



W. W. WMORE, JR., Wheatridge, Colo. 



'Icut flower department was crowded 

 during the week. In this line the de- 

 mand was rather slow. 



The unveiling of the "Naked 

 Truth," in memory of the three late 

 editors of a German publication, at 

 Reservoir park, May 24, brought out 

 a wealth of floral wreaths. Phil. Goe- 

 bel, head of the park, made perfect 

 arrangements to house the great 

 crowds present. 



Albert Stoneburner, the landscape 

 gardener in the north end, was run 

 down by a street car May 23 and is 

 at the City hospital suffering from se- 

 vere scalp wounds. 



The St. Louis Poultry Supply & 

 Seed Co. has moved its store from 706 

 North Seventh street to 520 North 

 Third street. G. E. Meyers, the head 

 of this concern, reports a large busi- 

 ness in seeds and bulbs, both local and 

 shipping. 



The plantsmen in all parts of the 



To Keep Frost Away 



Um • CLARK ISAliEKIa your meow, tto. 

 MttrlM and sins. 



CUik Catbon ban* onitonnly at an Uiaqs, 

 yMdt tba atroBKest and Iba fonseat b«at, 

 ■eoaoQilc*). Writm far «qmpuim c^t^btw. 



CHICAGO I7JEXIBLE SHAFT CO. 

 164 Olili airaa* CHiCACO. ILL. 



city put in a busy week planting out, 

 and expect by the end of the week to 

 finish up the biggest part of their 

 work, which they say was heavy this 

 year. 



All members of the S. A. F. in the 

 eastern part of Missouri should keep 

 in mind June 11, when they are to 

 meet with the members of the Florists' 

 Club. Arrangements are being made 

 for this meeting by B. J. Windier, 

 state vice-president for eastern Mis- 

 souri. 



Five big conventions which were 

 held here last week, crowding the ca- 



