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The Florists' Review 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The condition of the wholesale mar- 

 ket last week was poor as far as de- 

 mand was concerned, but the supply 

 was great. There was no limit to the 

 quantity of anything seasonable. Be- 

 tailers bought sparingly all the week. 

 Few large lots were sold and the poorer 

 grades of flowers accumulated from 

 day to day until fit for only the gar- 

 bage can. Boses were of excellent 

 quality, both home-grown and shipped, 

 as the few cool days had improved 

 them. Killarneys and Wards formed 

 the bulk of the supply. Some splendid 

 Beauties and- Bichmonds are coming in. 



Carnations are first-class, but are so 

 plentiful that the prices are low. En- 

 chantress flowers are not as large now 

 as are the other varieties of the En- 

 chantress family. Sweet peas are hold- 

 ing their own and great quantities are 

 still coming in daily, but the bulk of 

 them are short-stemmed. Gladioli were 

 among the glutted stock last week, with 

 prices down to $4 per hundred. Some 

 splendid America, Francis King and 

 Chicago White were noted. The sup- 

 ply of peonies, too, exceeds the demand. 

 Valley and lilies are scarce. Cape 

 jasmine buds will be in this week. This 

 market has had a large quantity of out- 

 door stock, which sells poorly. Good 

 smilax and asparagus can be had daily. 



Various Notes. 



The Betail Florists' Association held 

 its monthly meeting May 17, at the 

 Washington hotel, with a good attend- 

 ance. The credit system was taken up 

 and fully discussed. It was decided to 

 push this matter to completion. It was 

 also decided to hold meetings during 

 the summer, in order to get this work 

 completed. These meetings are to be 

 held in the open, at different summer 

 gardens. President Yoyng was in the 

 chair and the other officers were pres- 

 ent. Secretary Fred Weber was made 

 treasurer also. . The next meeting will 

 be held June 21. 



The county florists should remember 

 the big meeting of the County Grow- 

 ers' Association, to be held June 2 at 

 the home of Hugo Gross, in Kirkwood. 

 All county florists and members of the 

 Florists' Club are invited to attend the 

 meeting and the members of the asso- 

 ciation promise to make things pleas- 

 ant for all that come. Secretary 

 Deutschmann says there will be some- 

 thing doing every minute. 



From reports, several of the seeds- 

 men of this city will attend the thirty- 

 third annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association at San 

 Francisco, in June. 



The firm name of R. J. Windier, in 

 business at 2300 South Grand avenue, 

 has been changed to Windier 's Flowers. 

 E. A. Guntly has purchased the interest 

 of R. J. Windier. J. J. Windier still 

 retains his interest. 



Oscar Ruff, who is with C. Bergster- 

 mann, was married May 26 to Miss 

 Hulda Niebling, daughter of Mrs. 

 Bergstermann. The wedding took place 

 at the home of the bride, 3117 South 

 Grand avenue. Invitations were ex- 

 tended only to the family and relatives 

 of both parties. 



Julius Eoenig, city forester, says he 

 is having a great deal of trouble with 

 sycamore trees, which are dropping 

 their leaves. He has a big force of 

 men out daily spraying the trees and 



now has the trouble pretty well under 

 control. 



Planting out at all the big cemeteries 

 in the north end is about completed. 

 Fred Meinhardt, John Nyflot and the 

 Eoenig Floral Co. have had a big run 

 of this kind of trade, as their places 

 are direietly opposite the cemeteries. 



Henry G. Berning spent a day re- 

 cently at Lincoln, 111., looking over the 

 new greenhouse range of GuUett & 

 Sons, which is now almost completed. 

 Consignments of stock from this place 

 are received daily by Mr. Berning. 



Miss Ella Weber, who is with her 

 uncle, Fred C. Weber, has taken a vaca- 

 tion for a few weeks. It is rumored 

 that there will soon be an announce- 

 ment of her engagement to Fred Stroh- 

 meyer, head of the Strohmeyer Floral 

 Co. 



Two birthdays were celebrated in the 

 wholesale district last week. They 

 were those of W. C. Smith, who was 

 34 years old, and Frank Windier, who 

 was 25. Dan Cupid has long laid claims 

 to "Bill" Smith, but Frank Windier 

 so far has refused to be lassoed. 



The five wholesale houses will, in 

 June, start closing at 5 p. m. daily and 

 at 1 p. m. on Saturdays. The employees 

 have eagerly looked forward to this 

 and the joys and pleasures the early 

 closing hours bring. 



At the next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club a discussion will be started on 

 "The Good and Bad Sides of the Tele- 

 graph Delivery." This will be most 

 interesting to retailers. All those ad- 

 vertising in that line will be asked to 

 be present and give their views and ex- 

 periences. 



Some of the south end florists re- 

 port an exceedingly busy week with 

 funeral work. Among these are Mrs. 

 Pelletier, W. H. Krujse, Fred W. Bruenig 

 and the Diemer Floral Co. Most of 

 these made up designs which were quite 

 out of the ordinary. 



Martin Beukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia, spent a few days 

 here last week calling on the trade and 

 also booming the S. A. F. convention 

 and San Francisco fair.""^ 



The Shackelford Nursery, of St. 

 Louis county, will this week commence 

 cutting thousands of Coreopsis lance- 

 olata grandiflora. This rich, golden- 

 yellow flower has taken a good hold on 

 local florists, who say it is a big seller 

 at all times. 



The leading hotels in the city have 

 put up well filled window boxes, which 

 give the buildings a fine appearance. 

 Those of the Jefferson, Planters' and 

 Marquette are especially attractive and 

 are filled with the right kind of plants 

 to stand the summer heat. J. J. B. 



Prajrie Pick-ups 



Kirksville, Mo. — A. B. Chance, who 

 erected a greenhouse here a year ago 

 last; winter, has good crops of lettuce 

 and other vegetables just now. He has 

 also a good stock of chrysanthemum 

 plants for market. 



Van Horn, la. — George Hammer 

 says the season opened at least three 

 weeks earlier than usual, and that bed- 

 ding stock was moving well before 

 April ended. He counts on a record 

 business this year. 



. Houston, Tex. — The Houston Florists' 

 Club held its first annual picnic Mon- 

 day afternoon, May 10, as the guests 

 of H. H. Euhlmann at Spring. The 

 niembers left Houston at noon in auto- 

 mobiles, and spent the afternoon at 

 the Euhlmann greenhouses, where 

 luncheon was served. 



Corpus Christi, Tex. — Don E. Curtis, 

 the son of E. D. Curtis, of the Curtis 

 Floral Co., at Webster City, la., who 

 has been in business here for more than 

 a year, has been awarded an important 

 job, calling for the platting of the gar- 

 dens, walks, drives and similar improve- 

 ments on the Wilbur Alhen estate, 

 which comprises several thousand acres. 



Champaign, HI. — The greenhouses of 

 the Illinois Central Railroad Co. are 

 putting out about 20,000 shrubs and 

 plants a week for use along the com- 

 pany's lines. W. E. Stiebener has gone 

 south to begin work in Mississippi and 

 Louisiana. Plans are being projected 

 for planting the company's right of 

 way along the lake front at Chicago, 

 which, says C. F. Swayger, chief gar- 

 dener, will be the biggest thing in the 

 way of gardening ever attempted by 

 the company. 



Waco, Tex. — Wolfe the Florist's en- 

 try in tde parade marking the opening 

 of the state B. P. O. E. convention. 

 May 11, was a pony cart filled with chil- 

 dren in purple and white and with 

 purple and white flowers. 



Lincoln, 111. — Work on the new 

 houses of Gullett & Sons is progressing 

 rapidly. The two smaller houses are 

 nearing completion. Of the big houses. 

 No. 4 is finished. No. 5 is being glazed 

 and for No. 6 the posts are set. 



Newcastle, Ind. — Mrs. Joseph Eneidle 

 decorated the tabernacle which was 

 built for a great union religious revival 

 meeting and her advertising cards ap- 

 peared among the plants. It was good 

 advertising, for thousands of people 

 were in the building every day. 



Newcastle, Ind. — Mrs. Charles A. 

 Feltt calls her place on South Eleventh 

 street the Jordan Peony Gardens. She 

 is in the florists' business for the dura- 

 tion of the peony season, selling what 

 she can cut and a quantity more, which 

 she buys, in addition to other cut flow- 

 ers that are called for at this time of 

 year. Peony roots are sold at retail 

 for autumn delivery. 



Rochester, Minn. — The Ross Bragg 

 Floral Co. is to be known in the future 

 as the Rochester Floral Co., with the 

 following officers: President, Ross 

 Bragg; vice-president, M. J. Einney; 

 secretary-treasurer, Gilbert C. Utz. The 

 company will sell its property on the 

 east side, and erect a large range of 

 greenhouses in the western part of the 

 city. Two retail stores will be main- 

 taihed, one downtown and one in .the 

 west end. An automobile will be added 

 to the delivery equipment soon. 



