JANUARY 18, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



555 



SPECIALISTS 



We hear much these days of specialists; one is a 

 specialist in this» the other a specialist in that. We are 

 specialists in wholesale 



Cut Flowers 



We have no other irons in the fire and devote all 

 our time^ skill, experience and energies to the one aim of 

 handling cut flowers so well that no one else can handle 

 them better. We have a full line. 



Green Goods, as alway, equal to every demand. 



PRICE LIST. 



AVBBZOAV BBAVTT, Per doz. 



30 to 36-lnch stem $5.00 to $ 0.00 



24-inch stem 4.00 



20-lnch stem 3.00 



16-lncti stem 2.00 



12inch stem 1.50 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaids per 100, 6.00 to 10.00 



Brides " 6.00 to 10.00 



Chatenay " 6.00 to 10.00 



Golden Gate " 6.00 to 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 6.00to 12.00 



Ivory " 6.00to 10.00 



Perles " 4.00 to 6.00 



Carnations " 2.00 to 3.00 



" large and fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



Violets, single '• .75 



Taney N. Y. double " 1.00 



Valley " 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 2.00 to 2.50 



Dallas " 2.00 



Paper Whites per 100 3.00 



Komans " 3.00 



Stevla " 2.00 



Mignonette per doz., .60 to .75 



Tulips perlOO, 3.00 to 4.00 



Asparagus per string, .36 to .50 



Asparagus per bunch, .36 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengerl — per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 

 Galax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, $1.00; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smilax per doz., $2.60.... " 18.00 



Fancy Ferns — per 1000, 2.00.... " .25 



Subject to cbansre wltbout notice. 



E. C. AM LING 



op«.«i.«P.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. "3.^1^™ Chicago, 111. 



The Larsreat, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centriilly Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicago. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Edith H. Horton, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn 's, has been ill at her home at Evans- 

 ton this week. 



A striking calendar has appeared in 

 a number of stores and offices about 

 town, a bright poinsettia sent by J. A. 

 "Valentine, of Denver. 



A committee of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety shaped up next fall's premium list 

 at a protracted session on Monday. It 

 carries close to $5,000 and will be 

 distributed in a few days. 



Visitors: C. W. Ward, Queens, N. Y.; 

 E. G. Eggeling, St. Louis; F. W. Eitter, 

 Dayton, O. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



We are still having spring-like 

 weather, which of course, has a bad 

 effect on business. Stock of all kinds is 

 very plentiful and prices are not what 

 they should be at this time of the year. 

 There seems to be plenty of funeral 

 work but outside of this trade is slow. 



There is a fine lot of stock in almost 

 everything and prices are lower than 

 for some time. Carnations are coming in 

 more heavily every day and in order to 

 dispose of them on Saturday prices were 

 made to suit the buyer in thousand lots, 

 in all varieties. The stock is of a fine 

 quality, especially Lawson and Enchan- 

 tress. There are plenty of Brides and 

 Maids for all demands. Perles, too, are 

 plentiful, with slow demand. Extra fancy 

 Richmonds are scarce. Carnot is off 

 crop. Extra long Beauties are not com- 

 ing in as they should, as the demand is 

 good for them. Other grades are plenti- 

 ful. 



Bulbous stock is piled up at all the 

 commission houses at cheap prices. A 

 few tulips and Von Sions are in. Cal- 

 las, too, are coming in better. Harrisii 

 is scarce. California violets are in great 

 abundance and have sold as low as $3.50 

 per thousand. Doubles fetch 75 cents 

 per hundred but sales are slow, as Cali- 

 fornias have the call here. All greens 

 seem to move better this week. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held a very impor- 

 tant meeting January 11 at which nearly 

 twenty-five members were present. The 

 treasurer, Mr. Meinhardt, was prevented 

 from attending on account of the sick- 

 ness of Mrs. Meinhardt. 



It was decided to hold our annual 

 carnation show at the next meeting. First 

 and second premiums will be given for 

 twenty-five white, red, light pink, dark 

 pink and variegated. The prizes will be 

 $3 for first and $2 for second in each 

 class. Competition is open to all. Grow- 

 ers of new varieties are also invited to 

 send their newest kinds. The trustees 

 will see to the staging and taking care 

 of stock. 



Carl Beyer led a discussion on ' ' Forc- 

 ing Blooming Plants for Easter, ' ' which 

 was very interesting. Those taking part 

 in the discussion were John Steidle, E. 

 J. Scott, H. Braun, J. F. Ammann, E. 

 Schray, George Windier and George M. 

 Kellogg. The other discussion on ' ' Man- 

 aging a Flower Show" did not take 

 place. John Steidle gave a very inter- 

 esting talk on his trip to Chicago. The 

 president also called on Mr. Burrows for 

 a talk on his southern trip among the 

 smilax men. This was Mr. Burrows' first 



appearance at our meeting and he made a 

 good impression. 



The next meeting will take place on 

 Thursday afternoon, February 8, at 

 which two more discussions will take 

 place, one by John Steidle, on "The 

 Newer Carnations and How to Grow 

 Them, ' ' the other by J. J. Beneke, ' ' The 

 Best Means of Bringing a Flower Show 

 before the Public." These and the car- 

 nation show should bring out a large 

 attendance. 



Various Notes. 



L. Baumann, of Chicago, was a caller 

 the past week selling florists' supplies. 



Judge Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 was in East St. Louis attending supreme 

 court the past week and spent a day in 

 the city. 



Henry Johann, of CoUinsville, was in 

 town Thursday to attend the club meet- 

 ing and reports a good holiday trade. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 came down especially to attend the club 

 meeting Thursday. Mr. Kellogg reports 

 everything in fine shape at his large 

 plant. 



Theo Miller, Henry Felter and Charlie 

 Kuehn paid a visit to J. F. Ammann, 

 at Edwardsvillc, the past week. They 

 report the place in fine shape. 



W. J. Pilcher had a fine lot of chick- 

 ens at the chicken show last week. He 

 came in for a few blue ribbons. 



The St. Clair Floral Co., of Belleville, 

 is busv building new houses. 



A. G. Fehr, of Belleville, Til., re- 

 ports a fine holiday trade in all lines, 

 and trade has been good ever since. 



The Ellison Floral Co. was kept very 

 busy the past week with two large wed- 

 dings and other work. 



