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1062 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Skitembeu 13, 1906. 



We Are Ready 



Tn take better care of our customers than ever, as we are now cutting heavily from our 

 New Crop o£ Roses, which is the bekt to be f 'und on the m-rket. We are growing 

 three limes as many Beauties as last year and are especially strong on 



Bride, Maid, American Beauty, Liberty, Perle, 



Chatenay, Uncle John, Riciimond and Gate, 



Carnations of ail the Leading Varieties in Season. 



In addition to the cut from our own lar(pe plac*, we shall have th product of several 

 first-class growers of Roses. And we shall have otber neve consignors who are 

 growers ol high'grade Cnrnations and other stock. We shall be in a p' sinoa to fiive 

 you the best tbc market afioTcis at fair prices, and would like to add vou to our list of satis- 

 fied customers We can do it ii you give us the opportuni y. Write us about it. We 

 make no charge for P. and D. on orders amounting to $4.00 and over. 



J. A. BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



plans an early eastern trip, looking up 

 stock. 



C. J. Strombach, who was for many 

 years head gardener at Lincoln park, is 

 starting in the landscaping business 

 with J. M. Bell, of Glencoe. He has 

 been doing work at Lake Geneva this 

 summer. Mr. Strombach now lives at 

 3815 Bidge avenue, Eogers Park. 



The George Wittbold Co. reports hav- 

 ing had an exceptionally heavy run of 

 funeral work the last two weeks. 



It is reported that T. D. Mosconesotes 

 now is engaged in the liquor business 

 in San Francisco. He was running a 

 restaurant there at the time of the earth- 

 quake and was burned out. 



Miss Tonner, of the A. L. Bandall Co., 

 is home from her four months' European 

 trip and reports having had the time of 

 her life. 



Weiland & Bisch say that because of 

 their building operations they will be 

 later than usual with their first crop of 

 Toses, but they figure on hitting on all 

 the better market by being late. 



Charlie Siegh, formerly with Wilcox 

 at Joliet, and well known in this market, 

 is now with the Manistee Floral Co., 

 Manistee, Mich. 



Wietor Bros, are cutting heavily of 

 Beauties and say it is making their 

 September sales compare most favorably 

 with a year ago. 



The Butler Floral Co., in the Old 

 Colony building, has a store nearly three 

 times as large as the one occupied last 

 season, and is preparing for an active 

 autumn. 



Visitors the last week included: A. 

 J. Fidler, Racine, Wis.; A. E. Lutey, 

 lloughton, Mich. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade in general started out active for 

 the first week of September. Funeral 

 trade was not quite so plentiful, but 

 other work kept the trade very busy. 

 Transient trade has also looked up with 

 the downtown retailers. 



Everybody was busy on Saturday, and 

 thanks to the big supply of asters in 

 all colors, a lot of work was turned 

 out. 



Boses are becoming plentiful, though 

 a large portion of them are with short 

 stems. The blooms are good. Bride 

 and Maid are as yet small, but Perle, 

 Bichmond and Carnot are coming fine. 

 Beauties, too, are doing well. The sup- 

 ply promises to be extra fine and large 

 this season. 



Carnations are yet too small and 

 short-stemmed to bring any kind of 

 price. Those in the market are hardly 

 of any use, only for work in funeral 

 designs. Asters are still overplentiful, 

 and of good quality. The market cleaned 

 up pretty well on these last week. Glad- 

 ioli are about over for this season. Tube- 

 rose stalks are selling well at $3 per 

 hundred. Clematis paniculata is having 

 a fair demand. Cosmos will be in by 

 next week. Plenty of good smilaz, ferns, 

 and other greens are in the market for 

 all demands. 



Various Notes. 



E. Schloss, of Scbloss Bros., New York, 

 was a caller last week. 



Carl Beyer and wife have returned 

 from a pleasant trip east just in time 

 for a big lot of work. 



The Bentzen Floral Co. reports a big 

 week in floral designs for both openings 

 and funerals. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, is 

 sending in a fine lot of roses to Kuehn. 

 Fred is in good shape for extra fine 

 stock this season. 



Mr. Kalisch, Jr., and wife have re- 

 turned home from an extensive trip 

 through the east, buying stock. 



W. C. Smith & Co., brokers, have 

 booked a number of large orders for 

 the trade here for both retailers and 

 growers. 



George Waldbart is cutting from his 

 farm in Clayton a big lot of extra fine 

 dahlias, which make an attractive show 

 at his Grand avenue store. 



The Riessen Floral Co. had to work 

 overtime the last week with funeral 

 work. Mr. Buechel, who is in charge, 

 has had attractive window displays all 

 summer. 



The Schray Bros., Emil and Julius, 

 are busy these days getting their houses 

 in fine shape for the fall business. 



A. G. Greiner, the cactus man, is 

 attracting many visitors to his place 

 on the Natural Bridge .road with a fine 

 display of cacti of all varieties. Mr. 

 Greiner makes a specialty of these. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, was 

 a caller. Mr. Connon has nearly all his 

 carnations housed. From these extra 

 fine plants he expects a big crop this 

 winter. 



Joseph Hauser, of Webster Groves, 

 will this year make a specialty of En- 

 chantress carnations. No other variety 

 will be grown at this place. 



J. S. Dierkes & Co. have moved their 

 store to Union avenue. There they have 

 a much better stand than the old one. 



