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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEE 29, 1906. 



THE NEW WHOLESALE HOUSE OF ST. LOUIS 



WILLIAM C. SMITH & CO. 



1316 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

 EVERYTHING FOR FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 



Shipping orders promptly attended to. Both long distance 

 phones. Supplies and everything in season always on hand. 

 A trial consignment will convince you that 



WILLIAM C. SMITH & CO. 



—ARE ALL RICHT^— =— 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The business last week among the re- 

 tailers was reported good all over the 

 city. Transient trade especially was 

 good, also funeral work. A number of 

 large weddings and dinners were pleas- 

 ing to the florists in the fashionable dis- 

 trict. The wholesalers also have done 

 business. Shipping trade has greatly 

 improved. Stock of all kinds has been 

 quite plentiful, with prices not so high. 

 Thanksgiving day prices went into effect 

 November 26. 



Chrysanthemums still come in plenti- 

 fully in all grades. Extra fine Eaton, 

 Appleton, Ivory and Bonnaffon were in 

 last weeic. Carnations are fine. The 

 fancy stock is selling out clean. Lady 

 Bountiful and Enchantress have a great 

 call. Roses are much improved in qual- 

 ity. Beauties are somewhat scarce. 

 Smaller roses are plentiful, with prices 

 low. November 26 prices went up on all 

 grades. Violets are in big demand. 

 California is the only variety coming in. 

 Bulbous stock is scarce; nothing in the 

 market but a few Paper Whites. Stevia 

 is soiling Avell. Plenty of good smilax 

 and other greens are to be had. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and ^Irs. W. J. Vesey, of Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., spent November 23 in the 

 city and were guests of Miss Tillie Mein- 

 hardt. ^Ir. Vesey is on his way to Mex- 

 ico with a party of friends. Mrs. Vesey 

 returned home the next day. 



J. F. Ammann and his foreman, Henry 

 Blixen, of EdAvardsville, were in the city 



November 23 viewing the carnation ex- 

 hibition at Kuehn's, 



Charles L. Connon has opened a flower 

 stand at the Grand Leader, one of our 

 largest department stores. He says busi- 

 ness is good. 



L. N. Van Hook, who has his place at 

 Ferguson, Mo., is sending in a fine lot 

 of California violets daily. 



George Angermueller is again at his 

 post, having recovered from his illness. . 



Smith & Young, of Indianapolis, are 

 sending to this market fine Bride roses, 

 also first-class Maids. 



W. C. Smith & Co. have bought out the 

 wholesale establishment of Frank M. 

 Ellis and will continue the business at 

 the old stand, 1316 Pine street. Mr. 

 Smith is well liked among the local trade 

 and should make a success from the start. 

 F. M. Ellis will return to Panama to 

 look after his banana plantation. 



Henry Ostertag has been on a hunting 

 trip and returned well loaded with game, 

 and is now out working hard on sub- 

 scriptions for the flower show fund. 



November 23 Charlie Kuehn gave the 

 growers a treat by giving them a look at 

 new varieties in carnations. The exhibi- 

 tion was fine. Among the varieties seen 

 were Bonnie Maid, Eed Chief, White 

 Perfection, Red Riding Hood and Aristo- 

 crat. Nearly all the local growers viewed 

 the exhibition. 



Next Monday night, December 3, the 

 florist bowlers will meet at the new De 

 Soto bowling alleys. Numbers 7 and 8 

 on the third floor have been reserved for 

 them every Atonday night. 



The ofiicers of the Florists' Club met 

 in the parlor of the Hotel Rozier Novem- 

 ber 22. The object was to outline a 



program for the next meeting of the 

 club and to discuss plans with the flower 

 show committees regarding the big guar- 

 ajitee fund. The oflScers met at the 

 same place November 27. J. J. B. 



T made a trip last week to H. J. 

 Weber & Sons' nursery to see their two 

 modern rose houses, erected about eigh- 

 teen months ago. I found Walter Weber 

 in charge. The roses were the picture of 

 health, much improved as compared with 

 last year's stock. Most varieties were 

 off crop, but Mr. Weber said he had been 

 cutting quite heavily until recently, more 

 especially of Killamey, which certainly is 

 a great producer. The Perles were the 

 best of all, a regular mass of blooms 

 and buds. I was thinking that if the 

 Perle king, the amiable and redoubtable 

 Fred Ammann, could have the chance to 

 exhibit against this stock it would make 

 even him go some to beat such' blooms. 

 I felt quite envious of Mr. Weber, with 

 such great advantages, viz. : good houses 

 and such a fine location, away from the 

 smoke-impregnated air of the city that 

 I have to contend with in trying to grow- 

 good roses in the oldest rose houses in 

 St. Louis— sixteen years old. I find it 

 almost out of the question to produce 

 No. 1 stock any more. 



F. J. Fillmore. 



Silver City, New Mex — Miss Kate 

 Crawford has completed a new green- 

 house of Foley manufacture. The heat- 

 ing is done by a Clow hot-water heater 

 and all arrangements are of the latest 

 type. Miss Crawford has been in the 

 business only about a year but her suc- 

 cess has been gratifying. 



