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January 10, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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At the approach of Spring: months 

 it will be seasonable for Bulb talk. 



Just now it is poor policy to 

 buy Bulbs when you do not know 

 the floweringr and market results of 

 your sales as obtained from your 

 former orders. 



Jnat now keen connpetition 

 among Bulb Solicitors, will follow 

 this advertisement, offering: low 

 prices but do not offer improvements 

 m the quality of Bulb results. 

 Present Bulb crop conditions are 

 too early and still unsettled, besides 

 there are no established market 

 prices. 



Bulbs ordered now for 

 Fall Delivery cannot be 

 planted until next Jail 

 anyway. 



A copy of your last year's order 

 may be instructive to some extent 

 but 'will not guide you entirely 

 until you know what you accom- 

 plished at a profit from them. 



DON'T BUY NOW until you 

 do know what you should do and 

 then write us. We desire a 

 list of your requirements -when 

 you kno^v what you really 

 do want for li>U7-08. We 

 combine every advantage offered by 

 competing dealers and our Bulb 

 Book gives you an adequate idea of 

 what we do and what you may do. 

 Get your money's worth. 

 (Continued.) 



Importers and Growers of 

 HIGH-GRADE BULBS 



Exclusive Wholesale Dealers 

 to the Trade. 



WESTBlUf L,EADERS. 



Hints on Forcing Bulbs from 

 practical experience. Free. 200,000 

 square feet of modem glass. 



A BUNCH OP LA REINE TULIPS. 

 It PayB to Grow the Best. We Grow What we Sell. 



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Mention The Kevlfw when you wrlif. 



for all demands. Lily of the valley is 

 not so good of late, calla lilies not so 

 many. There are plenty of fine greens 

 in the market. 



Various Notes. 



Frank A. Weber, of H. G. Weber & 

 Son's nursery, left the last week for an 

 extended trip east on business. 



D. Augspurger, of D. U. Augspurger 

 & Sons, of Peoria, 111., spent a day here 

 last Tveek. 



The Ellison Floral Co. has quite a 

 number of fashionable decorations for 

 balls, weddings and dinners booked for 

 this month. 



The Michel Plant & Bulb Co., on 

 Maryland avenue, under the management 

 of Charles Connon, reports an excellent 

 trade since New Year's. 



A. J. Bentzen, of the Bentzen Floral 

 Co., did a great plant business during 

 the holidays and says business has kept 

 lip since. 



M. J, Kern, one of our oldest land- 

 scape gardeners, has returned to the city 

 for a few months' stay. He is a regular 

 visitor at the Park View nursery, where 

 he found William Bouche is head land- 

 scape artist. 



Carew Sanders, one of our oldest flo- 



rists, has recovered from his recent sick- 

 ness, which is good news among the 

 trade. Mr. Sanders is a cousin to the 

 much beloved Edgar Sanders of Chicago. 

 Henry Ostertag, of Ostertag Bros., has 

 been kept busy since January 1 with 

 decorations for fashionable events. 



Report has it, that William Adles, 

 formerly with Mrs. M. M. Ayers on 

 Grand avenue, is now located in Chicago. 



Himmer Bros., of Meramec Highlands, 

 are in the market with thousands of ex- 

 tra fine California violets. 



Heller Bros., of New Castle, Ind., are 

 regular shippers to this market, at 

 Angermueller 's, which helped the trade 

 out greatly during the holidays. 



L. Baumann, of Chicago, is in town 

 this week. 



James North & Co., who ran an office 

 at Thirteenth and Pine, selling designs 

 to the shipping trade, will this week 

 open a retail store at .Van der Venter 

 and Frimey avenues. 



W. C. Smith & Co. received a large 

 shipment of wild smilax last week, 

 which will come in handy for some of 

 those large decorations for this week. 



F. W. Ude and William Winter, of 

 Kirkwood, and James Dunford, of Clay- 

 ton, are sending in extra quality of stock 



to H. G. Berning, for which demand is 

 good. 



At C. A. Kuehn 's, Weber & Sons ' and 

 Ammann's roses are in demand. The 

 carnations from H. Baer's, Peoria, and 

 Peterson's, Gibson City, 111., are of fine 

 quality. All of our wholesalers say a 

 great glut of violets will be on this week, 

 if the fine weather keeps up. 



W. C. Young, who was the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club's choice for stat» vice- 

 president at Dayton, reports that he is 

 preparing plans, this early, for an en- 

 joyable trip to Philadelphia for the club 

 members. He is also on the right side 

 of the railroads for a low rate. 



______^ J.J.B. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Continuous dark weather is keeping the 

 supply down and what little stock is 

 coming in moves quickly at good figures. 

 Roses are scarce and current prices are 

 almost equal to holiday prices. Carna- 

 tions dropped a littl6, especially on col- 

 ored stock. Plenty of funeral work 

 keeps white stock cleaned up. Violets 

 are plentiful and good stock can be had 

 at $1 per hundred. Romans, valley and 



