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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NovimBKB 21, 1007. 



E.F.WINTERSONCO. 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



THANKSGIVING DAY 

 FLOWERS AND GREENS 



An abundance of stock of all kinds on hand. Prices will be the Chicago 

 Market quotations. Greens of all kinds are very plentiful and prices IOW« 



NEW RED BERRIES NEW BOXWOOD NEW FERNS 



NEW GALAX, Red and Green NEW LEUCOTHOE LEAVES 



NEW WILD SMILSX ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 



MAIDENHAIR FERN STRING SMILAX, ETC. 



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ST. LOUIS. 



Tlie Market. 



Business showed no improvement last 

 week. Though quite a little funeral 

 work was done, there was entirely too 

 much stock in all lines. Prices of roses 

 have gone down to almost nothing. Car- 

 nations and fancy mums are holding 

 their own. Quite a few extra good mums 

 are coming in. Carnations are not in 

 oversupply; whites are plentiful, but ool- 

 ored stock is a little scarce. Rose-pink 

 Enchantress has the call for fancy. 



Paper Whites are coming in, Connon, 

 of "Webster Groves, being the first with 

 them. These sell well. Valley is drag- 

 ging. In green the market is, as usual, 

 well supplied. 



Qub Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held November 14. President 

 Young made great efforts to have all the 

 visiting florists present. In this he suc- 

 ceeded well. Including the visitors, the 

 attendance was over fifty. 



Henry Jennemann, of Webster Groves, 

 was elected to membership. Two appli- 

 cations for membership were filed, those 

 of Charlie Johann, of CoUinsville, 111., 

 and A. S. Halstead, of Belleville, 111. 



Dispensing with the regular order of 

 business, the chairman called upon sev- 

 eral of the visitors for a few remarks. 

 Among them were: S. S. Skidelsky, who 

 spoke on the coming national flower 

 show; J. J. Karins, Herbert Heller, Dr. 

 A. S. Halstead, A. F. Longren and Wal- 

 ter Eetzer. The question box led to quite 

 a discussion on how to advertise and run 

 a flower show to make it a financial suc- 

 i-ess. This will again be taken up at 



the next regular meeting of the club. 

 At adjournment the visitors and mem- 

 bers were requested to go in a body to 

 the cafe below, where forty sat down 

 to a turkey lunch with other refresh- 

 ments and cigars. The speakers were W. 

 W. Coles, P. J. Hauswirth, George As- 

 mus, S. S. Skidelsky, J. F. Ammann and 

 J. J. Karins. 



Various Notes. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 tendered the visiting florists a banquet 

 November 13, in one of the large rooms 

 in the hall where the show was held. 

 The executive committee, composed of 

 ten members, was present, and all visit- 

 ing florists. F. W. Brockman acted as 

 toastmaster. Speeches were assigned to 

 James Wilson, P. J. Hauswirth, E. H. 

 Mann, S. S. Skidelsky, W. W. Coles, 

 Andrew Meyer, Sr., Leonard Kill, Au- 

 gust Poehlmann, O. G. Koenig and Fred 

 H. Meinhardt. The affair was most en- 

 joyable. The same night the local ladies 

 gave a theater party to the visiting 

 ladies, Mrs, Leonard Kill, of Chicago; 

 Mrs. J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati; Mrs. 

 M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. J. 

 S. Wilson, ' of Webster Springs. The 

 hostesses were Mrs. H. G. Berning, Mrs. 

 Fred C. Weber, Mrs. Theo. Miller, Mrs. 

 John Steidle, Mrs. Botenhoefer, Mrs. J. 

 J. Beneke and the Misses Meinhardt, five 

 in number. All the ladies carried large 

 blooms of chrysanthemums. Eddie Foy, 

 the comedian, in the play commented 

 on the florists' ladies being present. 



November 13 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard 

 Kill, of Chicago, entertained a party 

 of friends at supper at the Jefferson 

 hotel. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. S. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peter- 



son, Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Berning, 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Beneke. ! 



The Foster Floral Co. had the floral 

 decorations for the opening of the new 

 department store of Scruggs- Vandevort 

 and the Barney Dry Goods Co., at Tenth 

 and Olive streets. A number of other 

 florists had floral designs to send. 



A. G. Greiner had a fine display of 

 cacti at the flower show. Mr. Greiner 

 says he will prepare a great display at 

 the national flower show at Chicago next 

 November. 



Kelley & Petschonek have bought out 

 the Eggeling Floral Co. branch at Del- 

 mar and Kingshighway. Mif. Kelley was 

 formerly with Ostertag BrtisT, and Mr. 

 Petschonek was the bookkeeper for the 

 Eggeling Co. These two young men 

 should do well, as they have one of the 

 best stands in the west end. 



Julius Koenig has left the employ of 

 the park department and is now with 

 Ostertag Bros. 



J. W. Dunford has bought the control- 

 ling interest in the Gallagher Floral Co., 

 on Page avenue, which will be run as 

 a retail store. 



The local rose growers had quite a 

 discussion during the week as to which 

 was the i)eat new rose exhibited this 

 year. Among those mentioned were 

 Eeinberg's Mrs. Marshall Field, Hill's 

 Rhea Reid and Princess, Poehlmann 's 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, Scott's Mrs. Jar- 

 dine, Heller's William R. Smith, and the 

 Cardinal. This subject will be taken up 

 at the next club ijieeting. J. J. B. 



We sold 20,000 carnation plants with 

 a classified advertisement in the Review 

 for four weeks. — G. E. Beal. 



