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The Weekly florists' Keview. 



Apbil 2, 1008. 



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BIG CROP OP PRIZE WINNING 



BEAUTIES 



At the National Rose Show last week we won all the prizes on Brides and Maids for 



which we were eligible to enter. 



Brides and Maids from grafted stocic 

 Riclimond and Killarney from grafted stocic 



ALL ESPECIALLY FINE AND CHEAP 



FANCY CARNATIONS IN LARGE SUPPLY 



$8.00 TO $3.00 PER HUNDRED 



PLENTY OF GREENS AND LILIES 

 WRITE FOR EASTER PRICE LIST, NOW BEING ISSUED 



Bassett & Washburn 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers In Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



GREENHOUSES; 



HINSDALE. ILL. 



Mention The BcTlew when yon write. 



he had been scheduled to preside as 

 toastmaster. 



A few rose show visitors are still in 

 town; also, Will Graff, of Columbus, 

 and Carl Hirsch, Hillsdale, Mich. . 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The market is just in such a state 

 that one can hardly say it is bad or 

 good. There is plenty of everything in 

 the cut flower Une to be had at any 

 of the wholesale houses, but not enough 

 demand to clean up in any one variety. 

 White stock seems to have the best de- 

 mand at present, as there were last week 

 several large funerals at which a num- 

 ber of large designs were seen, especially 

 at School Superintendent Soldan's funer- 

 al, which was held from the Central high 

 school. Nearly all the florists in the 

 city had a design or two to make up. 



At present there is a good deal of 

 speculation as to the supply for Easter, 

 and the main talk is about lilies, which 

 some say will come in too early, as East- 

 er is yet three weeks back, but no 

 doubt there will be enough for all. Other 

 bulb stock will be all cut out. 



On Monday, March 30, stock was com- 

 ing in freely at the commission houses 

 and the demand was good. Roses, car- 

 nations, sweet peas, violets and all bulb- 

 ous stock were of extra good quality. 



Weather conditions are not of the 

 best, as it is cloudy, cold and rainy. 



Variota Notes. 



•TIs neither rank, nor wealth, nor state, 

 Bat adTertlslngr that makes men great. 



The above was the motto used at a 



banquet given by the St. Louis Adver- 

 tising Men's League, at the Planters' 

 Hotel, March 25. The tables were beau- 

 tifully decorated. 



Gifford Pinchot, United States forest- 

 er, addressed the St. Louis Society of 

 Pedagogy last week, at the Central high 

 school. In his remarks he said that the 

 forestry problem is becoming critical, 

 and declared that the future will suffer 

 from present carelessness. Professor 

 William Trelease, director of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, also spoke. The 

 attendance was large. 



Herman Biessen, brother of Mrs. 

 Bertha Burchel, of the Riessen Floral 

 Co., died last week. The funeral took 

 place March 26, from the family resi- 

 dence, 3484 South Jefferson avenue. The 

 large circle of friends in the trade ex- 

 tend their sympathy. 



Jules Burdett, on South Vandeventer 

 avenue, is supplying the St. Louis Seed 

 Co. with a fine lot of Dutch hyacinths 

 in pots. The bulbs were furnished by 

 the seed company last fall. The com- 

 pany is using its old store, which it 

 vacated recently, to store these plants, 

 which number in the thousands. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 has issued its first bulletin, naming in 

 it a list of prizes for the best gardens, 

 window or porch boxes and back yards, 

 in all amounting to $185. The com- 

 mittee on awards will make inspections 

 from time to time and the prizes will 

 be awarded during the fall show. 



Nat Bangsley, of the Mullanphy Flow- 

 er Co., who was reported missing in the 

 last issue, turned up safe and sound 

 and reported having made a trip to visit 

 some of his friends, not thinking that 

 his disappearance would create a sensa- 



tion here. So everything is running 

 as usual at the Mullanphy. 



Harry Rieman, who wa« arrested some 

 time ago for passing worthless checks 

 on a number of florists here, pleaded 

 guilty and was bound over on $500 bail 

 and held for the grand jury. 



Fred Foster, who was hurt a week 

 ago, is out on crutches and was not 

 so badly injured as first reported, but 

 it will be some time before he can do 

 away with the sticks. 



W. C. Smith & Co. are having a good 

 run on tree boxes, garden trellises and 

 chairs. They are also fitting up this 

 department with other supplies for the 

 garden. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville. HI., 

 attended the American Rose Society's 

 ninth annual meeting at Chicago last 

 week, and his many friends in the trade 

 here were pleased to learn that he was 

 successful in capturing some of the prizes 

 for roses. His Richmond, Chatenay and 

 Ivory, on which he to^k first, are con- 

 signed to this market daily and han- 

 dled by C. A. Kuehn. 



Among the St. Louis florists who at- 

 tended the Rose Society meeting at 

 Chicago last week were F. H. Mein- 

 hardt and O. G. Koenig. 



Our nurserymen, Sanders, H. Weber 

 & Sons, J. W. Schuette and Emil Roth- 

 enheber, have had an exceptionally good 

 year in fruit trees, ornamental trees and 

 shrubs of all kinds, and are still busy 

 with a few late orders. 



George H. Angermueller is handling 

 a nice lot of American Beauties con- 

 sigTied to him by Heller Bros. ; also, good 

 Brides and Maids from the same firm. 



Henry Berning received large con- 

 signments of extra fine carnations last 



