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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JULT 2, 1908. 



GREEN 

 GOODS 



Smilax 



Spreng^eri 



PIumoBus 



Adiantum 

 Ferns 



Galax 



Leucothoe 

 Boxwood 



Chas. W. McKellar 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



51 Wabash Ave. 

 Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



A Specialty 



A fine assortment of 

 Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on 



. hand. 



L. D. Pbone Central S598. »RMH EVKRT DAT 



FANCY STOCK IN TALLET, BEAUTIES. B08ES, CARNATIONS 

 AND GBEENS OF ALL KINDS 



Can always supply the best Koods the season aflords 

 A eomplat* lina of ail Wire Work and Supplies constantly on iiand 



Current Price List 



ORCHIDS, a specialty. Per doz. 



Cattleyas $6.00 



Assorted Orchids, per box, 



S6.00 and up. 



AM. BEAVTIES- 



Extralongr 3.00 to $4.00 



Stems, 24 to 86 inches. . 2.50 



Stems, 20 Inches 2.00 



Stems, 15 inches 1.50 



Stems, 12 inches 1.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Killamey and Richmond.$4.00 to $8.00 



Bride. Maid and Q. Gate. 8.00 to 6.00 



Ohatenay S.OOto 6.00 



Roses, our selection 2.00 



Carnations, sel. com'n. 1.00 to 1.50 



" large and fancy 2.00 to S.OO 



MISCBIJLAKEOUS 



Gardenias. .$2.00 per doz. 

 Longlflorum. Oallas 



$1.50 per doz. 12.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Peonies, doz.,$0.50 to $0.75 



Sweet Peas 75 to 1.00 



DECORATIVB 



Asp. Plumosus string:, .85 to .60 



''^ " ....bunch, .85 to .76 



" Sprengeri...per 100, 2.00to 6.00 



Galax ... per 100, 15c ; 1000, 1.00 to 1 .25 



Ferns, .per 100, 20c; 1000, 2.00 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 to 1.60 



Smilax, doz..$1.50 to $2.00; 15.00 



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thoroughfare, finds he does just about as 

 much business and gives his help a 

 chance to enjoy the beautiful summer 

 evenings and Sunday afternoons by clos- 

 ing promptly at 6:30 and at 11:30 on 

 Sunday. 



Louis Rush can be seen about town in a 

 very neat looking new wagon. Business 

 has been good out Michigan way. 



E. H. Cushman, the gladiolus man 

 from Sylvania, O., was in this city last 

 week, attending the seed trade conven- 

 tion. H. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Business was pretty fair last week, 

 especially the first part of the week, when 

 quite a few of the last of the season's 

 weddings were worked up. There was 

 also a great deal of funeral work and, 

 from reports, the June business was as 

 good as in any previous June months. 

 Now come the two dull summer months, 

 when the retailer can refreshen his place, 

 the wholesaler make alterations and the 

 grower rebuild his houses for next sea- 

 son's business. 



Our market has little fancy stock com- 

 ing in at present. All the wholesalers 

 have plenty of everything in season, but 

 it cannot be classed as firsts, unless it 

 be in Beauties. Other roses are soft 

 and off color. The same can be said of 

 carnations and sweet peas. Gladiolus 

 spikes are coming in fine and sell well 

 at present. Asters are scarce as yet, 

 but they, too, will soon glut the mar- 

 ket, as usual. All outdoor stock is in 

 plenty, as well as smilax, asparagus and 

 other green stock. 



Variotti Notes. 



Mrs. F. H. Weber, with a party of 

 friends, left for Europe last week. Mr. 

 Weber will follow this week and meet 

 his wife at his home in Germany. They 

 will be gone six weeks. Many of their 

 friends in the trade are wishing them 

 a pleasant trip and a safe return home. 



Mrs. Kratz, wife of Charles Kratz, flo- 

 rist at Lindenwood, died last week. Mr. 

 Kratz was well known in the trade, who 

 extend to him their deepest sympathy. 



John Kalisch, of William Kalisch & 

 Sons, took a trip west for his vacation 



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early last week. Before leaving he was 

 married to Miss Studeman. The family 

 was not aware of these plans until he and 

 his bride had reached Denver, when a 

 telegram announced the marriage. Con- 

 gratulations will be in order when they 

 return home. 



William Nichols, of the St. Louis Seed 

 Co.; Fred S. Plant, of the Plant Seed 

 Co., and H. M. Schisler and Adolph Cor- 

 nell, of the Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., at- 

 tended the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion's convention at Detroit last week. 

 They have returned home and report a 

 good meeting. 



Herman Gross, brother of Hugo Gross, 

 of Kirkwood, was married last week at 

 Kansas City, Mo., to Miss Alice Murphy. 

 Henry Wolfsberger accompanied the 

 groom to Kansas City and acted as best 

 man. All flowers used for the wed- 

 ding were sent from the Gross place. 

 The decorations at the house were ar- 

 ranged by Henry Wolfsberger, assisted 

 by fifteen young lady friends of the 

 bride. Mr. Wolfsberger, who is still a 

 young man, with all the comforts of 

 home, left for home after the wedding 

 ceremonies without any leap year pro- 

 posals. He says he was born lucky. 



C. Fusch, of Milwaukee, lately with 

 N. Zweifel, has taken the position va- 

 cated recently by Pierre Schneider, that 

 of foreman for the Oakland Floral Co., 

 Kirkwood, Mo. Mr. Fusch was also at 

 one time foreman for the Bentzen Floral 

 Co., and is reported a first-class man 

 for the place. 



W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, is send- 

 ing to this market a fine cut of fancy 

 gladiolus spikes, which are in steady de- 

 mand. F. W. Ude, Jr.; William Winter, 

 Hugo Gross, F. Vennemann, A. Scheid- 

 egger, A. G. Ahner, the Oakland Floral 

 Co. and others at that place are also 

 sending to this market sweet peas and 

 carnations. Kirkwood is becoming more 

 in evidence every year as a growing cen- 

 ter for this market. Nothing but car- 

 nations, violets and sweet peas are grown 

 here the year around. It is also the 

 home of the everblooming tuberose, origi- 

 nating with Luther Armstrong, the oldest 

 florist of Kirkwood. 



A. S. Halstead, president of the St. 

 Clair Floral Co., of Belleville, reports 

 that he attended the nurserymen's con- 

 vention at Milwaukee recently, as the 

 firm has gone extensively into the nurs- 

 ery business. On his way home he 

 stopped off at Chicago and left orders 

 for two new houses, to be built this 

 summer. 



Norman J. Coleman, ex-president of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, and D. E. Francis, president of the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., at- 

 tended the funeral of Ex-president 

 Grover Cleveland at Princeton last week. 

 Both Mr. Coleman and Mr. Francis were 

 members of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet when 

 he was president. 



Park Commissioner Scanlan is prepar- 

 ing a bill to be presented to the city 

 council, providing for a river front park, 

 extending from the Eads bridge at Wash- 



