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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



jANDAilX 28, 1909. 



VIOLET BOXES AND HAMPERS 



Don't be caught short by the special demand for St. Valentine's Day. Make a window with these and they will sell 



like hot cakes February 14. 



NOTE THE prices: 



Violet Boxes 



Heart-Shaped Hampers 



Real violet color, made up in neets of four, sizes Real Japanese, violet color, of straw braid and 



from 4x6 to 6x10. raffia. In nests of two sizes, for violets. 



30c per nest of 4 boxes. 40c per nest of two hampers. 



Heart-shaped Boxes 



Red Heart-shaped Boxes 



Fancy decorated, an exclusive novelty with us. These were a good seller last Valentine's day — 



two sizes; small, 25c; large, 30c each. bright red. Three sizes, for 50, 100 or 200 violets. 



50c per nest of two boxes. Small, 15c; medium, 20c; large, 25c each. 



Violet Foil, in green and purple, lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00 Violet Cords and Ribbons, from 40c per doz. up to $1.75. 



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WABASH AVE.. 



E. H. HUNT, 



Chicago 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade was much better last week. 

 Tliere were a great many social events, 

 which used up considerable fancy stock. 

 Tills, with funeral work, made good busi- 

 ness for the local retailers. Tlie whole- 

 salers, too, report a good shipping trade 

 and only regret that the rose crop is off. 

 The demand for roses was brisk and con- 

 signments were cleaned up daily. Fancy 

 Jong Beauties have been scarce. There 

 are plenty of shorts, but the bulk of 

 them come deformed. Carnations, too, 

 have been in demand, but there were 

 plenty for all demands, white being 

 cleaned up almost daily. California vio- 

 lets are down to 50 cents per hundred 

 in small lots. The market is well sup- 

 plied with them. Sweet peas and tulips 

 sell well. Bomans are a glut and there 

 are plenty of Paper Whites, valley and 

 callas to be had. These, with a few 

 t'reesias, cover the consignments that 

 come to this market. Everything in 

 greens is in plenty. 



Vaxiout Notes. 



J. Henry Kahrs, who recently bouglit 

 out the Burke store at 605 Locust street, 

 held an opening reception Saturday, Jan- 

 uary 23, inviting the general public. 

 Handsome souvenirs were given and 

 music made the opening a success. 



C. Young & Sons Co. has just issued 

 its spring catalogue, which is most com- 

 plete and a credit to the firm. They 

 are making big preparations to handle 

 a large spring shipping trade. They are 

 the largest shippers of plants in the 

 city. 



J. Van Hook, of Ferguson, is consign- 

 ing to this market some extra well 

 grown carnations and California violets. 



The W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral 

 Co. has a new folding wire plant stand, 

 which will be put on sale in a few days. 

 It is something new for plant decora- 

 tions. 



F. C. Weber, Jr., celebrated his twenty- 

 seventh birthday Monday, January 18, 

 with a billiard party and supper to his 

 young friends at the home of his parents, 

 5384 Watterman avenue. 



Otto Schubert, of Columbus, O., has 



ANNUAL CARNATION AND ROSE SHOW 



BOSTON 



FEBRUARY 27 and 28 



Under Auspices of 



Boston Co-operative Flower Growers' Association 



HORTICULTURAL. HALL, 800 Massachusetts Avenue 

 A BIG PRBMIUII. LIST. SEND FOR IT 



NEW ENGLAND*S co^££igg?AL SHOW 



E. ALLAN PEIRCE, Secretary, WALTHAM, MASS. 



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been in the city for the last ten days, 

 looking for an opening. 



The Ellison Floral Co. has about com- 

 pleted its new show-house adjoining its 

 store. 



There were two handsome decorations 

 last week, one of American Beauties at 

 Louisiana hall for the reception of the 

 supreme officers of the Legion of Honor, 

 and the other at the Missouri Athletic 

 (Mub, of pink carnations, for the Royal 

 Arcanum banquet. 



< '. J-i. Howard, gardener for St. Vin- 

 cent 's Institution at Wellston, has his 

 new conservatory filled with plants of all 

 kinds. He will grow a lot of outdoor 

 stock this summer. 



Robert Thomson & Co., local green- 

 house builders, have recently completed a 

 new greenhouse at the Yeatman high 

 school and one for the St. Vincent 's In- 

 stitution at Wellston. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club should 

 have held its monthly meeting January 

 1], but owing to the severe snow storm 

 the meeting was postponed until Monday, 

 January 25. This year marks the one 

 hundredth anniversary of the birth of 

 Dr. George Engelmann, after whom the 

 club has been named. The subject for 

 this meeting was ' ' Twigs of Woody 

 Plants in Winter," by C. H. Thompson, 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Prof. 

 H. C, Irish presided over the meeting. 

 W. W. Ohlweiler is secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 held its monthly meeting in the hall of 



the Central Y. M. C. A. and elected its 

 officers for the ensuing year. They are 

 as follows: President, Edward Mallinck- 

 rodt ; vice-presidents, Leonard Mathews, 

 D. S. Brown, J. B. Gazzam and .T. H. 

 Gundlach; secretary. Otto G. Koenig; 

 treasurer, Fred C. Weber. George B. 

 Windier and Rudolph Windt were added 

 to the executive committee, and H. N. 

 Davis, W. K. Bixby, Walker Hill and 

 .lohn Forster directors. . The society of- 

 fered $50 in j)rizes for best kept gardens 

 and home surroundings this summer. It 

 was also voted to hold a spring flower 

 show during March or April. 



J. J. B. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market 



A week of duU business has just 

 passed. It is hard to find a single bright 

 spot in it. Perhaps the fact that stock 

 is not overplcntiful is the greatest thing 

 we have to be thankful for. Tlie ma- 

 jority of the retail stores are complain- 

 ing of the poor demand and the wholesale 

 houses can report only a fair business. 

 No matter how you estimate it, it will 

 hardly figure up to last year. 



Roses are equal to the demand. Red 

 roses are in good demand and Beauties 

 can be considered scarce. Outside of 

 that, all orders can be filled easily and 

 there is some surplus. But, aside from 

 this, it must be stated that the average 

 price now is considerably lower than for 



