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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuaux 18, 1909. 



House of Geranium Mrs. Richard F. Gloede. 



has been coining in heavily of late. 

 Koses and carnations are at present 

 having a good call and the price is 

 up a cent or two on them. Callaa arc 

 more than enough. Light colors in sweet 

 peas sell well and violets are cleaning 

 up daily now. Smilax and other greens 

 are plentiful and the demand is good. 



Qvb Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its regular 

 monthly meeting Thursday afternoon, 

 February 11, and the attendance was as 

 large as the club has had in many 

 months, owing to the fact that it was 

 a carnation meeting. There was a fairly 

 good exhibition of carnations. Among 

 those who exhibited were John Steidle, 

 of Central, who showed twenty-five in 

 each one of his six vases of Rose-pink 

 Enchantress, Enchantress, Harlowarden, 

 Beacon, Mrs. Patten and White Perfec- 

 tion. A. F. Longren, of Des Plaines, 111., 

 staged a fine vase of his new carnation, 

 Lucille. The Charles Knopf Floral Co., of 

 Bicbmond, staged a vase each of Kuby 

 and Mrs. Charles Knopf. A. C. Brown, of 

 Springfield, 111., exhibited three fine vases 

 ©■f twenty-five blooms each of Governor 

 Deneen, Superba and Sangamo. J. F. 

 Ammann showed a fine vase of mixed car- 

 nations. E. W. Guy, of Belleville, had a 

 vase of White Enchantress, and W. J. 

 Pilcher, of Kirkwood, a vase each of 

 Beacon and White Enchantress. 



At 2 o'clock, promptly, President 

 Young called the meeting to order, with 

 fifty members in attendance, which later 

 increased to sixty. The trustees stated 

 that they would report on a new meeting 

 place at the next meeting. A good, lively 

 discussion was started on different sub- 

 jects pertaining to the florists' business. 

 The question box, too, brought out some 

 good discussions. 



At 3 o'clock the president called a 

 recess and appointed a committee to 

 judge the carnation blooms. The com- 

 mittee consisted of P. Schneider, Edwin 

 Denker and E. Lombard. Their report 

 was as follows: Best red, W. J. Pilcher 

 first, John Steidle second on Beacon. 

 Light pink, J. Steidle first on Rose-pink 

 Enchantress. Variegated, J. Steidle first 

 with Mrs. Patten. J. F. Ammann took 

 first on mixed vase. Dark red, John 

 Steidle first on Harlowarden. White, W. 



J. Pilcher first with White Enchantress, 

 J. Steidle second with White Perfection, 

 E. W. Guy third with White Enchantress. 

 Of the new varieties on exhibition the 

 judges reported on points: Mrs. Charles 

 Knopf, 90; Lucille, 89; Ruby, 89; San- 

 gamo, 88; Superba, 87, and Governor 

 Deneen, 80. The five first named re- 

 ceived the club's certificate of merit. 



The meeting then came to order and 

 the president called on several of the 

 visitors for remarks. Henry Ostertag 

 acted as auctioneer and sold the prize 

 winners at a good price. The March 

 meeting will be the club's annual rose 

 meeting. 



After adjournment, the members were 

 taken in charge of the entertainment 

 committee and were escorted to the Bis- 

 marck cafe, where sixty sat down to a 

 fine supper. After cigars. President 

 Young called on J. J. Beneke to act as 

 toastmaster, who in turn called upon the 

 following speakers: J. F. Ammann, A. 

 C. Brown, J. J. Karins, Frank Weber, 

 E. W. Guy, Frank Fillmore, Jr. and Sr., 

 Walter Retzer, W. C. Smith and Henry 

 Ostertag. All responded with more or 

 less humorous talks. At 6 o 'clock the 

 party broke up and all voted it the best 



time the members of the club have ever 

 had. 



Various Notes. 



During the last week we had a large 

 array of traveling salesmen calling on 

 the different branches of the trade. They 

 were J. J. Karins, of Henry Dreer's, 

 Philadelphia; F. W. Creighton, of Bod- 

 dington's, New York; 1. Rosnosky, of 

 Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia ; Mar- 

 tin Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia; D. Augspurger, of Peoria, 

 111., and Mr. Tiny, of Hagemann & Co., 

 of New York. All report good business 

 during their stay. 



Fred Ostertag has taken the position 

 vacated by Julius Schaefer at Grimm & 

 Gorley 's. 



Prof. William Trelease, director of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, delivered a 

 free lecture at Kleekamp's hall, Thurs- 

 day night, February 11, on "How to 

 Make St. Louis More Beautiful," using 

 stereopticon views. This lecture was 

 under the auspices of the Tower Grove 

 Heights Improvement Association. The 

 attendance was large. 



Mrs. William Ellison, of the Ellison 

 Floral Co., who is visiting her daughter, 

 is expected home the latter part of the 

 week from Cleveland, O. 



F. W. Brockmann is this year chair- 

 man of the executive committee of the 

 St. Louis Horticultural Society. Mr. 

 Brockmann is a commission man on Third 

 street. 



Julius Peterson, seedsman at 709 Car- 

 roll street, is making big preparations 

 to handle a large spring seed trade. 



A. G. Greiner, the cactus specialist, re- 

 ports that he has in preparation his 

 new catalogue, which will contain illus- 

 trations of his large and rare collection 

 of cacti. He will also add more glass 

 this summer. 



C. Young & Sons Co. is displaying a 

 fine lot of blooming plants in the big 

 show windows this week. They expect 

 a busy spring season. 



A. S. Halstead, president of the St. 

 Clair Floral Co., of Belleville, was re- 

 ported sick at the club meeting last week. 



George Windier, on Delore avenue, is 

 making preparations for extra fine spring 

 blooming plants for the spring flower 

 show, which takes place pext month. 



The following suburban florists were 

 in the city last Thursday, February 11, 

 and attended the Florists' Club meeting; 

 in the afternoon: A. G. Fehr and E. 



The Lord & Burnham Selling Force at Its Annual Dinner. 



