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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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 June 24, 1909. 



PEONIES 



$2-$4 per lOO 



FANCIES— 



$5-$6 per 100 



Our Taney Peonies are <he Best In the Market 

 FANCY VALLEY, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100 



Carnations in Large Supply 



and all other stock in season at market rates 



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have shown the white feather and have 

 refused to play his team, claiming them 

 too strong. So he has arranged to have 

 the C. Young & Sons Co. 's team play 

 against his team, known as the Bentzen 

 Floral Co. 's team, at the Florists' Club 

 picnic. This will be one of the features 

 of the day. 



Adolph Brix says that he has had a 

 splendid business season and is now busy 

 with a general overhauling of his green- 

 house plant. His daughter, Miss W. 

 Brix, was recently married. 



During the months of July and August 

 the four wholesale houses will inaugurate 

 the early closing, 5 o'clock the first five 

 days of the week and 12 o'clock on Sat- 

 urdays. This the employees are look- 

 ing forward to with great pleasure. 



Adolph Fehr, of Belleville, was in 

 the flower market last week, buying sup- 

 plies, Mr. Fehr reports a good busi- 

 ness season. 



The new residence of C. C. Sanders, at 

 his greenhouse plant on the Henley road, 

 is nearly completed and will be ready 

 for the family the first week in August. 

 The family has been living in the old 

 homestead on Dclmar boulevard since 

 the fire. 



A. W. Murray, who recently moved 

 from Easton avenue to 1254 Union 

 boulevard, says the business at the new- 

 location is much better than at the old 

 place. 



George Waldbart, Mrs. Ayers, IMiss 

 Newman, F. H. Weber, Ellison Floral 

 Co. and F. C. Weber have had a busy 

 week with work for school commence- 

 ments. Other florists, in other parts of 

 the city, also report a busy week with 

 this kind of work. 



Fred Foster, of the Foster Floral Co., 

 says he is cutting a fine lot of sweet 

 peas from his country place at Kinloch. 



The banquet to gardeners, florists and 

 nurserymen, provided for in the will of 

 Henry Shaw, will this year be given in 

 the form of an open-air coUation at the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden at noon, 

 Thursday, July 1. All members of the 

 St.' Louis Florists' Club have been in- 

 vited to attend. J. J. B, 



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ONCINNATL 



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While business was nothing to brag 

 about, still all stock that could be classed 

 as good sold at fair prices. There are 

 lots of flowers coming in that are poor 

 to very poor in quality, and it is these 

 that suffer, as it is hard to move them 

 at any price. This makes the average 

 price of stock seem low, while as a mat- 

 ter of fact all really good stock is bring- 

 ing fair prices. This has been a bad 

 year for mildew on roses, and the flo- 

 rist who has been able to escape it this 

 season can consider himself lucky. Mil- 

 dewed roses are always bad stock to get 

 a price for, and even though the buds 

 are good they have to be sold at a sac- 

 rifice. Clean stock with inferior blos- 

 soms will always bring a better price. 



Carnations are now nearing the end. 

 The hot sunshine of the last few days 

 has almost put the finishing touches to 

 them. The stock coming in, except that 

 from the far north, is small and does 

 not keep well. The white varieties hold 

 out the best. There is a good demand 

 for carnations, notwithstanding the poor 

 quality, and they sell readily, but at a 

 low price. Outdoor sweet peas are in 

 now in full force. Some fine ones are to 

 be seen. They are needed now, but still 



it is hard to get a good price for 

 them. The general line of outdoor stock 

 is with us, such as candytuft, feverfew, 

 etc. It is rather a drag now, but ought 

 to go better shortly. Peonies continue 

 to be good property and sell out clean. 

 Greens are going nicely and the new 

 eastern ferns are with us again. 



Preparations for the Convention. 



It is a pleasure to report how nicely 

 all the arrangements for the silver 

 jubilee of the S. A. F., to be held in this 

 city in August, are being completed. 

 Only a few minor details now remain to 

 be worked out. The various committees 

 have been hard at work, and at the meet- 

 ing to be held at the Hotel Sinton Mon- 

 day evening very favorable reports will 

 be read. The various entertainments 

 have been mapped out and decided upon. 

 This in itself required no end of argu- 

 ment and discussion, as Cincinnati is a 

 veritable summer resort and there were 

 so many ways of entertainment that 

 could have been utilized that it was a 

 hard matter to decide what would be 

 the very best and most enjoyable for 

 the visiting florists. Those who have 

 already visited this city in the summer 

 are well aware of the various induce- 

 ments it holds out to its citizens and 

 visitors to enjoy themselves. Those who 



