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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Dbcbuber 2, 1900. 



day after, when the annual social hop of 

 the season was held among the four hun- 

 dred. Eoses and violets were in good de- 

 mand. Mr. Chamberlain put out about 

 3,200 violet blooms. He is showing some 

 nice white Bonnaffon niiiins. 



E. H. Woodhouse has a grand show 

 for Christmas, in begonias, cyclamen and 

 other flowering plants. His place is in 

 fine shape. 



Wm. P. Peirce is cutting some nice 

 mums at his Elm street place. 



Wm. H. Davenport is having a special 

 sale of cocos palms and small Whitman! 

 ferns, the former at 25 cents each and the 

 latter at 10 cents each. W. L. 



CURRENT JOTTINGS. 



J. W. Adams & Co., of Springfield, 

 Mass., find the sale of the Wizard brand 

 of sheep manure so large that they have 

 built a cement storage-shed, especially to 

 enaule them to handle it by the carload. 

 They have also added to the greenhouse 

 plant. 



L. D. Eobinson, Jr., of Springfield, 

 Mass.,. has the building fever, and in the 

 near future he may be seen locating on 

 a farm, since that is the cheapest thing 

 just now in the real estate line and he 

 is cramped for room. 



Mark Aitken, of Springfield, Mass., 

 will start building immediately after 

 Easter and has plans for 100,000 feet 

 from Lord & Burnham, with possibilities 

 for 1,000,000 feet. 



William Schlatter & Son, of Spring- 

 field, Mass., are satisfied to remain 

 where they are. They have just finished 

 two Lord & Burnham houses, which com- 

 plete a square. I noted a batch of Har- 

 risii, from the same case, part of which 

 had been started outside and part under 

 the bench. Those started inside have 

 made a much more satisfactory growth. 



Wedding decorations have kept E. W. 

 Clark, of New London, Conn., extra busy 

 of late and have called for the best 

 stock. A few good funeral orders have 

 cleared up surplus blooms. Thanksgiv- 

 ing sales are satisfactory. M. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Thanksgiving week was a busy one 

 for the florists and we hear nothing but 

 good reports from all over the city. From 

 these reports we can safely say that it 

 was one of the best Thanksgivings the 

 trade has had. There were a number of 

 weddings, small and large, which used 

 up considerable stock of all kinds. The 

 weather was fine and warm. What we 

 need, from now on, is colder weather to 

 stimulate the business. 



There will be a large number of debu- 

 tantes in society this month, who will 

 hold large receptions, and these should 

 keep the store men busy up to Christ- 

 mas. The supply of stock last week 

 was large and equal to the demand, on 

 almost everything except violets, which 

 have suffered greatly from the warm 

 spell. California violets brought $1 per 

 hundred. 



Mums are nearing the end, altliough 

 quite a few are still coming in. Carna- 

 tions are now at their height and the 

 blooms are of fine quality, bringing top 

 prices of $4 per hundred. Lily of the 

 valley has a big demand of late, with 

 hardly enough coming in to meet the 

 call. Beauties sold well last week, in 

 all grades,, but the medium stems had 

 the best call. Other roses also sold woll. 



The Standard 

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 does its work without trouble an4 

 annoyance, tiavingr its cost by tbo 

 economy in coal bills. 



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with top price at $8 per hundred. Some 

 extra fine Kiilarney and White Killarney 

 brought $10 per hundred. Smilax and 

 all other greens have a good demand. 



Various Notes. 



Frank M. Johnson's first trip here, 

 representing A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, 

 was a successful one. 



Louis A, Gieger, formerly employed in 

 various local retail stores, has opened 

 up the old stand of the Maryland Flo- 

 ral Co., at Maryland and Euclid avenues. 



L. P. Jensen, gardener to Adolphus 

 Busch, addressed the South Side Self- 



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culture Club Tuesday, November 23, his 



subject being "Landscape Gardening." 



W. C. Smith, of the Smith Wholesale 



Floral Co., is interested in the coming 



