December 9, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



43 



^- ""iSrri^ir""*'' Our Xmas Offer S^ES: 



«"S.ffl?'^l^„°s/S?iJ'/"^ -'•- Invest $25.00; realize $54.00; your prefit $29.00 



(And one aquarium for yoursell) 



1 Doz. 1-pt. globea, retail for 10c each I 1.20 



1 Dob. ^-Kal. irlobes. retallat25c 8.00 



1 Doz. l-g;al. Klobes, retailatSOc ' 6.00 



8 l^a-gal globes, retail at 75c to 86c 2.40 



2 2-Kal. globes, retail at $1.00 2.00 



llliilUIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllillllllia; 2 S-cal. globes, retail at 11.50 8.00 



6 Doz. Fish Food, retail at 10c box 7.20 



1 Doz. Oabomba moss, retail at 10c 1.20 



lll|||||l|||l!lllllllilll lililllllKHH 1 Doz. cattleB, at 15c each 1.80 



1 Doz. caitles, at 25c to 35c ., S.OO 



^ Doz. boxes sea sheila, at 20c 1.20 



1-6 Doz. large castles, at 50c each 1.00 



100 Medium small fish, at 10c 10.00 



40 Medium large fish, at 20c to S5c 8.00 



4 Extra fancy fish (Japanese Comets) 2.00 



1 Dip Net, free. 1 Large rustic stand 1.00 



TOTAL $54.00 



No. Length Width Height Capacity Price SBND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



24 n^ IS^fl lO^a 6^9 gals $5 00 ^ 



The Xuburndale Goldfish Co., """"i^^'^^'''' ^'- 



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the old-time growers, who is getting 

 young every day. 



Among the other visitors were David 

 Linn, Lock No. 4, Pa., and Oliver Criss- 

 iiian, Punxsutawney, Pa. Hoo-Hoo. 



VINTERING BOXWOOD. 



I have some boxwoods that I bought 

 •iliout three months ago. I am keeping 

 tliom in my store-room and keep, them 

 iiioderately damp. The leaves are turn- 

 iiiff brown and are falling off and the 

 I'l^ints look as if they were going to die. 

 ^^ ill you please tell me something about 

 "" treatment of them? F. B. F. 



Boxwoods, like bay trees, should have 

 ■' cool shed, cellar or store-room over 

 w nter. They are almost hardy and dis- 

 li'ie fire heat and its drying influences. 

 I am afraid your plants must have suf- 

 ^' led from dryness at the roots, either 

 'fore or since you received them. You 

 "'list k«ep the soil constantly moist. Dry 

 '"nditions at the root annually kill more 

 " (^rgreens than cold. It is not unusual 

 ' r the leaves to assume a brownish 

 •nge after the arrival of cold weather 



and some will probably fall from time 

 to time. Keep the plants moderately 

 cold; just clear of frost will answer, but 

 wherever they are, never let them get in 

 the least dry at the root. Place them 

 outdoors early in May. C. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The retail business last week was not 

 at all satisfactory. There is no steady 

 demand and we hope that the cold wave 

 that came down on us Sunday, Decem- 

 ber 5, will make the business more lively 

 from now on. There were no re- 

 ceptions or weddings of any note and the 

 only work that kept some of us busy was 

 the funerals, which used up considerable 

 quantities of white stock and left the 

 colored stock in the hands of the whole- 

 salers. Stock of all kinds has been 

 plentiful all during the last week. The 

 •wholesalers say that the demand was 

 weak and that quite a lot of stock was 

 dumped, especially colored stock. 



Chrysanthertiums are coming to an end 

 fast and this week will about see the 



last of them for this season. Carna- 

 tions have been coming in heavily of late 

 and of excellent quality in all varieties. 

 Roses, too, are most plentiful in all 

 grades and varieties, with prices low. 

 Beauties are coming in fine, with fair 

 demand only. Eomans and Paper Whites 

 promise to be good and plentiful this sea- 

 son. Harrisii and callas sell well, but 

 there are not any too many coming in. 

 Violets are not so good, but the colder 

 weather will bring them out. Every- 

 thing in greens can be had in plentiful 

 supply. 



VariotM Notea. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville; Ed- 

 win Denker, of St. Charles, and Henry 

 Emunds, of Belleville, were visitors last 

 week, buying supplies. All had a good 

 word for Thanksgiving business. 



C. A. Kuehn is putting a fresh coat 

 of paint on his store front. The wire 

 and supply departments are kept busy 

 now for the holiday trade. 



Mrs. Berry, grandmother of George B. 

 Windier and Eobert J. Windier, died last 

 week. .The funeral took place from her 

 late residence on South Virginia, avenue. 

 There were many beautiful floral designs 

 sent by friends in the trade. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, is 

 cutting a nice lot of carnations for this 

 market. Mr. Connon says he has a large 

 wedding to furnish, in the city, next 

 week. 



The Kelley Floral Co., at Eighteenth 

 and Olive streets, is having a big run o« 

 goldfish. Its window display has bee» 

 attractive during the la^t week. 



Miss M. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 has been a guest of Miss M. Meinhardt 

 since the flower show. Miss Vesey likes 

 St. Louis very much. 



Ostertag Bros, have several swell wed- 

 dings for this month. They have had an 

 unusual amount of funeral work during 

 the last week. 



The W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 

 is having a good run on florists' supplies 

 of all kinds. Its consignments of carna- 

 tions and violets have been large. 



Miss Theresa Badaracco has been 

 rather busy since Thanksgiving with 

 work of all kinds. She is known as the 

 art florist. 



Henry Berning is receiving good con- 



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