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The Florists^ Review 



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services were ie\v;irilei| with a silxfi 

 irieil.'il ;i[ii| lie coiit i iiiie<l in this |ii)-.i 

 tioii until ll'n;!, when lie \v;is ;i|i|iointei| 

 Ipv the l''ren('h j^oxci iiirient to i;iy (nil 

 tlie I''reriih i;;ii<len e\hil>il al the 

 woilil's t'air at St. I,(Miis. lie haij lull 

 rhaijie ot' all the woi'k and a.L;ain re 

 eei\ei| a iiie(lal lui- his elluits. At tlie 

 ildse (it' the exposition Mr. lioui'let 

 thought hii^iily nf the opjiort uni t ies in 

 St. Louis for one ol' his vni-atioii, ami 

 estalilishe.l the Itolinlet Floral Co. As 

 a grower of |iot plants .Mr. P.ouiilet ha- 

 few e(|iials. He has lieeii a ineniher of 

 the l''lorists" ('luli for tlie last ten years 

 aiiij enjoys a wide ai-((ii:ii nt a ace .ainoiiL; 

 the trade. 



The nominee tor \ ire-|iresii|ent , W. S. 

 W'tdls, entered this existeni-e in 1 ^^.*l ;it 

 ()xfoid, ().. and not loliii af!ei- entered 

 the llorists' trade, for his father wa-- a 

 L^iowci'. .\t the death of the lattei. 

 Mr. Wells took over the llllsilles■^ and 

 disjiosed of it in I'.ios. He was associ 

 ated with 11. Sidnnidt \ <'o., in hi- 

 home tow II, until I'.Ml. when he went 

 to St. Louis to take up Work in the 

 .Missouri P.otanieal (iaiileii. While 

 there he was (dected secr»dar\- ;iiid 

 treasurer of the l';n;;eliiiaiin Midaniral 

 ('lull and still holds these ollices. In 

 l!l|;; lie left the fiardeii to estaldish 

 the \\(dls hNoral \ Landscape Co. The 

 htistlin;; (pialities which ha\c made tlii- 

 undertakinji a success slioiiM pro\e a 

 \alualile ass<'t for an oHicei- of the St. 

 Louis Florists ' < duli. 



Jules Boufdet. 



Lincoln, Neb, C. H. I'n.y ami fam 

 ily are at tludr summer home on I'eli 

 can lake, Nisswa, .Minn., where (ishiiiL; 

 is i^ood and mdther he.at nor w ,a r new^ 

 w orrv . 



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'-Ill' at the l.ottom of the plants 

 ii'iicil olf, luit tliis should not he 

 " until tlu> jilants liaxc well started 

 I'l.ike stroll";- shoots, as the jilaiits 

 d that time i-eipiire all the foliage 

 - ii'port tliein. W. .1. K. 



ST. LOUIS CLUB ELECTS. 



' ''■ date of this issue is the day on 



'I tile St. Louis Florists' (lull cele 



''• • it- twenty-seventh annixcrsary. 



' \\as in Au^iust, l'^^7. that this 



",- organization lirst saw the liylit. 



' - uiown to he a strong: and husky 



"U in the nearly thri'c decades 



"^ I'ey^iniiiiiy, ;ind toilay i- known 



"' tile livest oi-;^a ni /.a t ion- in 



"Kitrv. To Ivce). up the repllla 

 'lie cluii and continue as it lia- 

 'lie llorists of St. Louis niai\e a 

 ' aril Alii^iist for the most hust 

 iiiImm - (d' t he ti ade in t heir tow ii 

 •"• annual election ot the dul' 

 I'"'. 'Pliis year the old -taiid 

 •'■ i'.eiieke ;ind W. < '. Smit li. are 

 ' '" continue as -ecretary and 

 M's|iei-t i V ely. and tor the 

 •^ " ollices, pi e-ideiit a nd \ ice 

 '''■ dule> lioiirdet and W. S. 

 '-■pccti\(dy have lieeii pl.aced in 







' 'oiii del IS ;i na t i v e ot' l-'r,a me 



'•■^ from the veai Isii'.t. He 



'" [earn the llorists " trade- when 



'-' vears old ;iiid liy this time 



''"■ hue points III' the liiisiness 



^'" l>y heart. .\ftei- workiii- 



""^ .L:i-eeliliouse esta id ishments, 



''I' landscape work in I'ari- 



'h li'nii he undertook a 



' the udrk in connection with 



'■' "'il .'X|,(i-.it i.iii at l';iri-. 11 i- 



W. S. Wells. 



