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The Florists' Review 



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are ready for the opening of the fall 

 season. 



George Waldbart, Ludwig Zimmer 

 and Adolph Brix, who usually make 

 a summer trip to their old homes in 

 Germany, are glad they did not make 

 the trip this summer, on account of 

 the war. 



All the St. Louis county growers are 

 busy preparing for the housing of car- 

 nations. Planting has been going on 

 for ^he last week. Those who grow 

 roses say their young stock is in ex- 

 cellent condition, giving promise of 

 good crops in the fall and winter. 



The seed houses have had dull busi- 

 ness during the last two months, but 

 are keeping the working forces busy 

 in preparing for the fall season. 

 August Hummert, vice-president of the 

 St. Louis Seed Co., will go with the St. 

 Louis party to the Boston convention. 



At Fred Bruenig 's place in Columbia, 

 111., all hands are busy housing a big 

 field of carnations. All outdoor stock 

 has suffered greatly this summer from 

 the drought, which still is with us. 



The agitation in favor of plant 

 window boxes, begun a few weeks ago 

 by the St. Louis Republic, seems to 

 have fallen through, as nothing as yet 

 has come of it at any of the Olive street 

 residences, where a start was to have 

 been made. Postmaster Selph has 

 placed a few boxes on the government 

 building on Olive street. 



Lechner Bros., representatives of 

 Holland bulb growers, with oflSces and 

 storerooms at Webster Groves, say they 

 are well pleased with business in both 

 loeal and shipping demand. 



A^ Jablonsky and John Steidle, both 

 ot Olivette, have all their young stock 

 planted and it is in excellent condition. 

 ^. E. De Wever, of the same place, has 

 "lany thousands of gladioli in his field 

 ready to cut. 



It is rumored that the famous Barr 

 !'^9'"^^ill open a flower department 

 ^ni8 fall. Since their competitors, the 

 JTand Leader and Vandervoort's, have 

 "ad a successful sefeson, they feel that 

 j.ney also can make a success in this 



Henry Ostertag, head of the firm of 



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