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The Florists' Rcvkw 



OCTOBKH 8, 1914. 



Beauties are somewhat oflf color; the 

 better grades are in good demand. 

 Fancy carnations are not any too plenti- 

 ful. Of the short-stemmed stock there 

 are large quantities in all the markets. 

 Extra fancy carnations bring from $3 to 

 $4 per hundred. Easter lilies are extra 

 fine and have a good demand. Valley 

 is somewhat scarce and high in price. 

 With dahlias, cosmos, gladioli and tube- 

 roses coming in daily, this market will 

 be well supplied for the usual fall 

 festivities which take place this week. 



Various Notes. 



The American Association of Ceme- 

 tery Superintendents is holding a three- 

 day session this week at the Planters' 

 hotel. M. P. Brazell, of St. Louis, is 

 president of the association. W. N. Rudd, 

 of Chicago; James Currie, of Milwau- 

 kee; Frank Eurich, of Detroit, and 

 Alexander Hauton, of Barre, Vt., are 

 scheduled for talks during the session. 

 The association will be guests of the 

 directors of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden, October 8, when a meeting will 

 be held at which John Noyes, landscape 

 designer of the garden, and W. W. Ohl- 

 weiler, general manager, will read in- 

 teresting papers. Mr. Noyes' paper 

 will be on "Pictures in a Park Ceme- 

 tiery, ' ' and Mr. Ohlweiler 's on " Flower 

 Displays Without Rain." One hundred 

 members of the association are ex- 

 jiected to attend. 



The South Broadway Merchants' As- 

 sociation's street fair and carnival, to 

 be held this week, should make busi- 

 ness good for florists. Oscar Heile and 

 the Diemer Floral Co., who have stores 

 along the route of the carnival, have 

 their store fronts gayly decorated for 

 the occasion. 



Harry Young, of H. Young & Son, 

 on Maryland avenue, says that business 

 has opened up nicely with them and 

 that a good, steady trade is looked for 

 from now on.. 



The Shackelford Nursery Co. re- 

 ceived its bulb importations from 

 France, Holland and Japan last week. 

 H. C. Lloyd, head of the nursery, says 

 the bulbs this year are the best they 

 ever have received. 



The death of Captain Robt. McCul- 

 loch, president of the United Railways, 

 created a lot of extra work for the 

 florists September 29 and 30. Tele- 

 graph orders for designs were heavy. 



Paul C. Standley, of the U. S. Na- 

 tional Herbarium, Washington, D. C, 

 and Dr. David Griffiths, of the office 

 of Farm Management and Plant Indus- 

 try, U. 8. Department of Agriculture, 

 were recent visitors and guests of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. Both gen- 

 tlemen were much impressed with the 

 work at the garden. 



Carl Haltenhoff, of Gotha, Fla., 

 called on his friends here recently on 

 his way to Marshall, la., where he will 

 engage in the landscape business with 

 A. H. Smith. Both men are graduates 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden and 

 have many friends among the trade. 



President Bourdet and Treasurer 

 Smith, of the Florists' Club, were 

 judges for the St. Louis Republic as 

 to the best kept window box in the 

 2100 block on Olive street. The prizes 

 were $5, $3 and $2. Mr. Bourdet says 

 the judging was easy, as not many of 

 the boxes were well kept. 



Anton Haitoeblen, an employee of 

 the city forestry department, was seri- 

 ously injured October 1, while trim- 

 miag trees on Bailey avenue. His 



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