Itf^Y 25, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



29 



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being 30 years old and Mr. Windier 

 just 21. The celebration took place at 

 the home of Frank Windier, May 17. 



Emil Schray, of the firm of William 

 Schray & Sons, says they have never 

 been so busy as this year in the sale 

 of plants. They have a fine house of 

 gloxinias in full bloom, which are sell- 

 ing well to the local store men. 



President W. P. Stark, of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen, is ex- 

 pected down from Louisiana the first 

 week in June, to see that everything is 

 in readiness for the opening of the 

 thirty-sixth annual meeting. '. 



George Waldbart, Mrs. M. M. Ayers 

 and the Metropolitan Floral Co., at 

 Grand avenue and Olive street, had ex- 

 ceptionally handsome window displays 

 all last week and had a good run of 

 business. 



President Sanders, of the St. Louis 

 Retail Florists ' Association, states that 

 an important meeting will be held on 

 Monday, June 5. There is a big lot of 

 business to transact and he wants a 

 large attendance. 



C. Young & Sons Co. had an excep- 

 tionally busy week with plants and an- 

 other week will about clean them out. 

 The Sanders Nurseries, Charles Beyer 

 and F. J. Fillmore also say they had a 

 big plant season. 



Fred H. Weber, state vice-president 

 of the S. A. F., was out among the local 

 trade to increase Missouri's member- 

 ship in the S. A. F., which he says has 

 fallen off greatly. He says he was 

 quite successful and will attend the 

 next club meeting ready for more work 

 in this direction. 



The mayor's appointment of Dwight 

 Davis as park commissioner was con- 

 firmed by the city council. He will 

 take his office at once and will shortly 

 announce who his superintendent will 

 be. 



W. E. Robinson has the Chain of 

 Eocks park in fine shape this year. 

 Reservoir park, under Phil Giebel, is 

 also showing new beds and splendid 



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management. These parks come under 

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The Frank H. Wild Floral Co., of 

 Sarcoxie, Mo., is sending to this mar- 

 ket a fine lot of cut peonies. The de- 

 mand for these has not been as good 

 this season as usual and prices have 

 been lower. 



The committee which has the club 's 

 twenty-fifth anniversary in hand held 

 a meeting at Smith's and decided that 

 the banquet will be held on the night 

 of June 28, at Pechmann 's hotel, 4295 

 Olive street. Invitations will be sent 

 out June 1 by the secretary of the club. 



J. J. B. 



YONKEES, N. Y. 



Friday, May 19, there was a well at- 

 tended meeting of the Yonkers Horti- 

 cultural Society in Wiggins hall. Busi- 

 ness relating to the spring show was dis- 

 cussed and it was decided to hold that 

 exhibition in Hollywood Inn, Wednes- 

 day, June 14. A good schedule has been 

 drawn up and members of neighboring 

 societies are cordially invited to com- 

 pete. 



Darwin tulips were finely shown by S. 

 Untermyer, of Greystone, H. Turner 

 superintendent, and were awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit, the judges adding that 

 they had never seen so fine an exhibit 



