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The Florists' Review 



August 16. 1912. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



le cool weather last week was ben- 

 eficial to flowers. Business among the 

 retailers is not rushing, by any means. 

 Some report a great deal of funeral 

 work, but aside from this it has been 

 dull. 



The wholesale market last week was 

 in excellent shape, with cut flowers of 

 all seasonable kinds. Eoses are plenti- 

 ful, especially Killarney and Kaiserin. 

 Some good Beauties are also seen 

 Carnations are not good, but the blooms 

 from the field are better than those 

 from the house. Some of the flowers 

 are good, but have short stems. Gla- 

 dioli are still coming in heavily and 

 the prices are low. America and King 

 are the best sellers, with Augusta next. 

 Sweet peas are poor. Hydrangeas are 

 abundant and asters in all grades are a 

 glut. Some good lilies and valley were 

 seen during the week. In greens the 

 market has all anyone wants. 



Club Meeting. 



An interesting meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club was held in Odd Fellows' 

 hall, August 8, at 2 p. m. The attend- 

 ance was large and was thoroughly rep- 

 resentative. All the officers were in 

 their respective places when President 

 Windier called the meeting to order. 



Convention matters and the election 

 of officers were the principal items of 

 business. 



The trustees, through Chairman Frank 

 Weber, made a report of receipts and 

 expenditures for the recent picnic 

 given by the club. 



Fred H. Weber, state vice-president, 

 reported that all arrangements for the 

 trip to the convention had been com- 

 pleted and that the party would travel 

 over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois 

 railroad; also that a private club car 

 and a parlor car are held in reserve 

 for the party, which will leave St. Louis 

 August 19, at 9 a. m., and arrive in 

 Chicago at 5 p. m. Mr. Weber had a 

 large list of names of those who ex- 

 pected to make the trip. Every as- 

 surance is given of a delightful trip, 

 and all in the party are looking for- 

 ward with keen anticipation to the 

 pleasures of meeting again the florists 

 from all over the country. 



The following florists were elected as 

 members: J. J. Windier, Albert Gums, 

 Charles W. FuUgraf, Fred W. Pape, 

 Edw. G. Eggeling, Frank A. Windier, 

 L. Baumann and Max Herzog. 



Walter T. Weber, manager of H. J. 

 Weber & Sons' greenhouse plant, made 

 application for membership. 



In the election of officers there were 

 two candidates for each office, and the 

 following were chosen: President, Fred 

 H. Weber; vice-president, Charles 

 Young; secretary, J. J. Beneke; treas- 

 urer, William C. Smith; three-year trus- 

 tee, William Gssick; two-year trustee, 

 John Connon. 



Treasurer Smith's report showed a 

 healthy balance to the club's credit. 



The question box brought out a good 

 discussion, which brought this interest- 

 ing meeting to a- close. The next 

 meeting will be held on Thursday af- 

 ternoon, September 12, when the newly 

 elected officers will be installed. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Young, vice-president-elect of 

 tho Florists' Club, left August 7 for a 



Fred H. Veber. 



ten davs' stay at South Haven, Mich., 

 and will meet the St. Louis party at 

 Chicago in convention week before his 

 return home. 



Julius Dillotf, representing Schloss 

 Bros., and M. Le Vine, of Lion & Co., 

 New York, were callers last week. 



E. Kalisch, of Kalisch Bros., writes 

 that he is enjoying himself at Elkhart 

 Lake, Wis., and that fishing is fine. 



W. A. Eowe, of Kirkwood, reports 

 that he is getting things in shape at 

 bis place, so as to be able to attend the 

 S. A. F. convention. 



Fred W. Bruenig is busy planting 

 carnations at his greenhouse plant at 

 Columbia, 111. He says, "Count me 

 and Mrs. Bruenig in for the convention 

 trip." 



John Steidle, C. E. De Wever and A. 

 Jablonaky, at Olivette, are busy pre- 

 paring things for the fall and winter 

 season. 



Theo. Miller will, early next month, 

 open a retail flower store in his own 

 building at Hamilton and Delmar ave- 

 nues. He will retain his old place at 

 Delmar and Euclid avenues. 



Emil Schray, for fifteen consecutive 

 years secretary of the Florists' Club, 

 received quite a welcome when he ap- 

 peared at the club meeting last week. 

 He says pressure of business alone kept 

 him from attending more regularly. 



Fred W. Pape, assistant to City For- 

 ester Julius Koenig, was elected a mem- 

 ber of the Florists ' Club last week. He 

 says he is kept qui'te busy nowadays as 

 assistant city fjirester. 



The stork is paying quite frequent 

 visits to our kt^al florists. His latest 

 delivery was a baby girl at the home 

 of Mr. and Mrs. John Connon, at Web- 

 ster Groves. 



William C. Smith, in company with 

 Mrs. Smith, left for Jerome, Mo., to 



spend their vacation. Mr. Smith says 

 it is hardly possible that he will be 

 back in time for the S. A. F. meeting. 

 Frank A. Windier, of the firm, will 

 make the trip. 



The American Paper Products Co., of 

 272 Bremen avenue, have of late had a 

 big demand for their Appco Shipsafe 

 boxes for florists' use. 



It is safe to say that this city will 

 not be represented in the bowling tour- 

 nament at Chicago during the S. A. 

 F. convention with a team, but a few 

 of them will enter in individual events. 

 Interest in bowling among the local flo- 

 rists seems to have died out. 



James Culbert, a florist here twenty- 

 five years ago, stopped over here Au^ 

 gust 10, on his way back from a west- 

 ern trip. He is now in business at Eoss- 

 ville, 111. During his short stay he 

 looked up a few of his old friends. 



Suburban visitors during the last 

 week: E. W. Guy, Gus Grossart and H. 

 Emunds, Belleville; J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville; Edwin Denker, St. Charles; 

 P. McPheron, Litchfield, 111.; Joseph 

 Hauser and J. Connon, Webster Groves; 

 John Steidle and C. E. De Wever, Oli- 

 vette; Messrs. Pilcher, Eowe, Ahner, 

 Gross, Niemeyer and Ude, of Kirkwood. 



J. J. B. 



Quincy, 111. — The new store of F. W. 

 Heckenkamp, Jr., in the St. James Ho- 

 tel building, on Sixth avenue, north, has 

 been completed and opened for business. 

 The interior is finished in white enamel 

 and is unusually artistic in design. 



Hastings, Neb.^ — ^Business is excellent 

 with Charles Winkler. August 5 he 

 bought two lots just west of the post- 

 office for $6,000 and an hour later was 

 offered $7,000 for them. He will use 

 them for a store and show house. 



