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The Florists' Review 



AuiiusT ir.. lyiL'. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Tile cuu] uoatlior last \vook was lu'ii- 

 I'licial to tlowors. liusiiioss among tho 

 rt'taili'is is not rushiiiy, by any means. 

 Some report a great deal of funeral 

 work, but aside from this it lias lieen 

 (lull. 



The wholesale market last \veek was 

 in excellent shai)e, -with cut llowers of 

 all seasonable kinds. ]\oscs are ])lenti- 

 ful. esjiecially Killarney and Kaiserin. 

 Some good Ueauties are also seen 

 •'arnations are not good, but 1lie blooms 

 I rom the field are bettor than those 

 from the liouse. Some of the ilowers 

 are good, ))ut liave short stems. Cila- 

 dioli are still coming in heavily and 

 The ]irices are low. America and King 

 are the be.st sellers, with Augusta next. 

 Sweet jieas are ]>oor. Hydrangeas are 

 abundant and astiM's in all grades are a 

 glut. Some good lilies and valley were 

 seen during the week. In grt>ens the 

 market has all anyone wants. 



Club Meeting. 



An interesting meetiui; o1 the l-'Jo- 

 nsts' Clul) was held in Odd Fellows' 

 liall, August .s. at '_' ]>. m. The attend- 

 ance was large and was thoroughly rep- 

 resentative. All the oflicers were in 

 their res])ec1i\(' ])laces when President 

 Windier called the meeting to order. 



Convention matter^; .and the election 

 ol' ollicers \\cre the |irinci])al items of 

 business. 



The trustees, thronj^h Chairman Frank 

 XVeber, made a rej>ort ot receipts and 

 I'Xjienditures for the recent picnic 

 uiven by the cluli. 



I'red 11. AVeber, state vice-president, 

 rejiorted that all arrangements for the 

 frijt to the convention had been coni- 

 jdeted ami that the )iarty would travel 

 over the Chicago i\; Fastern Illinois 

 railroad; also that a jirivate club car 

 and a jiarlor car are held in reserve 

 for the jiarty, which will leave St. Louis 

 August J'.i. at !• a. in., and arrive in 

 "hicago at f. j.. m. Mr. \V,d.er had a 

 large list of names nf those wlio ex- 

 j'octed to make the trip. i;\ ery as- 

 surance is gi\en of a delightful" trip, 

 and all in the ])arty are looking for- 

 ward with keen ant ici])ation to the 

 jdeasures ol meeting again tlie liorists 

 I'rom all over the country. 



The following florists wimi- elected as 

 members: .1. ,1. AVindler, Albert (iums, 

 I'harles W. Fullgraf, Fred W. I'ape, 

 IMw. (i. l-;ggeling, Frank A. Windier, 

 ].. I'aumann and Max llcrzog. 



Walter T. ^Veber, manager of 11. J. 

 Weber tSc Sons' greenhouse plant, made 

 ajiplication for membership. 



In tlie election of oflicers there were 

 t\\(i candidates for e;ich ollice, ami the 

 following Were ( hosen: President. Fred 

 II. Weber; vice-|iresident. Charles 

 ■SOun;^: secretary, .1. ,1. Heneke; treas- 

 urer. William ( '. Smith; three-year trus- 

 tee. William ()ssi(d< ; two-year trustee, 

 .lohn I'onnon. 



Treasurer Smith "s report showed a 

 healthy balance to the club's credit. 



The (piestion box brought out a good 

 discussion, which brought this interest- 

 ing tneeting to a close. 'J"hc next 

 meeting will be held on Thursday af- 

 ternoon, Sejitember ll.', when the newly 

 idecterj oflicers will lie installed. 



Various Notes. 



• Iiarles Young, vice president (dect of 

 the I'lorisfs' <'lub. left Aninist 7 for a 



Fred H. Wcbcr. 



ten davs ' stay at South Ha\en, Mich., 

 anrl will meet the St. Fouis i)arty at 

 (,'hicago in convention week before his 

 return lionie. 



Julius Dilloff. representing Sehloss 

 l^ros., and M. Le Vine, of Lion & Co., 

 New York, were callers last week. 



F. Kaliseh, of Kalisch liros., writes 

 that h(^ is enjoying liiinself at J']lkhart 

 Lake, Wis., and that fishing is tine. 



W. A. Kowe, of Kirkwood, rejiorts 

 that he is getting things in shape at 

 his place, so as to be ;ible to attend the 

 S. A. y. convention. 



Fred AV. Pruenig is bu.sy ])lanting 

 carnations at his greenhouse plant at 

 Columbia, 111. He says. "Count me 

 and Mrs. J^ruenig in for the convention 

 tri]). ' ' 



.lohn Steidle, C. F. Pe "Wcver and A. 

 .Tablonsky, at Olivette, are busy pre- 

 ]iaring things for the fall and winter 

 season. 



Tlieo. Miller will, early next month, 

 open a retail flower store in his own 

 building at Hamilton and Pelmar ave- 

 nues. He will retain his old ])lace at 

 P(dmar and Fnclid avenues. 



Fmil Schray, for fifteen consecutive 

 years secretary of the J'lorists' 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 kejit rpiite busy nowadays as 

 assistant city forester. 



The stork is paying ijuite fre<|uent 

 visits to our local florists. His latest 

 delivery was a baby girl at the home 

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

 ster (iroves. 



William C. Smith, in company with 

 ]\Trs. Smith, left for .Ferome. .\Io.. to 



spend their vacation. Mr. Smith says 

 it is hardly ])ossible 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 l'a]ter Products ('o., of 

 271' Prenien av(>nue, 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 tho 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 llorist here twenty 

 live years ago, stopped over here Au 

 gust 10, on his way back from a west- 

 ern trip. He is now in Imsiness at Ross- 

 ville, ill. During his short stay he 

 looked up a few of his old friends. 



Suburban visitors during the last 

 week: F. \\\ Guy, (Uis (irossart ami FI. 

 Fmunds, Pellevilie; .F. F. Ammann, Fd 

 wardsville; Fdwin Denker, St. Charles; 

 P. McPheron, Litchfield, 111.; Joseph 

 Haiiser and J. Connon, Webster Groves: 

 John Steidle and <.'. F. He Wever, Oli 

 vette; Messrs. Pilcher, F\'owe, Ahner. 

 Gross, Xiemever and I'de. of Kirkwood. 



J. J. P.. 



Quincy, 111.— The new store of F. W. 

 Heckenkamp, .Tr., in the St. James Ho 

 tel building, on Sixth avenu*', north, has 

 been completed and opened for business. 

 The interior is finished in Avhite enamel 

 and is unusually artistic in design. 



Hastings, Neb.^ — Pusiness is excellent 

 with Charles Winkler. August 5 he 

 bought two lots just west of the post- 

 (.nice for .tfi.dOO and an hour later was 

 otfered ,$7,(iOO for them. He will use 

 tliem for a store and show house. 



