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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ski-tkmbkk !>. 1909. 



LEADING RETAIL FLORISTS 



The retail florists whose cards appear on the four pages carrying this head, are prepared to fill orders from other florists for local delivery on the immI 



basis. If you wish to be represented under this heading, now is the time to place your order. 



Alexander McConnell 



571 Fifth Avenue, Windsor Arcade 



NEW YORK CITY 



Telegrapb orders forwarded to any part of the United States, Canada, and all principal cities of Europe. Orders transferred or intrusted by 

 the trade to our selection for delivery on steamsbipa or elsewbere receive special attention. 



TSlephone Calls: 340 and 841 SStb Street Cable Address: ALKXCONNELL. Western Union C«d« 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



liutiiiu'^s ill (iiir line is still ilull, and 

 .iboiit the only thiiij; that kee}).s lis a little 

 Iiusy nowadays is t'luwral work, but we 

 are looking for better trade now tliat we 

 arc turninjf into the autumn season and 

 the summer tourists are t-ominy home for 

 the opening- of tlie schools. 



The I'iH'fMpts at tlie wholesale houses 

 are not mucli at present. Stoek in the 

 fancy grades is in deiiiaiul, but there is 

 not much of this grade coining in. The 

 loses that are in are short in stem, but 

 the cool nights will improve them. Car- 

 nations, too. are short in stem. Avith fair 

 flowers. Ciood asters are still scarce. 

 Some eastern consignnient.s of fair grade 

 are coming in. All the outdoor stock 

 that comes in is of jioor quality. Every- 

 thing is iiiiich ill need of rain. All 

 greens hfive a good demaiul. 



The Wholesale Houses. 



Our four wholesale houses are looking 

 forward to a big season in their line, and 

 are imtting things in shape so as to sup- 

 ])W the trade this coining fall and winter 

 with their wants in cut flowers and other 

 stock. 



At <J. A. Kuehu's place, K. (Jerlach 

 and George tSchreifer will attend to the 

 wants in the cut Hower and supply de- 

 partments, and Will Mittlioeffer will be 

 the boss in the wire shop. 



For the W. (J. Smith Wholesale Floral 

 Co.. "Billy'" Smith, Will Assic and 

 Frank Windier will boss the flower and 

 supply departments, and Oscar Kuehu 

 will be in charge of the wire department. 



Berning's place will again be in 

 charge of the boss and Otto Bruening. 

 with Miss Bruening as bookkeeper. A 

 large stock of cut flowers and supplies is 

 liandled hei'e. 



Fred Alves and Albert (iunus. with the 

 boss, Avill look after the customers at 

 Angcrmueller 's. Here a good (piantity 

 of cut .stock and supjilies is handled. The 

 latter two places have no wire shojxs. 



The above are fully ])repared to handle 

 the local as well as shipping trade in 

 good shape this season. 



Varioua Notes. 



(ieorge Asmus, of Chicago, spent a 

 day with us last week. He was return- 

 ing home from the convention. 

 . Miss Mattie Scliell. the East St. Louis 

 florist, is spending a two weeks' vaca- 

 tion at the northern lakes. A busy Aveek 

 prevented her from attending the con- 

 vention. 



S W. J. Pileher, of Kirkwood, has given 

 lip growing carnations, with which he 

 had such grand success last season. He 

 says he will content himself with grow- 

 ing his new- violet and sweet peas. 



The St. Clair Floral Co., of Belleville, 

 111., is through liousing its carnation 

 plants. The firm's new Twentieth Cen- 



Wm. L Rock Flower Co. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



1116 Walnut Street 



Bell Telephone 213 Grand 



Will carefully execute orders for Kansae Oity aatf 

 any town in MiBsouri or Kansas. 



A. F. PETERSEN 



Gardener for the Hamburg-American Line 

 HAMBURG 13, GERMANY 



Recommends himself for the delivery of all 

 kinds of Plants, Flowers, Bulbs and Shrubs. 



tuiy, a j)ink variety, is in splendid shape, 

 and great things are expected from it 

 this season. A. S. Halstead, president 

 of the company, says it is the coming 

 carnation. 



The Michel Plant & Bulb Co. held an 

 auction sale of plants September 8, for 

 florists only. The sale consisted of 3,000 

 each of ferns, rubbers and crotons. 



The Schuerman Floral Co., of North 

 Grand avenue, has contracted with most 

 of the large downtown stores for decora- 

 tions during Centennial week, which will 

 be the first week in October. 



Miss T. Badaracco reports a busy 

 week with funeral work in large designs. 



A. G. Greiner's place, on the Natural 

 Bridge road, which attracts a great many 

 visitors during the summer months, was 

 unusually attractive this year. The 

 front of his place was filled with fancy 

 beds of 20,000 varieties of cactus 

 plants. A lot of new varieties have been 

 added to his already large collection. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville. 111., 

 spent a day in the city last week. Mr. 

 Ammann, as usual, will have a large croj) 

 of cut flower.s for this market this year, 

 Avhich are consigned to Kuehn. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers spent her vacation 

 at the Ozark mountains and is noAv ready 

 for a busy season. 



A. J. Bentzen, president of the Bent- 

 zen Floral Co., spent Sunday in 

 Chicago, buying decorative plants for his 

 new show house. 



John Quinn and his family are .still 

 traveling in California for the benefit of 

 his daughter's health. They will return 

 when the cooler weather sets in. 



The St. Louis members of the Ladies' 

 Auxiliary of the S. A. F. are much 

 pleased with the selection of Miss Ma- 

 tilda Meinhardt as president of that 

 body, and say she will make an excellent 

 presiding officer.. 



George Ostertag, superintendent of 

 public parks, who has been seriously ill. 



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 558 Lake View 



Send us your retail orders. We 

 have the best facilities in the city. 



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RICHMOND, VA. 



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KverytliinB srown here fresb every «]ay 



is up and around, visiting friends in the 

 trade. Mr. Ostertag will rest until Octo- 

 ber 1, and then take hold and supervise 

 the work for the fall and winter for the 

 parks. 



The second Sunday opening of Shaw's 



