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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jandabt 18, 1912. 



to the fire-tower. Each ascending step 

 rang a bell that quickly brought the 

 hotel detectives. 



John Berger, Leo Niessen and Samuel 

 S. Pennock are unanimous in their 

 praise of the rose show at Detroit. 

 Mr. Berger was pleased with the favor- 

 able reception given Princeton. Mr. 

 Niessen thought the flowers shown of 

 a uniformly high character, while Mr. 

 Pennock was particularly gratified by 

 the good showing made by the new 

 varieties he has espoused. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



There was quite a good market last 

 week, but the cold weather, with a 

 great deal of snow, put a damper on 

 the transient business, especially among 

 the downtown florists; among the up- 

 town florists the telephones were work- 

 ing overtime. In the way of social 

 work there was little going on, and 

 the only thing that kept the florists 

 busy some days was funeral work. 



The wholesale men say that stock 

 was by no means plentiful and that 

 they cleaned up pretty well each day 

 on first-class stock, with the prices not 

 so high. The top price on roses was 

 $10 per hundred, and on carnations 

 it was $4. Violets brought 75 cents 

 and with these the market is well sup- 

 plied. Valley, Paper Whites and Ro- 

 mans also are plentiful, at the usual 

 prices. The last week also found a 

 good demand for smilax, asparagus and 

 other greens. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club's first meeting in 

 the new year was held Thursday after- 

 noon, January 11. The cold weather 

 and snow storm, which were quite se- 

 vere, kept many away from the meet- 

 ing, especially the suburban members, 

 who generally outnumber the city at- 

 tendants. President Windier opened 

 the meeting at 3 o'clock, with only ten 

 members present. 



There was a general discussion on 

 the Christmas business. There was to 

 have been a paper read on "Christmas 

 Plants," by Jules Bourdet, but Mr. 

 Bourdet could not be present. 



The members were much interested 

 in the election of the head of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club. In answer to a 

 telegram from Secretary Beneke, Sec- 

 retary Pyfer announced that Philip 

 Foley had been elected and the news 

 was well received by the members. The 

 members approved the appointment of 

 Fred H. Weber as state vice-president 

 by President Vincent of the S. A. F. 



It was voted to hold an officers' 

 meeting in the latter part of the 

 month, to arrange for an interesting 

 program for the February meeting. The 

 rest of the evening was taken up with 

 interesting discussions from the ques- 

 tion box. The next meeting of the 

 club will take place Thursday after- 

 noon, February 8. 



Various Notes. 



David Geddes, who for some years 

 was with the M. M. Ayres Floral Co., 

 has severed his connection with that 

 firm and is now in the employ of F. H. 

 Weber, on Maryland avenue. Mr. Weber 

 has contracted to furnish the decora- 

 tions and bouquets for the midwinter 

 graduating class of the McKinley high 

 school. 



Franklin L. Ridgely, formerljr park 

 commissioner and well known in the 

 local trade, has been confined to his 



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