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The Florists' Review 



Jandaby 0, 1913. 



sist Mr. Eschner in upholding the repu- 

 tation of the house, three are well 

 known outside of Philadelphia. Arthur 

 Zirkman has been traveling for the 

 house since January 1, 1904. The same 

 month four years later saw the addi- 

 tion of Eobert Q. Shoch. July of the 

 same year, 1908, found Frank J. Far- 

 ney looking after the firm's interests 

 in Chicago and the middle west. The 

 debutant of the quartette joined last 

 July, since which time he has been 

 hard at work on the floor of the firm's 

 building. The name of this promising 

 young man is Raymond Brunswick; 

 he is Mr. Eschner 's nephew. ' 



The wisdom and foresight shown in 

 the new order of things justifies the 

 prediction of a bright future for the 

 corporation. 



THE VINCENT FAMILY. 



"While Richard Vincent, Jr., ex-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., and his wife were 

 in Chicago on Mr. Vincent's recent lec- 

 turing tour, they received word of the 

 arrival of a new grandchild at their 

 home at White Marsh, Md. The 

 accompanying illustration, reproduced 

 from a photograph taken at Christmas, 

 shows the Vincent family. With his 

 usual modesty, ex-President Vincent 

 is in the extreme background. In the 

 group with Mr. and Mrs. Vincent are 

 three sons, a daughter, and sixteen 

 grandchildren. 



ST. LOOTS. 



The Southwestern Market. 



Local business since the holidays has 

 been fairly good, the weather condi- 

 tions remaining about the same. Bright 

 sunshine and a fairly high temperature 

 have brought a large cut of flowers 

 from all our local growers. Trade 

 for New Year's day was excellent, and 

 the large supply cut prices almost to 

 half what was asked at Christmas. The 

 week opened with buying at times quite 

 heavy, but the supply was so large 



that low prices had to prevail in order 

 to move stock. 



Carnations, more "^han any other 

 flowers, have fallen in price and in- 

 creased in supply. Some good stock 

 was offered during the week as low 

 as $10 per thousand. There are more 

 whites than of the colored varieties. 

 Roses, too, can be counted among the 

 items that increased in supply and suf- 

 fered in price. In Killarney all the 

 wholesale houses have large supplies 

 coming in daily and good stock can 

 be had as low as $5 per hundred. 

 There is also a good supply of Bride, 

 Maid, Ivory and Maryland. Beauties, 

 too, have gone down in price consid- 

 erably and the supply has been quite 

 large in all grades. California violets 

 have held up to $1 per hundred all 

 through the week, with quite a good de- 

 mand. Paper White narcissi have been 

 a glut and many went to waste for 

 want of demand. Romans are also 

 plentiful, with the price as low as $15 

 per thousand. Callas and Easter lilies 

 are coming in freely, with good de- 

 mand. Fine valley can now be had in 

 large quantities at any of the whole- 

 sale houses. Sweet peas are fine and 

 the supply large. 



New Year's trade was fairly good 

 among the retailers. West end florists 

 say it was better than last year, as a 

 great many kept open house and used 

 decorations of cut flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Lembke, representing W. W. 

 Barnard Co., Chicago, spent last week 

 here calling on the local and suburban 

 florists. He reports a successful week. 



Julius Koenig city forester, reports 

 that the recent fine weather started the 

 sap in the maple trees and shrubs 

 throughout the city. The usual tree 

 trimming by his large force has been 

 stopped, but he thinks little damage 

 will result, even should a cold snap 

 come along. 



C. Young & Sons Co. made a fine 

 decorating job of the annual Imperial 



Three Gc n c r ationi of the Vincent Family. 



ball. The decorator used several hun- 

 dred long Beauties and a great many 

 other flowers. Business has been extra 

 good with this concern since the holi- 

 days. 



Andy Hoffmann, head of the George 

 Waldbart force, says this holiday sea- 

 son was by far the best in his expe- 

 rience. Everything sold well, especial- 

 ly large blooming plants and long 

 Beauties. They had an immense sup-' 

 ply of everything. 



A. Jablonsky, of Olivette, had a 

 great cut of fancy carnations for the 

 holidays. They were handled by H. G. 

 Berning with good success. 



E. W. Guy and Henry Emunds, of 

 Belleville, called during the week and 

 said that Belleville florists all had 

 splendid business for the holidays, 

 with demand about equal for blooming 

 plants and cut stock. A good deal 

 of funeral work has been made up 

 since the New Year. 



W. C. Smith, president of the W. C. 

 Smith Wholesale Floral Co., says th^t 

 business for the holidays this year 

 was the best in his experience. The 

 big force employed by this concern 

 was kept busy filling orders for the 

 local and outside trade. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club will 

 hold its New Year meeting Monday, 

 January 12, at the Missouri Botanic 

 Garden. Secretary Pring says special 

 features will be introduced at this 

 meeting, of which announcements will 

 be made later. From this a large at- 

 tendance is expected. 



Mrs. Berning, wife of H. G. Berning, 

 has been ill and confined to her home 

 for the last three weeks. She is re- 

 ported by Mr. Berning as not showing 

 any improvement up to this writing. 



The publicity committee, consisting 

 of R. J. Windier, Charles Beyer and 

 C. Bergstermann, will, now that the 

 busy season is over, start to work on 

 the fund that was started b|y the 

 Florists' Club at its last meeting. A 

 full report of their work will be read 

 at the meeting this week, Thursday 

 afternoon, January 9. 



Edwin Denker, the St. Charles flo- 

 rist, who buys his supplies in this 

 market, says he had a large trade for 

 Christmas in both plants and cut 

 flowers. 



The fine weather for the holidays 

 made things quite busy for the flo- 

 rists near the big cemeteries. Fred H. 

 Meinhardt and the Koenig Floral Co., 

 two of the largest in that section, had 

 a busy time supplying decorations of 

 this nature, especially at Christmas. 



J. Krug, of Alton, has had a busy 

 time since New Year's. He has had 

 several large decorations. 



The Alton Floral Co. reports big 

 trade for the holidays. George Mad- 

 sen, head of the firm, is reported con- 

 fined to his bed. The family fears 

 pneumonia. 



A. G. Fehr, of Belleville, has been 

 reported quite ill at his home, but 

 from last accounts is on the mend. 



The E. J. Windier Wholesale Floral 

 Co. says that holiday business was 

 beyond all expectations. This concern 

 had a large supply of extra good stock 

 in everything seasonable, and reports 

 valley as a great seller at both New 

 Year's and Christmas. 



George H. Angermueller has recently 

 had an extra amount of shipping, in 

 supplies and cut stock. His holiday 

 trade was fully up to expectations. 



Ostertag Bros., as usual, had a num- 



