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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Sbptembbu 15, 1910. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Tradt' has l)Ogiiii to show some im- 

 provt'inent, but th(> return of the warm 

 weatlior will not help it any. The re- 

 tailers s(H'm to liav(> had a fairly busy 

 week, with quite a lot of large pieces 

 in funeral work. The opening of tho 

 downtown theaters ;ilso helped busi- 

 ness. Till' florists in th.' downtown dis- 

 trict say th.-it transient tr:,de, too, has 

 been fairly good. 



Cut stoek al the wholesale houses 

 shows great iinprovemriit in quality. 

 Hoses are quite plentiful and some 

 splendid stoek in Hichniond, Killarney. 

 White Killarney and Bride is seen. 

 The best of these sell well. Beauties 

 are also in good denianii. Carnations 

 .are becoming largei' in llower and bet- 

 ter in stem; those or gooil color sell 

 ilean dally. 



Tuberoses and glailioii are still ])len- 

 tiful everywhere. In asters, too, there 

 are many more than can be sold. All 

 greens are selling well, espeiially fancy 

 fi'ins ai.d asjiaragus. 



Club Meeting. 



The l-'lorists' <^'lnl) held its monthly 

 meeting Thursday afternoon, Septem- 

 ber 8, on the grounds of the ]I. J. Weber 

 iV: Sons Nursery Co., at Nursery, Mo. 

 It was a most enthusiastic nuieting 

 and was well attended. The majority of 

 the members, with tlu'ir ladies, met 

 at the south end of the Cherokee car 

 line, whi're large wagons were in wait- 

 ing to take them to the grounds. On 

 arriving they were met by their fellow 

 members, I'rank \. Weber and H. .T. 

 Weber, and other members of the firm. 

 The ladies were taken care of by Mrs. 

 II. .1. Weber and were entertained on 

 I he lawn in front of their home. 



Tiefore the meeting opened the mem- 

 bers were taken in hand and shown 

 through the well kejit nursery plant. 

 The big greenhouses, in charge of Wal- 

 ter Weber, are in splendid shape. The 

 carnations and roses are in fine condi 

 tion and a great crop is expected from, 

 them. 



After the insjiection tour, the meet- 

 ing was opened in the big packing 

 house, which was turned into a most 

 convenient meeting room. 



President Windier opened the meet- 

 ing, with all his stafi' of officers pres- 

 ent. V. J. Fillmore and K. .1. Windier 

 were appointed to take charge of the 

 instjillatioH of officers, and the follow- 

 ing were duly installed: John M. Con- 

 Mon, i)residcnt; Krank .\. Weber, vice- 

 president; .1. .7. rSeneke. secretary; Wm. 

 I'. Smith, treasurir; K. W. (iny, a three- 

 year term trustee. 



The trustees made their final report 

 of the ))icnic aii<l leceived a vote of 

 thanks for the able manni'r in which 

 they handled it. The bulletin commit- 

 lee reported that the third issue would 

 Ik' out Sejitember 1.'! and that its suc- 

 cess was assureil. The treasurer's re- 

 port showed a healthy balance to the 

 dull 's credit. 



The question bo.x biought the meet- 

 ing to a close, .\fter adjournment the 

 members were invited to have lunch 

 and refreshments. After this, Joe 

 Ifanser and "Billy" Smith gave an ex- 

 hibition as oarsmen, on the big lake. 



The following lailii's were in attend- 

 ance: Mesdames V. ( . Weber, If. ,T. 

 Web.T, Wiilter Weber. Windier. Can- 



non, Fillmore, Juengel, Gross, Arthur 

 Klockenkemper and Schoenle. 



Various Notes. 



Arnold Ringier, of the W. W. Bar- 

 nard Co., Chicago, called on the trade 

 last week and left much pleased with 

 his visit. 



Henry Ostertag, of Ostertag Bros., 

 has returned home from a trip to New 

 York and Philadelphia. He bought a 

 big lot of decorative plants and a 

 number of large bay trees, to be used 

 for fall decorations for which they have 

 contracts, 



Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ellison, of the 

 Ellison Floral Co., have been away for 

 a week on a cruise up the Mississippi 

 river. Harry Ellison was in charge 

 while they were away. 



Ed Kalisch is back from his summer 

 trip. The firm of Kalisch Bros, will 

 supply the local trade with orchid 

 blooms this season and have orders 

 ahead for many blooms. Their place 

 on Delmar and Taylor streets is in ex- 

 cellent shape for the winter trade. 



Col. Niemeyer and J. W. Edwards, 

 of Kirkwood, spent a day together last 

 week visiting friends in the trade. The 

 colonel is one of the heavyweights 

 among the Kirkwood florists. 



C. Young & Sons Co. furnished the 

 city park department with 20,000 tulips 

 recently. Their fall catalogue is a 

 handsome one. On the back of the 

 book is a picture of their 4-story re- 

 tail store on Olive street. 



The store known as the Easton 

 Florist has been closed and the fixtures 

 have been bought by Mrs. Waltman, 

 on Easton and Taylor streets. The 

 (irand Avenue Florist, at St. Louis and 

 tirand, has also discontinued business. 



Misses Mundt and Eckles, of the 

 Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., attended the 

 club meeting and distributed handsome 

 souvenirs in the shape of 2-foot rules. 



The Retail Florists' Association held 

 its monthly meeting September 12, in 

 the Knights of Columbus hall. 



The executive committee of the Hor- 

 ticultural Societv met September 13 

 to transact business pertaining to the 

 coming fall flower show. < 



The Ladies' Home Circle could not 

 hold its outing September 8, owing to 

 the bad condition of the grounds. The 

 postponed meeting and outing take 

 place September 1.5 at Ramona. 



Mrs. John Steidle, president of the 

 Ladies ' Home Circle, is reported sick 

 at the Deaconess hospital, but is now 

 on the road to recovery. 



.\11 four of the wholesale houses are 

 now in shape for the fall and winter 

 trade. At Kuehn's, the boss, with 

 (ieorge Schriefer and Mr. Meyer, will 

 look after the cut flower and sup- 

 ply department and William Mitt- 

 lioefer will take charge of the wire 

 department. At B'erning's. Henry Bern- 

 ing, with Otto Bruening and assistants, 

 will look after the cut flower and sup- 

 plv department, with Miss Bruening as 

 bookkeeper. At Smith's, W. C. Smith, 

 William Ossick and Frank Windier will 

 look after the cut flower and supply de- 

 partment, and Oscar Kuelin will be 

 head of the wire shop. At .\ngermuel- 

 ler's, Oeorge himself and his assistants, 

 Fred Alves and Albert Oumz, M-ill at- 

 tend to the running of his place. All 

 have made extensive improvements and 

 are in shape to handle ;ill the trade 

 that comes their wav. .T. .T. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Trade seems to have just a little more 

 life in it than a week ago, but will not 

 be right until the weather is cold 

 enough to send the flower buyers back 

 into the citj'. 



There are quantities of poor asters 

 on the market which bring little, some 

 scarcely more than express charges, but 

 good stock has shortened up. ' 



Carnations are becoming more plenti 

 ful every day. but the stems are still 

 quite short. Beauties, roses and lilies 

 are in fair supply and good. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florist^' Club met Tuesday even 

 ing, September 6, with about forty 

 members present. Dr. Schaflier's gar 

 dener showed some good cattleya plants 

 in bloom. 



Neil McCallum, of the AVest Knd 

 park, had hardy annuals, perennials and 

 hardy flowers. 



Henry A. Dreer sent a box of phlox, 

 but owing to the hot weather many of 

 the blooms were lost; however, there 

 were enough left to convince those who 

 handled them that they were the right 

 varieties, as there were some unusually 

 striking colors among the lot. 



The club has the most desirable 

 meeting room in the city, and the sur- 

 roundings are good, but for some rea 

 son W'C are not getting the fine shows 

 of former years and some of the mem 

 bers say it is not convenient to get 

 their stock in and out and would like 

 to change, but as desirable locations 

 are hard to get, it is not likely that the 

 club will give up a good thing in a 

 hurry. 



There were favorable reports from 

 those who attended the S. A. F. con 

 vention and an extended talk from E. 

 <". Reineman, who has just returned 

 from an extended trip abroad. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Klunder, manager of Randolph 

 & McClements' Penn avenue store, 

 has the sympathy of his many 

 friends in the loss of his son Frederick, 

 who died suddenly September 9. The 

 remains were taken to Chicago for in 

 tcrment. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams had the first large 

 wedding of any importance last week. 

 and she has a number of other good 

 ones booked for a little later in the 

 season. 



Randolph iSi: McClements had the 

 dcoraiion for the banquet given Col. 

 Roosevelt in the Enirlish room at the 

 Fort Pitt hotel Saturday night, Sep 

 tember 10. 



'J. P. Weaklen & Co. are building .? 

 eonservatory in the rear of their store 

 s'lul will open for business October 1. 



Schenley park has a house of 70U 

 elirysanthemums in pots, ranging from 

 four feet to six feet high, and as yet 

 f\:('y have not found a siui,le ler.f miss 

 ing from the top to the bottom of the 

 1 Innts. which are in fine condition. 

 When it comes to growing pot plants, 

 they certainlv know how. 



George W. Cohen, repr'^senting Wer 

 th?imer Bros., of New York city, uti? 

 ; recent visitor here. Hoo-Koo. 



Elizabeth, N. J.— T. .V. Sperry is 

 erecting a conservatory, 88x108 feet, 

 on Casino avenue, at a cost of .$20,000. 



