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The Weekly Florists' Review 



OCTOBm 6, 1010. 



OUR SMARTEST NOVELTY 



Did you see page 5 in The Review last week? It contained twenty-two (22) cuts of 



Our Imperial Chinaware 



that will give you an accurate idea of this indispensable table furnishing. It will help you to study 

 that page carefull^y, for then you will know what it means to you to have a shabby table decoration or 

 one that is just as fresh at luncheon or dinner as when you placed the flowers. The cuts show only a 

 few of the many styles that enable you to make any desired table effect. 



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William F. and Adolphus Gude, of 

 Wafihington, visited this city a few days 

 ago. 



Bobert Craig points with just pride to 

 the finest house, or, to be accurate, two 

 houses, of the Euphorbia Poinsettiana 

 ever seen in this country. 



"Work has commenced in tearing down 

 the buildings at the northwest corner of 

 Twelfth and Race streets, preparatory to 

 erecting the new home of the Leo Nies- 

 sen Co. 



William J. Baker is receiving choice 

 carnations that rank well. A crimson 

 dahlia named Gettysburg creates favor- 

 able comment. 



The closing hour of several of the 

 wholesale houses has been changed from 

 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Phil. 



Godfrey Aschmann sends a souvenir 

 post card from St. Gollen, Switzerland, 

 stating he will sail for home from Rotter- 

 dam, October 8. 



On the evening of September 23 fire in 

 a pile of straw, supposed to have been 

 started by boys smoking cigarettes, was 

 communicated to the greenhouses of J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons, at Twenty-second and 

 Diamond streets. Flames and the hose 

 combined to ruin considerable stock be- 

 fore the blaze was extinguished. 



Paxson V. James has been granted a 

 permit to erect a greenhouse to cost 

 $1,000 at 8029 Ridge avenue, and John 

 Frasch one for a greenhouse to cost $800 

 at Salmon street and Erie avenue. 



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These are the lustrous, rich toned, cleanly woven 

 Ribbons of The Pine Tree Brand, sold 



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Pine Tree Ribbons are made in florist shades, the 

 right widths and at lowest prices. 



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The Market. 



Business last week was not as good as 

 the trade expected. Aside from a con- 

 siderable amount of funeral work, there 

 is nothing steady yet. The weather has 

 not been favorable, as the temperature 

 was steadily going up instead of down, 

 and for a few days it was as hot as in 

 August. This made stock suffer, and 

 some consignments came in badly heat- 

 ed up. It is expected that retail busi- 

 ness will pick up this month as soon as 

 the social season starts. 



AH of the wholesalers have had good 

 consignments of roses and carnations of 

 improved quality; roses were more plen- 



tiful than the demand, while white car- 

 nations about Equaled the call. Asters, 

 tuberoses and gladioli are about over, 

 and only a few come in. Some violets 

 come in, but not enough to satisfy any 

 demand. Cooler weather will bring them 

 out better. Fine valley, cosmos, lilies 

 and dahlias are to be had, and all kinds 

 of greens are selling well. 



Various Notes. 



The valuation of the Shaw prizes, as 

 given in the item about the Fall Flower 

 Show on page 15 of The Review for 

 September 29, should be $500, instead 

 of $50, as printed. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club will 

 resume its regular monthly meetings 

 this month at the botanical laboratory 

 of the Central high school. 



The Retail Florists' Association of St. 

 Louis held its meeting Monday, October 

 3, in the Knights of Columbus hall and 

 discussed some important matters. The 

 secretary read a paper by a local re- 

 tailer on "The Last Resort to Stop the 

 Practice of Crepe Pulling." The at- 

 tendance was good. 



The St. Louis Seed Co. and the Schis- 

 ler-Corneli Seed Co. have put in a busy 

 week with fall bulbs. They say busi- 

 ness has improved much in this line 

 this season. 



Robert Tesson, well known in local 



trade circles, has returned from a few 

 weeks' trip in the west. He says the 

 hail storm of Monday, September 26, 

 did quite a lot of damage at his farm 

 in Clayton. 



The consignments of roses at C. A. 

 Kuehn's were quite heavy last week, 

 and of excellent quality. Carnations 

 and white and yellow mums are also of 

 good quality. The demand for supplies 

 has been good all the week. 



Along South Broadway, Florists He^e, 

 Diemer and Kohr had a busy week, as 

 the South Broadway merchants' festivi- 

 ties were in full blast. A number of 

 excellent decorations were seen in the 

 big stores in that section. 



Several of tht Belleville florists were 

 here last week and said that business 

 had picked up nicely, and they are in 

 good shape for a busy season. 



August Mirring and Martin Eggert, 

 the East St. Louis florists, are busy 

 shaping things for the fall and winter 

 season. Each has a splendid stock of 

 plants. 



C. Young & Sons Co. was busy with 

 decorations for the Veiled Prophet's 

 ball in the Coliseum. This was one of 

 the biggest plant decorating jobs of the 

 year, and it was said that 1,000 Amer- 

 ican Beauties would also be used this 

 year. 



Henry Jennemann is cutting some 



