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The Wcddy Florists^ Review* 



March 24, 1910. 



open and alive with plants of all vari- 

 eties, and the warm spring-like days last 

 week kept them all busy. 



A. Brix reports that the Mead avenue 

 greenhouses are again in his possession. 

 The sale was made a few weeks back, 

 but the buyer could not furnish the 

 ready cash. 



Phil Scanlan, park commissioner, has 

 not as yet appointed a successor to the 

 late George Ostertag, as superintendent 

 of parks. Mr. Provenchire, who has been 

 attending to the duties, will no doubt be 

 retained until Mr. Scanlan 's term ex- 

 pires next year. 



C. De Wever says he will not call a 

 meeting of his committee until after the 

 Easter rush is over, as all would be too 

 busy this week to attend a meeting of 

 this kind. 



The special bowling match between 

 Messrs. Gerlach, Schrefer, Huettemann 

 and Beneke did not take place, owing to 

 some of them being busy at the appoint- 

 ed time. The match will, however, take 

 place after Easter. 



One has a hard time getting an inter- 

 view with any of our seedsmen these 

 days. In a trip through this district we 

 found them all busy and the stores 

 crowded with customers. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers, George Waldbart, 

 Miss Newman, F. H. Weber, F. C. Weber, 

 William Ellison, William Kalisch and 

 others in the west end have a grand dis- 

 play of Easter plants. Their show- 

 houses are stocked from top to the bot- 

 tom, with hardly any room for buyers. 



The executive committee of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society held their 

 monthly meeting Tuesday, March 15, in 

 the rooms of the Missouri Athletic Club, 

 Fourth and Washington avenue. The 

 main work of this committee now is to 

 make preparations for a fall flower show 

 and work on the preliminary list. 



The Ladies' Florist Home Circle held 

 its monthly meeting Monday afternoon, 

 March 14, in Trimp's hall. There were 

 ten present. Miss T. Meinhardt enter- 

 tained with a reading of a history of the 

 tulip trade in Haarlem in 1635. After 

 the meeting the ladies had a game at 

 bowling, and lunch was served. The fol- 

 lowing ladies were present: Mesdames 

 Weber, Miller, Steidle, Schitzle, Koenig, 

 Berning, Beneke, and the Misses Mein- 

 hardt. 



The Retail Protective Association held 

 its second meeting Wednesday, March 16, 

 at the Washington hotel. There were 

 thirteen present and the election of offi- 

 cers resulted as follows: President, C. 

 C. Sanders; vice-president, Theo. Miller; 

 secretary, F. C. Weber, Jr.; treasurer, 

 R. J. Windier; sergeant-at-arms, Max 

 Herzog. Theo. Miller presided over the 

 meeting. Lunch was served. 



Frank A. Weber, of the H. J. Weber 

 & Sons Nursery Co., wishes to correct 

 the statement in the last issue of the 

 Review in reference to his store having 

 a branch office at the St. Louis Seed Co. 

 The St. Louis Seed Co. was only taking 

 orders for them, the same as all the local 

 seed houses do. 



Otto ' Sander, the Maryland hotel 

 florist, reports that he is a proud father 

 of a big boy, who arrived Monday, 

 March 21, and says all is well. Mr. 

 Sander was congratulated by his many 

 friends in the trade. J- J* B. 



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 ends of three greenhouses at the range 

 of Michael J. McCabe, on Walker road. 

 The loss is estimated at between $2,000 

 and $3,000. 



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