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APBiL 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



53 



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everybody busy and Mr. Nichols, the 

 president, in a good humor. Walter 

 Retzer, lately with the firm, left last 

 week for South America. 



The crepe pullers will have a hard row 

 to hoe from now on. The daily press 

 published a big article about them and 

 told the public to stay clear of them, 

 especially those who use leading florists' 

 names in order to obtain their orders. 



O. L. Baird, of Dixon, 111., is consign- 

 ing to this market a fine lot of roses and 

 carnations. Last week he shipped a 

 great deal of funeral stock to close-by 

 towns. 



Luther Armstrong, one of the oldest 

 florists of St. Louis, who resides in Kirk- 

 "ood, has fully recovered from his re- 

 cent illness. Mr. Armstrong was one of 

 the charter members of the S. A. F. 

 when organized at Cincinnati, and says 

 be will attend the twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary of the society at Cincinnati next 

 August. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will hold 

 an important meeting Thursday after- 

 noon, April 8, at 2 'clock. Several com- 



mittees will report, and a discussion on 

 Easter stock will take place at the close 

 of the meeting. President Young and 

 Vice-president Denker will both be on 

 hand. Both were sick at the time of 

 the last meeting. 



A full account of the successful spring 

 show of the St. Louis Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be found on page 33 of this 

 issue. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Market conditions are a little quiet, 

 as is customary just prior to Easter, but 

 business is on the whole quite satisfac- 

 tory. Carnations are not in heavy sup- 

 ply. Many growers report their plants 

 as being quite off crop. The prices on 

 these have not varied much in the last 

 few weeks. Quality is good all through. 

 In roses, American Beauties of the bet- 

 ter grades are not abundant, but Killar- 

 ney is fine. The same cannot be said of 

 Richmond, which is not at all up to last 



year's standard. Bride and Maid now 

 are extremely fine. Hybrid perpetuals, 

 such as Brunners, are seen, but only in 

 small lots, and they cut little figure. 



Violets continue abundant, but clean 

 out well. A slight advance in best sin- 

 gles has taken place. The quality of 

 sweet peas is superb and quantity large. 

 Of valley there is an overplus, demand 

 being poor. Bulbous stock sells quite 

 well. Lilies and callas are rather more 

 abundant. There is quite a variety of 

 miscellaneous material arriving. There is 

 no change in green stock. 



In pot plants a brisk trade is being 

 done. Lilies are nice, stocky plants, well 

 flowered, and are selling fast at 12 1/^ 

 cents. Azaleas are good. There are even 

 more pink ramblers than of the older 

 Crimson Rambler; quite a few of the 

 new Tausendschon are also seen. Acacias 

 are good and some good ericas are seen. 

 Genistas, rhododendrons, marguerites, 

 spiraeas and quite a line of other flower- 

 ing plants are seen. The large growers 

 are already pretty well sold out. 



