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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Febbuabt 23, 1011. % 



TESTIMONIAL TO WM. TOOLE. 



A special testimonial of recognition 

 of eminent services in the development 

 of agricultural thought and practice 

 was conferred on William Toole, of 

 Baraboo, Wis., at the annual recogni- 

 tion exercises of the College of Agricul- 

 ture of the University of Wisconsin 

 last week. Mr. Toole was one of two 

 selected for recognition. 



William Toole is well known through- 

 out Wisconsin and many other states 

 as one of the leading horticulturists of 

 the country. While he has been a spe- 

 cialist in the improvement of the pansy, 

 he has also advocated better methods of 

 farming in all lines. He has been in- 

 strumental, also, in organizing a better 

 type of social life in the community in 

 which he resides. 



He was born in Lancashire, England, 

 in 1841, and came to Bhode Island a 

 few years later. In 1859 his father 

 moved to Sauk county, Wisconsin. In 

 1887 he moved to his present home- 

 stead, known as Pansy Heights, two 

 miles from Baraboo. He has built up 

 an important business as a dealer and 

 grower in flower seeds and plants, with 

 special attention to the development 



and for the last five years has been 

 president of the Skillet Creek Farmers' 

 Club, a social organization of farmers 

 which has secured wide notice because 

 of its work in aiding the improvement 

 of rural social conditions. The influ- 

 ence of Mr. Toole has been state-wide 

 in favor of permanent and substantial 

 agriculture, and it was for this un- 

 selfish service that he was recognized 

 by the university. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The fine, summer-like weather of last 

 week was cut short February 20, when 

 we had a big snow storm, with predic- 

 tions of a cold week. The cut flower 

 market last week was in excellent con- 

 dition and there was plenty of stock at 

 any of our wholesale houses to fill any 

 size of order. 



The business on St. Valentine's day 

 was large — much better than in any 

 previous year. Violets had the call for 

 that day and the market was well sup- 

 plied with them, at much lower prices 

 than the trade expected. This was 



William Toole 



and cultivation of the pansy. He has 

 been a leading prize winner at many 

 shows with this flower, and has origi- 

 nated a number of varieties of high 

 quality. His most valuable service to 

 his community has been through his 

 work for better educational facilities 

 and as a prime mover in the Wisconsin 

 State Horticultural Society. He was an 

 early advocate of the strong college of 

 agriculture. He has held numerous 

 offices in farmers' organizations. For 

 the last two years he has been presi- 

 dent of the State Horticultural Society, 



owing to the great quantities that 

 came in. 



Eoses are coming much better and 

 from now on the market will have 

 plenty, as the local growers seem to be 

 in crop. Carnations, too, have been 

 coming in heavily in all colors and va- 

 rieties, and the price is down to $2 per 

 hundred for fancies. All varieties of 

 Enchantress have the call. There were 

 plenty of callas and Harrisii last week 

 and they sold well at $1.50 per dozen 

 for the best. In bulbous stock there 

 was a great supply of everything sea- 



sonable. Bomans and Paper Whites met 

 with a good demand; so also did Von 

 Sions and jonquils. Some fine tulips 

 are coming in now. Lily of the valley 

 is extra fine. Plenty of good freesias 

 are to be had. Sweet peas are abun- 

 dant just now and are selling as low 

 as $2 per thousand. 



The retailers report a good trade ;all 

 of last week, and from now on until 

 Lent begins they will expect a great 

 deal of society work. 



Monday, February 13, was noted for 

 the large consignments of California 

 violets from the Kirkwood growers. It 

 was estimated that the four wholesalers 

 handled close to 400,000, and all of 

 extra good quality. These were nearly 

 all consumed for Valentine's day or- 

 ders, both local and shipping. All of 

 our wholesalers are now fully stocked 

 up daily with all high grade stock in 

 roses, carnations, violets, sweet peas 

 and valley. The prices are down and 

 the demand is good. 



Various Notes. 



J. Kolker, of August Eolker & Sons, 

 New York city, called on the trade here 

 last week. He reports an excellent 

 trade in potted plants. 



Among the Belleville florists who 

 called recently were E. W. Guy, Henry 

 Emunds, A. G. Fehr, Gust Grossart and 

 A. S. Halstead. They say that trade 

 with them has been good in all lines. 



A report from Edwardsville has it 

 that J. F. Ammann, the well known 

 florist, is about to retire from business. 

 He has received an offer for his green- 

 houses and expects to close the deal 

 shortly. The report does not state who 

 are the parties that made the offer or 

 what Mr. Ammann intends to follow 

 after his retirement from the florists' 

 business. 



John Steidle, of Olivette, Mo., who 

 has been quite ill for the last two 

 weeks, is up and around again. He is 

 one of our best rose and carnation 

 growers. His entire output is handled 

 by Fred C. Weber. 



Fred Foster, of the Paris Floral Co., 

 says his firm handled 30,000 California 

 violets for St. Valentine 's day business. 

 Other stock also sold well. 



The Ladies' Home Circle met Febru- 

 ary 13, at Trimp's hall. The attend- 

 ance was large. Mrs. John Steidle, the 

 president-elect of the circle, gave the 

 members a splendid lunch after the 

 meeting, and later they enjoyed a few 

 games of bowling. Mrs. Theo. Miller 

 could not be present, owing to illness. 



Otto Sander, who runs one of the 

 neatest flower shops in the downtown 

 district, is attracting a great deal of 

 attention with his fine window displays. 

 He is one of the real artists in this line. 



Harry Young, treasurer of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society, says that 

 the preliminary list for the fall show 

 is in the printers' hands and will be out 

 in a few days. He expects this year's 

 show to surpass all others given by the 

 society, especially so for the reason 

 that the Chrysanthemum Society is to 

 meet here during the show week. 



President Sanders and Secretary 

 Weber, of the Ketail Florists' Associa- 

 tion, say they would like a full attend- 

 ance at the next meeting, Monday. 

 March 6, when the association will 

 draw up resolutions and vote on a bill 

 to be presented to the city council, to 

 prohibit the soliciting of orders at a 

 house of mourning. The Florists' Club, 

 which meets a few days later, has 

 agreed to help them in this undertak- 





