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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apkil 27, 1911. 



Cape Jasmine Buds 



The Prettiest and Most 

 Fragrant of Flowers 



Will begin shipping buds about May 1st. 



Memorial Day orders should be in by May 15th. 



I ship nothing but first-class buds, and guarantee them to carry 

 in good shape, 



PRICES, f. o. b. Alvin: 



Medium stem I 8.50 per 1000 



" 1.00 per KK) 



Long stem 13.00 per 1000 



" l.SOperlOO 



Will ship c. o. d. to responsible parties. We solicit your orders, 

 which shall have our prompt attention. 



Reference: Alvin State Bank. 



T. W. CARLTON 



TKIvin Texas 



Mention The Review when you wrtte. 



have read "Tulip exhibition free at 

 Shaw's Garden," caused a great deal 

 of trouble to Superintendent H. C. Irish 

 when women flocked out with baskets 

 to get free tulips. A great deal of ex- 

 plaining had to be done before the 

 ladies contented themselves by viewing 

 the display of tulips, which was surely 

 a grand sight. 



Fred H. Weber says he received 1,500 

 cut lilies from Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 Chicago, for his Easter business, and 

 they came in good condition and of the 

 best quality. His Easter business was 

 the best he has yet had. 



E. W. Guy, A. S. Halstead, A. Fehr, 

 G. W. Grossart and Henry Emunds, of 

 Belleville, all say their Easter trade 

 was fully up to expectations, and they 

 had to call on the St. Louis market for 

 extra supplies of stock. 



The east side florists all had a splen- 

 did Easter trade. Both plants and cut 

 stock sold well. 



William C. Young, head of C. Young 

 & Sons Co.'s greenhouse plant, says the 

 firm's loss from the recent hail storm 

 will exceed $25,000. Of their 90,000 

 feet of glass, 90 per cent was broken by 

 the hail. The loss of plants was large. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, who 

 is a director in the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation, came over last week to take 

 a look at the damage done to the houses 

 of the local and suburban florists by 

 the hail. Mr. Ammann himself lost 500 

 square feet by the same storm. The W. 

 C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. bought 

 all the glass for its consignors at Kirk- 

 wood. Mr. Smith says all Kirkwood 

 florists are busy this week repairing the 

 damage done by hail, wind and rain. 



The trustees of the Florists' Club, 

 Messrs. Guy, Bentzen and Ostertag, ac- 

 companied by Chas. Schoenle and G. B. 

 Windier, will meet with the club's offi- 

 cers some day this week at Smith's 

 wholesale store and perfect arrange- 

 ments for the celebration of the club's 

 twenty-fifth anniversary. A full re- 

 port of this meeting will be made at 

 the club meeting, May II. 



The fine weather all last week gave 

 the plantsmen at Union Market a great 

 deal of business. The St. Louis Seed 

 Co. and Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., close 

 to the market, say they were obliged 

 to put on extra help before Easter and 

 have kept them all busy. Hardy shrubs 

 are better this year than ever before. 



Mrs. Buechel, of the Eiessen Floral 

 Co., says Easter plant business was 

 heavy. Their business last week was 

 also heavy, with a large demand for 

 good sized funeral designs^ Edward 

 Buechel was hurt by a fall last week 

 and is just about able to be about with 

 the aid of crutches. 



The orchard owners of Missouri had 

 a meeting at Columbia, Mo., and there 

 decided that the Ben Davis apple will 

 have to go to make room for better va- 

 rieties. The orchardists of the state 

 are top-grafting the Ben Davis with 

 Grimes' Golden, Jonathan and King 

 David. In this state there are 30,000,- 

 000 apple trees and seventy-five per 

 cent of them are of the Ben Davis va- 

 riety. The Coburn method is being used 

 in grafting. 



Fire broke out Saturday afternoon, 

 April 22, in the National Clock & Elec- 

 tric Mfg. Co.'s plant at 2207 Pine 

 street, causing damage to the amount 

 of $25,000. President Bohn, of the 



Each year from May 1 to May 20 

 we book orders for Peonies for 

 Decoration Day delivery at the 

 guaranteed price of $5.00 per 100. 



This is for first-class stock, pink 

 and white, mixed — and in the last 

 days of May this stock for the last 

 two years has sold at from $8.00 to 

 $10.00 per 100, or about twice what 

 was paid by those who ordered 

 early. 



A good many people have asked 

 us why we take these advance 

 orders at the low price. 



The answer is: Because we 

 handle such an immense quantity 

 of Peonies for Decoration Day that 

 it would be utterly impossible to 

 move the quantity if no advance 

 orders were taken; because an 

 assured outlet for many thousands 

 of dozens has given us a firm and 

 usually rising market just before the 

 holiday. Advance orders guarantee 

 to us the success of our busiest 

 week in the year. 



Advance orders booked with us 

 guarantee, also, several things to 

 our customers. First, they are 

 assured their supply. Second, they 

 are guaranteed as to price. If the 

 price makes our customers a saving, 

 we are glad of it and welcome all, 

 but it is of equal importance to a 

 Retailer to be SUre of his supply 

 and cost. Then he can sell with 

 confidence. 



Remember, May 20 is the last 

 day for booking advance orders at 

 the guaranteed price. 



KENNICOTT 

 BROS. CO. 



Wholesale 

 Commiasion Florists 



163 N. Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



