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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 4, 1012. 



plan to be presented at the first ex- 

 ecutive meeting to be held at the Au- 

 gust convention and finally submitted 

 to the convention for decisive action. 



The sum of $100 was appropriated to 

 the use of the committee on school 

 gardens, to be used in the preparation 

 of a text-book for school teachers of 

 America, outlining methods of teach- 

 ing gardening to elementary school 

 children. A further appropriation of 

 $50 was made to the committee on 

 school gardens, for use in its work. 



A request from Mrs. Charles H. May- 

 nard, secretary of the Ladies' Society 

 of American Florists, that her society 

 be given a place on the convention 

 program for its annual business meet- 

 ing and a reception and dance, was 

 granted. 



The rules governing the trade exhi- 

 bition of this society in previous years 

 came in for much consideration and 

 several amendments were made. 



An advisory committee was ap- 

 pointed, to which all the matters relat- 

 ing to the trade exhibition and ex- 

 hibits are to be referred. 



It was arranged that the Auditorium 

 hotel be selected as headquarters for 

 the society during the convention, it 

 being understood that the management 

 of that hotel was willing to furnish a 

 room in which the president's recep- 

 tion could be held. 



It was decided to recommend certain 

 amendments to the by-laws of the so- 

 ciety, chief among which is one cover- 

 ing the election of the secretary, the 

 recommendation in this case being the 

 amendment of article 11, section 2, by 

 adding, "The secretary shall be elected 

 by the directors at the annual mid- 

 Lent meeting, and shall serve one year; 

 seven (7) affirmative votes shall be 

 necessary to elect and nine (9) to re- 



The program for the August conven- 

 tion involved a good deal of discussion, 

 which resulted in a skeleton program 

 being formulated. 



It was decided that the rate for space 

 in the trade exhibition should be 40 

 cents per square foot, and that the 

 smallest amount of space to be sold 

 should be fifty square feet. 



A resolution, covering the thanks of 

 the board, was passed to the Chicago 

 Florists ' Club and the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Chicago for entertainment and 

 other courtesies extended to the board 

 during its stay in Chicago. 



On Thursday morning the board vis- 

 ited the Coliseum building in a body, 

 to inspect the same and decide upon a 

 plan for the arrangement of the trade 

 exhibition. 



Treasurer William F. Kasting was 

 unable to be present at the meeting, on 

 account of sickness. A message of sym- 

 pathy was dispatched to him at Hot 

 Springs, Ark., where he was undergoing 

 treatment. John Young, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market continued in an over- 

 loaded condition last week. Everything 

 was plentiful and of extra fine quality. 

 As in the week previous, the wholesalers 

 had a hard time cleaning up. The store 

 men report that the retail trade fell 

 off considerably and about the only 

 thing that was doing was work for 

 funerals. 



At the opening of the present week 

 there was a great deal of speculation 

 as to the supply for Easter, and the 

 prices. The wholesalers seem to think 

 there will be plenty of good stock and 



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Establithment of John F. Rupp, Shkemanstown, Pa. 



move him from office before the ex- 

 piration of his term." 



The following appropriations were 

 made: 



Use of tariff committee $100.00 



Use of legislative committee 1(K).0() 



Use of the entomologist's office r)0.00 



Pathologist r>0.00 



Use of office of the botanist 50.00 



Annual badges 50.00 



Dies for new badges 50.00 



Assistance to secretary at convention 100.00 



Sports committee 50.00 



President's messenger at convention 25.00 



B. Hammond school gardens committee. . . 50.00 

 School gardens committee for publication 

 of text-books 100.00 



little advance in prices is expected on 

 the eve of Easter. There will be plenty 

 of lilies and an abundance of bulbous 

 stock. As to roses and carnations, as 

 we have had an oversupply for the last 

 few weeks, there should be enough for 

 all demands. 



Some of the leading retailers have 

 prepared for a great run on blooming 

 plants, with lilies having the first call; 

 so indications point to a big Easter 

 business and all we need is that the 

 weather remain bright and warm. 



Vaxious Notes. 



Lincoln Pierson, president of the 

 Pierson U-Bar Co., New York, was here 

 last week perfecting plans for the erec- 

 tion of the conservatories to be built at 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, his 

 company having the contract. The work 

 will begin at once and will cost ap- 

 proximately $150,000. 



J. F. Ammann spent March 28 in the 

 city as one of the reception committee 

 to entertain ex-President Roosevelt. 



The employees of the four local 

 wholesale houses will give an entertain- 

 ment and dance sometime this month. 

 Frank Windier and Al Gums are work- 

 ing on the plans. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayres had the family 

 order for the funeral of Gen. Noble last 

 week. The casket cover was in the 

 shape of an American flag. 



iSrom reports, most of our growers 

 will have plenty of Easter lilies in 

 pots. Will Young says his firm will 

 have nearly 15,000. The Bourdet Floral 

 Co. will have 20,000; Sanders, 10,000. 

 A. Jablonsky will also have nearly that 

 many. 



The Eetail Florists' Association will 

 hold the regular monthly meeting 

 Monday night, April 8, in the Knight» 

 of Columbus hall. President Sanders 

 wants a large attendance. 



The Windier brothers are now in 

 three branches of the florists' business. 

 George B. is proprietor of a green- 

 house plant. Robert and Joe are in the 

 retail business, and Frank B. is vice- 

 presidtent of the W. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co. They work independ- 

 ently of each other and all are hustlers. 



Grimm & Gorly sent a large bouquet 

 of roses to ex-President Roosevelt, with 

 a card saying that the roses were named 

 Mrs. Roosevelt, at the recent Chicago 

 spring flower show. 



W. C. Smith has purchased a new 

 Mitchell touring car. 



The many friends of James Arado, 

 who is head of the cut flower depart- 

 ment of C. Young & Sons Co., ex- 

 tended their sympathy to him in the 

 loss of his father, who died March 31. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will 

 hold its regular monthly meeting 

 Thursday afternoon, April 11. E. W. 

 Guy will lead a discussion on summer 

 cut flowers. In this he will be assisted 

 by Chas. Hecht, F. J. Fillmore and W. 

 J. Pilcher. 



During the last week quite a few of 

 our suburban florists were in town. 

 Among them were Wm. Winter, W. J. 

 Pileher, F. Wade, W. J. Edwards, Hugo 

 Gross, Gus Hartmann, A, G. Ahner, N. 

 Scheidegger, R. Wolfsburger, all of 

 Kirkwood; H. Emmons, Belleville; H. 

 Johann, CoUinsville; A. G. Fehr, Belle- 

 ville, and E. Denker, of St. Charles. 



J. J. B. 



EUPP'S RESIDENCE. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the residence, office and greenhouse of 

 John F. Eupp, Shiremanstown, Pa. 

 The residence, which is comparatively 

 new, contains the office from which 

 the seed business is conducted. The 

 building is modern in every respect, with 

 walls of concrete blocks and pressed 

 red brick, and roof of asbestos shingles. 

 The greenhouse is used for growing 

 Chinese primrose seed and other spe- 

 cialties. 



Middletown, N. Y. — It is reported 

 that M. E. Ryan has Veen seriously ill. 



