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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Afbil 26, 1912. 



WIETOR BROS. 



162 North Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL, 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Per doz. 



60-inch stems $4.00 



48-inch stems 3.00 



36-inch items 2.60 



30-inch stems 2.00 



24-inch stems 1.60 



20-inch stems 1.25 



15-inch stems 1 .00 



Short stems 75 



PINK Mi WHITE KILLARNEY Per 100 



Extra special 17.00 



Selects 6.00 



Fancy 6.00 



Medium 4.00 



Good 3.00 



Short stems 2.00 



RICHMOND 



Extra specials $7.00 



Selects 6.00 



Fancy 5.00 



Medium 4.00 



Good 3.00 



Short stems 2.00 



ROSES, Our Selection, 



JARDINE 



Per 100 



Fancy $8.00 



Good 6.00 



Short stems 4.00 



UNCLE JOHN 



Fancy 6.00 



Good 4.00 



Short stems 2.00 



CARNATIONS 



Extra special 2.50 



Fancy 2.00 



Good 1 . 50 



LILIES 



Fancy per 100, $8.00 to 10.00 



Ferns per 1000, sW 



Smilaz per dozen, $2.00 to 3.00 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 to 1.50 



Oalax per 1000, 1.00 



SprMf eri or Asparagus Sprays per bunch, .50 



$2.00 per 100 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market was not so crowded last 

 week as it was the previous week, but 

 there was enough stock coming in to 

 fill all orders. Koses are plentiful and 

 have been ever since Easter. First qual- 

 ity only sells well. Beauties are off color 

 and more of these could be sold if the 

 quality were better. Killarneys in all 

 varieties seem to have the call in this 

 market, but Richmond sells well. Carna- 

 tions also have been more than the 

 trade could consume and all varieties 

 have been of excellent quality. There 

 has been an abundance of sweet peas at 

 all the markets. Lilies of all kinds have 

 been in oversupply, especially callas. 

 All seasonable bulbous stock is plen- 

 tiful. 



April 22 the market was lightly sup- 

 plied with everything except roses and 

 the trade was buying quite heavily, at 

 advanced prices on carnations, peas and 

 lilies. The retail trade was reported 

 good, as there were many weddings, re- 

 ceptions, dinners and funeral orders. 



Various Notes. 



The Ladies' Home Circle met at the 



home of Mrs. Fred C. Weber, Jr., last 

 week. 



The tickets for the florists' dance are 

 selling at a lively rate. All the whole- 

 sale houses are handling the tickets for 

 the committee. Frank Windier and Al- 

 bert Gums, who have the arrangements 

 in charge, say they have engaged the 

 best music and that Westminster hall 

 will be transformed into a garden of 

 flowers and plants. 



The Retail Florists' Association met 

 April 15. As there was only a small at- 

 tendance, it was decided to hold no 

 meeting in May, owing to the busy 

 planting season, and all business was 

 laid over until the June meeting. 



Our nurserymen say they will have 

 an extremely short season for planting. 

 They report many are discarding the 

 California privet and that they have 

 many orders for Berberis Thunbergii, a 

 hedge that will stand the coldest winter 

 and which needs little pruning. 



Fred Foster, of the Paris Floral Co., 

 reports the store was robbed April 19. 

 The burglar got $18 in money and 

 helped himself to carnations and roses. 



J. F. Ammann was reelected a mem- 

 ber of the board of education at a re- 

 cent election at Edwardsville, 111. 



Carl Beyer was around visiting old 



friCTids last week, after his long illness. 

 He has fully recovered and says he 

 will be ready to bowl if we take a 

 team to Chicago in August. 



Alex. Geranios, head of the Metropoli- 

 tan Floral Co., spent a few days in Chi- 

 cago last week. In his absence Miss 

 Bernard had charge. 



Frank Fillmore reports that he is not 

 growing any candidum lilies this year, 

 as the price for them last year was not 

 enough to pay him for his trouble. His 

 philosophy is: "The best way to get 

 a head is to raise lettuce." 



Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gorly, of 

 Grimm & Gorly, left last week for a 

 fortnight 's pleasure trip to Florida. Mr. 

 Gorly says he needed a vacation after 

 the big Easter rush. 



All the big plant stands at Union 

 market are now full of business. 

 Thomas Carr, Miss Wilkerson and the 

 Redbud Floral Co. say that trade in 

 plants, bulbs and seeds has been brisk 

 all the week. 



Dr. George T. Moore, the new director 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will 

 take charge May 1, succeeding Dr. Will- 

 iam Trelease, who resigned a few 

 months ago. 



Mrs. M. Eggeling, who succeeded the 

 Eggeling Floral Co. when it moved into 



