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32 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 23, 1012. 



THE FLORISTS* SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



A STARTLING NOVELTY 



Our Flexible Colored Cycas Leaves 



We take pleasure in offering you perfect Cycas Leaves of half a dozen colors that will bend into 

 any shape desired. 



These Cycas Leaves are electrically prepared and so flexible that you can almost tie them in a 

 knot. They come in purple, lavender, yellow, pink, red and green. 



Their flexibility and variety of color will give you an opportunity for diversity in floral work that 

 will at once recommend itself. 



The very few florists who have already seen Our Flexible Colored Cycas Leaves have ordered 

 them at once. May we send you a trial order? 



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WANTED 



GOOD PEONY GROWERS, 



You can rely ont'algood market and the best prices 

 if you send us your best stock. Our orders are nu= 

 merous, and we want more high=grade stock, the 

 best obtainable. Ship us from now on in large lots. 



Advise us at once. ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^. Association, 



176 N. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



L. D. Phone, Randolph 5449 



MeutloD Tbe Review yrhea yoq write 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The wholesale market was in good 

 condition all last week; there was no 

 oversupply apparent and some days 

 they reported clean-up sales on almost 

 everything except lilies and peonies. 

 Stock in all grades and varieties was 

 not nearly so plentiful as it had been 

 for a month previous and prices stiff- 

 ened up a cent or two on everything. 

 Sweet peas went up to $3.50 per thou- 

 sand, the extra choice bringing $4, 

 and carnations are up from $1.50 to $3 

 per hundred. All light colored peonies 

 are up to $6 per hundred. These are 

 not yet overplentif ul and it is said they 

 will be scarce this season. 



There have been plenty of good roses 

 coming in daily, but as trade among the 

 retailers was brisk during the week 

 they were easily disposed of. Miniature 

 gladioli sell well and the market re- 

 ceived some good shipments of these 

 during the week. Asters clean up daily, 

 but are as yet limited to one shipper. 

 Cape jasmines are beginning to come 

 in and 'the market will soon be flooded 

 with them. 



Extra good, long snapdragon holds up 



in price and has a good call at any time. 

 Lilies sold well all the week, owing to 

 an unusual amount of funeral work. 

 There is also a lot of outdoor stock 

 arriving. 



Various Notes. 



The long continued dull and chilly 

 weather has much retarded the plant- 

 ing business and the greenhouse men 

 say they dread the rush that will fol- 

 low the hot days to come. The light 

 frost last week did not harm the plants 

 already put out. 



The Betail Florists' Association did 

 not hold its regular monthly meeting 

 Monday evening, May 20. President 

 Sanders and Secretary Geranios say 

 that there is some important business to 

 transact at the June meeting. 



The local seedsmen are at work mak- 

 ing arrangements to take a large dele- 

 gation to Chicago to attend the meeting 

 of the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion, which takes place there June 25 

 to 27. 



Fred Wallner, with the Connon Flo- 

 ral Co., Webster Groves, spent a day in 

 the city last week and reports that the 

 stork left a big boy at his home. 



Adolph Brix, of the Brix Floral Co., 

 says that his firm has been exception- 



ally busy all the week with funeral 

 work. His banner design was a casket 

 cover, costing $100. 



The funeral of State Senator Thomas 

 E. Kenney used up all the surplus 

 stock Friday, May 17. Every florist in 

 the city had something to do for this 

 funeral. 



There is talk of reviving the Florists* 

 Bowling Club for practice and the selec- 

 tion of a team to represent St. Louis 

 in the bowling tournament during the 

 S. A. F. meeting at Chicago next Au- 

 gust. 



Two large conventions at different 

 hotels last week helped the florists' 

 business a great deal, as a great many 

 flowers were used at both hotels and 

 handsome plant decorations were made. 



William C. Smith and Frank Windier, 

 of the W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral 

 Co., celebrated their birthdays last 

 week. 



The trustees of the Florists' Club, 

 Messrs. Weber, Guy and Young, will get 

 together sometime next week for an 

 outing to look up a suitable place to 

 hold the cliib's annual picnic. They 

 are open for suggestions if any of the 

 members have any good place in view. 



Charlie Wors has a force of men out 



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