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Florists' ReVEw 



DiCIUBBB 10, 1912. 



a few calls; some cnstomers can not 

 reali;^ they are gone. Narcissi are 

 coming in quite strongly aiid find ready 

 sale. There will be quite a few of them 

 in for Christmas. Romans are more 

 plentiful and help to fill in nicely. 

 Sweet peas are more abundant and the 

 demand is good. Violets are coming 

 in quite heavily and are generally 

 cleaned up. Stevia has been quite a 

 seller of late and some growers have 

 moved quantities of it. 



Pot plants for Christmas will be 

 good. Some extra good Cincinnati be- 

 gonias are to be seen. Azaleas are ex- 

 cellent and in quite good supply. Cy- 

 clamens also are in fine shape and are 

 always good sellers and easy to handle. 

 Some exceptional poinsettias are to be 

 seen and should bring the top-notch 

 price. Christmas decorations are mov- 

 ing about as usual, with prices about 

 the same as last season. 



Various Notes. 



E. Metzmaier reports business good, 

 handling about the usual quantity of 

 trees, etc. 



Graff Bros, say things are moving 

 nicely and expect a good Christmas 

 trade. 



C. A. Eoth reports things about right 

 for the time of year. 



The Art Floral Co. has rented a room 

 almost directly across from the store 

 and is handling quite a lot of Christ- 

 mas trees and decorations. 



Livingston's reports good business in 

 all lines at the present time. 



The Munk Floral Co. is all lined up 

 with Christmas goods. 



G. H. Woodrow, of the Fifth Avenue 

 Floral Co., is on the mend. All his 

 friends are glad of that much, but 

 would rather see him pick up a good 

 deal faster than he is doing. 



Another new flower store has opened, 

 under the name of the Ohio Cut Flower 

 Co. It is in the Mebs Drug Co. store. 

 J. M. 



ST. Loxns. 



The Southwestern Market. 



The market last week had plenty of 

 everything daily. The wholesalers com- 

 plained somewhat the last three days 

 in the week, for stock moved slowly. 

 The weather was clear and warm and 

 this brought out the cut stock in large 

 quantities. The retail business was re- 

 ported only fair, but the retailers are 

 kept busy preparing for Christmas. 

 Holly and ground pine seem to be plen- 

 tiful this year. The supply depart- 

 ments, at "the wholesale houses, were 

 kept busy all the week with shipping 

 orders and the local demand. With the 

 Christmas holidays close at hand, there 

 is much speculation as to the supply of 

 cut stock and prices. A great deal de- 

 pends upon the weather and, if it keeps 

 up as it has been, there is every indica- 

 tion that there will be plenty of every- 

 thing in season. Blooming plants will 

 of course be in great (iemand. The 

 show houses of the west end florists 

 are loaded down with plants of every 

 description. 



At the wholesale houses I saw a splen- 

 did lot of carnations. These are now 

 on in full crop and a large cut is ex- 

 pected for this and next week, with 

 prices for Christmas not oveV 8 cents 

 for extra choice. There are still a 

 few good mums coming in, but this 

 week will about see the end of them. 

 Boies are coming in fine quantities. 



KUlarney is somewhat off color, but 

 the other varieties are in splendid 

 color. Long, fancy Beauties are not 

 any too numerous. Shorts are coming in 

 with the bulk of them bulls. Violets 

 are coming in much better now and 

 quite a large cut is looked for this 

 week, at $1 per hundred for the best. 

 Romans and Paper Whites are up to 

 the demand at present. There is also 

 a lot of extra good valley and Easter 

 lilies, both of which have a slow de- 

 mand. There is a good market for 

 greens of all kinds and there seems to 

 be plenty for the demand. . . 



Olub Meeting. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting Thursday aft- 

 ernoon, December 12. This proved to 

 be the largest meeting of the year. The 



DAY 

 EARLY 



NEXT 



TWO 



WEEKS 



HECAUSE both Christmas and 



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New Year's (legal holidays on 

 which no union printers work) fall 

 on the days 



usually is printed, for the next 

 two weeks the paper will go to 

 press one day earlier than 

 usual. Advertisers and contrib- 

 utors are asked to note that forms 

 will close at 5 p. m. Monday 

 instead of 6 p. m. Tuesday. 



DON'T MISS IT 



attraction was the presence of Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., president of the Society 

 of American Florists. The meeting 

 opened at 2 o'clock. President Weber 

 was reported sick and Vice-president 

 Charles Young presided over the meet- 

 ing. R. J. Windier, chairman of the 

 publicity committee, read a report of 

 the work being done, after which a 

 publicity fund was started by the club 

 and members and in a short time quite 

 a sum was subscribed, the club heading 

 the list with $50. Alex. Siegel made 

 application for membership and the 

 following applicants were elected: 

 Adolph Jaenicke, Albert J. Windier, 

 Oliver K. Sanders and Frank X. Gorly. 

 Resolutions were presented by J. F. 

 Ammann on the death of Francis Fill- 

 more, which were adopted and spread 

 on the minutes. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. staged a 

 fine vase of its new red carnation, The 

 Herald, which was much admired by 

 all and scored eighty-seven points. 



The presiding officer presented Mr. 

 Vincent to the members and for an 

 hour he spoke of affiliation, publicity 

 and S. A. F. matters and made a great 

 impression. 



Adolph Jaenicke, superintendent of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, invited 

 the club to meet at the garden twice 

 a year. The invitation was accepted. 



The oldest member of the dub, Luther 

 Armstrong, was reported sick and the I 

 club ordered a box of flowers sent him j 

 each week. A vote of thanks was ex- j 

 tended to . Mr. Vincent and Mr. Jaen- 

 icke for their entertainment during the 

 meeting. The next meeting of the 

 club will take place January 9, 1913. 



The Shaw Banquet. 



The twenty-third annual banquet 

 given by the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den, in accordance with the will of the 

 late Henry Shaw, to gardeners, florists 

 and nurserymen, took place at the 

 Washington hotel, Friday evening, De- 

 cember 13. The Florists' Club was in- 

 vited and nearly fifty members at- 

 tended. The guest of the evening was 

 Richard Vincent, Jr. After a splen- 

 did repast, Mr. Vincent was introduced 

 by Dr. George Moore, director of the 

 garden. The affair differed somewhat 

 from the previous banquets. In all 130 

 guests were present and Dr. Moore 

 acted as toastmaster. There being no 

 speakers, the toastmaster called upon 

 Mr. Vincent, who gave illustrated talks 

 on the London fiower show and the 

 Holland bulb industry, both of which 

 were most pleasing and instructive. At 

 the conclusion Dr. Moore called for a 

 rising vote of thanks to Mr. Vincent 

 for the evening's entertainment. 



Various Notes. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., presidpnt of the 

 S. A. F., and accompanied by Mrs. Vin- 

 cent, .spent two days in St. Louis last 

 week. They arrived Wednesday night, 

 from Cincinnati, and were entertained 

 by the Florists' Club on Tuesday and 

 by the directors of the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden on Friday. 



John Michelsen, representing E. C. 

 Amling Co., Chicago,' spent Saturday, 

 December 14, calling on the local trade. 



George Madsen, head of the Alton 

 Floral Co., says his concern will build 

 a large show house and store. This 

 company will have to vacate its pres- 

 ent quarters early next year. 



Fred H. Weber has bought a new 

 home on Berlin avenue, into which he 

 moved his family last week. 



The new home of F. C. Weber, Jr., 

 is almost completed and he will move 

 his family into it after the first of the 

 year. 



The growers of the south end have 

 some fine blooming plants for Christ- 

 mas. Wm. Schray & Sons have a great 

 lot of poinsettias; Charles Beyer, aza- 

 leas, and John Held, cyclamens. 



The Ladies' Home Circle will start 

 the new year with twelve members. 

 They are the Mesdames F. C. Weber, 

 Sr., F. C. Weber, Jr., John Steidle, A. 

 Meyer, Geo. Windier, J. J. Beneke, 

 Theo. Miller, H. G. Berning, F. W. 

 Bruenig, Otto Koenig, J. Koenig and 

 E. Schray. They will hold monthly 

 gatherings at each member 's home dur- 

 ing the year. 



W. J. Pilcher, the originator of the 

 Mazzura violet, says that he expects 

 to be in full crop for Christmas. His 

 crop and that of R. Wolfsberger, his 

 brother-in-law, are both consigned to 

 the W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 



Phil and Geo. Goebel, of Kirkwood, 

 have had a big success this season 

 growing chrysanthemum cut blooms for 

 this market. They will go into it on a 

 larger scale next season. 



J. F. Ammann, W. E. Ogle, E. W. 

 Guy, Gust. Grossart, W. J. Pilcher, H. 



