. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AP0U8T 13, 1914. The Florists' Review 17. services were rewarded with a silver medal and he continued in this posi- tion until 1903, when he was appointed by the French government to lay out the French garden exhibit at the world's fair at St. Louis. He had full charge of all the work and again re- ceived a medal for his efforts. At the close of the exposition Mr. Bourdet thought highly of the opportunities in St. Louis for one of his vocation, and established the Bourdet Floral Co. As a grower of pot plants Mr. Bourdet has few equals. He has been
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AP0U8T 13, 1914. The Florists' Review 17. services were rewarded with a silver medal and he continued in this posi- tion until 1903, when he was appointed by the French government to lay out the French garden exhibit at the world's fair at St. Louis. He had full charge of all the work and again re- ceived a medal for his efforts. At the close of the exposition Mr. Bourdet thought highly of the opportunities in St. Louis for one of his vocation, and established the Bourdet Floral Co. As a grower of pot plants Mr. Bourdet has few equals. He has been a member of the Florists' Club for the last ten years and enjoys a wide acquaintance among the trade. The nominee for vice-president, W. S. Wells, entered this existence in 1885 at Oxford, O., and not long after entered the florists' trade, for his father was a grower. At the death of the latter, Mr. Wells took over the business and disposed of it in 1908. He was associ- ated with H. Schmidt & Co., in his home town, until 1911, when he went to St. Louis to take up work in the Missouri Botanical Garden. While there he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Engelmann Botanical Club and still holds these offices. In 1913 he left the Garden to establish the Wells Floral & Landscape Co. The hustling qualities which have made this undertaking a success should prove a valuable asset for an officer of the St. Louis Florists' Club. Jules Bourdet. Lincoln, Neb.—C. ,H. Frey and fam- ily are at their summer home on Peli- can lake, Nisswa, Minn., where fishing is good and neither heat nor war news worry. jriowth at the bottom of the plants trimmed off, but this should not be <loiie until the plants have well started to make strong shoots, as the plants until that time require all the foliage to support them. W. J. K. ST. LOUIS CLUB ELECTS. The date of this issue is the day on which the St. Louis Florists' Club cele- •iiates its twenty-seventh anniversary, r'"r it was
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