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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



uiBR -M. moo. 



out-of-town orders more pkiiliful and 

 business as a whole an jniprovenient 

 over last year. Tlie retail stores look 

 bright and pretty with lyoopodium 

 wreaths, holly wreaths, and otlier Christ- 

 mas greens. 



Stores with greenlidiisc, liavo dis- 

 played fine pots of azali I-. i- 'iii-c( tias. 

 cyclamen, stevia and jun . wiili :i 



fine collection of palms, h ■! nhl ciili.r 

 foliage plants. Carnalinn- . rm i<> lie 

 in good' supply while vioUts are none 

 too plentiful. Roses are not over-plenti- 

 ful and the best bring from $4 to $8 

 per 100, Brides and JIaids from Vesey 

 and Kuhl being especially fine. Meteors 

 seem off color and a great many bulbs 

 are seen which are not salable. Beauties 

 are very scarce, and will be from now on. 

 The best bring $4 and $.5 per dozen ; 

 short-stemmed roses from $2 down to 75 

 cents per dozen. 



It looks like there will be an overpro- 

 duction of Romans and paper whites as 

 more of thcra are coming in every day 

 than there is a demand for. Harrisii are 

 very scarce. Growers about here don't 

 seem to care to force them for Christ- 

 mas. They would sell well just now. 

 Callas are very scarce, too, and they 

 also would sell well at this time of the 

 year. 



Carnations arc selling belter than ever 

 and plenty of thrm an .MmiiiL: in. Thi' 

 demand at prc~.'iii i- lm n an.i llir\ 

 bring from $l..'iil i" ■< I ; -nix iIm t.iii.y 

 varieties bring tin.' lallti luin-. UuoJ 

 Daybreak, Scott. Flora Hill and other 

 standard varieties sell at $2. California 

 violets brought $1.25 for the best. Very 

 few were sold below $1 per 100 and they 

 are very scarce at that. Smilax has be- 

 come scarce; very little is coming in and 

 price is still $12.50 per 100 strings. 



Notes. 



W. K. Jordan, who was hurt recently 

 in a street car accident, is up, but not 

 well enough to come down town. Willie 

 says not until after the first of the year. 



Winfred Whitman, who was formerly 

 with H. G. Bernini. i« nnw ,vith Frank 

 Ellis. Winfred i-^ .|"i'' :' liu-ilcr. 



R. 6. Mohr of ihr \li--. nn lintanical 

 Garden will spend Ins ( Ini-linas at his 

 home in Omaha and will leave for that 

 place this week. J. J. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND, 



Trade Notes. 



Trade conditions here are about the 

 same as last week. Good stock continues 

 in good demand and the retailers report 

 a good demand in all lines of flowers. 

 The weather has lately been just the 

 kind we need at this tiirie, and if we can 

 have a few inches of snow this week it 

 would benefit the holiday trade a good 

 deal. Everybody expects a ^'ood holiday 

 business and all are preparing to meet 

 a heavy demand. All available stock of 

 good quality around here has bi'cn spoken 

 for for some time and a few who were 

 a little slow are hustling around trying 

 to place their order somewhere. Shipped 

 stock is seldom as satisfactory as home 

 grown, and especially is this true at times 

 when there is an unusual demand every- 

 where, such as Xmas and Easter. 



Bertcrmann Bros, have a fine stock of 

 plants to meet the holiday demands, 

 and will no doubt do a large business as 

 usual. Back of their store they have a 

 conservatory which is at present a blaze 

 of color. Besides a fine lot of azaleas, 

 begonias and cyclamen, they have a 



grand lot of poinscllias, both in pans 

 and on the bench, to cut from. There 

 is no doubt about this being one of the 

 best Xmas plants on account of its bril- 

 liant color, and those who take the 

 trouble to handle them properly usually 

 do well with them. Tins lirm also has 

 s.-iur liaihUniii,. l,a-kei> iilleil with plants 

 • ill vxliiili ihev iIkI \irll l.i-t year. One 

 ran lunllx . i\ iii -I i ina 1 c the value of 

 rMii a Miiall ;.:ieenli(.ii-e in connection 

 with a store. Not only are they handy 

 for storing decorative plants, but all 

 kinds of plants can be kept so 

 much better than in a dark store- 

 room. Those who have them can 

 carry a much larger and better line 

 of stock. Bertermanns' have theirs fitted 

 up with elecdie lii^lils and it shows up 

 fine. They \\.\\r li.inily ]iurchased a 

 lot of orchid |ilaiil- ami intend to use 

 them more esleii-ixely in their high 

 grade work. 



John Rieman is usually busy with fu- 

 neral work, and as a designer he is hard 

 to beat. He handles a very high grade of 

 stock, which is after all "the most satis- 

 factory. 



A Merry Xmas to the Re\ie\v and all 

 its readers is the wish of A. B. 



DENVER. COLO. 



I'm -I \ rial weeks we have had a beau- 

 iiriii iiiii (if weather, very summery in- 

 deed NCaily every afternoon it's warm 

 rnim.i;li In give one that feeling to look 

 out the door and expect to see the 'bus 

 go by loaded with ball-players. I guess 

 we all lean a little bit that way. Such 

 weather may not be good for stock, but it 

 certainly helps trade and if it will only 

 continue till after Christmas everybody 

 will be thankful. 



There will be a shnila-e in ml flowers 

 for Christmas. Beaut n-. |rilLi|.-, more 



so than anything cIm . i. 1 i.a- will 



also be scarce. Carnatinn- |.ri ini-e to go 

 round, although reds nuiy be scarce be- 

 fore the day is over. There will be 

 enough violets, but very few really good 

 ones. Oik- or two rrynwrv'^ innmise mums. 

 Holly i"il wr, „, ,,,, ... ,,|., niV well and 

 green- l..iii-j a '■■ m,I |mm wuniij I,, the 

 shorla-jr h I- |ilra-ni^ i.i -lair II, al from 



advailre -lie- it Ulll l,r a |>laill < llli-| 



seen, allli-iii^li | Ih^ ^ali' cm tlie plant lia- 



Otlier line plants seen arnnnd the grow- 

 ers are azaleas, cyclamens. ])rimulas and 

 hyacinth pans. 



In looking around I noticed a fine lot 

 of lilacs being forced in by the Park 

 Floral Co. " Rocky. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The weather is cold, bright and sun- 

 shiny. The demand for carnations has 

 been so active that it has caused an ad- 

 vance in the price: they will be in very 

 short supply for Christinas. There will 

 be plenty of roses mostly of good quality. 

 There are a few Jerome Jones, Rieman, 

 Murdock and Bonnaffnn mums still to be 

 seen at some ^f tin 'jrreiili.,ii~. - ; thev 

 will help out .u rli,i-,nM- \l,,,,|,.,.k is 

 the best mid-ej-MH jii.i i.m, |,inl, nunn 



we know of. 'lllelc will lie lalije .|nallti- 



tics of Romans and paper white. The 

 violet crop is remarkably short as a 

 whole, all owing to the protracted hot 

 weather in the fall, and even now it is 

 hard to keep the temperature as low as 

 required. An attempt to get in a house 

 of Harrisii is a partial failure, only a 



|i It II 11 will 111' in bloom. Judging fnnn 

 ini iniiMin- .piantity of holly on hand, 

 Ih il, - ,,!li, i -reens, it is expected vast 

 (lu.mlilie., uilt be used in decorating, 

 ilrown's seed store alone has two car- 

 loads of holly besides wreathing, laurel. 

 etc. 



Funerals have been numerous, and pre- 

 vented much if any pickling of stock for 

 Christmas. 



Prices: Roses. .'j2 to $3 per dozen; 

 1 .1 1 nil I 11-. 7.1 iiiit- III .si; Romans and 

 1 ' : : . : I - III . \ inlets, 30 cents; 



Tlie i.iaiia K.ii-i.l., I'loral Co. have a 

 nice supply u£ poiusettias and will hit it 

 rich. 



Aug. Rolker. of New York, was a vis- 

 itor this week. G. F. C. 



SOME NEW LABELS. 



Mr. Daniel E. l.-nig. r.iilValo, N. Y.. 

 sends us some sampl. - nl new address 

 cards or labels lie li.i- inejined for use 

 on packages of cut lluuei.- and plants tc 

 be shipped. On the label for cut flowers 

 appears a rose in colors, the red and 

 green being very natural. The rest of the 

 matter, including the usual fihrnses. sueli 

 as "Perishable,'^ "This siil. ii|i." ■■]<., e|, 

 from extreme heat or inli. .te.. i- 

 printed in black and there ave lines left 

 for filling in the name and address. 



Another label is for shipment of 

 plants, and bears a pretty picture in 

 colors of a pot geranium. Red and green 

 are again used. There arc lines for the 

 address and in the letterjness in black 

 appear lines reading: "Florists' green- 

 house stock. Not subject to San Jose 

 scale laws," and "Bill at special plant 

 rates." 



They are well gotten up and are sure 

 to attract attention. They will no doubt 

 prove generally useful. 



THE BUFFALO BERRY. 



Well berried branches of the Buffalo 

 berry (sheperdia) have this year been 

 added to the list of material for Christ- 

 mas decorations, and they have taken 

 well in the Chicago market. The ber- 

 ries are not so di'cp a scarlet as those of 

 tlie liiiilv Inil lliry ale Miy -Imwy, and 



I lie M.I 1 r 'A liM \ !■- pel lull I llrlll 111 1)6 VCrV 



1 iMil ily -'111 \\ iiili- I III- ill 1 I led shrub 

 iMiiM n.il lake llir jihire i,| liully it will 

 nil liiiilii |iii'\e a welcome addition to 

 iini ( liii^iiii.i- material if it can be put 

 iiiiii ilie inaikei every season in as good 

 eiiiuiitiiiu as this year. 



The shrub is a native of the Western 

 States and is hardy as far north as 

 Dakota. It is a native that should re- 

 ceive more attention from the planter 

 of hardy shrubs. 



SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE. 



We have received a copy of the pros- 

 pectus of the School of Practical Agri- 

 culture and Horticulture recently estab- 

 lished at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., and not 

 long ago mentioned in these Columns. 

 Copies of the prospectus may be had by 

 addressing Geo. T. Powell. DircctoV 

 Briarcliff Manor. N. Y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



.\rthur Griffin. Newport. R. I., regis- 

 ters new rose "Freedom." a sport from 

 "Liberty," identical with that variety in 

 every respect except color, which is a 

 bright rose; the reverse of petals deep 

 rose. W. J. Stewart, See'y. 



