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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



houses from four to twoutyfour hours 

 late, owing to the congested condition 

 of the express offices. liullious stock 

 sold better than I ever kiuw before. 



DUMONT A- CO. 



The florist trade in Philadelphia has 

 been exceptionally good thi« Xmas. All 



SCJIr.M nn«,0> NV, 1,- V I Mi.^l-, wlllcll 



were bringing .fl.". per 1(1(1. Xorthern 

 double violets sold very well at .$1 to 

 $1..50 per 100. Southern doubles arrived 

 too late to be of any vise, a-^ (he express 

 companies were a d.iy liUc in delivering 

 goods. Taking it alliMici 1hi . it has been 

 a verv successful Xiiias. 



Christmas trade in cut llowcrs was 

 better than exjiirh,!. I'lii.-^ ..f inios 

 somewhat lower lli.ni ■>i!h i y.u-. i~|ic- 

 cially in lower f;i:nl. - In i.;j:uil luilii^ 

 grade of stock it \i.i- t'llii.d (n tlir (lade 

 at very favorable rates, enabling tlieiii 

 to make use of it in cheaper work, 

 such as galax leaf work. etc. Other 

 years i-beap insc's Avf.re held for the 

 -11.. I tilii- I'Mi III.' commission men 

 till- v..(i ■j:ni III,' iliDi^t the benefit of 

 tlii'ii ' |ii h .-. .iiiililiiiLi lliem to fill satis- 

 First cl:i-- vn-f- wric in good demand, 

 with sup|il\ i.|u.il III the orders. Carna- 

 tions soldvny «.n lit .$4 per 100 for 

 ordinary good sLmL, .-;| jki Kki K.ili-r 

 than usual Chri-lni.i- ini..-, ilir triiili- 

 using all stock (Pii h.nhl, l.:i\iir_' iMiihing 

 for the street fakii-. i'.ulli -tn.lv. hya- 

 cinths and narcissus were plentiful, but 

 were all sold at from $;5 to $4 per 100. 



Tlie plant trade appears to have fallen 

 off somewhat this season, with the ex- 

 ception ]>ossibly of good azaleas, which 

 sold very well. Poinsettias. Begonia 

 (Jloire de Lorraine, etc., which were ex- 

 pected to sell freely, are still seen in the 

 stores, having Iwcn passed by the cus- 

 tomers. 



There seems toi be a gfiod deiiiaiid for 

 ealla lilies at SIT) per KKi. wlmli I lliiiik 

 would warrant a grown m liiii'inj in 

 a few more. No ITarrisii hin - .ipiMiiicd 

 on the market. They wnuld li;n.' tiniiul 



I think the past Xmas trade has been 

 very satisfactory all round from a gen- 

 eral point of view, although the grower 

 will no doubt say that he ilidn't have as 

 much stuff as he ought l<i li:i\r li.i.l. Tliiili 

 prices for what he did lim.' ^^ill. T be- 

 lieve, more than counteract th:it. I'lowers 

 of all kinds were in great iliintuid, and 

 the commission men were unable to fill 

 all orders in full. Everything was 

 cleaned up, and there was an absence of 

 salted stock in comparison to former 

 years. 



Some very fine Beauties wore seen that 

 sold readily at $18 per dozen. Maids, 

 Brides, Meteors sold at from $15 to $20; 

 extras at $2.5, Porles $10 to $12, Mor- 

 gans $12. Valley, Narcissus and Ro- 

 mans $4 per 100 (with valley scarce). 

 Mignonette from $4 to $.S. adi'antum $1, 

 double violets $1.50 to $.3, single violefcs 

 $1 to $2, yellow and white daisies $2 to 

 $.■?, smilax $15 to $20, asparagus strings 



$50, asparagus bunches, 35 to 50 cents 

 each. Carnations, standard varieties, $4, 

 and fancy varieties from $0 to $8, and a 

 few very fine ones at $12. 



Beauties, Maids, Meteors, valley anil 

 double violets seemeil to liave tin- pref- 



anything, with (In- |..i--il,l, c\.,|iii(iii of 

 "Oreens," win, li ^,„.i:ilh Ii;i|.|m.|is at 

 Xma- and K,i-lr, 



]'■■ llir LH'.Mi- \ou must grow good 

 -i.i.k iMi II- it Mil want to receive in 

 tmir yiiiid piirr- tnr the same. Ordinary 

 stuff used to do, but it won't go now. 

 The flower buyers know what good 

 flowers are now and arc willing to pay 

 good prices for them. 



HAS K. 



The farewell 

 tcenth century 

 factory one all 

 who have bcin 

 a good cut 



ma- of the nine- 

 'Mii a very satis- 

 . ihkI the growers 

 ii- riiiiugh to have 

 comfortable addi- 



tion to their bank accounts, with which 

 to greet the New Year. 



The demand for cut flowers was great- 

 er this Christmas than ever before, and 

 the stock reached the market in better 

 condition than heretofore. No extra 

 heavy cutting of any one kind of flower 

 caused the price of all stock to stiffen 

 up and keep at good figures throughout 

 the holiday without the usual slump. 



The specially heavy demand for carna- 

 tions of all grades has proven that it is 

 fast becoming the popular flowvr. The 

 fact of there being an ample supply of 

 the finer and newer grades gives the lover 

 of flowers the chance to buy these grad'es 

 in fair quantities and at a fair price. 

 Much satisfaction was expressed all 

 around as to the quality i.f ra mat inn- 

 One would have to ?;<> i|uiir a ili-t.nai Im 

 find any "sleepy" mn - la mix unii-ii.il 

 occurrence). This pruM-^. iliat, liuuei buy- 

 ers are willing to pay a good price for 

 good, fresh blooms and that growers 

 should be careful to send only fresh stock 

 for the holiday trade. Give us good, 

 fresh carnations (keep the inferior ones 

 out of the market), and send no "salted 

 stock," then we can demand a good price 

 and give satisfaction, and the increase in 

 demand for carnations each ,year will soon 

 bring it to be the king of flowers. 



A happv and prosperous New Year to 

 von all. .. Pun.. 



Christinas Trade. 



The Christmas trade in St. Louis was 

 very satisfactory, being much better in 

 ever,\- way than last year. Tlie whole- 

 saler and the retailer have no cause to 

 (•(iiii])lain and as a rule they feel very 

 iliceiful over the Christmas trade. 



The quality of the stock this year was 

 rather poor. Very liltlr faiax -locU 

 came in, and it w;i~ ili-|..i-i,l ,,i ia|iidl,\- 

 and at a good priir. in. «..itlni was 

 very favorable for dcli\ . rini;. wiiirli, of 

 course, helped us to deliver our gooils 

 on time. 



In roses the colored sorts were in 

 great demand, but very scarce. 'I'he few 

 Meteors that came in commanded a fancy 

 price, as high as $15 and $20 per 100. 

 Beauties were retailed at .$24 per dozen 

 and not eiiniiL,di of llnin to supply the 

 demand. I'.riil.- .nnl Mai. Is were plenti- 

 ful and llin .Irinaml Ini-k; the fancv 

 stm-k brouL'lit .<Il' an. I .^1.'. (.er 100: most 

 of Iheiii. tliiiii,i;li. wcic nf (he poorer 



grade and some sold as low as $4 per 

 100. Golden Gates, Perles and Woottons 

 were sold out clean at prices ranging 

 from $12.50 down to $0. 



Carnations were very fine and plen- 

 tiful and the demand great. The col- 

 ored sorts were scarce. Scotts and Day- 

 break sold the best. The white sorts 

 sold a little lower than the colored 

 on.-. Til (lie fancy varieties the price 

 ".lit .1- liijii a- .$() per 100, and none 



\allr\ wa- i|iiit.' plentiful and very fine 

 at 1 1, nil .-I 111 .-^il per 100. 



dill « li.il. -all- men. Kuehn, Bcrning 

 and Ellis, report that the Christmas sales 

 were better than ever, and that they 

 sold out clean, nothing left but a littfe 

 rubbish. Shipping trade was never bet- 

 ter, some having to work late at night 

 in order to pack their orders. 



.\mong the retailers general satisfac- 

 tion is expressed from all quarters. In 

 the West Kinl, W .L.-i . Wal.ll.art, Mrs. 

 Ayers, Mi-- N. xMuan, Mill.i. Connon, 

 Sanders an. I M.ux ii-i.itau' -ay their 

 sales were iiiateriall.\ lai';^ than last 

 year, with prices about tiie same, ihe 

 gieat demand was for red roses, which 

 were very scarce. Carnations of all 

 kinds were great sellers with them, as 

 were violets and valley. Holly and 

 greens sold better than ever and at bet- 

 ter prices. 



The downtown florists had a big trade, 

 and Eiessen Floral Co., Ellison & 

 Tesson, Young & Sons Co., North, 

 ^li«s Badaraceo and Foster say that the 

 1 liri-tmas trade was never better, with 

 |iin.- equally as good as last vear. 

 I:m 1 \tliing sold well, with little" left 

 over 'when .L.-iiiL: time came. 



The grc, III, .111-.- nn n in South St. Louis 

 had a gnat |.l.iiit ti.nl.', and are almost 

 sold out .it <v. I X t liiiig. Fillmore, 

 Sehray, Beyer. M.\.i. Kiii<(.. Eggling, 

 Windier and .idi.i- ilann lliat they 

 never were so bu-\ a- tlii- ywr. Kvery- 

 thin? wont, ninl all \M'in tired out when 



L/Ouis, Koenig & Sons 

 er and Brix are well 



lists never experienced 

 this year, and all wish 

 ists a happy and pros- 



Notes. 



Win. Kalish & Snii- report that they 

 were very busy .liiiini.: ( 'In islmas. They 

 made a large Iw.h. im.t . n-- ..f Bride 

 roses and orcliid> ...-tiin_' .'v.iiMi. It was 

 one of the largest crosses ever made in 

 St. Ixniis. 



Winfred VVhittman, who is now with 

 Frank M. Ellis, was with H. G. Bern- 

 ning two years ago. 



C. C. Sanders had the finest lot of 

 poinsettias for Christmas ever seen in 

 St. Ix)uis. They sold at sight. 



Frank M. Ellis will move from his 

 present location, 1402 Pine street, to 

 1316 Pine street, on January 1. 



The Florists' Club meeting, on .Ttiiiii- 

 arv 10, will be called promptiv at .! 

 p.'m. This will be our annual caVinilion 

 meeting, and the display of new lania- 

 tiiins promises to be large. (Growers of 



