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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Aliv 31, 1001. 



Reinberg is also much pleased with Guar- 

 dian Angel and will plant a large, lot 

 of it the coming season. 



Robert J. Purvis, a pioneer florist of 

 this citj', died at his home in Edgewater, 

 Jan. 21, aged 88 years. The funeral was 

 held Jan. 24 and interment was at Rose 

 Hill. 



Mrs. Clias. Eickliolf of n.-ilvpston, Tex., 

 returned home ln<t SniniJ;M nfior hav- 

 ing visited Indiaii;i|i"li-, K n Innoiid, and 

 I^fayette, Ind., a> ».ll ,i- |...]iits nearer 

 •Chicago. She expres!-ud gic;>t apprecia- 

 tion of the many courtesies shown her by 

 the craft everywhere and leaves for home 

 with the kindest remembrances of her 

 northern friends. 



The name of Mr. 0. L. Baird, Dixon, 

 111., was accidentally omitted from the 

 list of those present at the carnation 

 meeting and on the excursion to Joliet. 



John Blanck, the 43d St. florist, had 

 his stock of plants frozen recently as 

 the result of an accident to his heating 

 apparatus. This precipitated pending 

 financial difficulties and a receiver is in 

 charge. 



H. C. Frese has given up his retail 

 store at 72 State St. As his health is 

 very poor his retirement from business 

 will probably be permanent. 



C. F. Klunder has left Mangel and has 

 opened a store on his own account at 

 2206 Michigan avenue. 



E. H. Hunt has made numerous 

 changes in his establishment, enlarging 

 the office space and adjusting the vari- 

 ous departments to the increased room 

 available through the absorption of the 

 space formerly occupied by A. G. Prince 

 & Co. 



Mr. Judson Kramer, Cedar Rapids, la., 

 was a visitor last Tuesday. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



tradv onnditions 

 a f:,ii- demand 



ailJ Ih.; .,.,P,,M -M|.|,I^ -In.ll r,„,Ugh to 



kr.|. 1-1 ir, , \\,-i\ ,i|,, ,.,|i,., ,,i|]^ ,ip,,„ snjall 

 i'o>r-. Iliill, M,>,,.U AuA \i.ilr(> ui'e per- 

 haps not (jiiiti' so plentiful as last week 

 and are bringing a trifle more. Scarcity 

 of green njoterial is not quite so marked. 



Various Items. 



Geo. A. Sutherland is breaking up 

 housekeeping at the old stand on Brom- 

 field stroot iiiul iiuivinL' i'tiIh liis new quar- 

 ters at .'M ll.iul.N -ii.ri. t,, uliich ad- 

 dress all I I. LM-.ini-. i.|c|,l iiiiiil and 



express order- ,,|ioiiM l.r s.iit nller Feb. 

 11. 



A second telephone has been installed 

 at the Park street market as a sort of 

 safety valve to prevent so much profan- 

 ity in the line of men waiting to use the 

 old one, as well as to better accommodate 

 those at a distance who try to rail up 

 salesmen in the room diiiinL' tlio l)ii-y 

 hours. Better service will |.i iliil.lx i,,iw 



be obtained, especially in lli. m ini;. l.y 



using the new number "IhiMnarkit Vill.'' 

 Persons using a 'phone at the market, 

 however, will confer a favor by using the 

 old one, the new number being of lim- 

 ited service. 



J. W. Howard has contracted to sup- 

 ply the Boston & Maine R. R. with fifty 

 thousand bedding plants about June 1. 

 The list includes aehyranthes, alternan- 

 fheras, cannas, caladiums, eoleus, fever- 

 fews, geraniums, lobelias, zinnias and sal- 

 vias. This is one of the largest orders 

 ever placed in this vicinity, and the com- 

 pany can hardly fail to receive satisfac- 



tion in noods supjil 

 espc<-i;ill\ ;ii -o lii. 

 F. W ■ llrn 1m , h,, 

 cuts (4 l;- III. Ill li\ ,1 



that tlh\ ,iM 111.. I 



sale fr -i i n i U \i 



Natuniih ihr liiM. I- 

 thev ill.- :;l.-^^n ll 



a hundred 

 the claim 



t'erdiiiii. Ki.l t. 1 .1,1 III or any other place, 

 but till r.i I 1- ih.y are Al specimens 

 and woiili.\ oi a -.nam from the hooked 

 beak of the would-lje conqueror of Agui- 

 naldo. 



Horticultui-al Hall was crowded on 

 Saturday, Jan. 20, to hear Benjamin P. 

 Ware's ilr-. 1 i|.i i..n .ii Kiu ( lardens and 

 the -rmniil- ..| I In m pi . m I ..urt. His 

 talkwii- I I'll iM -iiii|ilii ll \ a lid clearness, 

 and tlic Imy.j iin.lui.j^ Uiiown upon the 

 screen were ample proof that while we 

 may be getting ahead of them in the 

 matter of manufaciuros and mining, the 

 aggressive Britons need no horticultural 

 assistance. 



If the expression "Bright on"' in last 

 week's communication be read "Bright- 

 on"' perhaps the meaning will be made 



.■learc: 



J. S. Mani 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Trade Conditions. 



Business continued active during the 

 past week. The prospects are that the 

 remaining tliree weeks and two days of 

 the sVa.son i it will be but two weeks 

 and Iw.i .l.i\- wliiii ilic-r n.ites appear) 

 will 111' \ii\ ,i'ii\. 111. I. ill. There are 

 several l.ii'ji' lull-, iii'liiiini'.;- the second 

 AssVnilil\. ijiiiiili. ill -- \i-A- and days at 

 home, a few weddings, St. Valentine's 

 and many small parties, dinners and so 

 on all to be crowded into this short time 

 before Lent. 



Prices are holding well and on good 

 stock they will probably continue to hold 

 at least until February 20. 



Plant Sales at Christmas. 



Four of the leading wholesale plant 

 growers have given kindly response to 

 the Rkviiws ii'.|iii'st for information 

 regarding iln i Ini-linas plant business. 



I cannot say that I noticed any ma- 

 terial increase in the sales of palms that 

 I considered were purchased for Christ- 

 mas sill. I., ^rany liiiy.r-. to save heavy 

 expii's- .i.ii'j.- ll) 111 I'll' l.iilk i.f llieir 

 stock. 111' Inl Ml" 1 'lai |..i I 111 1-1 iiia^. var- 

 ly, oft. 11 .liiiiii- I ll iiili.'i- .ir N.iM'iiiber, 

 W'hen shipments can lie made by freight. 



I think the season of 1900 was an ex- 

 ception to this custom. October and 

 Novemlier being so very mild the salies of 

 such st.'.'k \\. I.' alli. i.'.l (.1 a considerable 

 degree. inaii\ l.iiwi- In .M 1111; back their 

 orders uiiiil ilni. -Imiilil bv more de- 

 mand. My sale> ioi Oelolier and No- 

 vember were behind what 1 expected, yet 

 for December were nearly 50 per cent 

 in excess of the average for the same 

 month of the five preceding years. I 

 find my sales for the four months previ- 

 ous to Jan. 1 about 10 per Cent ahead 

 of the average of five years preceding 

 for the same period. This I consider 

 satisfactory. 



Kentias, Latania Borbonica and Areea 

 lutescens from 6-inch to 8inch pots were 

 the sizes most generally asked for. The 

 demand for plants larger than are usual- 

 ly grown in 10-inch pots was less I think 

 than usual. Well grown, shapely Lata- 

 nias held a good place in the list of 



favorites. Livistona rotundifolia. Pan- 

 danus Veitchii and T)ia..i.'n.i lenninalis 



all sold Teadil}-. ( - W . .1.1. Ii.iiui and 



small K'entia Beliii. 11 ' 1)1.1 i 1 1. an dishes 

 were used in the n-ii.il i|ii,iiii ity. I 

 think palms and loh.i'j. |il,iiii. Ii.l.i their 

 place, notwithstaii.llii'j ih' ui.ai luimber 

 of floW'cring plant- -..1.1 t.i 1 liii-imas. 



Lll.VS. U. B.VLL. 



I find that the palms that I grow are 

 not wanted for the holidays. It se'ems 

 that plants of bright colored foliage or 

 flowers are what are needed at that sea- 

 son. Joseph Heacock. 



I -,ilil .1111 I'liaii .ill Lj.Hi,! |,.,i plants of 

 lii'L' a 1.1 ',,,' ll.' I ,,,„.' ami its deli- 

 eat.' I'liik -|.i.,i 1 l.i.jht I'liik l.i.rraine) 

 for ( 111 i-l ma-, ami eould lia\e sold many 

 more, as the demand with us was much 

 greater than last year, and the prices 

 were better for the larger sizes. As an 

 indication: For ('liristmas. ]^m. l^S.OO 

 per plant in 6-inili |. i- » a- tin lii;;liost 

 price paid; for last 1 liii-im,i- ilUOU). 

 for the same sized 11.1I. .-si, no was more 

 readily secured than was the if.iMD paid 

 the year before. 



Edwin Lonsdale. 



My Dear Friend: I never bother my 

 head about writing articles for publica- 

 tion. My head is too small, therefore it 

 contains but little and that little I wish 

 to spend for my selfish enjoyment, 



Wm, K. Harris. 



[Fie, Deacon, Deacon! This won't do. 

 I'll ne'er believe such yarns of you. 

 Phil,] 



It will be seen that Messrs. Ball and 

 Heacock virtually agree that a whole- 

 sale grower cannot estimate the Christ- 

 mas demand for foliage plants with any 

 degree of accuracy, as the retailers pur- 

 chase stock earlier, selling it right along 

 from the tim'e cold weather sets in un- 

 til the holidays. 



With regard to Iil.i.nnim; |ilaiits there 

 is no question thai 1 In .1. miml his ;ireat- 



sources that not mih Ik'tiniia ujoire de 

 Lon-aim l.ut al-,i .s. lam. 11-, |...iiiscttias. 

 ami -,'^.'|■,ll .itli.'i v,iii.n.- ..1 ll.nvering 

 plant-, well' 1,1 -li.'it -ii|i|.l\. Tlie holi- 

 day inaikel \\i'.\ niiil.'iil.i.',li\ lake more 

 of this cla-- .1 1. 1, lilt- in the future, but 

 I do not llinik 111 \M,iiliir conditions in 

 our latitude uill .mi |,.iiiiit of the plant 

 business rivaling ilie eiit llowcr business 

 in midwinter. 



Ladies' Night. 

 Ladies' ni'.dit at (lie eluh was celebrat- 

 ed last \\i .In. -.l,i\ ni-lil with a recep- 

 tion, game- ami liu-ki i.'freshnVents. I 

 was not foriiiiiale eiii.mjli to be present 

 on the occasion, hut those who were there 

 seem to have enjoj'cd themselves very 

 much. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business lein.iin- ak.nil the same as re- 

 ported lasl «..k Willi perhaps rather 

 more than iln n-nal amount of funeral 

 work. The weal her has been de- 

 lightful and flowers of all kinds 

 have become more pl'entiful. There 

 is a fair demand for roses when 

 they are of first quality. The West 

 End florists report that last week 

 dinners, weddings, receptions and other 

 entertainments made a call for large 

 quantities of choice cut flowers. The 

 downtown florists have had plenty of 



