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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



trouble was with cainations. ']"lie same 

 old story. The out-of-town sliippers held 

 them on Wednesday and Thursday, when 

 they were wanted "badly at $3 and $4 a 

 100; then sent them in on Friday and 

 Saturday in poor shape, so poor that 

 many of them are still in the commission 

 liouses or on the dump. It isn't business, 

 gentlemen. Now, do be good. 



To return to the market: Long Beau- 

 ties were plentiful, a little over-done, 

 perhaps, while good shorts were scarce. 

 Prices, $2 to $5 ; a few fancies, $6 to 

 §7.50; teas brought $6, $8, .$10 and $12; 

 a few selected for shipping. $15; the 

 poorer grades did not go well; price, $3 

 to $5. Carnations were scarce; $4 was 

 asked for fine stuff, $G, $8 and even $10 

 for fancy. Violets were plentiful; the 

 stores got most of the doubles, the street 

 most of the singles. Sniilax and aspar- 

 agus were in demand; the former at 15 

 to 20 cents; the latter at 50 cents a 

 .string or bunch. Cut lilies sold well at 

 $12 and valley fairly well at $3, $4 

 iuul $5. 



Notes. 



Pcnnock Bros, were well satisfied with 

 their Easter business. They noticed a 

 falling ofT in demand for lilies and an 

 increase in that for large azaleas. They 

 sold quite a number at from $25 to $35. 



Charles Fox did well. He made up 

 bo.xes of hyacinths and lilies of the val- 

 ley which were very popular. These 

 boxes were about 0x18 inches, worth 

 from $3 to $5 when filled. 



Mrs. Edgar, Ridge and Columbia ave- 

 nues, is well pleased with Easter. She 

 did an exceptionally good business and 

 cleaned up nicely. 



Jos. Kift & Son complain of naught 

 but the weather; they did well. Some 

 large pans of lilies, six or eight bulbs 

 to a pan, came in good shape from Pabst 

 of Collingwood. 



George E. Campbell had a good lot of 

 lilies, azaleas, etc., and sold nearly all. 



Albert Woltemate's store in town 

 paid, but not like his regular place at 

 Alain and Queen streets, Germantown. 

 Tliis is generally true of the temporary 

 or one week stands. People get to 

 know and trust their florist. 



Samuel S. Pcnnock did a heavy busi- 

 ness. Lilies, smilax, asparagus and car- 

 nations were in brisk demand. 



Never before were so many plants seen 

 on the street; Saturday's lain made an 

 awful mess of them. 



William Bergcr was well cleaned up 

 except on some bulbous stock. 



Few of the retailers slept on either 

 Friday or Saturday nights of last week. 

 Business this week has opened well. 



The Germantown Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's meeting held on Easter Monday was 

 well attended. There was a good display 

 of (lowering plants by local growers. The 

 feattnc of the show 'was Pandanus San- 

 deri. fnim Henry A. Drecr, which was 

 much admired. Beside it was shown P. 

 Veitcliii in good form, from J. W. Young, 

 the points of contrast being clearly 

 brought out. P. Sanderi is a great ac- 

 quisition and deserved the society's cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Albert Wolteraate read a paper on 

 ■ I.awns and Their Care," and .John U. 

 Humphreys one on "Insects." Piiir,. 



Don't fail to have a copy of the Flor- 

 ■ ts' JIanual to guide you during your 

 |iring work. It will save you dollars. 



The Easter Trade. 



I am writing this on Easter Sunday; 

 "better the day better the deed." It 

 is early to say how trade has been witii 

 all of us, but I can safely say that it 

 was at least equal to las't year and I 

 expect to hear several say that it went 

 beyond. The old-fashioned church dec- 

 oration with a number of memorial 

 pieces is about obsolete, although most 

 churches decorate to some extent. The 

 great and leading feature of the trade 

 was for several years past the purchase 

 of plants or flowers to give to friends. 

 Children sent a plant to Grandma, and 

 Grandma sent a flower to Baby. Girls 

 exchanged jnesents of flowers and of 

 course the only girl in Freddy's eyes 

 received violets or roses. Even in some 

 extreme and eccentric cases a man sent 

 his own wife an azalea or dwarf Japan- 

 ese chestnut. The exchange of gifts is 

 enormous and long may it be the cus- 

 tom of fashion with all classes. It 

 blesses those that give and those who 

 receive and incidentally helps the poor 

 florist to lay up a little to spend this 

 year at the Pan-American. 



Lilies were in as much demand as 

 ever and more could have been sold. 

 Azaleas sold well but there were enough 

 and a few to spare. Crimson Ramblers 

 went only f^iiily well. Pans of bulbous 

 stufT w.iii w.ll :iiul moderate priced 

 plants Ilk. -],ii;h ;i «ont very well. Only 

 plants ill llu«Lr \M:ro wanted and palms 

 and ferns were scarcely mentioned. 



In cut flowers it would be hard to 

 say which were the favorites of the 

 three leaders — violets, roses or carna- 

 tions; the latter touched the high water 

 mark for price for this city. Lawson 

 and the Marquis sold for $2.50 and 

 $3.00 per dozen and no one kicked. This 

 of course seems very humble to Mr. 

 Thorley or Mr. Galvin, but we think 

 it was a.iiiiii Hii. 1\. Different firms have 



arepiiliiii .ii -'hh' particular flower, 



but (111 111! 11 I- tli;il there wore never 

 so miuiy \inl,iv vnl.l on any previous 

 day. Evcryliody wanted- them, and par- 

 ticularly did Alphonse send a bunch to 

 Mamie. Locally the weather was not 

 ideal, yr-t il Mii'jbl have been so much 

 worse I hill wr ;,ir iiiilv thankful. Cloudy 

 and sli'jliil\ .liilly, but away above 

 freezing;, -o :illn.j, n„.i- we oufflit to be 

 well iilcas.a Willi tlic first Easter of 

 the Centiuy. 



Various Items. 



Mr. Lorenzo Dunn, the expert fruit 

 grower of St. Catherines, Ontario, had 

 a good look over the Pan-.\merican last 

 week and went nwny sreatly impressed 

 with the beanli.^ m'lli,. ,\ position. An- 

 other well kiinu.i i: Ii;,n, Mr. Johu 



Chambers, tli, -n,,, ,irii..,Ml,.nt of the 

 Toronto I'm k S\-i.iii. )iacl a good tramp 

 over tlie i.iiii.in Such men as these 

 can ii|.|.H , i:ii. uh.ii it is going to be 

 even if the hi.^i liills and tucks are not 

 put on. Mr. Chambers, I believe, was 

 surprised and delighted and will not 

 forget to enlighten the thousands of To- 

 ronlonians who will fire questions at 

 him. 



Perhaps many other lines of business 

 have made the phenomenal growth of 

 ours, but we hardly realize it. None 

 have advanced on a surer basis. The 

 love and fondness for flowers and the 



liking to have them witli us is a senti- 

 ment of marvelous growth in this coun- 

 try during the last quarter of a cen- 

 tury, and is as sure to grow with all 

 classes as is the desire to have a com- 

 fdrtable home with all who have the 

 means. Thirty years ago it was only 

 the very well to do who thought of in- 

 dulging in roses and carnations. Now 

 ail classes claim their share of flower 

 gifts. Good taste, refinement and ap- 

 propriate accessories on the part of the 

 florist should advance with the ever in- 

 creasing demand. 



Here is a little story almost word for 

 word as it happened on Saturday during 

 the rush. A little lad of seven or eight 

 with lustrous black eyes and tattered 

 clothing crept up to 'the counter and 

 said, "Please I want a four-cent bou- 

 quet." The clerk in his hurry paid 

 little attention but said as a joke, "It 

 takes six cents to buy a bouquet," think- 

 ing that would dismiss the urchin. He 

 retreated, but turned up again in two 

 or three hours. This time a young lady 

 asked him what he wanted. "Please, I 

 got six cents now for the bouquet." That 

 would melt a harder heart than that of 

 the good natured girl so the little fel- 

 low was given far more than the six 

 cents' worth. "Will they keep till to- 

 morrow, ma'am?" "Oh, yes. What are 

 you going to do with them?" "They 

 are for my mother. She loves flower's 

 and I don't want her to see 'em till I 

 gi\e 'em to her. They're lovely and 

 more than I thought I'd get. Thank 

 you, ma'am." And off went a heart as 

 full of joy as a heart can be. If all our 

 little boys were like him what a nation 

 this would become. W. S. 



The Easter Trade. 



The shipping demand for Easter was 

 far larger than ever Iiefore and an im- 

 mense amount of st,,,k |i;i^-.'il tlnou-li 

 the wholesale hou^c-. ilimi.jli i h. Mi|t|ilv 

 of roses and canuii.in- v.j- -kmi, :i- 

 anticipated. The jn i. r- on ii.-e- and 

 carnations went higher tluin advance 

 quotations and the rates kept hardening 

 until Saturday morning, when there was 

 a decided relapse, as a lot of consignors 

 then began pouring stock into the mar- 

 ket, and in short order ])rices dropped 

 from 25 to 100 per cent ..ii most lines, 

 Mo-I ..I Ihi- rouM 1,,,,, I,,,, I marketed 



at Ike kiM, n^lM,- I :, :; ,| ThUFS- 



of Iirre>- ly eiiuiii- ■ il, i- .-.lorl, and 

 carnations that would have brought $4 

 readily on Friday were sold at $2.50 on 

 Saturday. But those who got their 

 stock in at the right lime got better fig- 

 ures than for some years past, and on 

 the average it was a great Easter. There 

 were lilies enough to go around, and 

 while many were good, the average qual- 

 ity was some little below that of pre- 

 vious years. An immense lot of violets 

 was sold and prices were good except on 

 a big lot that came in Saturday, when it 

 was too late to handle to best advan- 

 tage. 



There was an enormous supply of bulb- 

 ous flowers in the market and a large 

 percentage of them were of poor qual- 

 ity. First class stock brought good fig- 

 ures, but the great bulk was so poor it 

 is doubtful if they brought enough to 

 pay for the bulbs. Tulips that drop to 



