APRIL 11,1001. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



657 



Easter Plant Arrangements. No. 6. 



pieces while you wait stood no show at 

 all. As to daffodils, Flint Kennicott 

 says: "It rained yellow." 



Roses were the scarcest right through 

 and all orders were cut short up to Sat- 

 urday. Outside buyers who got their 

 rose orders tilled were in luck. The 

 outside calls, by the way, seemed uni- 

 formly for quality in preference to quan- 

 tity. Carnations were also in very in- 

 sufficient supply and those who had 

 good carnations got banner prices with 

 ease and comfort. 



Locally the trade was probably a lit- 

 tle larger than last year and would have 

 shown a much greater increase had the 

 weather been more favorable on the shop- 

 ping days. The drizzling rain and raw 

 air undoubtedly kept many from ven- 

 turing out. 



Some of the retailers overstocked a 

 little on lil'es, but fortunately all that 

 failed to move for Easter were cleaned 

 up by the large call for flowers in gen- 

 eral on the following Monday. Prob- 

 ably the sale of lilies was hurt some- 

 what by the exaggerated advance re- 

 ports in the daily papers as to the great 

 scarcity and that prices would put them 

 beyond the reach of all but the wealthy, 

 etc. The llorist who feeds that sort of 

 stuff tn :i n|iiir(ri is an enemy to him- 

 self ami 1 \nxiH(r rise in the trade. 



Thf.M' i.iii'ilri- who had facilities for 

 handling plaiil^ tn advantage report an 

 increased demand in that line and there 

 is a continual development in that di- 

 rection each year. We photographed a 

 number of these plants and arrange- 

 ments and reproduce some of them in 

 this issue. Others will appear next 

 week. 



In plants the Crimson Rambler rose 

 did not go as freely as anticipated, 

 though many were sold, and hydrangeas 

 hung a little, too. An encouraging sign 

 was that the more expensive plants and 

 arrangements moved more freely than 

 la~t y:i\- witli ili(.-c iliirists who cater 

 to tlic -will iiiiilr, lull ilie great bulk of 

 tlir ^.ilr^ \u-\r ..I the -.mailer plants, and 

 pan.s ul Ijulbcjiis lluut-is formed the back- 

 bone of the trade in most cases. 



Trade has been very fair since Easter. 

 Quotations on roses now range from 

 $3.00 to $8.00 and on carnations from 

 $3.00 to $5.00 for fancy and $1.50 to 

 $2.50 for commons. 



Various Items. 



At the first meeting of the new city 

 council last Monday evening there was 

 a great display of flowers, the mayor 

 and many of the aldermen being literal- 

 ly buried in bloom. In the collection 

 there were some wonderful "designs," 

 but it all helped trade for the florist 

 and made the Monday following Easter 

 a lively one for many in the trade. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett has returned from 

 West Baden, Ind., apparently much 

 benefited by h's outing. 



Mr. Luke Collins has taken a position 

 as foreman for Mr. G. A. Heine, Toledo, 

 O., and after April 15 Mr. James Pse- 

 necka will be foreman for Wietor Bros. 

 Mr. Pscnccka has been in charge of a 

 sfcli.iii I'm Wi.liir Bros, for four years 

 anil wi-li-i \ ^ ,11 in charge of the carna- 



ti.ill l.lliur. 



KtnnuuU liros. Co. say it was the 

 biggest Easter in their business experi- 

 ence. 



Bassett & Washburn say last Friday's 



sales were the largest of any day since 

 they have been in business. 



Wietor Bros.' sales were double those 

 of last year. They were fortunate in 

 having a big lot of carnations just at 

 the right time. 



L. Malcher has removed to 300 Wells 

 street. 



It was a mistake to attempt to hold a 

 meeting of the club at a date so close to 

 Easter, when everyone in the trade is on 

 tlicjump. ^^ 



ST. LOUIS. 



Easter Trade. 



Easter trade was fully up to the ex- 

 pectations of all the florists; the trade 

 here was a little larger than that of last 

 year. There was an increase in the sale 

 of plants and all the retailers report ex- 

 cellent bu.siness. A great many of the 

 orders came in at the last moment and 

 some of us had to work half the night 

 in order to get the orders in shape for 

 early delivery Sunday morning. The 

 plant trade did not present any es- 

 pecially novel features. The West End 

 florists' found the strongest demand for 

 lilies and azaleas; foliage plants also 

 sold well this year. 



The wholesalers were kept very busy 

 with both shipping and local trade. 

 Great quantities of lilies were disposed 

 of, they being in great demand. In bulb 

 stuff there was a great glut; although 

 lots of it was sold, still lots of it is left 

 over only to be thrown in the waste box. 

 First-class roses sold readily while in- 

 ferior grades suffered. Some pickled 

 stock came in as usual, which, of course, 

 was left unsold. 



High-grade Beauties sold well at $5 

 and $6 per dozen ; Brides and Maids, 

 from $6 to $10 per lOO'; Meteors, same; 

 Gates. $4 to $8 ; Perles were very scarce. 

 Cut Harrisii had a great demand at $15 

 per 100: callas, $12..50 to $15. Carna- 

 tions sold well at from $4 to $6 per 100. 

 None could be had imder $4 and some 

 extra fancy brought $8. Violets were poor 

 and good stock was very scarce. The de- 

 mand was greater than the supply; 50 

 and 75 cents per 100 was asked for them. 

 All bulbous stuff was very plentiful and 

 generally speaking good in quality; 

 prices were about the same as usual and 

 the demand fair. 



The majority of the florists had their 

 windows handsomely decorated. Ellison 

 & Tesson, Riessen Floral Co., North and 

 C. Young & Sons Co. had a fine display 

 of Harrisii in pots, azaleas and other 

 blooming plants with a fine assortment 

 of cut flowers. In the West End, Weber, 

 Eyers, Waldbart. Newman and others, 

 ako made fine displays in their windows, 

 consisting of fine blooming plants of all 

 kinds and a large assortment of the 

 choicest cut flowers. 



The growers in the South End report 

 a great plant trade and Schray, Fill- 

 more, Beyer and Windier had all they 

 could do to supply the demand. 



Notes. 



Report corner ii \\ i-liington, D. C, 



that Prof. B. T. liill^ M:l^. "f Missouri, 

 has been assign.! a- ilii.f of the pro- 

 posed Bureau of Plants. 



The Missouri commissioners to the 

 Pan-American and Charleston Exposi- 

 tion held meetings last week considering 

 plans for the construction of the Mis- 

 souri displays at these expositions. The 

 following committee: Messrs. E. S. Gar- 



