April 18, 1901. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



709 



the bright sun that we get continuously 

 bringing out the colors in such a vivid 

 manner. All visitors :iic -iiiirl. :ii once 

 on beholding them. A K' >! ■ i j. i miums 

 will be about a foot lnuh .mi -h, muss 

 of bloom, and so willi all uther iKnvers. 

 The parks are supplied with plants from 

 tlieir own greenhouses, which are under 

 the charge of Superintendent Graham 

 and Foreman Davies. Their output this 

 year will be about 150,000. 



Hurt Bros, have moved their flower 

 store to Fifteenth street in one of the 

 busiest portions of the city, and are 

 likely to do a good business at their 

 new stand. 



We had Adam Graham, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, as a visitor. He was on his re- 

 turn from California. Tiiok.ne. 



ST. PAUL. 



Easter will go on record as one of the 

 best, if not the best, ever known here. 

 The weather was marred by rajn on Fri- 

 day which undoubtedly curtailed sales 

 somewhat. However it was nice and 

 mild for delivering plants and there 

 were few or no complaints on account of 

 damage. 



Contrary to expectations there were 

 enough lilies to go around and where a 

 shortage was apparent a few weeks be- 

 fore, a small surplus was found when 

 deliveries had all been made. The favor- 

 able weather for two weeks preceding 

 Easter brought about belated stock in 

 good shape, though the effects of forcing 

 were apparent in many plants. 



There was nothing particularly new or 

 striking offered this season. Lilies were 

 as popular as usual. Hydrangeas and 

 azaleas sold extremely well. Hybrid 

 roses sold well, as usual. Ramblers were 

 in good demand though not as eagerly 

 sought for as when first introduced. 

 Bulbous stock went fairly well with the 

 smaller growers but will never be popu- 

 lar with the best trade here. Pans of 

 extra fine hyacinths containing four to 

 six bulbs each were almost a drug on 

 the market. 



In cut flowers the most marked de- 

 mand was for colored flowers in contrast 

 with the demand for white flowers in 

 former seasons. Fancy carnations sold 

 at sight bringing as much as and selling 

 more freely than roses. Beauties were 

 in good demand though prices ruled high 

 and good stock scarce. There was a 

 great call for violets which retailed at 

 $2.00 per 100 and thousands were dis- 

 posed of at these figures. 



The stores all had good displays. L. 

 L. May & Co. had their large conserva- 

 tory and store filled to overflowing. A. 

 S. Swanson had an overflow display at 

 6th and Wabasha. Holm & Olsen had 

 their store packed solid with plants. 

 Lemke had his usual display of good 

 stock in both stores, while C. Vogt, 0. 

 Hlersekorn and all the others had daz- 

 zling displays. 



The shipping trade was very good both 

 in plants and cut flowers. 



Prospects for future trade are very 

 encouraging and spring bedding stock 

 shoidd be in good demand. X. Y. Z. 



CINCINNATL 



Critehell's have closed their city store 

 at 110 E. 4th St. and will hereafter grow 

 for the wholesale trade only. Their ad- 

 dress now is 719 North Crescent Ave. 



Mr. B. P. Critchell, superintendent of 

 parks, has sufficiently recovered from his 



recent illness to attend to business and 

 visited the park office for the first time 

 last Tuesday. 



Augusta, Me. — G. P. Sanborn reports 

 Easter sales as larger than ever before, 

 with carnations and roses very scarce. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa. — I. N. Kramer 

 & Son say that with them Easter trade 

 was better than last year, in both cut 

 flowers and plants. 



Malden, Mass. — E. D. Kaulback & 

 Son say their Easter trade was about 

 the same as usual, but believe it would 

 have been much larger had the weather 

 been fair. 



Brattleboro Vt. — C. E. Allen says 

 Easter sales were larger than last year, 

 with carnations and lilies in most de- 

 mand. Potted plants sold in limited 

 quantities. 



Needham, Mass. — Denys Zingiebel re- 

 ports: "Our market is in Boston. The 

 highest price ever obtained for carna- 

 tions was realized, Lawson bringing 

 easily $10 per 100, and Marquis a close 

 second, at $8." 



NoRWALK, Conn. — H. F. Byxbee re- 

 ports supply ahead of demand for Easter, 

 th{iiiL:li iiiiii;iiid was fair considering 

 fluii Siiiiinlay was a very stormy day. 

 Tlir r:ill w ;i ~ irHpre for blooming plants 



Carlisle, Pa. — .Jesse Bobbins reports 

 Easter trade as fully 25 per cent better 

 than last year, and that it would have 

 been still better had not Saturday been 

 an extremely disagreeable day. There 

 was an increased demand for flowering 

 plants. 



R. S. H. — The greenhouse you describe 

 is hardly large enough to make a busi- 

 ness. If you have some other occupation, 

 you migiit grow a few bedding plants for 

 local demand as a side issue. You could 

 not produce enough flowers in the house 

 to make shipment to market profitable. 

 With the addition of some hot-beds you 

 might be able to produce enough spring 

 bedding plants to make it worth while, 

 providing there is sufficient local demand 

 for them. 



UocKFORD III. — The Rockford Star 

 has inaugurated a movement looking to 

 the embellishment of the city with plants 

 and flowers this summer and the florists 

 arc co-operating by contributing plants, 

 etc., to be awarded as prizes to those 

 having the best decorated grounds, etc., 

 during the summer. The florists who 

 have contributed so far are H. W. Buck- 

 bee, R. H. Shumway, W. B. Reynolds, 

 W. S. Hizer and J. .1. Soper. The prizes 

 are to be awarded by a committee se- 

 lected by the Federation of Women's 

 Clubs. 



Dallas, Tex.— The Texas Seed and 

 Floral Co. will this sunnncr enlarge 

 their fine plant to double its present 

 size and will also build new and modern 

 packing sheds. They will also put in a 

 waterworks of their own, building a 

 reservoir and erecting taid<s 80 feet 

 above, using a gasoline engine for forc- 

 ing the water up into the tank, with di- 

 rect pressure from engine when needed. 

 F. W. Beach, formerly of Richmond, 

 Ind., is now superintendent of this 

 plant. 



New Orleans, La. — At a recent meet- 

 ing of the New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety it was decided to give a chrysanthe- 

 mum show in the fall, and the following 

 committee on arrangements was appoint- 

 ed: P. Abele, ex-oflicio; J. Sleekier, E. 

 Baker, J. Eblen, E. Valdejo, Charles 

 Eble, Harry Papworth, J. St. Mard, Dan 

 Newsham, secretary. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. — il. Christo- 

 pherson reports that Easter trade in this 

 cily must have been double that of last 

 year. American Beauties and Harrisii 

 were never before so universally dis- 

 played. The florists all seemed to bi* 

 very busy. 



Cincinnati, 0. — The will of Thomas 

 Knott, the florist, leaves a $50,000 es- 

 tate to his wife for life. After her 

 death the property goes to the children. 



IT PAYS. 



One mail brought me letters with 

 money orders in them from Illinois, 

 Georgia, Mississippi and Kentucky for 

 dahlia bulbs which I advertised in the 

 Review. It pays to advertise in the 

 Review. J. A. Keniston. 



Newburyport, Mass. 



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