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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JANUARY 5, 1S99. 



grower and continuous free bloomer, 

 the flowers being borne on strong 

 stems, 18 to 20 inches long. There ap- 

 pears to be a very bright future for 

 this variety. 



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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Christmas week was fully as good 

 or better than any we have had for 

 years. The steadily increasing de- 

 mand for well shaped blooming plants 

 helped to swell the cash income and 

 the sales in cut flowers have not de- 

 creased to any perceptible extent. Pri- 

 ces obtained were better than former- 

 ly, but the plants offered were also of 

 superior quality, compared with those 

 usually seen at Xmas. The supply 

 was not too large either, excepting 

 perhaps in common stuff like begonias, 

 Chinese primulas and solanums; well 

 flowered azaleas, cyclamen and short 

 stocky plants of poinsettlas were decid- 

 edly scarce in the latter part of the 

 week. Palms, especially kentias of 

 medium size, sold remarkably well, 

 Nephrolepis Bostoniensis and N. da- 

 valloides furcans were not much be- 

 hind them and ferndishes, with pit- 

 ^airnias or cocos in center had a good 

 run. 



Flowers seemed to be overabundant 

 at first, but pretty nearly all found 

 purchasers before Saturday night. Vio- 

 lets of excellent quality were retailed 

 in several stores at as high as $4 per 

 100, but poorer grades could be bought 

 for $1..50 to $2. Roses were high-priced, 

 notwithstanding the very plentiful sup- 

 ply and carnations took a jump to 65 

 ■or 75 cents per dozen for ordinary and 

 some select fancy were disposed of at 

 from $1 to $2 per dozen, but the de- 

 mand for such is rather limited. There 

 was no waste this year, everything 

 was used up profitably in one way or 

 another; a number of funeral orders 

 ■on Sunday and Monday finished the 

 odds and ends left over from Saturday, 

 therefore our storemen have every rea- 

 son to be well pleased with this year's 

 iholiday trade, though the chronic 

 grumblers, which are found in our 

 town, as well as in most others, may 

 not feel disposed to acknowledge the 

 fact. 



John Dobbertin was a victim to the 



palm swindler at the beginning of the 

 busy Xmas week; his eon delivered a 

 load of palms, ordered by some un- 

 known individual for Mrs. Smith, on 

 Prince St., the man riding with young 

 Dobbertin on the wagon to the house; 

 after unloading the plants on the back 

 porch, D. was told to call for them at 

 9 o'clock next morning and to bring 

 the bill along with him, but neither 

 palms nor man were found in the 

 house the next day when D. presented 

 his bill; Mrs. S. had merely been asked 

 by the stranger to permit the unload- 

 ing of a few large palms, which he ex- 

 pected to receive from BufTalo, and 

 which he said he had to distribute in 

 the neighborhood. Three or four of 

 the plants have been found by detec- 

 tives employed, but nobody knows 

 what became of the rest. K. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business was good all last week up 

 to Saturday, when sales dropped off to 

 a marked degree. Roses have held 

 their own very well, but on Friday and 

 Saturday there was quite a heavy sur- 

 plus of violets and carnations, and they 

 are still very abundant. Prices are 

 much lower all along the line and vio- 

 lets and carnations seem to have been 

 hit the hardest. 



While trade for the week was very 

 satisfactory no one seemed to consider 

 New Year's as a special factor in the 

 conditions. The local dailies had in 

 their society columns given lists of 

 ladies who would receive New Year's 

 callers as in the olden times, but the 

 retail florists did not feel the effect of 

 it if the plans were carried out. They 

 have had a steady run of work though 

 for dinners and small parties and busi- 

 ness has with most of them averaged 

 excellent. 



The future outlook seems very 

 bright. Shipping trade holds up well 

 and it is notable that the call is nearly 

 always for the highest grades of stock. 



Various Items. 



A dinner decoration arranged this 

 week by Mr. John Gormley, of Wien- 

 hoeber's, was for 24 covers and toward 

 each end of the table was a 12-inch 

 plateau of adiantum ferns (plants from 

 3-inch pots) arranged in a graceful 

 mound, while placed along the table 

 were small vases of the new pink car- 

 nation Mrs. James Dean, In the center 

 was a candelabrum with shades of a 

 color to match the carnations. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are interesting 

 themselves in the Evanston carnation 

 merely to help a good thing along. The 

 cuttings are being grown by M. Weil- 

 and and John Weiland (son of the pre- 

 ceding), both of Evanston, and John 

 Didier (son-in-law of M. Weiland) of 

 Rogers Park. 



Mr. A. G. Boehringer, of Boehringer 

 Bros., Bay City, Mich., was a visitor 

 this week. 



Bassett & Washburn find that their 



business during last week was just 

 about 50 percent larger than for the 

 same period last year. They are now 

 cutting a good crop of Harrisii lilies. 



Reinberg Bros, are now ready with 

 their annual batch of rooted cuttings 

 of roses and carnations. 



C. A. Samuelson had such a heavy 

 run for Christmas that he had to close 

 the doors and draw down the curtains 

 to give his force a chance to fill orders 

 already in hand. 



The first January meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held tomorrow 

 evening (6th inst.). 



Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson are 

 also handling rooted cuttings of the 

 new carnation Evanston. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening: ^ 



1st. 2nd. 34. 4th. 5th. Av. 



Ed. Winterson 122 172 1S3 172 175 158 



G. L. Grant 177 130 153 



,T. Degnan 144 126 141 123 131 133 



C. Schweigert 137 137 105 111 138 125 



A. Henderson 114 127 123 121 



EJ. Benthev 86 117 106 13S ... Ill 



C, S. Stewart 91 90 90 



M. Barker 61 61 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



A reaction with a week of extremely 

 dull business is the usual thing after 

 a rush at the holidays, but this year 

 has been an exception, and the trade 

 all around has been very good, but 

 with somewhat lower prices, and dur- 

 ing the early part of the week the sup- 

 ply was very light, owing to the clean 

 cut of everything of a salable nature 

 for the holidays. 



The quality of roses Is now at its 

 best, and Brides and Maids are held 

 firm at $8 per 100, with strictly high 

 grades a trifle higher; Meteors, $8; 

 Beauties considerably slower, prices 

 from $1.50 to $8 per dozen; carnations 

 of average quality, $2.50 per 100; Day- 

 breaks and Eldorado, $3; fancies, $4, 

 and Bradts, $10 per 100; violets, from 

 $1 to $1.50 per 100; Romans and Paper 

 Whites. 35 cents per dozen; lilies, both 

 Harrisii and callas, $1.50 per dozen; 

 valley from $4 to $6; stevia, 25 cents 

 per bunch. 



News Items. 



Freeman & Fletcher is the name of 

 a new firm to start out as commercial 

 florists, located at Auburndale, suc- 

 ceeding to the houses and business of 

 F. W. Fletcher. They propose to erect 

 four new houses, making a specialty of 

 violets. 



Mr. Thomas F. Galvin, with his fam- 

 ily, is spending a few days at Phila- 

 delphia. 



W. H. Elliott made a flying trip to 

 New Y'ork on business connected with 

 his new houses. 



I. H. Carr has given up the store on 

 Tremont street, and will soon venture 

 again in a cheaper locality. 



The new Imperial violet, originating 

 with W. L. Minor, of Brockton, is all 



