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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



JANUARY 5, 1S99. 



enormous decoration in Kaufmann's 

 Big Store, and did it so that everyone 

 had to praise it. She reports a splen- 

 did business for Christmas. The South- 

 siders can feel proud they have such a 

 clever woman in their ward. 



In the Diamond market our Billy 

 Kroeck proved again that he was the 

 man who knew how to do business. 

 His stall was provided with the best 

 flowers to be had, and he had to em- 

 ploy several hands to assist him to 

 wait on his customers. He said that he 

 never had a better Christmas in his 

 life, and that he never had such a bad 

 cold as he has now. Siebert, Lauch, 

 Eichhorn, Blaha & Foss, showed that 

 they had done their utmost to give 

 customers the best to be had for the 

 money. In the Allegheny market Gus 

 Ludwig was as always the point of at- 

 traction: his magnificent stand showed 

 up above all a profusion of flowers of 

 every kind and they were so arranged 

 that they charmed the eye of every 

 one who passed. E. C. Ludwig and 

 Breitenbaugh Bros, had their stalls 

 nicely decorated and attracted the eye 

 of the crowd. 



I had no time to pay a visit to Lib- 

 erty market, but I heard that all the 

 florists there did fairly good business. 

 Hoftmeyer. Dunlevy, Theo. F. Beckert, 

 were the home growers who brought 

 the best flowers into the market. I had 

 the privilege to see some of the Brides 

 and Maids which were grown by Mr. 

 Hoffmeyer and they could be classed 

 amongst those grown by the best 

 growers in the East. Beckert sent in 

 some good chrysanthemums and a few 

 poinsettias. He had lots of trouble 

 with his fuel the past month. For five 

 years he has used gas for fuel, but 

 without a previous warning the com- 

 pany that bought the gas wells around 

 his greenhouses made such conditions 

 that he had to substitute coal and it 

 was some time before the boilers could 

 be changed to suit the new fuel. For 

 this reason his cut was not as large 

 as expected, which is to be regretted, 

 for he must be classed among those 

 who produce the best stock. 



Violets were scarce in the beginning 

 of the week. The growers followed 

 again the strange policy of keeping 

 them as long as they possibly could, 

 so that they came too late into the 

 market to take advantage of the very 

 high price paid for them during the 

 first day. 



Prices were high. American Beauties 

 were sold at from $4 to $18 per dozen; 

 Brides and Maids from $8 to $20 per 

 hundred; Meteors from $10 to $20 a 

 hundred; Perles were not in demand, 

 but sold because they only command- 

 ed $6 to $10. Carnations were scarce 

 and were sold for $4 to $5 per hundred; 

 Harrisii lilies, $3 per dozen; Romans, 

 narcissus and valley, $4 to $5 per hun- 

 dred. Mums, of which there were few 

 in the market, were not in demand and 

 didn't bring the price . growers ex- 

 pected. 



It is possible that I have overlooked 

 speaking of some florists who deserve 

 to be mentioned in this report. I hope 



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Cypress 

 Greenhouse Material. 



We are the pioneers in Clear Cypress Greenhouse Material. We 

 discovered that Cypress is better than any other wood for greenhouses 

 from top of posts up and we introduced it, and fought for it against 

 many prejudices, and finally succeeded in bringing it into general use. 



Others have attempted to follow where we lead, others are trying to 

 reap what we sowed, but we have the experience and are recognized as 

 experts in greenhouse construction. 



Write for Circulars 

 or E.stimates. 



Lock land Lumber Co. 



LOCKLAND, OHIO. ]| 



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that they will pardon me if I have, and 

 will believe that they were not inten- 

 tionally omitted. -. MARY. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



John Cook, Baltimore, Md., registers 

 seedling rose, "Baltimore," a cross be- 

 tween Rivoir and Mary Fitzwilliam. A 

 very large, fragrant flower, color Day- 

 break pink, deepening towards center; 

 stem and foliage very large and strong, 

 as shown in blooms submitted. 



Alex. MacLellan, Newport, R. I., reg- 

 isters new chrysanthemum "Regina,'' 

 a seedling from Silver Cloud and L'En- 

 fant de Deux Moudes. Color creamy 

 white; bloom of the Frank Hardy 

 type, a variety which it much resem- 

 bles, but with no tendency to crook- 

 neck. Won Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety's silver medal as best seedling of 

 1898. WM. J. STEWART, Sec'y. 



MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 



Christmas week was ushered in with 

 rain, slush and fog, which continued 

 till Saturday. Then people began to 

 get out and business opened up with a 

 rush. It was quite up to expecta- 

 tions, but a slight falling off from pre- 

 vious years. 



Palms and ferns sold well; also 

 flowering plants. Carnations were 

 scarce, there being not half enough to 

 supply the demand; they sold at 50 

 cents a dozen. Roses were too high 

 in price for most people, but sold well 

 at $2 to $3 a dozen. Romans sold for 

 60 cents and violets for 35 cents. 



Holly and wreaths sold well and 

 there were never before so many 

 Christmas trees sold, the supply being 

 very large. A number of funeral or- 

 ders Christmas week helped to use up 

 flowers and made them still scarcer 

 for Christmas. 



Mr. James Roberts, the carnation 

 grower, has been very ill with typhoid 

 fever, but is slowly recovering. 



H. C. Beebe had a fine lot of spruce 

 from Maine for Christmas trees, and 

 they sold well at good prices in pref- 

 erence to hemlocks and cedars. S. P. 



HAGERSTOWN, MD. 



The Christmas trade was first class 

 here. The Maxim-Hamilton wedding 

 took place just before Christmas and 

 the decorations were the most elabo- 

 rate and beautiful ever seen here. Wm. 

 Bester was equal to the task and still 

 supplied a large demand for Christ- 

 mas. He noted a greater call for roses 

 and carnations and some increase for 

 pot plants. 



Henry Bester found it difficult to 

 supply the demand for potted plants, 

 of which he sold treble the number of 

 former years. 



The florists generally found trade 

 larger than in former years. S. 



INDIANA FLORISTS. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana 

 will be held in the Horticultural Rooms 

 of the State House at Indianapolis on 

 Monday, January 9, at 2 p. m. 



DETROIT, MICH.— Jno. A. Severns, 

 for many years connected with the D. 

 M. Ferry Seed Co., committed suicide 

 Dec. 22. Mr. Severns had been in poor 

 health for some time. He was 40 years 

 of age. 



MADISON, WIS.— Christmas trade 

 was very satisfactory. Sold all the 

 azaleas and cyclamens we had in 

 bloom and could have sold as many 

 more if we had had them. Palms and 

 ferns also sold well and at good prices. 

 There were large sales of holly and 

 holly wreaths, but prices were low, as 

 all the grocery stores now handle this 

 line of goods, and some sell on com- 

 mission at almost any price. Cut flower 

 trade was fair in spite of the high 

 prices. 



