J42 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JANUARY 5, 1S99. 



ST. PAUL, MINN, 



Christmas Trade. 



Good stock, favorable weather and 

 ■"better times" than for several years 

 ■combined to make Christmas trade ex- 

 cellent, surpassing all previous records. 



The favorable weather for the previ- 

 our three weeks brought out an abund- 

 ance of good blooms and better stock 

 was never handled by the stores. 

 Good prices prevailed. Roses retailed 

 at $2.50 to $3.00 per dozen, a few going 

 as low as $2.00; carnations at 7.5 cents 

 to $1.25, the bulk selling at $1.00; vio- 

 lets at $3.00 to $4.00 per hundred; 

 Romans, Paper Whites and valley at 

 75c to $1.00 per dozen. 



The greatest demand was for red, 

 followed by pink, both in roses and 

 ■carnations, though white stock met 

 with ready sale. Of Am. Beauties the 

 best sold at $1S per dozen, this be- 

 ing the top notch price for Beauties 

 "Within the writer's recollection. 



Easter lilies were very scarce, few 

 blooms being seen and but few asked 

 lor. Only a few blooming plants were 

 seen, but they sold readily. Good 

 azaleas brought top notch prices. 

 Primroses, cinerarias and cyclamen 

 sold fairly well, and palms, ferns and 

 ■other decorative plants were in good 

 demand. 



Holly, mistletoe and green wreath- 

 ing were in great demand and more of 

 these greens were used in decorating 

 stores than ever before. Shipping 

 trade was excellent, exceeding all pre- 

 vious records. 



While the thermometer nearly 

 touched zero on Saturday night, there 

 was but little damage from frost in de- 

 livering. While prices ruled about the 

 same as in previous years, there was 

 but little grumbling by buyers on ac- 

 count of i^rices. A few belated mums 

 of good, bad and indifferent quality 

 were seen and sold fairly well. 



L. L. May & Co. had the finest cut of 

 carnations ever seen in the city. R. C. 

 Seeger brought in some very fine 

 Bride and Bridesmaid, as good as were 

 ever cut here. Christian Hansen had 

 an enormous crop of violets, shipping 

 quite a good many to Chicago. 



A. S. Swanson had his usual supply 

 •of good stock and from the busy ap- 

 pearance at his store must have en- 

 joyed an excellent trade. 



John May, who recently opened a 

 store, reports a very gratifying trade. 



Otto Hiersekorn, who recently open- 

 ed a branch store, is well pleased with 

 his venture as well as with his Christ- 

 mas trade at both stores. X. Y. Z. 



A COPY of the proceedings of the 

 twenty-second annual meeting of the 

 Georgia State Horticultural Society, 

 held in Americus, Ga., August 3d and 

 4th last, has reached us. The many 

 able essays and interesting discussions 

 indicate that the Georgia society is 

 very much alive. Mr. P. J. Berck- 

 mans, of Augusta, is president, and Mr. 

 'G. H. Miller, of Rome, is secretary. 



REGULAR SHIPPING ORDERS RECEIVE 

 SPECIAL ATTENTION. 



&TOR Bros. 



WHOLESALE 

 GROWERS OF 



Cut Flowers 



51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 

 Wholesale Price List. 



We Are Headquarters for... 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES, 



of which wr uit fniTii 2.(I(KI to H.CKIO dailv. Our Brides, 

 Meteors, Maids .-^iiil Perles were never better. 



OF CARNATIONS 



we grow 50,000 plants of all the leading varieties, and 

 they cannot be surpassed. 



Am. Beauty, extralongstem.perdoz. $B.OO 



24-in. stem .... " 4.00— .1.00 



20-in. •■ .... '■ 3.00 



15-in. " .... '■ 2.00 



12-in. " .... " 1.50 



8-in. " .... " 1.00 



Meteor perlOO, $t).00 to 8.00 



Bridesmaid " 6.00 to 8.00 



Bride " ti.OO to 8.00 



Perle " 5.00 to 6.00 



Carnations " 3.00 



fancy.... " 4.00 



.MI other stock at lowest market prices. 

 No charge for packing. 



Mention The Review when you write. 





^^ 



>\- .*ir^- 



CHRy5AT»lTHEMl)M 



LITTLE CHRIS. 



New 



Free- Flowering 



Dwarf 



Chrysanthemum 



"Little 

 Chris" 



Plants from 3-in. pots, 

 35 cts. each, 3 for |1.00; 

 4-in., .W cts. each, $5.00 

 a dozen. 



W. T. Bell & 

 Sons, 



Franklin, Pa. 



Mention Florists' Review when you write. 



E CHOICEST 

 RIETIES 

 CULTIVATION 



100,000 VERBENAS, ?• 



FINE POT PLANTS. $2 50 per 100: $20.00 per 1,000. \^° ^^^\°^J?^^^f^- 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 75c per 100: $6 per 1.000: $50 per 10.000 "/ latis^faction Guaranteed . 

 We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas in the Country. Our Plants cannot be surpassed. 



Send for Circular. J. L. DIUbOlN, BlOOmSbUPg, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



MACOMB, ILL. 



The greenhouses and gardens in this 

 city formerly controlled by E. H. 

 Smith •: Co., fhanged hands Jan. 1. R. 

 F. Thornton, recently with E. R. Ges- 

 ler, of Galesburg, is manager, and the 

 place will be known in future as The 

 Cottage Gardens. 



Buy from the 

 Advertisers noriiu- 



Review 



(always mentioning the paper) and thus in- 

 crease the earning power of your Certificate. 



Always mention the riOPlSts' RevleWwhen writing advertisers. 



