OCTOBER 6, 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



491 



■cent. The demand was especially 

 brisk in medium sized Iventias, arecas 

 -ana latanias in from 6 to S-inch pots. 

 Until the last two weeks of the month 

 the specimen arecas hung, but then 

 they, too, began to move, probably in 

 anticipation of October weddings. Pan- 

 <ianus Veitchii and utilis, Cocos Wed- 

 <leliana and Livistona rotundifolia 

 have been in good demand. 



Mr. Ball considers the outlook most 

 ■encouraging and believes there will be 

 no overstock of gdod palms. He thinks 

 <;-inch latanias will soon be scarce and 

 believes kentias of about the same size 

 may also -be somewhat rare a little 

 later. This is saying much for busi- 

 ness when the quantity grown around 

 this city is considered. 



E. W. Redfield. fern specialist, re- 

 ports September business in ferns as 

 better than one year ago. The im- 

 provement is in what are called the 

 legitimate channels. That is to say, 

 the department stores are not handling 

 small ferns to any extent. He notes a 

 falling off in price of Boston fern; 

 they are, however, in brisk demand; 

 a good demand for N. cordata com- 

 pacta. which is very satisfactory to 

 i-ustomers and firm in price. The 

 fernery size, 3-inch, is active. P. Mayii, 

 P. tens., A. scutum, go best; then P. 

 major. P. albo-lineata. P. argyrea, P. 

 serrulata cristata. P. s. c. nana com- 

 pact. A. variegatum. Lastrea erythros- 

 •orura, Cyrtomium falcatum, A. Balli, 

 and Onychium Japonicum. Shortage 

 noticed in A. cuneatum in 2 and 3-inch 

 pots. Same variety in 4-inch sold well; 

 also Lomaria Gibba. same size, for 

 specimens. Mr. Redfield feels unus- 

 ually hopeful of a good season. 



The tide of business activity has not 

 yet reached one or two of the palm 

 and fern growers, but it will surely be 

 only a question of time. 



Business Change. 



Wm. C. Smith has moved into much 

 ^.ner quarters at 1604 Ludlow street, 

 and after October 1 the store will be 

 kept open till 8 p. m. J. W. Y. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



The business, both at the market 

 and among the wholesalers, still co'j- 

 tinues to be very good for this time of 

 the year, and outside of roses there is 

 no surplus of any kind of stock. Car- 

 nations from out-of-doors are deterio- 

 rating in quality and are not over and 

 above plenty, while as yet very few 

 are from inside the house. Asters are 

 all gone, while the stock of odds and 

 ■ends is of good value. 



Quotations for the week are: Rose^. 

 Brides and Maids, from $2 to $4 per 

 hundred; Kaiserins, which have been 

 a leader all summer, still hold at %S: 

 Beauties are in ample supply: prices 

 the same as last week. Carnations ar^^ 

 good property, $1.50 per hundred being 



the lowest selling price, and for poor 

 quality of Fishers anu McGowan: col- 

 ored, mostly Scotts and Portia, bring 

 from $2 to $2.50. George Cartwright, 

 of Dedham, is bringing in Flora Hills 

 and Bradts. selling them readily at 

 from $3 to $4. 



Wm. Nicholson, of Framlngham, is 

 the first grower to bring in chrysan- 

 ti^emums, cutting his first dozen on 

 September 22, while Elijah Cartwright 

 is a close second. September 26; both 

 with variety Lady Fitzwygram; price 

 $3 per dozen. 



There are still quite a few tuberoses 

 and gladioli, which sell at last week's 

 quotations, and, outside of a little 

 candy tuft, the market is rather bare 

 of odds and ends. 



News Items. 



The Mass. Hort. Society held its an- 

 nual meeting on Saturday, October 1, 

 and elected officers and appointed its 

 committees for the ensuing year. 



G. B. Redican & Co., doing business 

 as retail florists under Hotel Thorn- 

 dike, Boylston street, have failed, and 

 are trying to effect a compromise with 

 their creditors. 



The annual meeting and banquet of 

 the stockholders of the Boston Co- 

 operative Flower Growers' Association 

 took place on Saturday evening, Octo- 

 ber 1, there being about thirty-five of 

 the prominent growers present, with 

 representatives of the floral press as 

 invited guests. The banquet, which 

 was given at Young's Hotel, w-as a 

 very enjoyable affair, and during the 

 intermission preceding the business 

 meeting President Stickel called on 

 Messrs. Elliott, of Brighton, and Nich- 

 olson, of Framlngham, who enter- 

 tained the company with interesting 

 comparisons of western growers and 

 methods and those nearer home. 



Mr. A. N. Pierce told of his visit to 

 the flower market, while in Cincinnati 

 during the G. A. R. convention. After 

 a few remarks from other growers 

 and invited guests, the members pro- 

 ceeded to the business of the evening 

 and elected the old board of directors, 

 with W. C. Stickel as president and 

 George Cartwright as secretary and 

 treasurer. The writer conveys his 

 thanks to the board of directors and 

 the officers for their kind invitation to 

 be present, and they have his best 

 wishes for their continued success. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 

 Trade continues to improve, it be- 

 ing spasmodic, however. Prices grad- 

 ually improved the early part of the 

 past week, but by the latter part 

 stock of all kinds was so plentiful 

 that good stuff could be bought for al- 

 most any price and the fakirs who 

 are with us again stationed on all 

 prominent corners, are selling good 

 roses, carnations and even violets at 



a very low price, and some of the 

 down town florists have fallen in line 

 with them in selling cheap. 



All varieties of roses are improving 

 in size and color. Good long Beau- 

 ties are always in demand at a good 

 price, but shorts have little sale. 

 Brides, Meteors, Maids, Perles and 

 Woottons are abundant and only the 

 very best are being sold at from $2 

 to $3; others go at ?1 per 100 and 

 1,000 lots even cheaper. 



Carnations are coming better and 

 will be fine from this time on. Some 

 growers are now sending in first class 

 blooms and from the aspect of the 

 market they will be plentiful from 

 now on until Christmas; present 

 price $1 per 100, the bulk being sold 

 at 50 and 75 cents. Cosmos is now in 

 and sells for 50 and 75 cents per hun- 

 dred and not over plentiful. 



The first chrysanthemums of the 

 season were seen last week, but only 

 in limited quantity. By next week 

 we expect to see a great many of them 

 on the market. The trade seems hun- 

 gry for them but as usual will soon be 

 overloaded. 



The few violets arriving are very 

 small and hardly salable; price 25 

 cents per 100. 



Notes. 



Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the annual 

 Veiled Prophets' ball, and as usual 

 will use up a great amount of stock, 

 mostly Beauties, and many roses and 

 carnations as well. 



This is the opening day of our great 

 fair, which is usually a busy week for 

 all. Perhaps all the surplus will be 

 used up this week. 



The decorations at the Veiled 

 Prophets' ball are being done this 

 year by the Riessen Floral Co., and 

 Eddie Buechel is expected to outdo 

 himself on this occasion. Hustling 

 Eddie (as he is known among his 

 many friends) is surely equal to the 

 task. 



Bob Tesson is a very busy man 

 now a days in looking aiier his large 

 plant in West Forest Park and three 

 stores, all on Olive street. The store 

 at 625 Olive street is in charge of 

 Mrs. Wm. Ellison; the one under the 

 Century building. 9th and Olive, is 

 run by Arthur Ellison and the store 

 at 3134 Olive street is in charge of 

 Mr. Wm. Ellison. The style of the 

 firm is Ellison & Tesson. 



John Young. John Kunz. Fred 

 Weber and Doc Helwig are becoming 

 experts at billiards. They play every 

 Friday night at John Young's elegant 

 home in the West End. 



The St. Louis Cut Flower Co. moved 

 into its new quarters at 1322 Pine 

 street. This is much larger than the 

 old location, and will give them more 

 room to display their consignments. 

 It is said that an opening will soon be 

 given with lunch and cigars. 



Pheiffer and Roller have opened a 

 new floral store at 1300 Washington 



