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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



APRIL. 19. 1900. 



meet the demand, there was no great 

 surplus, and the quality was better 

 than was looked for: in fact, many lots 

 were far superior to any of the past 

 two years. 



In pot plants, azaleas as usual tool^ 

 the lead, and there were but few left 

 over. The $2. ?3 and $5 sizes sold well. 

 In Rambler roses the medium sizes 

 sold best. Genistas sold well. Hy- 

 drangeas, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, 

 valley and spireas sold fairly well. 

 Decorations exceeded last year by far, 

 and in consequence cut flowers were 

 very high. 



Prices; American Beauties. $1.50 to 

 $6 per dozen: Brides and Maids. $5 to 

 $12: Meteors. Golden Gate. Morgan and 

 Kaiserins. $5 to $10; Liberty. $10 to 

 $25; Gontier, $3; Perles. $4 to $8 per 

 100. Cattleyas. 50 cents: dendrobiums, 

 15 to 35; carnations, fancy $3 to $4. 

 ordinary $1.50 to $2..5ti: hyacinths. $3 

 to $4; valley. $3 to $4: daffodils, dou- 

 ble $4, single $1 to $3; tulips. $3 to 4; 

 mignonette. $3 to $4; violets, single 25 

 to 50 cents, double 50 to 75 cents; sweet 

 peas, 1 to $1.50; callas. $15: adiantum. 

 $1 to' $1.50; asparagus. $50; smilax, $20 

 to $25; Harrisii. $8 to $10. R. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The outlook was very dismal for a 

 good Easter. Wednesday it commenced 

 to snow and snowed again on Thurs- 

 day, and it seemed on Friday, with 

 still two inches of the beautiful on the 

 ground, that it was certain to be a 

 cold, wintry Easter, but when Satur- 

 day opened up bright and warm busi- 

 ness assumed a different aspect. The 

 people commenced buying early, de- 

 liveries got congested and special de- 

 livery wagons had to be resorted to in 

 order to clear up the sales for the day. 

 It was past midnight before Saturday's 

 sales were out of the way. The busi- 

 ness of the week was good, with Satur- 

 day the record breaker; all expected a 

 heavy trade, but not an avalanche. 



Lilies, of course, sold best, and were 

 completely cleaned out to the last 

 plant. Roses in pots and Crimson 

 Ramblers sold well; the trouble was, 

 not enough of them. Spiraea flori- 

 bunda. fine plants they were, did not 

 seem to take well, though they made a 

 nice display. Hyacinths, single, in pots, 

 sold readily at 15 to 20 cents each; in 

 pans at 35 cents to $1.50, the larger 

 pans going slowly, being too expensive. 

 A few rhododendrons were sold, but 

 are too high priced to become popular 

 here. Azaleas, however, still maintain 

 their popularity, a great many being 

 sold. As for cinerarias, a few people 

 still like them, but they are about out 

 of favor. A few violets in pans sold 

 well, but tulips sold poorly; nobody 

 really seemed to care for them, and 

 the only way to get rid of them was to 

 use them in mixed boxes of flowers. 

 Narcissus sold well at 75 cents per 

 dozen. 



There were plenty of plants to sup- 

 ply the demand, there being some ex- 

 ceptionally fine hydrangeas in 6-inch 

 pots, with from 4 to 6 blooms each. 



which took well. Lilies were the only 

 plant in short supply, and many more 

 could have been sold. Cut flowers 

 were equal to the demand, except car- 

 nations, which sold at 50 to 75 cents 

 per dozen, and some poor stocK was 

 eagerly taken at the 50-cent rate. 



Crabb & Hunter rented a room down 

 town and ran a special sale of plants 

 and their sales were phenomenal. 



Plants were pretty generally cleaned 

 up close; no one has a kick coming 

 and all agree that it was the heaviest 

 Easter trade ever experienced. 



G. F. CRABB. 



YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. 



There are many things to interest 

 the casual observer while taking a 

 stroll through Mr. E. Hippard's green- 

 houses. The plant itself, consisting 

 of twenty-two modern, well equipped 

 houses and comprising 60,000 feet of 

 glass, is well worth seeing. There is 

 nothing lacking and everything about 

 the place seems to work with clock- 

 like regularity. Nevertheless, it is 

 Mr. Hippard's intention to make some 

 extensive additions and improvements 

 during the summer or early fall. 



Then there are his roses! Although 

 as a rose grower Mr. Hippard is pre- 

 eminently successful and has estab- 

 lished a reputation second to none, his 

 success this season seems to have sur- 

 passed all his previous efforts. His 

 Brides. Maids. Perles and Meteors are 

 of the kind that would sell (as they in- 

 variably do) at sight in any market. 

 His carnations, likewise, do remarka- 

 bly well and while growing the b;st 

 standards as well as the "latest," he 

 has about ten seedlings of his own, 

 some of which are decidedly promis- 

 ing. One. especially, seems destined to 

 make its mark. It is of a pleasing 

 salmon color, borne on a long, stiff 

 stem, a splendidly formed flower and 

 a great favorite with the ladies. 



A GOOD IDEA. 



A Pittsburg girl who has a genius 

 for giving charming luncheons and 

 originating novel features for them in- 

 troduced a flower arranged contest the 

 other day which all her friends aie 

 < opying. 



When each guest took her seat for 

 this particular luncheon, she found at 

 her cover a pretty vase of Bohemian 

 glass. Beside the vase she found two 

 or three rosebuds and a few sprays of 

 green. 



The hostess explained that each girl 

 would be expet ted to show her arlis- 

 tic skill by arranging the flowers in 

 the vase; that a prize would be gi'-en 

 for the most exquisite grouping. Five 

 minutes were allowed for the work, 

 and at the end of that time some very 

 dainty vases were ready to be judgeil. 

 The prize was one of those smart lit- 

 tle flower hampers which our florists 

 are fitting out this winter. It was 

 fllled with violets and tied with violet 

 ribbon. — Daily Press. 



THE EASTER TRADE. 



Reports from all sections show that 

 the Easter trade has broken all rec« 

 ords and that everyone in the trade 

 is thoroughly satisfied. This is ex- 

 ceedingly gratifying and shows that 

 the florist is receiving a fair share of 

 the present prosperous general busi- 

 ness conditions. We print in this is- 

 6ue a large number of reports and 

 they seem- to be unanimous that this 

 Easter was by far the most profit- 

 able to the fiorist in many years. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

 Easter trade was the best we have 

 had for years. Everything in cut fiow- 

 ers and blooming plants sold readily 

 and at better prices than last year. 

 Lilies were all sold by Saturday noon. 

 This seems to be the only fiowering 

 plant buyers want for Easter. Azaleas, 

 spiraeas, hyacinths and hydrangeas 

 went slowly until lilies were all sold. 

 Cut flowers of all kinds sold well at 

 fairly good prices. On the whole this 

 was the most satisfactory Easter ever 

 known. G. 



DETROIT. 



Disagreeable, cold and cloudy weath- 

 er until Saturday has made this Easter 

 one rather to the advantage of the 

 wholesaler, for the retail man had to 

 place his orders to secure his stock, 

 and customers put off placing orders 

 until Saturday, thus making the poor, 

 overworked retailer do five days' work 

 in two. But on the whole it has been 

 a good Easter for both. 



Stock of some kinds was short, not- 

 ably lilies, but the florists had the en- 

 tire trade, for the corner grocery 

 found them too high to venture. Car- 

 nations were also scarce and high. 

 Plants sold well and there was a no- 

 ticeable call for trimmed plants in 

 baskets. One of our leading retailers 

 employed a skillful trimmer for that 

 purpose alone. 



Ill luck seems to pursue Asman & 

 Dunn, for last week their delivery 

 wagon was demolished and the horse 

 killed by an electric car. 



ELK RAPIDS, MICH.— The Alfred 

 J. Brown Seed Co. are placing con- 

 tracts through this and adjoining 

 townships for the seed pea crop for 

 1900. The price paid is $1 per bushel 

 for peas sowed broadcast and $1 20 for 

 peas cultivated. Several hundred acres 

 are contracted. 



PLEASANT HILL. MO.— Geo. M. 

 Kellogg reports that the Easter trade 

 was the largest in the history of his 

 establishment. All stock was good, 

 with the exception of lilies, which 

 were short stemmed. 



WARREN. O.— Mr. Louis Bengston. 

 who has been employed with George 

 Gaskill for two years past, has gone to 

 New York, and from there goes to 

 Paris to visit the exposition. Mr. Wm. 

 Gerke. of Cincinnati, an expert grower 

 and designer, succeeds Mr. Bengston. 



