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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MAY 3, 190O. 



DREER'SJESLiuLHardy Perennials 



Special Iiist of Varieties Suitable for Cut Flowers. 



ANEMONE QUEEN CHARLOTTE- 



Por full line of Hardy Perennials, Hardy Climtiers 

 and all other seasonable stock please refer to 

 current wholesale price list. 



Henry A. Dreer, 7I4 chestnut st., Philadelphia, pa. 



ST. PAUL. 



Ideal weather assisted in making 

 Easter trade the very best on record, 

 both in the amount of sales and in the 

 quality of stock grown and handled. 



Everything in the way of a plant in 

 bloom sold well, while cut flowers 

 were also in good demand. The sup- 

 ply of plants was hardly adequate to 

 the demand and everyone seems to 

 have sold out clean by Sunday noon. 

 lyilies sold readily at 25 cents per 

 bloom. Azaleas were in good demand 

 at from $1.50 to $10 each, the most 

 popular variety being Mme. Vander- 

 cruysen. Hydrangeas in all sizes sold 

 very readily at prices ranging from ?1 

 to $8 each at retail. Choice Brunner 

 roses went like frost on a hot June 

 day; in fact, roses in bloom always 

 sell well on such occasions. Crimson 

 Ramblers in full bloom met with 

 ready sales. Spireas were in good de- 

 mand and retailed at 50 cents to fl 

 each. Smaller plants, like hyacinths, 

 tulips, daffodils, etc., in pots and 

 pans, sold fairly well. 



In cut flowers the most noticeable 

 shortage was in carnations. Hoses 

 were fairly abundant, though more 

 good stock could have been used. Vio- 



lets were vei-y plentiful and in great 

 demand. Bulbous stock was fairly 

 plentiful and sold readily. In fact, 

 there was nothing that did not sell 

 well in plant or cut blossom. 



Retail prices ranged about as fol- 

 lows: Roses, ?2 to $2.50 per dozen; 

 carnations, common 75 cents to $1, 

 fancy |1.50; violets, 50 cents per 

 bunch.' 



Nothing new or striking was seen 

 and the same class of plants that sold 

 well a dozen years ago were in good 

 demand this season. Deliveries were 

 made in open wagons, without protec- 

 tion, and complaints were very few. 

 Shipping trade seems to have beaten 

 all re.cords. Several thousand cut 

 lilies were shipped to Milwaukee and 

 Chicago. 



As usual, some plants were too late 

 for Easter; quite a good many lilies 

 and Rambler roses being among the 

 number. The growers seemed to be 

 fooled as much by a late Easter as by 

 an early one. 



Trade has been very good of late in 

 all lines; spring has come on with a 

 rush, trees are in full leaf, and every 

 body and everything full of life and 

 happiness. Owing to the lateness of 



Easter bedding plants were somewhat 

 neglected and kept back; but the 

 bright weather since has assisted in 

 bringing them along in nice shape, so 

 that they will b.e ready when the soil 

 is ready for them. There seems to be 

 an abundance of good bedding stock, 

 and indications would point to a good 

 demand for it. 



One of our leading firms is offering 

 cash prizes for the best display ot" 

 sweet peas grown from their seed. 

 This is stimulating a love for the 

 beautiful. A local paper is also offer- 

 ing a cash prize for the most beautiful 

 flower garden; all of which stimulates 

 trade. 



L. L. May & Co. report a very suc- 

 cessful season in the seed trade, both 

 wholesale and retail. They have com- 

 menced active operations at their 

 farm, planting sixty acres to nursery 

 stock and small fruits and a large 

 acreage for onion seed, onion sets, 

 etc., besides extensive trial grounds. 



X. y. z. 



THE Florists' Manual contains 200 

 articles by Mr. Wm. Scott on impor- 

 tant trade subjects and they are illus- 

 trated by 224 handsome engravings 

 from photographs. 



