Di:cEiiBi;i! 



1901. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



47 



View in the Conservatory attached to the Store of Mr. C. A. Samuelson, Chicago. 



ly any roots and but poor blossoms, while 

 those I planted later in the season are 

 not injured. 



Recently I spent a day on the main- 

 land at the Gulf Coast Nurseries, Mr. H. 

 J. Caudron, proprietor. On the main- 

 land chrysanthemums always do better 

 and are earlier tlian with us because 

 the nights are cooler and the soil (a 

 lieavy black clay) is better for them. 

 They lost some as the result of the heavy 

 rains but had a line show of bloom. 

 In whites they grow Mrs. Robinson, J. H. 

 Troy, Frank Hardy, W. H. Chadwick and 

 Mrs. Weeks. In yellows. Lincoln, Bon- 

 nafTon, Monrovia, ilodesto, Dailledouze, 

 Sunderbruch and Goldmine, the latter of 

 immense size. In pinks, Maud Dean, 

 Glorv of Pacific, Pres. Smith and Mrs. 

 E. G. Hill. In reds. Black Hawk. 



On All Saints' Day the weather was 

 beautiful and business was fair. People 

 who can afford it will always buy some 

 fine flowers for decorating graves, but 

 for the great mass we must have cheap, 

 home grown flowers, or do little business. 

 And there are here many people who 

 lost all their property as well as their 

 dear ones in the storm and who have 

 to watch every cent of expenditure. And 

 there are others who have no graves to 

 decorate — only'pictures of their lost ones. 



A poor looking old lady after pricing 

 all the flowers in my store asked for a 

 15-cent bouquet, remarking: "I don't 

 need much, it's only a tiny picture. He 

 was my only son and he took care of me. 

 Oh. if I only had his grave! But his 

 body was never found. I am all alone." 

 She could hardly speak. I gave her a 

 small bunch of violets and half a dozen 

 carnations to put on each side of the 

 picture and handed her money back. 



A young fellow whose hands showed 

 the effect of hard work gave me $1.50 

 and wanted as many loose flowers aa 



I could afTord to give him for the 

 amount. "How many graves?" I asked. 

 '"Ten," was the reply. He had lost fa- 

 ther, mother, married brother with fam- 

 ily and two sisters. One after another 

 he had located their bodies and had them 

 interred in decent graves, earning the 

 money loading cotton. 



Neither of these customers expected 

 much for their money but it would take 

 a tougher fellow than a Galveston florist 

 to make money on such poor people, 

 and this will be a weak point in our All 

 Saints' Day business for some years. 



On the other hand the season is open- 

 ing in a lively manner. Preparations 

 are being made for several large balls 

 and other social afTairs and for these 

 the finest flowers are deniivnded. Most 

 of the florists have down town stores 

 this winter and all are expecting a good 

 season. C. E. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Thanksgiving Day Trade. 



The weather has been very disagreeable, 

 dull and threatening, with mild days 

 and cold nights, thus retarding the open- 

 ing of flowers and causing such a short- 

 age as to almost amount to a famine. 

 This was especially true of carnations, 

 the supply being totally inadequate. 

 Roses were more nearly equal to the de- 

 nuind. Jlums just about saw their fin- 

 ish, all the late varieties blooming in 

 time for Thanksgiving. The demand for 

 pot chrysanthemums was less than half 

 of that of last year. 



Shipping trade was fine and every- 

 thing was cleaned up close. The volume 

 of trade was about 20 per cent greater 

 than that of last year. 



Prices: Roses, $1 to $1.25 per dozen; 

 Beauties, very scarce, $2 to $o. Mums, 



50 cents to $3 per dozen, the bulk going 

 at $2. Carnations, 50 cents per dozen; 

 fancies, 75 cents. 



There were some good Lawsons on the 

 market, also Irenes and Cranes. The 

 Marquis seems too slow to ever become 

 a paying variety in this locality. Pros- 

 perity is fine, as are most of the new 

 varieties. G. F. C. 



FLOWERING PLANTS IN SMALL 

 POTS. 



A few years ago we used to have an 

 occasional call for something in bloom 

 to go into the fern dish on the table. 

 Of course plants in 4-inch pots were too 

 large and the demand could not be met. 



There is a strong tendency on the part 

 of customers to vary occasionally from 

 ferns to flowers, however short their 

 duration may be, and we should prepare 

 to meet this demand. One wholesale 

 plantsman told me he could sell thou- 

 sands of well done cyclamen in 3-inch 

 pots for this use alone. Begonia Lorraine 

 in 2i-inch pots are fine for the purpose, 

 also 3-inch primulas, poinsettias in sea- 

 son, and 3-inch miniature hyacinths. 



Growing in pans is resorted to in 

 seme in.stances but one can always make 

 uj' better with evenly flowered pot plants 

 where often pan stuflF comes uneven. 



Abt. 



MUST HAVE THE STOCK. 



I sold about twenty-five bushels of 

 gladiolus bulbs last week from my adv. 

 in your paper. 



I would not advise any one to adver- 

 tise in the Review unless they have 

 plenty of stock and time to fill orders. 

 I send another adv. for next two weeks. 

 Frank Banning. 



Kinsman, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1901. 



