DECEMBEn 10, 1001. 



The Weekly Fiorists'^ Review. 



119 



View in the Store of Mr. E. Wienhoefaer, Chicago. 



from frost shed or room they would 

 have kept in excellent condition for 

 many a day. It was a real pleasure to 

 note the glow of happiness on Curator 

 Shafer's face when he was told to lielp 

 himself to the Crataegus and other ber- 

 ried twigs; enriching his herbarium was 

 his aim. 



Among the flowering plants exhibited 

 were cyclamen, Chinese and obconica 

 primroses, a little Himalayan yellow 

 gem primro.se — P. floribunda, Chinese 

 narcissus, etc. 



Cut flowers, aside from the staples of 

 roses, carnations and violets, included 

 stevia, poinsettia, Euphorbia jacquini- 

 flora, Roman hyacinths, paper white nar- 

 cissus, celosia, chenille plant, several 

 kinds of begonias, and Zanzibar balsam. 



Outside of holly and the Rochester 

 material, Jerusalem cherry, celestial pep- 

 per, rivinia and mistletoe appeared 

 among the berry material. 



"Foliage plants comprised Kentia Bel- 

 moreana, and Livistona rotinidifolia 

 among palms, red-leaved and green- 

 leaved and Goldiana dracaenas, Pan- 

 danus Veitchii, araucaria, and Farley- 

 en.se fern. And all manner of "greens" 

 as galax, leucothoe, box, wood fern, lyco- 

 podiums, wild smilax, etc., were heaped 

 upon the table in front of the lecturer, 

 Julius Ludwig. 



Like a Scotch minister who classifies 

 the points in his sermon firstly, second- 

 ly, thirdly and so on, the eloquent man 

 of Allegheny, arranged his material be- 

 fore him, taking up one thing at a time, 

 and omitting nothing, he described its 

 source of supply and uses and expound- 

 ed its merits or faults. The long-leaved 

 pine, he told us, has lost its hold, it is 

 too stiff; palmetto tops shrivel too soon, 

 American mistletoe is too ugly and there 

 is no demand for it. But some folks 

 think it is very valuable. Before com- 

 ing to meeting he had been to see a 



gentleman who had just received some 

 splendid big bunches of' mistletoe from 

 a friend in the south, and he sent for 

 .Julius, thinking the latter would jump 

 for joy to give him a lot of fine roses 

 and other flowers enough for a wedding 

 decoration in exchange for this mistle- 

 toe! But he didn't. John Bader, E. C. 

 Reineman, James George and several 

 others added their quota of information. 



Mr. Wm. Scott, of Buffalo, sent a let- 

 ter telling us what plants and flowers 

 are most in demand at Christmas in his 

 city. They are great on poinsett'ias 

 there. Cyclamen and Chinese primroses 

 too are favorites. Heaths don't sell well 

 and there is little demand for baskets of 

 mixed plants. Jlr. Scott believes in 

 get-up and style in the flower busi- 

 ness and in Al material and high prices 

 for it, and he repudiates the handling 

 of second class stock in any way. 



George C. Watson also sent a com- 

 munication about the Christmas plants 

 and flowers in Philadelphia. He is very 

 sore on "the pernicious salting prac- 

 tice" in cut flowers. Cyclamen, poinset- 

 tias, ardisias, azaleas. Cape heaths, Lor- 

 raine begonias and Forbesii primroses 

 and dracaenas, palms and ferns prevail 

 among plants. And then he warms up 

 because some enterprising folks went 

 out into the Jersey meadows and gath- 

 ered a lot of wild statice blossoms and 

 sold them in Philadelphia like hot cakes 

 under the name of "German heather," 

 and he declares they "stunt for the dol- 

 lar more ardently than they strive for 

 righteousness." You know George is a 

 Scotchman and Caledonians are apt to 

 imagine that they and Ooni Paul have a 

 monopoly of the heather on this plane't, 

 but not so the ingenious Jerseyman. 



Fred Burki showed magnificent Law- 

 son carnations. He says the Lawson is 

 the best carnation he ever grew. Mr. 

 Burki is also sending in some of the 

 finest and best colored American Beauty 



roses ever seen in Pittsburg. They are 

 grown in his new place at Bakerstown, 

 which is several miles away from the 

 smoke and vitiated atmosphere of this 

 busy city. And after this year he will 

 not grow any more roses at his old 

 place at Bellevue, because of the murky 

 atmosphere in winter. P. A. 



ONCINNATL 



Christmas Stock and Prices. 



Christmas comes but once a year, and 

 if a vote were to be taken it would prove 

 to be about as often as the average flor- 

 ist would want it to come. Not that all 

 do not make money at this time, but the 

 worry and mental strain upon the man 

 who "is obliged to look after orders, and 

 see that customers are at least half way 

 satisfied, is scarcely compensated for by 

 the increased prices. But Christmas we 

 have and so we can but make the best 

 of it. For this year the prospects are 

 fair for a good supply of stock. We 

 liave been having some good sunshine 

 and it is coming in good time. Every 

 mail brings its orders and, judging from 

 this, there will be the greatest demand 

 ever known in this market. As to prices 

 — well, they will be high enough. 



In roses, American Beauties will be 

 very scarce and will range from .$1.50 

 per dozen for shortest stems to $10 and 

 $12 for select. Brides, Bridesmaids and 

 Meteors will be in fairly good supply as 

 several growers appear to be in with 

 good crops; 8 to 12 cents is quoted on 

 them with perhaps a very few extra se- 

 lect at 1.5 cents. There will he a few 

 Liberty, but the supply of this truly 

 great and vastly popular rose is not 

 enough to fill one-tenth of the demand, 

 and there is no telling where its price 

 will finish. A few Golden Gates will be 

 offered but scarcely enough to warrant 

 mention. 



