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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



December 19, 1901. 



In carnations the supply "■■ill be short, 

 just as it has been all season. But, judg- 

 ing from some houses I have seen lately, 

 sonie good, bright weather will do won- 

 ders, as there are thousands of buds 

 just waiting for a favorable opportunity 

 to open. Faney grades will bring C to 

 S cents: some medium, but really first- 

 class flowers, 4 to cents, and ordinary 

 grades 3 to 4 cents in all colors. 



There will be a good supply of bulbous 

 .stock. Valley, 4 to 5 cents. Komans 3 

 to 4 cents, narcissus 4 cents. 



Violets, according to quality, both sin- 

 gle and double, $2 to .$3 per" 100. 



Decorative stock is quoted as follows: 

 A. plumosus, GO to T.t cents per string; 

 Sprengeri, .$3 to $5 per 100 sprays; 

 ferns, $2 per 1,000, 20 cents per 100; 

 gala.x, .$1 per 1,000: leucothoe sprays, 

 50 to 75 cents per 100: adiantuni, .$1 to 

 $1,50 per 100: smilax, 12'/ to 20 cents 

 per string. IJnuquot green has been 

 very uncertain as to price: all the way 

 from .$0 to .$10 per crate is asked; holly 

 is coming fairly good at $3.50 to .$5 per 

 crate. 



During the storm last week W. ilur- 

 phy had a house of Mrs. .Toost carnation 

 frozen. It will be a total loss. - 



George Murphy kept his place from 

 freezing U]) by building fires in the 

 walks. The wind blew so strong that 

 panes of- glass were torn off the houses. 



I wish to compliment the writer of 

 the Chicago notes in the December 12 is- 

 sue of the Kevikw. His advice to grow- 

 ers as to shipping stock is both timely 

 and to the jioint. Let all growers fol- 

 low this advice and not only will the 

 mind of the wholesaler be resting nuich 

 easier but the increased returns will 

 nmke Hie grower happy. In connection 

 with this 1 would liki' to call the atten- 

 tion of growers to the fallacy of bolding 

 stock for several days and then dumping 

 it all on (he market on Saturday. Sat- 

 urday is generally a bargain ilay, so to 

 speak, and when on the first days of the 

 week bis slock would have brought regu- 

 lar quoted ]jri<'es, on Saturday it is sold 

 out so as to clean iiu for the new week's 

 business. Of course this applies only to 

 small growers who cannot Hiake daily 

 shipments. They are in good niunbers 

 ami as a rule need every cent they can 

 get for their stock, so a little judgment 

 in selecting the day.s to ship will mean 

 much to them in a year's time. 



Fre<l Gear is displaying a fine lot of 

 Kephroleius W'ittboblii. They make a 

 fine show and are selling well. 



Coates & (Jarges have 0[)ened a store 

 at 709 Central avenue. We wish them 

 the best of success in their venture. 



Among visitors this week were: Wni. 

 Lodder, llamillon. Ohio; J. T. Herdigen. 

 Aurora, Ind., and Fred Wcltz, Wilming- 

 ton. Ohio. C. J. Ohmer. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The Deccndier nici'ling of llic Florists' 

 Club, held las( Tbuisday afternoon, was 

 not well atteniled. Only twelve florists 

 showed themselves to be still loyal to 

 the club. Something must be done to 

 bring out a better attendance at the Jan- 

 viary meeting as a full vote will be re- 

 quired to pass on a very imiiortant ques- 

 tion which was laid over until the next 

 meeting of the club. 



Tlie exhibition committee couhl not 

 make a report, as all the prizes were not 



in, but at the next meeting they hope 

 to be able to make a full report. All 

 prizes will be paid in full. The late 

 show was reported bj- the committee a 

 success in every way. 



Mr. JlcClure, of the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden, was elected to membership. 



The rest of the afternoon was taken 

 up with the World's Fair matters and a 

 general discussion took place, which will 

 be continued at the next meeting of the 

 club, which takes place on the afternoon 

 of Thursday. January 9. at 3 o'clock. A 

 full attendance is requested by the pres- 

 ident. 



The Market. 



Last Friday we were treated to real 

 winter weather, the glass going down 

 below zero and the growers had all they 

 could do to keep the frost out of their 

 houses. As usual a great many of the 

 shipments came in frozen and all trains 

 were late. The wholesale men claim this 

 is always the case «hen the first real 

 cold snaj) comes. A few large plant dec- 

 orations bad to be made that day for 

 weddings ;ind receptions and they could 

 hardly have been juade had it not been 

 for Lehuum's wagon heater, which is 

 cinisidered :i good thing in this locality. 



As the Christmas holidays approach 

 we find the retailers busy with greens of 

 all kinds for Christmas .sales. 



Unless all indications fail the supply 

 of cut flowers for Christmas will be 

 short. Although we have had some 

 bright days the chances are that from 

 now on we will have cold and cloudy 

 weather. 



The supply of violets in this market 

 will be short, as the daily recei])ts show, 

 and, as tlii' demand for this flower is 

 steady, there is no chance for them to 

 accunmlate. Carnations promise to be 

 of fine i|ualily but not overplcntiful and 

 the prices high. It is hard to say this 

 early how the rose market is going to be, 

 but it is generally believed that roses 

 will be of fine quality but not any too 

 ])lentifnl from present indications. Ko- 

 mans and paper whites are and will be 

 in gooil supply and will retain their 

 present prices. \allcy is in good de- 

 mand and the supply good. .Mignoiu^ttc, 

 poinsctlias and stcvias are coming just 

 right and will be fairly abundant and 

 of good quality. Our market has always 

 been weak on these flowers at this time 

 of the year; still some fine stock is now- 

 ready to cut. One thing more must be 

 said — there will l>e no glut of anything 

 unless some of the growers persist in 

 holding back till the last moment. 



Prices on stock the wholesalers say 

 will be about the same as last ye;ir. with 

 very little changes if any. 



Frank Beyer, infant son of Robert 

 Beyer, died Sunday. The funeral, which 

 was private, took place Tui'sday. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Beyer have the sym])athy of the 

 florists. 



Bowling. 



On last Thursday night the Florists 

 rolled three games with the Olympias 

 and wiui two of the games. The boys 

 averaged 8G5 per game. Carl Beyer was 

 in extra fine form, rolling lOS per game; 

 Kllison. better known as the "Kid,'' being 

 second with an average of 177. 



This ends the first .series of thirty- 

 three games in the league. 



The second series of thirty-three games 

 will begin this week Thursday, with 

 three games between the Exchanges and 

 Florists. 



The following scores were made: 



Florists. B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 



Bf-neke 4 7 159 149 160 46S 156 



Kuehn 6 6 155 154 195 504 168 



lif.ver 2 2 192 192 210 594 198 



Sturtz 2 7 150 15S 190 49S 166 



Ellison 3 4 154 178 199 531 177 



17 26 810 831 954 2595 173 

 B. E. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 

 i-ilympias IS 36 S2S 774 747 2349 156 9-16 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cold weather this week has a very 

 lieneficial effect on flowers, making 

 bright prospects for good quality at 

 Christmas. The supply has shortened, 

 especially of first grade roses and carna- 

 tions, and juices are advancing. Single 

 violets are almost a glut, double are 

 scarce and in active demand. 



Indications for Christmas are that 

 •first grade roses will all be taken as 

 fast as they arrive at good prices, with 

 the ])oorer grades very plentiful at low 

 figures. Carnations will be scarce; there 

 certainly will not be too many good flow- 

 ers. Double violets will also be scarce, 

 with a iirobability that the single varie- 

 ties will equal the demand. There will 

 l>e a good deal of unusually line valley, 

 ipiite a lot of poinsettias, some fine 

 mignonette and a good assortment of 

 other seasonable flowers. 



Greens are plentiful, excepting holly, 

 which is ]>oor this season. Lycopodium 

 reported scarce early in the season will 

 be in fair supply. 



The ]ilant market is uu\i-.ually well 

 stocked for Christmas. Besides the palms 

 and ferns so well done here there are 

 many flowering plants. Lorraine begon- 

 ias are perfect. The linest being grown 

 in large pans and literally covered with 

 a sheet of bloom. Bayersdorfer makes a 

 birch bark covering which finishes these 

 pans nicely. Cyclamens are suiierb. with 

 Mowers of rich coloring. In azaleas, 

 Vervaeneana.'pink and white, and Simon 

 Mardner, rose |)iiik. are exicllent. Muie. 

 \'an der Cruyssen, bright ro>e. the best 

 color of all, is a dillicult variety to flow- 

 er in time for Christmas. Tlien there 

 are jioinsettias. .Jerusalem cherries, eri- 

 cas, geraniiuus. cbrvsanthennims. prim- 

 roses, daisies and a new variety of pep- 

 pers make an attractive list. 



A good deal of attention is given to 

 fancy baskets, made up with crotons, 

 ferns and snuill pots of flowering plaijts. 

 The baskets are tied with rilibon and 

 when tastefully arranged prove ready 

 sellers. 



'Various Items. 



A visit (o the i)laccs of the principal 

 Beatify growers shows that while hardly 

 any one will be in full crop for Christ- 

 mas nearly all will have a good cut. 

 .losc]ih Heacock has decidedly more than 

 an average cut in sight for the holi- 

 days. His plants are in splendid condi- 

 ticn, insuring flowers of high quality. 

 His palms arc also very line, especially 

 those in his newest house. There is a 

 nice lot of Cypripedium insigue. Car- 

 nations are very healthy, promising well 

 for next month. White Cloud, Joost, 

 Lawson and Melha, his own variety, are 

 the sorts grown. 



Myers & Samtman have their Beauty 

 houses in good shape. It is interesting 

 to watch the grading of flowers on a 

 large ]ilace like this; cveiy six inches 



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