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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembkr 20, 1901. 



prices as American Beaiitj. At the pres- 

 ent time these two cities take up every 

 llower of the Queen and could use many 

 more if the supply was larger. Meteor 

 is also largely grown at this establish- 

 ment, together with Bridesmaids, Lib- 

 erty and Golden (iates, all with equally 

 good results. All of the newest roses 

 and some of the old-time favorites are 

 being tested under the new conditions. 

 We are sure it will Interest the flor- 

 ists who have been w-atehing the large 

 house to know that it has withstood the 

 severe gales of the season without the 

 least damage and no glass has been 

 broken, although all of it is 10.\24, laid 

 the 24-inch way. For the past five years 

 all glass has been put in that way with 

 gratifying results. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



It is two days before Christmas at this 

 writing and, of course, too early to give 

 a report of the trade; but, as ever^ flor- 

 ist in the city is busy taking orders for 

 Christmas delivery and selling plants, 

 greens, etc., everything looks lovely for 

 a splendid holiday trade. 



Sales on holiday greens are more than 

 satisfactory. The demand for holly is 

 ahead of all previous demands, owing 



trains each morning. The retailer had 

 to waste a whole morning before he 

 could get his supply and this often made 

 luii too late to fill orders for early fu- 

 nerals. 



The wholesale prices for Christmas 

 whicli go into effect today (Mondav, the 

 2.3rd) will be like this: 



Heauties, fancy long, very scarce, from 

 $10 to .filS; shorts, $3 to' .$5 per doz.; 

 .Meteors, $10 to $15; Maids. Brides, 

 Perles and Gates, $8 to $12 per 100. Car- 

 nations, fancy, $.5 to $7 ; common, from 

 $3 to $4 per 100. Carnations will not 

 be over-plentiful. Violets will be very 

 scarce and from $2.50 to $3 per 100 will 

 be asked for them. California is the 

 only variety in this market just now: 

 perhaps a few double will be in the mar- 

 ket by Wednesday. \'alley. fancy $5 ; 

 seconds, $3 to $4. Romans and narcis- 

 sus. $3 to $4 per 100. Stevia, $1 per 

 100 in bunches of 25. Smilax, aspara- 

 gus and adiantum have a good call. 

 Bronze gala.x is selling well at $1 per 

 1,000. 



World's Fair Notes. 



Friday was groimd lireaking day at the 

 World's Fair site. A large crowd at- 

 ti'nded, but owing to the very cold 

 weather there was no parade and the 

 ceremonies were held in the Exposition 

 Building in the afternoon. President 



Window Display of the Butte Floral Co., Butte, Mont., During Thfir Chrysanthemum 



Show Last Month. 



to its being scarce and high-priced. 

 Ciround pine is not so scarce as first re- 

 ported and can be bought at $0 per crate 

 of 100 lbs. Mistletoe is, as usual, coming 

 ill in bad shape. 



Among the plants for holiday trade, 

 those ■which have the call are cyclamens, 

 azaleas and poinsettias. Of the latter 

 Mr. C. C. Sanders has about the finest 

 lot that was ever put on this market 

 for Christmas sales. Pots of begonias, 

 stevia, primroses and a few lilies, also 

 foliage plants, have a good demand with 

 tlie West End florists. 



Prices on stock of all kinds went up 

 the past week, with a fairly good supply 

 to select from, considering the zero 

 weather and snow-covered houses. We 

 liave nothing to complain of as to the 

 supply at the wholesale houses. The 

 onlv bad feature was the lateness of the 



Francis took out the first shovel of dirt, 

 followed by all the other officers of the 

 I.fluisiana Purchase Exposition. Quite 

 a number of large bouquets were 

 used for the occasion. 



It is now a settled fact that Mr. F. 

 W. Taylor, late of the Pan-American 

 lOxposition, will be the head of the Hor- 

 ticultural Department at the coming 

 World's Fair. Mr. Taylor and family 

 live out in the West End near the 

 grounds and he can be seen each day at 

 his desk at the headquarters of the Fair 

 in the Laclede Building. 



Bowling. 



The Florists again met defeat at the 

 hands of the Exchange team, losing the 

 first game by one pin and winning the 

 last by 37 pins. Beneke and Kuehn 

 were high for ovir side. 



No more games will be played until 

 January 2 when we meet the famous 

 Diel's Stars at the Grand alleys. 



The following scores will show how 

 the games were lost : , 



'Florists.-- B; E. 12 3 Total. Ave. 



Bllison ..;vii.i:.;^;4,' 6'. 169 160 135 484 161 1-3 

 Kuehn ........... :-r -7 167 136 188 491 163 2-3 



Bever :... 2 « 158 162 165 485 1612-3 



Sturtz' 5 6 166 168 153 487 162 1-3 



Beneke 1 5 202 155 .165 522 174 



14 30 862 782 826 2469 164 9-15 



B. B. 1 2 3 Total. Ave. 

 Exchanges 9 33 S63 844 789 2496 166 6-15 



J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



Christmas eve in the morning is a lit- 

 tle early to say what our Christmas 

 trade will be, and my friends may won- 

 der that an}' retail florist can find time 

 to say "good morning, " much less have 

 an opportunity to record his impressions 

 of this harvest time. According to that 

 wonderfully written, if visionary book, 

 Bellamy's "Looking Backward," when a 

 man gets the wrong side of 50 he should 

 be only nominal superintendent of in- 

 dustries and take no very active part or 

 any part laborious in the commercial or 

 financial management of the world. So 

 1 am relegated to simply punching the 

 cash register, and that is not so in- 

 cess;int but what it leaves a few mo- 

 ments' interval. If any part of my re- 

 marks today should seem light in vein 

 you will know that there has been a 

 series of 35c and 50c sales. If a deeper 

 and heavier tone is observed a few hun- 

 dred violets have been sold at $4 per 

 hundred, or an azalea for $7.50. 



Some firms have a reputation for cut 

 llowers or some particular llower and 

 other ■ houses are known to have the 

 largest assortment of plants and are 

 naturally patronized for those respective 

 articles, so it is diliieult to say just 

 now how the business is divided. At 

 present I would say that much the larg- 

 est amount of money is spent on plants, 

 and BuH'alo is well supplied with them. 

 There was never a better quality or 

 quantity of azaleas, poinsettias, begonias, 

 cyclamen, heaths and lots of other things. 

 In cut flowers roses seem in fair supply. 

 American Beauty as usual is so lofty in 

 price that but a moderate quantity is 

 needed. 



Carnations are decidedly scarce. Mrs. 

 Lawson is so much better in all round 

 quality that you can easily ask and get 

 50 per cent more than for any other va- 

 riety, and just here allow me to notice 

 that when our good friend Albert Herr 

 was discoursing in a contemporary some 

 two weeks ago on his experience this 

 winter with the new and newer carna- 

 tions, he did not even mention this won- 

 derful variety. It is hardly possible that 

 he does not grow it, and yet if he does 

 grow it, it would be more impossible for 

 it to be a failure with him. 'Violets are 

 high in price, but fine in quality and 

 enough to go round. In cheaper flowers 

 there is an abundance for all who want 

 them. 



Holly does not seem to have come to 

 town in overwhelming quantity, but 

 there is plenty and on many corners of 

 the streets the huckster is planted and 

 is retailing it to those who think they 

 can get a bargain. I don't believe the 

 demand for holly is equal to last year, 

 and decidedly people are getting tired of 

 the bouquet green roping. Where roping 

 is asked for in decoration the laurel 

 wreathing is now the favorite. 



If I were to mention any innovation 



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