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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



jAXLAItV 



1902. 



suits with them, and no doubt one or 

 more will eventually find their wa}- into 

 the good graces of Eastern growers. 

 Albert M. Herb. 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



Assuming that you refer to varieties 

 of carnations which we have had ample 

 time to test, also that the bread and 

 butter feature is to be counted in, I will 

 say that Lawson stands at the head for 

 pink. 



White Cloud is the best white by all 

 odds. 



Crane for scarlet has been our money 

 maker in that color. 



Naming Eldorado for yellow may seem 

 strange, but facts are stubborn things. 



For fancy I shall be obliged to cling 

 to Mrs. Br'adt. 



You will please take notice of the fact 

 tliat I grow notliing except for vase 

 work, using none whatever for design 

 work. On that account stem, size and 

 keeping qualities are important factors 

 to be considered. 



Geo. S. Osborn. 



Hartford, Conn. 



lishment appeared on page 157 of our 

 issue of last week. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Report of the Christmas Trade. 



Tiade during the holidays was very 

 satisfactory, most of the florists having 

 all they could do. 



In cut flowers there was the usual 

 assortment for Christmas. American 

 Beauties, of course, had the call and 

 from $18 to $24 per dozen was asked 

 for them by the retailers. George Wald- 

 bart claims the banner order of 100 

 Beauties at .$1.50 each. This perhaps 

 is the largest single order ever given 

 to one florist in this city. Other roses, 

 such as Brides and Maids, were better 

 in quality than for several seasons past. 

 Colored roses were, as usual at this time, 

 the best sellers. Meteors ran very un- 

 even in color and a great many crippled 

 blooms were seen. Perles were scarce 

 and hardly up to the standard. A small 

 lot of Woottons was seen which showed 

 up in good form. The supply of roses 



View in tte Wide Rose House of the Floral Exchange at Edgely, Pa. 



A WIDE GREENHOUSE. 



We present herewith an en^^raving 

 from a photograph of the interior of 

 the large single span house (54x307 

 feet) erected by the Floral Exchange of 

 Philadelphia at Edgely, Pa. As will 

 he seen in the picture the beds are 

 all on the ground level. It is certainly 

 a decided departure from the u.sually 

 accepted methods of rose growing for 

 cut flowers. 



A complete description of this estab- 



was good and just about equal to the 

 demand. 



Carnations were in good supply, 

 though some of the stock that came in 

 was left on the plants too long. Among 

 the local growers Fred Ammann. Henry 

 Aue and Johann sent in extra fine 

 blooms which brought top prices. Am- 

 niann's White Clouds were wonderfully 

 fine. Dunford's stock was also much in 

 demand. Five dollars and $6 was the 

 lop price on these fancy blooms and only 



a very few sold at $3, and none below 

 that price. 



California violets came in in limited 

 quantities and very few sold below .$3 

 per 100. The demand was great for 

 them and the supply fell short by sev- 

 eral thousands. The bulbous stock ex- 

 ploded early and the supply was far 

 more than the demand. Romans came 

 in in all grades and sold from $2 to $5 

 per 100. Paper whites were fine and 

 demand was fair at $3 and $4. Valley- 

 was rated at $5 for the best, but the 

 bulk went at $4. with demand good. 

 Short tulips, with bulb and all, sold 

 at 2 cents, with very little call for them 

 at any time. All greens had a good call 

 at prices same as usual. 



The retailers as a rule express satis- 

 faction with the results of Christmas 

 business. Some of them say that it was 

 the best in their experience although 

 their plant sales showed the largest in- 

 crease. 



Here are some of the expressions used 

 by some of them when asked how their 

 trade was during the rush. In the West 

 End Fred Weber said — "Xever was so 

 busy in ray life; everything went at 

 good prices." Miller, Sanders, Kalisch 

 and Windt in the extreme West End re- 

 port — "A fine trade in everything; plants 

 went big." Connon and Jliss Newman 

 are well satisfied and wish Christmas 

 would come more often. On Grand ave- 

 nue George Waldbart — "Sold out c'.ean 

 on plants and cut flowers; trade the 

 biggest in years." Mrs. M. M. Ayers re- 

 ports the best trade since she became 

 a florist ; her right and left bowers. 

 Will and Martin, were on the jump all 

 day long. "Had no trouble to sell every- 

 thing we had." Mrs. Ellison — "Hardly 

 enough stock to fill our orders with; 

 plants sold great." Mary Ostertag had 

 a fine lot of blooming plants and cut 

 flowers which Brother George took good 

 care of. "Business very satisfactory." 

 (ius Eggeling was heavy on Beauties. 

 Gus had the best trade in years. Down 

 near Gravois comes the Beyer Bros.' 

 place. Carl reports great sales on plants 

 with no complaints to make on cut th)W- 

 er trade. We now come to tlie whole- 

 sale district. The Ostertag Bros, were 

 busy as bees. "Trade never better dur- 

 ing tlie holidays; had lots of stock wliich 

 sohl well." C. Young & Sons Co. with 

 their great force of help had all hands 

 busy and are glad the rush is over. 

 "Everything in our line sold well and 

 fast." Miss Theresa had all she could 

 do to keep up with the orders. "Busi- 

 ness very satisfactory." Fred Foster, 

 North Floral Co. and Ellison & Tesson 

 report that they did all they expected 

 in cut flowers and greens. Very few 

 plants are sold by the down-town florists. 

 Riessen Floral Co. did a rushing busi- 

 ness in cut flowers and Mrs. Bueehel 

 says: "We are glad it's all over with, 

 and you can say that we had our share 

 of the business." In South St. Louis, 

 Schray, Fillmore, Heile. Kruse, Bruenig, 

 Meyer and others report Christmas trade 

 as O. K. Plants sold better with them 

 than cut flowers, the latter being too 

 high-priced for their trade. Up north, 

 Fred Meinhardt. Koenig. Kunz and Rot- 

 ter are well pleased with their business 

 during the holiday season. 



Not much can be said about New Years 

 this early, but for some years past New 

 Years has been a poor cut-flower carni- 

 val. However, some of the West End 

 florists say they have quite a number of 

 orders on hand for New Years. Let us 



