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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



jAxrABY 2. 1902. 



MILWAUKEE. 



Christmas Trade. 



The florists all seem to be happy, per- 

 haps not entirely due to the generosity 

 of Santa Chius, "but in a great measure 

 due to the unprecedented Christmas 

 business. Customers even invaded the 

 show -windows and some of the down 

 town stores looked as if a cyclone had 

 struck them after the rush of business 

 was over. J. M. Fox and the 11. A. 

 McKenney Co. had hundreds of holly 

 wreaths made up, but the unexpected 

 demand cleaned them out early in the 

 day. Peter Kapsalis is now banking in 

 two banks; says he cannot afford to 

 take chances on only one since Christ- 

 mas. The Baumgarten Floral Co. put 

 on an extra force to hand.le the tinal 

 rush. 



The market, which is usually head- 

 quarters for blooming plants, was a 

 busy place and the various florists lo- 

 cated there are well satisfied and felt 

 fortunate in having miUl and favorable 

 weather for deliveries. Jlax Keitz, 

 Steward Floral Co., Haasch and Mach- 

 erey, all north side florists, report sales 

 in excess of former years. 



Considering reports of condition of 

 holly in other markets the grade of 

 holly in this market must have been 

 fully equal to if not ahead of the gen- 

 eral supply, for few complaints have 

 been registered. 



The demand for carnations, especially 

 for fancy sorts, was extremely heavy, 

 and one can hardly fail to note that this 

 flower when grown right is steadily gain- 

 ing in popular favor and making serious 

 inroads into the sale of roses. Good 

 Cranes and Lawsons commanded nearly 

 as good figures as prevailing varieties 

 of roses with the exception of red. Vio- 

 lets were way below demand. 



Shipping trade was unusually large, 

 but owing to the express cemipanies be- 

 ing overcrowded, much dilliculty was ex- 

 perienced in getting flowers on proper 

 trains, especially on short orders. The 

 way boxes of flowers are tossed around 

 at the depots during the holiday rush 

 it is not at all surprising to get com- 

 plaints from purchasers about the num- 

 ber of heads broken ofT. 



•Notes. 



The year 1901 seemed very progres- 

 sive in this localitv. Somewhere about 

 150,000 to 200,000 feet of glass was put 

 up, making this market less dependent 

 on Chicago shippers than heretofore. 

 Some plans are already being made for 

 1902. H. W. Koerner has jnirchased 

 fifteen acres of ground and having dis- 

 posed of his Bay View plant, will break 

 ground for a new range early in the 

 spring. C. C. Pollworth Co. contcm 

 plate some new additions and to devote 

 most of their present old place to palms, 

 ferns and decorative stock. Currie Bros, 

 are also figuring on erecting several 

 houses in Wauwatosa. Chas. Zepnick 

 has been seriously ill with pneumonia, 

 but seems now to be on the way to re- 

 covery. IXCOG. 



The Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, re- 

 port a large increase in the sale of their 

 greenhouse boilers during the past year. 

 They have shipped boilers to both the 

 Pacific and Atlantic coasts, to Canada, 

 and as far south as Oklahoma. Tlicy are 

 naturally much pleased with the growth 

 of their business, which indicates thtit 

 their boiler gives good satisfaction. 



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