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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FKr.urAitv 13 



1902. 



elaied it oiu' of the most onjoyable cele- 

 brations in its liistorv. AUSTIX. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply of roses has increased 

 somewhat and on Tuesday there was a 

 weakness in the prices of roses as well 

 as other stock. Ten dollars a hundred 

 was the highest price for extra select 

 stock and the chances are that this rate 

 will be reduced to $S by the time this 

 is in print. Good stock w.'.s already 

 selling at $0 to $8 with inferior as low 

 as $4. In carnations there is demand 

 enough to use up the fanciest at $2 to 

 .$.3, with good ordinaries at $1 to $1.50, 

 and materially lower prices are made 

 on lots in quantity. 



White flowers have much the best call 

 now and it seems i.lmost impossible to 

 move low grade colored carnations at 

 any price. Bullwus stuff is still over 

 plentiful and unpleasantly low prices 

 have to he made if :.t all, an exception 

 being Kli'hni's tulips which are very fine 

 and which bring very satisfactory 

 prices. 



The increasing supply and the advent 

 of Lent this week will, it is feared, re- 

 sult in a surplus of stock that will be 

 difficult to handle and the outlook is cer- 

 tainly for lower prices than have been 

 prevailing, and particularly on roses. 

 But Lent is not feared as mucli as it 

 used to be and with the prices that have 

 Ix'en obtained so fur the average for the 

 season will no dn\ibt prove satisfactory. 



Various Items- 

 Kennicott Bros. Co. have renewed 

 their lease for five years at their pres- 

 ent location and have also taken in an 

 adjoining basement which will add 

 about one-third more room. They will 

 also make extensive changes and im- 

 provement s. Their present storage 

 room will be entirely lined with hollow 

 tiles and large new ice boxes will be 

 added also. 



E. C. Amling had about 20 inches of 

 water in his place of business for a few 

 hours as the result of a fire in an ad- 

 joining building. Fortunately there was 

 suflieient warning to enable them to ])ile 

 most of Iheii grK)ds on the counters. Tbc 

 water jwuetiated the ice box and came 

 within a few inches of the tops of the 

 jars. The jirincipal loss was in the 

 local trade that was barred for some 

 liours on account of the flood. 



Tlie water reached over into Keniiicott 

 }!ros. Co."s |)lace and did some little 

 damage to their stock of paper and wire 

 work, fully covered by insurance. The 

 greatest inconvenience at both places re- 

 sulted from an order by the fire 

 marshal to vacate both places for fear 

 of explosions in the burning building, 

 which was a |iaint store. On this ac- 

 coimt some telegrams were not answered 

 as promptly as they might have been. 



John Stcrrett is again at bis post at 

 McKellar &, Winterson's and is seeming- 

 ly fully recovered from his attack of 

 pneumonia. 



H. J. Millalt. Kansas City, was a vis- 

 itor last week. 



Those intending to go to Indianapolis 

 should notify E. F. Winterson, 45 Wa- 

 bash avenue, at once so they may have 

 accommodation in the special car. The 

 party will leave on the Pan Handle 

 train leaving the Union station at S:40 

 p. m. next Tuesdiiy. February IS. There 

 promises to be quite a large party. 



Henry Muno, son of John JIuno, is 

 confined to his home by an attack of 

 pneumonia and typhoid. 



The weather is much milder than last 

 week though still snappy at times. 



r.nlbs was the subject for discussion 

 at the meeting of the Flori.sts' Club 

 Wednesday evening, accompanied by an 

 exhibition of bulbous fiowers. 



Bowling. 



In the sames last Tuesday niglit tlie Growers 

 won three from the Wholesalers and the Re- 

 tailers three from the Miscellaneous. The scores 

 follow: 



GROWERS. 



O. Stollery 194 191 161 



F. Matti 1X7 154 126 



C. Hughes IK! 15S 131 



F. Stollerj- 169 192 151 



663 SK 569 

 ■nHOI,E.S.\I.ERS. 



Jos. Foerster 141 17S 146 



L. Coatsworth 132 144 130 



Jno. Sterrett 13S 148 113 



K. Winterson 193 • 134 113 



604 604 502 

 RETAILERS. 



V. .1. Hauswirth 180 l".? 163 



J. Huebner 153 149 149 



J. Uambros 133 186 13J 



K. Hauswirth 125 IBZ 170 



Ceo. Asmus 224 169 243 



815 844 864 

 M ISCBULANBOUS. 



a. I,. Grant 127 155 127 



W. KreltlinK 139 112 93 



C. A. Hunt 124 102 133 



Ceo. H. Pieser 144 92 140 



Papa '. 162 150 150 



C96 611 663 

 Results to date: Won. Lost. 



fjrowers 2y 16 



Wholesalers 2S 17 



Retallers 2» 2:. 



Miscellaneous l:: 32 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The season has closed with a rush : 

 e\erybody has been busy, busy as they 

 could l)e. The extreme cold made flowers 

 scarce eiiotigh to keep buyers on the 

 fliert and prices were firm. Now we 

 have Lent. David Bust, secretary Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, who is 

 in position to know, says that Lent has 

 made very little dill'ercnce for the past 

 few years. Let us hope it will be so this 

 year. 



White roses have been in exceptionally 

 good demand; rather uiuisual at this 

 time, when pink is suppo=e<l to have the 

 call. Samuel S. T'ennock has received 

 some very fine Liberty this week which 

 sell readily. The decorators have been 

 extremely busy; so many things being 

 crowded together ju>t before Lent. Ju- 

 lius Wolf, jr., had all he cmild do in this 

 lini'. tialax leaves are taking the place 

 of ivy in many of our leading stores. .\t 

 llabermcbrs they make a beautiful 

 wreath of galax leaves condiined with a 

 bunch of pink roses lied with white 

 gauze ribbon. 



Thomas Median & Son* have a novelty 

 in Primula vulgaris, a plant which aji- 

 peals to the heart of the lover of old- 

 fashioned flowers. 



Charles H. Fox, one of our most suc- 

 cessful up town llorisls. who has also 

 been engaged in the hotel business at 

 Atlantic City for the past two years, has 

 decided to give uji lii> retail llower store 

 and devote him.self to the hotel business 

 at Atlantic, where he will purchase prop- 

 erty. His store at Twenty-first and Co- 

 lumbia avenue will be offered for sale 

 next month. Hero i? a good chance for 

 the right man. 



The new rose Sunrise is creating a fa- 

 vorable impre>sion in this city. It is a 

 •jood ro-e an<l shniild be grown by every 

 florist. 



Charles Krueger, Beading Terminal, 

 finds an active demand for violets and 

 carnations. Many of the latter are 

 grown by his firm, Krueger Bros., at 

 Narberth, Pa. 



Charles Fox, Broad and Thompson 

 streets, is cheerful about Lent. He had 

 a large dinner and a golden wedding on 

 Ash Wednesday. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



.Last week trade was very good and 

 the demand for first-class stock was 

 great on account of several big wed- 

 dings, which used up quantities of stuff; 

 this was particularly true of roses, 

 which were in great demand. Never 

 were roses so scarce as the past week, 

 and every rose that came in, good or 

 bad, was picked up and almost fought 

 for by the trade. The growers surely 

 got a good price for what is usually 

 called rubbish at this time of the year, 

 from .$4 to $10 was the asking price. 

 This morning (Monday) the roses seem 

 better and as the receipts were larger, 

 the wholesalers think that the scarcity 

 will be at an end by the last of the 

 present week. Beauties of good qual- 

 ity are very hard to find: a few with 

 (i and 12-inch stems were seen last week, 

 which averaged from $4 to $10 per 

 100. 



Carnations are selling well and quite 

 a lot are coming in and are of fine qual- 

 ity. The fancy sorts of Crane. I^awson. 

 Crocker, White Cloud and Joost bring 

 as high as $4. while good carnations 

 bring $2 and $.'?, only a few selling be- 

 low these figures. There was also a big 

 demand for violets, and Californias can 

 be sold over any other sort. Doubles 

 are quite plentiful but sell slowly at 50 

 cents, while Californias bring $1 per 

 100 for the l)Ost. 



All bulb stock sold well, and Bomans. 

 valley, paper whites and daffs brought 

 the usual prices. Klem's tulips at 

 Kuehn's are very fine and are bringing 

 $3 and $4. Callas bring $10 and good, 

 long Harrisiis $12.50 and $15. While 

 there is not an over supply, none of the 

 above mentioned stock can be called 

 scarce. 



From Wednesday on. weddings and re 

 ceptions will l>e few and far between as 

 Lent will )nit an end to those events. 



Shii)ping trade has been rather slow 

 owing to the bad spell of weather we 

 have'" been having for the past two 

 weeks. 



Notes. 



Arthur Ellison of Ellison & Tesson 

 went to Little Roek. Ark., last week 

 to decorate for a large wedding. He 

 has now returned and is much pleased 

 with his trip. 



Will. Hueke. of Belleville, is sending a 

 fine lot of fancy carnations to this mar- 

 ket, the best Ix-ing I^iwson. Frank El- 

 lis is handling Mr! Hucke"s stock. 



E. W. Guy. of Belleville, was in town 

 Saturday calling on the trade. Mr. 

 (iuv would like a matcli g;.me between 

 the Belleville and St. Louis florists some 

 time during Lent. 



C. C. Sanders, F. J. ileinhardt and 

 Fiank Ellis paid a visit to the craft at 

 Kirkwood cue day last week and found 

 tbcin all in g-ood' shape, especially Billy 



