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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 3. 1902. 



prices quoted in the last issue of the Re- 

 view. 



' ' Notes. 



Aitljiur Gr. Babeoek of Cleveland, Ohio, 



is in the city. He came with a shipment 

 of trees, mostly Carolina poplars, as a 

 gift tp the citizens of St. Louis. Mr. 

 Babeoek says he will personally super- 

 vise the distribution of these trefs, 

 which j will be planted by the Board of 

 Education in the grounds of the various 

 schools. The trees are an especially fine 

 lot, with vigorous roots and well topped. 

 If properly planted Mr. Babeoek says 

 that not one of them should die. Mr. F. 

 C. Miller of 4142 KTebraska avenue has 

 been selected by the citizens' committee 

 to care for the trees. He will deliver 

 the trees to anyone with an order from 

 Chairman Koch. Mr. Miller is said to 

 be a practical gardener and one who 

 thoroughly understands trees. 



Mrs. Max Herzog celebrated her birth- 

 day last week. Quite a number of her 

 lady friends spent the afternoon at the 

 house, and in the evening the younger 

 folks airrived. 



Mr. Gus Eggeling, the South Grand 

 avenue florist, is laid up with a bad case 

 of rheumatism, and had a hard time of 

 it during the Easter rush. I sympathize 

 with those who suffer with this much 

 dreaded complaint, as I speak from ex- 

 perience. J. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



Easter in Baltimore. 



Before Good Friday we had ten days 

 of magnificent spring weather; that day 

 brought a rain which kept people in- 

 doors and compressed the Easter trade 

 into one day. Saturday morning early 

 there was a heavy rain for several hours, 

 and a shower in the afternoon, but the 

 rest of the day was clear and bright, and 

 market men, stores and fakirs all did a 

 thriving trade. 



On the whole trade was satisfactory. 

 The best sellers in cut flowers were car- 

 nations and violets — and the latter every- 

 where were in short supply. Roses were of 

 rather lower than average quality and not 

 so much wanted, whilst Beauties did not 

 seem to be in as great demand as usual. 

 Dutch stuff was overdone, apparently 

 everywhere, and much less will be planted 

 another season, it is probable. Harrisii 

 lilies seemed to be in rather exceptional 

 supply, prices being lower than are cus- 

 tomary. Indeed, prices usually were not 

 so high as in years gone by, and many 

 think that so far as this market is con- 

 cerned Easter will not see hereafter the 

 sudden and great advance in prices here- 

 tofore characteristic of the holiday. 



The decorations of the flower stores 

 were never so lavish and beautiful. The 

 v/indows in Charles street were veritable 

 floral bowers and attracted great atten- 

 tion and admiration. The market display 

 was abundant and handsome, and great 

 activity was the rule far into the night. 



Following are reports from some of the 

 trade: 



Wm. J. Halliday: Stuff was good and 

 in ample supply, and the trade was bet- 

 ter than last year. Plants sold well, and 

 there seemed no especial favorites in sorts 

 or in colors. Everything of good quality 

 went off. 



John Cook: Sold everything we had. 

 Trade in plants greatly increased ovei 

 previous years, and additional space had 



to be secured in the neighborhood to 

 store stock. No especial plants in requisi- 

 tion; all the old favorites sold well. 



Halliday Bros. : Glad to be living after 

 the work done. Made a record of Easter 

 sales hitherto unapproached, and every- 

 thing is cleaneu out. Growing plants 

 sold better than ever before.' All the 

 usual favorites went; no preference 

 seemed marked. Both stores, on Balti- 

 more and Charles streets, were equally 

 busy. 



S. Feast & Sons : No complaint to 

 make in any direction; trade far above 

 last year. Everything and all, colors in 

 good request and supply ample, except 

 perhaps first-class violets and pink roses, 

 a few more of each of which could have 

 been handled. Plants sold better than 

 usual. Japan cherries caught popular 

 favor, and Ramblers regained their old 

 popularity, if, indeed, they had lost any. 

 Our fancy arrangements had the call. 

 Ribbons were used as much as heretofore. 

 Both stores ahead of 1901. 



Edw. A. Seidewitz: People were crazy 

 on violets, everybody wanted them. The 

 supply hardly enough, and valley was 

 substituted. All cut flowers sold well. 

 In colors pink and white went well, but 

 there seemed no discrimination for any 

 particular colors or combinations. 



Chas. E. Smith & Co.: Fine trade. Our 

 Liberty street store did hardly as well as 

 last year, but on So. Charles street trade 

 was heavy. All colors went, but in roses 

 Brides and Golden Gates seemed to lead. 

 Ramblers were in great favor, and aza- 

 leas never more so. 



Robert L. Graham: Best Easter we 

 ever had. 



John E. Berl: Easter trade was good. 



George Siddons: Trade never so good. 



Mrs. Charles Held: Violets in great 

 demand — "the rage." Supply was entire- 

 ly insuflicient. Some bouquets we made 

 up for ladies' wear contained 800 each. 

 Dutch stuff was too much in endence. 

 Plants went well, hydrangeas and aza- 

 leas being in great request. Never had 

 such an Easter trade before. Roses were 

 rather short of our requirements. 



R. 



BUFFALO. 



Easter. 



At a somewhat early writing it is hard- 

 ly safe to venture an opinion of the 

 Easter business. We believe, however, it 

 has been fully up to recent years, and on 

 the whole, au advance. Church decora- 

 tions have not been such an important 

 item as they were some years ago, but 

 everybody knows that has dropped. The 

 great demand for our plants and flowers 

 is occasioned by the beautiful desire that 

 you want to make some one else happy 

 and incidentally please yourself by doing 

 a good act. 



It is rather diificult to say what plant 

 took the lead. It is a good .iob, there is 

 such a diversity in taste. The lily, in 

 numbers, no doubt, was the largest, but 

 in value the azaleas ran it a close second 

 and Crimson Ramblers next with a great 

 assortment following. In cut flowers the 

 old stand-bys of roses, carnations and 

 violets, with a very brisk demand for the 

 latter. Beauties "sold from $6 to $10; 

 the Bridesmaid type at $3.50 to $5; car- 

 nations from 75 cents to $2 and violets 

 from $2 to $3. Bulbous flowers were in 

 light demand and valley was not asked 

 for quite as much as usual. 



The all important element of weather 

 was greatly in our favor. It is true that 

 after a week of sunshine and genial 

 warmth the unthinking may grumble 

 about a Saturday that was slightly show- 

 ery and windy with the temperature about 

 45 degrees, but if you will only think 

 what we have had on the 15th of April 

 many a year, you should be grateful be- 

 yond measure. 



J. H. Eebstock had a branch in one 

 of the best portions of Main street; 

 Palmer delivered with an automobile; 

 Anderson had two extra wagons and two 

 push carts; Louie Neubcck was so busy 

 that he could not be civil over the tele- 

 phone; Adams found it impossible to even 

 make a call next door for lunch; Miss 

 Rachel Rebstock smiled so broadly at the 

 general results that articulation became 

 difficult toward evening; C. D. Zimmer- 

 man increased two inches in height and 

 one inch in breadth ; John Buttolph of 

 Upper Main street says this was his first 

 whole Easter and ho is much encouraged 

 — and those are all I interviewed up to 

 date. 



I believe Easter of 1902 will be remem- 

 bered as a most prosperous season by all 

 florists who had good plants and flowers 

 to sell. Those who came in contact with 

 multi-millionaires are, of course, feeling 

 better than those who only deal with the 

 common people, because wealth is rising 

 in inverted pyramids and leaving less to 

 bo divided at the base. 



W. S. 



CXEVELAND. 



Easter Trade. 



After three weeks of the finest weather 

 ever known here in March Good Friday 

 v.as ushered in with a wind and rain 

 storm that covered this entire section, 

 giving the florists in general a chance 

 to feel one of the colors most sought 

 after, namely, the "blues." This weather 

 continued up to 10 a. m. Saturday, then 

 it began to clear away and by afternoon 

 v,e had ideal Easter weather which con- 

 tinued until Sunday morning, when the 

 wind and rain set in and continued all 

 day, and is still at it, at the present writ- 

 ing, Tuesday morning. The extra fine 

 weather the first of the month brought 

 out the flowers in fine shape so there was 

 an abundant supply of everything. 



At the market house all the stands 

 were arranged very nicely. As usual 

 there were prizes offered for the best ar- 

 ranged and largest variety of plants and 

 flowers, which were awarded as follows: 

 H. Berger, first; J. MoUenkopf, second; 

 and G. M. Naumann, third. Casper 

 Aul had a very tastily arranged stand, 

 as did Mrs. Utzinger and A. Stein. A. 

 Schmitt had some of the finest azaleas 

 ever shown here; they were all in medi- 

 um sizes and sold well. S. N. Pentecost 

 had his stand filled with spiraeas and ex- 

 tra fine hybrid roses and Crimson Ram- 

 bler roses. H. Hart had a fine display 

 of bulb stuff; also some fine lilies and 

 hybrid roses, and great quantities of 

 well grown cinerarias. Bulb stuff in 

 pots and pans had the largest call at 

 the market; in plants, I think, roses took 

 the lead, although spirseas, azaleas and 

 hydrangeas sold well ; the smaller sized 

 plants sold best. Cut flowers of all 

 kinds sold well, especially violets. 



A call at the stores revealed a differ- 

 ence of opinion. C. Graham of A. Gra- 

 ham & Son, reports a decrease in sales; 



