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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



November 2G, 1003. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The cold weather arrived on schedule 

 time. The market for securities became 

 optimistic and cut liower prices began to 

 improve as 1 jiredicted a week ago. The 

 horse show doubtless e.xerted a. favorable 

 influence also and now begins the opera 

 season and society settles down to its 

 long period of balls and parties. 



The retailer already feels the benefit 

 of normal conditions and with a short- 

 age in first-class roses and carnations 

 the wliolesale sky takes on a more cheer- 

 tid aspect. Thiinksgiving will maintain 

 present values throughout the week and 

 then we must expect, as usual, a couple 

 of dull weeks before the steady trade of 

 the winter begins. 



Violets arc grown in such enormous 

 quantities that' the abnormal prices of 

 other years can hardly be expected again. 

 So great were the receipts of violets last 

 week that even the street merchants were 

 offering them, a condition never before 

 experienced during horse show week. 

 Some houses are handling nearly 50,000 

 daily. 



Grand chrysanthemums are still arriv- 

 ing in large quantities and the novelties 

 bring readily $4 to $5 a dozen. Some 

 of the finest flowers of the season graced 

 the Broadway and Fifth avenue bon ton 

 stores on Monday. Beauties were scarce 

 and in demand early in the week, the 

 best touching 40 cents occasionally. 

 ^^!ueen nf Kdgely is still popular and is 

 again in the market. 



Various Notes. 



The National Fl.irist?' Board of Trade 

 seems to be growing rapidly in favor with , 

 the wholesale trade. Its system is un- 

 usually prompt and liberal and its ne- 

 cessity seems to be fully demonstrated. 



Last Tuesday ilr. Elliott was called 

 to serx'e his country in .iury duty and 

 John Bernie wielded the gavel with com- 

 mendable skill and success. The plant 

 auctions will probably cease, for the sea 

 son on Friday next, after a season of 

 unusual success, llr. Elliott having the 

 entire field under cultivation. It was a 

 "cinch" and as a result "William wears 

 the "snii'e that wou 't come off." 



J. J. Perkins has sublet his branch 

 store at 48 West Thirtieth street to Peter 

 Brown, a well known son of sunny 

 Greece, where he is conducting an ag- 

 gressive retail business. E. W. Perkins 

 is now about recovered from his long and 

 dangerous illness. 



With holly in the market one begins 

 to realize that Christmas is only four 

 weeks distant. There will be an abun- 

 dance of flowering plants ready for the 

 occasion and everybody is optimistic as 

 to the holiday trade and laying plans 

 ■with an expectation of the greatest 

 Christmas in the city 's history. 



Young & Xugent have leased the entire 

 building at 42 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, and that the enterprise was an 

 inspiration is demonstrated, ilr. Nugent 

 says, by the fact that every room in the 

 four stories is already rented. 



The American Institute granted John 

 Scott a diploma for his new ftrn, Scottii. 

 exhibited at the chrysanthemum show. 



The fern and palm business among the 

 retailers has been away below the aver- 

 age this year to date, notwithstanding 

 the quantities of Piersoni and Anna Fos- 

 ter that decorate the windows. In fact, 

 the plant trade has hardly begun, except 



on Bostons, which seem to be as popular 

 as ever. Some very pretty novelties in 

 Daskets of flowers are to be seen in the 

 retail windows, a sign of the unique cre- 

 ations which are still out of sight, Vjiit 

 ready fcu' their debut just before the holi- 

 days, ;is usual. 



The Ozone Park Nurseries, at Ozone 

 Park. L. I., are planning to erect a large 

 storage shed to take care of a large stock 

 (.f roses which they are just starting to 

 dig. They have received a large shipment 

 of box trees and rhododendrons. 



Alfred Chasseaud, manager of the 

 Herald Square exhibition hall, where the 

 great 'mum show was held, announces 

 the renting of tlie whole space to grow- 

 ers in and around New York for the 

 exhibition and sale of blooming plants 

 during the week before Christmas if 

 l>resent plans are consummated. 



The ribbon men are placing ' ' original 

 conceptions," as they call them, for the 

 florists under consideration again this 

 fall. Lion & Wertheimers latest novel- 

 ties are violet ties, handkerchiefs and tas- 

 seled scarfs, all very handsome and pop- 

 ular. 



The supply houses have been over- 

 whelmed with business this season. To 

 talk with the proprietors one cannot fail 

 to believe in the stability and growth of 

 the florists' business generally. To par- 

 ticularize seems unnecessary. I have yet 

 to talk with a florists' supply house or a 

 bulb house that is not more than satisfied 

 with the season 's business. 



A notable dinner will be that given the 

 football players at the Princeton Inn to- 

 morrow evening. The entire decorations 

 are autumn leaves and yellow chrysan- 

 themums. The work is in the hands of 

 Thos. Young, Jr. 



Another edition of ' ' How to Cirow 

 A'iolets" is being prepared by the author, 

 CtCo. Saltford, of West Twenty-ninth 

 sti'eet, the demand having completely ex- 

 hausted the second edition. Perhaps this 

 book has had considerable to do with the 

 enormous output of this flower from up 

 the Hudson, where violet growers are 

 legion and increasing by the score every 

 year. A fair estimate of the number 

 of violets to arrive between this and Eas- 

 ter in the New York market is said by 

 an expert to be ea.sily fifty millions. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



A week of very sharp neather has 

 shortened up the supply of flowers of all 

 kinds and prices have, of course, risen ac- 

 cordingly. Thanksgiving is going to 

 clear out most all the chrysanthemums. 

 So gorgeously they came in with Octo- 

 ber's lovely days; how tawdry like theii" 

 exit! A bench of chrvsanthemiun stumps 

 with a few dozen cripples left dangling 

 about is a depressing sight and it is a 

 relief to see the bench filled with another 

 crop. Still we are studying how many 

 of the wonderful new varieties we will 

 buy, and can almost see a few thousand 

 wonderful prize buds in September, 1904. 

 Those who thought the chrysanthemums' 

 popularity would die out after a few 

 years were mistaken. From my limited 

 vision this year they have been in rather 

 better demand and for fine flowers a bet- 

 ter price has been paid than for several 

 years. Eoses have greatly shortened up, 

 but quality is getting near the mark. 

 Wise Bros., and Wm. Stroh, of Attica, are 

 sending in fine Imperial violets. C. F. 



Christensen has still some fine benches 

 of Maud Dean and Lincoln 'mums and 

 getting his own price for them. His 

 mignonette is again in great form and 

 so are his Marquis, Prosperity and Crane 

 carnations. 



Various Notes. 



It is reported that Joseph E. Keb- 

 stock has bought the house and land of 

 the late Mr. Smiley, at Lancaster. Jo- 

 seph will soon have his hands full, with 

 his Elmwood avenue, Bed Eock and Lan- 

 caster interests, but since his left hind leg 

 is itself again he is reaily for anything. 



I don't think I have made any comment 

 since election on the effect of defeat 

 on the physical and mental condition of 

 Wm. F. Kasting. The whole democratic 

 ticket was snowed under, but Billy ran 

 3,000 ahead of the leader of the "ticket 

 and in consequence his spirits have been 

 in a state of effervescence ever since and 

 he has gained thirteen and one-half 

 pounds and a hat one-eighth of an inch 

 smaller fits him and he is a very busy 

 man. 



Very few visitors of late, and of those 

 we only heard. That brilliant young an- 

 tipodean, Mr. McHutchison. was here and 

 I am very sorry to have missed Mr. Eo- 

 ney, manager of the twelve-acre Lake 

 View establishment at Jamestown. Twelve 

 acres of glass, and yet Mr. Eoney was 

 making contracts with growers in the 

 neighborhood. What an outlet this big 

 place must have. 



The youngest son of Wm. Scott (Oliver 

 Goldsmith, age 14) has recently gone 

 through a very successful operation for 

 appendicitis, and is now home again 

 ready to give S. A. Anderson or Brother 

 Willie the correct "dope" on the Ben- 

 nings and Latonia meetings. W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Keceipts have not bivu unusually large 

 this week, hut ample to meet the require- 

 ments of the Thanksgiving demand. 

 Beauties have been amons;- the most 

 plentiful items and there are reports of 

 some concession on large lots from 

 quotations on the extra lengths. Cxood 

 Brides and Bridesmaids were very 

 scarce, and there is i-ecord of sales of 

 small lots of choice stock at prices well 

 above quoted rates, but nine-tenths of 

 the material was of a character not 

 suited to the shipping trade and realized 

 veiy low figures. Cliatenay was one of 

 the most plentiful of roses and sold very 

 well. Carnations were estimated by a 

 number of the wholesalers to have been 

 in not more than half the quantity re- 

 ceived in this market for Thanksgiving 

 a year ago, and prices, therefoi-e. were 

 well maintained up to Tuesday night; 

 2 and 3 cents has b:;M'n readily jiaid for 

 ordinary' stock, with fancies at 4 cents, 

 and some special stock, like Enchantress, 

 going much higher. Good violets have 

 been in demand and prices satisfactory. 

 The supply of chrysanthemums was con- 

 siderably above what had been antici- 

 pated, and only slight advances in price 

 were possible. Tliere was a very good de- 

 mand for the smaller stock, and it was 

 in this particular that the market was 

 the shoi't^st, most of the receipts run- 

 ning to the better quality of goods. 



There was as usual more or less evi- 

 dence of pickled stock and, of course, much 

 stock was received too late to supply 

 the demand, for the growers seem never 



