DCCEMBliE IT, 10()3. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



181 



Sinner Bros, have sold their entire 

 stock of the folding Cliristmas bells with- 

 out doing more than partially supplying 

 the demand. The other supply dealers 

 are also reporting good sale for Christ- 

 mas bells. 



The bowlers met at Mussey's alleys 

 Tuesday evening for the last praetiec 

 match until the regular handicap tourn- 

 ament is started early in the new year. 



W. A. Peterson, the nurser3-man, was 

 proposed for membership in the Florists' 

 Club last night. 



H. Kruchten is one of the few growers 

 who are fortunate in having a good crop 

 of carnations on for Christmas. 



D. C. Noble, of Columbia City, Ind., i> 

 sending in some of the finest Lawson car- 

 nations which reach this market. 



E. E. Pieaer reports that he has never 

 seen so many frozen shipments from tlic 

 growers .as have been caught this week. 

 P. Jl. Broadbeck, who is one of the most 

 careful shippers, lost his entire eousign- 

 meul coming in from Evanston Sunday 

 morning. 



Bou(|uet green is worth about .$8.50 in 

 this market this week. At this price 

 it hanlly jiays to make it into wreathing 

 at *:t.')ti to '.$4 per 100 yards. Holly is 

 plentiful and all the supply houses are 

 busy making up wreaths. 



S. Garland, Jr., at Des Plaines, has 

 one of the few fine lots of Adonis carna- 

 tion in this" vicinity. He bought 500 

 plants and lost about 1.50 in the field; 

 the rest are in fine health. 



Thos. H. Best. Aviio was with S. iluir, 

 has gone to Akron, O., to enter into part- 

 nership with E. J. Bolauz, 



Peter Rcinberg says he A^ill plant from 

 20,0110 to 30,000 of his new r.ise. LTncIe 

 John, next year. He has another novelty 

 on his place of which he thinks highly. 

 It is Perle Yon Godesberg, which was 

 sent iput in 190J and is i-atalogued by 

 Peter Lambert as a yclk^w sport > f 

 Kaiserin. 



i AValtei- Kreitling had the decorations 



' at the Cliicago Club- last Friday for the 

 dinner to the principal representatives of 

 the three leading wholesale dry goods 

 houses of the city. He put $300 in stock 

 on the table, mostly Beauties. Mr. Kreit- 

 ling also has the annual New i' ear's dee- 



] oration at the C!hicago Club. 



i Geii. Wittlx>ld Co. had one of the 



largest decorations of the year at the 

 Auditorium on Tue.sday evening, for tlie 

 bal poudre for the b"neflt of St. Luke's 

 Hospital. 



Slyer Heller, of New Castle, was a 

 visitor this week. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business continues excellent, with 

 prices advancing, especially on carna- 

 tions. The figures oljtained for anything 

 worth having of tlie divine flower are so 

 high as to deter many customers from 

 buying. The growers who do not take 

 advantage of this opportunity and ship 

 their stock as fast as it is ready, will 

 make a serious blunder, as it is improb- 

 able tluit prices, even at Christmas, will 

 average much higher, while any stale 

 stock will liring almost nothing. White 

 and red caniations are bringing better 

 prices than pink of the same grade. Mrs. 

 Lawson, so largely planted by many 

 growers, should iirove very profitable at 

 . j market rate.s. Prosperity is very late 

 f this Sf-ason, few being seen. The short- 



age of carnations has increasett tne de- 

 mand for other flowers, whicti are selling 

 unusually well. 



Roses, especially Beauties and Liber- 

 ties, are eagerly sought. The cold weath- 

 er is helping to make stock of very fine 

 (juality, especially roses. As Christmas 

 approaches the bright colors are more 

 appreciated than the paler shades. There 

 will be plenty of poinsettias to meet the 

 demand. Orchids will be verj- scarce for 

 Christmas, but the general feeling ap- 

 pears to be that we shall experience a 

 iieavy holiday business, with enough 

 stock to meet the demand. Valley is in 

 good demand ; violets rather scarce. 



Philadelphia Flower Market. 



Tlie h'KviKW t;ikcs pleasure in present- 

 ing its readers this week witli a repro- 

 duction of a photograph taken at the 

 Philadelphia Flower Market. The view 

 slions a section of the stalls, some choice 

 stock and some of those who have made 

 the place. Charles E. JNIeehan, who has 

 made such a splendid record as manager, 

 is standing at the right in the picture. 

 By him, is the lady, evidently a lover ot 

 carnations, who presides over the bcoks. 

 Her associate in this department was 

 unfortunately rjetained by a customer 

 who wajitcd his liill. These customers 

 are unknown outside the Quaker City. 

 Above these two on the right of the line 

 on the stalls is William Stevens, who 

 so ably represents John Burton, presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. Next to him is 

 the junior partner of the Beauty grow- 

 ing firm of Myoi's & Samtman. Just 

 think, these tAvo quiet looking men con- 

 trol most of the fine Beauties brought 

 into the Market. The next man is Geo. 



F. Kruegcr, of Narberth, brother of the 

 dealer in the Reading Terminal. The 

 second man beyond the column is a violet 

 grower namecl Bloomer, an inspiration to 

 his stock. Then comes George Water- 

 field, of Wyudnioor; then Frank Hast- 

 ings, of F. and IL Mergenthaler; next to 

 him is the famous Doylestown grower. R. 



G. Palmer. This trio is all important 

 in the tea rose market. Next comes 

 Edgar T'liton, who represents another 

 Beauty place, .7. AV. Young's, a vase of 

 Liberty near him. Carefully guarding 

 a pot "marked R. G. P., is Robert Gaul, 

 of the Market 's pony battery. Below 

 him, with the lilies, is his iissociate, 

 Jlax .Tanow. Next but one to the end is 

 Lovett, of Wieland 's, at Newtown, a well 

 known place. Richard XJmphried, the 

 cheery assistant manager, is filling a car- 

 nation order just annind tlie corner. In 

 the background can be seen the stand- 

 of Whetstone & Co., and the Henry F. 

 Miehell Co. 



Various Notes. 



H. H. Battles has quantities of fine 

 poinsettias in one of his houbcs at Thorn 

 Hedge, at Newtown Square. F. S. .Jack- 

 son has managed this stock cleverly. 



Hugh Graham has a handsome Christ- 

 mas window, a large specimen Pandanus 

 Sanderi, which lights up beautifully, and 

 a bunch of poinsettias tied T\-ith holly 

 red ribbon. 



Ernest Heming addressed the German- 

 town Horticultural Society at the month- 

 ly meeting on Monday evening. 



Representatives of some of the lead- 

 ing out of town firms are in the city 

 this week doing their Christmas shop- 

 ping. 



The yellow primrose has made a hit. 

 Plants in 4-ineh pots that wholesale at 

 3.5 cents each, have retailed at .$1. pret- 

 tily .dressed in crepe paper to harmonize. 



fhe business being done in holly, mis- 

 tletoe and other greens is enormous, 



Arthur Mallon, Jr., who has made such 

 a success of Louis Burk 's place at Olny, 

 has accepted an offer to take charge of 

 George McFaddon 's place at Rosemont. 



A. Farenwald is sending in a magnifi- 

 cent lot of special Liberties to Leo Nie3- 

 sen. 



C. A. Dunn & Co. have made their 

 annex attractive by a bright display of 

 scarlet immortelles. 



W. J. Baker has been handling some 

 fine Stevia serrata. 



H. C. Geiger states that his fii-m, the 

 Floral Exchange, will cut 30,000 tea 

 roses during the second half of this 

 month. 



Myers & Samtman are cutting quanti- 

 ties of fine Beauties. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Last Saturday- we were treated to some 

 real winter weather. A big snow storm 

 raged all afternoon and the glass went 

 down to zero before Sunday morning. It 

 is reported that .some consignments cama 

 in frozen on Sunday morning. The busi- 

 ness the past week among the retailers 

 was very good in funeral work only; out- 

 side of this kind of work it was only fair. 

 Our retailers are all busy making up 

 wreathing and wreaths for Christmas 

 sales. Ground pine is scarce and the 

 commission men are asking as high as $12 

 per crate of 100 pounds. Holly is very- 

 plentiful and cheap and of very fine 

 quality. 



With the Christmas holidays close at 

 hand, there is much speculation as to 

 the amount of stock this market is going 

 to have ami the retailers hope that the 

 growers will not engage in any pickling 

 and hold stock back until the last dav, 

 as prices are almost as high now as they 

 will be for Christmas, iluch, of course, 

 depends on the weather, which is verv 

 changeable at this time of the year. At 

 the present time there are enough flow- 

 ers in the market for the demand. 



The supply of carnations is large and 

 most of the flowers are of a fancy order, 

 e.speciallv those sent in by Henry Baer, 

 of Peoria. III., and H. W, Tide, Jr.. of 

 Kirk\\ood, Mo. Their Enchantress, Queen 

 Louise and Lawson are fine. These com- 

 mand as high as 6 and 7 cents each. 

 Other varieties bring $4 and only com- 

 mon sorts bring *3 per 100. In roses the 

 supply is large in the second class stock; 

 extra selects are scarce and in good de- 

 mand at $10 per 100. Beauties are sell- 

 ing high and are not in oversupply, those 

 of .1. F. Ainmaun. of Edwardsville, being 

 of the best. For extra fancy $10 per doz- 

 en is a.sked and from that down to $3 

 per dozen for fair stock. Belle Miller's 

 Carnots are in great demand at from $« 

 to $10 per 100. Other stock from her 

 place sells well. 



Yiolets seem plentiful just now and we 

 hope they will continue so until after 

 the holidays; $1 per 100 is the price to 

 date. Romans, Paper Whites and vallev 

 are in good supply at the usual prices. 

 Christmas prices will be about the same 

 as those quoted by the Chicago florists in 

 our last big issue. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held one 

 of the largest attended meetings of the 

 year last Thursday afternoon, thirty-one 

 members being present and several dis- 



