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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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JForthefflOLIDAYS 



When flowers are scarce and 



MM^fc^l expensive your ingenuity Is tased to make a croc 



expensive your ingenuity Is tased to make a grood show for tbe money. 



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TORONTa 



The Market. 



■\Ve are at present enjoying what is 

 considered winter weather in Canada, al- 

 though we have had rather a severe spell 

 of it for this time of the year, especially 

 from a fiorist 's standpoint. Dark weath- 

 er has prevailed for three weeks now, 

 and following, as it has, a long spell 

 of bright, warm weather, florists have 

 been thrown off their guard and present 

 appearances are that we will have a fine 

 lot of stuff about the middle of .January. 

 Of course we do not intend to try to post- 

 pone Christmas to suit our belated com- 

 rades, but we can only extend them our 

 sympathy. It is a peculiar thing to note 

 that the florists who were considered to 

 be behind time, who were late getting 

 their new houses built, and late getting 

 them planted, are going to be the men 

 who will have the heaviest cuts for 

 Christmas. The fact of the matter is 

 that while the florists who had their 

 houses planted early cut their first crop 

 scime time ago and expected their second 

 crop for Christmas, are out, while the 

 florist who was behind will be cutting his 

 first crop. We don 't recommend this 

 system, as he might not hit on this again 

 for a long time, but 1 have mentioned 

 this to show the slow growth during the 

 last month. 



Business has been brisk in all lines an,l 

 especially do we notice the big demand 

 for supplies, includine Christmas bells 

 and other novelties. We do not hesitate 

 to make the statement that one store in 

 Toronto this year will sell as many 

 bells as were sold in the whole of Can- 

 ada last vear. The demand for wreath- 



ing has been great and with tlie heavy 

 snow in early winter, the supply has been, 

 very limited and nearly all of the sup- 

 ]ily houses are run out of moss for 

 wreathing. 



Notes. 



Dunlop. during the week, has been 

 showing a fine window of poinsettias- 

 and Prosperity carnations, the higher- 

 decorations for the window being Christ- 

 mas bells and southern smilax. The 

 attractiveness of this window stopped^ 

 many a passer-by. 



S. Tidy & Son have a window of Amer- 

 ican Beauties, which were certaiuly a- 

 credit to the grower. They are excep- 

 tionally fine for this time of the year. 



We noticed among visitors to town this 

 week: Jtr. Webster, of St. Thomas; 

 Ifiss F. E. Townsend. of Hamilton, and' 

 W. Findley, of Brampton. D. J. 



BAYSIDE, L. I. 



John JleDonald has begun an action- 

 in the Supreme Court, as administrator 

 of his wife, Sarah, against John Taylor,, 

 to recover $20,000 damages for her 

 death. The complainant says that ilc- 

 Pcnald was a fireman in the employ of 

 IMr. Taylor and lived with his wife in a 

 cottage o^^■^led by the florist. The plain- 

 tiff alleges that in .January last, after a 

 quarrel, the defendant ordered him to 

 vacate the house. The weather was verv 

 cidd and the wife in delicate health. .She 

 died later, and ilcDonald claims thafr 

 Taylor is responsible for her death. The- 

 defendant made a motion Ix^fore .Justice 

 Mai-eau December 8 to compel the plain- 

 tiff to give security for costs, but Jns- 

 ticp ilareau denied the motion. 



