IlECEMBEI! 31. I'.Kiy 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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$5 and $0, with fair Jemaud. 8milax 

 aud asparagus and all greens sold «ell 

 at tlieir usual price. 



The market at present has again as- 

 sumed a normal aspect, which will not 

 change materially because of New Year's 

 trade, as this holiday is not observed much 

 by the tiower loving public here. Stock 

 is not over-plentiful and won't be for 

 some time, with Christmas prices on most 

 of the choice stock. 



Christmas Retail Trade. 



Among the retailers tliorc is a general 

 e.vpressiou of satisfaction. In the West 

 End FVed Weber, Theo. Miller and 

 Kalisch & 8ons say that their sales were 

 materially larger than last year, with 

 prices higher. Everything choice sold 

 rapidly. The leading demand was for 

 Beauties, violets and carnations. Their 

 plant trade was the best in _years and a 

 big demand for holly and mistletoe. 



On Grand avenue, George Waldbart, 

 Mrs. Ayers and the Ellison Floral Co. 

 report a big trade. Mr Waldbart says 

 everything sold out in plants and cut 

 flowers in all classes. Mrs. Avers and 

 Mrs. Ellison have the same story to tell 

 and are glad it's over. 



P. H. Weber, at Maryland and Boyle 

 avenues, had a big trade in everything. 

 This was his first Christmas in business 

 on his own hook. 



Mrs. Newman also reports a big holi- 

 day trade, the best in years. 



Henry Ostertag reports all the busi- 

 ness he could get away with, and more 

 too, for stock ran out. 



C. Young & Sons Co., as usual, had a 

 fine display of plants and cut ilowers 

 and their big force was kept busy at 

 all times. Everything sold well at this 

 place. 



Miss Badaracco reports a very satis- 

 factory trade in all lines. 



At the Riessen Floral Co., Mrs. Buechel 

 says that this Christmas beats all in the 

 cut flower trade and they had to refuse 

 orders that came in late. 



The North and South End florists all 

 had a good trade to report The Egge- 

 ling Floral Co., on South Grand avenue, 

 say they never had so much to do since 

 they started in business. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Evans, the ventilator man from 

 Richmond, Ind., was in town with a force 

 of men putting up his apparatus at the 

 World's Fair grounds. 



.T. D. Carmody, of Evansville, Ind., 

 looking finer than silk, spent Sunday in 

 St. Louis, calling on friends on his way 

 to Texas. 



Arthur Y. Ellison is back from Butte, 

 Mont., where he was with the State Nurs- 

 ery Co. Arthur says he will stay in 

 town until after the World's Fair and 

 will be employed by the Ellison Floral 

 Co. He will also strengthen our bowling 

 forces, being one of our best. 



Mr. and Mrs. Max Herzog, who were 

 reported sick in the last issue, have not 

 improved much. At this writing Mrs, 

 Herzog is somewhat better, but Max is 

 still a very sick man. Pneumonia in both 

 cases. 



John M. Hudson, formerly in business 

 here and well known in Philadelphia, had 

 a paralytic stroke the past week, with 

 verv little hopes for recovery. 



The Florists' Club meeting January 

 14. in the Odd Fellows' building, should 

 not be forgotten by the members. A dis- 

 play of new carnations is promised and 

 an interesting time is expected. 



Bowling. 



The florist bowlers were at it again on 

 ;\londay night. Arthur Ellison, our old 

 member, is again with us and rolled 

 some fine games. The following are the 

 scores made by the two teams: 

 TEAM .\o. 1. 



riaj-cr. 1st. 2.1. 3d. T'l. 



J. .1. Dfiieke 15S 174 1-l.S 4S0 



Carl Beyer 171 164 153 4SS 



Theo. Miller 183 164 150 477 



F. M. Ellis 170 167 159 496 



F. C. Weber 117 169 159 445 



Total 779 83S 769 2386 



TEAM NO. 2. 



IMaver. 1st. 2(1. 3(1. T'l. 



C. A Kiietin 157 179 16S 504 



A. y. Elliso:i 1S4 166 21)9 5.19 



Will ,\dels 1S2 205 158 545 



O. R. Beneke 158 179 191 528 



Fred Weber 135 145 111 391 



Total 816 874 837 2527 



These two teams will roll a special 

 match game on next Monda.y night, as 

 team No. i is not .satisfied with its de- 

 feat and claims its members were out of 

 form from over work at Christmas time. 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



The MarkeL 



The weather which a kind Providence 

 gave to us for our Christmas business, 

 could not have been improved upon The 

 temperature was above freezing, so that 

 no extra care in the delivery of plants 

 and cut flowers was necessary. As a. re- 

 sult our Christmas trade was the most 

 satisfactory that we have had for many 

 a year. Store men as a rule say that 

 there is no money for them in any holi- 

 day business, owing to high prices and 

 the fact that they don 't have the time 

 to give each order the attention it should 

 have, resulting in many kicks and loss. 

 But this year I have heard several of 

 our leading retail florists say that they 

 are satisfied that there is a balance on 

 the right side. 



It is yet a little early to state .iust 

 how much of an increase there was over 

 last year, but the fact that there was an 

 increase is evident and everyone seems 

 to have had his share. The wholesale 

 houses did a rattling good business ami 

 by noon of Christmas day the ma.iority 

 of them did not have a flower of any 

 description on hand. 



As usual, Beauty headed the list and 

 the supply was very large, but more 

 could have been used. Medium grades 

 especially were scarce. Meteor and Lib- 

 erty were hard to find at any price. 

 Other roses were about equal to the de- 

 mand, but more first grade stock couhl 

 have been handled to advantage. 



It was expected that carnations would 

 be very scarce, but many more were han- 

 dled than was anticipated, there being 

 almost enough to fill all orders. Alto- 

 gether they sold for the highest average 

 price ever obtained for this flower in this 

 market. 



Valley, Romans, narcissi, callas and 

 Harrisii all sold first class and the qual- 

 ity of the stock was very good. There 

 was a large supply of poinsettias but 

 none too many. There were a few mums, 

 some of them very good and all found 

 buyers. To the surprise of all violets 

 turned out to be somewhat of a drug and 

 towards the end the price dropped con- 

 siderably. Some fine Princess of Wales 

 were handled and brought $3 per lOn. 

 This was a banner year for holly and 

 the greatest portion of the stock received 

 in this city w^as first class. Mistletoe, too, 

 was fine. 



At the present writing stock of all 

 kinds is scarce and Christmas prices still 

 hold good. Indications are that New 

 Year's trade will be very good and that 

 there will be none too much stock. 



One noticeable feature of the Christ- 

 mas trade was the small amount of 

 pickled stock seen. It is needless to 

 say that this was a very pleasant feature. 



Various Notes. 



The next regular meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Society will be held a w^eek from 

 Saturday. Very few membei's attended 

 the last meeting, owing to the severe 

 weather. 



At noon Christmas day the tempera- 

 ture was 40 degrees and at midnight it 

 was zero, with a very high wind blowing. 

 Considerable damage was done and many 

 a florist about here spent a sleepless 

 night. 



Geo. J. Ball, with John Brod, Niles 

 Center, 111., was a visitor. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



Wheaton, III. — D. F. Hawkes has 

 been in very poor health this winter and 

 unable to be about. 



Marietta, 0. — Eufus Turner, the man- 

 ager of J. W. Dudley & Son 's store here, 

 has been dangerously ill in the hospital, 

 but is now slightly improved. 



Sedalia, Mo. — Holiday trade was very 

 good, but Gelven & Son say that there 

 was plenty of stock to fill all orders, in- 

 cluding those from neighboring towns, 

 while surplus, sto;k was shipped to St. 

 Louis. 



Auburn, N. Y. — George Dobbs & Son 

 .say trade was the best ever known at 

 Christmas, stock plentiful, but good 

 prices realized. The "Floral Store" 

 started a year ago did an enormous busi- 

 ness. 



EsTERViLLE, lA. — On the morning of 

 December 18 fire destroyed the residence 

 and greenhouse of Mrs. H. A. Jehu, noth- 

 ing being saved. The loss was about 

 $;?.000, with little insurance. The fire 

 started through a defective heating sys- 

 tem. 



Winona, Minn. — The Winona Floral 

 Co has taken a long-time lease on the 

 Vo'elker greenhouses and has bought the 

 stock. Tlie plant will be operated in 

 connection with the company 's main es- 

 tablishment, their increased trade having 

 necessitated enlarged facilities. 



Maxc'hester. Mass. — Hermann Thie- 

 manr, for many years superintendent of 

 the :\Ic:\Iillan e'.»tate at Eagle Head, has 

 an eighty-acre farm near Owosso, Mich., 

 to which he will remove April 1, to en- 

 gage in growing dahlias, peonies and 

 other stock of like character. 



Springfield, O. — Incorporation papers 

 have been taken out for the Aberfelda 

 Floral Company, capitalized at $10,000. 

 The stockholders are George D. Leedle, 

 Charles C. Leedle, C. P. Bnmner, Her- 

 man Voges, Jr., and Forrest L. Wolfe. 

 The company has secured a tract of eleven 

 and one-half acres, with side-track facili- 

 ties and will at once begin the erection 

 of a modern greenhouse plant. 



The Review is all right. — Vice & 

 Hill Co.. Rochester, N. Y. 



I HAVE dropped other papers in pref- 

 erence for the Review. — C. C. Wonne- 



MANN, Mexico, Mo. 



