April T, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



J 049 



about tlie Connecticut building at tbc 

 WoiUl^ Fair. Jlr. Ivarlstiom comes 

 well recommended by our friend, Theodore 

 Wirth, superintendent of public park^ 

 at Hartford. 



Bowline. 

 The two teams of the Florists' Club 

 got at each other again on Monday night. 

 Team No. 1 again winning by the fol- 

 lowing scores : 



Team No. 1. 1st. 2d. 3d. -Ith. Tl. 



J. J. Beneke 180 172 212 158 720 



Tbo. Miner 169 146 lOS 162 585 



!•'. C. Wfber 125 129 151 167 57o 



Will Adels 148 133 171) 144 595 



Fred Wetwr 135 114 121 188 558 



Totals 757 695 762 817 302S 



Toam No. 2. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. Tl. 



C. .\. Kuehn :..163 203 147 154 6t>7 



C. Beyer 146 116 133 156 551 



1.'. Ellis 129 133 137 153 552 



F. Meinbardt 129 12IJ 100 116 465 



O. It. Beneke 109 ISO 154 126 569 



Totals 676 762 671 705 2804 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Easter Trade. 



The volume of Easter business was very 

 large. Opinions vary as to whether it 

 exceeded that of 'ast seajon; probably it 

 did, as there are more greenhou.ses and 

 more stores than a year ago. although 

 few of the dealefs taken individually ex- 

 ceeded their last year's business. Blodii"!- 

 ing |,lant> were, of course, the leading 

 feature of the Easter business. These 

 ^old exceptionally well. Azaleas and 

 lilies head the list. Very many of the 

 retailers had not a salable plant of 

 either left on Monday. Tlie department 

 stores handled lilies in large quantities, 

 one store had about 5.000, but pretty 

 much all w'ere sold by Good Friday. It 

 was said on the street that this stock 

 was piirchased at 8 to 9 cents a flower. 

 It was sold at 12 cents a flower, the pre- 

 vailing price in the wholesale market. 

 The stores, however, obtained 20 to 2."! 

 cents a flower. If they suffered from the 

 competition of the department stores it 

 was not evident. Hydrangeas, genistas, 

 .spiraeas, bougainvillcas and pot roses 

 were all in good demand. Crimson Ram- 

 bler was hardly as popular as in the 

 past. Well grown bulbous flowers in 

 pots and pans were ratlier scarce. Hanm- 

 ers of plants were not so much in evi- 

 dence as in the past. The week of cool, 

 not to say cold weather, greatly favored 

 Die retailers. The inin iTilerforcd .a lit- 

 tle with the shopping perhaps, but there 

 was no temptation to liarter on the cor- 

 ner with the street vender, and the stock, 

 once inside the stores, kept remarkably 

 well. A good many lilies were late and 

 a good many hydrangeas were green, but 

 everything in condition was readily mar- 

 keteil. 



The Market. 



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The Easter demand for cut flowers ex- 

 ceeded expectations. A week of cool, 

 cloudy weather kept the quantity down, 

 while it improved the quality and prices 

 held firmly. Violets were the principal 

 article on the list and the quantity used 

 was something enormous. The leading 

 retailers kept their growers busy picking, 

 besides buying all they could get from 

 the commission houses. The price ad- 

 vanced on special orders as high as $1.50 

 for doubles and .1»1 for singles. Practic- 

 ally all the cut lilies in the market were 

 sold at from $10 to $12 per 100. Car- 

 nations were of fine quality and brought 

 good prices. Wliite' did not seem scarce. 



liUt led did, curiously enough. Beauties, 

 lirides. Maids and Liberties were all in 

 aclive demand, and in many cases Sun- 

 day morning shipments were necessary 

 to ciimiilctc the orders. Most of the 

 laiiiy IJcautics brougli* 'fii u ■lozcn. Brides 

 and Jlaids $15 100. Sweet peas were in 

 fair demand. Tbere was no particular 

 lall for lily of the valley, though a 

 good many were used in small lots. Smi- 

 lax was verj' scarce indeed. Callas 

 brought good prices, from 121/2 cents to 

 25 nuts each. 



At the Stores. 



H. H. Battles did a heavy business all 

 abing the line. It is wonderful what 

 ]iush and system can accomplish in a 

 limited space. Plants are sold chiefly 

 from sample, quality guaranteed. 



George Craig seemed well pleased with 

 the business done, both in plants and 

 (lowers. 



Robert Crawford & Son did a gi-eat 

 business, especially in plants. They 

 thought it exceeded past seasons, at any 

 rate they could not have done more. 



Ilngli Ciraham did a decidedly larger 

 lui>iness than a year ago. He noticed an 

 increased demand for specimen azalea.s. 

 He sold all his large stock of lilies ad- 

 vantageously. 



.foseph Kift & Son cleared up an im- 

 mense quantity of stock and wele well 

 iilcased with the Easter results. Their 

 liandsome store looked quite bare on 

 Jlonday. 



Pennock Bros, handled an immense 

 quantity of plants, azaleas and lilies be- 

 ing leaders. Something over 2.000 large 

 plants were sold. Tliey kept several 

 clerks busy filling violet orders all day 

 Saturday, and had to send back to their 

 growers that night for more. 



City Council. 



Easter Monday saw the convening of 

 the new city council, a somewhat smaller 

 body than of yore, but none the less ob- 

 ject's of llie affectionate remembrances of 

 their friends. Robert Crawford & Son 

 decorated the select chamber with hand- 

 some flowering plants, also Beauties and 

 lilies, while the Wm. Graham Co. per- 

 fumed the same office in the chamber of 

 the lower branch. Both firms, besides 

 many others, distributed handsome plants 

 and bouquets on the members' desks to 

 be afterwards delivered at their homes. 



Notes. 



M. Rice sailed for Europe last Thurs- 

 day on the Deutschland. Mr. Rice is in 

 search of the choicest products of the 

 continent to add to the attractions of 

 his firm's establishment. 



Wm, K. Harris delighted the members 

 of the Florists' Club with '■The Mistakes 

 I have Mkde in Floriculture" at the 

 April meeting, last Tuesday evening. 



George Huster, gardener at Girard Col- 

 lege, has been ill at St. Joseph's Hos- 

 pital. 



A very large number of perennials 

 have beeii killed by the severe winter. 



Berger Brothers filled a nice order for 

 thirtv-six dozen Boaiitics or. Easter Mon- 

 day. 



Double daffodils appeared to be th" 

 best sellers among the bulbous flowers at 

 Easter. 



Robert Scott & Son had a few vov- 

 fine gardenias that were sold in pots. 



Xo one need want for lilies for the 

 next few weeks. 



.John Burton is sending fine Beauties 

 to Leo Xiessen. Phtt,. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Easter Trade. 



I am safe in saying that Easter has 

 again cumc up to all our anticipations; 

 the general report is very satisfactory. 

 The bi'st grade of stock was most in de- 

 luaiiil. Much bulbous stock was left 

 >t Hilling around, in fact tulips, daffodils, 

 Paper White narcissi and hyacinths were 

 not in demand at all; these flowers seeln 

 to be growing less in favor each year. 

 Much of this stock gave evidence of hav- 

 ing been held back. Carnations, roses 

 and \iolets were good sale, in fact, roses 

 and carnations were ordered in greater 

 proportions than ever. 



The scarcity of smilax and wood ferns 

 created a big demand for asparagus. 

 Lilies held their own, the supply was 

 just about equal to the demand. Quite 

 a number of large flowering plants are 

 left on hand with every retailer; the de- 

 mand for these large plants was not as 

 good as in former years. Tlie cut flower 

 business was not affected this year as 

 much as last by the blooming plants. 

 This may be due to the reasonable prices 

 asked by the wholesalers. The usual in- 

 crease in prices on cut flowers for Easter 

 was not as lieavy as in former years. 



Ernest Zicger, manager of C. T. Sie- 

 bert's retail stands at Liberty Market, 

 transformed that place into a flower gar- 

 den. He reports Easter business very 

 good. 



The display of flowers and blooming 

 plants made in the Allegheny Market by 

 the florists was immense. E. C. Ludwig's 

 big new stand was a regular flower show 

 in itself, and business was rushing. G. 

 &■ .7. W. Ludw ig report a very satisfactory 

 business. Frank Falk's pretty stand 

 was a perfect mass of flowers and he did 

 a big business, too. F. Britenbaugh & 

 Bro.^had the finest Cardinal, Yellow 

 Prince and Murillo tulips I saw this 

 season, also daffodils, and all of their 

 own forcing. 



The cut of the Pittsburg Rose & Carna- 

 tion Co., was extraordinarily heavy and 

 of exceedingly good quality last week. 



B. L. Elliott had a fine cut of roses and 

 carnations for his Easter shipments. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. reports 

 a very satisfactory Easter trade. Mr. 

 I>anghans says the demand for the better 

 >'rades of roses and carnations is on the 

 increase at holiday times. 



The annual Easter flower show at the 

 Philips Conservatories is very fine this 

 year. The show is attracting thousands 

 of visitors from out of town places and 

 the railroads put on a special train on 

 Easter Sunday which they named the 

 Floral Excursion. 



"A carnation with every shine" was 

 the wording of a placard, a progressive 

 shoe shiner displayed on Easter Sunday 

 in Allegheny. 



Some verv fine Kaiserins are now ar- 

 riving froni Fred Burki's Crystal farm 

 greenhouses. 



This week starts with a very encour- 

 aging vim; special activity in the ma- 

 trimonial market is the cause. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



Kalamazoo, Mich.— During the recent 

 flood John Calder succeeded in keeping 

 beat in his greenhouses for a time by 

 erecting an upright boiler on the side- 

 walk outside his place after the water 

 had extinguished the fires in the boiler 

 pit. 



