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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



SAMUEL S, PENNOCK, 



WHITE VIOLETS f^^ WckAAitttvc Wholesale Florist, 



and ORCHIDS 



for Weddings. I612 Ludlowll^HILAOElpHIA. 



DENVER. COLO. 



The Easter Trade. 



Easter week opened with very fa- 

 vorable eonditious for a brisk trade, 

 stock and weather being all that could 

 be desired. "Wednesday was considered 

 by many of the retailers as a record 

 breaker. Thursday brought bad weath- 

 er and a complete check was put on 

 the transient trade in the city stores. 

 But the balance of the week was pleas- 

 ant and stock was handled with con- 

 siderable dispatch and little expense. 

 The increase in business, which drifted 

 largely into the plant department, will 

 run twenty-five per cent above last 3'ear. 

 This can be accounted for principally 

 by the superior and diversified charac- 

 ter of the plants put on the market, 

 which were considered by all as the 

 best ever seen in Denver. Prices ad- 

 vanced slightly above former years on 

 everything (Excepting lilies, which .were 

 not of a first-class quality, and retailed 

 at the uniform price of $3 per dozen. 

 Tom Chapman, Ben Boldt and the Cur- 

 tis Park Floral Co. had fairly good lil- 

 ies, but much of the stock throughout 

 the city was rather weak and stunted. 

 Azaleas were exceptionally fine and 

 brought good prices and in most in- 

 stances were all sold out. The best 

 specimens came from the Colfax Ave- 

 nue Floral Co., which were Prof. Wol- 

 ters, Van der Cruyssen, Niobe, etc. Crim- 

 son Eamblers were rather scarce, but 

 what were to be obtained were good 

 and sold readily. The best of those 

 came from Boldt. The Colfax people 

 had a nice lot of field-grown plants in 

 6 and 7-inch pots. Heretofore we havf 

 relied upon pot-grown stuff, but those 

 plants showed that good marketable 

 stock can be produced from field-growu 

 plants of previous years. 



The Park Floral Co. had an extensive 

 collection of pot plants, which were well 

 displayed in their down-town conserva- 

 tories. Their hydrangeas were the best 

 ever seen here, and nu^nv of them sold 

 as high as .$15, in 10-ineh pots and 

 tubs. Their best house plant and the 

 most admired was the imported wis- 

 taria, which they used in a window 

 decoration in connection with porcelain- 

 colored hyacinths, lilies and spiraeas. 

 This combination, under the rays of a 

 lavender-colored electric light, was 

 much admired. 



The Scott Floral Co. handled a large 

 lot of plants. Xoticpahl" nmontr them 

 were some fine rhododendrons and gen- 

 istas, the latter, contrary to prevkius 

 exptq-ience, selling well, ' in fact sold 

 out. Bulb stuff in pots and pans sold 

 well, especially those ranging in price 

 from $1 to S2 each. Maufl' liad the 

 cream of this stock, noticeably in tulips.' 

 such as Proserpine, Keizoi.skroon and 

 Murillo, the latter a l>eautiful rose color 

 and as big as an ordinary peony. 



While all well-grown stock sold for 

 good prices, it is a noticeable fact that 

 there is an inereasinsr demand for a 

 cheaper character of plants in 4 and 5- 

 inch pots, such as heliotrope, mignonette, 



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87 C. WASHINGTON ST., Room 210. 

 Phone Central 4637. 



Chicago, III. 



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Geraniums 



Per 100. 



10 varieties. 2in. pots. $2 50; 2i-i-m $3.00 



10 varieties, 3-in. pots 4.00 



Alternantheras. red and yellow, April 10 2.(0 



Seedline Petunias, May 1 3.00 



100 Pelargoniums. 2 in 3 00 



COLEUS 



Per IGO. 



10 varieties $2.00 



Vinca VariegataVines, 2-in 2.50 



Verbena, 2-in 2.C0 



E. Crocker and F. Hill. 2-in 2.60 



Asparagus Sprengeri. Aprill 2.00 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed. $1.00 per lOO; SJ.6C per 1000. Cash or C. O. D. 



J. H. Cunningham, Delaware, O. 



f^ Al \\ Brilliant Bronze or Grern. $1(0 



or over. Southern Smilax— Per n IK i ii-i 

 $6.00: per 25 lb. case, i3..'>u. leuoothoe Sprays 

 — Green. $1.00 per 100; $7,50 per 1000. Green 

 Sheet Moss— $2,50 per bbl. sack. Dagger 

 Perns-Sl.25 per lOOO. 



All Kinds Florists' Supplies. 



L.J.Kreshover,V.^T7ya'd%M<ewYork 



A. W. SMITH'S 



HYBRID MOON VINES 



Ipomoea IMocfiflora 



2; 2-inch pots S5,0O per 100 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, 



1012 Ontaria St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



violets and Dutch hyacinths. I know 

 only one retailer who cares about han- 

 rilinfj this line of goods at holiday times, 

 but he makes the purchasers take them 

 with them and thus avoids the e.xtra 

 expense attached to delivery. Some of 

 the growers who are also retailers, rath- 

 er than spend time selling a 2.5-cent hya- 

 cinth, put three or four in a 5-ineh pot 

 garnished with small ferns or asparagus 

 and found ready sale for them at an 

 increased rate of profit. 



The cut flower department was well 

 supplied, and while the sale was quite 

 brisk there was little if any advance 

 in prices. Beauties were scarce, but 

 Glauber's Chatenays filled up a big gan 

 left bj- their absence. Theso retailed at 

 .$•> per dozen, while good Brides and 

 Maiils brought .$.3. Ordinary carnations 

 brought $1 and fancy $1.50 per dozen. 



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 Growers 



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Headquarters lor "Superior Oua'ity" Brand 



Wild Smilax Beuer Galax, 

 Fancy Ferns, Etc. 



We carry the most complete line of Florists' 

 Supplies in the West. Catalognie free. 



E. F. WINTERSON CO., 



t. f. Winterson, J. P. Drgnan, I. H. Winterson. 



.Successors to McKellar A: Winterson. 

 45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



X'iiilcts ran out and nuniv orders haiT 

 to be cut short. Cut tulips and nar- 

 cissi sold better than heretofore, the 

 double tulips at $1.50 per dozen and 

 single at $1. In narcissi the best seller 

 was Bicolor Empress and Emperor, both 

 much larger than Golden Spur and longer 

 and stouter stems. Valley was good and 

 sold at .$1 per dozen. ' Jfany of the 

 growers have given up growing Romans, 

 as they claim there is no money in them, 

 the cost of bulbs is so high. 



Great Divide. 



