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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



December 30. 1897. 



CINCINNATI. 



Stock Scarce for the Holiday- 



.•Anxiety, rush and push of Christmas is 

 now past, <ind the growers have time to 

 balance their account book. So far as 

 sales and prices are concerned, every one 

 seemed to be well satisfied with the Christ- 

 mas trade. Never was stock for several 

 years past so scarce as this year, especially 

 in roses and carnations. Out of town 

 orders were refused as earl)- as Wednes- 

 day at the wholesale houses. Carnations 

 came in barely sufficient to till orders. 

 R.Witterstaetter, W. Murphy and Christ. 

 Murphv had a large cut, 15,000 carnations 

 being sent in by these West Price Hill 

 growers alone. 



Lily of the valley was not over plenti- 

 ful and sold quickly .at I5 per loo. George 

 iV: Allen sent in the main supply of bulb- 

 ous stuff. Violets were scarce all week at 

 the wholesale houses, in fact, every violet 

 around town was engaged by the retailers 

 in advance at $2 per 100. 



The Sixth street flower market the day 

 before Christmas did not have the appear- 

 ance of a rushing business day. It was 

 cold and dreary and only here and there 

 could be seen a vase of flowers and a few 

 pot plants. Holly and lycopodiuni could 

 be seen on every stand, which moved 

 slowly. Good holly was none too plentiful, 

 but there were quantities of poor stuff 

 around town, only fit for the dump. .\t 

 every corner a street vender could 

 be heard crving out "Holly wreaths 10 

 cents each," while at the market hou.se 

 the price asked was 20 and 25 cents. Tak- 

 ing Christmas trade all in all, it is favor- 

 able compared with former years; some of 

 the retailers at Fourth street report an in- 

 crease of 25 per cent. Negrum. 



WAYNESBORO, PA. 



Xmas trade was the liest ever experi- 

 enced here. Pot plants had the prefer- 

 ence to cut flowers. Henrv- Eichholz, of 

 "Mars" lame, has had a Xmas present in 

 the shape of a sport of a yellow Kaiserin 

 rose, which opened fully on Xmas morn- 

 ing, and is just like the parent only yel- 

 low". He will take care of the babe and 

 the trade may see it this fall at some of 

 the shows. H. 



Carnations ^ 



III H I H I H I M * 



Rooted cult'ngs of botli standard 

 varieties and noveliies at popular 

 prices —^^^^^^ 



....I CAN PLEASE YOU 



S. J. Reuter, Westerly. R. I. 

 50.000 SMILAX ^iX^-'uVo!!!!^''^^"'" 



AFDA\JlliM^ mixed. Iiom 2 in. pots, r2.25 per 100; 

 ULnnilluivio t20perl,0 O Send tur Samples^... 



I 'ash with the order. 

 FRED. BOERNER, Cape May City, N. J. 



Please mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing advertisers. 



Mayor Pingree Carnation. 



AN UNDOUBTED 

 SUCCESS. 



THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE 

 OTHER GOOD SEEDLINGS. 



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Our next 

 Introduction,,. 



Will make its debut at the 

 meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society in Chicago 

 next February.^«<^'«.>»^'* 



Look for it. And there 

 are some others in sight^^' 



JOHN BREITHEYER & SONS, 



Gratiot and Miami Aves. 



DETROIT, niCH. 



experiences with 

 Carnations ^ 



■j*^ READY NOW 



Send me your address on a 

 postal and receive them reg- 

 ularly during the season 



ALBERT M. HERR, 



j LANCASTER, PA. j 



CARNATIONC 

 Ninv ;iiKi standard Sort^. ^^ 



NEW ROSE 



Rich, soft pink. Best introdnction of recent yt^ars. 



Orders hooked now. Delivery Mareh 15, 1S9S. 



(■(^rrrvponflf-ni-i' Suliciii'd, 



H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Maryland. 



NICHOLSON'S 

 £ DICTIONARY 



^ GARDENING. 



The Standacd Worl; of R.terence for 

 Florists and 'Tai-denpr*^. In set of four 

 volumes. Price. S20 00. 



Florists' Publishing Company. 



530-535 CAXTON BUILDING, 

 CHICAGO. 



NATHAN SMITH & SON, 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS 



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Chrysanthemums, 

 Carnations and Violets. 



Correspondence solicited. 



PALMS 



'. A NO 



FERNS 



The Largest Stock of 

 Prants in the West. 



Geo. Witfbold. ^m^'>^»^^^j^ Chicago 



ROSE HILL NURSERIES. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



PALMS : ORCHIDS : FERNS 



HND STOVE PUHNTS. 



SIEBRECHT & SON, New Rochelle, New York. 



New York Drtice. iW Fifth .Wenue. 



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Tbe largest brightricli *'iimson yet 

 introduced. Price, $10 00 per 100. 



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Box 226. Kennett Square, Penii. 



