Decembek 23, 1S97. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



20J 



Resume of the Work of the Chrysanthemum Society of America for J 897. — Continuecl. 



Name 



Alice F. Carey... 

 Robt. G. Carey.... 



Spottswood 



Gladys Vanderhil» 



Minnewasku 



Dolores 



No. 57 Zenta 



Arline 



Where 

 Shown 



Phila.. 



Date 



Exhibited bt 



Color 



Nov. 6 Robt. G. Ciirev. 



Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



.1 



Thornden. 

 Rustique... 



Stelleta.: 



Merza 



Our Dear Friend . 



Mrs. ^:eo. F. Baer.. 

 W. H. I'hadwick 



Cincinnati 

 Boston 



Cincinnati 

 Chicago . . . 



H Jiio. N. May. 



Phila. 



New York. 

 Bostoh 



Chicago... 



^imiinit. X. J. 



N. .Smith & Si)n, 



Adrian. M'ch. 



Light pink 



Creamy white. 

 Creamy white. . 

 Light yellow . . 

 Light yellow. . . 

 Creamy white. 



W. K. Harris, 



Philadelphia. Pa. 



Ferdinand Heck, 



Reading. Pa. 



Grove P. Rawson. 



Elmir.i. N, Y 



Creamy white 



Pink 



Pink 



Not L'iren 



Not given 



Straw yellow ehadint 



to white 



White 



White 



White 



Deep chrome yellow. 

 Deep chrome yellow 



Bronze yellow 



Light bronze 



Yellow 



White 



Canary yellow 



Canary yellow. 

 Light yellow... 



I Light yellow. 

 Blush white. . 



Blush white. . 



White 



White 



White 



Pearly white. . 



Jap Ref. 

 Jap Inc. . 



Inc 



Jap Ret. 



Jap 



Not giv'n 

 Jap 



Jap Inc.. 



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Jap 



Jap Inc. . 



Jap Ref 

 Jap Inc . 



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Height 3'i ft. 



184 

 i;83 



73 



184 

 1,90 



92lF,ntirely distinct and 

 94 new in form. 



Sport from Mrs. J. 

 Jones. 



Some blooms show a 

 '86 pink suffusion. 

 92 With rosy tinge under 

 93| certain conditions. 

 |93Inside petals tinted 



1 pink. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Stock will be Scarce for the Holidays. 



The first snow stortu of the season vis- 

 ited US Tlmrsda}- evening, some two 

 inches of snow and sleet falling. The 

 weather for the past few days has been 

 quite cold and as a consequence all kinds 

 ■of cut flowers are quite scarce with the 

 demand verv- good, all the stores having 

 about all they can do. l"nless all present 

 indications are misleading the supply of 

 cut flowers for Christmas will be decided- 

 ly short, as almost ever}- grower seems to 

 be off crop. 



Prices Have an Upward Tendency. 



Roses have not been plentiful and the 

 indications all point to full holiday figtires 

 on all varieties. American Beauties are 

 very scarce and the few that are coining 

 in are selling at top prices. Good Meteors 

 are also scarce, nearly all that come in 

 are bull heads and black in color. The 

 W'oottons are all off color and almost 

 too pale to be sold for a red rose. The 

 liest Meteors are selling at |i2, Wottons, 

 f4 to|8. Good Brides and Maids are sold 

 at from |8 to f 12, and for the best Kais- 

 erin the price is the same. Perles are 

 selling at I5, and for the very best the 

 price is $8. 



Of carnations there is a fair crop for the 

 present demand, with prospect of a short 

 supply for the holidays. .Scotts, Day- 

 breaks, and all whites bring $2, per 

 hundred. Jubilee and Eldorado, of 

 which Henry Aue is our most successful 

 grower, bring I4 and I5. Of course, all 

 colored sorts will be more in demand 

 than white for the holidays. 



The supply of violets will probably not 

 exceed the usual daily receipts, as the 

 demand has been steady and there has 

 been no chance for a quantity to accumu- 

 late. The best California violets that 

 come to this market are grown by the 

 South Park I'loral Company, of New Cas- 

 tle, Ind., and by Frank Fillmore and A. 

 Berdan, of this city. 



Romans and paper whites will be in 

 fairly good supply for Christmas. The 

 present price is I3 for the best, and the 

 chances are that by the end of the week 

 they will go up to 14 andf.s per hundred. 

 Harrisii and callas are selling at pre.sent 

 from I12.50 to fiS.oo. Valley is very 

 scarce at I5. 



Stevia seems to have come in for the 

 holidays just in the right time and is of 

 good quality and fairly abundant. In 

 mignonette the market is good. The fine 

 stock of Andrew Meyer is now read)- to 

 be cut and will demand the top price for 

 holiday week. Some very fine bouvardia 

 is being sent to this market bv E. W. 

 Guv, of Belleville. 



Retail Circles. 



In retail circles it is reported that 

 business is improving and all are hopeful 

 of a satisfactory holiday trade. Business 

 looks promising so far as Christmas greens 

 are concerned, as .some very large orders 

 have been placed for both l\-copodium 

 and holly. Holly seems to be of good 

 quality this year. 



A great deal more could be said but at 

 this time of the year time is valuable. I 

 will close my letter for this week by wish- 

 ing all the readers of The Weekly 

 F'lorists' Review a Merry Christmas 

 and Happy New Year. 



Personal Items. 



Mr. Heller, of the South Park Floral 

 Co., New Castle, Ind., will spend Christ- 

 mas in St. Louis. There is some great 

 attraction in the west end for Mr. Heller. 

 The late flower show did all this. 



Fred Ostertag has left Indianapolis and 

 has located again in St. Louis. Fred has 

 opined up a store at 717 Vandeventer 

 avenue; glad to have you back, Fred. 



The Bowling Club rolled its usual 

 three games Monday night, but only a 

 few were in attendance. Charles Kuehn, 

 as usual, was high man with 577, his 

 high single score was 245; C. C. Sand- 

 ers was second with 508, high single 

 score 195; J. W. Kunz, third, with 478 

 and a high single score of 191. Next 

 Monday night we expect a full attend- 

 ance as the busy time will then be over. 



J-J-B. 



PITTSnELD, MASS. 



Jno. White is one of the few who finds 

 a spare corner for that old favorite, the 

 camellia, about whose character there is 

 something both majestic and chaste. At 

 time of my visit Mrs. White was making 

 up a handsome bunch of callas, using 

 small Ijranches of the camellia as green. 

 The effect was far superior than if the 

 folia.ue of the calla were used. The 

 blooms are always acceptable for funeral 

 designs Mr White has opened his uptown 

 store for the season, placing in charge his 

 niece, a lady of excellent taste and busi- 

 ness ability. 



F. I. Drake considered that a gleam of 

 sunshine was the most welcome guest he 

 could ent»rtain just now. He has a capi- 

 tal stock for Christmas and reports a sat- 

 isfactory Thanksgiving. W. M. 



