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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JANIARY 1. 1003. 



mums "Supeiba,'' tlie tine Christmas 

 pink, the blooms of which were not as 

 yet finished. This variety should make 

 a profitable crop for any one. We were 

 so favorably impressed that we shall 

 grow a goodly quantity ourselves next 

 year. Oakland is a fine place with fine 

 people. 



We missed Mr. Weber, Sr., as he was 

 traveling in the interest of another pro- 

 fession, but he was well represented at 

 home by a large family and had we been 

 single young men instead of the bene- 

 dicts that we are, well, we had better 

 not say it. 



On our return home we shall not call 

 at Indianapolis unless it be night. 



James Hartshorxe. 



for dissatisfaction, and growers, whole- 

 salers and retailers have much to be 

 thankful for. Good flowers brought 

 good prices, and "pickled' gootls met 

 with the reception they deserved. Few 

 exorbitant rates were charged, and each 

 year lessens the wisdom of exceptional 

 prices and unwarranted demands. 



The "plant Christmas" is no longer a 

 dream, but every season becomes more 

 and more a reality. Xever was such a 

 sale of plants known in this city, and 

 never were baskets of assorted plants 

 so harmoniously arranged. The com- 

 binations were beautiful and most ar- 

 tistic. In many of the retail stores not 

 a plant remained. A cyclone seemed to 

 have struck manv of them Christmas 



Vase of the New Variegated Carnation Marshall Field. 



NEW YORK. 



Holiday Trade. 



Christmas is but a memory, but to 

 very manj^ it is a pleasant one. Up to 

 midnight Cliristmas eve the elements 

 were propitious; then came the minia- 

 ture blizzard, and the morning found 

 the ground and the trees clothed in 

 white raiment. Tlie storm interfered 

 with "all night sessions," lessened the 

 purchase of cut flowers, and left some 

 stock to be disposed of at concessions 

 from the highest prices of the day. All 

 things considered, tliere is little cause 



morning. Everything in red disappeared 

 promptl}'. 



Violets by the million were in evidence 

 and good stock found ready purchasers. 

 Tlie top prices for eveiything were in- 

 dicated in our letter and telegram of 

 Clhristmas eve and were exactly as 

 quoted then. 



The supply and holly men had the 

 year of their lives. To them it was in- 

 deed a "Mern- Christmas." 



Retailers seem to be having plenty of 

 business during the holidays. Dinners, 

 receptions and even weddings are numer- 

 ous, and the outlook for a happy New 

 Year's opening is bright. 



Harrison's "White House" carnation 

 is proving a good keeper and commands 

 an excellent and steady price at Charles 

 Millang's. who has the handling of the 

 stock. Mr. Harrison will ofler this tine 

 variety to the trade next spring. 



The report that Riedel & Co. are con- 

 nected in any way with any other whole- 

 sale house seems to be entirely without 

 foundation. 



The growers at Chatham. Madison, 

 and the members of the New York Cut 

 Flower Co. have had several meetings 

 lately to discuss ways and means of ret- 

 ributive justice to the express com- 

 panies, whose exorbitant prices make cut 

 flower shipments a serious consideration. 



L. M. and L. A. Noe, of IMadison, 

 have been making the trip to New York 

 by wagon of late — a six-hour journey — 

 but a decided saving in cost, and it is 

 not unlikely others may adopt this plan, 



Mr, Furstenberg, of the Floral Ex- 

 change, Philadelphia, was in the city 

 Saturday last and visiting his "Queen 

 of Edgely" agents, iloore, Hentz & Nash. 



H. Bunyard has engaged as a trav- 

 eling salesman for Clucas & Boddington 

 Co. 



Tlie last Saturday evening in January 

 will be devoted to a dinner and reunion 

 at the St. Denis hotel, under the aus- 

 pices of the New Y'ork Florists' Club. 

 Tlie la.st "festi\ity" of the club in the 

 same hostelry was worthy of its record, 

 and this will be no exception. 



Dinners are coming fast after New 

 Year's. The gi'eat banquet at Pough- 

 keepsie, on the 8th. will doubtless draw 

 its record-breaking attendance, includ- 

 ing all the city's notabilities. The 

 "family reunion" on the 14th, at Tarry- 

 town, is always a delightful gathering, 

 and the great banquet at Brooklyn's ear- 

 nation convention will doubtless overtop 

 them all. 



The popular rei)resentative of the 

 Lord & Burnham Co., ^Ir. L. B. Craw, 

 whom man}' remember meeting at Aslie- 

 ville, is ill at his Irvington home with 

 typhoid fever. 



The s.vmpathy of his friends every- 

 where will be given ex-President Patrick 

 O'Mara in the loss of his sister. Funer- 

 al services were held in St. Patrick's 

 church, Jersey City, on Friday. 



Richard Vincent", Jr.. & Son, of White 

 Marsh, Md., and Benjamin Dorrance, of 

 Dorranceton, Pa., were visitors last 

 week. 



A cold wave followed the comfortable 

 climate which prevailed up to Christ- 

 mas morning, but it came too late to 

 interfere witli plant deliveries, and care- 

 ful wrapping was unnecessary. 



This week opened with another rain 

 storm, which helped to manufacture a 

 "blue ilonday"' and kept the call for cut 

 flowers below expectations. New Year's 

 day will doubtless create an increased 

 demand and open auspiciously the new 

 year. May it lie a hap]iy and prosper- 

 ous one to every horticulturist in this 

 country. " J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Business throughout the holidays has 

 been very fair, with an added impetus 

 for New Year's day. The supply fell ofl' 

 considerably immediately after Christ- 

 mas, as also prices, with about enough 

 demand to move the flowers as fast as 

 they arrived. Last Monday found white 

 roses scarce and in brisk demand. Tues- 

 day Hugh Oraham had one of the sea- 

 son's big balls at Horticultural Hall. 



