April 30, l!Hi3. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



967 



Store of the New Jersey Cut Flower Co., New York, at Easter. 



none to be had at any of the houses the 

 past week. So roses, carnations, sweet 

 peas and lilies are about the makeup of 

 the florists' window. 



Notes. 



On Friday last Mayor Wells sent in 

 his slate of appointments for the heads 

 of the ditt'ertnt city departments, but 

 failed to appoint the park commissioners 

 to the great disappointment of several 

 florists about town who are out for 

 Tape's place as superintendent of the 

 ])arks. The mayor has intimated right 

 along that Commissioner Eidgely would 

 stay in ofliee, and in that case the prob- 

 ability is that li'reddie Pape will also 

 remain over, as both Ridgely and Pape 

 are republicans. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, was 

 defeated for mayor of his city last week 

 by only a few votp=. Better luck next 

 time, Fred. 



Trade in plan*- /as not very good the 

 past week. The disagreeable weather 

 was against It, but a few fine days and 

 tlie prospects are good that this week 

 will asrain fill up their stands and keep 

 them busy. 



The seed houses along Third and 

 I''ourth streets are all very busy at the 

 present time and report a big increase 

 over last year. Mail orders especially 

 aie very hea\y. 



Tlie Reisscn' Floral Co.. on Broadway, 

 has been very busy the last few weeks 

 with decorations and funeral work. They 

 l:ave a number of receptions for hotels 

 booked for this week, which will keep 

 them busv all the week. 



August Schuerman. of the Schuerman 

 Floral Co.. had nearly all the contracts 

 for decorating the big store fronts down- 

 town. 



At the first meeting of the new eitv 

 council and house of delegates the past 

 week a creat many American Beauties 

 were used and the display of cut flowers 

 was very attractive. 



Frank M. Ellis is receiving daily some 



extra fine Mme. Chatenay roses, which 

 sell well. 



Visitors the past week were S. S. 

 Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, and M. Bau- 

 nian, of Richter & Baumann, and Wni. 

 Trillow, of Chicago. J. J. B. 



Fr.\nklin, Pa. — W. T. Bell reports: 

 "Easter business shows a decided in- 

 crease over last year, and stock sold was 

 all of our own growing, and in good con- 

 dition. Lilies were the best we ever 

 had. The demand in flowering plants 

 was for lilies, azaleas, hyacinths, tulips, 

 dalTodils, cinerarias and a few gerani- 

 ums; and sparingly for rhodendrons and 

 roses, with no call for lilacs. In flowers, 

 for carnations, roses, lilies, lily of the 

 valley, tulips, daffodils, callas, mignon- 

 ette "and assorted lots. The demand va- 

 ries somewhat from year to year. Last 

 season we had too many hyacinths, and 

 this not quite enough. Nothing seems 

 to suit as well for a cheap plant as a 

 short hyacinth in a 4-inch pot. The de- 

 mand, no doubt, varies also with the 

 locality, but succeeding j-ears convince 

 us that the florist who has a good sujv 

 jily of well-flowered plants of longiflorum 

 lilies, azaleas, hyacinths, tulips, dalTo- 

 dils and cinerarias; with good medium- 

 sized palms and ferns; and in flowers, 

 carnations, roses and lilies, may look for- 

 ward to the coming of Easter with equan- 

 imity. The inevitable Mrs. Pockctbook 

 n aycall him up to say: 'Mr. Flowers, you 

 told me the lilies I'ordered (each wth 

 eight flowers on) were twenty-five cents 

 apiece; and here you have ('barged them 

 at two dollars on "the bill V but he should 

 keep his temper and make the Ijest ex- 

 l)laiiation of the robbery that he can, 

 and then go to answer the other tele- 

 phone." 



North Adams, Mass.— A. H. Darling 

 says Easter trade was very gmul and 

 nearly everything was cleaned up at fair 

 prices. Florists generally held together on 

 prices. One cut prices "on lilies 5 cents 



per flower, and on roses $1 per dozen. 

 There were not en<>\igh carnations for all 

 orders. Carnations sold for 75 cents per 

 dozen; roses, ,$:i; lilies, $3; violets, $2 

 p('r 100; aziileas, .$1..50 to .$3; tulips and 

 daffodils, 00 cents per dozen. Geo. li. 

 Pheljis, the Blaekinton florist, as usual 

 had fancy Flora Hill and Lawson carna- 

 tions, which brought good prices. 



Seed Trade News. 



]x).s Angeles, Cal.— The Germain Seed 

 and Plant Co. reiKirts trade this spring 

 as far ahead of last year's business, both 

 wholesale and retail, with no trouble to 

 obtain the advance prices ruling on 

 scarce items. 



TnK advanced price for onions during 

 the past two weeks has increased the 

 denuuid for onion seed, and this has 

 liclped out some seedsmen who were long 

 on this item. 



CmrAOO— The Leonard Seed Co.'s in- 

 surance has been satisfactorily adjusted 

 and business is going on as usual at the 

 new location— 79 and 81 East Kinzie 

 street. 



TiiK backward season has retarded 

 plantings for onion sets around Chicago, 

 and this will have a tendency to shorten 

 the acreage. 



Chicago— Allx-rt IMcCullough, Cincin- 

 nati, and Mr. Robinson, representing 

 Jerome B. Kice & Co., were visitors last 

 Saturday. 



PoRTLAM), Ork.— The Portland Seed 

 Co. has purchased the stock of B. Lam- 

 berson's Sons and the latter are no 

 longer in business. 



As THE result of the cold weather 

 counter trade has been below the averago 

 up to date. 



