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The Florists^ Review 



Dkc'kmkkk a, 1914. 



CINCINNATI HEADQUARTERS FOR CARNATION BLOOMS 



All home-grown stock. Two cuts daily from 250,000 ft. of glass 



Medium, $2.00 per lOO 

 HOLLY 



Fancy, $3.00 per 100 Selecfs, $4.00 per lOO 



All other Cut Flowers and Greens in season 



LAUREL FESTOONING BOXWOOD and WINTER BERRIES 



SEE OUR DECEMBER iOth SPECIAL 



Win. Murphy, 329 Nam street, Cincinnati, O* 



of absorbing excellent managers, Mrs. 

 Trepel proving always his best lieuten- 

 ant. 



S. .J. Reuter, wife and daughter ar- 

 rived from Europe last week on the 

 Rotterdam. 



Bonnet & Blake have just added a 

 new auto to their conveniences. Mr. 

 Blake visited his shipper, A. N. Pier- 

 son, at Cromwell, Conn., last week. 



Myer, at Fifty-eighth street and 

 Madison avenue, has completed his 

 store and is splendidly equipped for 

 business. 



Arthur T. Boddington reports a mil- 

 lion kentia seeds as among last week's 

 inii)ortations. 



At last week 's sweet pea meeting at 

 Henderson's, Secretary Bunyard and 

 Messrs. Burpee, .Sim and Gray were in 

 attendance. 



The Massas Floral Co. has leased the 

 store at 2548 Eighth avenue from the 

 Herman Arns Co. This is only a few 

 doors from the company's present loca- 

 tion, at 2.'542 Eighth avenue. 



Bowling. 



The following nve the stores made 



November 27: 



Flayer. 1st 2<1 



J. .Mieseni 160 1S5 



J. Fenrlch 16". l.">s 



J. Donaklsoii 17- !>*•"> 



C. W. Scott I">T 180 



P. Jacobson • . liiS 142 



H. C. Ui.-.lcl 167 17.1 



A. KakiKla 14>< 157 



.\. J. (;uttniaii 158 102 



W. P. Vou\ li)2 lt« 



P. lUgo l'>« 1-17 



.). Austin Shaw. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



The florists of the national capital 

 are somewhat disappointed with the re- 

 sults of their Thanksgiving day busi- 

 ness. The preceding (lays were warm 

 and fair, causing the market to be over- 

 crowded with stock. There had been 

 a marked scarcity of Beauties at $3 

 and $4 per dozen, but on Thanksgiving 

 day they were without a market at 

 less than half those figures. Even 

 <hrysanthemunis failed to bring the 

 usual prices, for the average was $1..'S0 

 l>er dozen. Eaton and Bonnaffon, 

 Cliadwicks in all varieties. Dr. Engue- 

 hard. Golden Wedding and Maud Dean 

 were the favorites. A few .Terome 

 .lones were on the market and in fine 

 condition. William Turner chrysanthe- 

 mums are about off tlie market, al- 

 though a few fine specimens are still 

 to be had. Carnations moved better, 

 bringing up to $4 per hundred, but this 

 price has since receded to $2 for the 

 best. Roses, while not strictly Thanks- 

 gi\ing day flowers, sobt well, especially 

 the vellow varieties, which were not in 



sufficient quantity to fill all demands. 

 Aaron Ward was the most popular. The 

 orchid-fiowering sweet peas are excep- 

 tionally good. Stevia is to be had at 

 50 cents per bunch, but is in limited 

 demand. The mignonette now to be 

 had at $4 to $6 is as fine as has ever 

 been seen here and the same applies 

 to valley, which brings an average of 

 $4. There is still a great scarcity of 

 violets. For some reason, during the 

 last ten days this flower has ceased to 

 bloom and the dealers are forced to de- 

 pend upon the Rhinebeck production of 

 doubles, whereas the local demand is 

 for singles. 



The present week started with over- 

 clouded skies and the prospects for 

 cool weather are good. These are in- 

 dications of a shorter supply of stock 

 and naturally of increased prices. With 

 the market far from normal, this will 

 be welcomed by all of the growers. 



The European war is having a 

 marked effect on business here. With 

 the differences existing between the 

 diplomats of the belligerent countries, 

 it is impossible to give the elaborate 

 state dinners of former years. There 

 is to be a general curtailment of enter- 

 tainments during the coming season and 

 it is said that society leaders will this 

 year conteftf themselves with simple 

 affairs. There will be the usual num- 

 ber of debutante teas, but the large 

 balls and receptions will be few. The 

 recent bereavement of President Wilson 

 eliminates all possibilities of social ac- 

 tivities at the White House and there 

 will be no entertainments at which he 

 will be the guest of honor. 



Vai'ious Notes. 



Gude Bros. Co. iiad the decorating 

 of St. Patrick's church on Thanksgiv- 

 ing da}', on the occasion of the celebra- 

 tion of the famous Pan-American mass, 

 and of the dining and reception rooms 

 of the rectory which a<ljoins, where 

 about eighty men jirominent in official 

 affairs were guests. The church was 

 magnificently decorated with huge 

 palms, ferns and quantities of yellow 

 chrysanthemums, and at different places 

 doves of ])eace were suspended from 

 the ceiling. At the luncheon, at which 

 were present the .liplomats from the 

 twenty-one Pan-American republics, 

 representatives of the European na- 

 tions, officials of our own government 

 and a sprinkling of American profes- 

 sional and business men, among them 

 William F. Gude, all to the number of 

 eighty, the sixteen table decorations 

 consisted of centerpieces in green and 

 yellow, surmounted in each instance by 

 a white dove. The room was decor- 

 ated with palms, ferns and smilax. 



Among the visitors here during the 

 week were William Rehder, of Wil- 



mington, N. C; W. Mott, with Ham- 

 mond's Paint & Slug Shot Works; 

 Harry Balsley and wife, from Detroit, 

 Mich., and Frank Hargett, of Fred- 

 erick, Md. C. L. E. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 

 Thanksgiving business was about 

 normal. With winter weather the week 

 previous, the supply of roses greatly 

 decreased and red was particularly 

 scarce. Both stevias and poinsettias 

 were in the market. In Thanksgiving 

 mums, Chadwick still holds the field. 

 Some pompons were seen. Mums are 

 now about past. The present indica- 

 tions are that the supply of roses will 

 be on a steady increase up to the holi- 

 days. Greens are rather scarce. 



Various Notes. 



The Connecticut Horticultural So- 

 ciety, at its meeting December 11, will 

 nominate officers for the ensuing year. 



Walter Miller, formerly gardener for 

 Dr. Williams, has returned to Pennsyl- 

 vania, his former home. 



At A. N. Pierson 's, valley pips are 

 arriving from Europe; so a regular sup- 

 ply for the season is assured. 



Wolfgang Schwartz was in Cromwell 

 last week, moving his household goods 

 to Holyoke, Mass., where he is engaged 

 as foreman for Gallivan Bros. 



R. C. S. 



Webster, N. Y. — Mr. Mossgraber is 

 building another house, 21x75 feet, for 

 [•ot plants. 



Ada, Okla. — A flower show held by 

 the Patrons' Club of the Ada schools 

 aroused consi<lerabIe interest in flowers 

 and plants, and W. E. Pitt, proprietor 

 of the Ada Greenhouses, who placed an 

 exhibit at the show, expects good re- 

 sults from the preparation for a 

 larger exhibition nfflSff year. Mr. Pitt 

 has foun<l business excellent in the 

 ei';liteen months he has been here. 



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 per line, cash with order from aU who do not do 

 other adrertlaing. Id aendlnK remittance count 

 six words to the line. 



Display adTertisements in this department $1.80 

 (or one inch space. 



When answers are to be sent In oar care, add 10 

 cents for forward! nir. 



Plant adrertlsemctnts not admitted nnder this bead 



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 ftrower: notliiUK under $20.00 per week. Ad- 

 dressee. 108^ care Florlsts'^evlew, Cblcaf^o. 

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