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The Florists' Review 



29 



NEW YEAR'S FLOWERS 



We are fortunate this year in having a large supply of red 

 roses and red carnations of very ciioice quality, and the 

 well Icnown fact of the advantage of buying direct from a 

 large grower should influence you to send us your orders, as 

 we only sell the flowers we grow. 



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NEW YEAR'S PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES 



Specials, stems 48 in. and over, per doz., 



36-inch stems per doz., 



30-inch stems per doz., 



24-inch stems per doz., 



$8.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 



15 to 20-inch stems per doz., $2.00 @ 3.00 



RHEA REID AND MILADY 



Specials^ extra long stems per doz., 



Selects, stems 18 to 20 inch. . .per doz., 

 Mediums, stems 10 to 15 inch., per doz., 

 Shorter stems per doz., 



300 

 200 

 1.60 

 1,00 



ROSES 



RICHMOND, SUNBURST, BULGARIE and 

 KILLARNEY BRILLIANT 



Specials, extra long stems. . . .per 100, $15.00 @ $18.00 



Selects, good lengths per 100, 12.00 



Medium lengths per 100, 10.00 



Short length stems per 100, 6.00 @ 8.00 



PINK AND WHITE KILLARNEY AND 

 HILLINGDON 



Specials, extra long stems. . . .per 100, $10.00 @ $12.00 



Medium length stems per 100, 8.00 



Short length stems per 100, 4.00 @ 5.00 



Our selection, in lots of 300 or more. . . .per 100, $4.00 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy red, very choice per 100, 



Fancy dark pink, very choicc.per 100, 

 Fancy light pink, very choicc.per 100, 

 Fancy white, very choice per 100, 



Easter Lilies per 100, 



Lily of the Valley per 100, 



( 8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



16 00 



4.00 



per 100, 



Narcissus Paper Whites 



Asparagus and Sprengeri 

 Sprays ^ per 100, $2.00 @ 



Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, 



Galax Leaves, green or 

 bronze per 1000, 



$3.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



1.00 



BUY YOUR FLOWERS DIRECT OF THE GROWER 



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old days, and so have many other grow- 

 ers. 



J. E. Lapes, of Cedar Kapids, la., was 

 a visitor at the store of Hoerber Bros. 

 December 21, reporting business as 

 good, with prospects bright for Christ- 

 mas. 



M. Rocklin, of Rocklin & Lehman, 

 Sioux City, la., was in town December 

 21, buying Christmas stock. He says 

 Iowa florists would not know half the 

 world is at war if the newspapers did 

 not say so. Business is good. 



The Christmas decoration at the 

 Hotel La Salle was put up December 

 21. The work was done by the Geo. 

 "Wittbold Co., the finishing touches put 

 on by Geo. H. Pieser, the hotel florist. 



C. L. Washburn says it is hard to 

 decide which of the two boxes, wood or 

 corrugated fiber, is the most satisfac- 

 tory for shipping. He says for long 

 distance shipping, especially where the 

 order is large, it is best to use the 



wood box, but where the order can be 

 packed in a 30-inch box, or smaller, the 

 fiber is the best. The one objection 

 that most shippers have to the fiber box 

 is its way of buckling, when the water 

 from the inelting ice soaks into it. 



W. W. Barnard Co. is using two 

 holly trees nearly twelve feet in height, 

 covered with bright red berries. They 

 aro said to be 9 voars oM, 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



The Market. 



Everyone, both wholesaler and re- 

 tailer, has been preparing for the holi- 

 day rush. Azaleas, poinsettias, primu- 

 las, etc., are plentiful in the market. 

 Begonia Lorraine, cyclamens, ericas and 

 a few other choice sellers for this season 

 are brought in from out of town. Ferns 

 and foliage plants of all kinds far ex- 

 ceed the demjtnd for them. The stores 



are in holiday attire, but the owners 

 have not been quite so optimistic about 

 the Christmas business as in other years. 

 However, it is hard to tell what the out- 

 come will be, especially in regard to cut 

 flower sales, as florists here are the last 

 merchants to be patronized by the shop- 

 pers, the rush coming as a rule in the 

 last two days. 



The cold wave which we experienced 

 December 15 and 16 brought the temper- 

 ature down to 27 degrees, but beyond 

 killing thousands of poinsettias in the 

 various gardens of the city, it did little 

 damage. 



We are about at the height of the 

 social season, but it must be truthfully 

 stated that the florists as a whole are 

 not doing the same amount of business 

 as in other years. The French Opera 

 House has opened its doors for a season 

 of grand opera lasting until the car- 

 nival, and the resumption of horse rac- 

 ing will take place January 1; both of 

 these will no doubt bring hundreds of 



