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The Florists^ Review 



17 



BBAMPTON, ONT. 



The Market. 



A cut of between 17,000 and 18,000 

 Bichmond roses, mostly No. 1 stock, 

 was the brightest feature in the output 

 of flowers during the week just closed.. 

 Beauties were of good quality, but' 

 rarer than ever, despite the heavy de- 

 mand. All other roses were of much 

 better quality than last year, and 

 everything met with a ready market. 

 Although orchids arrived in large num- 

 bers, there were not sufficient to satisfy 

 the demand, many pressing inquiries 

 coming from the large cities between 

 here and New York at the last moment. 

 Carnation orders could only be one- 

 third filled, but the volume of trade 

 generally was quite equal to that of 

 last year. Unfortunately, the country 

 was hardly in a position to stand the 

 usual Christmas prices, and bearing 

 this fact in mind, the growers decided 

 to lower the price of stock twenty-five 

 per cent, which concession appears to 

 have met with the appreciation of all 

 connected with the flower trade. There 

 were several losses to^ the retail trade 

 through stock being Itbzen in delivery, 

 Christmas day being ushered in with a 

 temperature ranging from 10 to 40 

 below zero throughout the Province of 

 Ontario. Most of the florists, not know- 

 ing how the public would approach the 

 festive season, were late in ordering 

 their stock, and almost all of them 

 decided to stock up in supplies at the 

 last moment. 



Various Notes. 



John Lisk and E. Hipkins returned 

 to the Dale Estate last week, from 

 London, England. • W. G. P. 



OBAND BAPIDS, MICH. 



Christmas Trade. 



The weather Christmas day, cold and 

 clear, with plenty of snow on the 

 ground, was just the kind to make peo- 

 ple shop. And they did. Although the 

 money taken in was about the same as 

 last year, it represented much larger 

 sales. Instead of asking for what they 

 wanted, regardless of price, people 

 wanted to know what they could get 

 for 50 cents, $1, or some other limited 

 sum. Flowers of all kinds were plenti- 

 ful, even on Christmas day, a thing 

 hitherto unheard of. Boses were the 

 leaders, at $2 to $4, and carnations, at 

 $1, next. Plants were the fashion, par- 

 ticularly flowering sorts. Azaleas and 

 poinsettias were the leaders. People 

 had not money enough to buy basket 

 and hamper arrangements of plants, but 

 artificial stuff, such as immortelles, rus- 

 cus, Diana grass, etc., sold to twice the 

 value of last year's sales. Everybody 

 seemed satisfied with business, but ther« 

 was a whisper, "It might have been 

 better. ' ' 



Various Notes. 



Wreaths were to be seen in the win- 

 dows everywhere, the work of the A. J. 

 Brown Seed Co. Boys solicited in their 

 respective neighborhoods, buying of the 

 A. J. Brown Seed Co, at $2.25 per dozen 

 and selling the wreaths at 25 cents 

 apiece. 



On its last trip for the day, about 

 3 o'clock Christmas afternoon, the au- 

 tomobile delivery wagon of the Crabb 

 & Hunter Floral Co. met with an acci- 

 dent. In an attempt to stop at a car- 



George Burton. 



(President of the Florists' Glab of Philadelphia, who becomes an " AfSllatlon " Director of the S. A. F.) 



line crossing, it skidded onto the tracks. 

 The car rammed the automobile and 

 shoved it forty feet before stopping. 

 William Crabb, who was driving, es- 

 caped unhurt, but his helper, Kenneth 

 Bobinson, was cut and bruis-ed about 

 the head. G. F. C. 



EVANSVUJiE, IND. 



The Market. 



It seems that Christmas business was 

 much better than it was expected to 

 be. The demand for plants of all kinds 

 was greater than ever. Made up plant 

 baskets and pans sold extra well at 

 $2.50 and up. Boses were hardly equal 

 to the demand. Carnations were plenti- 

 ful. Violets were scarce. Everything 

 considered, it was one of the best days 

 the florists ever had. After Christmas 

 came more busy days, also, as consider- 

 able funeral work had to be done. 



Various Notes. 



The Wm. Blackman Floral Co. 

 enjoyed an immense trade. Geo. Black- 

 man says cash receipts were about the 

 same as last year, but that he thought 

 they had considerably more charge 

 accounts. They had between 3,000 and 

 4,000 roses and could have used about 

 1,000 more. They had enough car- 

 nations, about 5,000. The force at the 

 store included twenty people and begin- 

 ning Wednesday morning they worked 

 over sixty hours straight. They have 

 several claims against the express com- 

 panies for non-delivery of shipments. 



Julius Nieduigel & Sons say all 

 hands worked practically night and day 

 all the week getting things ready for 



the rush of orders which came to them. 

 The carnation crop was good, the cut 

 being over 3,000. The Killarneys were 

 off crop, but the cut of Bichmond and 

 Ward roses was heavy and all were 

 sold. An increased demand was noted 

 for plants of all kinds. 



C. L. Niednagel had a good cut of 

 Killarney and Bussell, which were sold 

 to good advantage. His Beauty cut 

 was better than expected. 



J. C. Elspermann used twenty cases 

 of holly. He says the demand for 

 plants was greater than ever. He had 

 a lot of funeral work, which made all 

 hands hustle. 



Eoyston & Fenton had more retail 

 orders than any time before, due to 

 working more for this trade than for 

 the wholesale end as before. 



Miss Nellie Goodge says the demand 

 for everything except holly was fine. 

 She did not have enough roses or car- 

 nations. 



Karl Zeidler' sold all his cut flowers 

 and the demand for plants of all kinds 

 was greater than it was last year. 



Austin Wallace was off crop with 

 Killarney. 



Louis Fritsch had all he could do. 



W. D. Macer got in a large stock of 

 plants in variety, also cut flowers. He 

 was well satisfied with his business, it 

 being his first Christmas. 



Wm. Halbrooks had a large cut of 

 carnations and sold out at good prices, 



Henry Seymour had his usual good 

 trade. His carnation crop was ex- 

 cellent. E. L. F. 



Bockland, Mass. — Joseph W. Bichards 

 is closing out his greenhouse business 

 and retiring from the trade. 



