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The Florists' Review 



Dbckubeb 31, 1914. 



NASfiVniLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Other merchants who handle holiday 

 goods say sales of the ordinary bau- 

 bles were small, but florists never got 

 better prices at this season and they 

 cleaned up well, too. We have sel- 

 dom seen so many good poinsettias, 

 and they proved to be the most popu- 

 lar of all the plants offered. Azaleas 

 were in better supply than usual and 

 the good reds were especially notice- 

 able. The plants were larger and bet- 

 ter flowered than is usual. Bulb stock 

 was scarce. Begonias were in large 

 supply and the demand did not come 

 up to expectations. Ferns sold better 

 than usual. Roses were in large sup- 

 ply and the quality was faultless, 

 which doubtless accounted for the high 

 prices, few wholesaling below $12 per 

 hundred. We understand that there 

 were not enough left to make a decent 

 corsage. 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. is planting the 

 new rose, Hoosier Beauty, this season. 

 Their grower, Mr. Johnston, was so 

 pleased with it on his recent trip of 

 inspection that stock was purchased. 

 It is said Hadley has not proven good 

 here. The Joys cut a record crop of 

 Beauties this Christmas. 



Geny Bros, handled holly for the 

 first time this season and say sales 

 were so satisfactory they will handle 

 it again next season. 



Mclntyre 's new place proved its 

 worth last week. While their regular 

 customers come out to the old store, 

 many new ones found the new place. 



Haury & Sons say their pot plants 

 were especially good and they did a 

 fine business. There were fewer 

 wagons on the streets selling plants 

 this season. Either the small growers 

 who sell in this way failed to have 

 their stock ready, or the cold weather 

 kept them indoors. F. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Christmas trade was, in most cases, 

 above expectations. The volume was 

 probably greater than last year, but the 

 high-priced stock moved slowly. Roses 

 had an exceptionally good call; the bet- 

 ter grades brought $12 to $15 per hun- 

 dred, while shorts brought $5 to $10. 

 The market was loaded with carnations, 

 starting out with $8 for red and $6 

 for pink, and it was hard to move 

 white ones at $2 toward the end. Car- 

 nations costing $8 per hundred must be 

 retailed at $2 per dozen, which, I think, 

 is a little stiff, and I think the time 

 will come when the growers will realize 

 this; $1.50 per dozen is enough for good 

 carnations at any time. The trade is 

 gradually drifting into blooming plants 

 more and more each year, and the time 

 seems not far away when there will be 

 an end of the high prices. Cut poin- 

 settias did not move so well as in 

 former years, bringing $12.50 to $20 per 

 hundred. American Beauties did not 

 have a good call; the price started out 

 at $12 per dozen for the best, but 

 dropped to $6 to $9 later, and they were 

 not cleaned up'at that. Violets had a 

 fair demand, bringing $15 per thou- 

 sand for doubles. Paper Whites, Roman 

 hyacinths and stevia had their usual 

 call. There were no sweet peas on the 



market this year, owing to the recent 

 cloudy weather. 



The supply of green goods was more 

 than equal to the demand. There 

 seemed to be a heavy call for holly, but 

 the market was well supplied and there 

 was some left. The supply of Christ- 

 mas trees was a little short. Roping, 

 garlands, etc., were equal to the de- 

 mand. Smilax did not have its usual 

 call. 



In pot plants, the medium and lower- 

 priced plants sold exceedingly well. 

 The higher-priced ones and made-up 

 baskets did not sell so well as hereto- 

 fore. There was no end of fine azaleas, 

 poinsettias, begonias, cyclamens and 

 other blooming plants, and the trade 

 in this line was good. Lorraine be- 

 gonias were plentiful; this plant is be- 

 coming a drag on the market, owing 

 to its poor keeping qualities. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Stolte, of A. Wiegand's Sons 

 Co., and John Chisholm, of Bertermann 

 Bros. Co., were both caught napping 

 last week, cashing checks for appar- 

 ently good customers. A well dressed 

 young man, seemingly with a little 

 more money than the ordinary person, 

 priced holly blankets; on being in- 

 formed that they were $5 each, he 

 thought he should have one a little bet- 

 ter, and ordered one for $10, giving a 

 check for $20 and getting $10 in change. 



A. Wiegand's Sons Co. reports a 

 highly satisfactory Christmas trade. 

 This firm had an unusually large stock 

 of blooming plants, most of which were 

 sold. 



Clarence Thomas, with the Hill 

 Floral Co., reports the best Christmas 

 trade that this firm has ever had, be- 

 ing far ahead of last year. 



Baur & Steinkamp had a fine cut of 

 carnations for Christmas. A. F. J. Baur 

 and family have been spending a few 

 days at Richmond, Ind., with relatives. 



Bert Hitz had a large number of first- 

 class azaleas and poinsettias for the 

 wholesale market. H. L. W. 



MOTT-LY MXJBINOS. 



Victor Qroshens, Roslyn, Pa., grows 

 bouvardia on the propagating benches 

 when they are not needed for roses 

 and has found it, taking space for 

 space, as profitable of late as Beau- 

 ties. The Beauties are coming into 

 their own, -now that the opera season 

 has begun. Sunburst and the Killar- 

 neys do beautifully here. 



William Wunder, Pittsville, Pa., il- 

 lustrated a paradox when his finest 

 blooms of Carnation Matchless scored 

 the lowest figure on record, 1% cents, 

 in the week preceding Thanksgiving. 

 The equinox has been passed, and more 

 settled and satisfactory prices prevail. 

 He has a fine lot of poinsetti^ls and 

 berried plants. 



W. Edwards, superintendent of the 

 Van Lindley greenhouses, Pomona, N. 

 C, believes that with the addition of 

 the latest house, 24x500 feet, they have 

 one of the largest plants in the south. 

 American Beauty and Richmond roses, 

 among the specialties here, are in 

 prime condition. The extensive nur- 

 sery is supervised by J. Sykes, al- 

 though the veteran founder, J. Van 

 Lindley, now past the eightieth mile- 

 stone, takes much pleasure from the 

 business. A fine block of the grace- 

 ful Cedrus Deodara was seen. It 

 seems to be in its element in this sec- 

 tion of the country. 



Diggs & Beadles, Richmond, esti- 

 mate the last season as being quite 

 satisfactory. Though early crops were 

 not abundant, the truckers obtained 

 good prices, so that the balance showed 

 up well. 



T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, 

 prophesy that the export trade in 

 grass seed will be tremendous later, 

 turning the tables, as it were. 



W. H. May & Son,. Alexandria, Va.,. 

 voice the high opinion of many in 

 the seed trade regarding the seed de- 

 partment of The Review. There being 

 no recognized seed journal, this comes 

 the nearest to it. 



W. M. 



MaiiJy About P 



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Richmond, Ind. — A. F. J. Baur, of 

 Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, and 

 his family were here for a few days. 



Nahant, Mass. — Harold Joy, who has 

 been with Thomas Roland for about a 

 year, has returned to his home at Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Detroit, Mich.— Harold E. Taylor, of 

 Buffalo, a recent addition to "Sulli- 

 van's Roses, "has joined the forces 

 of Z. D. Blackistone, at Washington, 

 D. C. 



Leetonia, O. — Ralph Wolfgang, who 

 assists his father, Harry Wolfgang, in 

 his business here, was married recently 

 at New Cumberland, W. Va. The bride 

 was Miss Helen Irene Le Chat. 



Belmar, N. J. — Lemuel Black, for- 

 merly connected with the Allenhurst 

 Greenhouses, at Allenhurst, N. J., has 

 rented the greenhouses of John Alls- 

 pach, at Eleventh avenue and F street. 

 He wUl do landscape work, in addition 

 to handling plants and cut flowers. 



New Orleans, La. — Max Scheinuk has 

 bought two adjoining lots at Suburban 

 Acres, a newly opened section. 



Morton, HL — Wm. L. Burns has sold 

 his greenhouses and retired from the 

 business for the present. 



Bipon, Wis. — H. L. Clapp is spending 

 the winter at Arcadia, Fla., for a rest, 

 in order to regain his health. He was 

 quite sick last winter. In his absence, 

 Mrs. Clapp is carrying on the business. 



Ogden, Utah. — An addition to the list 

 of florists who have lost money by 

 cashing checks for strangers who 

 placed small orders is B. Van der 

 Schuit. A man who had worked the 

 same game so many times that he was 

 already in jail when Mr. Van der 

 Schuit placed his complaint, ordered a 

 fern and jardiniere sent to another ad- 

 dress, from which it was returned, and 

 got $12.75 from a $15 check. Mr. Van 

 der Schuit got his fern and jardiniere 

 back, but not the $12.75. 



