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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembbb 1, 1904. 



©rs' Association will hold its annual car- 

 nation exhibition at Horticultural Hall 

 on February 11, in conjunction with the 

 winter exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. A !&ne exhibition 

 is assured. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety will hold prize exhibitions during 1905 

 as follows: February 11, March 28 to 26 

 (spring exhibition and meeting of Amer- 

 ican Rose Society), May 6, June 3 and 4 

 (rhododendron show), June 10 (peony 

 show), June 24 and 25 (rose and straw- 

 berry show), July 8 and 9, July 22, Au- 

 gust 5, 12, 19 and 26, September 14 to 17 

 (annual plant, fruit and vegetable show), 

 November 9, 10, 11 and 12 (chrysanthe- 

 mum show). 



H. A. Stevens Co., of Dedham, have a 

 beautiful pink sport from Mrs. Lawson 

 carnation very like Enchantress. It should 

 prove very popular, as the color holds 

 well. 



Nice lots of Cypripedium insigne are- 

 coming in from Thomas Roland, N.ihant, 

 Charles Evans Co.. Watertown, and John 

 McFarland. North Easton. It is doubt- 

 ful if any orchid pays better than this 

 old-time favorite, even today. It is easy 

 of culture, increases rapidly in size and 

 value and the flowers are all right a 

 month or two hence if not needed now. 



Poinsettias are being more largely used 

 in the stores than for some years. Hoff- 

 mann, on Massachusetts avenue, had a 

 very fetching window arrangement of 

 white chrysanthemums and poinsettias for 

 Thanksgiving. 



Prospects are good for a considerable 

 addition to the sjjecial prizes to be offered 

 in connection with the meeting of the 

 American Rose Society in Boston in 

 March, 1905. Theee it is hoped may tempt 

 our western, Canadian and Pennpylvanian 

 growers to bring their best along to the 

 Hub. 



The Minot-Channing wedding at King's 

 Chapel on November 22 was one ',f the 

 leading society events of the month in 

 Boston. DoyJe used white chrysanthemum.", 

 smilax and palms exclusively at the church, 

 while at tlie bride 's home green ana white 

 was the color scheme, except in the recep- 

 tion room, where Bridesmaid roses were 

 largely used. 



N. S. Wax & Co. 's store on Winter 

 street, near Tremont, is always very at- 

 tractive. Some extra fine Maud Dean and 

 Wanamaker chrysanthemums were noted 

 there tlie past week. 



A store which continues to improve very 

 much is that of Rogers, on Summer street, 

 whose place of business is near the South 

 Terminal station. In addition to his 

 usual line, quite a number of orchids have 

 recently been displayed. 



The Wellesley rose continues to be in 

 wonderful demand in Boston at all stores 

 where it is handled. At John Walsh '." Mai- 

 den store, a good number are also disposed 

 of. This new rose will Jje introduced by Mr. 

 Montgomery in the spring of 1905, and 

 large orders are already being booked for 

 it. 



James Rough, manager of the new mar- 

 ket, reports business as being excellent 

 the past week, with practically everything 

 cleaned out. 



Our first genuinely cold snap of the 

 season arrived on November 27, tempera- 

 ture falling to zero in some nearby loca- 

 tions. A light fall of snow gave the coun- 

 try a rather wintery aspect. This cold 

 weather is naturally affecting the output 

 of flowers and prices are likely to have 

 a hardening tendency. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Thanksgiving was about up to general 

 expectations. The inevitable slump in val- 

 ues came on the afternoon of Wednesday. 

 It was the same old story, oversupply 

 when the day dawned and undersupply for 

 days preceding the holiday, when the nor- 

 mal shipments and perfect stock would 

 have brought excellent prices and left 

 the holiday able to digest and distribute 

 the natural supply. All the lessons and 

 experience of generations cannot teach 

 the growers the common sense system and 

 complete daily shipments. They leave no 

 basis for an intelligent calculation. The 

 market is always an enigma before a hol- 

 iday. For days the market was hungry 

 for supplies. When they arrived it was 

 too late. 



Every Jiind of stock felt the condition. 

 Violets that were worth $1.50 dropped to 

 $1 and 75 cents and even 50 cents before 

 the purging process was complete. The 

 highest prices touched were $6 per dozen 

 for Beauties and $15 per hundred for 

 Brides and Maids. These rates did not 

 hold and only the top grade went at these 

 figures. 



Carnations were very abundant ands.the 

 regular varieties were disposed of beneath 

 their actual value. Some novelties touched 

 10 cents. The effect of the depreciation 

 remained during the balance of the week 

 and tliis week opens with little improve- 

 ment. RetailerF, however, announce a 

 growing interest and the closeness of 

 Christmas has a manifest effect on. the 

 hopes and ambitions of all the prominent 

 establishments on Broadway and Fifth 

 avenue. 



Already the buying of Christmas goods 

 is in full blast. Orders are being placed 

 with the growers and all the indications 

 point to an exceptional holiday season. 

 The men who make the retail flower busi- 

 ness of New York have been making mon- 

 ey. One prominent retailer announced 

 today his belief that this season would ag- 

 gregate double the holidav bu-siness of 

 1903. 



Various Notes. 



James Hanunond disposed of his usual 

 Thanksgiving sjiecialty, orange trees, as 

 rapidly as his grower could deliver them 

 and has arranged for a large Christmas 

 supply. 



Charles Millang has been re<'eiving some 

 fine bulbous stock from Snyder, of Ridge- 

 wood. He has handled an enormous quan- 

 tity of mums this year, his Chadwicks 

 being extra' good. 



John Harrison's White House carna- 

 tion, which he controls, grows in popu- 

 larity. He handles the violets of D. MsTr- 

 quardt. of Rhinebeck, among the best that 

 reach tliei New York market. 



John J. Perkins, as usual, is handling 

 large quantities of extra fine cypripe- 

 diums. 



James Hart, Jr., is in charge of the 

 wholesale business of the veteran, at 117 

 W. Thirtieth street and is rapidly building 

 an excellent trade, the establishment of 

 this house dating back to 1871. 



Some grand Enguehard, yellow and 

 white Chadwick, Maud Dean, Gold Mine, 

 Jones and Nagoya chrysanthemums were 

 seen daily last week at Guttman's. Vic- 

 tory, the new red carnation, sold for 10 

 cents at Thanksgiving. 



Frank Frank, of Tliird avenue and 

 Eighty-eightti street, is recovering from a 

 severe illness. 



Wm. Mortimer, of Bloomingdale 's flo- 



ral department, has the sympftthy of the 

 trade in the loss of his father. .;., ,, 



Peter Downing is again with M. A. 

 Bowe. He has twenty-eight years ' experi- 

 ence in New York in the decorative de- 

 partments of leading retailers. 



President Philip Breitmeyer on his way 

 to Philadelphia, spent several days with 

 his New York friends last week and en- 

 joyed the hospitality of Messrs. Traendlyji 

 Nugent, Sheridan, Young and Raynor. 

 Mr. Breitmeyer was accompanied by his 

 Detroit architect and will shortly build an 

 oflSce building that will contain the finest 

 flower store in America. 



Arthur Boddington has received a great 

 stock of hardy roses of all the best varie- 

 ties and- has just installed his new oak 

 seed cases and made his big store as con- 

 venient as the best. 



S. Geller's windows are made espe- 

 cially attractive by Christmas bells and 

 well stocked ferneries of unique designs 

 in preparation for the holiday trade. 



It was interesting the day before 

 Thanksgiving to note the assortment of 

 campions on exhibition. The list may 

 prove of interest. There were Gaiety, 

 Joost, Lawson, Goodenough, White Cloud, 

 Scott, Bellmore, Mrs. McKay, Melba, 

 Prosperity, Enchantress, Harry Fenn, Gen- 

 evieve Lord, Pink McGowan^ Dark Scott, 

 Gov. Bliss, Crane, Roosevelt, Maceo, Hill, 

 Bradt, Estelle, McGowan, Queen Louise, 

 Dorothy, Cervera, Goethe^ Oakfield and 

 Floriana. Still they come. Next year 

 almost as many new varieties will be bid- 

 ding for public favor. 



John H. Foley, with N. Lecakes & Co., 

 is handling an average of ],500 strings 

 of smilax weekly from Chaoin Bros., of 

 Pine Brook, N. Y. 



Handsome baskets of begonias fronn 

 C. W. Ward's were much in demand at 

 John Young's before Thanksgiving, 



Walter Sheridan had an immense supply 

 of grand Beauties for the holiday, as 

 usual. 



The Schultz brothers, of Madison, N. J., 

 were in the city Thanksgiving eve, making 

 fraternal calls upon their agents. 



President Traendly is very anxious to 

 make the last club meeting of the year, 

 Monday evening, December 12, the best of 

 the season, both in attendance and exhib- 

 its. All florists' supply houses are cor- 

 dially invited to take part in the exhibi- 

 tion. The new officers will be elected and 

 Mr. Nugent and his lieutenants have 

 something special in the commissariat line. 



The auction rooms have added holly 

 trees in berry and leaf to their stock of 

 seasonable goods. Sales of late have been 

 very satisfactory, hardy roses especially 

 bringing good prices. 



David Clarke's Sons report eight wed- 

 ding and church decoration^ in the two 

 days preceding Thanksgiving. They say 

 it was the Iwst cash Thanksgiving in 

 their career and claim the pulse of the 

 people presages a brilliant Christmas. 



Messrs. Siebrecht. Miller, Butterfield, 

 Guttman, Barron, Pepper and Shaw on 

 Monday visited the establishment of Chae. 

 Weber, at Lynbrook, L. I., especially to 

 see Victory growing. They were not dis- 

 appointed. It is a flower of remarkable 

 brilliance and strength, a woiiderful 

 bloomer and bound to become universally 

 popular. The report of the committee will 

 express clearly its many good qualities 

 and will be heard at the next meeting of 

 the Florists' Club. Mr. Weber has 20,000 

 square feet of glass entirely devoted to 

 carnations, including Lawson, Enchant- 

 ress, Prosperity, Harry Fenn, Lord and 

 Goethe. Victory will be disseminated in 

 1906 and 25,000 stock plants will be in 



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