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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DncRMBER 13, 1904. 



which time a discussion i^ invited on 

 Christmas business by some of the lead- 

 ing retailers and wholesalers. An exhi- 

 bition of new carnations is also expected. 



The Market. 



Trade during the past week was soine- 

 what quiet, many of our retailers com- 

 plaining. Shipping orders with the 

 wholesalers are, however, up to the 

 average. Some of our west end florists 

 report quite a few Christmas orders al- 

 ready placed. 



From advance price lists for Christ- 

 mas flowers it looks as though stock 

 is going to be high priced. As to sup- 

 ply, we are still in doubt at this writ- 

 ing. There is sure to be a better supply 

 of carnations this year. These flowers 

 are at present plentiful and of fine 

 quality and prices continue good. Roses, 

 too, are in abundance just now, especi- 

 ally Bride and. Maid. Some extra fine 

 Liberty and Meteor are also in; Golden 

 Gate and Carnot not so many. Beau- 

 ties are scarce, that is, in the long, fancy 

 grades. 



There are plenty of double and Cali- 

 fornia violets in the market, with the 

 demand a little slow last week, quality 

 extra fine. Good valley holds up in price. 

 Romans are very plentiful and so are 

 Paper Whites. Harrisii and callas con- 

 tinue to improve in quantity. There is 

 plenty of good smilax to be had, also 

 other greens. 



Orders for Christmas greens are re- 

 ported good. Some very fine holly and 

 mistletoe are in the market. Lycopodium 

 is reported scarce, commission men hold- 

 ing out for $6 and $7 per crate of 100 

 pounds. Holly is $5 per case. 



Various Notes. 



George M. Kellogg was in town Thurs- 

 day to attend the Florists' Club's meet- 

 ing. Mr. Kellogg reports trade fine at 

 his place, with plenty of shipping orders 

 for the holidays. 



Wm. Winter, Henry Berning and F. 

 W^ Ude, Jr., were out visiting the craft 

 in St. Louis county the past week. 



A. Jablonsky is again in line with a 

 fine lot of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 

 for which he has a big shipping trade, 

 alEo supplying the local trade for 

 Christmas. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, and 

 Henry Johann, of Collinsville, HI., at- 

 tended the Florists' Club's meeting last 

 week. Both are shippers to this market. 



E. W. Guy and Henry Emmons, of 

 Belleville, 111., were also oh hand at the 

 meeting. Both report good local trade 

 in cut flowers. 



The Bentzen Commission Co. is hand- 

 ling some extra fine holly, mistletoe, ly- 

 copodium and other Christmas greens. 



Wm. Bouche, the landscape gardener, 

 has plenty of work on hand for the 

 Park View Real Estate Co. and Rich- 

 mond Heights Co., which are laying out 

 large plats of ground near the World's 

 Fair. 



Wm. Jjorenzen, of the Park Floral 

 Co., reports trade good in funeral work 

 and plants. 



C. Young & Sons Co. is showing a fine 

 lot of blooming plants at the store on 

 Olive Ptreet. Business in fall bulbs has 

 been brisk. 



Miss Theresa Badaracco reports a big 

 run on funeral work the past week. Trade 

 is also good in cut flowers and bunches. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The supply of cut flowers has been 

 further reduced by the severe weather, 

 which has set in early this season. The 

 week opened with the thermometer 2 de- 

 gres above zero. On Sunday morning 

 another snow storm followed, interfering 

 considerably with business. Prices are 

 higher on choice stock. Roses and car- 

 nations are in demand. Violets and val- 

 ley sell slowly, while Romans and Paper 

 Whites are overdone. 



Leo Niessen, in discussing the outlook 

 for Christmas business, said he believes 

 the supply of flowers will be very large, 

 despite unfavorable weather; that the de- 

 mand will equal the supply, at prices 

 which, on roses at least, will not be 

 higher than last season. 



A Notable Dinner. 



The dinner given at the Bellevue- 

 Stratford at noon, last Saturday by 

 Thomas Dolan, to the Contemporary 

 Club, was a remarkable aflfair. The 

 table was laid in the clover room, the 

 guests, 200 in number, being seated 

 around the outside of a hollow oval. The 

 open space in the center was about 30x70 



Godfrey Aschmann. 



I met David Rust the other day in 

 front of the Cut Flower Co. 's place on 

 Sansom street. "Oh, by the way," he 

 said, with one of those joyous smiles 

 of his, "you must go yp and see God- 

 frey Aschinann." A few days later the 

 fhief sent this laconic order, "Call on 

 Godfrey Aschmann," Now, when the 

 opposition and the government do chance 

 to agree on anything, that thing is pretty 

 sure to happen, so putting aside the prom- 

 ised visit to John A. Shellem, I repaired 

 forthwith to 1012 Ontario street. God- 

 frey Aschmann was at home and very 

 courteously conducted his visitor through 

 his greenhouses. The Christmas stock, 

 consisting of araucarias, ficus, azaleas, 

 solanums, Boston ferns, primroses, etc., 

 has evidently been going out rapidly. 

 There are still quite a number left, but 

 not more than seems probable will be re- 

 quired in the remaining days before 

 Christmas. There was a clean, nicely 

 budded lot of azaleas being carried cool 

 for Easter, also a large block of lilies 

 carefully labeled with size and name of 

 grower to test their quality. Most of 

 them were healthy, stocky-looking plants, 

 nicely started. Cinerarias will form a 

 very important part of the place during 



Corner in J. J. Habermehrs Sons* New Store, Philadelphia. 



feet, laid out as a park, with trees, deer 

 and blooming plants. The effect was 

 very striking. Poinsettias, Easter lilies. 

 Beauties and choice ferns were \ised in 

 masses. The boutonnieres were Pros- 

 perity carnations, very appropriate for 

 so successful a body of men. The work 

 was executed by J. J. Habermehl 's Sons. 



Christmas Flowers. 



The experience of past years has 

 shown that there is usually an excellent 

 demand from December 19 to 22, to 

 which the supply has not been equal, that 

 from December 23 to 25 many stale flow- 

 ers have come to market that have been 

 sold at low prices or wasted entirely. It 

 is necessary for the grower to hold back 

 a day's cut, or even two days', before 

 Christmas. But the grower who does 

 more than this is simply throwing away 

 money, besides doing his business a dis- 

 tinct injury. 



the next few months. So also will the 

 Dutch roots and bulbs. Three of the 

 houses have been rebuilt with Lord & 

 Burnham material, as previously men- 

 tioned in this column. The thing that 

 most impressed me about Godfrey Asch- 

 mann 's place was Godfrey Aschmann 

 himself, the pluck, perseverance and 

 shrewdness that has enabled him to carry 

 on so large a business. His orders have 

 come from as far west as California and 

 Oklahoma and embrace nearly all the 

 central states, as well as those of the 

 eastern seaboard. 



Variotss Notes. 



Do not pickle your stock. 



A. B. Cartledge returned from a 

 gunning trip in the south a few days 

 ago. 



Pickled flowers do not pay. 



Paul Berkowitz, of the firm of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., returned on Mon- 



