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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembeb 15, 1904. 



The -weather is the caatve of sever. d 

 cases of colds that are persistent. iUfrpd 

 Dimmock and Julius Eoehrs h:ivv3 both 

 wftered. Several of the wholesale cut 

 flcwer men had been laid ut) a fow Jaj-s. 

 Dan Sullivan, of the Cut FJower Co., hag 

 lumosi^o. 



Suzuki & lida 's stock of pear seed has 

 arrived in excellent condition. Their 

 cold storage valley is close to tlie bor- 

 derlajid. Another week will see the sup- 

 ply exhausted. 



H. H. Berger & Co. have re-incorporat- 

 ed under the present lirm name, which 

 has leen in use since 1878. The same 

 conservative management as heretofore 

 will be in charge. The members of the 

 firm are H. H. Berger, H. B. Berger 

 and John Graham. 



One of Eeed & Keller 's Christmas spe- 

 cislties not before mentioned is rock 

 ver.-ugris green work in all varieiios of 

 foiTO. Their business they declare to be 

 the largest in their career. 



Krick's new store at 1164 Greene 

 avenue, Brooklyn, is very convenient and 

 the manufacture of his letters and other 

 novelties and inventions goes and grows 

 merrily on. 



W. H. Siebrecht, of Astoria, is now 

 shipping daily to Alex J. Guttnian, of 

 West Twenty-ninth street, valley, lij'a- 

 cinths and other bulbous stock. 



Young & Nugent have a very beautiful 

 window for the holidays. They are 

 handling exceptionally fine roses and 

 orchids and their new store is proving 

 a most satisfactory enterprise. 



Crawbuck & Wiles are now permanent- 

 ly established at 370 Pearl street, 

 Brooklyn, a fine central locality. They 

 have a large supply of princess' pine, a 

 scarce article across the bridge. 



Hicks & Crawbuck, the only florists' 

 supply house in Brooklyn, report a large 

 trade in this line, ks well as in cut 

 flowers. 



Wm. H. Kuebler, at 19 Boerum place, 

 Brooklyn, at Langjahr's old stand, has 

 just installed a new ice box and com- 

 pleted a new office and is doing well. 

 Two of his brothers are associated with 

 him. 



The F. R. Pierson Co. is much pleased 

 by the reception given their new fern, 

 Elegantissima. Its record at the show 

 is certainly a credit to the firm. 



W. E. Marshall & Co. are now estab- 

 lished in their new quarters, 146 West 

 Twenty-third street. They handle seeds, 

 plants and bulbs and have a fine loca- 

 tion. 



The Review's New York representa- 

 tive had much to be thankful for at 

 Thanksgiving and he wishes for all his 

 friends and patrons as merry a Christ- 

 mas and as happy a New Year as his 

 own. J. Austin Shaw. 



BEST IN CIRCULATION. 



Enclosed find check to cover bill. Had 

 very good success; sold out everything 

 advertised. You have the best adver- 

 tising medium and all-around florists' 

 paper in circulation; anything else I 

 have you will do the job. Geo. Milne. 



Winchester, Mas?., Sept. 29, 1904. 



MENTION US TO ADVERTISERS. 



One cannot be anything but pleased 

 with the Review; the Special Number 

 was a "beaut." Anything I can do to 

 push a good thing along I will do with 

 pleasure. H. P. Lodino. 



Mobile, Ala. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Demand has been slow the past week 

 but receipts have been light, so that val- 

 ues have been well maintained and ad- 

 vancing on certain lines. The call from 

 out of town continues to take a general 

 line of stock, except valley, Paper Whites 

 and Romans, which are not wanted, but 

 city business has been largely in the line 

 of funeral work; consequently white 

 carnations have at times been hard to 

 find. 



Receipts of roses increased to a con- 

 siderable extent last week, but Beauties 

 do not come under this head. They are 

 still below the demand and prices work- 

 ing toward the holiday level. Brides and 

 Maids are of a quality to afiford greatest 

 satisfaction. Some good Liberty are seen 

 but cuts are decreasing, except with 

 two or three exceptionally fortunate 

 growers who bid fair to hit Christmas 

 just right. Very fine Chatenay are of- 

 fered, likewise Uncle John. 



Carnations are in increasing supply, 

 except white, but receipts are irregular, 

 presaging stocking up for Christmas. 

 When the growers interrupt the ?egular 

 daily shipments it always happens that 

 they ship on the days of light demand 

 and do not ship the day the market is 

 full of orders. Hudson river violets are 

 not reaching this market so heavily as 

 last season, the result of better values 

 in New York, but sell well. Singles do 

 fairly but Campbell again has slow 

 sale. Mignonette is received in fair 

 quantitv and prices vary greatly, as 

 does the quality. SteHa is abundant. 



"Green goods" are plentiful but gen- 

 erally makiug good prices. 



Christmas Prospects. 



There is improved prospect for 

 Christmas crops. Beauties, Liberties 

 and red carnations are pretty sure to 

 be short. Maids are likely to be fairly 

 plentiful. Carnations give every indica- 

 tion of exceeding previous anticipations 

 by a large degree and other items are 

 likely to be equal to the very large de- 

 mand which is already being felt in ad- 

 vance orders. There will be enough vio- 

 lets if the growers do not hold them 

 back too long. The price lists, however, 

 are all "subject to change without no- 

 tice." 



E. C. Amling calls attention to the fact 

 that white carnations, and to a lesser 

 extent Bride roses, are never wanted for 

 Christmas and hang on until everything 

 else is gone. He believes growers will 

 get the most money out of this stock by 

 sending it in right along, for there will 

 be little stock in market for the next 

 week. 



Holiday Greens, 



There is now a •very active demand 

 for both Ijouquet green and holly. There 

 is enough lycopodium but good prices 

 are being cheerfully paid, as it is all 

 in competent hands. Holly averages no 

 more than satisfactory quality although 

 now and then a car of really high grade 

 arrives. Prices are well maintained for 

 up to this writing South Water street 

 has not had its usual consignments, part- 

 ly because neither railroads nor ship- 

 pers made money on holly last year. 

 Barnard & Co. have their usual big force 

 at work winding green and making 

 wreaths. A look at the stock passing 

 in and out would indicate that trade re- 



quirements are large but can be fully 

 met. 



Various Notes. ''• 



J. A. Budlong looks for a big Christ* 

 mas business, the Beauties and Maids 

 being in good crop for the holiday. Their 

 Enchantress carnations are also in ex* 

 ceptionally good shape. Mr. Shoup, 

 who manages the selling end, reports a 

 big shipping demand right along. 



E. C. Amling is handling considerable 

 quantities of bouvardia. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. reports 

 the new aster going to the ends of the 

 earth next month. They have received 

 many orders from far distant points, to 

 which the fame of the variety spread 

 last sumhier. The crop of seed came up 

 from New Castle last week and will soon 

 be ready for distribution. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. reports that 

 mahonia leaves are going very well. They 

 are very graceful, serviceable in a great 

 many ways and keep indefinitely. They 

 first introduced mahonia about five years 

 ago but found only small sale for them; 

 by now, however, the retailers have awak- 

 ened to their usefulness. 



Weiland & Risch are cutting Brides 

 and Maids with stems like Beauties. 



E. F. Winterson Co. has filled all the 

 vacant space to be found in their place 

 with girls making wreaths and wreath- 

 ing, for which they report a big demand. 



M. Winandy is reaping the reward of 

 a season 's work in a big cut of roses 

 and carnations when they are most 

 wanted. 



Gus Alles, of Wietor Bros.' city sales- 

 room, whom everybody likes, has the 

 sympathy of all in the loss of his five- 

 weeks old baby, who died on Sunday. 



E. H. Hunt was first in the field with 

 a calendar for 1905. It was mailed 

 with the catalogue of Christmas goods; 

 each was a very handsome piece of 

 printing. 



The Florists' Club met last Thursday 

 night. Little was done beyond appoint- 

 ing committees to take charge of the 

 club's activities this season. 



Emil Buettner was down town on Mon- 

 day for the first time since his opera- 

 tion for appendicitis. 



George Rein berg's cut of Beauties is 

 nearly all in the very first letters of the 

 alphabet. 



N. J. Wietor says he expects a good 

 Christmas supply of roses. 



Orchids are reported short crop for 

 Christmas. McKellar says the demand 

 is heavy. 



Peter Reinberg, John iMuno and Adam 

 Zender have hung up their guns until 

 after Christmas. 



Tlie Grand Rapids Florists' Associa- 

 tion, represented at the Growers' Mar- 

 ket, has organized by the election of the 

 following officers: President, C. R. 

 Hills; vice-president, G. F. Crabb; sec- 

 retary, N. B. Stover; treasurer, Henry 

 Smith; directors in addition to above, 

 Eli Cross, Alfred Hanna and Chas. Chad- 

 wick. It is asserted that the association 

 controls a million feet of glass. 



In the advertisement of L. H. Foster, 

 Dorchester, Mass., on page 236, the 

 prices of Boston ferns should be "each" 

 instead of "per 100." 



Springfield, 0. — C. L. Reese walked 

 into his greenhouse on a recent Sunday 

 evening and surprised a well-known younjf 

 man with an armful of flowers. 



