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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Dbcembbb 15, 1904. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market 



Business is having its usual lull just 

 before the general rush of the holiday. 

 A few social functions have at times 

 called for an extra supply. Beyond this 

 it is quiet. Prices remain the same as 

 at Thanksgiving. Good flowers are lim- 

 ited and those that come in are eagerly 

 sought for. Boses are somewhat off 

 crop and a decided scarcity will prevail 

 at holiday time. Beauties are an ex- 

 ception, as a good crop is on locally for 

 Christmas, enough possibly to satisfy the 

 home demand. Bed roses, such as Lib- 

 erty, Meteor and General MacArthur, 

 will be exceedingly scarce. There will 

 be few carnations, but one or two grow- 

 ers have hit it nicely, which will ma- 

 terially help out. Bulbous stuff will, as 

 usual, be quite plentiful, as will also 

 stevia. Valley and violets will be on 

 hand, as most of these are shipped here 

 from Chicago. Poinsettias, both for 

 cutting and as pot plants, will be lim- 

 ited. Cyclamen, Lorraines and azaleas 

 are in their usual supply. 



Various Notes. 



The reception held at the Wade man- 

 sion recently was a gorgeous affair and 

 was well handled by ttie J. M. Gasser Co. 

 Flowers and plants were used lavishly. 

 The gifts of flowers were something 

 enormous. It is said the amount has 

 never before been eaualed in Cleveland. 

 All the store men were busy on this 

 occasion. 



The stores present a brilliant array of 

 Christmas color. Immortelle wreaths, 

 bells and paper poinsettias play an im- 

 portant part. 



Collins & Harrison have a pretty win- 

 dow of crotons, araucarias and Boston 

 ferns, all neatly trimmed with red. 



The J. M. Gasser Co.'s windows are 

 beautiful with orchids, "real" poinset- 

 tias and a well-made holly wreath five 

 feet in diameter. Small red electric 

 globes are interspersed. 



Smith & Fetters have a full display 

 of immortelle wreaths tied with ribbon 

 to match. A large assortment of bells 

 is shown. Paper poinsettias were used 

 largely in completing a scarlet window. 



A call on the ever genial Isaac Ken- 

 nedy, at West Park, is always a pleasure. 

 Although he has only three houses, which 

 are to form the nucleus of what will 

 some day mean a magnificent plant, Mr. 

 Kennedy keeps busy. He is also mayor 

 of the burg, which perhaps explains his 

 manner of handshaldng. The plant is 

 roses exclusively. Brides and Maids are 

 looking fine and give promise of a good 

 Christmas cut. The eel worm is giving 

 him some trouble. He has one thing on 

 the place that is a pretty sight. It is a 

 bench of a new Bride rose which is a de- 

 cided improvement, as it is more vigorous 

 and the flowers larger. Next season Mr. 

 Kennedy will plant the whole place with 

 this and possibly send it out in a year 

 or two. 



Frank Smith has returned from Xew 

 York. 



J, M. Gasser is planning to spend the 

 winter in New Mexico and Texas. 



A. L. Brown has the sympathv of the 

 craft in the loss of his mother recently 

 in Philadelphia. 



Several Cleveland florists have been 

 visiting the Essex Greenhouses of North 

 Olmsted to inspect the Beauty and car- 

 nation crop. FOEEST CiTT. 



Rooted Carnation Cutting 



..NOW READY.. 



These low prices good only up to December 25. 



WHITB: Per 100 



Queen Louise 91 00 



Flora HiU 1.00 



Alba 1.40 



Gov. Wclcott 1.00 



Norway 1.00 



LUUanPond 1.40 



Chicot 1.20 



FZVK: 



Mrs. TbOB. Lawson 1.40 



EncbantresB 8.60 



Mrs. Joost 1.00 



Success , 1.00 



Mermaid 1.00 



Gresabrook 1.00 



Pres. McKlnley 1.40 



Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 1.40 



80AB&BT: 



G.H. Crane $1.00 110.00 



America 1.00 10.00 



Per 1000 



$10.00 



10.00 



12.60 



laoo 



10.00 

 12.60 

 10.00 



12.60 

 80.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 1260 



80ABLBT: Per 100 Per 1000 



P. Palmer $1:00 $10.00 



Estelle 1.40 12.60 



J. H.Manley 1.60 16.00 



ApoUo 1.S0 moo 



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Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 10.00 



TBlbXiOW: 



GoldenBeauty 1.40 12.60 



Eldorado 1.00 10.00 



TABZBOATBD: 



Prosperity 1.40 12.60 



MarshaU Field 1.40 12.60 



SteUa . 1.40 12.60 



Armazindy 1.00 10.00 



VlolaAllen 1.20 11.00 



Gaiety . . ..... ..... 1.20 11.00 



Special prices on largre lots. Unrooted pips at bait price of above. 26 at 100 rate. 260 at 

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or 0. O. D. witb privilege of examininK. 



Loofflis Floral Company, ^"^At!.^' 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



DECORATIVE PLANTS 



Florists and nurserymen often have 

 demands for extra size palms and other 

 large plants for permanent decoration in 

 hotel corridors, offices and the interior of 

 stores. The more expensive palms are 

 not Ipn^ lived in such locations and the 

 parties using them generally want to re- 

 place the sick plants with something 

 hardier and cheaper. Where the plants 

 are put in large boxes or tubs, so that 

 they are too heavy to bring out occa- 

 sionally to the light and be given a good 

 washing, it is not advisable to recom- 

 mend kentias, seaforthias, latanias or 

 cocos, and, although these are the varie- 

 ties that are generally selected by the 

 customer because of their graceful habits, 

 they do not thrive long under unfavor- 

 able conditions and the customer usually 

 returns to the dealer with the com- 

 plaint that his plants are sick. It is 

 useless to recommend such things unless 

 the florist knows that the conditions are 

 favorable, and they are generally just 

 the reverse in a draughty hotel corridor 

 or retail store. A kentia that will cost 

 $25 will not keep its color twenty-five 

 days and it gives much better satisfac- 

 tion to recommend a hardy palm. 



I have replanted Chamserops excelsa 

 in pots in which seaforthias have died, 

 and they have lasted for years under the 

 same conditions. Chamserops humilia 

 does not live as long but makes a very 

 good decorative palm. Phoenix Ca- 

 nariensis I find to be the best suited of 

 its class, and, although it does not thrive 

 as well as Brahea dnlcis, it comes nearer 

 to being what the public expect when 

 they want to use a long branched plant. 

 Bambusa Japonica I have had splendid 

 success with, and, although it is not well 

 known for this usage, it is well worth 

 a trial. Phormium tenax makes a very 

 effective specimen, stands considerable 



neglect and will live on a very small 

 allowance of water. Aspidistras, both 

 variegated and green, are long lived and 

 always in demand. Bhapis flabellifor- 

 mis dies slowly and so does Cyeas revo- 

 luta and are not satisfactory unless they 

 have plenty of moisture and light. 



In evergreens Sciadopitys verticillata, 

 the Japanese umbrella pine, can be rec- 

 ommended and also the Japan juniper,, 

 both of which are about the best I have 

 found in that class of shrubbery. 



Dracaena indivisa is used probably as 

 much as anything here in a cheap dec- 

 orative plant and, although it is not long 

 lived, it does not cost much to replace 

 and that is one of the items to take into 

 consideration in replenishing empty plant 

 boxes. G. 



SAN FRANOSCX). 



The Market. 



The cold weather has at last arrived 

 and we have had several degrees of frost 

 nightly during the past week. The days 

 are warm and bright and stock is still 

 plentiful, although if the frost continues 

 it will make outdoor flowers scarce. It 

 has not yet affected the chrysanthemums 

 to any extent and they continue to be 

 the most popular flower. Violets are next 

 in order and I look for a shorter picking 

 in a few days unless we have more rain. 

 Carnations are stiU being sold wholesale 

 at the same prices they have been held 

 at for the past month, and roses likewise. 

 Narcissi are very plentiful ana valley 

 is in very good demand. There will be 

 no scarcity of this flower during Christ- 

 mas week, as there is plenty of it being 

 forced at present. Bed berries and all 

 kinds of green stuff sell well. 



Various Notes. 



An appraisement of the estate of the 

 late John Rock, the pioneer nurseryman, 

 has just been announced. It consisted 

 principally of his interest in the Call- 



