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Decembkii 29, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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The Youngest Florist. 



fSon and buBiness partner of W. J. Miller, Pontlsc, 111.) 



all parts of New England. No Boston 

 firm handled so many high class Beauties, 

 Liberties and Queen of Edgely. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co., Geo. A. Suther- 

 land Co., and H. M. Robinson & Co. all 

 did a heavy trade in Christmas greens, 

 the last named firm doing a record break- 

 ing business. All the commission houses 

 hail to work all night Saturday and most 

 of Sunday, although some lines were prac- 

 tically cleaned out on Saturday. 



The supply of orchids at the stores, 

 outside^of Cypripedium insigne and Cat- 

 tlya Percivaiiana, was quite small. Some 

 Lselia anceps and Calanthe Veitchii were 

 about the only other varieties noted. 



Nicholson 'p Prosperities were superb 

 and netted the grower $15 per hundred. 

 No other carnation brought as high a 

 price as* Prosperity and those who grow 

 it well, find that nothing pays them better. 

 Quite a number of fancy carnations made 

 up to $12. 



Galvin practically cleaned Edgar and 

 Peirce out of azaleas, selling an enormous 

 quantity at his Back Bay and Tremont 

 street stores. 



The first freesias of the season came in 

 time for Christmas. They sold for .$6. 

 Myosotis sold at $3. 



As usual there was an over-stock of 

 bulbous tlowers and white carnations. 

 Quite a number of the latter were left 

 unsold. Tiie growers were a happy crowd 

 at 10 a. nj. on December 24, being about 

 cleaned out of everything. 



W. N. Cr.\ig. 



-GfcEX fovjr, t.^r-^The 7?assau County 

 Horticultural Society has been organized 

 here with fourteen members. Following 

 are the officers: President. Thos. Harri- 

 son; vice-president, Jas. Holloway; treas- 

 urer, Ernest J. Brown; secretary, S. J. 

 Trepass. The meetings will be held the 

 first Wednesday of each month. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Christmas Trade. 



The busy days of Christmas trade were 

 very trying on the local florists. Most 

 of them report business better than last 

 year, while others say about the same, 

 so taking all accounts together the Christ- 

 mas business can be classed as very satis- 

 factory all around. The weather was 

 not at all pleasant ; though not cold, it 

 was dark and cloudy. Plants were easily 

 delivered without any wrapping, which 

 saved a great deal of work for those who 

 handled a big stock of blooming plants, 

 which sold much better this year than 

 last. 



The wholesalers had a great deal of 

 trouble with the express companies in 

 getting their consignments on time, some 

 not coming in until tiie afternoon on 

 Saturday and they were obliged to send 

 their own wagons after the consignments. 

 Another complaint is that the express 

 companies refused to take back empties 

 until after Monday. 



Growers should mark their boxes "This 

 side up, " as a great many of them were 

 standing on their ends and the heads of 

 the best stock broken off. As usual, 

 some of the growers resorted to pickling, 

 which showed plainly on some of the 

 s-tock that came in. But the bulk of 

 our stock was of very good quality and 

 sold at good prices. In roses, Beau- 

 ties, ^Meteors, Liberties and Brides- 

 maids sold well. Brides, as usual at this 

 TioTTday, were not in demand, but all the 

 colored stock was limited. Prices ruled 

 high on prime stock. 



The carnation. market was very healthy 

 and a big supply came in, plenty of white 

 and pink, but red was very scarce. 

 Everythinsr sold clean except the so-called 

 held-over stock, which the trade will not 



buy in these times. The top price on 

 fancy goods was $8 per hundred. 



Violets Avere high in j)rice and the re- 

 tailers did not take any too well to them, 

 as the general public will not stand for 

 the price they are obliged to ask for 

 them. There was a big supply of Ro- 

 mans and Paper Whites, which sold well 

 at $3 and $4 per hundred. These were 

 about the only items left over at the 

 wholesale houses. Lily of the valley sold 

 fairly well. Harrisii lilies were scarce, 

 also callas. Some good stock in sweet 

 peas was offered at $1 and $2 per hun- 

 dred. Poinsettias sold well but were 

 not over-plentiful. Smilax and aspara- 

 gus at normal prices, sold well. 



The retailers in the fashionable local- 

 ities did a big plant trade and greater 

 preparations were made this year than 

 ever before. Azaleas, begonias, poinset- 

 tias, orange trees and decorative foli- 

 age plants were abundant and of excel- 

 lent quality. 



The holiday business in greens was 

 much better than last year and it seemed 

 that not enough holly could be secured 

 for the demand. Wreathing also sold 

 well, but the price is getting too low for 

 the florists to handle, as the grocer, 

 butcher and baker are handling wreath- 

 ing at 5 cents a yard and holly wreaths 

 at 10 cents, such as they are. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Weber's automobile delivery 

 worked overtime on Christmas and came 

 in handy for plant delivery in quick 

 time. 



Frank Fillmore received a novel Christ- 

 mas present; a traveling bag with a com- 

 plete outfit for the carnation society 

 meeting next month, which he is making 

 preparations to attend. 



Frank Fillmore, Sr., is visiting his 

 daughters in Chicago thp past two weeks, 

 spending Christmas with them. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers did a big business 

 in both plants and cut flowers, much 

 greater than last year. 



George Waldbart, as usual, was sold 

 out early of everything fancy. 



The Ellison Floral Co. and Mary Os- 

 tertag had all they could do to get 

 through by noon Sunday with their de- 

 livering. Everything sold well. 



Ed Buechel, of the Riessen Floral Co., 

 spent his Christmas in bed nursing his 

 broken leg, while the company was busy 

 as bees the past week. 



C. Young & Sons Co. had the four big 

 delivery wagons going the past week, at- 

 tending to the wants of the large trade. 



The club members should not forget 

 the meeting on Thursday, January 12, 

 as the first meeting of the year is a'lwnys 

 well attended. A big attendance is 

 looked for. Those going to the Chicago 

 carnation meeting should not fail to be 

 on hand to hear the report of the com- 

 luittoe. J. J. B. 



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 paper. — C. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



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 mucli pleased with the Review as it helps 

 me in my business. — Wm. M. Fluck, Cin- 

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 your valuable paper did the work all 

 right, as usual. — J. F. Ammaxn, Ed- 

 wardsville, III. 



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 that sum to me each year. — Jesse P. 

 XiN'c, Mt. Airy, Md. 



