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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Deceubbs 29, 1904. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



Beauties and Liberties ^^rPh/TadeUa'''* 



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The Cleveland Cut Flower Company, 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, WIRE DESIGNS. 

 52 and 54 High Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



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Headquarters for SEASONABLE NOVELTIES AND FANCY STOCK 



PITTSBLRG'S LARGEST AND OLDEST WHOLESALERS. 



PITTSBURG CIT FLOWER CO-swiuiHirtyAye. Pittsburg, Pa. 



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PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Christmas over, we find all comparing 

 notes and all report being well satisfied. 

 Most of the stores say it was the best 

 Christmas for several years. This was 

 especially true in the plant line, which 

 is increasing with each succeeding year. 

 Some say they sold more plants for 

 Christmas than they did at Easter. The 

 ' * green goods ' ' men are not quite so well 

 satisfied; many loads of trees were 

 hauled to the river and toward the last 

 of the week the commission men sold 

 the grocers and fakirs trees as cheap as 

 $1 a dozen and holly 65 cents per case. 

 This of course affected the florists; in 

 fact, the stores now handle only what 

 holly they need for fine wreaths and spe- 

 cial orders for selected stock, for which 

 they can get a good price. 



"Wholesale prices ran about as follows, 

 fancy stock being scarce: American 

 Beauties, $15 to $100 ; Maids and Brides, 

 %6 to $25; Liberties, $10 to $40; carna- 

 \kions, $3"to $12; violets, $2 to $3; no ad- 

 vance on other stock. 



Eoman hyacinths were a glut, but as 

 that was about the only thing there can- 

 Dot be much complaint. 



The street boys found someone loaded 

 with carnations, as Saturday night they 

 were offering them at two fbr a nickle, 

 very fair stock, and Bill O'Brien, the 

 only Irish flower fakir we have, had vio- 

 lets to sell at purchaser's own price. 

 There were still too many white and not 

 enough red carnations for Christmas. 



Variofis Notes. 



Florists' Club meets Tuesday, Janu- 

 ary 3, for nomination of officers and to 

 discuss the plants handled for the holi- 

 days. 



There was considerable trouble with 

 the express companies, as goods were not 

 coming in as they should, especially stock 

 out of New York. 



Bandolph & McClements report trade 

 as the best. They kept their six wagons 

 and bie van busy deliyering. 



A. W. Smith says there was nothing 

 like it; cleaned up nicely without much 

 of the usual labor and worry. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams is satisfied; it 

 was good enough for her, but she is still 

 too busy to talk. 



1905 Headqaarters for 



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Fancy Cut Flowers 



A SPECIALTY. 



If ym waat Choice Cut Flowers at aay tiaie or all tke tiaie, send to 



CHARLES W. McKELLAR 



61 Wabash Avenue. CHICAGO. 



Weataro Headquarters for Ckoke 



OD#^HinQ FAHCT VALLEY. VIOLKTS, BKIIUTIIS. TM ROSKS. CARIJI* 

 \JIC\./ni V^y TIOHS. Wild Smllax, JtsparacNS. JIdlantum, Smilax. raeey 

 Ferns always in abundance. Alao a complete line of all Florists' Supplies, Hever* 

 ties and Wire Work. L. D. PboM Cntral 35M. Autmatic tl23. 



T. M. Ulam is working yet and doesn't 

 know where the business all comes from. 



L. I. Neff says they had pans and pots 

 of plants for the millions and they got 

 them. He has four stores and all did 

 well. 



Geddis & Blind Bros, say this is their 

 second vear they were more than satis- 

 fied. Their south side store exceeded all 

 expectations. 



Breitenstein & Flemm cleaned out 

 everything in the line of plants and 

 fancy goods and say the flower business 

 was better than ever. 



Ernst Zieger, manager for C. T. Sie- 

 bert's Liberty Market stand, says trade 

 was very good, but he is still too tired 

 to find out how good. 



E. C. Ludwig had about thirty men 

 and boys and kept them all on the jump. 



G. & J. W. Ludwig are all smiles and 

 still wishing everyone a merry Christmas. 



K. Faulk & Son say they got all that 

 was coming to them. 



The wholesalers srem to be well satis- 

 fied. The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., 



which is the oldest, say it was the best 

 in their experience, that although they 

 sold some stock cheap they cleaned up 

 well and will average up all right. J. B. 

 Murdoch, our new wholesale house, 

 handled quantities of carnations and vio- 

 lets. Ed McCallum, of the Florists' Ex- 

 change, reported good business. 

 And we all got rain, and we needed it. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



Nyack, N. Y. — ^R. C. Pye has secured 

 control of E. Dolby's bright pink carna- 

 tion, Senator Crane, and will put it on 

 the market this season. 



Peoria, III. — J. C. Murray has been 

 confined to his home for the past fifteen 

 months but is much improved and hopes 

 to be strong enough soon to resume busi- 

 ness. 



Grundy Center. Ia. — Theodore Sou- 

 ers is shipping his carnations to the 

 Chicago wholesale market, realizing more 

 money there than he can get for them at 

 home. 



