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TTic Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTEMBBB 9, 1905. 



Berkowitz is generally cheerful, but 

 when the cases are coming in in hun- 

 dred or 200 lots, and going out fast 

 enough to make room for the next steam- 

 er's invoice, he is particularly cheerful. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is handling some 

 of the finest Beauty, Bride and Brides- 

 maid roses seen in this market this sea- 

 son. 



M. Rice & Co. wiU have a very fine 

 stock of holiday goods from abroad. 



Thomas B, Meehan, president of the 

 Florists' Club, held a reception at the 

 November meeting of the club, last Tues- 

 day evening. * 



Geo. Parsons, of the H. A. Dreer Co., 

 states the Japanese lilies have arrived in 

 excellent condition. Spirsaas are in the 

 custom house, but lily of the valley 

 will be late, owing to heavy rains in 

 Europe. They are not expected before 

 November 20. Phil. 



DENVER , 



The Market 



Business th(9 past week has been all, 

 and a little more, than we anticipated. 

 With the closing of last week indications 

 were such that we looked for a quiet 

 t»ade for at least a few days, as the 

 first snow of the season was upon us, 

 making it disagreeable to go out. How- 

 ever, it developed into a lively business 

 by the end of the week and apparently 

 everyone was satisfied. Cooler weather 

 since has stimulated retail demand for 

 all kinds of seasonable merchandise, im- 

 proving the tone of business, where 

 there had been more or less irregularity. 

 The florists all report a gain over Octo- 

 ber of last year. 



Values hold firm in every line. Beau- 

 ties are fine, especially in color. They 

 were never better and the demand is 

 nearly up to the supply. The cut of 

 Brides and Maids is not nearly as large, 

 perhaps on account of the cooler 

 weather, but some nice stock is being 

 cut, as well as some fine Chatenay. 

 Liberty is in generous supply, as well 

 as Richmond, which is improving and 

 looks better than it did on its first ap- 

 pearance. 



While there have been enough carna- 

 tions to fill all orders, none have gone 

 to waste. The quality of stock on the 

 whole is good. Enchantress leads in 

 sale, followed by white. Larson is com- 

 ing in better, having longer stem and 

 good flowers. Fiancee looks a winner 

 and just now is one of the best on the 

 market and in some of the shops is sel- 

 ling for $1 per dozen. 



Chrysanthemums have been much in 

 evidence, the only shortage being in 

 yellow. Violets are very much in de- 

 mand and hard to get. E. E. Peterson 

 is, perhaps, cutting the finest in the 

 city, good flower and long stem. 



Varioui Notes. 



Potted plants sell well and command 

 good prices in spite of a department 

 store that sells 6, 7 and 8-inch chrysan- 

 themum plants at 25 and 35 cents. 



R. S. Mahan, of the Alpha Floral Co., 

 was down town a few days ago, for the 

 first time since bis illness. 



Quite a number of dinners were given 

 oil Hallowe'en, which made business for 

 the decorators. The most elaborate was 

 the Moffat dinner at the Brown Palace 

 hotel, the work being done by B. E. 

 Gillis, of the Park Floral Co. 



Some of the local florists contemplate 

 a visit to the Kansas City flower show. 



E. S. K. 



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BOSTON. 



The Market 



Prices have held up fairly well during 

 the past week, better than might have 

 been expected with chryanthemums at 

 their flood tide. Roses have been harder to 

 move and prices on all grades have 

 softened a little. Carnations remain 

 about the same. About $2 is a fair price 

 for average stock. Extra select has 

 brought $4 and in a few cases $5 has 

 been realized by Fiancee and Prosperity. 

 Violets are of very good quality. 

 Doubles show a marked improvement. 

 Prices vary from 50 cents to 75 cents 

 per hundred. 



Chrysanthemums run all the way from 

 $3 to $12 per hundred, some extra fine 

 flowers of Pennsylvania, Eaton, Engue- 

 hard and a few other sorts realizing $3 

 a dozen. Bonnaflfon is now seen in 

 large quantities. Balfour as a pink is 

 the favorite, being preferred commer- 

 cially to Duckham and Coombes. 

 Shrimpton and Intensity are leading 

 crimsons. Miss Alice Byron, Ivory, 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones, Western King and 

 Mutual Friend are leading whites. 

 Appleton, Nagoya and Kate Broomhead 

 are also popular sorts. There cannot 

 be much money in mums at prevailing 

 prices. Those who handle the early 

 kinds largely come out the best. 'Quite 

 a number of pot plants of mums are 

 seen, but are not especially well grown, 

 the foliage being very poor on most of 

 them. 



Cattleyas are now abundant. These, 

 however, are rarely seen in the markets 

 and commission houses, going direct to 

 the stores. A few Cypripedium insigne 

 are arriving. Small quantities of callas, 

 stevia. Paper White narcissi and mar- 

 guerites are seen. Green stock is of 

 good quality and unchanged in price. 



With Framingham Growers. 



A flying visit to one or two Framing- 

 ham growers last week found things in 

 fine shape for the coming season. Our 

 first call was on William Nicholson. 



Several divisions of chrysanthemums 

 were yielding some excellent flowers. 

 Pennsylvania was especially well done. 

 Other sorts grown in quantity included 

 Eaton, white and yellow; Nagoya, Chel- 

 toni. Intensity, Shrimpton, Balfour, 

 Yanoma, Jeannie Nonin and Dr. En- 

 guehard. Large numbers of white and 

 yellow marguerites are grown here and 

 prove a paying crop. White feverfew 

 in thousands were noted in propagating 

 beds to come along for Decoration day. 

 Principal interest centered in the car- 

 nations which are the chief feature here, 

 many of the new sorts being grown. 

 Fair Maid is this season being grown 

 much more largely than Enchantress. 

 It is said to hold its color better, al- 

 though not producing nearly so fancy 

 a flower. Fiancee looked splendid, being 

 a mass of bloom and buds. If it con- 

 tinues to produce as at present it should 

 prove a winner. We hope its color will 

 hold out. In whites, a batch of Ldeut. 

 Peary looked quite promising, as did 

 Lady Bountiful. Gov. Wolcott was, 

 however, producing far finer flowers. 

 None of the whites, however, could at all 

 approach The Queen for quantity. The 

 flowers were carried on stiff stems and 

 were of fine size. Mrs. Patten is the 

 leading variegated sort grown. 



In scarlets. Victory seemed to take the 

 lead, a small batch looking fine. Robert 

 Craig was promising but John E. Haines 

 did not look well. We did not care for 

 Christmas Eve, of which a batch was 

 noted. Only a few Flamingo have been 

 grown this season. Crimson Glow 

 showed up exceedingly well and should 

 be heard of more in the future. Harlo- 

 warden carried some fine flowers, but 

 for quantity Harry Fenn was easily the 

 leader, the flowers being of excellent 

 size. Witterstaetter 's new varieties. 

 Aristocrat and After Glow, were making 

 remarkable growth and giving some fine 

 fiowers but it is too early in the season 

 to judge them. 



At S. J. Goddard's the leading at- 

 traction at present is a large house of 

 the new variety, Helen Goddard. The 

 plants were producing a wealth of flow- 



