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Decembku 7, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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was in the city last Wednesday, looking 

 for a good man to take charge of the 

 design work and decorating, 



Billy Loew, the green goods man, is 

 using a cane, the result of an acrobatic 

 feat of grand and lofty tumbling; noth- 

 ing serious, however. 



We take pleasure in announcing that 

 Ed McCollum, of the Pittsburg Florists ' 

 Exchange, has made good as a football 

 player. His club was defeated only once 

 this season. 



President Phil Langhans and his active 

 committee have arranged ' * large doings ' ' 

 for the club smoker Tuesday night. 



H. P. Joslin has purchased a four-acre 

 plot of ground in Ben Avon, on which he 

 expects to raise summer blooming stock. 



Wm. O'Brien, known among the boys 

 as "Chicago," who has a flower trade 

 among the bankers' and brokers' of- 

 fices, is just getting around with a 

 stick after a stiff argument with a trol- 

 ley car. 



L. L. Lockhart, who was formerly with 

 Walker «& McLean, Youngstown, is 

 opening a retail store in that city. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Everyone is wearing a satisfied smile, 

 as Thanksgiving business was very good. 

 Cupid seems to have gotten in his work 

 the past month, as everyone was more 

 than rushed with wedding orders for 

 Thanksgiving eve. 



Koses and chrysanthemums sold very 

 well and at a good price. Carnations 

 were completely sold out. They are still 

 very scarce on the market, bringing $3 

 to $4 per hundred at present. Violets 

 did not sell very well, as compared with 

 other years, cold windy weather proba- 

 bly being the reason, although the high 

 price scared a good many prospective 

 buyers away, the market price ranging 

 from $1.50 to $2.50 per hundred. A 

 good many have found their way to 

 the furnace and rubbish pile since. 



Holiday Prices. 



It is a pity the growers and whole- 

 salers do not wake up and, instead of 

 charging such high prices for their stock 

 at every special occasion, if they were 

 kept Vfithin reason it would be much bet- 

 ter for everyone concerned. It is not 

 only the loss of the fiowers that are 

 thrown away after a holiday, but a detri- 

 ment to business, as a good many people 

 get into the habit of buying other things 

 as they are afraid to even ask the price 

 of flowers. 



Speaking of high prices, a very fine 

 lady came into one of our well known 

 flower stores Thanksgiving day and after 

 pricing the different flowers she placed 

 an order for several dozen mums. Then 

 looking at the lady behind the counter 

 she pointed to her neck and said, "What 

 IS that around your neck?" She replied 

 ^'Why, a necklace; what did you think 

 It was?" "Well," the customer said, 



everything is so awful high here I 

 thought probably it was one of your 

 garters. ' ' 



Variota Notes. 



The store and greenhouses of the late 

 Henry Flammer have been purchased by 

 •'^•■^- Fetters, formerly of Cleveland. 



J. F. Sullivan is again at home, after 

 about a month of traveling. 



John Breitmeyer's Sons have issued 



Design by "W. B. Munson, Denison, Tex.» from Outdoor Stock. 



invitations for an inspection of their 

 new store Monday evening, December 11. 

 Visitors: Harry Bunyard and Wm. 

 Sehwatke, New York; E. J. Fancourt 

 and B. Eschner, Philadelphia; Mathew 

 UUenbruch, Port Huron, Mich. H. S. 



A TEXAS DESIGN. 



Will B. Munson, Denison, Tex., 

 writes as follows under date of Decem- 

 ber 1: 



* ' Taking advantage of your published 

 invitation to send photographs of any 

 thing interesting, I am sending to you 

 today a photograph of a large crescent 

 wreath, four feet in diameter, mounted 

 on an easel used for supporting large 

 and heavy pictiires. It may be nothing 

 new in the way of designs, but the in- 

 teresting part, and especially to the 

 northern florists, is the fact that the de- 

 sign was made on Thanksgiving day 

 and all the flowers used in it were 

 grown outdoors. The roses ana clirysan- 

 themums were strictly outdoor-grown 

 flowers, and the carnations came from 

 the benches, but the doors or ventilators 

 had not at any time been closed. How 

 many in the north on Thanksgiving day 

 can boast of having such beautiful flow- 

 ers from outdoors? The same day this 

 design was made, for the funeral of our 

 late city attorney, several others were 

 also made. However, they were tue last 

 for the season for that night we had a 

 killing frost and had to close our houses 

 and build the first fires." 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Extremely dark, stormy weather cur- 

 tailed the carnation cut to such an ex- 

 tent that supply was way below the 

 demand at Thanksgiving, boosting 

 prices almost beyond the reach of the 

 ordinary buyer. Thanksgiving trade 

 was fine, all that could be desired. The 

 carnation shortage helped use up more 

 roses and mums than would otherwise 

 have been the case. A good many Bos- 

 ton ferns were sold, which reminds me 

 that the town is just teeming with Bos- 

 tons and the way they sell is very grati- 

 fying. As a whole it was the best 

 Thanksgiving trade ever experienced 

 here and prices higher than heretofore. 

 It is an increase of over fifteen per 

 cent over last year. 



Miss Hartnett has opened a flower 

 store in the W^onderly building, and re- 

 ports a very good trade for her first 

 Thanksgiving. G. F. C. 



Landisville, Pa.— J. M. Trout has re- 

 tired from business. 



DALLAS, TEXAS. 



Business has been very good with 

 everybody here. We have been cutting 

 some very fine roses out of doors until 

 Thanksgiving. There were some very 

 fine mums grown here and they sold at 

 fair prices, too. Carnations are doing 

 well and sell good. There will be a 

 number of greenhouses built here in 

 Dallas in the near future. 



Wm. p. Hilgert. 



Fulton, Mo. — J. W. Mclntire has 

 this season increased his glass to 8,000 

 feet. 



