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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbmbeb 28, 1905. 



WE WISH YOU A 



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Happy New Year 



and also wish you would write or wire for some of the 

 FINE STOCK IN ALL LINES we are shipping this 

 week. We know it would please you. 



Enough for all for New Yearns. Violets a specialty. 



L. D. PHONE 1761 CENTRAL 



E. H.HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CHRISTMAS PRICES 



BBAVTIES Per doz. 



80 to 36-lnch 110.00 to 112.00 



24to28-lnch 6.00 to 8.00 



15 to 20-inch a.OOto 5.00 



8tol2-inch 2.00to 3.00 



Shorts l.OOto 2.0O 



ROSES (Teas) Per 100 



Brides and Maids $6.00 to $12 00 



Richmond. Liberty 10.00 to 20.00 



Golden Gate, Kaiserin 6.00 to 12.00 



Perle O.OOto 10.00 



Boses, our selection 6.00 



CARNATIONS 4.00 to 5.00 



Fancy 6.00 to 8.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Violets, double 1.50 to 2.00 



Violets, slngrle l.OOto 1.25 



Harrlsii Lilies, per doz 2.00 



Callas, per doz 2.00 



Valley 4.00 to 6.00 



Paper Wliltes 3.00 to 4.00 



Romans 3.00 to 4.00 



OREENS 



Smilax Strings per doz. 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .50 



Asparagus Bunches " .36 



Sprengeri Bunches " .35 



Adiantum per 100 .75 



Ferns, Common per 1000 2.00 



Galax, G. and B •' 1.50 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7,50 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



plants and cut fronds of H. H. Battles' 

 celebrated Adiantum Farleyense. 



William Tricker, of Narberth, has 

 some very fine hybrid begonias that are 

 creating interest among plantsmen. 

 William K. Harris has seen them. Eob- 

 ert Craig has seen them. Julius Koehrs 

 and the junior member of the long well 

 known firm of Wadley & Smythe came 

 here expressly to see them. All were 

 pleased. Mr. Tricker was the first maker 

 of round balls of Lorraine begonias in 

 this city. 



Gilbert Baker says his father has 

 solved the problem of sending out a 

 baker's dozen of less than thirteen. W. 

 J. Baker received the first Trumpet 

 Major narcissi at Christmas. 



Charles E. Meehan, who was ill, hap- 

 pily recovered in good time for the rush. 

 This year's holiday business of M. 

 Kice & Co. broke all previous records, 

 the great demand for their immortelle 

 wreaths and bells cleaned up their entire 

 stock. 



Samuel S, Pennock opened his new 

 annex on December 21. It was of great 

 service for the next three days. Mr. 

 Pennock left for Westerly, K. I., at 7 

 a. m., Monday to spend Christmas with 

 his family. 



Charles S. Swayne, of The Slope, Ken- 

 nett, sent choice sweet peas to Dumont 

 & Co. 



A. M. Campbell finds that getting 

 shipments signed for and on the track 

 may not mean getting them off at 

 Christmas. You have to see them in the 

 car and the train off, and when neces- 

 sary he does it. 



Happy New Year, and may it be pros- 

 perous. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



Christmas Market. 



Taking everything into consideration, 

 the plant and flower trade of the holidays 

 must once more take rank as the best 

 ever. There were no sensational prices 

 realized, but clearance sales from grow- 

 ers, wholesalers and retailers were very 

 satisfactory and the volume of business 

 was considerably larger than in 1904. 

 The weather on December 23 was dark, 

 damp and dismal but it did not seem to 



affect trade to any considerable extent. 

 Clear and seasonable conditions pre- 

 vailed on December 24 and on Christ- 

 mas day itself. 



Plant trade assumes increased propor- 

 tions each year and the demand this 

 year was remarkable, some of the lead- 

 ing retailers being cleared out of azaleas 

 and Lorraine begonias early on Satur- 

 day. The three most popular flowering 

 plants were azaleas, Lorraine begonias 

 and poinsettias. The first named were 

 not as well flowered as they might have 

 been, but were in great demand, the 

 pretty little Firefly being one of the 

 leaders. Other flowering plants, includ- 

 ed cyclamens, ericas, lilacs, freesias, 

 primulas, bulbous stock and marguerites. 

 Berried stock sold well. Hollies in tubs, 

 aucubas, skimmias, ardisias and sola- 

 nums all were seen in considerable num- 

 bers. There was a moderate call for 

 palms, ferns and other foliage plants. 

 Nephrolepis Barrowsii in 8-inch pans 

 was a favorite, while large pans of poin- 

 settias with a Dracaena terminalis in the 

 center took well. Fern dishes had a flne 

 sale. 



In cut flowers, there was no great sur- 

 plus of anything and the markets 

 cleaned out very satisfactorily. Ameri- 

 can Beauties sold at from $10 per hun- 

 dred for short stems up to $9 per dozen, 

 a few extra special making $12. A good 

 many sold at $50, which was the price 

 for best Liberty and Richmond, although 

 a few of these made $8 per dozen. Brides 

 sold well at a little lower prices. Kil- 

 lamey, Wellesley, Chatenay, Mrs. Oliver 

 Ames and Morgan all cleared out well 

 at prices ranging from $6 to $30 per 

 hundred. Carnations sold extremely 

 well. In white, there was some surplus 

 and late sales were as low as $3, but 

 many made $4 and some $5. Lawson 

 and Fair Maid averaged $6, Enchantress 

 and Helen Goddard $8, Fenn, Manley 

 and other scarlets and crimsons, $10. 

 Cardinal and Prosperity made top prices 

 at $12.50. 



Violets did not bring as high prices 

 as had been hoped for. The best grades 

 made $1.50, but many went at $1. Sweet 

 peas sold at $1 to $1.50 per hundred. 

 Callas were in good demand at $3 a 

 dozen. Easter lilies averaged $10 per 

 hundred. Paper Whites and Roman hya- 



cinths were unchanged at $2.50 per hun- 

 dred. These cleared a little better than 

 usual. A few tulips and Trumpet Major 

 narcissi were seen. Marguerites white 

 and yellow were favorites at $1.50 per 

 hundred. Some very good mignonette 

 made $12 per hundred, other grades 

 varying from $4 to $8. Chrysanthemums 

 were not numerous. A few fine Jeanne 

 Nonin made $6 per dozen, smaller sizes 

 from $2 to $4. Poinsettias sold all the 

 way from $2 to $8 per dozen. Those 

 at the higher price carried bracts twenty 

 to tweniy-two inches across. Cypripe- 

 dium insigne was abundant at $8 to $10 

 per hundred. Few cattleyas were seen. 

 A few Vanda cserulea and Phalaenopsis 

 amabilis were the only other orchids 

 seen. 



Stevia was over-abundant at 20 cents 

 to 25 cents per bunch. Double pink 

 bouvardia sold well at 50 cents per 

 bunch. Euphorbia Jacquiniaeflora, wall- 

 flowers, myosotis, antirrhinums and lilac 

 were seen in small quantities. Asparagus 

 Sprengeri and plumosus sold well, but 

 smilax was druggy. Trade in laurel 

 wreaths, holly, mistletoe and other 

 Christmas greens broke all records. 



Christmas Notes. 



Thomas Roland, the Nahant wizard, 

 sold bunches of Euphorbia Jacquinise- 

 flora, which took well. He describes his 

 plant trade as very satisfactory, prices 

 about the same as in 1904. His special- 

 ties were ericas, white and pink Lorraine 

 begonias, azaleas, marguerites, cyclamens, 

 poinsettias, ardisias, crotons and ferns. 



Doyle had some very fine white lilacs, 

 pyrus, hollies in tubs, Marguerite Queen 

 Alexandra, Erica melanthera and aucu- 

 bas. He had far the best plant trade in 

 his history. 



Carbone had some splendid Otaheite 

 oranges. Azalea Firefly, poinsettias 

 grown by Wm. Walk and cyclamen. 



Poinsettias were much in evidence at 

 Galvin's, also azaleas, for which he had 

 a heavy demand, Lorraine, valley in 

 pots, and hollies. 



Houghton & Clark has some fine speci- 

 men plants of Azalea Indica alba, ericas, 

 ardisias and freesias, in addition to 

 other sorts. They also had a nice assort- 

 ment of orchids. 



Peirce Bros, sold large quantities of 



