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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 28, 1905. 



WHOLESALE 



19-21 RANDOLPH STREET, 



CHICAGO, ILL 



Our Cut Flowers< 



will be in perfect condition for New Year's 

 and we expect PLENTY OF STOCK 

 to fill all orders. 



Our Florists' Supply Department 



will be open for business January \ to 10, 

 with a carefully selected stock. 



L. A. TONNER will be in charge of this 

 department. 



Cut Flowers «•"• 

 Florists' Supplies 



NEW YEAR'S PRICES 



American Beauties, long 



24 to 30-inch 



15 to 20-inch 



Maids and Brides, short 



■' " medium 



" select 



Uncle Johns 



Liberties, Richmonds 



Carnations 



fancy 



Valley 



Violets 



Smilax 



Adiantum 



Asparagus Plumosus, sprays 



strings 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



Ferns $2.00 per 1000. 



Galax 1.00 



Callas and Longiflorums 



Romans and Paper Whites 



Stevia 



Mignonette 



Tulips 



Daffodils 



$100.00 per 100 



75.00 " 



50.00 " 



7.00 " 



12.00 " 



18.00 " 



15.00 " 



25.00 " 



6.00 " 



8.00 " 



4.00 " 



2.00 " 



15.00 to 18.00 " 



1.00 " 



3.00 " 



36.00 " 



3.00 " 



$().00 to 



10.00 to 



15.00 to 



8.00 to 



10.00 to 



4.00 to 



6.00 to 



3.00 to 



15.00 to 

 3.00 to 



8 00 to 

 4.00 to 

 5.00 to 



20.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



10.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 



Mention The Review when you write. 



roses, with $8 the top price for fancy 

 grades. Fancy reds were very scarce. 

 Orders were in ahead for all that came 

 in. California violets sold cheaper than 

 last year, $2 ]>er hundred being the top 

 price. Plenty of these Avere in and 

 cleaned up well. Bulbous stock was all 

 good and plentiful, with no advance in 

 price. Poinsettias sold well at 25 cents 

 per head. Smilax, asparagus and adian- 

 tum had a big call. 



The trouble seems with the St. Louis 

 market that a great many of the con- 

 signors use nearly all their stock for 

 home trade on days like Christmas and 

 other holidays and the wholesaler is un- 

 able to tell what is coming in and orders 

 taken ahead from the retailers are often 

 not tilled. From early reports we take 

 it altogether every branch of the trade 

 had a large and sati.«fa<-tory Christmas- 

 trade. 



Various Notes. 



C. Young & Sons Co. furnished the 

 decorations for the big Imperial ball last 

 Friday, using 400 fancy Beauties. 



E. C. Burrows, of Pildier & Burrows, 

 spent Christmas with the home folks at 

 Peoria, 111. 



Charlie Kuehn has been suffering the 

 past week with rheumatism in his bow- 

 ling arm. Sympathy has been extended 

 him by his team mates, who expect him 

 to round into form for the next match. 



The florists' team has entered for the 

 championship of the St. Louis bowling 

 association, which begins on January 212. 

 Twenty-two teams have already entered. 

 Ellison and Beyer, Kuehn and Beneko 

 and Meinhardt and Lohrenz will pair off 

 in the two-men teams. 



We are too much confined to business 

 the past week to give much news of 

 what is going on about town. We do not 

 expect much for New Year's, but no 

 doubt prices will remain up until then, 

 so will close my letter for this week 

 wishing all our readers a Happy New 

 Year. J- J- B- 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market 



The holidaj' business in this city was 

 a record breaker. To say that it was 

 good would be imtting it altogether too 

 mildly. Never Ijefore in the history of 

 the trade here has there been such a de- 

 mand for flowers and at such good 

 prices. The dealers all stocked up 

 lieavily in anticipation of a big Christ- 

 mas trade, but the volume of trade 

 greatly exceeded all expectations. Christ- 

 mas night found the market literally 

 cleaned up of everything salable in the 

 flower line. The supply of American 

 Beauties was not nearly equal to the de- 

 mand, and all the other good roses were 

 disposed of before night. Carnations 

 as usual took the lead, fancy stock 

 bringing as high as $2.50 a dozen at 

 retail. Many of the stores were open until 

 long after midnight Saturday, filling or- 

 ders, and few of them got any rest Sun- 

 day. We are unable at this writing to 

 give a complete report of the business 

 but it is greatly in excess of last year's 

 business. 



The Shaeffer Floral Co. 'a wholesale 

 department sold out everything before 

 • losing time Saturday night and all the 

 later shipments of stock were disposed of 

 Christmas day. This firm did a heavy 

 out-of-town business, shipping out many 

 large orders. The "retail department re- 

 ports a splendid business, all the stock 

 being sold out clean. 



The Alpha Floral Co. also did a big 

 liusiness, their cash receipts being over 

 •li.lOO greater than last vear. 



W. H. Humfeld, of the Humfeld 

 IMoral Co., says that they dfd the great- 

 est business that they have ever had since 

 he has been in businesv?, over fifteen 

 years. 



Miss J. E. Murray 's business was much 

 greater than last year, all of her stock 

 being sold out by noon Sunday. 



Arthur Newell did a much larger busi- 

 ness than last year but was unable to 

 -tatc how much the increase was. 



Lawrence Schwager did a splendid 

 business. 



Max Filers, of the People's Floral 

 Co., disposed of all his stock. 



The demand this year has been for 

 high grade stuff, all the good stock 

 being disposed of first, and people were 

 willing to pay good prices for good 

 goods. 



The visitors last week were E. G. Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind.; J. P. Cohen, Lexing- 

 ton, Mo., and E. L. Isherwood, Chilli- 

 cothe, Mo. Kay-See. 



ST. PAUL. 



The Market. 



Christmas business with all the flo- 

 rists was very good. The fine weather 

 helped things wonderfully, although it 

 was the least bit cold. All plants and 

 cut flowers had to be wrapped warmly 

 to stand delivery without being frozen. 

 Roses sold at good prices. Some fine 

 Killarneys were sold by May & Co. for 

 $5 per dozen and no trouble was expe- 

 rienced in getting that price; in fact, 

 the writer was informed that it was not 

 a matter of price, but a question of get- 

 ting a sufficient number to fill orders. 

 Brides and Maids sold at $3 and $4, 

 Gates and Chatenay $4, Richmond and 

 Liberty $5 per dozen. Carnations 

 brought from $1 to $2.50 per dozen. 

 Beauties made $10 to $18 per dozen, 

 retail. Other stock in proportion. The 

 cut flower trade was good and from all 

 reports all enjoyed the best business 

 wo have had in years. 



Lycopodium sold fast and, although a 

 lieavy shortage was predicted, the writer 

 lias not found one florist who has not 

 been able to fill orders. Holly seems to 

 have been a puzzle. Out of a dozen 

 crates six were practically worthless. 

 The early ehipments were considered 

 good, but later shipments turned out to 

 be very poor, and some lots were re- 

 fused. 



It is evident that the paper bell cut 

 the sales of the immortelle bell to a 



