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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Dkckmbku 28, 1905. 



Lonip Distance Phone, Main 1811. 



R Bros 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



NEW YEAR'S PRICE LIST. 



BEAVTZES Per doz. 



Extra long stems $12.00 



36-inch stems 10.00 



30-inch stems 0.00 



'24-lnch stems 8.00 



20-inch stems 6.00 



18-inch stems 5.00 



15-inch stems 4.00 



12-inch stems 3.00 



8-inch stems $1.50 to 2.00 



Brides, fancy per 100, 10.00 to 15.00 



good " 0.00 to 8.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaids, fancy $10.00 to $15.00 



good 6.00 to 8.00 



Liberty, fancy 20.00 



good S.OOto 15.00 



Richmond, fancy 20.00 



good S.OOto 15.00 



Meteor, fancy 10.00 to 15.00 



good e.OOto 8.00 



Chatenay, fancy 10.00 to 15.00 



good e.OOto 8.00 



Per 100 



Golden Gate, fancy $10.00 to $15.00 



good e.OOto 8.00 



Perle 6.00 to 10.00 



Roses, our selection 6.00 



CARNATIONS, good 5.00 



fancy 6.00 



All other stock at lowest market rates. 

 The above prices are for select stock. Extra 

 'select or inferior stock billed accordingly. 

 No charge for packing. Prices subject to 

 change without notice. 



mere decoration does not make a good 

 plant out of a poor one, and it is a 

 pleasure to note that more and more do 

 the dealers realize the fact. 



In roses, American Beauties went to 

 a prohibitive price, $18 to $25 per dozen, 

 but there was no scrambling to get them 

 at such figures. Bed and pink roses 

 went freely at from $2 to $5. The reds, 

 and Enchantress and Lawson carnations, 

 sold very well at from $1 to $2 per 

 dozen. Violets, home grown, were in 

 great demand, with a scarcity at $1 per 

 bunch of fifty. These are retail prices. 



Various Notes. 



Wallace W. Kimmel, who last Easter 

 opened a retail store at Thomas Circle, 

 has in that short time built up a gooa 

 trade. For the Christmas trade he 

 carried a good stock of pot plants and 

 made a hit with decorated table trees, 

 of which he sold a large number. 



George C. Shaffer opened another 

 store, temporarily, on Fourteenth 

 street to accommodate his large stock 

 of azeleas and other flowering plants. Mr. 

 Shaffer is a hustler for trade and gets 

 a good share of it. 



Maybury & Hoover is another Four- 

 teenth street firm that is forging to 

 the front. Scotty. 



BUFFALO. 



Christmas Business. 



Although without exact information, 

 we are safe in saying that Christmas 

 was a most prosperous time for all flo- 

 rists and it was long drawn out. We 

 had two Christmas eves, Saturday and 

 Sunday. Friday we had a breeze of 

 sixty miles an hour. Saturday was 

 mild, but dark and gloomy. Sunday was 

 clear, with intervals of sunshine, which 

 was so much a stranger. It made us as 

 glad as money from home. All pretty 

 plants sold and here is a good place to 

 say that plants were the favorite ob- 

 ject sought with those who wished to 

 remember a friend, and that is seventy- 

 five per cent of all the business. Poin- 

 settias were rather too much in evi- 

 dence, and so were Lorraine begonias. 

 The limit has been reached with them. 

 Azaleas, particularly colored varieties. 



were in great demand and so were good 

 cyclamens. Our city has not reached 

 the mark where the combination ham- 

 pers of plants find ready sale. We shall 

 get there in time, as purses grow larger 

 and knowledge grows less, but baskets 

 of moderate size, filled with some lead- 

 ing plants, such as begonias, poinsettias, 

 cyclamen or Buttercup primulas sold 

 well. 



We noticed that fine clumps of John 

 Scott's fern in pans sold well. Their 

 neat, compact habit attracted every- 

 body. Christmas is more and more a 

 time of growing plants, sad as this may 

 appear to the exclusive flower man, but 

 don't despair. The rose, carnation and 

 violet will be always wanted and a 

 plant cannot fill the bill. The box of 

 flowers is most suitable where the old, 

 present and everlasting tender feeling 

 inspires the remembrance. 



Of all the flowers in most demand 

 and the most difficult to procure, was 

 the carnation, and they brought without 

 a grumble a good round price. Many 

 thousands more could have been sold. 

 Valley was in good demand, but violets 

 went slightly slow. Perhaps Hubbie 

 has been scared off with former prices. 

 This year they were within the reach 

 of the elegantly dressed $8-a-week clerk. 



Christmas day by no means ends the 

 business and we are looking forward 

 to a lively January and if the somber 

 clouds will let Old Sol beam upon us 

 occasionally we will have plenty of fine 

 flowers to gladden our eyes and pay our 

 debts. W. S. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Christmas Market. 



Business with all the retailers has 

 no doubt been very good. Stock has 

 commanded good prices, fancy Beauties 

 Felling for $18 to $24 a dozen, retail, 

 and were handled by some dealers in 

 large numbers. Brides and Maids sold 

 for $3 and $4 per dozen; Gates, $3 to 

 $4 dozen; Moultons, $5 per dozen; car- 

 nations from $1 to $2.50 per dozen; 

 poinsettias, $6 to $10 per dozen; Rich- 

 mond and Liberty, $4 to $5 per dozen. 

 The trade in general seems to be well 

 satisfied with the Christmas business. 

 Holly and green are about sold out. 



Christmas novelties also sold very well, 

 but large numbers of bells are still to 

 be seen in the different flower stores. 

 The paper bell handled by the five and 

 ten-cent stores seem to have cut into 

 the trade in bad shape. 



Fancy basket and other Christmas 

 novelties sold to good advantage. 

 Owing to the shortage of flowers, the 

 Greeks did not cut much figure in the 

 Christmas trade. The tree man is gone 

 for another year, but evidently has en- 

 joyed a good trade. 



The growers all seem to be well sat- 

 isfied, although some of them still have 

 a large number of poinsettias on hand. 

 This year the poinsettia was grown in 

 much larger numbers than heretofore, 

 and the demand, while heavy, was not 

 equal to the supply by any means. 



Donaldson's Glass Block, the floral 

 department being under the able 

 management of James Souden, handled 

 large quantities of stock. 



John Monson cut large lots of roses 

 and carnations, which all sold at a good 

 price. His new pink rose, the Miss Kate 

 Moulton took the lead, as he has at 

 least six houses devoted to it. 



Other growers are thoroughly satis- 

 fied, although plants did not sell as well 

 as they might and the wise florist here- 

 after will not bend all his efforts to 

 plants. Plants sell well at Easter, but 

 when you try to force the sale of them 

 for Christmas you are attempting to 

 do something which our trade is not ed- 

 ucated to, and they do not take favora- 

 bly to them. J. A. M. 



HOLIDAY GREETINGS. 



The American Blower Co., Detroit, 

 selling agents for the Morehead steam 

 trap, send out a neatly printed card, as 

 follows : 



"We wish you continued participation 

 in the marvelous prosperity of these 

 times. We thank you for the extent to 

 which you have contributed to our own 

 success and for your forbearance where 

 our shortcomings have inconvenienced 

 you. 



* ' Despite the shameful disclosures in 

 high places during the past year, the 

 business of our country is based on honor, 

 and we are thankful that so many genu- 

 ine and lasting friendships are possible 



