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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.lAMAUV 4, ]»((»;. 



A ST. LOUIS STORE. 



Till' ;i(r(iiii|>;iiiviii<i illust rat iiuis show 

 llie ostablislmicnt nl' J'lnl II. Weber, St. 

 J>ouis, ns it .i]>]i('arcMl (hiring llio cliry- 

 SiUithcinuiu season. .Mr. \V<>lier lias a 

 very attractive street j'rdiit, ;;i\inji an 

 exeelieiit view of the iiit(>rior of his store. 

 JIo always canies a liberal stock, which 

 progressive retailers have foniul to be 

 one of the secrets of success. 



THE HOLIDAY BUSINESS. 



The re])orts of Christmas trade agree 

 on one ]ioiiit, that it was the heaviest 

 Christmas on record. This appears to 

 have been the case without exception 

 from ]\laine to Texas and from J-'lorida 

 to Oregon. There is various report as 

 to the supjily. In eastern markets the 

 quantities ol material available, espe- 

 cially out flowers, were just about equal 

 to the rcquiiements and the same holds 

 true of the west, tmt in tlie Mississippi 

 valley tliere was a shortage, most acute 

 at Chicaj^o, )ii.ssibly biM-ansc thai is 

 whiTC the lar>rest dtinand i-eiiters. In 



il was obserx fd by sonu^ of the leading 

 retailers that the demand for specimen 

 jilants and made up baskets ilid not show 

 an iiKiease; that the best trade was 

 again tending to\\ai'<l cut llowers. Fash- 

 ion is tickle. That which is commonest is 

 least likely to be ])opular with the 

 wealthy idasses, but the whims which af- 

 fect the heading iS'ew York stores need 

 atford little concern to the average 

 florist. 



UNSIGNED QUERIES. 



A great many inquiries reach the Re- 

 viKW' which cannot receive the attention 

 which would be accorded them had the 

 writer nut failed to sign his name. Many 

 inquiries relate to such old and frequently 

 discussed subjects that it is impractical 

 to publish answers. AVlicrt^ the writer 

 gives )io name or address it is impossible 

 to reply by mail. 



Such an inquii'y from F. V>. W. asks: 

 ''How high shoidd llarrisii now be to be 

 in time for Faster?" This inquiry is 

 received on the average of twice a week. 



F. S. B., Chicago, writes that he is 



sending diseased cuttings of geraniums. 

 Had he signed his name and address, w'& 

 should have written him that the cut- 

 tings did not come to hand. 



Another query relates to Carnation 

 Victory. Had the writer signed his name 

 wo should have taken pleasure in refer- 

 ring him to A. J. Guttman, New York. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Interior of the Store of Fred H, Weber, St. Louis. 



Land of Horticultural Promise. 



As an old reader of the Review I would 

 like to call the attention of the trade to 

 the possibilities of the south and Missis- 

 sippi in particular, for growing every- 

 thing to feed and clothe mankind, also 

 to heal him in sickness. Vegetables of 

 all kinds grow of finest quality and to 

 enormous size. Nuts are native. I have 

 tried many varieties of pecan and Eng- 

 lish walnuts and the sweetest and finest- 

 tlavored grow near here. 



The forests abound in wild grapes, fine 

 as cranberry for jelly for turkey. In 

 the gardens grow the cultivated grapes, 

 large and luscious, but in these fruits 

 that look like any other we see some- 

 thing indefinable, almost mysterious, in 

 the exquisite flavor, like flavors I have 

 tasted only in the fruits of Sicily. 



Cotton is king but the white mulberry 

 gi'invs luxuriantly, awaiting the silk grow- 

 ers. A large variety of medicinal plants. 

 tu ini|inrt which we pay huiulretls of 

 thousands of dollars yearly, grow wild 

 choking the ditches aiul making lanes oi 

 the highways. An experiment, a lone, 

 uiicarrd-l'or camphor tree was the only 

 i^reiii tiling ill the orchard in the deep 

 til' winter last year when a hog got, in 

 The c;ini|ilioi- tree was si<-k a long tinii 

 1 I am sniry I caiiiint make the same re- 

 ]u>v] 1. 1 the hog) but is now sending u] 

 a --li'.ni;, well-braiiche(l shoot and has 



lint been cared i'uV, .'ill o t' wllicll I tllilll. 



slii.ws the staying qualities ni' tlie cam- 

 I'liorji. 



On till' liilN .-iround 

 tiii;e awaits a L,'i'owi'r of roses. On tin 

 raninus I'kiicIi and Italian L'iviera I 

 lia\e niif seen ;:s ^it|iei'b llnwers .'is in tli' 

 pii'^ate i;ardeiis there. 



As to scho(i|s and society, social lifi 

 in the tuwii^ and cities is in Mississijip' 

 about as it is anvwhere ( Ise. Anvoni 



N'ickslnirg a for 



easfi'rn maiket^ u; I price- wer.' real- 

 ized. ]pn.balily a- hi-h as e\er before. 

 I II cities '.\( -t of I'.iitl'ale recnrd prices 

 were jiald because ot' the >lnirl;iL;e nt' 

 >-tock and because retailer- had taken 

 (irders ^\ithollt tii~l a'<'<urin- themselves 

 (if supplier. A d'ljlai ajiiece has been 

 the standaiil < hi i^t iiia- I'lice for Ilea ii ties 

 111 the niaiket- I'f tlie nilddle we-l, but 

 this \ear (.'ih iiLih were wholesaled at $1"' 

 aU'l J^-l^ a dn/.ii t.' e^l;il.li'<li a new v:due 

 and pr<ib;ibly next _\e:ir"> ad\ance jirice 

 lists \\ill shiiw the result. New hieh 

 record prices i\>i ca mat i' 'ii^ were alsn 

 made, but thi- lia^- been an alino>t an 

 iiii.il occiiri'eiicc s'lice till' fancy sorts 

 ha^■e been utl'ered. The n.ivclties al- 

 vvavs coniniaiKl r'xtra tiunres and it is 

 easv ill times of shortage to include a 

 few of the standard \arieties at the 

 prices for novelties. 



ITowering plant< sold exceptionally 

 well and stoidvs were larger than over 

 bet'orc. Many cities are not yet edu- 

 cated to the "poi"t of buying the com- 

 bination hampers of plants but are pre- 

 ]iared to take great ijuantities of well- 

 urown specimens with some sort of a pot 

 <<r ribbon embellishment. In New York 



Street Front at Fred H. Weber's, St. Louis. 



