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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 4, 1906. 



celebrated the new regime, or rather the 

 continuance of the old. 



The Outlook. 



The outlook is bright for the florists' 

 business in every department. Nursery- 

 men, seedsmen, growers, wholesalers and :' 

 retailers, never were the signs so pro- 

 pitious, never the conditions so inspiring. 

 Slowly but surely the general prosperity 

 has come as it always does, last to the 

 horticultural world, for it is proverbial, 

 that we are the first to feel the decad- 

 ence of beom times and the last to join 

 in thei benefits of the years of plenty. 

 In each <<)f the branches of this great de- 

 partmenjj of the world's progress there 

 has b^ri a year of wonderful prosperity, 

 and tye\i9oming year promises to far ex- 

 ceed all "the accomplishments of the past. 

 ; J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business in cut flowers has been very 

 good 8in<Je Christmas. Stock has been 

 none too plentiful, which made it pos- 

 sible tor 1i>e vcommission men to hold 

 close to Christmas prices until New 

 Year's day. The new year was ushered 

 in witih great demonstration, but trade 

 is not near so brisk as a week ago. 

 Still, Wme of the up-town florists report 

 quite m trade in decorations and cut 

 flowers. The down-town florists have 

 nothing out of the ordinary to do, ex- 

 cept ^ lot of funeral work, which is 

 keeping them on the jump. The weather 

 has been very favorable to trade in all 

 lines. The month of January is much 

 devoted to social festivities, so quite" a 

 few decorations for receptions, weddings 

 and balls have been booked with the 

 west end florists. 



Stock the past ^eek cleaned up fast 

 at just a trifle less than Christmas prices 

 on everything except violets, which went 

 down to 75 cents per hundred for the 

 best Californias. Fancy long Beauties 

 were very scarce, shorts quite enough, 

 although mostly bull-headed. Brides, 

 Maids, Eichmonds and other varieties 

 were not near enough for the demand. 

 In carnations the supply kept up pretty 

 well, with the demand as great as ever. 

 Fancies are still $8 per hundred for En- 

 chantress and Lawson. Harrisii and cal- 

 las were much sought after for funeral 

 work. Valley had a big call all week. 

 Eomans and narcissi are fine and plenti- 

 ful. Smilax, asparagus and adiaatum 

 are in full supply. 



Christmas With Retailers. 



George Waldbart's trade was clean 

 and complete and the place the day after 

 looked like a frame house struck by 

 lightning with only the rafters standing. 



F. C. Weber had his handsome store 

 finely decorated and considered business 

 ahead of last year, blooming plants sell- 

 ing better than ever before. 



Kalisch & Sons did a large business 

 with both plants and cut flowers. They 

 had a handsome window, with electrical 

 effects, which attracted a great deal of 

 attention. 



Theodore Miller's place was well filled 

 with fine blooming stock. Trade was 

 good in all lines. 



C. C. Sanders reports an excellent 

 trade. A lot of splendid poinsettias in 

 pans were seen. These sold better than 

 last year. 



Mrs. M. M. Avers' handsome show 



house never looked more beautiful than 

 during the holidays. Business was 

 great. 



Michel's, where Harry Eieman is in 

 charge, made a fine holiday display. 



Miss M. S. Newman had all the busi- 

 ness she could attend to. Everything 

 sold. 



The Ellison Floral Co. says trade was 

 away ahead of last year. Everything 

 sold cle^. 



F. H. Weber, John Henzel, F. J. 

 Windt and Meinhardt & Dirkies say 

 they never had a better Christmas trade. 



Henry Ostertag' was all smiles when 

 asked as to holiday trade.. He had much 

 stock, but not near enough for the de- 

 mand. 



Down town Youngs' place was as 

 handsome as any of them. Miss Bada- 

 racco, Eiessen Floral Co., Fred Foster, 

 St. Louis Palm Co. and Alex. Siegel did 

 a rushing business in cut stock. 

 ' Down south Fillmore, Beyer, Schray, 

 Kruse, Windier, Bergerstermau, Eggling 

 and Walther did a great plant trade. 

 Cut stock was high, but sold well. 



Up north all the florists had a rush, 

 especially Bentzen and Meinhardt, who 

 were kept on the jump all three days. 



Various Notes. 



L. Cella, of East St. Louis, has re- 

 turned from a trip south. Miss Jennie 

 Repeto attended to the business while 

 he was away. 



Miss Schnell, on the east side, had a 

 rushing trade during Christmas. 



Charlie Juengel made a fine decora- 

 tion the past week at.the opening of the 

 new turn hall in Soutn St. Louis. 



Pilcher & Burrows have received a car 

 of wild smilax from the south, which is 

 in cold storage for the local demand. 



Charlie Kuehn has recovered from his 

 rheumatic attack and is again in shape 

 to raise his right arm. 



The Florists' Club's first meeting of 

 the year will take place next Thursday 

 afternoon, at 2 p. m. The president's 

 injunction to the members is: ** Start 

 the new year right by attending." Two 

 discussions will take place, one led by 

 Carl Beyer, on "Forcing Easter 

 Plants," the other by Otto Koenig, 

 "How to Manage a Flower Show." 



The lady florists will have a bowling 

 afternoon at the Hamilton hotel this 

 week Thursday. All the ladies who took 

 part during the St. Louis convention 

 were invited. 



The florist bowlers lost three games 

 on December 28 to the Hyde Parks. 

 The boys were clearly out of form from 

 the two weeks ' lay-off. Here 's how 

 they stand in the forty-two games 

 rolled: 



Player. 0:iines. Total. Aver. 



Fllisim 42 0..350 17.% 



Meinhardt 42 7,i:{« ]6!> 



ne.ver .iO O.ft.'iO 1 67 



Kiielin 42 (;,ft72 160 



Konoke 42 CSOO 162 



Lohrenz 12 1,760 14G 



Avpraso per jraiiie. .s:>4. 



AviTiipe per iniiii. 106. 



J. J. B. 



TWIN CITIES. 



The Market. 



Business the past week has kept up 

 remarkably well, considering that be- 

 tween Christmas and New Year's a lull 

 is generally experienced. Prices also 

 have kept up well, although the majority 

 have found it impossible to get as much 

 for their stock as they did at Christ- 

 mris time. Brides, Maids and Gates have 



sold the past week for $2.50 and $3 per 

 dozen, retail, while at Christmas they 

 were sold for $3 and $4. Prices on all 

 varieties have dropped in about the same 

 proportion. On carnations the drop was 

 not as heavy as on roses. Eoses are 

 not as good in quality, owing to the 

 greenhouses being pretty well cleaned 

 out for the Christmas trade, and what 

 stock has been brought in has been very 

 weak-stemmed. Some of our leading 

 places look very much as though every- 

 thing had been cut on which there was 

 any possible chance of sale. While poin- 

 settias did not sell as well as antici- 

 pated for cut flowers at Christmas, many 

 have been sold the past week. Poinset- 

 tias in pans sold well and commanded 

 good figures, ranging from $2 to $5. 

 The best selling sizes were about twelve 

 or fourteen inches high, three or four 

 being in a pan. In almost every store 

 they have one or two cases of holly left, 

 it being of an inferior grade. 



Minneapolis. 



Carl Johnson, in charge of the cut 

 flower department of the Powers Mer- 

 cantile Co., reports a big trade. 

 A large number of bells have been sold, 

 principally the paper ones; in fact, some 

 of the department stores sold more than 

 all the florists put together. 



Donaldson's Glass Block also handled 

 immense quantities of stock and we are 

 informed maintained good prices through 

 the entire week. Their cut flower de- 

 partment is a large one, employing six 

 hands, and they were all kept busy. 

 Saturday night their large ice-box was 

 empty, with the exception of a few 

 jars of carnations. 



Will & Son are cutting some fine car- 

 nations, which sell readily. They have 

 bought 1,500 boxes of glass for new 

 houses next spring. 



Eice Bros, are handling considerable 

 stock, receiving the cut from a number 

 of greenhouses in the small towns tribu- 

 tary to Minneapolis. 



St. Paul. 



Gus Colberg, of the Swanson Floral 

 Co., reports good trade and seems to be 

 thoroughly satisfied with his share of the 

 business. 



L. L. May & Co. are kept busy be- 

 tween their city and country trade. They 

 have the reputation of shipping possibly 

 more into the country than almost all 

 the other stores combined and their city 

 trade has also grown considerably. They 

 report an advance of thirty-three and 

 one-third per cent over any previous 

 year. 



The Eamaley Floral Co. is also well 

 satisfied and reports selling large num- 

 bers of Christmas trees at fancy prices. 



August Vogt says trade was never 

 better. 



Chas. Vogt reports trade good, but 

 complains of some stock shipped to him, 

 especially in American Beauties. They 

 were tight in the bud and could stand 

 fully a week before they would show 

 any signs of opening. 



Arnold Eingier, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, was in town. Mr. Clausen, 

 a grower at Albert Lea, Minn., also 

 called. 



S. Y. Haines, with L. L. May & Co., 

 is the happy father of a bouncing girl. 

 Sam kept mum, but the boys got wise; 

 since that time he has had a nice box 

 of perfecto cigars on his desk. 



Felix. 



