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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



January 4, 1906. 



VICTORY 



Requires only ordinary cuiture and is a fancy in the fuiiest sense of ttie word. Soid for 25g eaoii at Cliristmas. 



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Various Notes. 



The lecture. by Miss Sipe, of Wash- 

 ington, at the Art Institute last evening 

 brought out a good crowd. Miss Sipe 

 was as interesting as when she ad- 

 dressed the S. A. F. last August. 



The Brant & Noe Floral Co., Forest 

 Glen, recently increased its capital stock 

 and will put up eight 300-foot houses in 

 the spring. 



Fleischman had another large decora- 

 tion at Mandel's on Tuesday. 



Weiland & Kisch say that Killarney 

 has done so well for them this fall that 

 they will build a new range for it in 

 the spring, probably eight or ten houses 

 27x200. They are booking many orders 

 for stock. 



Lester L. Partridge, of Sharp, Part- 

 ridge & Co., says that the early orders 

 and inquiries for glass indicate the big- 

 gest season of greenhouse building to 

 (date. The flrtn has sold several car-lots 

 and a couple of orders call for two or 

 three cars each, with many buyers just 

 beginning to figure. 



One of the week's visitors was J. L. 

 Stuppy, St. Joseph, Mo., who placed an 

 order for a car of glass and took esti- 

 mates on other material for half a dozen 

 houses he will build this season. An- 

 other visitor was W. W. Dederick, Ash- 

 ley, Ind., florist for the Wabash railroad. 



W. H. Hilton leaves next week to 

 spend a month or two in Cuba, where he 

 has ten acres in oranges. 



J. L. Easke, at the Board of Trade, 

 is making up some enormous sprays for 

 casket pieces, using Beauties, orchids 

 and valley. 



Julius W. Niesen, on Forty-seventh 

 street near the "L, " Holden's old 

 stand, is doing a very nice business. 

 He carries a good stock and keeps his 

 store always attractive. 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



All the Brockton stores report a rec- 

 ord-breaking Christmas trade. Mrs. 

 Moir, on Centre street, reports much 

 larger sales on flowering plants, azaleas, 

 primulas, Lorraine begonias and cycla- 

 men selling best. There was not much 

 call for berried plants but palms and 

 ferns sold well. She had a big call for 

 evergreens. Carnations were the leaders 

 in cut flowers. 



C. A. Bead had a splendid trade in 

 flowering plants, Lorraines and azaleas 

 being special favorites, while carnations 

 were in most request in cut flowers. 

 Roses sold very well. 



W. W. Hathaway did a great busi- 

 ness. Carnations and roses sold best in 

 cut flowers. Violets were in short sup- 

 ply and chrysanthemums scarce. His 

 azaleas were very fine and sold well, also 

 poinsettias, Lorraine begonias, cycla- 

 mens, etc. There was little call for ber- 

 ried plants but palms sold well. 



J. E. Daly is bringing quantities of 

 very fine Enchantress to the market. 



Business since Christmas has re- 

 mained very good and prospects are 

 bright for a first-class season. 



W. N. C. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Prices kept well up to the Christmas 

 mark for a few days, but are now some- 

 what lower. New Year's day does not 

 have much effect on the flower markets, 

 as the day is not kept as in some cities; 

 still, there was a very nice demand and 

 prices stiffened, especially on violets and 

 carnations. Koses are not very plenti- 

 ful and are making better figures than 

 a year ago. Beauties of the best grades 

 bring $50 to $75 per hundred. Liberty 

 and Richmond vary from $10 to $30 per 

 hundred. Extra quality Brides and 

 Maids make $3 per dozen, good select 

 stock going at $12 to $16 per hundred. 

 There is no surplus of any rose at pres- 

 ent. 



Carnations vary from $3 to $6, whites 

 making the lower price, but even of these 

 there is little left over. Violets average 

 $1, some making $1.25, and poorer sam- 

 ples 75 cents. Lily of the valley sells 

 well at rather higher rates, the best 

 making $5, although sales at $6 have 

 been made. Sweet peas remain from 75 

 cents to $1 per hundred. A good num- 

 ber of Trumpet Major narcissi are com- 

 ing in and make $4 to $5 per hundred. 

 Freesias bring $3, callas and Harrisii 

 $12 per hundred. Poinsettias still come 

 in, but are not in much demand, and a 

 few straggling chrysanthemums are to 

 be seen. Green stuff remains about the 

 same. The markets clean up well- and 

 very little material has to be carried 

 over. 



The Carnation Convention. 



Interest in the convention to be held at 

 Horticultural hall on January 24 and 

 25 is steadily increasing and everything 

 points to its being a grand success. 



The Copley square hotel, on Hunting- 

 ton avenue, will be the headquarters of 

 the A. C. S. The hotel management has 

 arranged to set aside a spacious, weU- 

 appointed room for the exclusive use of 

 members for committee and other meet- 

 ings. This hotel is within two minutes' 

 walk from either the Back Bay station 

 on the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. R. and 

 the Trinity Place station on the Boston 

 & Albany R. R. It is within five min- 

 utes ' walk to Horticultural hall and elec- 

 tric cars pass the doors several times a 

 minute. Delegates arriving at the North 

 Union station can take elevated trains 

 there and by changing at Park street 

 can be taken to the hotel doors in a few 

 minutes. Rates at the Copley Square are 



$1.50 for a single person or $2 if two 

 persons use the room. With bath the 

 rate is $2.50 per day. There are sev- 

 eral other first-class hotels in close prox- 

 imity. 



At present a number of Boston's 

 leading hotels are without licenses and 

 very dry, our new district attorney hav- 

 ing made things interesting for them of 

 late. New licenses are likely to be is- 

 sued before the A. C. S. assembles, how- 

 ever. 



Preparations for the banquet on Janu- 

 ary 25 at the Copley Square hotel are 

 well advanced. An attendance of 200 

 or more is expected. Ladies will be in- 

 cluded. 



All exhibits for the convention should 

 be addressed to W. P. Rich, 300 Massa- 

 chusetts avenue, Boston. They will be 

 well cared for on arrival, there being 

 some cool rooms at Horticultural hall in 

 which to place them. 



Welch Bros, will be pleased to place 

 any flowers in their ice-boxes for in- 

 tending exhibitors who may desire to- 

 avail theflopelves of their facilities. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold a small mid-winter ex- 

 hibition in connection with the meeting 

 of the A. C. S. on January 24 and 25, 

 It will comprise Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine, primulas, violets, freesias, carna- 

 tions and vegetables. 



Less than 2,000 flowers were staged 

 when the A. C. S. last met in Boston.' 

 Few varieties then staged are now 

 grown, yet the exhibition was considered 

 a marvelous one at that time. What an 

 advance the coming convention will 

 show. 



Christmas Aftermath. 



Growers, dealers and rrtailers are of 

 one accord in regard to the late Christ- 

 mas trade beating all records. Seldom' 

 do we find such unanimity of opinion. 



W. H. Elliott had 5,000 Liberty for 

 Christmas, a good proportion being 

 "extra specials." He likes Richmond 

 and will grow it more heavily next sea- 

 son. 



William Sim, the violet and sweet pea 

 king, had 10,000 sweet peas and 70,000 

 single violets for Christmas. He had 

 also an extra large lot for New Year's 

 day, which sold well. 



Galvin did an unprecedented Christ- 

 mas trade. A long string of hacks and' 

 automobiles were delivering plants and 

 flowers for him all Christmas morning. 



Waban Conservatories had what wa& 

 described by a well-known rose grower 

 as "the finest lot of Beauties probably 

 «»ver seen in America." Certainly they 

 were of grand quality. 



W. E. Doyle disposed of over 3,000- 

 Killarney. This rose is one of Mr. 

 Doyle's favorites. 



Top wholesale price made on Beauties- 



