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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 11, 1906. 



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CINCINNATI. 



The Market 



The bottom has dropped out of the 

 business since the holidays. Of course 

 we look for something of a letup, but 

 this is a little more than we bargained 

 for. The store men report no demand, 

 so we all have to suffer. Shipping trade 

 is very quiet. 



The best feature is that the supply is 

 not very heavy and there is no prospect 

 of a glut, especially with the weather we 

 are having. Koses are showing the effect 

 of too much forcing for the holiday rush, 

 ■ also of the bad weather. They are weak- 

 stemmed and off color. Beauties are in 

 heavier supply and move slowly at re- 

 -lueed prices. Carnations are coming in 

 large quantities but the price has not 

 dropped very much as yet. Violets have, 

 perhaps, been hit the hardest. There has 

 been an oversupply of them ever since 

 New Year "s, and the price has been drop- 

 ping until you can buy about all you 

 want at 50 cents per hundred. Aspara- 

 iins and smilax are scarce. Harrisii 

 niies are coming in good quantities and 

 sell first-class. 



Various Notes. 



Saturday night will be the regular 

 meeting night of the Florists' Society, 

 which will be called to order promptly at 

 7:30. Our last meeting was well at- 

 tended and the members were very en- 

 thusiastic. AVe are going to get together 

 and give our society a push forward 

 along new lines and see what can be done 

 to advance business interests in this city. 

 A large attendance is expected, and it 

 will be well worth the while of all the 

 member? to make special efforts to be 

 nrpsent. 



A visit to R. Witterstaetter 's plant 

 iiist nftor tho lioliday shows his stock to 



be in fine shape. He reported a great 

 cut for the holidays and was well pleased 

 with the business, which was better than 

 last year by a goodly amount. Aristo- 

 crat being sold, Afterglow is now at the 

 head of the list. It is a fine flower, of a 

 beautiful shade of pink, somewhat lighter 

 than Aristocrat. Mr. Witterstaetter 

 also has a white variety which is a 

 dandy. In his seedling house he has 

 some 700 varieties from last year 's seeds. 

 Among the lot are many which look good 

 enough for another trial. Especially are 

 the reds and scarlets fine. Altogether 

 Mr. Witterstaetter 's chances for even 

 better things than he has accomplished in 

 tho past are very bright. C. J. Ohmer. 



NORTHERN TEXAS. 



Business is Good. 



Business in this section has been the 

 best in the history of the trade in this 

 vicinity. A custom profitable to the craft 

 liere is the decorating of graves at the 

 Christmas season, and there was an im- 

 mense business done in that line. All 

 kinds of stock sold well. In Sherman, 

 H. O. Hannah & Son were fortunate 

 enough to have quite a quantity of mums 

 on hand, which readily brought $3.50 per 

 dozen. The trade in plant stuff was 

 lively, potted Romans and narcissi bring- 

 ing better prices than the cut blooms. 

 Geraniums, especially Bruanti, brought 

 from 40 cents to 60 cents each in 5-ineh 

 pots. 



Various Notes. 



A visit to the plant of .T. W. Goree, of 

 Whitewright, was a revelation. Mr. 

 Goree has only a small place, but has 

 done something that has puzzled many 

 older heads in the business here. I refer 

 to the successful growing of roFes. For 

 vears nearlv all the florists in this sec- 



tion have been unsuccessful in growing 

 roses ; a large amount of time and money 

 have been given to that end; expert 

 northern growers have tried, only to fail. 

 Mr. Goree has solved the riddle, and is 

 growing some of the finest stiff-stemmed, 

 perfectly formed roses that will grade as 

 specials in any market in this country. 

 Mr. Goree has the disadvantage of being 

 in a small town, where there is very lit- 

 tle call for such stock. His greenhouse 

 is literally packed with the fairest speci- 

 men plants of begonias, Boston ferns. 

 Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri. 

 Being a carpenter, he from the love of 

 flowers dropped into the business, begin- 

 ning what we hope will prove a very 

 profitable business. 



Mr. Majors, with the Munson green- 

 house, of Denison, reports holiday busi- 

 ness as very satisfactory. Carnations 

 were his leading flowers, but his bulbous 

 stock sold very well. Mr. Majors has 

 some fine stock coming on and his green- 

 houses show careful attention. 



J. S. Kerr, of Sherman, had the mon- 

 opoly on Christmas trees this year, and 

 his report is that this branch of the busi- 

 ness has been better this year than ever 

 before. Advance orders for nursery 

 stock are flattering for an increased 

 business the coming year. Narcissus. 



Decatur, III. — M. Z. Kellogg, suc- 

 cessor to the Decatur Horticultural Co., 

 says business was good in 1905 and pros- 

 pects are excellent. All good stock is 

 now selling well. 



OsHKOSH, Wis. — Fugleberg & Flister 

 built three houses 18x50 and one 12x25 

 the past season and have them all well 

 stocked with roses and carnations, al- 

 though they were a little late in plant- 

 ing. They report good crops and good 

 demand this fall. 



