FEBRUARY 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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slow and that he was able to get some- 

 thing to eat on the train. 



The South View Floral Co., Carrick, 

 Pa., composed of Geo. Kramer, presi- 

 dent; John Eichert, secretary and treas- 

 urer, and Ernest Fischer, is the name 

 of a new floral company which has taken 

 out a charter. They have bought the 

 eetablishntent of Ernest Fischer and will 

 erect six new houses, 30x250 feet, even 

 span. They expect to grow cut flowers 

 for the Pittsburg trade. 



"To Mr. and Mrs. A. W. femith, Jr., 

 a son, A. W. Smith III, ' ' sounds good 

 to us. We will smoke later. Hoo-Hoo. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



All branches of the retail business are 

 active with a steady demand for good 

 stock, prices remaining firm. Good 

 roses are rather scarce but not to such an 

 extent as to cause great inconvenience. 

 Spring flowers are much in evidence, the 

 daffodils and tulips being much used in 

 table decorations. There are plenty of 

 carnations of the common and small 

 varieties but no abundance of fine stock. 

 Even Enchantress seems to be off crop 

 ■with most of the growers. Violets of all 

 grades are plentiful and have been hav- 

 ^"S ^ great run, but the cold snap some- 

 what checked sales. It had the same 

 effect on the pot-plant trade. Some of 

 the azaleas seen about the stores are 

 getting stale. There is an over-supply 

 of lilacs and the price is down. Fine 

 specimens of rhododendron are on the 

 market. 



The Decorators. 



For a dinner given by Gen. and Mrs. 

 Draper, on the night of February 3, to 

 the Austrian ambassador and other no- 

 tables, the Gude Bros, furnished the 

 decorations. It was k beautiful execu- 

 tion in pink roses. A, Farleyense, lily of 

 the valley and smilax. On i..e same day 

 this firm had another fine decoration for 

 a masquerade ball for young people, at 

 the home of Commander and Mrs. Rich- 

 ardson Clover. The ball room, drawing 

 room and dining room were draped with 

 southern smilax, while great bunches of 

 poinsettias, carnations and other blooms 

 were everywhere seen. Eed bells were 

 effectively used. A very novel feature 

 was a full rigged ship of generous pro- 

 portions, placed in one of the rooms in 

 partial concealment. At the proper time 

 it was beautifully lighted up with many 

 miniature electric globes, disclosing a 

 ' ' full cargo ' ' of floral and other pres- 

 ents for the young folks. This idea orig- 

 inated in the fertile brain of the charm- 

 ing hostess, Mrs. Clover. 



George H. Cooke has had a very busy 

 week, having executed a large number of 

 decorations. Several of these, in cut 

 azaleas and A. Farleyense, at the home 

 of Mrs. Slater, were models of the 

 decorators' art. 



Various Notes. 



Fred H. B. Kramer has returned from 

 Boston and pronounces the carnation 

 show a success. 



C. Albert Small, of New York, is in 

 the city. 



E. G. Hill took a look at Capitol hill 



(11(1 jmii int«'n(l»'(i) on his way home from 

 Boston. ScOTTY. 



CINONNATL 



The Market. 



We are now having our first touch of 

 real winter. There is a lot of snow on 

 the ground and the temperature drops 

 to very near the zero mark every night. 

 This kind of weather has put new life 

 into business and now it has a very 

 healthy look. The demand for all kinds 

 of stock has improved greatly and roses 

 and carnations are getting positively 

 scarce. Bulbous stock is more plentiful 

 and it is selling first class. Jonquils 

 are now to be had in fairly large quan- 

 tities and they go well. The demand for 

 lilies, which has been rather slack, is 

 now increasing greatly; the market is 

 fairly well stocked with them. 



Roses and carnations sell out as fast 

 as they arrive and at top prices. There 

 is a great deal of improvement in this 

 respect over last week. A^iolets are sell- 

 ing somewhat better, but large quanti- 

 ties of them find their way into the 

 fakers' hands. They are not averag- 

 ing the best of returns. Violets have 

 not done so very well here this year, 

 except early in the season. Green goods 

 are moving very slowly as a rule. As- 

 paragus plumosus and Sprengeri are 

 rather scarce and in good demand con- 

 sequently, but they are the only excep- 

 tions. 



Various Notes. 



Valentine 's day looks to be a good one 

 this year, as already many orders have 



