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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



XovKMBiiu 8, 1H06. 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



In all colors, White, Yellow, Pink, Red and Maroon. Can furnish them in any 

 quantity; quality, none better, prices, $1.25 to $3.00 per doz. ' - ' '^ 



WIETOR BROS. 



51 Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mfiitlon The Review when yon write. 



ists has died out. Capt. Ijohrenz, of the 

 retail team, reports that just as soon as 

 the new DeSoto alleys are finished the 

 two teams will once more get at each 

 other. This will be in about two weeks. 



J. J. B. 



TWIN aXEES. 



The Market 



Trade conditions last week were much 

 better than the few previous weeks, not 

 only in business done, but also in stock. 

 All of the dealers have done a nice busi- 

 ness and with the arrival of early varie- 

 ties of chrysanthemmus the market has 

 been relieved considerably. It is true 

 that sales on Beauties have suffered to 

 some extent. Some fire mum^ arp now 

 being cut by local growers. 



Carnations have suffered, and some 

 concerns which have thousands of plants 

 are cutting comparatively few blooms. 

 Home-grown violets are on the market, 

 but only in limited numbers. 



Minneapolis. 



William Desmond, formerly with the 

 Minneapolis Floral Co., is now doing the 

 design work for Holm & Olson, St. Paul. 



The New York Floral Co. reports a 

 good trade. They put up nice windows 

 of chrysanthemums, carnations, and 

 ferns, 



Ralph Latham reports a satisfactory 

 business and contemplates making some 

 additions to his plac ; in the near future. 



The Whitted Floral Co. reports active 

 trade. They complain of the difficulty 

 in getting good stock. 



Amun<lson & Kirschner appear to be 

 gradually establishing a nice trade. 

 Business the past week with them has 

 been principally on loose flowers. 



James Souden, of the Donaldson 

 greenhouses, Oscar Carlson, of Carlson & 

 Sandberg, also Ralph I^atham, will at- 

 tend the flower show in Ciiicago. 



St. PaoL 



C. F. Vogt says that business in 

 funeral work has been somewhat heavy. 



otto Hiersekorn has put up some at- 

 tractive windows of mums, ferns, etc., 

 and reports a good week's business. 



L. Ij. May & Co. are cutting some of 

 the finest roses in the city. 



Holm & Olson are doing a good busi- 

 ness in their new location. They have 

 added a designer to their list of clerks, 

 in the person of Wm. Desmond, of Min- 

 neapolis. Felix. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



A distinct improvement has taken 

 place in market conditions since our last 

 report. Flowers are clearing out much 

 better, due in part to colder weather as 

 well as to an increase in weddings and 

 other functions. 



Chrysanthemums are selling well, a 

 vast improvement over a year ago, when 

 the market was demoralized. Prices vary 

 from $4 per hundred to the same figures 

 per dozen. Ivory is seen in large quan- 

 tities and is as popular as ever. Bon- 

 naffon, Halliday, Appleton, Eaton, Je- 

 rome .tones, and other good standbys are 

 also seen. Carnations hold about the 

 same, from $1 to $3 per hundred, a few 

 fancies making $4. Roses are coming of 

 good quality and sell quite well. Usually 

 during the mum season they are hard to 

 move. Prices hold about the same. Vio- 

 lets are abundant and a little lower at 35 

 cents to 50 cents per hundred. A few 

 fancies make up to 65 cents. Lilies are 

 not abundant and valley sells well. Tube- 

 roses, antirrhinum, cosmos and other ma- 

 terial has a moderate sale. There is no 

 change in prices of green goods. 



Various Notes. 



A call on H. M. Robinson & Co. found 

 that enterprising firm doing an excellent 

 business in cut flowers. Their stock in- 

 cluded some fine mums, carnations, 

 Beauty and other roses, violets, lilies, 

 valley, etc Trade for the first week sur- 

 passed all expectations, mucn material 

 going out of town. 



In spite of occasional pessimistic talk, 

 the state of the Boston wholesale flower 

 business must be regarded as distinctly 

 encouraging. One flower market reports 

 the best year financially it has ever had. 

 Tne Music hall market has moved into 

 larger and vastly superior quarters. One 

 large commission firm has moved into a 

 palatial central location, one new one has 

 opened up, and two others are in the 

 business, which goes to show that people 

 are buying more flowers. Within fifty 

 miles of Boston is to be found a popula- 

 tion only exceeded by one city in Amer- 

 ica. With the exception of New York, no 

 other city comes within hundreds of thou- 

 sands of Boston 's population, which con- 

 siderably exceeds 3,000,000 in the radius 

 named. Probably nowhere else in a simi- 

 lar radius are people to be found who 

 are more fond of flowers. Is it any won- 

 der therefore that the wholesale call 

 steadily increases? 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



the Waban Conservatories by three 

 strings, October 30. The Park street 

 market worsted Joseph Breck & Son's 

 team, November ], by a total pin-fall of 

 1,30.5 to 1,161. E. Allen Peirce was the 

 shining light for the Park street team. 



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