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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOVEMBEB 29, 1906. 



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cleaned up well, for much of it was soft 

 and Maids were decidedly off color. 



In the carnation market receipts 

 proved ample. The growers had been 

 holding them for the extra prices and 

 buyers were reluctant to pay the big 

 money asked in advance; consequently 

 the large orders which usually go out 

 were missing, and no doubt growers will 

 be disappointed with the average returns. 

 It is undoubtedly the fact that if the 

 price of carnations is forced too high it 

 simply serves to shut off the business. 



The results with violets go to prove 

 the truth of the old assertion that many 

 times the price is higher a week before 

 a holiday than it is at the holiday it- 

 self. Last week the market was strong 

 on violets, but it had weakened by Mon- 

 day. The retailers did not buy as heavily 

 as usual, remembering the time when 

 they had violets left and preferring that 

 the wholesalers should have the experi- 

 ence this time. 



There has been little change in any 

 other item of stock this week. Valley, 

 however, has shown a reversal of form. 

 A week ago money would not buy it, and 

 this week it commands scarcely any 

 money. A large supply is available. 



Various Notes. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. received* a 

 carload of green last Friday and on 

 Monday put a force of girls at work 

 making wreathing. 



At E. H. Hunt's "W. E. Lynch says 

 the quality of the red winterberries for 

 this season is exceptionally good. There 

 has just begun to be a demand for this 

 specialty. 



Cattleyas are exceptionally scarce and 



have advanced in price. McKellar is re- 

 ceiving a large variety of other orchids, 

 some beautiful things among them. 

 Dendrobium formosum, white with yel- 

 low throat, is being used by the leading 

 retailers in the absence of cattleyas, and 

 a large supply is available. 



James Hain, on West Fifty-first place, 

 thinks well of The Queen as an early 

 white chrysanthemum. It is not a new 

 kind, but with him has for several years 

 been a money-maker, surpassing most of 

 the new kinds he has bought. As he 

 grows it it is a fine, large flower with- 

 out a spot of yellow center and with 

 fine, stiff stem. It is a good keeper and 

 shipper. 



Frank Beu has been cutting pompon 

 chrysanthemums in considerable quantity. 

 They are grown four or five flowers to 

 the spray and are bunched in fifties. 

 Mrs. Beu, who "does the selling at the 

 market, says they have gone like hot 

 cakes at $i per bunch. 



The George Wittbold Co. reports an 

 excellent wholesale business for the last 

 couple of months. They have no sales- 

 men on the road, depending exclusively 

 on trade paper advertising for their busi- 

 ness. 



Peter Eeinberg is one of the commit- 

 tee of the city council sitting to hear the 

 franchise claims of the two rival tele- 

 phone companies. It has thus far been 

 a windy conflict, with apparently little 

 progress. 



Jensen & Dekema have been cutting 

 some fine chrysanthemums. Space will 

 now be used for propagating carnations. 



The building of the new skyscraper at 

 the corner of Monroe and State streets 

 has had a disastrous effect upon the trade 



of the several stores just east on Monroe 

 street. J. C. Bruchner could not stand 

 the strain, but M. Smith will see him 

 through to the completion of the build- 

 ing and the reopening of the street, when 

 trade will no doubt again be good with 

 him. 



B. Abrahamson, formerly at 343 W. 

 Taylor street, is now at 156 Blue Island 

 avenue. 



John Zech says that his shipping busi- 

 ness for the Tuesday preceding Thanks- 

 giving day was more than double what 

 it was for the same day a year ago. 

 It is the second year for Zech & Mann. 



Bassett & Washburn have a consider- 

 able number of rose cuttings in the 

 sand. , 



N. J. Wictor has shaved his mustache. 

 He refers to it as "an operation." He 

 says that Wietor Bros, will not sell chry- 

 santhemum stock plants this fall, reserv- 

 ing all the stock of the newer varieties 

 for propagation for next spring, when 

 they expect to do a record-breaking busi- 

 ness in chrysanthemum cuttings. 



F. F. Benthey, of the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co., says he wishes they had a 

 couple more houses of Killarney rose. It 

 pays them better than any other va- 

 riety, and that is saying a great deal 

 when it is stated that Bride brought 

 them 96 cents per plant last year. John 

 Poehlmann, of the Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 also says a good word for Killarney. 

 They sold the best of this variety at 

 15 cents each for Thanksgiving. 



George Eeinberg grafted some 30,000 

 Brides and Maids last season and is well 

 pleased with the result. 



Vaughan & Sperry say that shipping 

 trade has not been up to their expecta- 



