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The Weekly Rorists'^ Review* 



January 3, 1907. 



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BUFFALO. 



Cttrrent G>mment. 



As was expected, Christmas turned out 

 to be a time of universal gladness and 

 the florist came in for his share of the 

 benefit, A few days previous to the 

 great day we had bitter cold weather, 

 close to zero, which called for a great 

 amount of Avrapping and other precau- 

 tions against a chill. 



As near as the writer can glean, it was 

 largely a plant Christmas and of these 

 the favorites were the azalea, pans of 

 poinsettias and Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. Please notice that the single- 

 stemmed poinsettia, either dwarf or tall, 

 has no longer a charm. They must be in 

 pans, and of them there were not too 

 many. But plants did not monopolize all 

 the sales. Roses and carnations held 

 their own and violets were in great de- 

 mand, also valley, narcissi and IJgjnans. 

 Holly Avas for sale at almost every street 

 corner, yet the demand at the green- 

 houses was as good as ever and all that 

 there was time to make into wreaths met 

 with a ready sale. 



There was a swell ball last week on 

 our fashionable Delaware avenue and the 

 floral decorations were more extensive 

 than usual. There were baskets of or- 

 chids, banks of begonias and poinsettias, 

 but my excuse for mentioning the party 

 was the particular fact that chief among 

 the decorations were 500 Richmond roses 

 with stems three feet long and Amer- 

 ican Beauties with stems five feet long. 

 The decorations were in charge of Ro- 

 land Cloudsley (who never was with 

 Thorley), of the Wm. Scott Co., and the 

 roses came grandly packed from Poehl- 



mann Bros. Co., Chicago. After seeing 

 those Richmonds unpacked, never talk 

 to me about Liberty being on the same 

 street with Richmond. It would take 

 ten acres of Liberty to cut as many long- 

 stemmed flowers. W. S. 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market. 



Roses were not plentiful and sold at a 

 very high price at Christmas. American 

 Beauties retailed at from $8 to $24 per 

 dozen. Brides and Bridesmaids retailed 

 from $2 to $5 per dozen, and of red roses 

 there were not near enough to go around. 

 (Jood carnations were scarce and sold at 

 from $1 to $2.50 per dozen. Only a 

 few red were to be had. Some fine car- 

 nations were shipped in. Narcissi and 

 Romans were plentiful . and not much 

 advanced in price. Violets were scarce 

 and retailed at $4 per hundred. Poin- 

 settias sold well in pots and pans but 

 rather slow when cut. The florist who 

 can gro^y them ten to twelve inches tall, 

 with large bracts, would be strictly in it 

 in this city. Holly was plentiful. Peyke 

 Bros, received two carloads with 180 

 cases, arriving two days before Christ- 

 mas, and sold it cheap, at $3.50 per case. 

 Such as this gave the fakers a good 

 chance and their cries could be heard 

 on almost every corner. One commis- 

 sion-house had about two carloads on 

 hand that was cut too early and the re- 

 sult was that it was too dry and would 

 not sell at any price. We were in- 

 formed that there were a couple of car- 

 loads refused on the track on account 

 of being too dry. Mistletoe was plenti- 

 ful, mostly shippad from the south. 



Green roping seemed to be plentiful, for 

 there is less call for this every year, 

 wild smilax taking its place for large 

 decorations. 



Red bells sold rather slowly among the 

 florists and prices were low. The sale 

 for fancy baskets of plants and plants 

 in pots and pans is increasing every year 

 and many are glad of it. The weather 

 was ideal, making it easy to deliver 

 potted plants. We can all say it was 

 one of the best Christmases we ever had. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Barbee reports business to be 

 the largest he has ever had before on 

 Christmas, in both cut flowers and plants. 

 His holly was all made up in wreaths, 

 about 400 in all. They were mostly 

 sold for cemetery purposes, as his green- 

 houses are located near one of the best 

 cemeteries in this city. He had a large 

 number of fine poinsettias which he 

 sold quite readily. 



Arthur Newell says that trade was 

 fifteen per cent better than last year. He 

 sold roses at from $3 to $5 a dozen and 

 the stock he handled was extra fine. 



Mr. Freudenthal had an excellent 

 trade, but says that the price for shipped- 

 in stock was too high and thought that 

 some of the carnations seemed to be 

 pickled. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports business 

 to be immense. On December 24 they 

 sold $708 more than on the same day 

 last year, or just double last year's 

 sales on that day. Mr. Elberfleld claims 

 he had the largest, shipment of cut flow- 

 ers by express of any florist in the city, 

 as it took a two-horse wagon to cart the 

 boxes from the depot to his store. There 

 is little doubt that this company handles 



