Dbcbmbkb 12, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



37 



Christmas Greens at the Establishment of the W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Trade is moving along nicely. Every 

 one is busy getting things in shape for 

 Christmas. As far as business is con- 

 cerned, there is nothing pushing and 

 not much trouble getting all the stock 

 that is needed. 



Various Notes. 



The club held its regular meeting De- 

 cember 3 and the most important thing 

 done was arranging for a rose night, 

 •when it is proposed to award prizes for 

 the stock exhibited. A committee was 

 appointed to provide the same. This show 

 will be in connection with the regular 

 meeting and a large attendance is looked 

 for. 



Notice of the death of Robert Faulk 

 will be found in the obituary column on 

 another page of this issue. Hoo-Hoo. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



While business is fair, there is noth- 

 ing extraordinary doing and no one is 

 rushed. Several good decorations used 

 up a lot of flowers and there was a 

 good deal of funeral work as well, but 

 had it not been for that there would 

 have been a glut of roses. As it is, this 

 flower is just about able to maintain the 

 advance in price made at Thanksgiving. 

 A good many are being received by the 

 wholesale houses every day and it is 

 about all they can do to make them move 

 at the quoted prices. As is usually the 

 case in this market, however, there are 

 none too many red roses and Beauties. 

 The latter rose was called for quite fre- 

 quently and many more could have been 

 sold than were received. 



Carnations are still the scarce article 

 and there is every prospect that they 

 will remain so until after the holidays at 

 least. Wm. Murphy, in speaking of the 

 supply, said that there were not enough 

 being cut out of the many plants at 

 Murphyville to pay the coal bill and that 

 it would be along in February before 



there would be anything like a good 

 crop in. He said that the plants were 

 looking fine and appeared to be growing 

 well, but all were late and no one had 

 been able to get a crop except those 

 who had housed very early. It appears 

 that there is a slow increase in the cut, 

 and if only a good crop will be in by 

 Christmas it will do a whole lot toward 

 making up for the scarcity this fall. 



A few good mums are still to be had 

 and they are mighty good property, as 

 they always are at this time of the year. 

 What few come sell out at sight and 

 bring top prices; in fact, better than 

 at any time during the season. G. 

 Brunner's Sons have a large lot of late 

 ones that will be in fine shape for the 

 holidays and they will easily realize 25 

 cents each for them. 



Violets are in good demand, and both 

 double and single are selling well. The 

 New York violets are fine this year and 

 those from Virginia are up to their usual 

 standard. The singles grown in this lo- 

 cality are fine and they bring the highest 

 price of all. 



The market is well supplied with green 

 goods. Bronze galax leaves were scarce 

 for a while, but plenty of green were 

 on hand. Boxwood is selling well and 

 large quantities of it are being handled 

 by the wholesale houses. From all indi- 

 cations, good holly will be a scarce ar- 

 ticle this year. At the present time it 

 is almost impossible to obtain any that 

 will pass muster. We suppose that at 

 the last moment there will be plenty of 

 it to be had, but at present the prospects 

 are none of the best and the reports 

 from the woods are not very encourag- 

 ing. 



Various Notes. 



Richard Witterstaetter reports a good 

 lot of seedlings this year. He is one 

 of the lucky ones and has been having a 

 good cut of carnations all the fall. At 

 present he is slightly off crop, but hopes 

 to make it for Christmas. 



C. P. Dieterich & Bro., of Maysville, 

 Ky., have just finished remodeling their 

 retail store. A new front was put in 

 and the entire store painted and put 

 into the best possible shape. This firm 



does a large florists' business and also 

 goes heavily in for nursery stock. 



I regret to report the death of Mr. 

 Roll, father-in-law of James Allan. Mr. 

 Roll was quite an elderly man, but his 

 death, which was sudden, was neverthe- 

 less a great blow. 



The news of the death of P. J. Haus- 

 wirth was sadly received by his many 

 friends in this city. 



C. W. Ward, of Queens, Long Island, 

 accompanied by Mr. Potter, stopped over 

 in this city long enough to make a few 

 calls upon friends. They were on their 

 way to Virginia to attend an important 

 board meeting. 



B. P. Critchell was attacked by a dog 

 and his right hand was severely bitten. 

 The wounded member is doing nicely 

 and it is to be hoped that nothing serious 

 will result. C. J. Ohmer. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The week after Thanksgiving, trade 

 was fairly good, but far from satisfac- 

 tory when taken as a whole. The weather 

 has been pleasant; in fact, too nice for 

 good trade. It wiU take cold weather 

 to create a good demand. This alone 

 will stimulate the trade for the coming 

 holidays and make it satisfactory to us 

 aD. Some of our uptown florists have 

 been quite busy with wedding and re- 

 ception decorations, while the downtown 

 florists had funeral work. The north 

 end and south end florists say that trade 

 is not at all steady in any one line. We 

 cannot say that stock at the four whole- 

 sale houses was overplentiful last week. 

 Shipping trade aided greatly in using up 

 the surplus. 



Chrysanthemums are over for this sea- 

 son. Last week a few Jerome Jones and 

 Chadwick came in, but this week none 

 are to be had. This, of course, makes a 

 better demand for roses, which are sell- 

 ing well and are of good quality. Chate- 

 nay, Killamey, Richmond, with Bride 

 and Maid, are plentiful. Long Beauties 

 are limited, with plenty of shorts. Car- 

 nations are a little scarce at present. En- 

 chantress, White Perfection, Lawson, 



