Decembeu IL', 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



37 



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



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Trade is niovinjf aloiifj nicely. Every 



<iiio is l)iisy {rotting tliiiii;s in shape for 

 < liristiuas. As far as business is con- 

 <<rne(l, there is nothing- pusliinjj and 

 not much trouble yetting all the stock 

 lliat is needed. 



Various Notes. 



The club held its rej^ular nieetinrf De- 

 <(.'nibcr 3 and the most imi>ortant tiling' 

 'lone was arran<;in^ for a rose uifjht, 

 when it is projtoscd to award prizes for 

 I he stock exhibited. A committee was 

 ■ippointed 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 bt' found in the obituary column on 

 riiintlior jiage of this issue. "lIoo-TIoo. 



CINCINNATI. 



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 ilowers and there was a 

 ;;ood deal of funeral work as well, but 

 had it not been fur that there would 

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

 llnwrr is Just aijout able to maintain tlie 

 advance in price made at Thanksgiving. 

 A good many are being received by tl7e 

 wholesale hou.scs every day and it is 

 about all they can do to make them move 

 at the quoteil i)rices. As is usually the 

 <ase in this market, however, there are 

 none too many red roses and P.eautios. 

 The latter rose was called for quite fre- 

 <iuently and many more could have been 

 i-old than were received. 



(:arnati(ms arc still the scarce article 

 and there is every prospect that they 

 \\ill remain so until after the holidays at 

 if'-AH{ \\m. Murphy, in speaking of the 

 ^iipply, said that there were not enouirh 

 being cut out of tlie many plants at 

 ■Murphyville to pay the coal bill and that 

 It would be along in Februarv before 



there would be anything like a good 

 crop in. He said that the plants were 

 looking fine and appeared to be growing 

 well, init all were late and no one had 

 b(M>n 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. (i. 

 P.runner's Sons have a large lot of late 

 niies that will he in fine shape for the 

 holidays and they will easily realize LM 

 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 su[)plied with green 

 goods. Pronze galax leaves were scarce 

 for a while, but plenty of green were 

 on hand. Hoxwood is selling well and 

 large quantities of it are being handlo.l 

 by the wholesale houses. From all indi- 

 cations, good holly will be a scarce ar- 

 1i<de this year. At the present time it 

 IS almost iinpos.sible to obtain anv that 

 will j.ass muster. We suppose tliat 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 encoura"-- 

 ing. 



Various Notes. 



Kichard 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 

 l)rosent he is slightly off crop, but hoiies 

 to make it for Christmas. 

 /'. P. Dieterich & Bro., of Maysvillo. 

 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. 

 K'oll, father-in-law of .lames Allan. Mr, 

 K'oU was quite an elderly man, hut hia 

 death, which was sudden, was neverthe- 

 less a great blow. 



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

 wirth was sadly received by his many 

 friends in this city. 



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

 accompanied by Mr. I'otter, stojiped over 

 in this city long enough to make a few 

 calls npon friends. They were on their 

 way to Virginia to attend an important 

 board meeting. 



15. P. Critchell was attacked by a dog 

 and his right hand was severely bitten. 

 The wounded member is doing nicely 

 ami it is to lie hoped that nothing serious 

 will result. C. .J. (JiiMER. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The week after Tiianksgiving, trade 

 was fairly good, but far from satisfac- 

 tory when taken as a whole. The weather 

 lias been pleasant; in fact, too nice for 

 good trade. It will take cold weather 

 to create a good demand. This alone 

 will stimulate the trade for the coming 

 holidays and make it satisfactorv to us 

 all. Some of our uptown florists hare 

 been quite busy with wedding and re- 

 ception decorations, while the downtown 

 tlorists had funeral work. The north 

 end and south end llorists say that trade 

 is not at all steady in any one line. Wo 

 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, make3 a 

 better demand for roses, which are sell- 

 ing well and arc of good quality. Chate- 

 nay, Killarney, Richmond, with Bride 

 and :\laid, are plentiful. Long Beauties 

 are limited, with plenty of short.s. Car- 

 nations are a little scarce at present. En- 

 chantress, White Perfection, Lawson, 



