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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decitmbbr 12, 1907. 



Fisher and Aristocrat are selling at top 

 prices. Violets are down to 50 cents for 

 choice and are abundant. Valley, Ko- 

 mans, Paper Whites and callas had ex- 

 tra good call last weekl 



Smilax sells well, also asparagus and 

 galax. Lycopodium is $6 per hundred 

 pounds and holly is $4.50 per case. 



Various Notes. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club held 

 its monthly meeting Monday night, De- 

 cember 9, in the Central High School 

 building, at which there was a large at- 

 tendance. Dr. J. Arthur Harris, of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, read a paper 

 on "The Fertility of the Soil and Other 

 Plant-food Problems," which was lis- 

 tened to with great interest. Superin- 

 tendent H. C. Irish and all the students 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden were 

 in attendance. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, was in the 

 city last week and reported a good 

 Thanksgiving trade. He purchased a 

 new rubber bowling ball for his Belle- 

 ville team. 



The Review brought the first news of 

 the sad ending of our friend, Phil J. 

 Hauswirth, in Chicago, which waa a great 

 shock to his many friends in the trade 

 here. Both the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 and the St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 sent floral tributes of sympathy to the 

 bereaved family. 



Harry Young, in company with his 

 brother Charlie, spent last week on a 

 hunting trip in Arkansas. Both are 

 great marksmen and returned home with 

 a big load of game. 



"William Bouche, the landscape gar- 

 dener, has finished up Park View place 



giving trade was very good. His new 

 houses are producing a good quality of 

 stock in roses, carnations and bulbous 

 stuff. 



W. C. Smith & Co. are now making 

 their own wire work, having bought out 

 John Seekter. The wire department has 

 been placed in the rear of the store. 

 They are receiving daily a fine supply of 

 carnations and California violets. 



C. A. Kuehn is having a good run on 

 holiday supplies, both local and outside 

 the city. The cut flower and wire de- 

 partments are also kept busy. 



George Angermueller reports some 

 large shipping orders last week in both 

 cut flowers and supplies. 



Kelley & Petschonek, who recently 

 bought out the Eggeling branch, on 

 Kings highway, report an excellent trade 

 in decorations for dinners and receptions. 

 Thanksgiving trade was satisfactory. 



Frank Fillmore reports that he will 

 give up his Meramec street store after 

 the first of the year and do all the re- 

 tail work at the Nebraska avenue place. 

 He has given up growing roses and has 

 everything planted in carnations. 



Henry Berning's consignments of 

 California violets and carnations from 

 Kirkwood are large and of extra good 

 quality. Winter's and Ude's stock is 

 much looked after by the local buyers. 



Miss Theresa Badaracco had a good 

 run on funeral work last week, in large 

 designs and bunches. Miss Badaracco 

 is a clever artist in this line. She was 

 much taken with the paper by Charles 

 H. Gi-ikelow, "The Retailers' Position," 

 in the last issue of the Review, and said, 

 "He voices my sentiments." 



Holly and lycopodium wreathing have 



Establishment of Rickar4s Bros.t New York. 



and it is one of the finest laid out places 

 in the city. 



C. Young & Sons Co. is displaying 

 some fine blooming plants in the big 

 show windows. The firm has had an ex- 

 cellent run in bulbs this fall. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, is 

 enjoying a good run of trade and is 

 using up most of his stock. His Thanks- 



made their appearance and our large 

 business houses are already decorating 

 their fronts in holiday attire. A great 

 many orders for this wreathing have been 

 booked among the retailers and a good 

 demand is looked for this year. The 

 stores all want to put their best foot 

 forward, after trade. 



J. J. B. 



r NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The gulf stream must have gone 

 astray. The weather December 9 was 

 like a day in June. It's a wonderful 

 climate. The birds and beavers have 

 become unreliable. We can't have "a 

 long, cold winter," as the prophets say, 

 unless it begins quickly. It is only two 

 weeks to Christmas. Leap year and 

 April 19 (Easter) are very near. But 

 Christmas, now, is the vital question. 

 What will it evolve for the florist! If 

 the clear, fine, warm weather continues 

 it wiU mean a shortening of supply. 

 Several of the growers from Rhinebeck 

 and Madison and intervening centers 

 were in the city during last week and 

 seem to agree as to the supply. Some 

 have ventured to even predict the prices. 

 Long Beauties, they say, will be worth 

 50 cents and upward; carnations up to 

 10 cents; Brides and Maids to 25 cents; 

 and violets to $1. Compared with other 

 years these are encouraging figures for 

 the retailer and if there is no pickling 

 everybody will be satisfied to do busi- 

 ness on so fair a basis. The outlook 

 for Christmas is encouraging. 



Prices this week are holding up fairly 

 well. There probably will be no change 

 until a few days beforei Christmas. Busi- 

 ness generally is growing normal. There 

 are many weddings and dinners and De- 

 cember promises to be a record month 

 in the marrying department, judging by 

 the florists' bookings. The two big 

 opera houses and a hundred theaters are 

 in full swing, the sailings to Europe on 

 the big new floa^ng palaces are abnor- 

 mal, accommoaation for all who desire 

 to go impossible. There has been an 

 abundance of funeral work and no reduc- 

 tion in size and value of the emblems of 

 sympathy that have kept the retailers 

 exceedingly busy. Altogether, there is 

 much to be thankful for, and there is 

 no reason for distrust and pessimisni. , 



The chrysanthemum supply continue^ 

 abundant. Even up to Christmas groi^- 

 ers promise shipments. Beauties selj at 

 from 30 cents down and Maids and 

 Brides at from 8 cents. These rates 

 cover all roses at present, and 4 cents 

 is top for carnations, John Young had 

 a window of Alma Ward that was the 

 talk of the town. Violets do not rise 

 •bove the 75-cent crest, and then only 

 for the cream of the specials; 50 cents 

 would be a fairer quotation. Lilies have 

 advanced and 12 cents is readily ob- 

 tained. The orchid supply now includes 

 all the popular varieties for which Mc- 

 Manus is famous, and the orders for 

 Christmas exceed those of any other sea- 

 son; they come from every large city in 

 the country. 



The green goods men are busy, day 

 and night, with increased forces, and 

 wreathing, holly wreaths, and all the 

 accessories that go to make Christmas a 

 decorative season are already in evi- 

 dence everywhere. Trees from the moun- 

 tains and from Canada are already ar- 

 riving, and soon the aroma of ever- 

 greens will fill the downtown air. 



Qub Meeting. 



The final meeting of the year was 

 held December 9, President Totty in 

 the chair. About seventy-five mem- 

 bers were present, notwithstanding the 

 rain. The report of the committee on 

 closer relations with the Horticultural 

 Society of New York was presented 

 by Mr. O'Mara and an interesting 



