Deccubbr 26, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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farmers, I judge. Prices ranged from 

 75 cents a single bundle to $25 for a 

 single tree. A florist on East Thirty- 

 fourth street near Fifth avenue was the 

 buyer of the gidnt, and a good many 

 trees from $15 each down to $5 were 

 purchased by the florists for church and 

 hall decoration. 



No pen can paint the beauty, variety 

 and gorgeousness of coloring in the win- 

 dows of the retail florists of New York 

 this week, especially on Monday, before 

 the real rush began and the selected 

 plants were put away. Never have such 

 brilliant decorations been seen. To par- 

 ticularize would mean the naming of 

 every retailer in New York. In many 

 a window was illustrated artistic indi- 

 viduality that I have never seen ex- 

 celled. 



Mr. Nash, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 with his family, is spending his Christ- 

 mas holiday at Glen Cove, L. I. 



Joseph Fenrich is handling superb 

 valley from Schultheis, as usual. 



Charles Millang's conservatory was 

 crowded all the week with blooming 

 plants of every kind that were going 

 out as last as they came in. Some 

 especially fine poinsettias and begonias 

 were among them. 



J. K. Allen 's sale of poinsettia plants 

 was quite satisfactory. As usual at 

 Christmas, his display of thirty va- 

 rieties of carnations attracted much at- 

 tention. 



Out of town shipments by all the 

 wholesalers were larger than expected. 



Samuel A. Woodrow worked day and 

 night for a week with a large force of 

 helpers, shipping plants to Boston and 

 many other Now England cities. 



All the wholesale cut flower houses 

 made merry the night before Christ- 

 mas. 



The year in its entirety has left no 

 oause for pessimism. The success, in 



the aggregate, has shown enlargement 

 and profitable progress. The future is 

 bright with possibilities and accomplish- 

 ments. J. Austin Shaw. 



SAN FRANOSCXD. 



The Market 



The continued rainy weather has put 

 a small damper on the transient trade of 

 the retailers, but regular customers were 

 buying much better last week than for 

 some time. There is an abundance of 

 all kinds of stock and prices have not 

 yet commenced to inflate, although we 

 are within one week of Christmas. 



There is the usual scarcity of fancy 

 roses, especially Beauties, but of every- 

 thing else there seems to be enough and 

 to spare. Violets are a glut and de- 

 spite the nearness of the holidays the 

 price has decreased twenty-five per cent 

 during the last two weeks. For the first 

 time in the history of local conditions 

 there has been an abundance of poin- 

 settias, and they are of better quality 

 than ever before seen here. The Japan- 

 ese growers have gone heavily into this 

 end of the business this season and, al- 

 though they have produced a large quan- 

 tity of stock, the quality has not been 

 first-class. The finest lot seen in the 

 local market has been from the nurseries 

 of Hutchins & James, of Elmhurst. 



Carnations will, from all appearances, 

 be in ample supply for the holidays and 

 the quality is first-class throughout. The 

 growers have not raised the prices, but 

 we can look for a slight advance in a 

 day or two. 



Valley has been moving slowly and is 

 not used to any extent, apparently, ex- 

 cept in funeral work. Roman hyacinths 

 are in the same position and the demand 

 for these also is light. Green goods of 



all kinds are among the best selling arti- 

 cles at this time and together with red- 

 wood and garland and smilax have done 

 much to swell the receipts of many re- 

 tailers. 



Various Notes. 



H. M. Sanborn, of Berkeley, leased a 

 large lot adjoining his Telegraph ave- 

 Que store for the Christmas holiday 

 trade. 



The Young American Florists, now 

 situated on Mission street, near Twenty- 

 sixth, report a heavy demand for all 

 classes of holiday goods. They have oile 

 of the largest stores in the Mission. 



D. H. Maggart, formerly connected 

 with the Capital Nurseries, of Salem, 

 Ore., has gone into business at Elmhurst, 

 Cal. 



A. Rolleri has opened a store on Sev- 

 enth street, near the corner of Clay, in 

 Oakland. 



James Skinner, the Christmas tree man, 

 has handled over 10,000 trees up to the 

 present writing this season and expects 

 several car loads from Oregon within 

 the next few days. 



Charles Stappenbaeh reports a record- 

 breaking holiday trade along all lines. 

 His store is one of the centers of attrac- 

 tion on Polk street. 



Notice of the death of Dennis McKen- 

 ney, of Irvington, will be found in the 

 obituary column this week. G. 



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 in the receipt of letters like the follow- 

 ing from a florist at South Framingham, 

 Mass. : 



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, South Framingham, Mass., for 



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But what interests the publisher is 

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The Review frequently receives such 

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 — C. B. Service, Sharon, Pa. 



