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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



December 17, 1908. 



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The Market. 



The indications for Christmas busi- 

 tiess are good among the local florists. 

 The display windows are beautiful in 

 their holiday attire of poinsettia blooms. 

 Sweet peas, violets and Beauties are 

 coming on finely and carnations could 

 not be better. Holly, southern smilax 

 and ground pine are selling fast for 

 •church and store decorations. 



Various Notes. 



The Erie Elks held their annual Lodge 

 of Sorrow in the Majestic Theater buUd- 

 ing last Sunday. The floral decorations 

 were artistic and much admired. 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallis have 

 moved from Erie to "West Park, O. 



Miss Frances Burger, who has been 

 •absent on a prolonged vacation, is seen 

 again as saleslady in Offerle & Schaal's 

 «tore. 



A. J. Baur is sending out many car- 

 nation clips and pliers. 



Miss Elizabeth Moran and Miss Anna 

 Schultz are helping Baur's over the 

 <^hristmas rush. 



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The Market. 



Business last week could be called 

 neither good nor bad. It ran along in a 

 slow sort of fashion, but at the end 

 was what we would call fair. The de- 

 mand is just about enough to clean out 

 the stock received at a fair price. Prices 

 are not as high as they were this time 

 last year, though the last few days there 

 has been an inclination to bump them up 

 a little. Carnations appear to be doing 

 better than roses, at least so far as the 

 fancy ones are concerned. There are 

 still quite a few mums coming in and 

 there will be plenty to take care of the 

 demand till after the holidays. Double 

 violets are not doing so well, but single 

 ones sell out clean and bring the highest 

 price. Bulbous flowers sell fairly well, 

 -vvith a good demand for lilies of all 

 kinds. Small flowers, such as Baby 

 primroses, wallflowers, snapdragons, etc., 

 sell well and at good prices. 



In a week we will be in the midst of 

 Christmas business, but, even though it 

 is so near, it is hard to figure out what 

 kind of business we are going to do this 

 year. From present indications, there 

 will be a good supply of stock and it 

 ought to be of good quality. It looks 

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to the heavy demand for red roses, there 

 will hardly be enough of them, as is 

 usually the case. In other lines of stock 

 this market will be well provided and 

 we will be especially strong on carna- 

 tions. But in view of this, it will not 

 be good policy to wait till the last min- 

 ute before placing your order. Many 

 thousands of carnations are shipped out 

 of this market every holiday and the 

 out-of-town orders are coming in every 

 day. It is well to get your order in as 

 early as you can; then you will be sure 

 of getting at least a good portion of 

 what you want. As is usual, there will 

 be a good supply of poinsettias, and of 

 the little odds and ends there will be 

 enough to take care of all orders. All 

 in all, we ought to do a good business. 



Variou* Notes. 



George & AUan had a narrow escape 

 from losing their entire planting at their 

 greenhouses at Oakley, by freezing. This 

 occurred Monday, December 7. A break 

 in the water main necessitated the city 

 supply of water being turned off, which 

 was done without notifying the above 

 firm. They noticed that the supply of 

 water in their boilers was going down, 

 but before the cause could be discovered 



and remedied several of the houses had 

 dropped below freezing. In some houses 

 there was a good coating of ice. The 

 rose houses went down to about 38 de- 

 grees. The water was turned on in time 

 to save the entire place from freezing, 

 but not in time to prevent a great deal 

 of damage being done; how much, it 

 is as yet impossible to say. It looks as 

 if they would have a good case against 

 the city for damages and they have al- 

 ready put in a ckim. Had they been 

 notified that the water was to be turned 

 off, they could have prepared for a sup- 

 ply of water from a different source and 

 thus have saved themselves from any 

 loss. 



A regular meeting of the Florists' So- 

 ciety was held in the club room Satur- 

 day evening, December 12, but, owing 

 to the absence of both the president and 

 the secretary, not a great deal of busi- 

 ness was done. However, the vice-presi- 

 dent, C. E. Critchell, presided and Wm. 

 Murphy acted as secretary, and the 

 eight members present indulged in the 

 discussion of various subjects and had a 

 successful meeting. 



G. R. Gause, of Richmond, Ind., was 

 a caller. C. J. Ohmeb. 



