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Decembeb 31, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Polypodium Mandaianum. 



than last year, but not nearly so good 

 as 1906. More cut flowers could have 

 been sold, but there were plants left. 



Harrisburg. — The Paxton Greenhouses 

 say that cut flowers sold clean, but a few 

 pot plants were left. Carnations and 

 Paper Whites sold better than anything 

 else. The effect of last year 's panic was 

 still apparent in the call for the less 

 expensive stock. 



Allentown. — There was enough stock 

 for Christmas, and John F. Horn & Bro. 

 say the business was not quite up to 

 1907, though about as good as 1906. 

 Trade was late in starting and the 

 weather not very good. Pot covers were 

 required on all stock, and the plants in 

 baskets and hampers, also poinsettias in 

 decorated pans, sold well. 



WiLKESBARRE. — George W. Carr says 

 the total business was about the same as 

 in the last two years, practically every- 

 thing selling out clean. Plants were in 

 better demand than last year, poinsettias, 

 azaleas, cyclamens and primroses selling 

 best. People wanted no frills with good 

 plants. The call was for the less ex- 

 pensive things. Holly was much over- 

 done, everyone selling it. 



South Dakota. 



Aberdeen. — "When E. Strohmeier fig- 

 ured up his Christmas trade it showed a 

 large increase over that of 1907. He 

 sold everything out clean and could have 

 sold more cut flowers if he had had them. 

 Eetail prices were good. His out-of-town 

 Christmas sales began December 22 and 

 the town sales December 24. In cut 

 flowers the best grades sold best; in 

 plants the medium-priced ones were most 

 in demand. There were comparatively 

 few cash sales. The weather was fine 

 and warm. 



Sioux Falls. — All cut flowers sold, 

 the total being about as last year; plant 

 sales increased a third. G. A. Thomas 

 grew a lot of poinsettias and cyclamens; 

 the former all found takers, but some 

 cyclamens were left. The customers 

 wanted plain pot covers; ribbons and 

 baskets were not in demand. Paper 

 "Whites in pans, with a green pot cover, 



sold well if not too tall-growing. . Ex- 

 pensive arrangements did not sell here. 



Tennessee. 



Knoxville. — Chas. L. Baum reports 

 that trade was better than in the pre- 

 ceding two years. His stock was sold out 

 almost clean, and he could have sold 

 more f>f some varieties of plants if they 

 had been on hand. His best sellers were 

 carnations. About the only item» of sal- 

 able stock left were a few narcissi and 

 valley. Sales started early and prices 

 were good. The weather was excellent. 



Texas. 



Denison. — The flower business is grow- 

 .ng in Texas. Supplies were much in- 

 creased, and. E. Farley says the Christ- 

 mas trade was double that of 1906 or 

 that of 1907. More cut flowers could 

 have been sold. ]\ot many flowering 

 plants are offered and the usual run of 

 house plants were not in special demand. 



Vermont. 



Burlington. — Emslie & Bradfoot say 

 Christmas compares favorably with its 

 predecessors. Carnations sold best, fol- 

 lowed by azaleas, primulas and cyclamens. 

 No accessories were used with these. 



Burlington. — Cora E. Gove found the 

 Christmas trade much better than ever 

 before, with better prices and a call for 

 better stock than last year. Plant trade 

 was good, and the buyers appreciated the 

 u«e of pot covers, etc. 



Rutland. — Almost as good as 1907 

 pnd better than 1906, is the way G. E. 

 Hunt summarizes the Christmas, trade. 

 All the cut flowers were sold, carnations 

 being in greatest demand, but some 

 plants were left. The call was for the 

 less expensive items and it did not pay 

 to decorate the plants. 



Washington. 



Walla Walla. — James Waite found 

 the Christmas trade slightly heavier than 

 usual, but with no special feature. Bloom- 

 ing plants sold best, but more cut flowers 

 also could have been used. 



Everett. — The notable feature of the 



Christmas trade, according to the Ever- 

 ett Floral Co., was the way the buyers 

 jumped for the last chrysanthemums of 

 the season. The call was for the more 

 expensive articles, and it paid to embel- 

 lish plants, especially the araucarias, rub- 

 bers and palms. The total of sales was 

 half again as large as in 1907, over 

 double 1906. All cut flowers sold; twice 

 as many could have been used, but there 

 were a few of each kind of plants left 

 unsold. 



West Virginia, 



Fairmount. — H. G. Fleming says the 

 Christmas business was ahead of any 

 other year. Plants sold clean, except 

 ferns, for which there was little demand. 

 (Customers would not pay for plant em- 

 bellishments. Cyclamens, azaleas and 

 primroses sold best. 



Parkersburg. — Supply equaled the 

 demand, but J. W. Dudley & Sons report 

 sales twenty per cent greater than in 

 1907. Plants took the lead, poinsettias 

 and Lorraine going best. Many baskets, 

 hampers, pot covers and other requisites 

 were used at a good profit. 



Wisconsin. 



Uconto. — J. Sylvester says it was a 

 record-breaking Christmas. Cut flower 

 sales were three times last year's, and 

 plant sales more than double. Few cut 

 flowers are sold here except for funerals, 

 so the surprise was great. 



OsHKOSH.— Fugleberg & Flister enter 

 the note that all cut flowers sold clean 

 for Christmas, but there were plants left. 

 Prices were about as usual at Christmas, 

 but the sales were better than in 1906 

 and much better than in 1907. 



Madison. — Fred Rentschler had 1,400 

 poinsettias and/ sold them all, either cut 

 or in the pots/ His total was about as 

 in 1906 and ten per cent better than in 

 1907. He did Vot sell out clean, white 

 flowers being left. The weather was fine 

 and helped the plant business. 



Eau Claire. — A. F. Lauritzen says he 

 sold out clean on everything except 

 Paper Whites, Romans and a few made- 

 up baskets of plants. He finds some 

 kind of pot cover a necessity, but baskets 

 if well filled are a little too high-priced 

 to sell well in small cities. He could 

 have used more red roses, carnations and 

 azaleas. The total of business was about 

 the same as for the last two years. 



Canada. 



Toronto. — The Christmas business was 

 laroer than last year, practically every- 

 thing sharing in the demand. R. Mearns 

 finds his sales increased fifty per cent. 



POLYPODIUM MANDAIANUM. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph supplied by W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. J., and shows Polypo- 

 dium Mandaianum, a plant which has 

 attracted a great deal of attention since 

 the national flower show by reason of its 

 having there defeated two first-class 

 nephrolepis sports for the award as best 

 new fern, and then captured the gold 

 medal offered for the best plant not yet 

 an article of commerce. To those who 

 have not seen the plant, the illustration, 

 of a specimen in an 8inch pan, will serve 

 to show its character. 



FiTCHBURG, Mass. — The greenhouses 

 of the Murdock estate are to be sold for 

 removal from the premises. 



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