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Decbmbbb 81, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



47 



LEADING RETAIL FLORISTS 



The retail florists whose cards appear on the four pages carrying this head, are prepared to fill orders from other florists for local delivery on the usua 



basis. If you wish to be represented under this heading, now is the time to place your order. 



286 Fulton St 



Telephone 834 Main 



., Brooklyn, N.Y.**^ 



famesH. Qeary^New Bedford, Mass. 



7 PLBASANT STREET 



Penional attention given to delirery in New Bedford, 

 Fall River, Taunton and Southeastern Massachusetts 



will give prompt attention ivr^-*!, Tt^t.^*^ 

 to all orders for delivery In INOf in LiaiCOta 



GALVESTON, TEX. 

 MRS. M. A. HANSEN 



Y. M. 0. A. BUILDING 



OENY BROS. 



Choice Cut 

 Flowers and 

 Floral Designs 



712 Church Si. Nashville. Tenn. 



TERRE HAUTE, IND. 



JOHir G. HEINL ft SON, 

 1S9 Sontli Tth Street 



Mrs. M. L Hollcraft 



807 Kanw Ave.. TOPEKA, KAN. 



BERTERMANN BROS. CO. 



LEADING IXORISTS 

 241 Missachtuetts Ave., Indianapolis. lad. 



ORUMM SEED and flORAL CO. 



507 Houston SL, FORT WORTH, TEX. 

 Headquarters tor Cat Flowers and Fnneral Desirns 



PV^OPd FLOWERS OR 

 W I IC 1^ 9 DESIGN WORK 



OtHvtred is Albany anri vicinity an teli|ra»hic srder 

 11 North Pearl St., • • ALBANY, N. T. 



Spokane Florist Co. 



SPOKANE, WASH. SfcSS;?**' 



Minneapolis, Minn, '^m^xs 



SWANSGN'S, 618 Nicollet Ave 



A. C. BROWN, '''Ti!'''' 



LARGE GREENHOUSES 



i aiiIavIIIa tC'^r Personal attention 



CUUI9YIIIC, l%y • given to out of-town 



, orders for Louisville, Ky., and Its vicinity. 



JACOB SGHULZ. tJA'-^IX!' 



J. J. BHMEKE 



iil6 Olive St.. ST. LOUIS. MO 



A HALF-INCH ADYERTISEMEN1 



bere wOl keep Tonr name and tacOltfea 

 before the vrbole trade at a cost of 

 onlv Sfxs Mr week no a vearly onier. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dana HaU, Walnut HUl and Rockrldse Hall 

 Schools. TAILBT, Wellealay, Maas. 



.Long Distance Tel., Wellesley 44-1, 44-2, 44-3. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Well, Christmas of 1908 is a thing of 

 the past; all that remains is the telling 

 of it, and there really is something to 

 tell, when one considers that trade has 

 been off for over a year. 



Every shop was filled with the choicest 

 in blooming plants, arranged in the uost 

 fascinating pots, pans and baskets; in 

 fact, the retailers did as they promised, 

 made plants the feature for Christmas, 

 and the result was that more were sold 

 than the wisest of them hoped for; near- 

 ly everyone was cleaned out. This of course 

 had its effect on the cut flower trade, 

 but there were those, as usual, who want- 

 ed cut flowers and bought them. "While 

 reports from the retailers were to the 

 effect that flower sales were slower than 

 usual, it is likely that they will compare 

 favorably with other years. 



The weather December 24 was warm 

 and pleasant, which made delivery of 

 plants easy, but toward evening rain get 

 in, which cut out much of the evening 

 shopping. 



Greens did well in spots. There was 

 more holly the last two days than the 

 market would stand, and prices fell as 

 low as 50 cents to $1 per case for good, 

 well-berried holly. There was a shortage 

 of trees, and prices were doubled every 

 hour toward the last, until they got to 

 breaking off the branches and selling 

 them at 25 cents each. 



Among the wholesale houses there 

 seemed to be the happiest kind of condi- 

 tions; lots of business and plenty of 

 stock to take care of it. One could get 

 anything asked for in any quantity de- 

 sired. Beauties, violets, valley, roses of 

 all kinds, even Richmonds (cut pfetty 

 tight) and carnations to no end — no one 

 was refused anything, yet all report 

 being cleaned up fairly well by Christmas 

 morning. 



The Ehinebeck violets which were due 

 Christmas morning caused some disap- 

 pointment and loss by missing connec- 

 tions and not getting in until Christmas 

 trade was entirely over, and so were no 

 doubt a total loss to the shippers. 



One thing which seemed queer was to 

 see a local carnation grower floating 

 around among the commission men try- 

 ing to get some one to take his stock, 

 but all seemed to have as much as they 

 could dispose of, and could offer no en- 

 couragement to the grower. Did this 

 ever occur before two days before Christ- 

 mas? 



Carnations seem to have received a 

 black eye, for inquiry among the retailers 

 brings reports that they are unable to 

 keep carnations more than a day, and 

 some varieties not that long, and for 

 that reason the public is buying other 

 flowers. It should be of interest to the 

 growers to take this matter under con- 

 sideration at once and find out the 

 trouble, whether it is the varieties, the 

 method of growing, or just simply be- 

 cause they have been made so common 



Newman Floral Co. 



(KatabUabed 1870) 



ISd^iSi^'' New York City 



Flowers for Steamer Sailings 



ST. LOUIS, NO. 



Flowers delivered in Gty or State on Short Notice 



F. H. WEBER 



BOTLK AND MARTi:.AND AVKMUKS 



Both Long Distance Phones. 



JULIUS BAER 



J38-J40 E. Foufth St. 

 Long Distance Phone 



Cincinnati^ Ohio* 



Y^oungA Nugent 



42 W. 28th St., New York 



We are In the theater district and also have 

 txceptlonal facilities for delivering flowers on 

 lutgolng steamers. Wire us your orders; they 

 vill receive Dromnt and careful atteotloa 



WILSON 



DXUVXRS ANYWHSBK 



Bnaklya New Jersey New Ysrk Laai MaH 



Trade orders well cared for from all parts of the 



country, and delivered at Tlieater, Hotel, 



Steamer or Residence. Address 



Fulton St. aid Graine Avi.. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Telephones, Prospect 2840 and 40€5 



WILLIAM J. SMYTH 



FLORIST '^^•,?'i'*'«S;.*"' 



^^^M^^^^ andSlst St., Chicago 



We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa 



PHOMK8 : 



DouKlaa 744, Douslas SS3, DouKlaa 740 



C. C. POUWORTH CO. 



WHOIX8AUC FLORISTS 

 Milwaukee, Wia. 



WISCONSIN 



Win Take Proper Cire 

 ef Totir Ortfert in 



SCHROETep 



DETROIT 



MICHIGAN 



S. B. STEWART 



U9 No. I6th St.. OMAHA. NEB 



A HALF-INCH ADVERTISEMENT 



here wHl keep your name and facilitiea 

 before the whole trade at a cost of 

 only 860 per week on a yearly order. 



