JANUABY 7, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 7 



Store of the Idle Hour Nurseries^ Macon, Ga. 



the best Christmas trade ever experi- 

 enced, much better than he expected. 



Kearney, Neb. — H. C. Green says 

 Christmas trade was fifty per cent bet- 

 ter than last year and everything sold. 



Post Falls, Idaho. — W. S.- Van Dorn 

 says everything sold out clean and many 

 times the quantity of cut flowers could 

 have been used. 



Watebtown, V. Y.— W. A. Clark & 

 Son report a Christmas total about as 

 last year, but not as good as in 1906. 

 There.was stock for more business. 



Paeoo, N. D.— The Shotwell Floral 

 Co. found business about as usual, with 

 enough stock except that a few more 

 plants in bloom might have been used. 



Nashua, N. H. — August Gaedke & (?o. 

 report a fifteen per cent increase, enough 

 cut flowers but not enough plants. Few 

 custonlers wanted ribbons or pot covers. 



TiTusviLLE, Pa. — W. Bay says Christ- 

 mas trade was good. All stock closely 

 cleaned up and good prices were obtained. 

 Holly and roping were short of the de- 

 mand. 



Akeon, O.— W. p. McFarlandsaytf the 

 Christmas trade wsis especially good. The 

 new houses and ofSce on the street make 

 the place much more attractive than 

 heretofore. 



FiTZQEBALD, Ga. — Joel Thomas makes 

 no advance in prices for Christmas and 

 always sells everything he has ready. 

 This Christmas was one of the most pros- 

 perous in his career. 



Feedkeiok, Md.— Henry Trail says the 

 Christmas business showed an increase, 

 but there was enough stock so there was 

 a little of everything left. The best 

 sellers were cyclamens and holly wreaths. 



Nbw London, Conn. — Edward Smith 

 sold many more expensive plants thtln at 

 Christmas, 1907, and found the use of 



Eot covers, baskets and ribbons decidedly 

 elpful and profitable. Carnations were 

 the most popular cut flower. 



Holyoke, Mass.— Gallivan Bros, were, 

 cleaned out completely and could have 

 used much more stock. The total was 

 much better than ever before. All the 

 business was done in the last few days 

 and they were too greatly rushed to make 

 up many plant arrangements. 



Fayetteville, Aek. — The Southwest- 

 ern Seed Co. reports Christmas as satis- 



factory. Sales on cut flowers were a 

 little better than last season, and bloom- 

 ing plant sales much larger than last 

 year. There was also an increased de- 

 mand for greens and decorative material. 



Patebson, N. J. — Edward Sceery says 

 trade here was about the same as last 

 year, but not so good as in 1906. He 

 had all the cut flowers needed and plenty 

 of plants. He says the call was for 

 plain plants, unembellished. His Passaic 

 store reports the best Christmas trade, 

 better than 1907 or 1906. 



Savannah, Ga.— tA. C. Oelschig & 

 Sons say Christmas was twenty-flve per 

 cent ahead of 1907 and fifty per cent 

 ahead of 1906. All stock sold except a 

 little of the second grade. They found 

 plants sold better with pot covers and 

 disposed of more large palms and made- 

 up baskets than any previous Christmas. 



HoBOKEN, N. J. — ^M. Hendberg says 

 fine T^reaths for cemetery use were much 

 in demand at Christmas, showing that 

 the dead as well as the living are thought 

 of at the holiday time. He had enough 

 stock and says plants sold better than 

 cut flowers, because the latter are too 

 expensive for average trade at Christmas. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. — Bichard E. 

 Evans reports little difference in<t the 

 Christmas trade compared vfith 1907: 

 about ten per cent increase compared 

 with 1906. Plants sold splendidly. Car- 

 nations were scarce and more could have 

 been used. Boses were left. All plants 

 required pot covers. Baskets are not 

 much used here. 



BouLDEE, Colo.— Charles F. Fawcett 

 reports twenty-five per cent increase com* 

 pared to 1907, fifty per cent compared to 

 1906. He cleaned up everything except 

 some holly and could have sold much 

 more. Every plant sold was with a pot 

 cover of water-proof crepe paper, and 

 he found it an excellent addition. To 

 him the interesting feature was the num- 

 ber of comments on made-up baskets of 

 plants, and the fact that these arrange- 

 ments nevertheless did not sell. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — ^John Stamm sold 

 out clean on cut flowers for Qhristmas, 

 but says plants were a slow sale, although 

 he could have used more azaleas. Kan- 

 sans are not yet educated up to the elab- 

 orate plant arrangements. 



Decatub, III. — M. Z. Kellogg says the 

 holiday trade was good, both in cut 

 flowers and plants. 



Boise, Idaho. — The Boise Floral Co. 

 found Christmas trade much better than 

 heretofore. Plants sold well after the 

 cut flowers had been disposed of. A pot 

 cover was used on every plant. 



Watebville, Me. — Mitchell & Co. say 

 the holiday business was twenty-five per 

 cent less than last year, but about the 

 same as in 1906. There was an abund- 

 ance of stock. The outlook for 1909 is 

 not bright in Maine. 



Spokane, Wash. — Hoyt Bros. Co. say 

 the Christmas business was thirty-five per 

 cent ahead of last year. They could 

 have used more cut flowers, but had cher- 

 ries, peppers and poor poinsettias left, 

 although all first-class flowering plants 

 sold well. They find it pays to decorate 

 plants; enough value is added to make a 

 profit on the accessories besides increas- 

 ing the salability of the stock. 



Brockton, Mass. — W. W. Hathaway re- 

 ports Christmas trade as gratifying, con- 

 sidering the unrest prevailing in the shoe 

 trade, Brockton's main industry, and the 

 many out of employment. Trade was 

 about one-third less than in 1907. In 



Christmas Stock at the Idle Hour Nurseries. 



