The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Januabt 14, 1909. 



sible that last year's panic could have 

 affected us, since business showed a 

 large increase. — Sheaeer The Florist. 



Paducah. — We still feel a little effect 

 of the hard times. — C. L. Bbunson & 

 Co. 



Mt. Sterling. — The outlook is fine. 

 We all look for a big plant trade this 

 spring. — Emil Fbedeich. 



Bowling Green. — We are not molest- 

 ed by the financial flurry and there is 

 a splendid prospect for spring business. 

 — Burdell ±'lobal Co. 



Maine. 



Wateeville. — We still feel the effects 

 of last year's troubles; the outlook is 

 not bright in Maine. — Mitchell & Co. 



Portland. — Though the effects of the 

 hard times were felt till late in 1908, 

 florists here are all expecting a good 

 spring season. — L. C. Goddard. 



Lewiston. — We are now looking for- 

 ward to a heavy spring trade, though 

 business last fall was quiet and collec- 

 tions rather slow. — Ernest Saunders. 



Maryland. 



Frederick. — The outlook is not par- 

 ticularly encouraging. The panic had 

 the effect, I think, of limiting the de- 

 mand to the less expensive grades of 

 stock. — Henry Trail. 



Cumberland. — Prospects for spring 

 are excellent. On account of the finan- 

 cial stress, the people seem to have econ- 

 omized during the early part of 1908, 

 with the result that they spent more 

 than ever at the close of the year. — 

 John A. Bopp. 



Massachusetts. 



HoLTOKE. — Business conditions look 

 prosperous now and we expect a big 

 year. — Gallivan Bros. 



Lynn. — We still feel a little effect of 

 last year's panic; it hurt some at Christ- 

 mas, but the outlook is good. — Gibbs 

 Bros. 



Newton. — Last year's panic did not' 

 seem to have any effect on this season's 

 holiday trade. Prospects for spring are 

 good. — John Irving. 



Michigan. 



Sault Ste. Marie. — We look for a 

 better trade in the spring than a year 

 ago; at least, we are working to that 

 end. — WiLLLAM F. Weber. 



Kalamazoo. — The outlook is exceed- 

 ingly bright. Last year's panic, if felt 

 at all, must have been helpful this fall, 

 for business recently has been enormous. 

 — G. Van Bochove & Bro. 



Minnesota. 



Albert Lea. — We did not notice any 

 difference in business; it's increasing 

 each year. — Lake Shore Greenhouses. 



OwATONNA. — Business has been good 

 right along. We feel no effects of any 

 panic. Can see nothing but the usual 

 good business ahead. — Clinton Falls 

 Nursery Co. 



Mississippi. 



Jackson. — Prospects are bright. I 

 am putting in large quantities of out- 

 door plants and hope to keep up with 

 the procession if it does not move too 

 fast. — W. J. Brown. 



Missouri. 



Springfield. — Trade is steady; we 

 feel no effect of the slow business com- 



plained of in some places. — W. A. 

 Chaltant. 



Nebraska. 



Beatrice. — We didn't know we had a 

 panic. It was not felt here. The pros- 

 pects for the spring season are fair. — 

 Dole Floral Co. 



Fremont. — Prospects were never bet- 

 ter for us and we look for a record- 

 breaking trade in all lines. The panic 

 to us was a joke. With a good farm- 

 ing country, big crops, good prices and 

 plenty of work to be had, business never 

 wavered. — C. H. GRiaiN. 



Lincoln. — We in Nebraska have not 

 felt the panic to any great extent, as 

 ours is an agricultural state and we had 

 good crops and high prices. The out- 

 look for the spring is quite promising. 

 Growers in this vicinity have a good 

 supply of fine stock. — C. H. Frey. 



New Hampshire. 



Concord. — Business seems to have a 

 push behind it that bespeaks a pros- 

 perous season in 1909. — G. J. Benedict. 



Nashua. — We did a good business last 

 year, and it is evident that flowers were 

 purchased at the holidays by many peo- 

 ple who were formerly in the habit of 

 buying more expensive gifts. As to the 

 outlook for the future — well, everything 

 depends on Wall street. — August Gaed- 

 eke & Co. 



New Jersey. 



Hoboken. — We don't feel any effect 

 now of last year's business setback. — 

 M. Hendberg. 



Paterson. — It is an encouraging cir- 

 cumstance that trade here has been good 

 among the florists, in spite of the fact 

 that many men have been thrown out 

 of employment by the closing of shops 

 and mills. — Edward Sceery. 



New York. 



Elmira. — A good many people are still 

 out of work. — H. N. Hoffman. 



Troy. — We have good prospects for 

 spring trade and no longer feel any ef- 

 fects of the panic. — Sambrook Bros. 



Watertown. — We can still feel the 

 effect of last year 's troubles, but the out- 

 look for spring trade is good. — W. A. 

 Clark & Son. 



Saratoga Springs. — We can still feel 

 the effects of last year's slump — you 

 bet it hurt. The spring season will be 

 better than last year, but it's hard tell- 

 ing what the outlook is. — T. J. Totten. 



North Dakota. 



Fargo. — We don't know anything 

 about slow business out this way. — Shot- 

 well Floral Co. 



Grand Forks. — We think last year's 

 panic had a decided effect on business. 

 Trade would have been much better if 

 the panic had not taught the people to 

 cultivate the habit of economy. The 

 future outlook, however, is encouraging, 

 for crops were good. — Wickleb Floral 

 Co. 



Ohio. 



Zanesville. — Think prospects are very 

 fine. — John D. Imlay. 



Sandusky. — The outlook seems to us 

 to be extremely favorable. — Central 

 Greenhouses. 



Akron. — There are prospects of a bet- 

 ter spring trade than ever before. We 



feel no effect of last year 's depression. — 

 J. E. Norton. 



Alliance. — We feel no effects of the 

 so-called hard times; prospects are 

 good. — J. F. Zimmerman. 



Canton. — ^Don't see any reason why 

 we shouldn't do as well as we ever did, 

 in 1909. — Chas. Lindacher. 



Oklahoma. 



Oklahoma City. — Conditions seem to 

 be favorable for good business during 

 the remainder of the season. — C. W. 



Stiles. 



Enid. — Did we feel last year's panic? 

 Not in the least. The people of the 

 southwest deny there was a panic and 

 are flashing big bills. — Cowan Floral 

 Gardens. 



Pennsylvania. 



Harrisburg. — We certainly felt the 

 effects of last year's panic, but the pros- 

 pects look fair now. — Paxton Green- 

 houses. 



Allentown. — It's hard to say what 

 the spring business will be. We don't 

 feel last year's depression much now. — 

 J. F. Horn & Bro. 



Beading. — The prospects for spring 

 are decidedly promising, in spite of last 

 year's financial depression, which still 

 has considerable influence. — H. J. Hues- 

 man. 



Wilkesbarre. — The outlook is good 

 here now, except that there is some fear 

 of a coal strike in the spring. Every- 

 body is preparing for this by laying in 

 a good stock of coal. — George W. Carr. 



South Dakota. 



Aberdeen. — Prospects are bright. We 

 felt no effect of the money troubles in 

 the east. Good crops make good times. — 

 R. Strohmeier. 



Sioux Falls. — The outlook is good 

 for spring business. The shortage of 

 money was felt here for a short time 

 only. — G. A. Thomas. 



Tennessee. 



Knoxville. — Prospects are encourag- 

 ing. The effects of the financial trou- 

 bles were not perceptible in the last 

 part of 1908. — Charles L. Baum. 



Texas. 



Denison. — The southwest had no de- 

 pression; the florists' business is grow- 

 ing rapidly; 1909 will be good. — E. 

 Farley. 



Utah. 



Salt Lake City. — The outlook for 

 1909 is excellent. Business lately has 

 shown no signs of being affected by the 

 troubles of October, 1907. — Richard E. 

 Evans. 



Vermont. 



Rutland. — Business is picking up; 

 outlook for spring is good. — G. E. Hunt. 



MONTPELIER. — The prospect is good; 

 no effect of last year's troubles now ap- 

 parent. — Emslie & Bradford. 



^^ashington. 



Everett. — Prospects are better than 

 ever. We hear of slow business in the 

 east, but the effects were not noticeable 

 here. — Everett Floral Co. 



Walla Walla. — We feel no result of 

 eastern money troubles. — James Wait. 



Spokane. — Business has been, is and 

 will be good here; no depression per- 

 mitted here. — Hoyt Bros. Co. 



