DECEMBER 23, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



49 



Ever Ready 

 Flower Pot Covers 



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 New iBedaced 

 Price List 



Ptt do*. 100 

 To fit 4-in. pots .$1.00 t 7.00 

 To fit &-in.pots. I.IO 8.00 

 To fit 6-in. pote. 1.20 9.00 

 To fit 7-in.p<Jt8. 1.85 10.00 

 To fit S-in. p«s.' 1.60 12.00 

 To fit 9-in.pot8. 1.85 14.00 

 TofitlO-b.poU. 2.10 16.00 

 To fit 12-m. pots. 2.85 18.00 

 Order now. Covers cko be bad In green, 



pink, wblte and red. Specify wbetber you wish 



Coyera to fit standard, % or ^ aize pots. 



Only 6c In stamps sent, will bring prompt 



rftsponte of a sample cover, by mail, with all 



details of sizes and colors. 



Ever Ready flower Pot Cover Co. 



W. U. GREYER, Manager 



146 Hughes Avenue, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



(onditions the prices may be expected 

 to go higher before Christmas. 



Violets, although in rather short sup- 

 ply, have not been raised in price by the 

 growers. Owing to the excess of mois- 

 ture earlier iii the month, the length of 

 stem and size and texture of flower have 

 l)een all that could be desired. "With 

 carnations, the indications are that, if 

 we are treated to fair weather between 

 now and the holidays, we will have an 

 abundant supply. At the present writing 

 Enchantress, Winsor, White Enchantress, 

 Harlowarden, Estelle, and other first- 

 class varieties, cost the stores at the 

 rate of $4 per hundred, while smaller 

 flowered sorts and shorter stemmed stock 

 sell at about $2.50 per hundred. 



In the line of roses, Beauties still con- 

 tinue to be in short supply. Fancy 

 stock of this variety is exceptionally 

 scarce, while with Brides and Maids there 

 is a much better showing, and plenty 

 of first quality blooms can be had at the 

 rate of $8 per hundred. There is a 

 heavy demand for red roses, and only 

 a few Liberties are being brought into 

 town. 



California red berries, which usually at 

 this time of the year are eagerly bought 

 up by the jobbers and green goods men, 

 have been sent into town in such 

 enormous quantities that the market, at 

 the present time, is practically flooded. 

 First quality stock sold for $65 per ton 

 prior to Thanksgiving, but subsequent 

 enormous shipments flooded the market 

 and the price rapidly declined until it 

 has been possible to obtain all the berries 

 wanted at the rate of $40 per ton landed 

 at the stores. Should we have any ex- 

 f-essively cold weather, as we had on two 

 former years, within the next few days, 

 there is a possibility that berries may 

 vet advance rapidly in price. 



Potted poinsettias have made their 

 iippearance in the shop windows. Good 

 stock in 6-inch and 7-inch pots is being 

 lield at from 75 cents to $1 each and 

 I'rom that price down to 50 cents for 

 i^liort stock in pots and pans. It is 

 fvident that there will be quite a short- 

 ■'ge of cut poinsettias. Practically no 

 t-tock is being shipped from the south 

 •■•nd the local dealers have devoted their 

 'Attention almost exclusively to pot 

 ;-rown stock. 



Eegarding other kinds of flowering 

 ] lants in pots, there will be fair lots of 

 Begonia Lorraine, cyclamen and primu- 

 '•^s. Azaleas, owing to the fact that 



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i^'r... ARMLEDER, Cincinnati, Ohio 



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Wilson's Corsage - Bouquet Holder 



Award ot "Hlchly Commendeil" at the 8. A. F. Trad* 

 Xxbibltlon at Cincinnati 



Holds Corsage- Bouquets securely and gracefully. 



Prevents damage to apparel. 



Adjustable to any diameter of bouquet stem. 



Adaptable to anything from Violets to Roses. 



Does away with corsage pins. 



A handsomely silver plated article and ornamental in itself. 

 Samples to the trade, 25o each, by mail postage paid. By 

 the dozen, $8.00, postage paid. Oorreapondence solicited. 



AddresBS 



ROBERT 6. WILSON, "sl^.^i.^ Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Krick's Florist Novelties 



Manufacturer and patentee of the Perfect Adjustable Pot 

 Hangrer and Handle, Perfect Adjustable Plant Stands, 

 and the Orlsrlnal Genuine InunorteUe Letters, Ktc. (every 

 letter marked). Send for price lists. Sample pair of Pot Handles. lOo 

 postpaid. Just the Ihini far pisat irswert; will sustain a weight of 100 lbs. 



1164-1166 Qreene Ave., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



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so much blind stock has been shipped 

 to the coast this year, will be scarce. 

 Many growers have been greatly dis- 

 appointed in the quality of the European 

 azaleas, and where large preparations 

 have been made to have a large quantity 

 of well-flowered plants at Christmas, 

 merely green heads have been the result. 

 The various varieties of nephrolepis are 

 good sellers, and seem to be in better 

 demand than anything else in the fern 

 line. From present indications we 

 should have a heavy holiday trade, and 

 everyone is well stocked for the event. 



Various Notes. 



L. O. Beery has returned from a sev- 

 eral months' trip to Holland and Bel- 

 gium. He made large purchases of 

 European nursery stock while abroad. 



One of the large greenhouses recently 

 constructed by Domoto Bros., of Elm- 

 hurst, Cal., was blown down by a storm 

 which raged in that section on December 

 13. This house was 30x400 feet and had 

 recently been used for the growing of 

 chrysanthemums. 



Bennett & Smith, of Fruitvale, Cal., 

 are in line with a splendid stock of 

 poinsettias and ferns for the holidays. 



The Thorsted Floral Co., of Market 

 street, have been offered a bonus of 

 $3,000 for the lease they have of their 

 store in the Phelan building. 



H. Plath reports the heaviest trade he 

 has ever experienced in the line of small 



Velvet Poinsettias witii Foliage 



$2.00 per doz.; $20.00 per eross 

 NOTHING LIKE IT FOR THE MONET 



Gustave Schroeder, Artificial Flower Manufacturer 

 1524 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, O. 



Samples sent on receipt of 16c to cover postage. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



seedling ferns for baskets and pans for 

 the holidays. 



B. B. Hunter, recently manager of the 

 Germain Seed & Plant Co., of Los 

 Angeles, is in town. 



S. W. Marshall, the well known dealer 

 of Fresno, Cal., is in town for a few 

 days' visit. G. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



General business is none too good at 

 present, there being the usual lull before 

 Christmas. Everybody is preparing for 

 a big holiday trade. 



Carnations are scarce and prices are 

 soaring. Paper Whites are arriving in 

 great abundance. A few Bomans are 

 seen. Chrysanthemums are entirely out 

 of the market. Violets are everywhere, 

 and they are certainly fine. They bring 

 from 5 cents a bunch on the street stands 

 to 15 cents in the stores. 



(Other Pacific Coast matter on pag^ 17.) 



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