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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



27 



Absolfltely Free! MICH ELL'S New Crop 



^ FLOWER SEEDS 



In order to farther acquaint 

 the florists with Michell's 

 High GradeFlower Seeds, 

 we will send, if requested, 

 during the month of Jan- 

 uary, with every order of 

 Flower Seeds which 



amounts to $5.00 and over, a 



Florists' 

 Budding Knife 



Made of the finest English 

 ^teel, white handled, with 

 owo blades, brass lined, a 

 ^nife that is sold by us for 

 $1.25. 



Guaranteed in Every Respect 



One of the most important branches of our business. It is our constant aim to 

 supply only such strains as will give the best results. 



LObellfl Trade pkt. Oz. 



Barnard's Perpetual— Blue with white eye $0.26 $1.00 



Crystal Palace Compaota— Dwarf, dank blue 30 1.00 



Crystal Palace Speciosa— Deep blue, trailiuK 20 .50 



Petunia 



California Giants— Extra larsre flowers of the briehteBt colors. 1/16 oz., $2.00 



GrandUlora Frineed— Choicest mottled and striped, 1/16 oz., $2.00 



D^varf Inimitable— Striped 



Double Hybridized and Frinffed- Extra choice, 600 seeds, 75c; $1.50 per ICOO seeds. 



Salvia 



Ball of Pire— Dwarf scarlet 



Bonfire— Oomract 



Splendens- Bright scarlet 



Zuricb— Brilliant scarlet; blooms earlier than any other sort. 



.60 

 .50 

 .50 



.50 

 .40 



.26 

 .50 



1.00 



3.76 

 2 25 

 1.25 

 5.00 



Send for our Handy Flower 

 Seed Order SheeL 



Our General Wholesale Cat- 

 alogue ready Jan. 10. 



Piilox Drummondii 

 Dwarf or Compact Varieties 



Crimson witb White Eye, Fireball, Pink, Snowball, Violet \7ltl1 Wbite 



Eye, each 40 



Choice Mixed— All colors 40 



Verbena 

 Miciieirs Mammotli Fancy Strain 



Cannot be excelled for large size, purity of color and free flowering qualities 



Michell's Mammoth Fancy Blue 



♦* •• ♦' Pink 



" *• Scarlet 



" ♦• " Striped 



•* White 



" Mixed 



Also all other Flower Seeds— See our Wholesale Catalogue 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., Seed Growers and Merchants 



Marlcet Street above 10th Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



the Christmas trade, which made them 

 an exceptionally busy day. 



The Kosery could not supply the de- 

 mand for poinsettias. All baskets and 

 potted plants sold well. Mr. Ellsworth is 

 well pleased. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports excel- 

 lent business. 



The five-story building where the Geo. 

 M. Kellogg Flower Co. 's store was 

 located was destroyed by fire December 

 23, a total loss on all stock and supplies. 

 They have the deepest sympathies of the 

 craft in this city for meeting with such 

 bad luck just before Christmas. They 

 now have opened at a new location, 323 

 East Ninth street, and are ready for 

 business. 



The Eock Flower Co. reports business 

 good; better than ever before. Baskets 

 and potted plants sold well. They could 

 have sold more violets if on hand, but 

 eastern shipments failed to get through 

 on time. 



Samuel Murray reports an extraordi- 

 nary trade this year on Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. He says it was never better, 

 and he seems well pleased with his share 

 of the business. W. H. H. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The snow storm the day before Christ- 

 mas and the cold weather Christmas day 

 hurt the business but little this year, and 

 from reports of most of the leading up- 

 town florists the trade was great, and the 

 reports from other parts of the city were 

 about the same. We can safely say that 

 the Christmas business done in cut flow- 

 ers and plants in this city was one of 



the largest in years; it seems to increase 

 each year. All four of pur wholesalers 

 say their business was much better than 

 in any previous year. They had plenty 

 of stock of everything and prices held 

 up well until Christmas morning, when 

 the values dropped. As usual, all the 

 shippers held off until the last day, and 

 more stock came in than they could dis- 

 pose of. 



Carnations were almost a glut Christ- 

 mas morning. Violets sold well and 

 there were enough to go around. Cali- 

 fornia violets brought $3 per hundred, 

 and doubles secured the same price. 

 Pilcher's new violet, with 18-inch stems, 

 brought $4 per hundred. 



Koses of all varieties came in fine and 

 were plentiful. All bulbous stock sold 

 well. The weather was hard on the de- 

 livery of plants and cut flowers, which 

 needed a great deal of extra wrapping, 

 and many of the florists did not get 

 through with delivery until late in the 

 day. The demand for plants was, as 

 usual, much greater than for cut flowers, 

 and all favored the bright colors. Aza- 

 leas, poinsettias, Lorraine begonias, 

 dwarf holly and orange trees sold best. 



The trade in ground pine, wreathing, 

 holly and mistletoe was good. Ground 

 pine was scarce, but holly and mistletoe 

 were plentiful and fine. The demand for 

 wreaths was much better than last year, 

 and everybody sold out of these. 



The market at present is in good con- 

 dition, with plenty of everything to be 

 had. The wholesalers say they expect 

 a great deal more business for New 

 Year's than last year, as this day is 

 again being more observed by the fash- 

 ionable folks. 



Varioafl Notes. 



The following firms all report a good 

 Christmas trade: Fred C. Weber, Fred 

 H. Weber, Ellison Floral Co., Kalisch 

 Bros. Floral Co., Sanders Nurseries, 

 George Waldbart, Ayers Floral Co., Eg- 

 geling Floral Co., K. J. Windier, G. 

 Bergsterman, Charles Beyer, Miss New- 

 man, Ostertag Bros., C. Young & Sons 

 Co., Kiessen Floral Co., Otto Sander, Fos- 

 ter Floral Co., Grimm & Gorley, Miss 

 Theresa Badaracco, Alex. Siegel, Brix 

 Floral Co., Bentzen Floral Co., Koenig 

 Floral Co., F. H. Meinhardt, Schray & 

 Sons, F. J. Fillmore, Oscar Heile, Diemer 

 Floral Co., W. H. Kruse, Max Herzog, 

 and all others so far heard from. 



WiUiam C. Young left for a week's 

 trip to New Orleans, La., Monday, De- 

 cember 27. He was accompanied by his 

 youngest son, John. Mr. Young says he 

 will return in time for the next club 

 meeting and tell us all about New Or- 

 leans. 



Mrs. Lisette Bruning, wife of F. W. 

 Bruning, died last week at the age of 

 59 years. She was the mother of Mrs. 

 Henry Berning and Otto Bruning. The 

 funeral took place Sunday, December 26, 

 from the residence of Henry G. Berning, 

 and was private. Mr. and Mrs. Berning 

 have the sympathy of the trade. 



The Florists ' Club 's New Year 's meet- 

 ing, January 13, promises to be an in- 

 teresting one. The trustees say they are 

 working on a program that will make 

 the first meeting in the new year one 

 long to be remembered. Frank Fill- 

 more's paper on "The Troubles of a 

 Grower ' ' will be worth while, so spend an 

 afternoon with friends in the trade. 



J. J. B. 



