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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Dbcbhbbb 80, 1009. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



Wishes all its friends and patrons 

 A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. 



JANUARY SPECIALTIES 



AIR PLANTS, JAPANESE, very popular. 



ADIANTUM FRONDS, durable and can be used 



anywhere with entire satiefaotion. 

 MAGNOLIA LEAVES, green and brown; very 



pleasing. 



CYCAS LEAVES, our standard sets the pace for 

 quality. 



WHEAT SHEAVES, made in our own factory, from 

 the best Italian Wheat. 



BASKETS, in every conceivable style and in all sizes. 

 Try a sample order. 



Send for our Illustrated Catalogue of everything in Florists' Supplies. 



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this season, but white ones fill the bill 

 just the same. 



That ever popular plant, Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine, was just as popular as ever, 

 and big batches of them looked as if a 

 cyclone had swept through and cleaned 

 out all the choice stock. Primula obconica 

 was quite plentiful and a good many 

 pans were disposed of. The same can 

 be said of that old favorite, the cyclamen. 

 Another good thing that sold at sight and 

 is a splendid Christmas plant, though not 

 much grown, is the dwarf pepper plant. 



The growers here are beginning to 

 awaken to the fact that as many plants 

 can be sold at Christmas as at Easter, 

 and they are adding a few more to the 

 list each year. May the good work 

 keep on. 



Potted plants, however, have one big 

 drawback, which was severely felt this 

 year; that is, the wrapping. The 

 weather man handed us a lemon, Thurs- 

 day was cold and fair and plants and 

 boxes were wrapped in from four to 

 six papers, to keep the frost out. Friday 

 turned a little warmer in the morning, 

 but plants had to be wrapped carefully. 

 In the afternoon we were treated to a 

 little snow, which turned into sleet and 

 then into rain. Then, to top things off 

 right, it turned cold about 4 p. m. and 

 froze the whole mess, and it being too 

 late to have horses rough-shod, deliver- 

 ing was a burden that was hard to bear. 

 Christmas morning the streets were cov- 

 ered with about one inch of ice. The 

 stores could not get the stock delivered 

 on time and a number of complaints were 

 heard. 



Cut flowers were in good supply, with 

 the regular Christmas prices. Poinsettias 

 sold at from $3 to $6 per dozen and a 

 good many were disposed of. The top 

 price for Beauties was $20, the lowest 

 $8 per dozen. Good Kichmonds sold at 

 $6 per dozen. Killarneys and other roses 

 sold at from $3 to $6 per dozen. Vio- 

 lets were in good demand; the singles 

 brought $3, while the doubles sold at 

 $4 per hundred. Valley cleaned up at $1 

 per dozen, sweet peas at $4 per hundred, 

 narcissi at 75 cents per dozen, and Ko- 

 mans the same. Good bouvardias sold at 

 $1.50 per dozen, but the supply was quite 

 short. Bed carnations sold at $2 per 

 clozen and other kinds at $1 and $1.50 



Chiffons, Taffeta and 



Satin Taffeta Ribbons 



That contain the utmost value for your money. Narrow, medium 



and wide widths. 

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per dozen. A few white mums were sold 

 at $3 and $4 per dozen. 



Other cut flowers and greens were in 

 good supply. Holly was a little short 

 and the quality was nothing extra. Quan- 

 tities of winter berries were sold. 



K. E. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The weather for Christmas week could 

 not have been improved if made to order. 

 Eight up to noon of Christmas day de- 

 liveries of plants were made without 

 wrapping. Then came the snow storm, 

 increasing at night to a blizzard. Drifts 

 everywhere and stalled trains and de- 

 layed mails and shipments followed in its 

 wake. In the wholesale cut flower mar- 

 ket the accumulated cuttings of three 

 days were arriving December 27. One 

 firm received forty-four boxes of roses 

 Monday morning. This is only the straw 

 showing which way the wind was blow- 

 ing. "With the left-overs from the Christ- 

 mas shipments, a slump in prices to about 

 half the rates of the holiday was inevita- 

 ble. 



Few Christmas Beauties sold above the 

 dollar mark, and these were the extra 

 selected stock. Now they are down to 

 75 cents, and before the end of the week 

 few will sell at this, unless the supply 

 greatly decreases. Philadelphia is mak- 

 ing this what one wholesaler called a 

 dumping ground for its surplus. The 



best Eichmonds brought 40 cents to 50 

 cents December 24. Three days later they 

 went at 25 cents. Killarney, too, has 

 fallen and 20 cents last week would have 

 been a fairer average top. The ship- 

 ments of this variety are enormous. 

 Maid and Bride seldom sold above 12 

 cents. This week they will sell at 8 

 cents, and 10 cents will seem high enougli 

 for the Saturday New Year's celebra- 

 tion, which in late years has seldom been 

 better than a good Saturday at its best. 

 No special preparations are made for the 

 New Year festival. 



Few carnations sold above 10 cents, ex- 

 cept the red varieties and the novelties, 

 which are down already to 8 cents and fi 

 cents, and which will hold there for tlie 

 week if the snow storms are over. Or- 

 chids are again abundant and 50 cents to 

 75 cents will be the limit. Cypripediunis 

 go slowly at 12 cents. The quality is 

 above reproach. There are more growers 

 than ever in this vicinity. 



Violets held well, and $1 to $1.25 wis 

 realized for the special bunches of 100 

 at Christmas. The supply was enor- 

 mous, however, and the left-over stock 

 was going to the street men early this 

 week at low rates. The fresh stock ar- 

 riving every evening, however, should 

 stay close to $1 per hundred, no matter 

 how large the shipments. 



The splendid weather last week was 

 especially helpful to the growers. A few 

 of them shipped their entire cut eaeb 

 morning, but many of them sent only 



