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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jamauv ti, I'JIO. 



Wiis licldw y.i'vn, yiiino In (i\e (lilVcrciit 

 states ami In (aaada. Tlicv were ilc 

 li\('i('(| t(i tile ili'|iiit ill a s|K'i-ial wayoii, 

 ami sii tai' hut nii;' lot Ins liccii reported 

 I'ldsteil. 



Amithcr tliiiii; liiiihiy iinpiirtaiit is to 

 liear ill iiiimi the sudileii ilianyes in tem- 

 peiature the plants aic likely tn eiicoiin- 

 tei'. I'aek as it' for zeid weather, fer 

 you do Hot know Imi it may lie that 

 wiien your liox reaches its destination. 

 A shijiment lioniid. for ()liio left <'|iii-;iy() 



with the therinonieter rejiisterinj^' 40 de- 

 yrees aliove zero, and the next imirnin;^ 

 I'oiuid it 1(1 decrees below. it does not 

 pay to take cham-es. Add to the expense 

 and eare you ha\e had to ijrow your 

 plants and flowers the little imire that is 

 necessary to carry them in comjiarat i\'e 

 safety to theii' destination, and you will 

 usually ha\(' notliiiiii' to rejj;ret. 



Some plants from the east came into 

 Chicao-o two W(>eks aj^o wrap]>ed in oiii' 

 iiews|(a|ier only and placed in an un- 



lined box. The sdII on them \vas fro/ 

 solid, of course. If you want the iloll; 

 for youi' stock at Christmas or any otl 

 tinus do not slight your packinj;'. 



Take s(uue jilanl and ti\v your ox 

 exjx'rinu'nts with it. Wi'ap and jia 

 just as carefully as if for a lony sh 

 inent and |il;ice it out of doors, say I 

 two liours, and if it stands the test y 

 can be I'easonably sure you liave fou 

 out Avhat orilinai'ily is meant by "]>leii 

 of iiackin"." .I.\s. (!. IIaxcock. 



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liKTiiKi,, .Mi;.— K. b;. Davis had a 

 vacant downtown store for the holiday 

 trade ami die] a larife Imsim'ss. 



I'.ATAViA. Ii.i..- The iJataviii Green- 

 house < 'o. is a<ldiiiy a second story to its 

 i>thce buildiny on South I'.afavia aveu\ie. 



Sti-.vkns I'dixT. Wis. \V. i;. >bicklin 

 had L'. (111(1 Cha.lwick and Yellow Chadwick 

 lor the < hri-taias trade ;iiii| t'ound them 

 liist I lass piojierty. 



Xoinii ( 'AMiiiuiK.K. .M.s.s.s.- Just at the 

 height of the Christ mas rush. John IVlc- 

 Kenzie w;i^ laid up with a troublesome 

 foot, which recently re(|iiired an opera- 

 tion. 



Ml Ncii:. Im>. Mi-. (;,.,.. V. Miller 

 says th.at the Christmas trade in :\!uiicie 

 was jrooil in spite of the bad weather, 

 whi(h |ire\ciited peojile fiwun yettiii"; out 

 as much as in former years. 



Saikm. Mass. - The greenhouses of 

 Will. T. W'alke, oil billing aNcnue. were 

 daiiiayc(l by (ire on ihe nioht ,,f Dccein- 

 '•<•'■ -". Tlie Ham.- starte.l ne;ir the 

 boiler ;iiid swept throiliih oi t the 



hollSI ^. c-nilsille ;| lo- lit' •+."ill(l. 



Wiiohsuki 1). ( >. a lire at the estab 

 lishmenl of J. M . Jiishop. on the mornintr 

 of December L'n. destroyed his oflice. with 

 all its c(iiit,.|]t-, ;iiid ;ilsn a jiart of nm' 



of hi>- nieeliiioiivi.s. A ]ict doj^. which 

 .•<lee|is 111 the otli.-e. aw;iki>lied the familv 

 liy Its <-ri( -. .-ind tliii< s;i\,.|| til,, residence 

 and the n-: nf thr Imii-ep from .leslrnc- 

 t ion. 



I.A\( \sTi;i{. l'\. .1. ]'. Sirbohl liail an 



;icti\e tl.-ole dllliliy the whole of last 

 year and an e-jn-rially brisk bii-iiie-s at 

 the lio|id;iy^. lie liioN reaily s:ile for all 

 Ik' can |irodiiir. in pl;iiit<. Mowers :iiid 

 xeyetables. and diirine ihi. wiiitrr s;';i 

 sons he haiidh s con^iilorable (jii;int it ies of 

 liot house \eyet,-ibles from other yiinvers, 

 as he cannot yrow eiioueh fm' jiis trade. 



SoiTii I'oiMi.A.x". -Mk. -The store and 

 greenliouse of i'rank \V. J)yer, on Ocean 

 street, were completely destroyed l)y fire 

 Dceenilier 1*7. Tin; lire started in a' she. I 

 at the rear ot' a iiei<,diborin<4' grocery ainl 

 sprea.l rapidly, on a./cmnt of the fact 

 that the fir.' d.'partnient was delaye.j by 

 tile ileep siiow 1 1 ri f t s. Twe buihlin^s. in 

 addition t.i .Mr. Dyer's jiroperty, were 

 burne.l to the ^mouikI. :Mr. Dyer's ]os.s 

 amonntod to some thousands of dollars, 

 with cmly .^Tdd of insuranoo. 



\Vjir,i:i.i.\(;, W. Va. W. I". Zaiie & Son 

 made a larye number of j^rouiul pine 

 wreaths for holiday decorations. They 

 secure tli.' jiiii.' from .Mi.-lii<;an. 



Ni':\vi'()X, .Mass. — A small greenhouse 

 owiie.l by John McCarthy and situated 

 near his dwelling, at 37 X'orth street, uas 

 ilestroyed by lire DeciMuber ."). 



Dks MoiXKs, Ia.— Carl L. Olsoii. a 

 ll.irist c.innecte.l with tli.' J.)wa Seed Co., 

 and JIazel J.. Di\ilbiss were married De- 

 .■.'inber 111'. 



Stoiuhtox, .Mass.— Horace \V. Mann, 

 the Washingt.ni street fl.irist, was drawn 

 f.ir jury ser\ i.-e in the X.irfohl superior 

 .-ourt, wliiidi conv.'iie.l at De.lliam, .Mass., 

 December \\\. 



C.\.MBKID(.K, Mass. On.' of the green- 

 lious. s of Win. K. D.nle, on ('ainbridge 

 street near Leonar.l avenue, was .lamaged 

 by lire early on Chri.-tmas morning. The 

 l.)ss aimiunted to several hundre.l dollars. 

 The fire was cause. I by an o\erheate.l 

 b.iiler. 



bi;.\ix(;r(ix. Kv.- Th.. st..re ..f If. maker 

 Th.' Fl.irist. on .Main street near I'pper 

 -Ir.'i't. was .111.' of the linest show places 

 ill the .iiy .lining the h.di.lays and the 

 am. Hint .d' timle easily e(di|.s.'d that of a 

 year ago. The win.l.iw .lisplay in.du.le.l 

 a .lozi 11 .r 111. ire saiall orany.' tre.'s. grown 

 at 1 1. maker 's <ireenli.iiises. ami b.'ariior 

 goo.l siz.'.l .iia nocv 



I'lKT Maius.ix. I a. .1. .M. .\llge le- 

 ]i.ii;s that (liristmas tra.l.' was consi.ler- 

 ably larger than in former y.'ars, with 

 .-lit flowers as the main fejiture, because 

 th.' st.irmy w.'.'ith.r of De.-ember '1\ ma.le 

 th.' .leli\.'i\ of plants jira.-t ically impos- 

 sible, b'.'d .arnati.iiis were s.'aree, with 

 .l.'inan.l in ex.-. ss .it' th.' siijip|\. i'uneral 

 w.irk was liea\y ami . l.'ane.l up all white 

 sto.-k. 



.\r(;is'iA, (Ja. Christmas tra.le. with 

 all the florists, was better than the pre- 

 \i.ius year, tio.i.l weath.'r was experi- 

 eii.-e.l until I'ri.lay, when rain set in, 

 which laste.l till n.ion Christmas. This 

 .if c.iursi' cut down the sales soinewliat 

 below the mark that continue.l go.i.l 

 weather w.uil.l have ma. I.'. Halk 's Nur- 

 sery prove.l equal t.i the emergenev in 

 efl'e.'fing temporary repairs t.i the .lam- 

 age it suffere.l fr.im the fire, De.'ember 

 1.'!. and han.lle.l a larger trade' than it 

 .liil the jire\ ions Christmas. 



Ja( Ksiixvii.i.i;, l''i,A. — The Jacksouvib. 

 Floral Co. secured a neighlKiring vaoai,' 

 store for its Christinas business in grcei - 

 and potted plants. 



ClXClXXATl. ().- J. .\. Peterson s.'i,; 

 the tra.le a uniqu(> New ^'ear's car.l. h - 

 own poi-trait surroun.le.l by a wr.ath > i 

 holly embossed in c.dois. 



Lawrkxci;, Kax. — C. A. Hicks repori- 

 an excellent holiday trade. Fverythiiij 

 was sold out and there was a heavier cal 

 for plants than ever before. 



IIamii.tox, O. — The greenhouses at tin 

 country home of Col. J. C. llooven, souti 

 of Hamilton, were partly destroyed b^ 

 lire December 10. Neighbors went to th- 

 rescue and saved much of the property. 



AfGlsTA, (!a. — Stulb's Nursery, whi. : 

 condiii-ts a business in plants ami .'u' 

 flowers. 11. '.ar the oflice of the City cene 

 tery, rejiorts that e\erything is selling w 

 goo.l jirices iind business is entirely sail- 

 factory. Christmas trade was ni.ire th. 

 double that of a year ago. 



Cf.oiTKSTKK, Mass. — During the stor > 

 of Sun. lay, December iMI, the ocean ti.' 

 ro.se s.i high as to floo.i the gremihou- 

 boiler-rooms on the estates of Lester !.■ 

 laml ami th.- lat(> Robert C. Hooper, can 

 iiig sell. Ills .laimiye t.) the jdants ai 

 other iirojierty. The loss on the Lelai 

 estat.' was estimate.l at $10,000. 



I'liii.AiKi.iMiiA, I'a. — The Diam.n 

 I'l.iwer Sli.ip is th.' naiiu; of a sto 

 wlii.di w;is opene.l last summer at t 

 corner ..f L'i.lge a\eiiue and Diainoi 

 street, by (ie.i. W. (Jr.ixer &: Son, t'. 

 inerly lo.'ate.l at .'lUl IJi.lge aveni 

 Tr;i.l.' at th.' new pla.-e was soiiu'wl- 

 dull t'.ir a tim.', as might be .'xpe.t. 

 but 111.' h.ili.lay business was pr.ifit;il 

 ami the .iiithiok f.ir I'.Mo is .jiiite lio| 

 fnl. 



Nasiiia, \. II. W. W. I'.iwers' h" 

 day tra.le this ye;ir was t'ar ahea.l of' I 

 expectati.iiis ami surpassed anything 

 f.irmer years, 'i'ra.le coinmenced eai 

 an.l increasi'.l ste;idily until everythii 

 was sol. I out. Fl.iwering plants of 

 kin. Is were in great .leinaml. ami tin 

 W!is a g.ioil sale for brass jar.linieres. 

 whi(di he handles a large 'inc. Cut ll" 

 ers were sold out (dean. Christmas gr.'. 

 also wer.' in great ileman.l. .\ niiinb 

 of extra help w.'re kept constantly .ui t' 

 move ami all or.lers were pr.i]ierly pa.'k' 

 ami sent out .m time. 



