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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 9, 1910. 



FANCY FERN "^r. FANCY FERN 



aAa Per 1000, $2.00« Special price on large lots. 



^M^^. Green and Bronze Galax $1.25 per 1000; $7.50 per 10.000 



Leucothoe Sprays, green and bronze, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000 



Sphagnum Moss per bale, $1.25; 6 bales, $7.00; extra fine. 



Boxwood per lb., 20c; 50 lbs., $8.50 



Full line Cut Flowers at all times. 



, Mlchitan Cut Flower Eichange, 384o Broadwar, Detroit, Mich. 



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DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Market. 

 Decoration day business was a rec- 

 ord-breaker with all the florists here. 

 The Aveather was ideal. Saturday and 

 Sunday proved as good selling days as 

 Monday and the florists enjoyed three 

 big days, selling out clean by noon on 

 Monday. Plant trade was exception- 

 ally good, every plant being sold that 

 showed a flower. Good carnations sold 

 for $1 per dozen; peonies, $1.50; roses, 

 $1.50 to $2.50; jasmine, 35 cents to 50 

 cents per dozen. 



Various Notes. 



William Trillow reports that his 

 trade on Decoration day was almost 

 double that of a year ago. 



The Iowa Seed Co. says Decoration 

 day business broke all records. 



The .T. 8. "Wilson Floral Co. reports a 

 fifty per cent increase over Decoration 

 day of last year, both in cut flowers 

 and plants. 



The Eush Floral Co. did a great busi- 

 ness on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 



The Guthrie-Lorenz Co. had about all 

 the business it was possible to handle, 

 disposing of a great many blooming 

 plants. This city is about cleaned out 

 of good geraniums and vincas. 



■p. E. Elder is the new manager of 

 tlie flower department of the Iowa Seed 

 Co. 



The Iowa Floral Co. is building eight 

 more greenhouses. Frank Riley has left 

 the employ of this firm. Booster. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



The Market. 



While it is a little late to make a 

 report on Decoration day business, still 

 the report is too good to keep. The 

 good report comes from all sides, com- 

 bined with the general complaint of not 

 having nearly enough stock. People 

 who waited until the last minute to get 

 their flowers wc^re greatly disappointed. 

 The weather, being quite cool, was just 

 right for keeping stock, but, on the 

 other hand, it greatly checked the prog- 

 ress of outdoor stock, especially peonies, 

 the supply of which was so scant that 

 it was an utter impossibility to fill or- 

 ders on them. 



Carnations were quite abundant and 

 the prices on them held up well, while 

 many more could have been handled to 

 good advantage. The rose crop was 

 also heavy, but the trade did not seem 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO. 



WHOI.K8AI.K COannSSION VLORISTB 



CUT FLOWERS OF ALL KINDS 



Ne\e Crop Dasrarer and Fancy Ferns, $2.00 per 1000. 



Green and Bronze Galax, Sl.OO per 1000; $8.50 per 10.000. 



Leucotboe Sprays, $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. 



Southern Wild Smilaz. 



Hardy Cut Evergreens and Florists' Supplies, 



Branch Laurel. Laurel Festooning, Green and Sphagnum 



Moss, Boxwood Sprays. A large stock constantly on hand ; 



can fill orders at a moment's notice. Telephone or telegraph. 



Tel. 2617-2618 Main; Fort Hill 25290. 



15 Province Street. Rr|Ck ION MA ^S 



and9CIiapmanPiace, OVS ■ vTHI^ l^l M99« 



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Krick's Florist Novelties 



ISIanufacturer and patentee of the Perfect Adjustable Pot 

 Hangrer and Handle, and the Orisrlnal Genuine Immor- 

 telle Letters, Etc. (every letter marked). Send for price lists. 

 Sample pair of Pot Handles. 10c postpaid. Just the thine lor 

 pleuit groivers; will sustain a weight of 100 lbs. 



CHAS. A. KRICK, ii64-66 Greene Ave.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



to call for roses as readily as other 

 stock. Nevertheless, when the supply 

 of other stock was exhausted, they were 

 glad to take what they could get. Con- 

 siderable quantities of double narcissi 

 and jasmines were shipped into this 

 market and all were disposed of. Un- 

 fortunately, it was an impossibility to 

 get ferns in quantity. Not one-half of 

 the orders could be filled, which was a 

 great inconvenience to those who had 

 lots of bouquet orders. Besides, there 

 was a great deal of funeral work com- 

 ing in continually, and this, combined 

 with Decoration day orders, kept the 

 florists on the .jump from early morn- 

 ing until late at night. Bedding plants 

 were well cleaned out by May 30, and 

 thus, luckily, there were not many 

 plants to handle during the other rush. 



Last week's business, too, was quite 

 heavy. An unusual demand for funeral 

 work was largely the cause of this. 

 Light carnations were so scarce that it 

 was impossible to fill half the orders 

 for them. 



Trade previous to Decoration day, 

 and in fact throughout the month of 

 May, was exceedingly good. The 

 weather, however, was not at all in 

 harmony with the month of May, but 

 was more like a mixture of March and 

 April, with practically more rain than 

 sunshine. Such weather was hard on 

 all outdoor crops, especially farm crops. 

 Farmers were greatly delayed in put- 

 ting in their crops, while some have 

 been obliged to plant their corn as 

 often as three times. A severe hail 

 storm, accompanied by high winds, 



New Eastern Feros 



Write for price and yearly contracts. 



ROBERT GROVES, 127 CommBrcial St 



ADAMS, MASS. 



struck this section of the state May 

 29 and did a great deal of damage, 

 breaking glass and shattering all sorts 

 of vegetation. Fortunately for ,the 

 florists, the brunt of the storm struck 

 the country regions about two miles 

 north of the city. Thus none of the flor- 

 ists suffered any loss. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. B. Hendrichs reports that Deco 

 ration day trade this season was the 

 best that she has ever experienced. She 

 thinks this is partly due to the fact 

 that a great deal of outdoor stock was 

 killed or crippled by frost and held 

 back by the continuous cold weather, 



Mrs. E. Young says that everything 

 in sight, even peony buds, sold for May 

 30, and business suited her well. 



' ' Decoration day was unquestionably 

 a most successful one, but we needed 

 more stock," is the report of the Heiss 

 Co. This firm has been greatly incon- 

 venienced by the exceedingly cool 

 weather, which has sadly delayed spring 

 planting. R. A. B. 



Please discontinue my advertisement 

 in The Review; it did the work. — J. W. 

 Scott, Lisbon, 0. 



