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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



OINOINNATi. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Immediately after Thanksgiving the 

 market began to tighten, until now 

 there is scarcely enough stock to fill 

 early orders, much less take care of 

 every^ing properly. The chrysanthe- 

 mums are rapidly nearing the close of 

 their season and their gradual exit, com- 

 bined with the small sap;ply in other 

 lines, has made the quantity of stock 

 available much less than could be easily 

 used. Accompanying this movement on 

 the part of the supply and the strong 

 demand came an increase in prices. 



The supply for Thanksgiving was 

 large. The growers held everything 

 until the last minute and sent it all in 

 at one time. The inevitable in such a 

 case followed; in order to move the ac- 

 cdmulation prices had to be cut quite 

 considerably. More or less of the mums 

 plainly showed the effects of the holding 

 over, yhe really good stock brought its 

 usual good price. Friday was spent in 

 disposing of the stock held over from 

 Wednesday and Thursday. Since then 

 not a large quantity of anything has 

 been apparent. 



From now on the roses will undoubt- 

 edly be the leaders in the market. Ee- 

 ports from the growers indicate that 

 there will be a steady increase in the 

 cut until the Christmas holidays. The 

 quality of all is good. American 

 Beauties of all sizes are again available 

 and the quantity of them arriving each 

 day seems adequate to take care of all 

 normal demands. Killarney, White Kil- 

 larney and Richmond are fine, while 

 Bride and Maid are not far behind. 



Eight now the supply of carnations 

 seems somewhat limited. The growers 

 all say there are plenty of buds, with 

 many of them showing color, but they 

 are slow to open. Those that are of- 

 fered, however, are good. The colored 

 varieties seem scarcer than the white. 



Bulbous stock is fast becoming a fac- 

 tor in the market. Narcissi have been 

 finding little trouble in getting buyers 

 and this week Eoman hyacinths are 

 added to the list. The same general 

 shortage is apparent in most other lines. 

 Lilies sell quickly. Violets, both dou- 

 bles and singles, are running short of 

 the call for them. Valley is good 

 property. Poinsettias are coming in 

 stronger, while the quality is of the 

 best. Orchids and stevia are also in- 

 cluded in the list of offerings. The de- 

 mand for all kinds of green goods is 

 excellent. 



Various Notes. 



Florists' Club meeting Monday, De- 

 cember 11, at the club rooms. 



Albert McCullough has returned from 

 the south the picture of health. 



C. E. Critchell is the first local whole- 

 saler to offer Roman hyacinths this 

 fall. 



Joe Beran, of the cut flower depart- 

 ment of the J. M. McCullough 's Sons Co., 

 has been handing out cigars. A baby 

 daughter arrived at his home December 

 2. 



E. G. Gillett has been receiving some 

 elegant Beauties from Heller Bros., of 

 New Castle. 



P. .J. Olinger says that from the ap- 

 pearance of his stock at his green- 

 houses, he will have a banner month. 



Visitor: W. I. Knoff, of the Weller 

 Pottery, Zanesville, O., 



Wm. Murphy's first cars of holly and 

 laurel arrived on schedule time. If the 



early demand is any criterion for the 

 sale of the whole, Mr. Murphy is bound 

 to clean out in a hurry. C. H. H. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



The Market. 



When the first day of November put 

 in an appearance .it found the cut 

 flower market dead and flowers of all 

 varieties in abundant supply, many of 

 which were consigned to the ash bar- 

 rel on account of no business. Stock 

 of all kinds, and especially roses, 

 crowded the market. This condition 

 lasted until the month was about twenty 

 days old, and from then on business 

 commenced to pick up and stock began 

 to get scarcer. When November took 

 its departure conditions were entirely 

 reversed, and at the present time the 

 demand for stock far exceeds the sup- 

 ply. Not only are carnations a scarce 

 article, but roses likewise. Chrysan- 

 themums have had their day. Lilies 

 are in good supply, also narcissi, but 

 owing to the scarcity of roses and car- 

 nations the florists find it easy to dis- 

 pose of them. In fact, nothing in the 

 cut flower line, at the present time, goes 

 begging for a buyer. 



Various Notes. 



At the establishment of the Miami 

 Floral Co., George Bartholomew says 

 business is most satisfactory and the 

 outlook is good. The only drawback at 

 the present time is the scarcity, which 

 makes it diflBcult to meet all demands. 

 Thaiiks;,'iving trade was the best they 

 had in years, this being all the more ap- 

 preciated after the previous prolonged 

 lull in trade. 



Mrs. E. Young who has been on the 

 sick list for the last week or so, is able 

 to be at the store again. 



The Heiss Co. reports having every 

 reason to be thankful, for the Thanks- 

 giving business was all that could be 

 wished for. The company also realized 

 a big );hing on chrysanthemums this 

 year; practically none of them went to 

 waste. 



M. Anderson was in Cleveland last 

 week on business. 



On the evening of November 29 the 

 home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bartholo- 

 mew was the scene of a pretty home 

 wedding, when their daughter, Miss 

 Ruby A., became the bride of Claude 

 W. Leslie. The house was profusely 

 decorated with palms and lilies. The 

 bride carried a shower bouquet of lily 

 of the valley. Mrs. R. G. Bartholomew, 

 matron of honor, carried a large bunch 

 of Bride roses, wliile Miss Amy Ewing, 

 the bridesmaid, carried a shower bou- 

 quet of pink roses and sweet peas. The 

 groom was attended by his brothier, 

 Howard Leslie, as best man. After 

 the ceremony a dainty supper was 

 served. 



Mrs. T. M. Waters, of Eaton, O., tells 

 us that she had a big Thanksgiving 

 trade and that her chrysanthemums this 

 year were fine and brought good prices. 



A. F. Longren, from E. H. Hunt's, 

 Chicago, was in the city several days 

 last week. His display of florists ' sup- 

 plies at the Phillips House was elab- 

 orate. 



Miss Katheryne Young had a big 

 wedding decoration at Franklin, O., last 

 week. 



Mrs. L. D. Johnson was as busy as a 

 bee last week, getting out funeral 

 orders. 



Samuel Kurtz, Dayton's latest addi- 

 tion to the craft, tells us that every- 

 thing looks very encouraging. E. L. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving business was excellent 

 and growers, wholesalers and retailers 

 were well satisfied. The clean-up was 

 better than we have had for several 

 years. Chrysanthemums, especially col- 

 ored ones, sold well, in some cases 

 making $3 to $4 per dozen, a few 

 specials going to $6, but the heaviest 

 sales were on flowers of medium size 

 at $10 to $16 per hundred. Bonnaffon, 

 Nonin, Maud Dean and Chadwick were 

 leading varieties, with some of the 

 Jerome Jones. Roses sold out extremely 

 well; top grade Beauties made $6 per 

 dozen. There was a good supply of 

 Richmond and Rhea Eeid and these 

 were eagerly snapped up. Killarney 

 sold well, but the white variety went " 

 more slowly. The yellows, such as Mrs. 

 Ward, Lady Hillingdon and Mrs. Wad- 

 dell, were in good demand. 



Carnations made a sharp advance in 

 price, selling at $3 to $5 per hundred, 

 with some fancies at $6. Fenn, Beacon, 

 Scarlet Glow, Sangamo, Dorothy Gor- 

 don and Pink Delight were leaders. 



Violets cleaned up in fine shape at $1 

 to $1.50 per hundred, some extra sin- 

 gles going as high as $2. Valley was \ 

 abundant, with no change in price and 

 moderate sales. Some good snapdragon 

 came in, the pinks being in great de- 

 mand. Some nice mignonette sold well. 

 Marguerites were not plentiful and 

 made $1.50 to $2 per hundred. Paper 

 Whites and Eomans were in good sup- 

 ply at $1.50 to $2 per hundred. Sweet 

 peas, chiefly pink and pure white, made 

 75 cents and $1 and were abundant. 

 There were some fine pansies, which 

 were in demand. Cattleyas were in 

 short supply at $6 to $8 per dozen. 

 Gardenias were plentiful, with only mod* 

 erate sales. There was an excellent 

 sale for both Asparagus Sprengeri and 

 plumosus. 



Plant trade was quite good. Azaleas 

 were favorites, especially Heze and 

 Mme. Petrick, also Lorraines> cycla- 

 mens, primulas, ericas and nephrolepis. 



Since Thanksgiving there has been 

 an excellent market. December 2 

 everything was cleaned up, with 

 Thanksgiving prices well maintained, 

 and in the case of carnations even im- 

 proved on, sales being at from $3 to 

 $6 per hundred and some with specials 

 as high as $8. Violets and roses were 

 also still selling well. Chrysanthemums 

 are much less abundant and the demand 

 for them has fallen off considerably. 



Various Notes. 



A. A. Pembroke, of North Beverly, is 

 shipping splendid consignments of Pink 

 Delight, White Wonder, White En- 

 chantress, Beacon and other carnations 

 to the Flower Growers' Sales Co. Mr. 

 Pembroke grows sweet peas heavily, 

 and his daily pick is over 3,000. He 

 will largely increase his planting of car- 

 nations next season. 



Geo. E. Buxton, of Nashua, is now 

 sending large daily shipments of his 

 high grade carnations to Thomas Pegler 

 at the Boston Flower Exchange. Some 

 of Mr. Buxton's leaders are Winsor, 

 Fenn, Bon Ami, Sara Nicholson, Pink 

 Delight, Enchantress and White En- 

 chantress. 



