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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembbb 28, 1911. 



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Most houses were short and the few 

 that had a surplus above orders saw 

 no necessity of making much conces- 

 sion to other wholesalers, and many or- 

 ders were shipped short. Considerable 

 quantities of New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania Beauties came in and the good 

 ones sold well at prices a shade below 

 what was asked for local stock. Rich- 

 mond never has been in such large 

 supply for Christmas, but there was 

 nowhere near enough to go around. 

 Killarney, which some of the whole- 

 salers substituted to the extent that 

 they cut the Richmond orders, was just 

 about equal to the market's needs, such 

 price cutting as was reported probably 

 having had some special purpose. White 

 Killarney was a little long. Some houses 

 cleaned up at close to listed prices, but 

 others found it expedient to make con- 

 cessions. No other rose was in suffi- 

 ciently large supply to call for special 

 comment. 



Red carnations were, as always at 

 Christmas, short of the demand, even 

 at the price, and there was no surplus 

 of Enchantress, some orders going out 

 short because stock was not to be had 

 at the moment. There are various re- 

 ports as to white. Some were short of 

 the fancy grade and say they could not 

 pick them up. Others had called in, 

 early in the week, all the white they 

 could, and got them out of the way. 

 Yet others had more small whites than 

 there was demand for, making some 

 cheap sales to clear, or even carrying 

 over from the shipping days, when 

 clearances usually are the most com- 

 plete. Thus the report on carnations 

 depends altogether on who is talking. 

 Such carnations as were carried over 

 to December 26 cleaned up at fair 

 prices. 



Violets are an unimportant item with 

 a majority of the houses, but a deci- 

 dedly important one with several. Re- 

 ports are various and yet more or less 

 in accord. Most of the violets go to 

 big users, one local store taking 65,000 

 from one house. They did not pay so 

 much as last year. One large buyer 

 asserted he did not pay over $10 per 

 thousand for singles. It is said small 

 sales of doubles were made as low as 

 50 cents and there were plenty of sales 

 at 75 cents, but the quality was in 

 keeping with the price. Doubles were 

 extremely poor, many rotted and mostly 

 shakers. While a few sales of specials 

 were made at $2, the bulk of the 

 doubles sold at $10 to $15 per thousand. 

 Singles were of better quality and 

 made better prices, on the average, but 

 few sales in quantity were above $1.50 

 per hundred. 



Poinsettias were more abundant than 

 at any previous Christmas, some extra 

 fine, some cut from pans that had 

 turned out unsalable. On the better 

 j^rade excellent values were offered, but 

 beyond what are called for by advance 

 orders poi>ajittias are a rather diffi- 

 (?ult proposltibiC The stevia sold would 

 have loaded a hayrack. Cattleyas were 

 only slightly short of the dem^,nd, at 

 the price. Lilies were not wanted. 

 Valley just about cleaned (t^M^Paper 

 Whites and Romans were moved with 

 difficulty if at all. A little freesia came 

 in, but the buyers balked at fancy fig- 

 ures. 8wcct peas were fewer than had 

 been expected, because of dark days. 

 Mignonette and bouvardia sold well 

 when good. 



One of the specially notable fea- 

 tures was the high quality of the stock 



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NEW TEAR'S PRICE LIST 



Per 

 AMERICAN BEAUTIES Dos. 



Extra long BtemB $8.00 



30-inch stems ... 7 . 00 



24-inch stems ... 6.00 



20-inch stems .. . 4.00 



18-inch stems . . 3.00 



16-inch stems .. . 2.00 



ROSES 



Killarney— Per 100 



Specials $12.00 @ $15.00 



Firsts 8.00 @ 10.00 



Seconds 5.00 @ 6.00 



White Killarney— 



Specials 12.00 @ 15.00 



Firsts 8.00 @ 10.00 



Seconds 5.00 @ 6.00 



Richmond- 

 Specials 15.00 @ 20.00 



Firsts 12.00 @ 15.00 



Seconds 6.00 @ 8.00 



Antoine RiToire (Mrs. Taft) — 



Specials $18.00 @ $20.00 



Firsts 12.00 @ 15.00 



Seconds 8.00 @ 10.00 



Melody— 



Specials 12.00 @ 15.00 



Firsts 8.00 @ 10.00 



Seconds 6.00 @ 8.00 



mscELLAimons 

 Carnations— 



Specials $6.00 



Firsts 5.00 



Seconds 4.00 



Poinsettias — Per Dos. 



Specials $5.00 



Firsts 4.00 



Medium 3.00 



Per Doz. 



Gardenias $5.00 @ $ 6.00 



Orchids— 



Cattleyas.... 9.00 @ 12.00 

 Per 100 

 Easter Lilies .. $12 . 00 @ $15.00 



Valley 4.00® 5.00 



Violets .Double . 1 . 26 @ 1 . 50 



Single 1.25 @ 1.50 



Daisies— 



W. andY 1.50 @ 2.00 



Sweet Peas.... 1.50 @ 1.75 



Mifl^nonette . . . . 5.U0 @ 8.00 



Stevia, Fine ... . 2.00 @ 3.00 

 Snapdragon , 



Y. and P....... 8.00 @ 10.00 



DECORATIVE 

 Smilax— 



Strings, 100, $12.00; doz., $1.50 

 Sprengeri, large bunch, ea. , 40c 

 Asparagrn>>lai'ge bunch, ea. , 40c 



Large string ea. , 50c @ 60c 

 Mexican Ivy.lOOO, $6.00; 100, 75c 

 Adiantum,tine, 100, $0.75 @ $1.25 



Galax 1000,$1.50; 100,20c 



Perns 1000, 2.00; 100,25c 



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