JANCABV 2, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



The Trade Should Note— That the Parcel Post does not **in any way affect 

 the postage rate on seeds, cutting^s, bulbs, roots, scions and plants as fixed by 

 section 482 of the Postal Laws and Reg:ulations,'* the rate for which has been 

 and still will be 1 ceht for each two ounces, but the limit in weight now is eleven 

 pounds, instead of four pounds, as in the past. 



the market with exceptionally heavy 

 shipments, all good stock, from his 

 greenhouses at New Castle. 



Peter Weiland offered the first gladi- 

 oli this season. They came with the 

 Christmas shipments. 



It is with regret that I report the 

 death of Miss Stella Kyrk, a sister of 

 Louis Kyrk and Miss Edith Kyrk. 



Bloorahurst boosted the holiday sup- 

 ply of the Cincinnati Cut Flower Ex- 

 change with the first of a .good crop 

 of Killarney. 



Albert McCullough has returned from 

 the Pacific coast. 



Chas. Garvey went to Indianapolis 

 to spend the close of holiday week 

 with his folks. 



E. G. Gillett had some specially good 

 Killarney and White Killarney last 

 week. 



Wm. Murphy says that if Christmas 

 trade had been any better he would 

 not have known what to do, and he 

 smiles. C. H. H. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



Business during Christmas week 

 broke all previous records, especially 

 in potted plants and basket work. 

 Azaleas were good and sold well. 

 Vervseneana was the leader as usual. 

 Begonias, Lorraine and Cincinnati, went 

 fast. Practically every one was sold 

 by Christmas eve. The demand for 

 begonias seems to grow more each year. 

 Poinsettias were hard to get, especially 

 with good foliage. This made it quite 

 hard for the retailers to fill their orders. 

 Weather conditions had no doubt ad- 

 vanced them too much and it was hard 

 to hold them back. The bench-grown 

 plants were i great deal better and 

 seemed to have more foliage. As a 

 whole, poinsettias were not so good as 

 last year. Cyclamens and other potted 

 plants sold well and were good. It 

 seemed that any plant with a bloom on 

 it sold without the least trouble. 



There was an abundance of roses for 

 Christmas trade and they sold fast with 

 the retailers. Carnations were rather 

 scarce, as they were within the pur- 

 chasing price of the majority of people. 

 Bed carnations could not be had from 

 the wholesale people at any price. 

 Christmas eve red carnations sold as 

 high as $3 per dozen. There was an 

 abundance of violets and narcissi on 

 the market, but, like every other bloom, 

 they went fast. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Kusik & Co. were surprised at 

 the amount of stock that was sold the 

 day before Christmas, as it was thought 

 that a great deal of stock would be 

 left on hand. This concern had a good 

 run on supplies. ^~" 



The Eosary had an excellent Christ- 

 mas week. They sold out of every- 

 thing, as business was far better than 

 was expected. 



The trade regrets to hear of the 

 death of Ford Brown, who died- sud- 



denly, Thursday, December 26. We all 

 extend our sympathy to the family. 

 R. S. Brown, the father, has just under- 

 gone an operation for appendicitis, but 

 is greatly improved and able to sit up. 



W. J. Barnes during the rush, the day 

 before Christmas, had trouble with his 

 delivery car. Orders stacked high, but, 

 as luck would ha /e it, he was able to 

 secure two cars, which he kept busy 

 till twelve o'clock Christmas day. 



Samuel Murray reports business as 

 being past his expectations. Fancy 

 pot plants were the best sellers. He 

 grows his plants at his own green- 

 houses, and they cannot be beaten. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. reports 

 this Christmas business immense. Good 

 pot plants and fancy basket work ap- 

 peared to be what the people wanted. 



The Geo. M. Kellogg Cut Flower & 

 Plant Co. reports the sale of 5,0^0 

 Richmond roses Christmas week, in 

 addition to a great many pot plants. 



E. A. Humfeld reports a good busi- 

 ness. His Chadwick mums did not sell 

 up to his expectations, however. 



The Alpha Floral Co. believes that 

 the individual buyer did not spend as 

 much this year, but more people pur- 

 chased than ever before. 



T. A. Moseley has good news for the 

 trade. The stork visited his home last 

 week and left an 8-pound baby girl. 

 Congratulations are now in order. 



A. F. Barbee cleaned up entirely on 

 cut flowers last week. Pot plants went 

 better with him this week than ever 

 before. 



Miss Jennie E. Murray reports busi- 

 ness more than good. She is feeling 

 elated over last week's sales. 



W. J. B. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Christmas business was the best gen- 

 erally that has been experienced here 

 in several years, notwithstanding the 

 severe snow storm of the preceding day. 

 While the storm interfered somewhat 

 with sales on that day, it was more 

 noticeable in the difficulties of delivery. 

 Several florists had automobiles and 

 wagons stalled in the snow, and plants 

 and flowers nipped. There was a good 

 supply of flowers and plants and all 

 met with ready sale. Prices were up 

 about double the normal market. Car- 

 nations ranged from 5 to 10 cents at 

 wholesale; roses, from 6 to 20 cents; 

 violets, $1 to $1.50 per hundred; valley, 

 $3 to $5 per hundred; mignonette, $2 

 to $3 per hundred, and poinsettias, 25 

 to 40 cents each. 



Various Notes. 



At the annual election of the St. 

 Andrews Society, of Newport, John B. 

 ^^ Urquhart was elected president and 

 ■^Stewart Ritchie one of the trustees. 



Miss Florence Willard, of the Hope 

 Greenhouses, has been confined to her 

 house by illness. Her sister and mother 

 were also on the sick list. 



Lord & Burnham Co. has secured a 



contract, from Albert Holscher, for 

 the erection of a new greenhouse. It 

 is to be 50x241 feet and of iron con- 

 struction. 



Frederick Covill and wife have re- 

 turned from a vacation trip to Mon- 

 treal, Can. 



W. S. Pino has returned from Ver- 

 mont, where he spent the Christmas 

 holidays with his mother. 



The Smith Floral Co. has leased a 

 store on Westminster street, near the 

 junction with Weybosset street. T. H. 

 McAndrews is manager. 



Among the recent visitors at the 

 greenhouses of the J. A. Budlong & 

 Sons Co., at Auburn, were Samuel God- 

 dard, of Framingham, Mass., and Allan 

 Peirce, of Peirce Bros., Waltham, Mass. 



Henry Patri, with Johnston Bros., 

 returned December 27, after an absence 

 of seven weeks in the Rhode Island 

 hospital with typhoid fever. 



The Wilsons' Nurseries, MiddletowjQj 

 report some large orders for nursery 

 stock for spring delivery. 



John Lindbloom, who has been in 

 Portland, Ore., for several months, re- 

 turned last week to the employ of the 

 Hope Greenhouses. 



Joseph Kopelman is nursing two 

 fingers on his right hand, which became 

 badly affected from rose thorns. 



Edgar L. Nock, of East Greenwich, 

 has the sympathy of the trade in the 

 death of a brother, December 28, by 

 the accidental discharge of a revolver 

 he was cleaning. 



Louis J. Renter, of Westerly, has 

 been elected worshipful master of the 

 Pawcatuck lodge of Masons. 



George McWilliam, gardener for 

 George M. Whitin, at Whitinsville, 

 was awarded a silver medal recently 

 by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for a hybrid calanthe orchid. 

 The blooms are pure white. It has 

 been named Calanthe Whitini. 



H. C. Neubrand, with W. S. Pino, 

 spent the Christmas season with his 

 father and mother at their home near 

 Webster, N. Y. 



Nathan D. Pierce, of the Norwood 

 Nurseries, Norwood, is slowly recover- 

 ing from a long and serious illness. / 



Carl O. Schultz, Newport, has re- 

 cently registered a twenty horse-power 

 touring car. W. H. M. 



DETROIT. 



Christmas trade in Detroit, north of 

 Grand Circus park, among the florists 

 has been the best they have ever had. 

 M. G. Paterson's force was on until 

 after midnight. W. B. Brown worked 

 all night. Mr. Carey cleaned up his 

 stock, as did James Taylor, both work- 

 ing overtime getting orders ready for 

 Christmas day. 



The Detroit Cut Flower House did 

 the largest business it has ever had, 

 owing to the push of the new manager, 

 C. H. Maynard, who is known to the 

 trade all over the country. One ship- 

 ment of 2,500 Killarney roses came in 

 the day before Christmas. An extra 

 force was put on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day. M. M. 



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