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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembkr L'2, 1910. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



As to Imsiiu'ss hist \\('ck we ciiii only 

 say tliiit it Avas t'iiir, altliouyh sonic of 

 tlic retailers cinniilaiiied tliat it was 

 really dull. Social worU was scarce, 

 and when tlieie was any business it 

 was t'uneral work or adxauce ordi'rs 

 for Christinas. The wholesalers I'elt 

 it also, as stock did not iiiox'e so well, 

 .'I lid there was more coniinji in; conse- 

 ijuently juices (Iropped some on the 

 fancy i^rades. The weather was line 

 .ill the weid; ami if it keeps up this 

 \ve(d< we may look for jdenty ol' sto(d; 

 in all line* ami at reasonable prices, 

 but adsaiice prices indicate that high 

 prices will lie .asked I'or sto(d< in all 

 tirades. 



Last week saw nioi'c roses and carna- 

 tions in the market than for the pre 

 \ ions six weeks. Aiiierican ISeauties. 

 long, miMlium ami short, were plentiful. 

 The market Monday nu)riiiiig. I'ecem 

 ber lit, was not o\('rsto(d\t>d with 

 llowers, and it looks as though some ol' 

 the growers are hobling back for later 

 in the W('(d<. so as to obtain the highest 

 possible ])rice. It looks as tliough there 

 will be plenty of California a iolets and 

 that th(> price will not be extremely 

 high. Bidbous stock is scarce. There 

 are hardly any i\onians as yet in the 

 market, and oilHy a liniitd stuck in 

 I'npcr Whites. 



There will also lie jdenty ot lilies 

 and valley. There are still a few mums 

 coming in. but none are t'XjK^'ted iiexl 

 week. Jn greens the market will be 

 well sujijilied with eNcrvtliiiig. 



Various Notes. 



Charles llol/.born. on ()ak Hill a\e 

 line, wliii recently sustained (|niti' a 

 loss b\' tire, rejiorts the ;iniount :is 

 nearly .+ 1.1100. jjc cxjiect^ tn rebuild 

 early in the sjuing. All his c|iristni;is 

 sto(d\ in blooming jdants was lost. 



.1. I". Amniann. (d' IM wardsxille. 111.. 



^*tfmv house is well filled with fine 

 blooming jdiints. 



( '. .\. Kuelin says sto(d\ has been 

 more jdentiful tluring the last week in 

 both carnations and roses, and his con- 

 signors ha\'e jiromised him a big cut 

 f(u- Christmas and New Year's. The sup- 

 |dy and wire dojiartments have been 

 busy all we(dv with shipping and local 

 orders> 



c. \'oung dc Sons (Jo. has both its 

 big show wimlows handsomely deco- 

 rated and is showing some extra fine 

 (juality of blooming plants all dressed 

 uji in holiday attire. Charles Young 

 says they have Ijeen busy all the week 

 with a good outside demand. 



Ostertag Bros. ha\'e a, numljer of l)ig 

 church decorations for Christmas. Their 

 show room on the secoiul lloor is finely 

 decorated with a Christmas dinner 

 table. A large amount of funeral work 

 \vas turned out by them last week. 



Otto Sander says that his new loca- 

 tion in the Century buihling has been 

 a good move for him and that his 

 Trade has improved greatly. His inte 

 rior Christmas decorations are attract 

 ive. 



All our wholesalers say they expect 

 to be well supjdied with cut llowers 

 all this week. Shoubl the fine weather 

 keep uj), jirices will not be so high. 



President Sanders, of the Retail Flo- 

 rists' .\ssociation, says that their New 

 \'ear's meeting, which takes place 

 • lanuary -. will be an important one 

 and he looks forward to a large attend- 

 ance. The iiieeting will be ludd, as 

 usual, in the Knights ot' ('olumbus hull. 



The tlorists on South (irand avenue 

 have their Christmas decorations out. 

 Anioiig the stores that are handsomely 

 decor, ited are those of K'. .1. Windier, 

 c. Bergsteiiiiaii. Kggeling Floral Co. 

 and Charles I^eyer. They rejuirt good 

 orders iiliead for (hristmas. 



The Ladies' Home < 'iride at its last 

 meeting eleited all of its old ollicers, 

 to serve .inotlier \ear. Mrs. .lohn 



Exhibit 0* the Trimble Greenhouse Co., Princeton, III. 



and K. \\ . Cuv. of l!(dle\llle. III., sjieiit 

 a day with us la-t week, buying lioli 

 day supjdies. 



(I. .M . Iieburn. ot' the new linn id' .\. 

 lieinlerson A. Cn.. <'liicago. spent last 

 week here. ciiHiui^ un the local tlorists. 



The j-llliscui I'loral <(>. rejiorts that 



they have I n ipiite busy of late with 



all kiioU ■■< ^oci.al work. Their prettv" 



Steidle iv jiiesideut and Miss M. Mein 

 hardt, secri'tary and treasurer. A com- 

 mittee was ;i|i|)oiiite<i to arr.ange an 

 I'litert.i iiimeiit ot' some kind .after Xew 

 \'ear's, at which the men f(dks can be 

 jireseiit. 



.\niong the many fancy Christmas 

 jdants to be seen ill the big show 

 jiouses of the we-t end stores are: A/.a 



leas, cyclamens, poiusettias, Begonia 

 (lloire do Lorraine, Ficus pandurata 

 and Pandanus V'eitchii. These, with all 

 necessary accessories, attract a great 

 deal of attention and all seem to have 

 j.lenty. 



Fred 11. Weber has stocked up with 

 a big line of Christmas novelties and 

 rej)orts trade excellent in cut flowers 

 and plants. J. J. B. 



PITTSBUEG. 



The Market. 



There was the usual let-up before the 

 holidays, which was felt more in the 

 higher-priced flowers, such as Beauties 

 and special grades of roses, but the 

 wholesale houses which handle a gen 

 eral line of supplies have been kept un 

 usually busy. Violets have been much 

 more plentiful than for some time and 

 the stock is unusually fine, although, 

 the extremely cold weatiu-r has not 

 helped the sale. 



The Christmas tree market seems to 

 be a little overstocked, but all other 

 lines of green are rather on the short 

 side. Holly, especially, is ])Oor. 



There is a good deal of activity seen 

 in the n^tail shops and the slight slumi> 

 in business is considered a blessing by 

 the helj), who are trying to take care 

 id' trade and get their (Jhristnuis nov 

 (dt ies made up at the same time. 



'Various Notes. 



There is not as much talk as usual 

 about cutting out cut flowers and push- 

 ing plants. Possil)ly the near zero 

 weather we are having is causing some 

 of thein to think of the expense of de- 

 li\t'ring a lot of cheap plants. It takes 

 about all the Christianity the average 

 lloiist has to answer the teleiihone and 

 i<'cei\e a message that his delivery 

 automobile is tied uj> sonu- miles away 

 with a big load on, but such things are 

 haj)iiening these busy days. The poor 

 old Inu'se (;omes to the rescue, however, 

 and the aiito man will have a hard time 

 jiersii.-iding thes(> men that there is no 

 more use for the horse. It is all right 

 to own an auto, but do not s(dl all your 

 lioi se^. 



IIoo-Hoo. 



TRIMBLE'S PROGRESS. 



The accompanying illustration is 

 troin the W. F. Trimble Greenhouse 

 Co.. of Princeton, ill., showing their 

 exhibit at the forty fourth annual i-on- 

 \ention of the Horticultural Society ol 

 Xoitlieiii Illinois, h(dd in their town 

 December s ,in<l it. The meeting was- 

 well atteiideil and Mr, Trimble's rose 

 and carnation disjday was an interest 

 ing feature. The W. E. Trimble (!reen- 

 hoiise ( 'o. is making heailway, as much 

 as the we.ather will jiermit, on an addi 



tit f three greenhouses, each lUlx'JdO 



feet, connecteil, to be jdanted to roses, 

 all grafted stock. The new hous(>s are 

 lo lie coiiijileted by F(diruary 1. A 

 wholesale and retail business is carried 

 on here, ids<>s, carnations, chrysanthe 

 mnnis and a general line of rooted cut 

 tings an<l jiot jdants being grown. Tin- 

 latter jiart of the business is btdng 

 juisheil forward. Thousands of dif 

 ferent kinds of cuttings are being 

 rooted to fill the onlers already booked 

 Th(» linn also has a store in the cen- 

 tr.al part of the city. F. W. Ilerleman. 

 formerly of Marion. Ind.. is foreman 

 .and is handling the work in a fust ; 

 id.ass manner. 



