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The Weekly Florists' Review; 



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Decembeb 20, 1910. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



Vegetable forcers will find much to 



interest them in the article "Style of 



Greenhouse," on page 11 of the current 

 issue. 



VEGETABLE MABKETS. 



Chicago, December 27. — Cucumbers, $1.90 to $2 

 doz. ; lettuce, 30c to 35c case. 



New York, December 27. — Cucumbers, $1.75 to 

 $4 doz. ; lettuce. $1.50 to $3 2-box strap; mush- 

 rooms. 20c to 40c lb.; mint, $3 to $4 hundred 

 bunches; radishes, $2.50 to $3 hundred bunches; 

 tomatws, 15c to 40c lb. 



Boston, December 26. — Tomatoes, 30c to 45c 

 lb.; cnciinil)erK. $4 to $11 box: mushrooms, 35c 

 to 50e lb.; mint. 75e to $1 diizeii bun<'hes; let- 

 tuce, 70c to $1.15 box; radishes, 35c dozen 

 bunches. 



PABSLEY FOB SPBINO. 



1 have just found on my desk a clip- 

 ping which seems' to have been taken 

 from The Beview, but when I cut it 

 out I neglected to make a note of the 

 date on which it was written. Please 

 let me know whether the instructions 

 it contains are still seasonable. It 

 reads as follows: "Parsley sown now 

 in rows on a raised bench will give 

 more leaves at a time when the regular 

 winter supply is running to seed and 

 will net remarkable prices. If a bench 

 is not at liberty, drop half a dozen 

 seeds in each of a number of small pots 

 and plant them out when you have a 

 spare bench. These plants may be kept 

 in pots, gradually hardened off and 

 planted outdoors in April. At the time 

 this parsley is yielding nice leaves the 

 price is usually high, the season being 

 right between the winter and summer 



crops. 



J. M. 



I think this clipping must have been 

 written about Thanksgiving, but it is 

 not too late yet to sow parsley seed 

 for the spring market. It should, how- 

 ever, be done at once and the plants 

 must be well cared for and pushed 

 along. ^^^ H. G. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Christmas trade in St. Louis was most 

 encouraging among the retailers, and the 

 majority of them say that their sales 

 exceeded those of last year. The rush 

 started in early and lasted until late 

 Christmas day. Although without exact 

 information, from the looks of some of 

 the leading west end florists' show- 

 houses, they must have done a big plant 

 business, and we are safe in saying that 

 Christmas was as good as any previous 

 one, if not a little better. 



The weather was all that could be ex- 

 pected — clear and not too cold — and 

 plants did not need much wrapping, 

 which saved a great deal of time. It 

 •was thought that because of Christmas 

 day coming on Sunday the flower trade 

 would extend over until Monday to some 

 extent, but this was a mistake, as Mon- 

 day could be classed as a day of rest for 

 local florists. 



As to cut flowers, at the four wholesale 

 establishments there was an abundance 

 of almost everything in season, especially 

 roses, such as Killarney, Bride, My Mary- 

 land and White Killarney, but Bichmond 

 cleaned up early, as they were in great 

 demand. All brought good prices, but 

 not as high as was expected. 



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Watch for onr Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pan CiltBn Moshroen Spawn 



Bubstitatlon of cheaper rrades is 

 tboa easUv OEPOsed. FresE tample 

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mands in years. These were nearly all 

 placed on advance orders. Beds com- 

 manded the top price, followed by dark 

 pinks and Enchantress; $8 per hundred 

 was the top price for fancy stock. 



Violets were most plentiful and low 

 prices prevailed all through, when we 

 consider what they brought last Christ- 

 mas. Extra fancy did not bring over $2 

 per hundred and some Californias did 

 not bring over $1.50 per hundred. The 

 demand was heavy, but there was plenty 

 of stock to meet it. No doubles were in 

 the market. The bulb stock, too, had a 

 big demand, with Romans and Paper 

 Whites not any too plentiful. There 

 were plenty of lily of the valley and 

 lilies. There was also a sprinkling of 

 chrysanthemums, but they were not 

 sought. Sweet peas were also a sur- 

 prise this year, with the price low and 

 an abundance of flowers. None of the 

 wholesalers handled any orchids. 



Taking it all in all, those local flo- 

 rists who depended on the local mar- 

 ket for their supply were happy. All 

 the wholesalers say they had an increase 

 of business, even if the prices were not 

 so high, and they are well satisfied. 



Not much is expected for New Year's, 

 at least no rush, and if the weather 

 holds out stock will be most plentiful 

 and prices reasonable. 



Various Notes. 



The downtown retailers are more than 

 satisfied with their business. C. Young 

 & Sons Co. had an exceptionally large 

 trade in everything; plants and cut flow- 

 ers both sold big. The Biessen Floral 

 Co. says everything sold out at good 

 prices. Ostertag Bros., as usual, had 

 all they could do. Henry Ostertag says 

 it was the best yet. Miss Badaracco, 

 Otto Sander, the Foster Floral Co., 

 Grimm & Gorly and Alex. Siegel all say 

 that they did well; more than they ex- 

 pected. 



In the west end they say they had a 

 tremendous trade in plants. The Ellison 



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Floral Co., Fred H, Weber, Fred C. 

 Weber, Kalisch Bros., Theo. Miller and 

 Sanders sold up clean. George Wald- 

 bart and Mrs. Ayers had all they could 

 do with a big force of extra help. The 

 Metropolitan Floral Co. 's first Christmas 

 was all they could expect. It was big 

 all week. The Eggeling Floral Co. had 

 an extra fine supply of fancy Eaton 

 chrysanthemums for Christmas. B. J. 

 Windier, C. Bergstermann, Charles 

 Beyer, Schray & Sons and F. J. Fill- 

 more say it was a great Christmas. Max 

 Herzog, too, had all he could do. His 

 showhouse looked pretty all week. 



In the north end Adolph J. Bentzen, 

 A. Brix, the Byan Floral Co., the Koenig 

 Floral Co. and F. H. Meinhardt also had 

 one of the best Christmas seasons in 

 y^ars. 



A. Jablonsky, of Olivette, Mo., has a 

 variegated Enchantress with rose-pink 

 stripes, which should bring him much if 

 it has the habits of its parent. 



The National Clock & Electric Mfg. 

 Co. has had a big year's business in 

 their temperature alarms. Their trade 

 among the florists throughout the coun- 

 try has been large, and they expect a 

 big business for 1911. 



The Nicotine Mfg. Co. reports a large 

 business last year. J. J. B. 



