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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ai-utL 20, 1911. 



W.^E. Doyle did a heavy plant trade. 

 Here tubs of gardenias were heavily 

 flowered. Boronias were excellent, as 

 were azaleas and ramblers. Large 

 made-up pots of lilies were in heavy 

 demand, as were nicely flowered gera- 

 niums in 5-inch pots. 



Edward MacMulkin had an attractive 

 Easter window in white. He reported 

 a great sale for hydrangeas, especially 

 hortensis, also Tausendschon and Dor- 

 othy Perkins roses, bougainvilleas, aza- 

 leas and 'ericas. 



Huge bunches of pansies and single 

 violets were features at "Wax Bros.' 

 place. Here Beauty roses were fine. 

 This firm had a big sale on lilies, aza- 

 leas and acacias. 



Thomas F. Galvin had one window 

 filled with. bougainvilleas and lilies,, an- 

 other being devoted to hydrangeas, at 

 his Tremont street store. Specimen 

 plants , of Queen Alexandra marguerite 

 were fine. The , business done here and 

 at the Back Bay .conservatories was 

 away ahead of a year ago. 



Penn's place was, as usual, crowded 

 to .the doors and their Easter trade has 

 been a record-breaker. All good flower- 

 ing plants had a great sale, while val- 

 ley, violets, primroses. Beauty roses and 

 yellow marguerites were cut flower 

 favorites. 



S. Hoffman did a hustling business 

 at his stores and greenhouses, and dis- 

 posed of a tremendous amount of mate- 

 rial. His specimen ramblers, acacias, 

 lilies, rhododendrons, kalmias, azaleas 

 and other plants were equal to the best 

 seen anywhere. 



J. Newman & Sons did a splendid 

 Easter trade. Their bulb pans, , hy- 

 drangeas, lilies and azaleas had a great 

 sale. Pot plant business vastly ex- 

 ceeded that in cut flowers. 



At Zinn's, on Park street, trade was 

 brisk, both in cut flowers and plants. 

 Acacias, genistas and ericas were of 

 excellent quality here. 



H. K. Comley, at 6 Park street, did 

 the largest plant business he has ever 

 had. Everything new, rare and unique 

 in plants and cut flowers was to be 

 seen here. Gladioli, Spanish iris, anem- 

 ones, ranunculi, pans of valley and 

 cyclamens were noteworthy here. 



With Growers and Wholesalers. 



"William H. Elliott had a heavy 

 Easter cut of roses. "William Shean, 

 Mrs. Aaron "Ward, Hhea Reid and Sa- 

 frano, among others, were of fine qual- 

 ity. He had a heavy call for Aspara- 

 gus plumosus and Sprengeri. 



H. M. Robinson 's commission house 

 was a busy place Easter week and busi- 

 ness was considerably ahead of a year 

 ago. Sweet peas sold well, and there 

 was a marked scarcity of violets. Roses 

 and carnations were each in oversup- 

 ply. Greenery was in heavy demand. 



William Sim had 100,000 sweet peas 

 for Easter and the quality was superb. 

 He also had 50,000 single violets from 

 houses which had been shaded. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. had a splendid 

 Easter trade. Their lilies were among 

 the best seen in Boston, while azaleas, 

 genistas, ramblers, etc., were all cleaned 

 out. 



John McFarland sold 10,000 valley 

 April 15. He sold all his lilies. He is 

 now cutting some good Carnot roses 

 and gardenias. 



H. T. Capers, for the Halifax Garden 

 Co., handled 100,000 sweet peas and 

 60,000 carnations at the Boston Co- 

 operative Market Easter week. 



William S. Phelps, of Marlboro, was 

 strong on pink antirrhinum. He has 

 been cutting perennial larkspurs of 

 good quality for a month. These are 

 sold by J. M. Cchen. Mr. Cohen sold 

 over 20,000 carnations April 14 and 15.. 



Welch Bros, were well satisfied with 

 Easter trade. They did a heavy plant 

 business direct from their growers' 

 establishments. Their roses, valley, 

 carnations and other flowers were fine, 

 as were Rhinebeck violets. 



The Sutermeister estate, Readville, 

 through William Caraher, disposed of 

 every pan of bulbous plants they had, 

 including 1,500 of narcissi alone. 



H. L. Belcher, of Winthrop,.sold 10,- 

 000 valley April 15 ; and a large quan- 

 tity of bulbous flowers. He has 25,000 

 geraniums now coming on for spring 

 trade. 



The finely grown geraniums seen in 

 a number of leading stores were grown 

 by George M. Anderson, of Milton. 

 These met with an excellent sale. 



S. J. Goddard had the best Easter 

 business on record. His home trade ex- 

 ceeded that of all previous years. Car- 

 nations were in heavy crop, and he had 

 a fine variety of other flowers. 



Thomas Roland's plants were seen 

 at every high-class store in the city 

 and outskirts, and many customers 

 asked for Roland's plants. His won- 

 derful exhibition at the National Show 

 proved a splendid advertisement. Mr. 

 Roland had a grand Easter business. 



Mann Bros, and Paine Bros., of Ran- 

 dolph, were the heaviest sellers of bulb- 

 ous stock and both disposed of a big 

 lot of flowers. John J. Fee, of Jamaica 

 Plain, another specialist, sold out clean. 



The lilies and other plants grown by 

 A. M. Davenport, of "Watertown, were 

 of exceptionally fine quality. 



Peirce Bros., in addition to large 

 quantities of lilies and azaleas, had 

 genistas and other plants. They had a 

 heavy cut of carnations and yellow 

 marguerites. 



John Barr, of South Natick, sold out 

 all his cyclamens. He had a grand crop 

 of carnations of superb quality. Scar- 

 let Glow and Mrs. B. P. Cheney, the 

 new variegated, were fine, as indeed 

 were all varieties. 



From Lewis Small, of Tewksbury, 

 came a fine cut of annual chrysanthe- 

 mums, and among extra quality carna- 

 tions were Pink Delight and Winsor. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, 

 had a tremendous pick of carnations. 

 He still grows Queen of excellent qual- 

 ity and says that some prominent re- 

 tailers ask for it, in preference to 

 White Enchantress, and pay the same 

 price for it. 



Various Notes. 



Adolph Koch, of Nobscot, is bringing 

 in the first white feverfew of the 

 season. 



Remember the meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club April 25. 

 In addition to the lecture on "Gladi- 

 oli," by B. Hammond Tracy, there will 

 be reports from the National Show en- 

 tertainment committee and other busi- 

 ness of interest. 



The death of William H. Knapp, re- 

 ported in another column, removes one 

 of the most estimable of our local 

 growers, one for whom everyone had 

 the highest possible regard. 



W. N. Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



From the reports of the local trade 

 the business done from Friday to Sun- 

 day was the largest and best Easter 

 ever experienced. The weather was our 

 friend again, as Saturday was clear 

 and Sunday most glorious. The west 

 end florists, although their show houses 

 were battered up by Thursday's great 

 hail storm, made a grand show of 

 blooming plants and cleaned up on 

 them by noon Sunday. Never before 

 were there so many fine blooming 

 plants seen and sold as this Easter, and 

 they brought good prices at that. The 

 leading florists say the majority of 

 the buyers want blooming plants for 

 this holiday. 



Lily plants became scarce in places 

 when the hail almost killed the crop. 

 These, with hydrangeas, azaleas and 

 Dutch bulbous stock in pots and pans, 

 had the call. The cut flower sales were 

 also large in all sections of the city. 

 The wholesale markets were well sup- 

 plied with a fine lot of lilies, both 

 Harrisii and callas. 



The consignments of carnations were 

 large in all varieties, with Enchantress 

 leading in demand. The quality was 

 extra good, with prices not over 50 

 cents per hundred. Roses, too, came in 

 large lots and cleaned up early at $10 

 per hundred for extra selects. Kil- 

 larney, Richmond and My Maryland 

 had the call. Long Beauties also came 

 in for good demand. There were more 

 violets and sweet peas in the market 

 than we expected, with clean-up sales 

 on the best. Dutch hyacinths, tulips, 

 valley and other bulb stock had a great 

 demand. There was also a big call for 

 smilax, asparagus, both plumosus and 

 Sprengeri, adiantum and common ferns. 



We can safely say that the 1911 

 Easter was a grand one for the St. . 

 Louis florists in all sections of the city. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club meeting Thursday 

 afternoon, April 13, was not so well 

 attended, owing to the greenhouse men 

 all being busy. When President Con- 

 non opened the meeting there were only 

 fifteen members present. Joseph A. 

 Matter made application for member- 

 ship and Thomas C. Carr, of St. Louis, 

 and Frank H. Wild, of Sarcoxie, Mo., 

 were elected to membership. The trus- 

 tees reported that they were at work 

 on the twenty-fifth anniversary cele- 

 bration and that they would make a 

 full report of their plans at the May 

 meeting. Treasurer Smith made his 

 first appearance at the meeting as a 

 married man and was congratulated on 

 all sides. The feature of the meeting 

 was a talk by J. F. Ammann on what 

 he saw and heard at the Boston flower 

 show, and it proved to be one of the 

 most interesting talks ever given be- 

 fore the club. 



The next meeting of the club will be 

 held Thursday, May 11, at 2 o'clock. 



A Great Hail Storm. 

 The great hail storm Thursday, April 

 13, did the greatest damage to florists 

 in the history of St. Louis, or, as some 

 of them say, greater than any in the 

 United States. All florists with glass 

 in its path suffered a great loss, includ- 

 ing many in Kirkwood and Webster 

 Groves. Those near Clayton and OH 

 vette escaped the hail. The majority 

 of those whose places were damaged 

 had hail insurance. 



