APBIL 11, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



17 



attending them but not nearly so large 

 as would have been the case under 

 ordinary weather conditions. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Easter has come and gone, leaving 

 everybody happy, for everybody reaped 

 a harvest. Three days before it looked 

 as though several of the dealers would 

 be found with a large surplus, but the 

 latest reports indicate that there was 

 a general clean-up. The flood of potted 

 stock and cut flowers began to make its 

 appearance about the middle of the 

 week and as the supply increased the 

 retail prices advanced until Good Fri- 

 day found them nearly double the nor- 

 mal prices, but the demand never slack- 

 ened, the public paid and many did 

 not even ask for deliveries. There 

 was plenty of everything excepting vio- 

 lets, and these were largely received 

 from outside, as the local growers were 

 nearly all caught off crop. 



Various Notes. 



The special appropriation bills now 

 before the General Assembly give 

 $2,000 each to the Rhode Island and 

 Newport Horticultural Societies and the 

 Newport County Agricultural Society. 



J. Kopelman kept two delivery wag- 

 ons and a large automobile busy for 

 his Easter orders. He expects to com- 

 mence the erection of two more green- 

 houses at his range in Oaklawn as soon 

 as the weather becomes settled. 



Charles Johnston is seriously ill with 

 an attack of rheumatism, which con- 

 fines him to his home. 



O'Connor was one of the busiest men 

 in the city last week. The firm had so 

 many orders by Thursday night that 

 it declined to book any more for Easter 

 delivery. They had several churches to 

 supply with cut flowers and potted 

 plants. 



E. H. Dickey, superintendent of the 

 Union Cemetery Greenhouses, Woon- 

 Bocket, reports an unusual business on 

 all kinds of potted stock. 



John Gibson, of Newport, was a re- 

 cent visitor in Boston. 



Otto Lindberg has accepted a posi- 

 tion with Thomas Curley. 



Macnair had sixteen clerks busy in 

 his two stores for Easter, and for three 

 days he kept five delivery wagons on 

 the jump. 



Charles Hunt had seven churches to 

 supply with potted plants and cut flow- 

 ers for Easter. His mother, who has 

 been critically ill for several weeks, is 

 improving. 



Invitations have been sent out for 

 the wedding of Miss Marion Gertrude 

 Macrae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 

 A. Macrae, and Charles De Witt White, 

 April 24. W. H. M. 



HOUSTON, TEX. 



P. D. Hauser & Sons Floral Co., in 

 business on the Telephone road, sold 

 the property and the business to P. D. 

 Hauser, of Houston, one of the stock- 

 holders in the old company, for $50,000. 

 Mr. Hauser immediately leased the es- 

 tablishment to his sons, John S. Hauser 

 and Prank H. Hauser, who will con- 

 duct the business as it has been con- 

 ducted for several years. In the old 

 company, the stock of which is all pur- 

 chased by the elder Hauser, were Prank 



Hauser, of San Antonio; Peter Hauser 

 and W. T. Hauser. The property in- 

 cludes the 6.53 acres, greenhouses, all 

 of the flowers and fixtures, together 

 with several undescribed lots in the 

 city of San Antonio. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The Easter rush is over and everyone 

 is satisfied with the results. Trade was 

 equal to last year and in some cases 

 a little better. There was probably 

 more competition this year than the 

 city has ever seen before. Every cor- 

 ner had a flower stand, a number of 

 vacant rooms had temporary flower 

 stores and the department stores ad- 

 vertised flowers extensively. Notwith- 

 standing all the competition, the florists 

 did a satisfactory business. At the city 

 flower market things were fairly well 

 cleaned up by night. The market was 

 one mass of flowers, and the stands 

 were replenished as fast as the stock 

 was sold. The stock of Easter lilies 

 was short, but this was made up with 

 spiraeas, quite a few of which went 

 begging. Carnations started out at 75 

 cents a dozen, but dropped to 50 cents 

 by night. Bulbous stock was more than 

 plentiful and could be bought at the 

 buyer's price by night. 



The Greeks on the corners sold carna- 

 tions at 50 cents a dozen and daffodils 

 at two dozen for 25 cents, but at the 

 better class of flower stores it was a 

 different story. Carnations brought $1 

 to $1.50 per dozen. However, this 

 flower was not in demand as in former 

 years, probably on account of the cheap 

 competition on the streets. Boses were 

 plentiful, the better grades bringing $3 

 to $4 per dozen, while American Beau- 

 ties were first-class stock at $6 to $12 

 per dozen. Easter lilies were sold at 

 $3 to $4 per dozen. Tulips and daffo- 

 dils were more than plentiful at 75 

 cents per dozen. Sweet peas and vio- 

 lets were the popular flowers, mostly in 

 corsages, the former bringing $1.50 and 

 $2 per hundred, and the latter $2 and 

 $2.50. Orchids, valley, lilacs, mignon- 

 ette, gardenias and, in fact, all kinds of 

 flowers were plentiful. 



Pot plants probably had a better call 

 than the cut flowers, but the higher 

 priced arrangements did not move as in 

 former years. Plants ranging from $1 

 to $3 were more in demand. Pot lilies 

 sold well, but were a little short in size 

 and numbers. Some fine rhododendrons, 

 lilacs and ramblers were to be seen, but 

 the sale on these plants was light; aza- 

 leas, hydrangeas, Baby ramblers, spi- 

 rasas and bulbous stock had the call. 



Various Notes. 



John Grande had probably the best 

 lilies seen in this market. 



Henry Bieman, who has been on the 

 sick list, was back on the job Easter. 

 Mr. Bieman had his usual fine lot of 

 blooming plants and reports satisfac- 

 tory Easter trade. 



John Bieman and Alfred Brandt 

 cleaned up their blooming plants early 

 in the day. They report trade up to 

 the standard. 



The cold weather did not help the flo- 

 rists at Crown Hill, but, notwithstand- 

 ing this, Pahud's and Nelson's forces 

 report business satisfactory. 



L. F. Benson broke in a new delivery 

 auto this Easter. 



Bertermann Bros. Co. had the finest 

 lot of blooming plants that they have 



had in years. They report busiiness 

 a little better than last year. 



A. Wiegand & Sons report trade bet- 

 ter than last year, especially in medium- 

 priced blooming plants. This firm used 

 four autos and three wagons for 

 delivery. H. L. W. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Oateway to the South. 



Those who before Easter said that 

 stock for the holiday would be none too 

 plentiful were false prophets; there was 

 more than enough. The market was 

 a little tight the first part of last 

 week, owing to many growers holding 

 back a little for the big demand at 

 the close. Friday and Saturday, how- 

 ever, brought in such a quantity of 

 stock that only flowers of the first qual- 

 ity found buyers. Anything that was 

 salted in any way, or not quite all it 

 should be, was left. The aggregate 

 money value of the sales was large, 

 and probably the largest this market 

 has had at Eastertide, but the returns 

 to the grower per bloom were smaller. 

 The growers have, in large part, only 

 to blame themselves. Some would not 

 give their commission man or sales man- 

 ager a line on what to expect, while 

 others held for anticipated high prices 

 at the end of the week. As a result, 

 on the first three days, when the mar- 

 ket was tight, the buyers had to do 

 some tall scouting to supply their 

 needs. 



The business in the flower market 

 was good, but not so good as expected, 

 for stock did not realize the prices. 

 People wanted only the cheaper stock, 

 at the cheaper prices. Lilies moved 

 rather slowly this year. 



Following Easter there was plenty of 

 everything. It will take some tall sell- 

 ing to clean up the market. 



A brief word of Easter business in 

 each line is as follows: Carnations, 

 too many, owing to holding and hot 

 weather; lilies, too many; roses cleaned 

 up fairly well; Beauties sold well, but 

 not at quoted prices; bulbous stock 

 cleaned up nicely; valley moved slowly, 

 the supply being too large; double vio- 

 lets sold well; singles cleaned up easily, 

 but few were to be had; novelties, such 

 as pansies, mignonette, etc., cleaned up. 

 The business in greens was large and 

 the supply good. 



Various Notes. 



Enough dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts 

 were on hand to make a quorum at the 

 club meeting April 8. The report of 

 the executive committee was accepted 

 and the committee discharged with 

 thanks. The report showed all bills to 

 have long since been paid and all money 

 due to the committee from the guaran- 

 tors and other sources to have been 

 collected. The whole report had been 

 carefully analyzed, subdivided and pre- 

 pared by George Bartlett, the secretary. 



L. H. Kyrk cleaned up his various 

 novelties in flowers and sash-grown sin- 

 gle violets in a hurry for Easter. 



C. E. Critchell says New York double 

 violets moved better than was expected. 



The J. M. McCullough's Sons Co. is 

 well satisfied with Easter business. 



P. J. Olinger received 112 wood boxes 

 of flowers from his greenhouses for his 

 Easter business. 



Visitors: L. F. Benson. Indianapolis; 

 J. T. Herdegen, Aurora, Ind. 



C. H. H. 



