The Rorists^ Review 



Decbmbes 5, 1912, 



LAST CALL FOR CHRISTMAS 

 TREES AND SPRUCE BRANCHES 



We can supply you with Spruce dll Balsam trees of good 



quality at reasonable prices. * « 



We also have on hand a few tons of Spruce Branches for 



Cemetery use. 



The quality is extra good, and we can make prompt shipment. 



L. B. BRAGUE & SON, Established 1867 Hlnsdalc, Mass. 



"THE FERN MEN " 



Hengel, one of Mr. Blackistone 's deco- 

 rators. Aside from its value in an 

 artistic way, it was one of the best 

 drawing cards shown here for a number 

 of years. C. L. L. 



BOSTON. 



Thanksgiving Trade. 



I have not heard a single pessimistic 

 report on Thanksgiving business, which 

 would seem to indicate that it had been 

 pretty satisfactory. We were favored 

 with perfect weather the day before 

 the •holi'day, although on Thanksgiving 

 itself, a real old-fashioned, driving snow 

 storm prevailed most of the day. It is 

 doubtful if there was ever such a thor- 

 ough cleaning up of all flowers as this 

 ]^ar. On Thanksgiving eve the whole- 

 sale markets were bare and flowers 

 which came in November 28 were eag- 

 erly purchased. There were no great 

 advances in prices, but everyone seems 

 abundantly satisfied with the volume of 

 business. 



Plants did not sell so well as ex- 

 pected. Azaleas and cyclamens were 

 the two leaders. Poinsettias were in 

 heavy supply but did not sell well, nor 

 did Lorraine and Cincinnati begonias. 

 In cut flowers there was a marked short- 

 age of roses of all kinds. Mrs. Chas. 

 Kussell realized the highest prices, 

 easily outclassing American Beauty. 

 Riehmonds were eagerly bought. All 

 roses sold well, the whites as usual go- 

 ing the slowest. Carnations brought 

 from $3 to $5 per hundred, scarlets and 

 such pinks as Gloriosa and Pink Delight 

 makng top figures. Crimsons did not 

 isell well. Violets were not equal to 

 the demand. The average price was $1 

 per hundred. Chrysanthemums made 

 practically their farewell bow. Bon- 

 naflfon was easily the leader in yellow 

 and Nonin and White Bonnaflfon in 

 whites. Gardenias made $5 to $6 per 

 dozen, cattleyas $5 per dozen, valley $3 

 to $4 per hundred, snapdragon $3 to $8 

 per hundred, and longiflorum lilies 

 $12.50 per hundred. There was a tre- 

 mendous call for asparagus, smilax and 

 ferns. Stevia and Paper Whites were 

 plentiful, but easily cleared out. 



The day following Thanksgiving saw 

 a regular bull market, with no drop in 

 prices, and the present week sees a con- 



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National Florists' Board of Trade 



S6 Pine St.. New York, N. Y. 

 Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



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 Moss, or Japanese Air Plant; Natural prepared 

 Ferns, Cycas Leaves, M a k n o 1 1 a Leaves, Cycas 

 Wreaths, MaKoolla Wreaths, Moss Wreaths, Metelllc 

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tinuance of good business. Some large 

 social events calling for a lavish use of 

 flowers help to keep prices up. Not for 

 many months has business been as sat- 

 isfactory as it is at present. 



Various Notes. 



Penn's, on Bromfield street, state 

 that Thanksgiving trade was far ahead 

 of all previous records. In plants, cycla- 

 mens and azaleas sold the best, but 

 everything in the way of cut flowers 

 went. A feature in one of their window 

 displays was a life-sized figure of a man 

 stooping over a bed of Penn's famous 

 violets to pick them. 



Wm. Caraher, salesman for the Suter- 

 meister Estate, of Readville, easily led 

 all his competitors this season with 

 Trumpet Major narcissi, which he sold 

 as early as November 28. 



F. H. Houghton has returned from a 

 trip to Philadelphia and New York-. 

 While away he stocked up heavily on 

 baskets in all the newest designs, and 

 on plant hampers, in which he spe- 

 cializes. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 



SILK GAUZE 

 CHIFFONS 



6 inches wide, can be bad in any 

 desired color (about 40 yards to 

 bolt), special price while this ad 

 runs, at 4 c per yard Samples 

 for the askinsr. 



GEO. H. ANGERNDELLER 



Wholasal* Florist 



1324 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS, NO. 



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FISH FOOD 



100 per cent profit for the store florists. 

 Cost you B6c per dozen boxes. You sell for 

 10c per box. 



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Florists' Club, December 17, the annual 

 election of officers will take place. 

 Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, will 

 entertain the members, while ballots 

 are being counted, with an account of 

 his recent trip to Panama and other 

 South American points^ 



The Mishawum Flower Co., of Wo- 

 burn, are the heaviest local shippers of 

 late mums, sending in as many as 100 



