The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



753 



House of Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson Carnations at the Establishment of the Originator, Mr. Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



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Dearborn street can 

 jokes and cuts and 

 cifully. .Sj, unfurl 

 the skeleton of tin' 

 What a pity that tl 

 the spleen and naw 

 raatlon contained in 

 tion. Alas, I am at 

 tie insinuation is m. 

 a harmless joke. 1 1 

 use his pencil, but 

 doubtless touched a 

 Poor creatures! 



The Department Store. 



Our New York contemporary very 

 kindly and sensibly comments on the 

 subject, and more said on the same lines 

 would he wearisome. The department 

 store is a great big fact, an institution 

 that evolved from present day conditions. 

 Perhaps the greatest sufferers are the 

 small stores of almost every kind on the 

 outskirts of the cities. They feel it 

 keenly, but what changes ever occurred, 

 and even reforms, without some people 

 suffering? As well talk and kick against 

 the change of seasons. 



I believe our business is hurt, or rather 

 say aflfected, less by the large department 

 stores than any one line, and doubtless 

 if here and there an individual seems 

 hurt by them others will be prospering 

 by them. So fall in line and if you can 

 make more money by having a counter in 

 one of these large stores than renting a 

 store to yourself, do it; if you don't 

 some one else will. What a blessing if 

 we all stooped no lower in our business 

 transactions to one another than to ex- 

 change our produce for their value in 

 money in a department store. 



Tlie Greek has not yet invaded us, and 

 I believe that is merely because he has 

 heard it is a slow town, and when he ar- 

 rives he won't hurt any more than the 

 public market, with its nominal rents. 



The "cheap sellers'' we have had with 

 us for many years; in fact, as long as 

 human nature -has been molded, and so 



wo bnvo hnd tlio vho:-,y mntivs nn.l cheap 



Hagenia 

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The Market. 



The »r;,llHM I,;.. I.r.-ll .|ni(.' «;.ni, 1 he 



ail kind- innir ,il,.nl 1 1 iil , ;ii;.l m.i-i „f 

 the stock i- ni rx.rllml i|iialil\. The 

 retail trade is not very brisk. \'i'ith the 

 exception of funeral work, which seems 

 quite plentiful, and a few weddings and 

 receptions, very little is doing. 



Roses are generally good. Beauties 

 are scarce; other roses, such as Brides, 

 Maids, Meteors, Perles and Woottons, 

 are selling from $2 to $3 per 100; extra 

 select stock, $i to $6, with plenty of 

 them on hand for the demand. 



Carnations are quite plentiful and 

 still up in price; $2 and $3 per 100 is 

 asked for the best, and a few are sold 

 at $1..50. Some fine Marquis is in the 

 market, wliirli brings ,^3; Lawson, the 

 same; Wliiic i luu.l is the best white 

 just; no« and i- xdliiig well. 



Violets hold out well. Quite a lot of 

 them are still coming in, but they are 

 small and not of good color. They sell 

 at 2.5 and 30 cents per 100. Sweet peas 



are much in demand and the quality is 

 good; price, .50 cents to $1 per 100. Har- 

 1 isiis and callas are very plentiful at 

 10 cents, or $1 per doz., $8 per 100. 

 Greens are still scarce and only a few 

 ferns are coming in. Smilax is selling 

 at $15 per 100 strings. 



A visit lo rnnni M.irket Saturday 

 found all hand- l.n-\ \- the day was 

 warm a grcal lid ^il -mil was unloaded. 

 Sander-;, Srhray i Son., and C. Young 

 ,v s. n- I'. I. liave the largest assortments, 

 and -hnid.l this fine weather continue, 

 liny will have their hands full from now 



A visit the same day among the seed- 

 men found them all " very busy. At 

 Plant's, Dickman's and Schisler-Corneli's 

 they say the business was never better 



Notes. 



The Riessen Floral Company furnished 

 the decorations for the World's Fair 

 banquet last Tuesday night at the Plant- 

 er's hotel. Mrs. Kiessen says that 300 

 American Beauties, 10,000 carnations, 

 2,000 mi.xed roses and four vans of 

 palms and other plants were used. The 

 banquet was one of the largest ever held 

 in the city and was very elaborate. Great 

 credit is due the Riessens for the man- 

 ner in which they handled the affair. 



Max Herzog and wife will leave for 

 Europe early in June to be gone about 

 two months. Jlax will give the club the 

 benefit of a report of his travels 



paper 



what he saw of our business 



while abroad. 



W. A. Chalfant, of Springfield, Mo., 

 was a visitor the past week. Mr. Chal- 

 fant says that business is tip-top in 

 Springfield. Mr. Block, of the Cincinnati 

 Cut Flower Company, was also a visitor 

 for a few days calling on his many 

 friends. 



