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The Weekly Flcxrists' Review. 



DECEMBER 8, 1SS8. 



BUFFALO. 



Thanksgiving Trade. 



We had a touch of winter to accom- 

 pany Thanksgiving, which did not 

 hurt busines.s even if it did compel us 

 to bring out our closed wagons, boxes, 

 wraps, etc., for safe delivery. The gen- 

 eral report is that it was a good 

 Thanksgiving, perhaps the best we 

 have ever seen. This festival, which 

 it now can be called, is gradually 

 growing both in general observance 

 among business men as well as the 

 more luxurious class, and the call for 

 cut flowers on that occasion is most 

 certainly on the increase. Violets, 

 Beauties, roses and first-class chrysan- 

 themums were in most demand. It 

 may be said that the business of that 

 day was just about what it should be 

 every day of the year to keep up the 

 many expensive stores and still more 

 numerous retail establishments of this 

 overgrown, spread-out, overrated, well 

 paved, residential, conservative, slow, 

 sleepy town. 



Notes. 



There is a glimmer of hope that bus- 

 iness will be fairly good; everything 

 helps. Just at present there is a 

 goodly sum spent for flowers for the 

 funeral of Mr. William Sheehan, fath- 

 er of ex-Governor William Sheehan 

 and Mr. John Sheehan, ex-police com- 

 missioner of New York City. These 

 illustrious young men were born and 

 raised in our city, and with no silver 

 spoons between their lips. Such are 

 the possibilities of this great coun- 

 try. 



Mr. John E. Hinman, of Elk street, 

 died last week a much respected man. 

 He had but recently joined the ranks 

 of the florists, being for many years 

 previously in our educational depart- 

 ment. 



We notice in the trade journals 

 (none in particular nor none excepted) 

 an occasional elaborate account of Mr. 

 So and So's chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion, given, of course, in their own 

 store. This I believe is hardly right 

 and of little interest lo the general 

 reader. These advertising schemes are 

 usually given by the man who is best 

 able to help out a public exhibition 

 which is a benefit to all, but their own 

 individual show is of mucn more ben- 

 efit to them. Department stores and 

 other large concerns have frequent so- 

 called openings to attract people to 

 their stores, and they get voluminous 

 notice in the local papers describing 

 the beauty and magnificence of their 

 "opening," but they would not get a 

 line if they were not handsome custo- 

 mers to these papers as advertisers. 

 A florist who wants to get ahead of his 

 local competitors has a perfect right 

 to do the same, and if he is a patron 

 of the press of his city he will get no 

 doubt an elaborate and ridiculous ac- 

 count of his exhibition. Where "every 

 lady receives a rosebud." etc.. but this 

 is of no interest to the readers of a 

 trade paper and should be discouraged. 



REGULAR 



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SHIPPING ORDERS RECEIVE 

 FECIAL ATTENTION. 



MSTOR Bros. 



51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 



WHOLESALE 

 GROWERS OF 



Cut Flowers 



We Are Headquarters for... 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES, 



of which wi- cut from 2,U0(I to 3,000 daily, I lur Brides, 

 Meteors, Maids and Ferles were never better. 



OF CARNATIONS 



we grow 5(1,000 plants of all the leading varieties, and 

 they cannot be surpassed. 



Mention The Review wh' 



...KELSEY'S BRILLIANT SOLTHER\... 



GAUX LEAVES and LEICOTHOE SPRAYS 



FDR CHRISTMAS AND THE HOLIDAYS. 



Introduced by Harlan P. Kelsey. Nothing Else will Take Their Place. 



Can be liad of all leadiiijj \^■hoIl;sale florists who are supplied bv mu, or \\'rite or 

 wire ine direct. Be sure to ask if they are KELSEY'S, and so get thefin^ 

 est colored and firmest Leaves. Used out of original cases— no rehandhng. 



For all the finest floral decorations. Nothing ecjuals Galax for WTeaths, crosses 

 and all funeral designs, as they remain perfectly fre^h outside without care. 



Use the small green lea\'es witli violets. Noiliing else so cheap, lasting, beautiful 

 and easily handled. Remember the lonK. wiry stems. 



In early December and during the winter I will have a large supply in Boston di- 

 rect from my Highlands Nursery in the Carolina mountains placed in Cold Storage, 

 packed in original cases as below, and can ship promptly from Boston on order by mail 

 or wire. I reserve right to ship from either Boston or N. C, unless ordered to contrary. 

 w\r\§gyw~c* OALAX, larpe nr small, either color, per looo, $1.25; ■;ooo or 

 MKII r N* more at $1.00 per M. Terms Cash. 



I lll^t-O* LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, per loo, $1.00; per loooo. $8.00. 

 Case A — 5,ooo Cialax, assorted sizes and colors. Case E — 5,000 Galax, small Bronze 

 Case B^ Same as A, with 200 Sprays. Case H — 5,000 Galax, large (_>een 



Case C— lo.coo Galax, assorted sizes and colors. Case I —5,000 Galax, small (ireen 

 Case D— 5,000 Oalax, large Bronze. Case L — 500 Leucoth^e Sprays 



<>rder cases by letter or larger quantities by thousands. 

 Cases A ($5) and B 1 $7 1 are \ery popular. Try one or more for sample. 



Large orders may be shipped by freight at a great sa\''ing if time permits, direct 

 from my Highlands Nurser>'. Be explicit in shipping directions, or my best discretion 

 =ave time. Large orders may be shipped direct from my Highlands Nursery. 

 Address Telegrams and Letters to the Introducer, Long Distance Telephone. 



HARL.VN P. KELSEY, 



Proprietor Highlands Nursery in Nortn Carolina. 1106 Tremont Bldg-., BOSTON, MASS. 



Orders should be placed now for .Xmas. Ask for Samples. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



is used. Tt-legrapli orders 



THE CHOICEST 



VARIETIES 



IN CULTIVATION 



100,000 VERBENAS, 



FINE POT PLANTS. $2.50 per 100: $20.00 per 1,000. \ No Bust or Mildew. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 75c per 100; $6 per 1,000: $50 per 10.000 / iatis^faction Guaranteed . 

 We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas in the Country. Our Plants cannot be surpassed. 



Send for Circular. 



J. l>. DlbUOrS, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



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AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The following new carnations have 

 been registered since last report: 

 By W. R. Shelmire, Avondale, Pa. 

 DUKE OP YOR K.— White, very 

 slightly penciled with light pink. 

 Large, perfectly formed flowers. 

 Stems long and very stiff. Does 

 not burst the calyx. Plants very 

 bushy, large and healthy; grows 

 strong in the field; comes in bloom 

 early and flowers continuously. 



LIBERTY.— Dark pink, rather bor- 

 dering on red; bright and bril- 

 liant. Not extra large, but of good 

 size, and does not burst the calyx. 

 Flowers early, freely and continu- 

 ously. Good stem, but not so tall 

 in growth as some of the larger 

 kinds. Plant vigorous, healthy and 

 bushy. 



ALBERT M. HERR, Sec'y. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



