AUGUST 2, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



255 



Bed of Hydrangeas on the grounds of Mr. E. D. Adams, Seabright, N. J. 



decides to pay rather than be em- 

 barrassed. 



"We tind further that since the tele- 

 phone has come into such common use 

 there is more cause for giving credit. 

 We avoid much of it by sending a 

 memo with the goods which is often 

 paid on delivery. 



"We place no stock in peoijle who 

 live in large or better houses and have 

 the telephone. They, too, a greater 

 part are also poor pay, it being so easy 

 for them to buy. We feel the less 

 we consider people entitled to credit 

 and the more we hesitate to give cred- 

 it the better off we are. Take your 

 money when you can find a way to 

 get it. 



"We keep close watch on our cus- 

 tomers, employ a person who reads 

 up on people and keeps an eye on 

 strict economy, which we think is to 

 get your money or keep the goods. 

 Conseriuently we have a very small 

 percentage of losses and our custom- 

 ers love us for the nice flowers they 

 can get from us." 



NEW YORK, 



The Market. 

 There is but very little animation in 

 the flower and plant market these 

 days, though one has to fly around a 

 good deal to capture a few good roses. 

 Last week, owing to funeral work, 

 there was quite a run on, white roses. 

 Very little of anything worth looking 

 at. Great quantities of gladiolus and 

 asters. Most of the leaders, and un- 

 dergraduates too, are away on vaca- 

 tions; all promise to be back for con- 

 vention. A full house is expected on 

 this occasion and everything is in 

 readiness for the performance. 



Hotels. 



We know those of our readers who 

 have been to this city recently need 

 no advice as to hotels; they will go 

 where they feel at home. To others 

 we say you need not woi^ry or bother 

 about hotel accommodations until you 

 get here, for there are enough hotels 

 in the neighborhood of the convention 

 hall to accommodate ten times the 

 number of visitors. Don't settle any- 

 where till you're satisfied, and don't 

 consider what is known as the Amer- 

 ican plan, for sightseeing cannot allow 

 it. Some of the best hotels were not 

 put on the list published last week — 

 the New Herald Square, the Park 

 Avenue, the Gilsey, the Westminster 

 and the Waldorf-Astoria, all of which 

 are reasonable according to accommo- 

 dation. 



An Invitation. 



The management of the Waldorf-As- 

 toria (which is one of the very finest 

 and largest hotels in the world) ex- 

 tends an invitation through The Re- 

 view to the delegates to visit and be 

 shown the building from cellar to 

 roof. The best view of this city can 

 be seen from the roof garden. 



Our bachelor lady florists desirous 

 of visiting New York on this occasion 

 need have no fear. There are several 

 hotels that specialize for such, and 

 though it will be a little early to see 

 the new' styles in bonnets and mantles 

 for fall wear, yet there is at all times 

 sufficient in the great New York stores 

 to flutter a girl's heart and disturb 

 her purse. 



Restaurante. 



About restaurants — why, yes, we 

 remember, after spending several 



years out west, that the longing for 

 a dinner of sea fish became intoler- 

 able; lake bass gave us many a shiver. 

 You'll find good restaurants a-plenty 

 here; several of the best make special- 

 ties of sea food, others are famous for 

 many things, good and bad. Keep 

 away from the resorts with electric 

 signs that abound in the side streets 

 of the locality known as the tender- 

 loin, unless you have a craving to be 

 robbed. 



Make arrangements, if possible, to 

 stay a few days or weeks over conven- 

 tion. A dip in the old ocean and a 

 study of life and what it is worth 

 will do you good. The money you 

 spend will only have been taken from 

 the medical side of your account. 



Why, of course you must see Coney 

 Island, Long Branch, and Asbury 

 Park; a visit here would be incom- 

 plete without such experience. We'll 

 meet you all upon arrival here and 

 then talk over plans. 



A Plant Market. 



From present indications it looks as 

 if New York might soon have a good- 

 building put up for a plant market. 

 The municipal council has passed a 

 resolution in favor of it, and the board 

 of aldermen have it before them to- 

 day. It will, however, be some time 

 yet before the matter is finally decid- 

 ed. In the meantime the growers don't 

 seem to make it plain how the build- 

 ing is to be occupied nine months of 

 the year. Even in the three months 

 of spring and summer the vast ma- 

 jority of growers keep to the sidewalk 

 style of selling. Some amicable agree- 

 ment should be made to have all get 

 imder cover; probably if the maa-ket 

 is ever built they will be compelled 



