June 26, 1902 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



I4J 



Charles Millang, 



50 W. 29th St. 

 NEW YORK. 



All through the early morning hours 

 I hear the music of the flowers. 

 And day and night their voices ring ; 

 And this the song I hear them sing : — 



" Long hve Milhmg The Lily King ! 



All Kinds of Flowers and plenty of them. 



Reasonable Prices. Square DeaUntr. Out-of-town florists promptly attended to- 

 Telephone for what you want. We have it. 



Ti:£.£PH01T£ NUMBER 2230 MADISON SQUARE. 



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^LEX. J. GUTTMAN, 



Wholesale Florist. 



No better flowers can be found anywhere. 

 Conaig-nments solicited of first-class stock only. 



Reliable shipments to out-of-town florists 

 made daily. Write us tor prices. 



Telephone No. 17:i8 Madison Sq. 



52 W. 29th St., NEW YORK CITY. 



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MOORE, HENTZ & NASH, 



Wholesale Florists, 



55-57 West 26th St., New York. 



SHIPPING ON COMMISSION. 



Tel. 3034 and 3239 Madison Square. 



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DETROIT. 



It is a long time since any note ap- 

 peared from Detroit but we are still a- 

 live, though in rather a torpid condition, 

 resulting from the very changeable 

 weather with which we have been favored, 

 and at this writing one cannot sit out of 

 doors and must have a fire to be comfort- 

 able inside. Yet everything in vegeta- 

 tion seems to grow and do well, especially 

 weeds and carnation plants. 



Spring sales have been better than for 

 some years, all the florists reporting trade 

 as very good, the last week being especi- 

 ally so in the cut flower line on account 

 of the graduating exercises of the public 

 schools, so that both wholesaler and re- 

 taller feel satisfied with the wind up and 

 are looking forward to a well earned out- 

 ing. 



Club Notes. 



The last meeting was mostly taken up 

 by a discussion of the merits of different 

 brands of so-called sheep manure brought 

 out by Mr. Scribner asking a few ques- 

 tions of a representative of an eastern 

 firm, one of which was : ' ' Wliat do you 

 put in it to make it smell so strong?" 

 But he was not able to elicit much in- 

 formation. 



It was decided to take an outing to 

 Bois Blanc Park early in July with all 

 the families and employes, where games, 

 etc., will fill out the day. 



Mr. Bigsbee, of Clucas & Boddington 

 was present and gave a very interesting 

 talk on the various new carnations he had 

 seen growing this season. 



Bag. 



LONDON, ONT. 



Now that the season is nearly over and 

 we can view our empty houses and have 

 a little time to compare the season 's sales 

 with those of last year, it is very gratify- 

 hig to note the decided increase in sales 

 and the improvement in prices, the lat- 

 ter a fair average of 25 per cent on all 

 bedding stock. Cut flowers, too, have 

 maintained a uniform price and steady 

 demand, with no surplus worth speaking 

 about. On the market enormous quanti- 

 ties of bedding plants and annuals, pan- 

 sies and vegetable plants in boxes and 



DREER'S RELIABLE 



Cinerarias, Priumlas, Etc. 



(.)ur strains of the followiner florist ftower seeds have been 

 selected with the greatest care and can be depended on to give 

 the very best results. % tr. Trade 



pkt. pkt. 



Cineraria, Dreer's Prize Dwarf. XXX fine $0.60 



•■ Tall. ■• ■■ 60 



Choice Dwarf, very good 



Tall. " " 



Calceolaria, large flowering, tigered and spotted.. .60 



Cyclamen Oi^anteum, pure white 



Rose, blood red, white, carmine eye." 



Finest mixed 



$1.00 



1.00 



.50 



.50 



1.00 



100 seeds. 1000 



$0.75 $6.00 



75 6.00 



60 5.00 



CHINESE 



Fringed Primulas. 



Full trade packets, any of the following. $1.00. 



Half-trade packets, any of the following. 60 cts. 



A trade packet contains from .500 to 1000 seeds, 



according to variety. 



Alba, pure white. 



Alba niag^ifica, an extra tine white. 



Rubra, dark red. 



Chiswick Bed, bright scarlet 



Bubra Violacea, irredescent red. 



Rosy Morn, delicate pink. 



Kermesina splcndens, crimson. 



Holborn Blue. 



Pern-leaved, mixed. 



Dreer's Choicest Mixed, an extra fine mix- 

 ture of all the linest sorts. 



HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 



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baskets, have been disposed of at better 

 prices than for several seasons. The 

 weather has been very favorable for 

 planting; though cold and frosty at times 

 there has been an abundance of rain and 

 vegetation is luxuriant. 



It is not too early to think about con- 

 vention matters, and with the central lo- 

 cation of the convention city (Hamilton, 

 Ont.) there should be a large attendance, 

 not only of Canadians, but its convenient 

 location should induce many from across 

 the border who find the distance an ob- 

 stacle in attending the S. A. F. meeting. 



LOND. 



RoCKroRD, iLli. — Mrs. James Corlett, 

 daughter of Mr. C. H. Woolsey, the flor- 

 ist, died last week, aged 23 years. Her 

 death followed an operation at a local 

 hospital, from the shock of which she 

 failed to rally. Much sympathy is felt 

 for the stricken relatives and friends. 



We are sorry to have to report that 

 Mr. William Scott is laid up with an at- 

 tack of neuralgia. He was therefore 

 unable to send anything for this week's 

 issue. 



The Keview is the only paper that 

 gives the retailer ' ' a show for his alley. ' ' 

 — Frank Shibelby, San Francisco, Cal. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The American 

 Seed Trade 'Association is now holding 

 its annual convention in this city. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



4-incli, strong, at $10(«i per lOo. 

 SIV|ILAX« 2-inch, strong, at $1.50 perlOO. 



RnnA IVf<kfll BEST for Florists' use. 

 DUnC ITICai} at $3.50 per 200-lb. bag. 



ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 



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Palms 



riome 



Grown, 



Fine Clean 



Stock, 



Grown 



Cool. 



J. B. HEISS, 



The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO. 



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Chautauqua, N. Y.— Mrs. H. D. Irwin 

 reports plant trade as better than ever 

 before. Bedding is about done in this 

 section and the plants are looking fine on 

 account of the cool and wet weather. 



Wheeling, W. Va.— The bedding out 

 season is over and E. O'Neil reports it 

 the best Wheeling has ever had. All the 

 florists have sold everything they had and 

 at good prices. 



A "Boa."— From a daily paper we 

 learn that part of the floral decorations 

 for a luncheon consisted of a "boa" of 

 sweet peas and smilax. 



