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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Octmbki: 20, lout',. 



solves to propagating Krides and Maids. 

 in West Hoboken and Gloster, yon will 

 find, in addition, the new- Breitmeyei 

 rose and American Beauty, Killarney, 

 i hisin, Morgan, Testout, I leegen, I dberty, 

 Queen of Edgely, Kaiserin, No, 

 Watteville, Ivory, Golden Gate, Carnot, 



Hoste, [deal and i lanadian Qu and 



best "t' .-ill ,-i demand i bat insures a com 

 plete sale for all of them. The Asmus 

 establishment is one of the most com- 

 plete and successful in the United States, 



sons, both branches of the in ose plant 



are models of neatness and practical ac- 

 complishment. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club takes place November 9, 



and will lie osp.viallv interesting because 



of an exhioil of the new Breitmeyer rose 

 and readings ta Alexander Wallace from 



praise ot e\erv man with Scot, -I od 



in his veins. 



A now wholesaler will endeavor to woo 



expects shipments of 

 begin again 



lators in all 

 J. I. Ra; 



Adiantum Croweanum 

 about November 1. 



Langjahr's new ice-box and store fix- 

 tures are up to date. 



Gardenias and cattleyas abound at 

 Young & Elliott 's and every variety of 

 commercial orchid is offered by James 

 MeManus, whose shipments to out-of- 

 town florists are developing into a con- 

 tinuous performance. 



Small & Sons had big weddings last 

 week, at Flushing and Brooklyn. Their 

 windows were very attractive with elec- 

 tric lights, vandas, cattleyas, dendro- 

 biums, cypripediums, with oak leaves and 

 erotons, while red dahlias, Roosevelt car- 

 nations and Farleyense made one window 

 especially beautiful. 



Fleisehman had an immense Anna Fos- 

 ter trimmed with wide mauve ribbon, as 

 a center the other day, with huge vases 

 of dollar-a piece 'mums in the fore- 

 ground that brought even blase prome- 

 naders to a halt, while at Thorley's 

 'mums of the Twombly grade of bloom, 

 and Breitmeyer roses with Farleyense 

 were enough to attrai I constant lovers of 

 the artistie. 



Mackintosh's new electric did duty last 

 Saturday for the first time. It is an 

 illuminator, sure enough. He had a big 

 politieal wedding last week, when the 

 daughter of Barney Biglin made her 

 venture into the sea of matrimony at 

 the Earlington hotel. White 'mums and 

 roses, curtains of smilax and autumn 

 leaves made up the decoration. 



The sale of the large plants from the 

 Biltmoro Estate was continued at Elli- 

 ott's last Friday and another large at- 

 tendance of prominent retailers absorbed 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Tli. 



tuem at auction, the premiums over the 

 rentals being $6,290. Its 8,000 square 

 feet of space is already outgrown, and 

 158 stalls is not enough. The lowest 

 premium at the sale was $13, the highest 

 $80. The market has a ten year lease 

 and the basement has been let so that 

 it pays $40(1 mere than ils est. The 

 W'abau Conservatory folks have a large 

 space iii the basement for sorting and 

 storage. 



I met Elijah W I. popularly and lov- 

 ingly known from Boston to the Pacific 

 as " Little Woody. ' ' as young as ever and 

 as enthusiastic an odd Fellow as he has 

 been for "nigh on to thirty year.'' 



J. Austin Shaw. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Trade the past week was rather un- 

 steady. Shipping business was light, per- 

 haps due to most of the country buyers 

 having a good supply of 'mums on hand. 

 Carnations sold well but it was difficult 

 to keep roses moving at respectable fig- 

 ures. There are plenty 'mums iu the 

 market to meet all demands and prices 

 seem to be a shade below former sea- 

 sons. The increased local supply in near- 

 ly all lines is now being felt in this mar- 

 ket and there is almost enough home- 

 grown stock to meet all ordinary require- 

 ments. Violets are coming in more freely 

 and quality is improving. 



Notes. 



Mr. Zweifel is cutting some very tine 

 Enchantress carnations which bring top- 

 notch prices. 



Mrs. Ennis has opened a flower depart- 

 ment at the Boston store and reports 

 good trade. 



Aug. Kellner is about completing two 

 houses to be used for decorative stock. 

 Mr. Kellner is making a specialty of dec- 

 orating and had several big jobs the 

 past week. 



The coal situation is far different from 

 this time last season. Coal is now being 

 offered at reasonable figures and most of 

 the yards are completely filled up. It 

 was reported that several vessels char- 

 tered for this port were consigned to 

 other ports the past month, owing to the 

 crowded condition of the coal yards and 

 also the danger of fire, which occurred 

 in some of the yards, in the immense 

 piles of soft coal. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. took in a car- 

 load of azaleas the past week and also 

 made several large shipments of palms 

 to Pacific coast points. Incog. 



The Market. 



The business done in cut flowers is. 

 not in a satisfactory condition to any 

 but chrysanthemum growers. There are 

 entirely too many flowers coming info- 

 town to be used to advantage. Ivory, 

 Mrs. Henry Robinson and Timothy 

 Eaton have been added to the list of 

 white chrysanthemums. The last named 

 variety is verj fine, and has brought the 

 highest price so far obtained, although 

 the number received is small. The cold- 

 nights have injured all outdoor stock 

 excepting cosmos, which is still very 

 plentiful. The dahlia wound up its sea- 

 son with a rush, S. S. Pennock filling an, 

 order for 6,000 of these flower3 one 

 evening this week. There have been some 

 \.i\ large orders this week, consuming 

 great quantities of stock. 



The Home of Liberty. 



Just think of 12,000 Liberties all on 



place, three-quarters of them under 



one roof, or, rather, within t lie bounds 

 of four walls! Such a thing was un- 

 known here till this season, when A. 

 Farenwald erected his new range of 

 eight houses on the Dietseh pattern, with 

 short roof bars and no partitions. His 

 Liberties are a beautiful sight, full of 

 vigor, with quantities of buds giving 

 promise of fine crops this season. No 

 stakes are used, the plants being of erect 

 habit. Both young and carried-over 

 stock are grown in ground beds chiefly, 

 although some are in benches. The re- 

 sources of the place were taxed to pro- 

 duce enough stock to fill the new range, 

 a couple of thousand were purchased, 

 all that several growers could furnish, 

 but half the last section was planted 

 with Beauties. Four of the six older 

 houses are also planted with Beauties, 

 making about (5,500 plants of this va- 

 riety. Two of the houses filled with 

 carried-over stock show remarkable 

 vigor, the plants being seven or eight 

 feet high and very bushy after three 

 months ' growth. There is every reason 

 to expect a large preponderance of spe- 

 cials from of these houses, which was 



just coining in. Unfortunately, time did 

 not permit of a visit to Edward Towill's 

 place, near by. Mr. Towill is also a 

 Liberty Beauty specialist, and has added 

 considerable glass this season. His 

 plants are said to be in fine shape. 

 Notes. 



Joseph Heacock has just completed a 

 violet house. llxiiO feet, for his daugh- 

 ter. The house adjoins a large palm 

 house, and will be filled with single 

 \ iolets. 



Mrs. M. D. Young has taken the store 



and g ah,, us,- of Mrs. J. Wolff. Sr., 



at Ridge avenue and Dauphin street. A 

 fall opening was held on Friday and 

 Saturday. 



I. Leech, lately with J. J. Habermehl's 

 Son, has gone west to take a position 

 with C. A. Samuelson, of Chicago. 



Paul Berkowitz. of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., has just returned from a success- 

 ful business trip. 



Charles E. and Mrs. Median celebrated 

 the tenth anniversary of their wedding 

 on Saturday evening. 



M. Rice & Co. have just received two- 

 certificates of merit, awarded them at 

 the S. & F. exhibition at Milwaukee. 

 They are most creditably gotten up. 



Samuel S. Pennock received the first 

 Timothy Eaton of the season. 



