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The Weekly Florists^ Review,. 



MAY 26, :89S. 



BANGOR, ME. 



Adam Sekenger is the synonym for 

 a successful member of the craft even 

 as \yas our sire of remote memory. 

 This Garden of Eden is most conve- 

 niently laid out with two entrances 

 so that when a crush of visitors occur, 

 as happened at time of my visit, there 

 is no confusion and all can enjoy 

 the frequent displays put forth. It is 

 an excellent plan and has proved a 

 great incentive to the business. The 

 stock is well worth inspection. 



Ground has been staked out for an 

 additional range of houses and had I 

 been a drummer for a glass house 

 cpioting low I would haye booked a 

 nice order, but as this commodity has 

 advanced in price Mr. Sekenger will 

 "Bide a wee" ere building. \V. M, 



BAR HARBOR. ME. — With the 

 boom of cannon in the distance the 

 craft are very pessimistic with regard 

 to the season's business now .npproach- 

 ing. basing their fears upon the facts 

 that many owners of yachts will be 

 absent. These constitute a large per- 

 centage of the cottagers and usually 

 entertain lavishly. Let us hope things 

 will turn out profitably to all. 



HfXTS REVIEW OF THE CHIi\\aO 

 1I.\RKET. 



The i>a.st week will never be lookel back 

 upon with pleasure, either by the i^rowei", 

 the commission man or the retailer. As 

 we heard one retailer put it. "July busi- 

 ness with May stock." That may be cor- 

 rect from a retailer's stajidpoint, who 

 buys only what is needed from day to day. 

 but the commission men will say that it 

 has been July business, with fully double 

 the usual May supply. 



Roses have come out in immense num- 

 bers. A few — possibly 10 per cent— bring 

 a fair price, the balance go on offers 

 The buds are growing smaller, and some 

 growers have a bad dose of mildew on 

 their :hands, and in competition with 

 clean foliaged stock the mildewed article 

 cannot be moved at any price. 



In carnations good whites are selling 

 well. Pink ai-e a glut, reds are in general 

 poor and not in much demand. Sweet 

 peas move slowly, at constantly falling 

 Iirices. Harrisii. though not numerous, 

 are little sought for. 



Out door stock is selling veiT poorly, 

 not for years has it been so hard to work 

 off flowers of this class. 



We trust the present week will in a 

 measure make up for the low average of 

 the last three or four. 



NOW in course of preparation. The 

 Florists' Manual, by William Scott. It 

 will cover the whole field of commer- 

 cial floriculture, the articles arranged 

 alphabetically, so that reference may 

 be quick and easy. It will be a whole 

 library in itself. Price only |o.tK>. Send 

 in your order now to the Florists' Pub- 

 lishing Co., 530-535 Caxton building, 

 Chicago. 



CRABB & HUNTER. 



Violet and Carnation Specialists, 

 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 



NO\X7 '^ """ '""'' '° ^"^' Kootc-d violet Run- 



x^vy W nets. Marie Louise. Farguhaf and 



Lady Hume Campbell. $1.00 per iOO; $7.00per 1000. 



In pots later. Write for prices. 



rVERYONE WANTS THE BEST! 

 ^AN YOU BLAME THEM? 



'SV A'^^ ^^^ THING WON'T DO. 



" " ANY DEALERS DON'T KNOW IT 

 I IVE ONES DO— 



v.- ^^ Including ourselves. 

 (^/^r\^ ^ IVIo disappointment. 



W. S. HEFFRON.Mgr. 



Phone 

 Main 4i j7 





lOOD STOCK ALWAYS .* .* .< .* .* 



j*^philadelphla, pa. 



CLEARY & CO. DEWEY? 



Yes, ■we do 



Plant Auctioneers, 



60 Vesey St., - New York City. 



SELL EVERY 

 TUESDAY and FRIDAY 



■SEND FUK CAT.\Ll)(jUE, 



■4!.-»i Auctioneer, J. P. CI.EABY. 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, 4ND ALL KINDS 

 or SUSONABLE fLOWERS IN STOCK 



KASTINQ.'*'^"'?"'^^ 



Commission) 

 ! Florist. . ■ 



495 Washington St., BUFFALO. N. Y. i 

 (Also Dealer in Florists* Supplies and Wire Designs) 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



li THE LARGEST 

 --^ SUPPUY HOUSE 

 II IN AMERICA 



New Citalogue of all Florists' Supplies on application. 

 For the trade only. 



60 to 56 N. 4th Street. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



ALTERNANTHERAS, extra tine. 2-111. P. .Major. 



.A. Nana. K. Nana, $2.S0 per 10(); $20.00 per ItKXI. 



Rooted Cuttings .V Nana. R. Nana. 50c per 100; 



$4 fKJ per lIHifl: $7 00 per 310 l 

 FUCHSIA LITTLE BEAUTV, strong plants. $3 



per 100. A. J. BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio. 



WM. J. BAKER, 



WHOLESALE 

 CUT FLOWERS, 



1432 S. Penn. Square, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

 Original Headquarters for CARNATIONS. 



EDWARD REID, 

 WHOLESALE FLORIST, 



1526 Ranstead St., 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Consignments of only the best Stock 

 solicited. 



W7V^. C. S7VYITH 



CONSIGNMENTS 



OF CHOICE 



STOCK 



SOLICITED 



40 South 16th Street, 



LONO OtSTANCE 'PHONE 5006 A. 



Our central location enables us to till out-of- 

 town orders at short notice. 



lUboksale 

 florist 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Mention The Florists' 

 writing advertisers. 



Review when 



Boston Fern 



Heavy, well-shaped plants, splendid fur 

 store decoration. \'ery durable. 

 6-in. pots, $1.00 eacli; $12.00 per dozen. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG, 



Gcrmantown, Pa. 



UPSAL 



STATION, PENNA, R. R. 



