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HORTICULTURE 



May 9, 190S 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 

 ^=SONS^= 



Cor. Miami and Qratlot Aves. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs . . . 

 Higli Grade Gut Blooms 



We cover all Michigan points auid cood 

 •ecdoiu of Ohio, Indiana and Canada 



William J. Smvth 



FLORIST 



Cor. nichlgfan Ave. and 3 1 st St., CHICAGO 



We ship to all points in Illinois and Iowa. 

 Phones: Douglas 744, Douglas 523, Douglas 740 



M.G.andJ E,HAUSWIRTH 



232 Michigan Ave. 



CHICAGO 



AUDITORIUM ANNEX Tel. Harrison 585 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



l«ir BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO 

 Botb 'Phones 2670 Mafo 



FRED C. WEBER 



FLORIST 



OLIVE STREET ol» LUUlb» MU« 



' Established 1873 

 Long Distance F&one Beil Llndell 676 



<,UDE BROS<0 



WASHINGTON, 

 D. C. 



GUDE'5 



Qeo. H. Cooke 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and L Street 



WASHINaXON. D. C. 



The Park Floral Co. 



J. A. VALENTINE 

 Pres. 



DENVER, COLORADO 



WILLIAM L.ROCK 

 FLOWER CO. 



KANSAS CITY, 



MO. 



will carefully execute orders for Kansas City 

 and any town in Missouri or Kansas. 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists, 



Ohas. Limmer. Ooript, has moved to 

 S21 State St., Schenectady, N. Y. 



Out of 

 Town 



Ea.'iter trade at FVanklin. Mass., was 

 fully up to previous years. Prices 

 were maiutained and everythins was 

 in good demand. 



The Colonial Flower Shop is to oc- 

 cupy the new building to be erected 

 on the corner of Main and Jefferson 

 streets, Goshen, Ind. 



L. C. Marsrot, florist, of .Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass., has recovered from his 

 recent severe illness and is again able 

 to attend to his business. 



Mrs. H. B. Magee, who was one o£ 

 the heavy losers by the Chelsea fire, 

 has opened a flower store at 243 Bun- 

 ker Hill St., Charlestown, Mass. Mrs. 

 Maeee had been established In Chelsea 

 fifteen years. 



A DETROIT RETAILER'S VIEW. 



At this season of the year when our 

 cut flower resources are for natural 

 reasons far ahead of the demand we 

 see all those products of Dutch origin, 

 i. e., tulips, hyacinths, etc., go to the 

 waste box in enormous quantities. In 

 view of the enormous cash outlay 

 Dutch bulbs involve and the small 

 margin which exists between that and 

 the returns from the wholesaler, we 

 are naturally inclined to speak discour- 

 agiugly concerning the bulb forcing 

 industry. We are. in short, convinced 

 that there is "nothing in it." We feel 

 that the energy which the many dol- 

 lars we send to Holland can produce 

 would be more profitably expended at 

 home. What other flowers could we 

 grow in place of narcissi, tulips, hya- 

 cinths, etc., that would be just as wel- 

 come to the public and not reduce the 

 demand for cur home product such as 

 carnations and roses? 



But we all must concede that the 

 position which bulbous flowers hold 

 in our trade todav is not one of un- 

 justified usurpation but rightfully be- 

 longs to them. If they overstep their 

 position and crowd our home product 

 into the background it is not their 

 fault but solely our own. While the 

 growing of too many bulbous flowers 

 may suggest itself as the first ajid pri- 

 mary cause of overproduction, I de- 

 cline to accept the consideration of 

 this fact for the reason that .Americans 

 will overwork anything and evory- 

 taing. More important and of better 

 permanent remedial effect seems to me 

 an endeavor to place bulbous flowers 

 where they belong. If we realize their 

 proper position in our trade tho ques- 

 tion of quantity is solved. 



As we stand today we provide for 

 the public a comparatively small bill 

 of fare. Carnations, for instance, are 

 nice and justly well liked, but if we 

 have fifty varieties and we supply Mrs. 

 N. with fifty table decorations, using a 

 different variety every time, she will 

 be dissatisfed. Here is where the 

 bulbous flowers assume their eminent- 

 ly important position in our trade. It 

 is up to them to give us the means to 

 stimulate the sale of our home prod- 

 uct. To offer every prospective pur- 

 chaser carnations is simply killing the 



Florists 



Taking orders for delivery in 



New York or Vicinity 



can have them filled in best 

 manner and specially deliv- 

 ered by J* J- Ji 



Thomas Young, Jr. 



500 Fifth Ave., New York City 



Telephone 847 Bryant. 



ALEX. McGONNELL 



571 FIFTH AVENUE 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 all principal cities of Europe. Orders 

 transferred or intrusted by the trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steamships 

 or elsewhere receive special attention. 



Telephone Calls, 487 and 488 38th St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



WILLIAM H.DONOHOE 



FLORAL DECORATOR 



17 East 28th St., New York 



Special Attention to Theatre 

 and Steamer Urders, and reliable 

 deliveries guaranteed. 



DAVID CLARKE'S SONS 



Deliver orders from any part of the country to 



New York City 

 Or OUT-QOINQ STEAMERS 



Write or telegraph 



2139-2141 Broadway, New York 



Telephone 1552-1553 Columbus 



M. A. BOWE 



In the Heart of New York City 

 1294 Broadway 



Tel. 2270, 38th St. N E W Y O R K 



Our Hotto — The Qolden Rule. 



YOUNG & NUGENT 



42 West 28 St., NEW YORK 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH" 



Flower Deliveries 



In Brooklyn and other Long Island PointB 

 New York City. New .lersey. etc. At Theatres, 

 Hotels, Steamers or Residencfs. 



WILSON 



Fulton St. and Greene Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



Flowers or Design Work 



DELIVERED IN ALBANY AND VICINITY 

 ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDER. 



11N0RTHPEARL8T., ALBANY, N.Y. 



644 Fourth Ave., 

 LOUISVILLE, KY, 



JACOB SCHULZ, 



Out FlnW»r<; °' best quality in season 

 UUI I luncio delivered promptly to any address. 



Write, Telegraph or Telephone. 

 Cumberland and Home Phones 223 and 984 



