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The Florists^ Review 



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ANNOUNCEMENT 



The GEO. W. CRAWBUCK CO. takes much pleasure in announcing its removal to its new and elegant store 

 at 47 West 28th Street, between 6th Avenue and Broadway. Convenient to all trolleys, the Elevated R. R. station 

 and the subways. We now have every facility for handling satisfactorily the products of our growers. Shipments 

 to any part of the country. President Crawbuck is the only wholesale florist member of the Rotary Club in New York. 



We handle the choicest variety of Roses, Mums, Carnations, Lilies, Violets, Valley and every seasonable flower. 



1^" Our experience and reputation are built upon our motto — "Prompt Payment and Satisfactory Returns." 



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were held at 60 and 75 cents each and 

 there were none offered under $4 per 

 dozen. There are few gardenias. 



Boses are advancing. Shipments 

 were lighter at the week end and prices 

 for Nos. 1 and 2 grades were firm. 

 Nothing sold under $1 per hundred. 

 American Beauties touched 30 cents 

 November 18 and Hadley 25 cents. All 

 new varieties and the specialties, espe- 

 cially, now are in wide demand by the 

 prominent retailers, the banquet season 

 having already begun. About ten va- 

 rieties of hybrids are appealing for 

 steady recognition, with Russell, 

 Ophelia, Mock, Francis Scott Key and 

 Prima Donna meeting with growing 

 favor. 



Violets at last have strengthened in 



value and improved in quality. Foot- 

 ball games claim the lion's share on 

 special days. More are worn on the 

 streets than usual; they seem to be re- 

 gaining their old-time popularity. 

 Thanksgiving day they will sell at $1.50 

 per hundred, the specialists say. Sweet 

 peas are improving in favor and qual- 

 ity. Bouvardias, pansies, narcissi and 

 stevias are among the remaining sun- 

 dries. The demand for autumn foliage 

 was never so universal as now. All 

 the supply houses furnish it in immense 

 quantities. Wild smilax, too, is called 

 for from many cities for decorative 

 work. Large shipments are made daily. 



Various Notes. 



The Wholesale Florists' Protective 



Association had a celebration in the 

 form of a banquet, at Hotel Breslin, No- 

 vember 18. All the notables were there 

 and much harmony was engendered. It is 

 said that a grand reunion, to include all 

 branches of the florists' business, is 

 contemplated — an affair calculated to 

 bring together the wholesale and retail 

 cut flower contingents. 



J. K. Allen is disposing of a large 

 number of mum plants from the estab- 

 lishment of Charles Hunt, of Staten 

 island. His Russell roses are worthy of 

 special mention. 



R. J. Irwin won a first prize at the 

 flower show of the Essex County Flo- 

 ists' Club, Newark, N. J., November 

 13 to 15. 



J. G. Beasley, manager for W. W. 



