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The Florists' Review 



JCNB 5, 1010. 



BRIDOEPORT, CONN. 



The Market. 



Decoration day trade was exception- 

 ally fine. With some of the trade the 

 bulk of the sales consisted of bouquets 

 of cut flowers for the cemeteries, while 

 others' sales were largely potted plants 

 for decorating graves. There were 

 plenty of cut flowers on hand. 



Carnations are still in fair supply. 

 Peonies are now being displayed. Out- 

 door lily of the valley is about gone. 

 Gladioli are just commencing to bloom 

 and the supply is still limited. A few 

 callas are still to be had and snap- 

 dragons are quite plentiful. Sweet peas 

 are abundant and roses are also in 

 plentiful supply. Daisies, lilacs, stocks, 

 irises, calendulas, etc., helped make a 

 pleasing variety to choose from. 



Geraniums, begonias, vincas, etc., are 

 going well. The Chamber of Commerce 

 has instituted a campaign for beautify- 

 ing Bridgeport and people are respond- 

 ing with a vim. Main street never was 

 so gay as it is at present. One of the 

 large department stores has long veran- 

 da boxes filled with geraniums, daisies 

 and vincas, extending along the entire 

 front and side of the building. The 

 plants are placed on a ledge at the top 

 of the first story. There are a number 

 of bay trees set at intervals. Another 

 large store has used veranda boxes 

 about three feet long, with bay trees 

 between them, to decorate the front 

 and side of the building. One of the 

 theaters, a bank and some of the small- 

 er stores have similar decorations. 

 Small evergreen trees are placed on the 

 sidewalk in front of another building. 

 Eustic hanging baskets filled with 

 plants and vincas are suspended from 

 some of the doorways, making the gen- 

 eral effect most pleasing. 



Funeral work keeps all of the cut 

 flowers cleaned up. 



Various Notes. 



The flower bed at the City hall green 

 is now filled with hydrangeas and makes 

 a splendid showing. The beds on Broad 

 street hill are filled with geraniums. 



Robert Hawkins reports that the 

 bulk of the • sales for Decoration day 

 consisted of bouquets, which were used 

 for cemetery purposes. Bedding plants 

 are going well. An unusually large 

 number of hanging baskets, veranda 

 boxes, flower beds, etc., have been filled 

 on account of the Chamber of Commerce 

 campaign for beautifying the city. Bed- 

 ding stock will be completely cleaned up 

 and there may be a shortage. A num- 

 ber of orders are booked ahead in the 

 beautifying campaign. 



The Park Garden & Flower Shop 

 had a splendid Decoration day trade. 

 Bedding plants are going quite well. 

 Cemetery and outside orders are plenti- 

 ful. This firm is cutting some splendid 

 snapdragons. Carnations and sweet 

 peas are also in plentiful supply. 



John Reck & Son are now established 

 in their new store at their old site. 

 Trade is brisk and has consisted main- 

 ly of making up bouquets for Decora- 

 tion day, covering graves, filling ve- 

 randa boxes, flower beds, etc. 



James E. Beach reports that his car- 

 nations are about gone. Snapdragons 

 are plentiful and gladioli are just com- 

 mencing to bloom. 



Julius Reck had a plentiful supply 



•*tf potted plants on hand for Decoration 



day, but the call for bouquets was so 



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 Labor 



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BOSTON. MASS HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., Inc.. ^•2'wfep Square 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. ..CLEVELAND PLANT & FLOWER CO., 207 High St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND... SMITH & YOUNG CO., wholesale Florists. 228 B. Ohio St. 

 KANSAS CITY, MO... .H. KUSIK & CO., ''""'"ilJ'cu^teeni, 1016-18 McGee St. 

 MILWAUKEE, WIS. . . . HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,whoie«Uers,462 Milwaukee St. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., ^''|?$5iJg.'suppiie., Milwaukee 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ..RICE BROS., wholesale Florists, 218 N. 5th St. 



NEW YORK, N. Y WM. N. HUNT & CO., 148 Chambers St. 



OMAHA. NEB LEWIS HENDERSON, 1519 Farnum St. 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. . .HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 518 Market St. 



PITTSBURGH. PA SCOBIE & PARKER, seeds and impiement8,507 Liberty Ave. 



ST. LOUIS, MO St. Louis Wholesale Cut Flower Co.. 1410 Pine St. 



ST. PAUL, MINN 0. R. ECKHARDT CO..whoies.ie Florists. 318 Minnesota St. 



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Manufacturers of Horticultural Specialties 



115-117 East South Water St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Florists and Growsrs 



Throughout the U. S. and Canada 

 testify to the merits of 



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heavy that he ran short of cut flowers. 

 Sweet peas are gone, but the carnation 

 plants are in such good shape that he 

 expects to have carnations for another 

 month. 



The New York Florists had a beauti- 

 ful window decoration recently. The 

 window was filled with roses of differ- 

 ent varieties, with immense vases of 

 American Beauties in the center. 



I. L. B. 



Mention The Berlew when you write. 



NICO-FUME 



FERTILIZERS, ETC. 



My prices will interest you. 



WALTER S. McGEE 



8327 Ellit Are., h''p°m79 CHICAGO 



Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



