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The Florists' Review 



Fbbruary 25, 1015. 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS 



PLAIN Perdoz. 



8-inch $1.00 



lO-inch 1.35 



12-inch 1.75 



13-inch 2.00 



14-inch 2.60 



16-inch 4.00 



18-inch 6 00 



Measure, diameter of top ring. 



FANCY Per doz. 



12-inch $1.50 



13inch 2.00 



14-inch 2.50 



16-inch 3.26 



16-inch 4.00 



18- inch 5.00 



Measure, diameter of top border. 



Sheet Moss in Bags 



Per Bag, $2.00. 



Our Sh«ttt Moss Is ths bsst value 

 for ths money In the market. 



MiCHIBAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANBE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



liun'lred. A few novelties occasionally 

 rise a little higher, but these are not 

 fairly quotable. Even Ward and Match- 

 less joined in the retreat. In large lots 

 the price was shaded to $20 per thou- 

 sand. The lower grades sold at half 

 this quotation. 



There has been no change in the price 

 of gardenias or valley. Both are abun- 

 dant. Lilies have not sold above $8 per 

 hundred, and only a few command that 

 figure. They will probably sell at $6 

 per hundred before the week is over. 



Orchids are doing a little better, but 

 are still far below their real value. Im- 

 provement, however, seems certain. 

 "There are many varieties offered. 



The market is well supplied M'ith 

 bulbous flowers, especially daffodils. 

 Freesias, narcissi and tulips are now 

 unlimited. The variation in quality of 

 these is extreme. The wholesale win- 

 dows are filled with spring flowers — 

 pansies, daisies, forget-me-nots, calen- 

 dulas, antirrhinums and wallflowers. 

 Sweet peas are much in evidence. Vio- 

 lets fire steady at a lower average; 40 

 cents per hundred seems to be the high 

 •quotation. 



Various Notes. 



At the international flower show, at 

 the Grand Central Palace, the retail 

 florists are expected to occupy fifteen 

 Tjooths, at a cost of $150 each, where 

 exhibits of artistic skill in floral dis- 

 plays and decorations will be made, not 

 for competition, but with a view to 

 benefiting the retail trade of New York 

 and Brooklyn. 



The death of H. Frank Darrow is 

 recorded in this week 's obituary 

 •column. 



At Henry Brockman's greenhouses 

 a man was shot dead in the act of 

 stealing 100 carnations. 



Robert Wilson and wife, Brooklyn, 

 are on a vacation trip to Bermuda. 



February 15 the stork called with a 

 «on at the home of Philip Ditzenberger, 

 ■foreman of H. E. Froment's force of 

 salesmen. 



Wadley & Smythe have purchased 

 the building and eight-year lease of 

 it at their present location, corner of 

 Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. 



H. A. Bunyard has leased space at 



Somethinsr 



Different 



Somethinsr 

 Better 



-IN- 



HANGING 

 BASKETS 



Made of iX-inch 

 Mesh Galvanized 

 Crimped Wire — 

 Painted Green. 



Per doz. Per 100 



10-inch, 6^ inches deep $1.60 $11.00 



12-inch, 7^ inches deep 1.85 13.50 



14-inch, 8^ inches deep 2.40 17.60 



16-inch, 9 inches deep 3.26 23.60 



50 at 100 rate. 

 Green Sheet Moss, per bag, $2 00 



FALLS CITY WIRE WORKS 



451 3d Street, LOUISVILLE. KY. 



Montiop The ReTlew when yon wrlf . 



277^^' MORE 

 BLOSSOMS 



on plants raised in 4-lnch SQUARE paper pots 

 (64 cubic Inches of soil and roots) than on plants 

 raised In 4-lnch clay pots (31 cubic Inches of soil 

 and roots). See our advt. on pages 102 and 103. 

 F. W. HOC!HELLE & S ONS, Chester, N. J. 



40 West Twenty-eighth street for the 

 seed and bulb business he is estab- 

 lishing. 



The Eetail Florists' Society now has 

 a membership of 125, including ninety- 

 four of the Greek fraternity. 



A special meeting of the flower show 

 committee was held February 22. The 

 schedule was completed. Manager Her- 

 rington says the exhibits will be larger 

 and more numerous than ever. The 

 retail) florists have decided to come 



THE BEST 



WIRE BASKET 



AND 



WHY 



Made of Galvanized Wire and 



crimped. Closer meshed to hold 



moss better, and less of it. It's 

 sturdy and strong. The price is 

 right. You can't beat it. 



Size Each Doz. 



8-inch $0.15 11.75 



10-inch 20 2.00 



12-inch 26 2.50 



14-inch 30 3.00 



16-inch 36 3.60 



18-inch 40 4.00 



Prepared Sheet Moss, 

 large bag, $3.60. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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 writin£ advertisers. 



