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August 25, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



679 



HARPY CUT FERNS { 



Fancy or Dagger 75c per 1000. EMs- f 

 count on large orders. Galax, bronze 

 or green, 75c per 1000 ; $6.50 per case 

 10^00. Use our Mountain Laurel for 

 your decorations, 4c, 5c and 6c per yard| 

 made fresh daily from the woods. BRANCH LAUREL, 35c 

 per large bundle. 4 



CROWL FERN CO., -- MILLINGTON, MASS. | 

 ATTENTION ! ! ! Florists 



For WAX FLOWERS, BASKETS, WAX FLORAL DESIGNS, WHEAT SHEAVES, etc., send to 



J.'STERN & CO..,'??' °;^g:fc*r!L, Philadelphia. 



L BAUMANN & GO. 



76-78 Wabash Aie^^, CHICAGO, 



Import ars and Manufacturer ■ of 



Florists' Supplies. 



A. HERRMANN, 



MANUrACTURCR OF FLORAL METAL DESKNS, 



IMPORTER AND DEALER M FLORISTS' SUPPLES. 



FactMT* 709 First Ave., bet. 40tli aad 41st Sts. 

 Office aad Wareroeau, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412 

 East 34tli StreetTNEW YORK. 



WBITX rOB NXW OATALOOUl. 



REED & KELLER, 



122 W. 25tli St., NEW YORK, N. Y. 



Importers and BEannfactarers of 



FLORISTS* SUPPLIES. 



Oalax Leaves and all Decorative Greens. 

 AfleaU for CALDWELL'S PARLOR BRAND WU) SM&AX 



MentloD the BeTiew when 70a write. 



Tel. 30S3 Madison Square. 



Hanfling & Kleppner, 



MasMfacturers and Importers of ail kinds of 



WILLOW AND FANCY BASKETS 



and rZiOBXBTB' BUPPtXES. 



114 West 28tli Street. Mou/ Y^vk 

 Between 6th and 7th Aves., 1^*5 *▼ ■ WI IV* 



A nice lot 

 of 



FICUS 



From 18 inches to 36 inches, at 



A GREAT BARGAIN. 



WHITK 



GEO. A. KIJHU PEkIN, ILL 



CHEAP GREENS. 



Cannot one of your many expert con- 

 tributors give some information anent 

 florists' greens! I do not mean smilax, 

 Sprengen, asparagus, ferns, selaginella, 

 etc., which we all know about more or 

 less (especially less), but about some 

 greens that can be grown in odd corners 

 or under benches so that they do not oc- 

 cupy valuable glass space and are there- 

 fore cheap? Customers are constantly 

 asking for some green that can be 



thrown in," so that this demand is 

 ^lly a tax. I recollect when living in 

 Paris some forty odd years ago, that all 



the bouquets and designs in the florists' 

 windows were made up with abundance 

 of green; in fact, in Germany, France 

 and Italy flowers in any form are not 

 regarded as tasteful and complete with- 

 out an abundance of green. This is more 

 the case on the continent, where the 

 sunny skies resemble our own, than in 

 London, where the bright colors of 

 flowers are a greater relief in the dark, 

 leaden days. Cannot some true lover of 

 the florists' art help us out? I have 

 Scott's Manual but that says nothing on 

 the subject applicable to my wants, I 

 have two faults to find with Scott's 

 Manual; it is so good that there is not 

 enough of it, and there ought to be some 

 blank pages at the beginning or end 

 for maJdng notes for future reference. 

 I have had my copy rebound with blank 

 pages inserted. A, B. 



aNONNATL 



The Market. 



Business has been very good during 

 the past week and at the present time 

 things look very favorable. Funeral 

 work was the cause of the increased de- 

 mand. The long dry spell has at last 

 been broken, but the damage caused by 

 the lack of rain for such a long time has 

 been considerable and has resulted in 

 much loss to many florists. 



The supply of all kinds of cut flowers 

 is light. While the cut of short-stemmed 

 roses is increasing, there are but few 

 long ones, not nearly enough to supply 

 the demand. Long-stemmed Kaiserins 

 are in good demand at high prices. 

 Beauties are coming in fine shape. They 

 seem to be doing very well with many 

 grown this year. Some as long as thirty 

 inches are being cut and bring $2.50 per 

 dozen. Shorter grades are in good sup- 

 ply and sell well. Other red roses are 

 not very plentiful and those that do 

 come in are of poor quality. 



There is not much change in the car- 

 nation market. There is an increase in 

 the supply of field-grown blooms, but 

 long-stemmed flowers are very scarce. A 

 very few are being cut from plants that 

 have been left in the houses over sum- 

 mer, and their quality is very fair, but 

 aside from that there are none. Some 

 very good asters are to be had and bring 

 good figures, but by far the majority of 

 the stock coming in is of an inferior 

 quality. Even at that they sell well and 

 white ones especially are not equal to the 

 demand. Gladioli are moving better. 



The supply is about the same as last re- 

 ported but the demand for them is much 

 better. Some very fine ones are seen. 

 Tuberoses are in good supply and sell 

 reasonably well. The scarcity of other 

 white flowers proved of benefit in mov- 

 ing them. Green goods are the same as 

 last reported. 



Various Notes. 



The Hamilton County fair that was 

 held at Oakly last week brought out a 

 lively competition between three of our 

 florists. The main exhibitors were Henry 

 Schwarz, J. F, Conger and George & Al- 

 lan. In the best single design, some 

 very nice work was exhibited. H, 

 Schwarz was first, George & Allan sec- 

 ond and J, F, Conger third. The prizes 

 were all worth winning and the exhibi- 

 tion as a whole was much better than one 

 expects to see at a fair. 



Fred Gear has gone to 'St. Louis to 

 have a look at the Fair. W, H, Gear 

 has just returned from a visit at M)t. 

 Clemens. C, J. Ohmer. 



ST. PAUL. 



A Heavy Storm. 



Saturday night, August 20, this city 

 was visited by a tornado which uprooted, 

 broke and split hundreds and hundreds of 

 the largest and finest shade trees in all 

 parts of our city. Whole blocks were 

 covered with them and also with broken 

 telegraph wires, poles, bricks from fallen 

 chimneys, etc. In the business district 

 the number of smashed plate glass front 

 windows will reach into thousands. As 

 a matter of course, the fiorists suffered a 

 great loss. E. F. Lemke has one house 

 entirely destroyed and so has Henry 

 Puvogel, His place looks simply awful; 

 not only glass and rafters went up in the 

 air, but the frame with heavy posts were 

 moved by the fierce storm, W, Fleisch- 

 er 's large brick chimney came down, fall- 

 ing across the office and smilax house, 

 making a total wreck of it, C. Hansen, 

 on Dale and Como streets, lost his ele- 

 vated rose house and a lot of glass. From 

 the rest I could not get any information, 

 as all phones are out of order. 



I if*: en thousand squi-e feet of glass 

 were smashed by the storm at the green- 

 houses of August Swansou at Merriam 

 Park. A large brick chinuirv and win*.! 

 mill were blown down and the roofs of 

 the greenhouses were also carried away, 

 Mr. Swanson estimates his loss at fully 

 $3,000. 



The tornado was accompanied with 

 hail and a big cloudburst, transforming 

 all lower streets and places into lakes and 

 rivers inside of ten minutes. Some of our 

 parks suffered greatly and it will take 

 many years to have all these trees re- 

 placed in same size and shape. This is 

 the first experience of its land for St. 

 Paul in its fifty years' experience, and 

 we trustfully hope it will not return for 

 the next fifty years to come, 



C. BUSSJAEOER. 



Saginaw, Mich.— Henry W. F. Goetz 

 has returned from a trip to Hinsdale, 

 111., accompanied by a bride. Mr. Goetz 

 is a son of J. B, Goetz and was for 

 a time employed by Bassett & Wash- 

 bum at Hinsdale, where he met Miss 

 Hermine Miller. The wedding was Aug- 

 ust 11. 



We are very much pleased with the 

 Review and always find much informa- 

 tion in it. — D. A. Vincent, Ionia, Mich. 



