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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBSB 6, 1004. 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



CURRENT PRICES, SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY. Per do. 



30-36-lnoli stem 98 60 



a4-lnoli stem 8 OO 



BO-lnoh stein 1 BO 



le-inoli ■t«m 1 8B 



18-lnoli stain 1 OO 



■bort stem per lOO, 93 00 to 4 OO 



ROSES* Per 100 



Brldss and Xslds 98 00 to $6 OO 



Mstsors Mid Chitss 8 OO to 6 OO 



Ubarty 3 00 to 6 00 



Xaissrtn 3 OO to BOO 



OABVATZOV8— Good stock 1 OO to 160 



" IMV* ana tency 8 00 to 3 OO 



WIETOR BROS. 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The crisp, cool, seasonable weather 

 with which the week opens betokens a 

 revival in business, which is all the 

 more welcome because so long delayed. 

 Good stock of all kinds is in demand. 

 Chrysanthemums are now in the win- 

 dows of most of the stores making nnj 

 pretense to interesting display and are 

 growing in size and numbers every day. 

 In another week they will reign again as 

 queen. Orchids hold their values easily, 

 the supply still being limited and the de- 

 mand widening. There is every evidence 

 of their being established as the fashion- 

 able flower of the society season. Dah- 

 lias and asters cannot stand the breath 

 of winter and their glory has departed. 

 Carnations maintain their average prices 

 and the novelties are again on deck. 

 Brides, Maids and Beauties of the me- 

 dium and lower grades can still be had 

 at bargain rates, the supply being enor- 

 mous. Violets are improving and the 

 shipments from now on will increase raj>- 

 idly. Already the street merchants seem 

 to have an abundance of them on every 

 comer. 



Various Notes. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. wag relieved 

 of a barrel of brass syringes last week, 

 the thief securing them from the wharf. 

 A reward of more value than the goods 

 is offered for the capture of the ras- 

 cal. 



Several of the wholesalers have been 

 adding to their floor space in evident an- 

 ticipation of a strenuous season. In all 

 the stores the annual refreshment has 

 been completed. Mr. Langjahr has moved 

 his office to the rear of his large floor 

 and maintains his record for neatness 

 and convenience. James McManus has 

 built an ofB.ce balcony that adds very 

 materially to his room, made necessary 

 by his growing trade, and Jos. Fenrich 

 and Julius Lang have similar additions 

 to their floor space that will be especially 

 appreciated as the season advances. 



J. F. Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, has had 

 a busy week visiting the great rose and 

 carnation centers in and around the city 

 and the bon-ton flower stores. He left 



on Tuesday for home, via Philadelphia 

 and Washington. Those who enjoyed the 

 Omaha convention do not forget the hap- 

 py experience afforded them by Mr. Wil- 

 cox in '98 and his welcome here was a 

 cordial one. 



The auctions are now in full blast, the 

 audiences increasing in numbers and 

 prices excellent. Elliott is disposing of 

 Cypripedium insigne in this way very 

 satisfactorily. 



Harry Bunyard, with the Clucas & 

 Boddington Co., reports a busy season, 

 with an increased force of helpers and 

 night work necessary to keep pace with 

 the demand. Among late reports was 

 one shipment of over 250 cases of aza- 

 leas. 



Beed & Keller have some more inven- 

 tions and novelties, among them a large 

 red folding bell that will surely be pop- 

 ular. It's an off week when Mr. 

 Beed does not evolve some supply novelty 

 from his fertile brain. Their bronze 

 wreath and ribbon on easel is another 

 specialty that will appeal to many. Over 

 50,000 of their small folding bells have 

 already been ordered. 



John A. Scollay, of Brooklyn, reports 

 among late achievements the installing of 

 three of the largest Invincible boilers at 

 Alex. J. Guttman 's, Summit, N. J., where 

 they will heat nine houses, a 200-foot rose 

 house at Edward Eggert's and a 150-foot 

 house at Weber's, Lynbrook, built and 

 heated by the invincible Scollay. 



Brooklyn now has three wholesale flor- 

 ists' houses and the "green goods" ven- 

 ture of Crawbuck & Wiles, at 370 Pearl 

 street, so that the sister city has no fear 

 of a famine in cut flowers and supplir: 

 of every kind this winter. 



The ribbon houses seem to be particu- 

 larly elated this fall. Lion & Wertbeimer 

 report a big demand for violet scarfs and 

 the corduroy violet ribbon, while Schloss 

 Bros, show their bow knot effects for 

 violet corsage and other original crea- 

 tions with many new shades and patterns 

 and both these firms assert the value of 

 their extensive exhibits at the St. Louis 

 convention. 



J. K. Allen has been receiving some 

 fine Enchantress lately and excellent 

 Omega and yellow sport chrysanthemums. 

 He has recovered his land legs and has 



resumed his early morning devotions, 

 much the better for his journey over the 

 sea. Miss Riley, the faithful keeper of 

 the books, is again in harness after her 

 well earned holiday. 



On October 19 A. C. Scott, with Alex. 

 McConnell, will be married to Miss Jen- 

 nie C. Reynolds, of New Rochelle. Hearty 

 congratulations are extended Mr. Scott 

 by his many friends. Mr. McConnell is 

 the uncle of the bridegroom and it is 

 needless to say that the decorations will 

 be elaborate. 



Siebrecht & Son have added several 

 large rose and palm houses to their im- 

 mense plant at New Rochelle, have made 

 extensive additions to their nursery 

 grounds and with additions and improve- 

 ments now under way will have one of 

 the g^reatest horticultural establishments 

 in the country. The space allotted to 

 orchids has been greatly enlarged during 

 the past year and several houses devoted 

 to the Killarney rose attest the firm's 

 faith in its beauty and popularity. 



Henry Siebrecht, Jr., has lately pur- 

 chased a fine property adjoining the con- 

 servatories. Mrs. H. Siebrecht, Sr., has 

 fnlly recovered from her serious illness 

 and the father of Mr. Siebrecht, a hale 

 old gentleman of 87, is now residing with 

 his son, making a quartette of Henry 

 Siebrechts, each one of whom bids fair 

 to round out a century. 



J. Austin SPbAw. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The West Michigan Fair was a great 

 success. The floral exhibit was meager, 

 the Grand Rapids Floral Co. and Crabb 

 & Hunter being the only exhibitors. The 

 premiums were passed round between 

 the two. The amateurs made a very 

 creditable showing. 



The Grand Rapids Floral Co. had the 

 decorations for the Herplesheimer dry 

 goods store opening. Seven floors were 

 decorated with asters and other outdoor 

 flowers. Beauties and other roses were 

 used in large quantities. It took seven 

 loads of plants. 



J. A. Creelman has torn down his 

 greenhouses and assumed the manage- 

 ment of Chas. Chadwick's flower store 

 in the Loraine. 



