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The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



Mabch 30, 1005. 



EASTER ORDERS 



Eaiter h only four weeks away and it is time to think of what you will need. We want you to get 

 our f igfures on your requirements bexore you let any other house book your order. We think we can make 

 it to your interest to leave your orders with us. 



We are booking: orders now for Longiflorums at $125.00 per 1000. Our lilies are packed in boxes at 

 the gfreenhouses and shipped in original packages without rehandling^thus insuring you fine stock.' 



A new crop of Fancy Double White Lilac now in» $(.00 per doz. 



Also a fine crop of LIBERTY, BRIDE and MAID ROSES. 



S. L. RANDALL CO. 



21 Randolph SU 



Wholesale Florists, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Hentioo The BeTlew when 70a write. 



will be happy to bowl with New York at 

 any time. 



Answers to GMTespondents. 



Review readera are Invited to aend any qnes- 

 tlons relating to culture or marketing of idants 

 and flowers in Philadelphia, to Phil In care of 

 the leading seed or commission houses or the 

 Flower Market. Bach question will be sub- 

 mitted to a competent person and answered 

 under number. Correct name and address must 

 always accompany Inquiry, but will not be pub- 

 lished. 



38. — Tell me what ails my carnations. 

 Jopst and Queen Louise stand up well on 

 t^e plant but droop after cutting. Lil- 

 lian Pond has. weak stems and the flow- 

 ers bui«t. They are planted in a solid 

 bed. Would ground bone be of benefit! 



It is probable that the carnations 

 have been grown too warm and too 

 wet. In that case grow them cooler 

 and let them dry out a little, but do 

 not go to extremes. Dust the soil light- 

 ly with air-slaked lime. Most soils are 

 benefited by an application of pure 

 bone. It might be well to apply the 

 lime and get the soil in good condition 

 before putting on . the bone and mixed 

 with or lightly covered by soil. The vast 

 majprity of carnations under glass are 

 grown on benches. Lillian Pond has 

 been giving trouble in a number of 

 places. 



39. — ^What causes yellow spots on my 

 Easter lUiest 



Possibly Dad glass, in which case 

 touch each blister with paint; but more 

 likely the disease, for which no cure 

 is known. Destroy the plants that are 

 badly affected. Grow the others care- 

 fully. Phii* 



BUFFALO , 



Various Gmunent. 



They are nearly all complaining of 

 rather slow business. Violets have been 

 sold very cheaply, but still the ladies 

 did not wear them at the dog show last 

 week, thinking that the two o dors might 

 cause some dangerous combinvUuu. Car- 

 nations are very plentiful and quality 

 fine; From present appearance there will 

 be an abundance of Easter stock, lilies 

 especially, but I am going to get my 

 Packard's chauffeur and have a look at 

 all the boys within ten miles and then 

 I can dist:^bute authentic information. 

 It is some years since we have had a 

 more beautiful March and if the sun 

 continues to beam on us as it has of 

 late there will be lots of ingenuity 

 needed to Ireep things back. 



As an evidence of progress we notice 

 young men coming to town to take posi- 



tions in our leading stores. S. E. 

 Holmes, for years with Robert Kift, of 

 Philadelphia, is leading artist for Miss 

 Bachel Rebstock, dear Rachel, whom 

 everybody likes. Mr. H. is just the type 

 of young man that our refined business 

 demands, genteel in appearance, without 

 being a fop and courteous and polite 

 without being too obsequious and if he 

 is minus the harsh western New York 

 accent he is none the worse. If this is 

 not a faithful pen picture of Mr. 

 Holmes, it is about what a florists' 

 clerk should be. A Mr, Johnson, of 

 Rochester, has taken a position with 

 S. A. Anderson. 



WUliam W. Wells, late with C. D. 

 Zimmerman, has bought the business 

 and stock of James Buxton, on Niagara 

 street. Mr. Wells is a graduate of Mr. 

 Carmody's of Posey county, Indiana. 



We had a call recently from Walter 

 Muston, of Toronto, and Mr. Jennings, 

 manager of the flower department of the 

 continentally known department house of 

 Timothy Eaton. The immense dimen- 

 sions of the flower department would 

 dwarf into Liliputian size, with few ex- 

 ceptions, all or any of the flower stores 

 of the continent. Just one item, it took 

 twenty-five girls to wait on the flower 

 counter last Saturday. Popular prices 

 rule and ninety per cent of the buyers 

 would not patronize a regular florists' 

 store, but let us not sneer or get jealous 

 of that. It spreads the desire and love 

 and use of flowers and all connected 

 with the business must be benefited by 

 this wide distribution of our products. 

 Flowers are a pure luxury at first, but 

 they become a necessity and the masses 

 of our people will have to travel up- 

 ward a long way before the love of 

 flowers and plants is as universal as it 

 is in some countries of Europe. We do 

 not expect to live to see showers of vio- 

 lets drop from the ceiling on the ban- 

 quet table as they did when Nero gave 

 his voluptuous feasts, but we do observe 

 a continuous increase in the use of flow- 

 ers among a class of people who twenty 

 years ago considered them beyond their 

 reach. 



•who should walk in but James Harts- 

 home, of Joliet, on his way back from 

 Boston and Philadelphia. Never saw 

 James look better. There is a healthy 

 Cardinal color on his cheeks, a Fianceq 

 glance from his eye and a Lady Boun- 

 tiful smile diffusing his whole make-up. 

 Can't see any Harlowarden about him, 

 he is too "sawed off" to resemble that 

 great crimson. 



On March 21 the B. F. C. held its 



annual meeting and election of ofScers. 

 Louiai H. Neu^ck was. elected president, 

 Charles Guenther vice-president, W. 

 Peck secretary, Emile Brueker financial 

 secretary and Charles H. Keitsch treas- 

 urer. Messrs. George Urban, Jr., W. F. 

 Kasting and W. Scott, executive com- 

 mittee. After business about forty flo- 

 rists climbed the stairs to one of the 

 spacious halls of Mr. Kasting 's empo- 

 rium. Roses decorated the tables and 

 instrumental music stimulated the ap- 

 petite. There were several happy and 

 pleasant talks, all rather above the aver- 

 age of other years. An amusing inci- 

 dent was Mr. Slatteiy accusing W. A. 

 Adams of having made a floral dog for 

 his flrm's window and running short of 

 flowers cut out one leg instead of dis- 

 pensing with the tail. Mr. Adams de- 

 fended himself in gallant style and 

 said it was a bull dog and the loss of a 

 leg in a fight was not an unusual inci- 

 dent. Oth^ addresses were on more 

 weighty subjects, but only of local in- 

 terest. Never have we had a brighter, 

 more energetic or business-like man to 

 lead us to usefulness than Louis Neu- 

 beck. W. S, 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Patthey & 

 Thompson have opened a handsome re- 

 tail store at 11 Seventh street S. There 

 are two large show windows and a fine 

 display is made. 



Richmond, Ind. — The E. G, Hill Co. 

 is ready to plant, within the next few 

 days, a house of Rudd's pink carnation. 

 Lady Margaret. The stock is in fine 

 shape and, with a big sale in prospect, 

 very conservative growing will be done 

 to keep it so that good cuttings will 

 be produced rather than fancy blooms. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



▲dvertlaeineiits under this head one c«nt a 

 word, ea«h with order. When answers are to be 

 addreaaed in onr care, add 10 centa for forward- 

 Plant advertlaemenu NOT admitted under this 

 head. 



SITUATION WANTBD-A young lady who has 

 had 6 years' greenhouse experience and 2 

 years' experience as a decorator wishes a posi- 

 tion with with an up-to-date florist; an opportu- 

 nity to complete the trade more of an object than 

 the wages; Chicago preferred but wouldn't 

 object to golngto some nearby town. Address 

 No. 189. care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



EOS SALB— A half part of greenhouses, 9600 sq. 

 ft. glass: the whole place in good condition; 

 ftdly stocked: nearly halt acre of land; in town 

 of 7 000 population, Ocala, Florida; no green- 

 house 100 miles around; good trade outside In 

 other cities; is a bargain. Address Ocala Floral 

 Co., Ocala. rla. 



