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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 20, 1005. 



Easter Orders 



nT Is never too late to get 

 your orders filled at our 

 place. We have the stock. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



19-21 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



EASTER PRICES 



American Beauties— Per 100 



Extra Lontf t50.00 



3U to36-lnch 40.00 



24-lnch 30.00 



18to20-lnch. 25.00 



Short Sterna 16.00 to 12.00 



Liberty 6.00 to 16.00 



Brides and Maids, long:, select... 8.00 to 10.00 



medium 6.00 



" short 4.00 



Carnations, largre, fancy 5.00 



" Kood stocli 4.00 



" common 3.00 



Callas 12.50 



Iiongiflorum 12.6010 15.10 



Valley, fine 3.00 to 4.00 



Narcissi and Romans 3.00 



Violets, double 1.00 



White Lilac, very fine doz..tl.OO. 



Tulips, fancy double 4.00 to 5.00 



single 3.00 



Double Daffodils 3.00 



Jonquils 3.00 



SweetPeas 1.00 to 1.50 



Asparagus Sprenfreri, doz., tS.85 



" Plumosus, sprays... 3.00 



" •• strings 5U.00 



Smilax 15.00 to 18.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Ferns, fancy per 1000, IS.'O 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



lilac and arbutus are here in quantity 

 and sell well. There is plenty of bulbous 

 stock and excellent, but Will Siebrecht, 

 at his big bulb factory in Astoria, de- 

 clared several days before Easter he did 

 not want to see another buyer and every 

 flower had been engaged. 



Various Notes. 



A call on A. Sehultheis, of College 

 Point, revealed an Easter stock of great 

 extent and interest. This fine establish- 

 ment was ablaze with color and every- 

 thing in the right condition. There 

 were hosts of blue hydrangeas, Crimson 

 Bamblers, Dorothy Perkins and bougain- 

 villeas, a whole house of them, and azal- 

 eas, ericas and lilies, and there are also 

 thousands of Ramblers and hydrangeas 

 for the after-Easter trade, coming in 

 gradually right up to Decoration Day, 

 There are three entire houses of Bamb- 

 lers in every size and style, as fine a lot 

 as I ever saw. Among the boxes ready 

 for shipment I noticed several labeled to 

 the leading stores in Chicago. Mr. 

 Sehultheis has promised to bring his 

 family of nine to the club's outing in 

 June. One of the prizes offered is for 

 the largest family there, with the odds 

 in favor of College Point. 



Great plantings of trees in the city 

 parks of New York are in progress. The 

 Rapid Transit Commission, however, has 

 failed to renew the beauty of the boule- 

 vard and has left the good intent too 

 long for this spring's accomplishment. 



These are the days of auctions in the 

 horticultural trade and both centers, 

 Cleary's and Elliott's, are filled at every 

 performa»ce. I notice a familiar face 

 on the rostrum at Cleary's. John is wel- 

 comed by everybody and, with his broth- 

 ers at the financial end of the enterprise, 

 there should be some strenuous days 

 at "Horticultural Hall." 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. have found a 

 more suitable center for their growing 

 bulb business and will move May 1 to 12 

 West Broadway. 



Arthur Boddington reports a great de- 

 mand for hardy roses and peonies and 

 an exceptionally busy spring. 



Every seed house in the city is working 

 overtime and is crowded with additional 

 helpers and anxious customers. There is 

 hardly standing room in some of the big 

 retail stores downtown. 



M. A. Bowe has extra facilities, artists 

 and all the requisites for a big Easter 



at his "heart of the city" place on 

 Broadway. 



Leikens, near the Waldorf-Astoria, is 

 also "in it" as to location, close to the 

 greatest caravansary on the continent. 

 He is gathering fast a clientele from the 

 400 who are all around him. 



Herrmann, of East Thirty-fourth 

 street, says the demand for his metal de- 

 signs has been abnormal for Easter. He 

 is adding yearly to his facilities and the 

 volume of his business. 



L. Wertheimber & Co. report a wide 

 demand for their Japanese moss, which 

 combines quality and cheapness. They 

 are headquarters for Japanese novelties. 



Siebrecht & Son will have the greatest 

 Easter display in their thirty-five years 

 of business. With the great store and 

 their immense conservatories at New 

 Rochelle, their facilities are unequaled. 

 Mr. Siebrecht, Sr., reports a great de- 

 mand for their young plants of the Kil- 

 larney rose. 



Bonnot Bros, and W. H. Siebrecht 

 have now a private telephone in the Cut 

 Flower Exchange, Coogan building. 



Crawbuck & Wiles control the "green 

 goods" trade in Brooklyn. Their suc- 

 cess has been rapid. They have millions 

 of galax in storage. 



I was surprised on a visit last week 

 at the greenhouses of the F. R. Pierson 

 Co., at Tarrytown, to find house after 

 house filled with the new fern, Tarrytown 

 elegantissima. I had no idea so large 

 a stock could possibly be ready for dis- 

 tribution. It is a prolific grower and 

 many grand specimens are in evidence. 

 Mr. Pierson tells me the demand for the 

 young stock has started in far beyond 

 his expectations. 



H. A. Stone, of Kingston, has been 

 shipping his fine single violets all winter 

 to Saltford, of West Twenty-ninth street. 



Mr. Wade, of Wadley & Smythe, was 

 in Woods Hole last week attending to the 

 shipping of the Easter Ramblers, includ- 

 ing Wedding Bells, the entire stock of 

 which is handled by this enterprising 

 Fifth avenue house. 



Cotsonas & Co. report that the call for 

 Easter greens is away ahead of all prev- 

 ious records. 



H. C. Steinhoff, of Hoboken, has been 

 the Crimson Rambler king of New Jer- 

 sey for several years. This season is no 

 exception to the rule. He has everything 

 for Easter, or rather did have, for now 

 the abnormal demand has left him, like 



all the other growers in the harbor, with 

 all goods out of the hold and sails being 

 trimmed for another voyage. 



Bowling. 



Only three members showed up for 

 practice this week. On April 13 the fol- 

 lowing scores were made at Flatbush: 



Player 1st 2d .3d At. 



H. DalUedouze 113 143 20Q. 162 



Riley 151 160 179 163 



Kemper 86 114 86 06 



Wocker 139 115 112 122 



Scott 116 125 108 lie 



P. DalUedouze 139 141 122 134 



Schmutz 156 149 171 150 



Holt 115 138 124 



Fenrlch 138 150 144 147 



Marshall 120 131 136 129 



Kessler 162 150 126 140 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The usual holding back process has 

 been in evidence for a number of days. 

 Supplies have fallen off very perceptibly. 

 This is an advantage in some ways, as 

 demand has been comparatively light. 

 Prices have averaged a little higher, 

 more especially on colored roses, carna- 

 tions And violets. 



Indications point to an abundant sup- 

 ply for Easter, of everything except vio- 

 lets. Even of these latter there will 

 be a fair quantity, as we have had a 

 good deal of cool, cloudy weather of 

 late, which has prevented them from nm- 

 ning out entirely. This same weather is 

 causing worry to some whose lilies are 

 rather backward and the sweating pro- 

 cess is necessary to get them in. As a 

 rule, however, growers have them suffi- 

 ciently well forward without adopting 

 these practices. The average price for 

 flower and bud appears to be 12% cents 

 and there seem likely to be enough to 

 fill all demands. 



Pot plants are a big factor. In addi- 

 tion to lilies there are quantities of 

 Crimson, Pink and Baby Ramblers, 

 Brunners and other hybrids, azaleas, 

 bulbous stock in variety, lily of the val- 

 ley, rhododendrons, genistas, ericas, 

 bougainvilleas, spiraeas and a miscella- 

 neous assortment of other plants. We 

 have not noticed anything especially new, 

 except the Pink and Baby Rambler 

 roses. We anticipate the best Easter 

 business on record if we are given fav- 

 orable weather conditions. 



