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April 27, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1385 



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WE CARRY 



THE MOST 



COMPLETE 



LINE OF 



FLORISTS' 



SUPPLIES 



InthaWEST 



ILLUSTRATED 

 CATALOGUE 

 FREE. 



A DAILY SHIPMENT FROM 40 TO 60 



GROWERS 



w'tolay "We can and will fill your Cut Flower wants to advantage." 



Stora oiin from 7 1. m. to 7 p. n. on wiok rioyi ORd from 7 o. m. to 1 r. m. on Stifoyt. 

 Televrapb at our expense for latest quotatlono on any Out Flower SuppUeB.. 



SPECIALS FOR THE COMJNG WEEK 



Fancy Pink and White SWEET PEAS 



Extra Grade AMERICAN BEAUTIES in ail sizes 



Fancy Single NARCISSUS 



**PERFECT SHAPE" BRAND WIRE WORK 



Used srencrally by Flozlati who want "Frames that will Stand Up." ZUnitratad 



lilt with dlBoonuts fr««. 



E. r. Winterson Co. 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



AMSBZOAV BBAVTZB8- Per doz. 



80to40inebeB t2.00to t4.00 



20to24 " 1.60to 2.00 



12tol5 " ....('. l.OOto 1.60 



8 " 75tO 1.00 



Short .60 



Per 100 



Brldt, Maid, Oat*. Pcrlo $3 00 to $6.00 



Bomb, Our Selection 4 00 



Ubcrty 4.00to 8.00 



Oaznatlona, Fancy S.OO 



Good Average 1.60 to 2.00 



" Fair otock for bar- 

 gain oaleo (our selection) . . per 1000 '18.00 



Baater KUlea. Select 10.00 to 12 00 



Callas ...T.. 8.00to 12.00 



TnUpa, Double.....! 2.00to 4.00 



Single 2.00to 4.00 



Daffodils, Double, Extra Fine. . . . 2.00 to 4.00 



▼allsy 2.00to 8.00 



Asparairns, per string, 26oto50c 



" Sprays 2.00to 5.00 



Sprengeri 2.00to 6.00 



Oommon Tarns per 1000, $2.60 .30 



Oalax l.OOto 1.26 



Smllaz perdoz. 1.60to 2.00 



Adlantnm l.OOto 1.26 



Blnyla Jonquils soto 1.00 



Panslss 1.00 



▼lolets, Double 76 to 1.00 



■wsat Peas 76to 1.26 



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maintains her practical interest in all 

 the branches. Jos. Fleischman, of 

 Broadway, is her son. She has been a 

 widow twenty-six years. Her first sale 

 was made to J. P. Morgan by her son 

 Alexander, when the whole family worked 

 together in the artificial flower busi- 

 ness. She is tireless, always on duty, 

 keen, alert, practical. It was largely 

 her taste and artistic nature that con- 

 ceived the elaborate ideas of store adorn- 

 ment so beautifully illustrated in 

 Fleischman 's, the Ansonia and the other 

 stores. The Ansonia window was 

 banked on each side with Bamblers and 

 lilies. Combination plants in boxes of 

 raised work, illustrating old Boman 

 scripture, were a feature. Baskets of 

 lilies and hydrangeas sold well. The golf 

 vases were extensively used. The store 

 itself IS a dream without any decora- 

 tion. This week Wednesday WarendorfE 

 has the great Wheeler-Nelson wedding 

 at the CoUegrate church and the Seventy- 

 second street home. The entire dome 

 of the church will be filled with Bamblers 

 and lilies. Special designs have been 

 made by Eeed & Keller for canopies, etc. 

 The mme decorative stock, with Ameri- 

 can Beauties, will be used for the house. 

 The bride's bouquet of valley and white 

 orchids is to be an elaborate affair. 



Bumham, in his fine roof conserva- 

 tory at Bloomingdjile 's, says this was 

 far ahead of any Easter. Nearly every- 

 thing was sold out at noon on Saturday. 

 He employed 125 people altogether in 

 the Easter floral department! In the 

 cut flower department where Eobert 

 Koehne presides, a handsome window, 

 filled with Eeed & Keller's Easter 

 eggs in all designs, was very attractive. 

 I^e hawthorne in flower from Bobbink 

 Ss Atkins was a great seller. Lilies were 

 held at 20 cents a flower. No poor stock 

 is handled here; no cut prices pre- 

 vail. No retailer in the regular stores 

 considers this a menace to legitimate 

 trade. 



Hanft Bros, had their usual overflow 

 and branch stores. Among their ship- 

 ping orders I noted one for President 

 Roosevelt. Ramblers and lilies were the 

 favorites here. Pink azaleas were in 

 demand. Thousands of pansies in pots 

 were disposed of. 



Stumpp's windows, on Fifth avenue 

 and Fifty-seventh street, were arranged 

 with artistic care and were unique and 

 creditable. One was an immense bank 

 of lilies, with a row of cinerarias at the 

 base and flanked by huge orange trees 

 in fruit, with a magnificent bougainvillea 

 as a center. Another window was a 

 dream in yellow, heather, genistas and 

 acacias in tubs, and the tMrd filled to 

 the top with Crimson Ramblers and 

 Dorothy Perkins. A rhododendron with 

 250 flowers and a large white azalea 

 twenty-five years old occupied prominent 

 spots inside the big store, while two im- 

 mense cellars were crowded with baskets 

 and combinations, every one distinct and 

 beautiful. Six large weddings this week 

 are the aftermath of Easter. 



At Hodgson's fancy, high-handled bas- 

 kets, trimmed with apple blossoms and 

 filled with orchids and Farleyense fern, 

 were a novelty. 



Two imense metrosideros greeted you 

 as you entered Alex. McConnell's, where 

 "the biggest Easter ever known" was 

 his greeting. Fine novelties in boxes, 

 with copies of Roman sculpture by Robia, 

 the Italian artist, were a novelty here. 

 Baskets of lilies in white and gold tubs 

 with 100 flowers were also featured 

 and sold. All kinds of basket combina- 

 tions sold well. The demand here and 

 everywhere up to Saturday included few 

 cut flowers. 



Across the way, at Thorley's, the feat- 

 ure was the orchid basket, no longer a 

 novelty, with ribbon adornment. In 

 natural basket, tub and pail, handsome 

 ericas also were largely used. 



In the Flower Market I noticed Tar- 

 rytown elegantissima extensively used 

 in all the basket combinations. It looked 

 charming and will be greatly used in 

 this way hereafter. 



At Young's, on Fifth avenue, baskets 

 of hydrangeas and lilies from his own 

 conservatories were especially beautiful. 



Wadley & Smythe's big window was 

 one mass of Rose Wedding Bells. He 

 had the entire stock of them. The store 

 was full of them, also. They sold at 

 from $5 to $25 each and none was left 

 except those saved for his big wedding 

 this week, where apple blossoms from 

 Virginia also will be much in evidence. 



Siebrecht's White Palace and the 

 store adjoining were none too large for 

 their Easter trade. Nearly 500 baskets 

 were made up and all were sold. Ram- 

 blers, lilies and orchid combinations 

 sold as high as $50 each. The stock 

 was largely from their own conserva- 

 tories. Japan maples in pots were great 

 sellers, also kalmias in tubs and large 

 azaleas apd white lilacs. They had 

 four vans, four wagons and fifty men 

 busy. Grand hydrangeas and standard 

 wistarias made the windows attractive. 

 Orchids, too, were there in abundance. 



Brewer's, across the way, was a coun* 

 terpart of all the Fifth avenue stores in 

 beauty and novelty. 



Big cedars in tubs and other ever- 

 greens were a fitting introduction to the 

 Rosary, where a rustic porch had been 

 constructed, with ivy covering and eagle 

 trimming for the festive occasion, a 

 unique conception. Birch bark pedestals 

 in the windows supported specimen aza- 

 leas and boronias. Gloxinias and wis- 

 tarias here were very perfect. The big 

 conservatory upstairs was crowded with 

 lilies and palms. 



Leikens found his store and conserva- 

 tory not half large enough for his sup- 

 ply and had a branch store close at 

 hand for his overflow. He did an enor- 

 mous trade, especially in baskets and 

 hampers of his own construction, making 

 up many beautiful combinations. 



At Bowe 's the need of larger quarters 

 was never so much in evidence. The 

 ducklings and their chariots filled with 

 orchids were the centerpieces of the big 

 window. The transient trade was con- 

 stant. The Italian artist produced many 

 original novelties in floral art and Mr. 

 Bowe wore an even more entrancing 

 smile than usual. 



Ribbon decoration was very profuse at 

 Scallen 's, on Broadway. White and gold 

 were the prevailing colors. 



Small's is always at or near the top 

 in extensive and elaborate display. This 

 year was no exception. The big store 

 was banked to the ceiUng. Basket com- 

 binations, $5 to $15, sold the best. Lilies 

 went at 35 cents a flower and were sold 

 out at noon on Saturday and the buyers 

 were hustling for more goods to fill 

 orders. Large Ramblers sold slowly. 



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