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24 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 25, 1005. 



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SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



sparagus Plumosus/is; ^Yoo'T'''^ The Wholesale Florist 



COMMENCEMENTS AND WEDDINGS, of Philadelphia 



TKB CHOIOBST 

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Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



THE CLEVELAND CIT FLOWER COMPANY, 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, WIRE DESIGNS. 



AGENTS FOR THE EVERLASTING 52 AND 54 HIGH STREET, 



GREENHOUSE TILE BENCH. CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



Mention "Hie Rerlew when yon write. 



Headquarters for FANCY CARNATIONS and ROSES 



PITTSBURG'S LARGEST 3ND OLDEST WHOLESALERS. 



PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO-slileriySt., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Mention The BeTlew when you write. 



BUFFALO. 



The long continued dull and chilly 

 •weather has much retarded the flower 

 garden business and it will make a dread- 

 ful crush when a few hot days do ar- 

 rive. To show that we have need of 

 caution in putting out our tender bedding 

 plants, on the morning of May 20 we had 

 four degrees of frost, but that did not 

 harm the carnations, most of which were 

 out about May 10. 



There uas oeen an oversupply of flow- 

 ers, but not alarming, and all we can 

 save and scrape up will be wanted at 

 Memorial day. As someone remarked 

 last week, there was a time when flowers 

 donated to the G. A. E. was the chief 

 business, but now all classes remember 

 departed friends and make it a day of 

 commemoration. Plants as well as flow- 

 ers are largely used for the occasion and 

 again are we largely dependent on the 

 weather. A fine, warm day means an 

 immense business and a wet day means 

 that the good folks stop at home and 

 we are minus business never to be caught 

 up. If a man wants a hat or a woman 

 a new pair of gloves, if she cannot buy 

 them Saturday she will get them Mon- 

 day. Not so with the bunch of flowers. 

 If the day is missed the sale is lost for- 

 ever. 



The department stores have started 

 flower counte)-3. One store began in 

 earnest a month ago and we hear that 

 three others are about to start, engaging 

 managers, etc. This increased opposition 

 may be felt by some more than others. 

 It is not the slightest good for us to 

 worry about it, for no law or power can 

 prevent them. A department store has 

 as much right to sell flowers as books, or 

 hams, or tinware. In the cities where 

 department stores have extensive flower 

 departments, the retail florists do not 

 seem to suffer. They sell to people who 

 would scarcely ever enter a florist's store. 

 Let us hope that what they find to be 

 their influence in some western cities 

 will be the case here, viz., that they 

 spread the love and use of flowers among 

 thousands who scarcely ever had the lux- 

 ury of flowers on the table. I do not 

 believe they will hurt and if they in- 

 crease the use of flowers they must have 

 help^ the craft generally. The producer 

 must be benefited. The use of flowers 

 among the masses can yet be increased 



10LLE6TED QlCgiDS 



Fresh Importation 

 of 



Cattleya Trianae 



Just received in splendid condition and offer them until sold at $56.00 per case, 

 original case of 40 to 50 plants. 



FRENCH LILACS and DEUTZIAS 



POT- GROWN 



We have a surplus of Lilac Madame Lemoine and Marie Legraye, and 

 Deutzia Gracilis, just coming into flower, in fine condition for shipping and 

 immedi^ use. 



(^ \v_XII*ACS, $50.00 per 100; $6.50 per doz.; 75 cts. each. 



V DEUTZIAS, $80.00 $8.50 " 85 cts. " 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



PURE 

 CULTURE 



Being the Eastern Distributing Agents for the American Manufacturers of Pure 

 Culture Spawn, we can ship Fresh Spawn on short notice at the following prices: 

 15 cts. per lb.; $1.85 per 10 lbs.; $10.00 per 100 lbs. 



We have also the best make of Engflish Virg^in Mushroom Spawn, fresh 

 importation, 8c. per lb.; 75c. per 10 lbs.; $6.00 per 100 lbs.; $55.00 per 1000 lbs. 



CLUCAS & BODDINGTON CO., 131 West m St., New York City 



Inporten, Exporters sad erowers of Seeds, Bnlbs and Plsats. 



PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



fivefold before it is as general as in the 

 cities of western Europe. W. S. 



Des Moines, Ia. — W. L. Morris has 

 filed an amendment to his petition in 

 bankruptcy, having found additional 

 ci editors to whom he owes $418. 



Baltimore, Md. — James Andrews was 

 fined for assault and battery upon a boy 

 who asked for a job. The boy did not 

 mind being ejected from the store by the 

 ear but a woman who was passing re- 

 monstrated, then resented Andrews' lan- 

 guage and had him arrested. 



PITTSBURG 

 FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



Wholesale Florists and 

 Florists' Supplies. 



888 Diamond St., PITTSBURG, PA. 



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The Eeview is worth very much more 

 than the subscription price. — F. H. Lan- 

 MAN, Plymouth, Mass. 



Please cancel my advertisement as I 

 am sold out of stock. — U. G. Hakgle- 

 RODE, Shippensburg, Pa. 



