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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNB 20, 1905. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



Rp^iilflPC Valli^v ^^^ Wholesale Florist 



DCdUllCd, Y dllCj, ?-':r7.i.".r.',s.«.. oi Philadelphia 



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THE CLEVELAND CDT FLOWER COMPANY, 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, WIRE DESIGNS. 



AGENTS FOR THE EVERLASTING 52 AND 54 HIGH STREET, 



GREENHOUSETILE BENCH. CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



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Headquarters fer FANCY CARNATIONS and ROSES 



PITTSBURG'S LARGEST AND OLDEST WHOLESALERS. 



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PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



"Wa have just experienced a very pe- 

 culiar week tor hot weather, rain and 

 wind. Last Wednesday they had a very 

 ssvere storm just above Bakerstown and 

 through a portion of Butler county. The 

 wind was very strong and with it a fine 

 hail that beat the corn, wheat and oats 

 to the ground and cut most everything 

 to pieces, even breaking glass in 

 pome places. But notwithstanding the 

 weather conditions, business was above 

 the averags for so late in the season. 

 The wholesale houses report fair sales 

 on all good stock. Koses are becoming 

 poorer every day but carnations are 

 fine. Sweet peas ar3 already a glut on 

 the market, many more being received 

 than can be disposed of at any price. 

 There are still Harrisii lilies enough to 

 supply th3 demand and candidum lilies 

 are abundant and sell very cheap. A 

 few asters are to be seen, but they are 

 not of much value. 



Varioui Notes. 



From present indications they must 

 be going to close all ths flower shops 

 in this city, as every one you meet says 

 he is going to the florists ' picnic July 

 12. There is a fine list of athletic 

 events, handsome prizes for which 

 are now in the hands of tha committee. 



In talking with an old-timsr in the 

 business, he offers this information : That 

 Pittsburg has been short on bedding 

 plants for several years and that there 

 is still room for several good men to take 

 up bedding plants and that we should 

 have at least one man who would take 

 up palms and ferns. If this is true it 

 will settle all the talk of too many in 

 the business. 



Fifty residents of Versailles borough, 

 above McKeesport, are threatened with 

 suits by John Orth, of the McKeesport 

 Floral Co. Most of the people are wo- 

 men and their troubles were brought on 

 by a practical joker. Orth recently pur- 

 chased several greenhouses at Versailles, 

 intending to remove the plants to the 

 Seitz farm in Versailles township, the 

 headquarters of the company. The prac- 

 tical joker placed the following notice 

 on the entrance gate to the greenhouses 



in Versailles: "Take everything about 

 the place at your leisure, excepting th6 

 telephone." In a short time every plant 

 in the greenhouses had been taken. Orth 

 places his loss at $500. He will send 

 notices to the fifty addresses secured 

 by him requesting restitution of the 

 flowers or their value in money. 



Paul M. Pierson, of Scarborough, 

 N. Y., was in the city this week, looking 

 us ovA". 



W. H. Carney, of J. B. Murdoch & 

 Co., has returned from a trip among In- 

 diana growers and to Chicago. 



P. J. Demas, of the Florists' Ex- 

 change, has been in Philadelphia, New 

 York and up the Hudson to the violet 

 districts. Hoo-Hoo. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market 



Business apparently revived some- 

 what during the second and third weeks 

 of June, and all the retail stores were 

 quite busy. Weddings were numerous, 

 but not many called for large decora- 

 tions. Commencements cleaned the 

 market up nicely, many peonies being 

 used. On June 21 a most terrible catas- 

 trophe occurred about sixteen miles 

 east of Cleveland, in the village of 

 Mentor. The Twentieth Century Lim- 

 ited on the Lake Shore, going at sev- 

 enty miles an hour, ran into an open 

 switch. Many people were killed or 

 maimed. All were prominent in so- 

 cial and business life. Four were 

 Cleveland men. The call for funeral 

 work was something tremendous. It 

 took three or four large moving vans 

 to carry the flowers from the houses 

 to the church, then to the cemetery. 

 Every retail store in Cleveland was 

 taxed to its utmost and Saturday aft- 

 ernoon found a fagged lot of florists. 

 Good stock was decidedly scarce and 

 many orders had to be filled with in- 

 ferior stock. 



Prices are not very good, but we 

 ought not to complain when the quali- 

 ty is taken into consideration. Tea 

 roses are decidedly off and hardly 

 worth shipping to the commission 

 house. Beauties are fair, however, but 

 will soon be over, as growers are throw- 

 ing them out. Meteors are very good. 



long stems and good color. Carnations 

 are becoming small and show the ef- 

 fects of the hot spell. Prices range 

 from 50 cents to $l.oO per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



Smith & Fetters have been quite 

 busy the last two weeks. They had 

 two large weddings for Tuesday and 

 the decoration for a very large affair 

 to be given by Mrs. L. C. Hanna, at 

 which orchids and hydrangeas will play 

 a very prominent part. Palms will be 

 scarcely used at all. Mr. East well, 

 when seen Saturday, was much pleased 

 with their share of funeral work re- 

 cently, having worked hard all Friday 

 and Friday night up to Saturday noon. 



The J. M, Gasser Co. on June 21 

 had five large weddings to look af- 

 ter, all of which were very satisfac- 

 torily executed. Mr. Jones directed all 

 these affairs and deserves consider- 

 able credit. This firm was also taxed 

 to its fullest capacity with funeral 

 work, working both night and day. 



Collins & Harrison, James Eadie and 

 C. M, Wagner all had an equal share 

 of work and when called upon declared 

 they were glad it was over. 



The i*. E. Williams Co, is cutting 

 some extra fine Kaiserin roses off plants 

 on the new tile bench invented by Bate 

 Bros. 



Bate Bros., of East Cleveland, are 

 sending in some very good carnations 

 for this season of the year. 



Forest City. 



MoRENCi, Mich. — E. W. Scofield is no 

 longer in the greenhouse business. 



KiRKSViLLE, Mo. — Greenhouses are to 

 be built at the Kirksville Normal School. 



St. Paul, Minn, — Herman Bunde has 

 returned from a visit to his brother at 

 Eau Claire. 



New Albany, Ind. — One of F. Wal- 

 ker & Co. 's horses ran away June 19 

 and scattered things around a bit, but no 

 one was hurt. 



Grand Kapids, Mich. — Since the re- 

 cession of the flood the hot sun has had 

 a bad effect on all stock in the field. 

 Stem rot is very prevalent among car- 

 nations. 



