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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 23, 1905. 



VICTORY 



The best scarlet carnation — requires only ordinary culture 



One of tlic old landmarks on Cortlandt 

 street seems to be in the line of ti;e 

 march of progress and nuist come doAvn. 

 Just where the firm of J. M. Thorburn Sc 

 Co. will locate is yet undecided. 



Alfred U. Van Praag, late secretary 

 and treasurer of the Fleischman FlorrJ 

 Co. and for eight years past, opens on 

 November 2S at 1207 Broadway, near 

 Twenty-ninth street, a florists' shop of 

 his own, right in the best part of "the 

 great Avhite way, ' ' as they call it. 



fnteresling changes in helpers have 

 been made lately in some of the big re- 

 tail stores and many of the familiar 

 faces of last year have changed their 

 outlook. But still the openings for floral 

 artists are many and a really fine artificer 

 need not more than make good his claim 

 to ability to be assured a prompt engage- 

 ment and at a salary, too, that makes 

 acceptable even the interminable hours of 

 a successful retail business in New York. 



W. II. Donohoe had a fine dinner dec- 

 oration at the New Haven Club last Sun- 

 day and gave it his personal attention. 

 An abundance of wild smilax and 2,00U 

 Liberty roses were used. 



New Ha\en won its big football match 

 last Saturday, but was mucli more shy 

 on violets than expected. Even the horse 

 show failed to exert its usual influence. 



LeMoult, of the Bowery, had a finger 

 in the British pie last week on the ship 

 that took "his majesty" up the Hudson. 

 Most of the " bon tons" felt the effect 

 of his presence in the dinner decoration 

 orders. 



Prospect park, Brooklyn, had its best 

 mum show last week and the Brooklyn 

 papers boomed it in illustration and gen- 

 erous notices. Some forty new varieties 

 were on exhibition, and the attendance 

 was enormous. 



Thanksgiving would hardly be itself 

 without holly nowadays. All the supply 

 men will have it in good quantity and 

 say that quality is excellent this year; 

 $6 a case seems to be the prevailing price. 



It is wonderful how popular retinospora 

 window and step decorations are becom- 

 ing in New York. Hotels and halls, too, 

 are elaborately ' * summerized ' ' with bay 

 trees and box and evergreens until we be- 

 gin to look quite tropical, considering the 

 depressing severity of our damp winter 

 climate. 



John Scott, of Flatbush, was fortunate 

 enough last Thursday to save a little fel- 

 low's life, a grandson of Mr. Kepner, one 

 of the old-time florists of Rutland road. 

 A heavy truck Avas within six inches of 

 crushing out the little fellow's life when 

 Mr. Scott succeeded in stopping the 

 horses. 



Bowling;. 



New York seems to have lost all ambi- 

 tion as to a boAvlirg club this winter, but 

 it may be a case of the "sleeping lion" 

 and soon we hope to hear him roar. 

 Meantime the members of last year's al- 

 most champion aggregation have scat- 



tered into other city clubs and are mak- 

 ing excellent records. Theo. Lang has 

 been averaging over 200 all the season 

 and last week had a score of ^68 to his 

 credit. 



But you never hear of reliable old Flat- 

 bush hauling down the flag. Every Thurs- 

 day there's a quorum there and sport de- 

 void of inharmony and welcome that 

 warms the cockles of the heart. Last 

 week the scores below were made and 

 Thanksgiving night the annual struggle 

 for the twenty-pound turkey will take 

 place. Perhaps a vegetarian will win it. 

 The scores are: 



Player. 1st 2d 3(1 4tli 



Scott i;C) 142 115 



Zeller 120 144 116 



Wocker 112 198 120 1?!7 



Schmutz 1.1!) 158 161 Ifiii 



Rilev i:!4 136 147 1W» 



P. Dallledouze 118 12!) 127 13:{ 



II. DalUedoiize 150 146 144 107 



J. Austin Shaw. 



NOTICE.... 



to Advertisers 



and Correspondents 



Because the date of our National 

 Thanksgiving falls upon the usual 

 day of mailing the Review, next 

 week*s issue, that for November 30, 

 will be published one day earlier than 

 in other weeks. 



Advertisers and correspondents are 

 requested to put their "copy** in our 

 hands by Tuesday morning, Novem- 

 ber 28, or it will be too late for that 

 issue. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



It would require a stretch of the imagi- 

 nation to call the market strong the past 

 week, but at the same time a very large 

 volume of business has been done. Bright 

 skies and moderate temperature have re- 

 sulted in a pronounced increase in suj)- 

 plies and, in spite of the best of quality 

 throughout the list, prices have weak- 

 ened because of the abundance of almost 

 everything. Even white carnations, which 

 money would not buy two weeks ago, have 

 been more than the trade would consume 

 at the prices wholesalers are willing to 

 consider. Tuesday was exceptionally 

 weak. 



Tlii? general report among growers is 

 that Beauties are coming into full crop 

 and tliat supplies will be very large for 



Thanksgiving. Quality leaves nothing 

 to be desired. Brides, Bridesmaids, 

 ( hatenay and other roses are showing 

 fine color and excellent substance because 

 of favorable weather conditions. The 

 best stock is still selling at satisfactory 

 figures but the lower grades have suf- 

 fered in the last few days. The call 

 for Thanksgiving promises to be excep- 

 tionally heavy because of the high prices 

 at which carnations are quoted, but Kich- 

 mond and Liberty will be first in demand. 

 Both are abundant and very fine in 

 quality. Carnation cuts show a consid- 

 erable increase this week and there is 

 enough of every color to supply the de- 

 mand, with prices weakened. It looks as 

 if the Thanksgiving supply would be 

 greater than was at first estimated. 

 Chrysanthemums have eased off in values. 

 Eeeeipts are large and naturally the 

 growers are holding back more or less 

 for Thanksgiving. Violets have been 

 scarce, doubtless because of a brisk New 

 York market. Harrisii and callas are 

 also hard to find. There is plenty of val- 

 ley. Green goods are moving satisfac- 

 torily. 



Hunt's New Rose. 



C. ]\1. Dickinson returned Saturday 

 from Minneapolis, where he closed a deal 

 with John Monson, of the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co., for the dissemination of the 

 new pink rose, Miss Kate Moulton. Mr. 

 Dickinson is very enthusiastic on the 

 rose after seeing it at home, examining 

 its record and talking with the local 

 florists who have handled it. Holm & 

 Olson told him that when they had the 

 Moulton rose in stock they had no sale 

 for Maid. The originator's records show 

 that last season he cut forty-seven 

 blooms to the plant and made an average 

 of better than 4^/^ cents on them. Mr. 

 Dickirson states that they will be able 

 to supply 150,000 plants for delivery be- 

 fore April 1, 1906. 



•T. H. Holden, the well known former 

 retailer, is now in charge of Hunt's de- 

 partment for the manufacture of the 

 curled crepe paper Christmas bell, which 

 is making such a hit. 



Various Notes. 



P. J. Foley was taken sick the day af- 

 ter the Florists/ Club's banquet and oa 

 November 16 si^ffered a surgical opera- 

 tion at St. Andrew 's hospital. He is 

 progressing nicely and will be out in a 

 week or so. 



In the flower show report, C. Frauen- 

 felder should have been credited with 

 first prize on the basket of Liberty roses,, 

 instead of C. A. Samuelson. 



L. Coatsworth spent flower show Aveek 

 in Canada shooting ducks and on his way 

 home lost his baggage, including gun and 

 game, but recovered all but the latter a 

 day or two ago. 



George Keinberg has figured in the 

 (•ity newspapers this week as the grower 

 of ''electric" roses. He has been ex- 



