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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



I 'i;i I M i;:.i: 



I'Jd.'i. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



1 ■> (I \ l)(lti \- scclllv i-|llllrlllL'<l aillull" 

 the wllnl. >;||,.|>. I'rir.'s s1c,-|(lv; (U;IIi;i II. 1 



iii^i-li'Til rr..iii llic ivi.-iil si'Hi.iii, th.Mt 

 "■•■'I I'ul-i' nl ll.c iii;iikr|, :ui(l tlu-lc \v;is 

 lit. siiiplii-.. inilrv. it iiiiylit be i'oiiiKl 

 ill tlic \inlrt ilciiail iiic-iit. 'J'hcro \\;is ;i 

 Jai':;.' icsjclu, i,f ''lofl o\(.'is" i'vom 

 Th;iiik^-i\ Ml-, wlii.li iIh". street mer- 

 obaiil.s well' liMwkiiiM (111 Saiurdav nt L';") 

 cenls 111 :\r, cents n Inuicli. 



.Me;in\\iiile idses iiiul l:i Miatiuiis liavo 

 awakein'il to llieir icnl \aiuc's and, iiinins 

 ha\iii^r ^iiiie into winter nu.-uleis, nsseit 

 tlirir in(;e|irii.|t iirr ;nhl deiiinnd wlint 

 tin V ;ire leally w.irlli. Evcrjtliiiij,' 

 \veilli wliilr \\:i> swi.l early Salnrday 

 e\>'ninL;. Somi' iM'.-iiiiio ,il' tlio lii;;li(.'sr 

 Ji'''.""ie tiiuclii-.l fill .i;nfs enrh. Smne 

 •Maid> ;i;id I'.ridc^ \-,,.|,. ,-i |i| j,,.,. Imiidi-cd. 

 J-<"''^' ld\i- 'lid ti;nc- a^niii. 'J'l.is Wi-ri; 

 ('I'l'ii"^ 1 Icii I li nd r(ii<i, fine v\ intei' 

 wealliri-. :ind suciiiy i> l,u-i wiili |(tc|i- 

 ti"ii.- and iliiineis innuiMei ;i Me. 



On-lijils seen, 111 111,, ih,. Ilnwii- in\- jl,,. 



J">aljiitatii!^' Iid-cnis i.T liir ■ • -;l(',t. " 

 'J'lit y ha\i' ne\ci' hfcn u^rd -^n 1::il:' Iv. 

 A rel;;i|rr williiMil .-in a l'ii'iil:int -:;|i|.|\ 

 ea h:, ud i- i|Mirl;ly r.'', -.'i i , li i ,i ; ',, 

 I'aiil-.- 'if 1 ill' • • liiis 111', :i .. ' ' I III,! i,-,.,i 

 in Mr \l:iiii|v ■ w iiu|,>:i Ic vvmd.iw- l:ix| 

 ^vei'k |ili.d,-eiHi|.sis. Mdnni,.- iM-Miin, \;in- 

 da«. .ni< iilinm--. I;eiri<. dtndi •dnnin^, 

 (■■y|i^ ;nid r;ii 1 lex.-e- and I ma v h.T.e 

 inis'M'il <(inM' ^:l^i(•til's. I i "s the did 

 Stery; ^ii|i|dy .ir,-iic^ di-m.-ind -ind iIh' 



call ri.inrv^ in \,\\ ^.llk ri..MI I'MIV 



city in ihc Inini. 



Lilies ;iic ;dinndant. I'md llms. i-(>- 

 eei\ed one <\:iy last week L'lj dozen. 

 Sold.irn a i|ay w In-n l."n dozen do not 

 arrive. Plenty o|' li viniiit lis und nar- 

 eis>i nre lure ;ind \;dli\ ir, aliuiidant. 



(ariiations ;ire i^loiions in i)ii;dily :ind 

 brinj^' j^food prii-es. 



Various Notes. 



'I'iie liall of the wholesale liorists' 

 C'tii|doyees takes [dace .laniiaiy 1.". at the 

 Aiiisterdaiii opcia house. An elaborate 

 poster adorns the wnlls of nil the whole- 

 Bale houses. Some tifty names appear 

 as ollicers. patrons, iiianaticrs, etc. It 

 will be a bi;^ a ll'a i r and bo.xes are re- 

 seiM'd for the trade in aimndaiiee. The 

 })rin(Mpal ollicers aic .\i(di(das <". 

 Seliiciiier, president; <'h:irles Matthews, 

 vice jiresideiit ; .lohn l"(dey, treasurer; 

 Elmer ( iicat (iidcl, iinaindal secretary ; 

 .John i;;^eiibrod, iccoidin;^ secietai v ; 

 Ai'thur W'iese, ser^e.-iiit -at a riiis ; (ieoiye 

 Hil'lebrand. chairinan of tinstees ; W. 

 S(dieen, chaiinian of the reception coiii- 

 niitlcc. 



*'id .at (iieat .\e(k, in addition to 

 Mr. I'i>clier and his Abundance, xvcr.ai 

 Other ;^ro\\t'rs tor the New York market 

 ha\c cxcidleiit i^iceidiouse planl>. .lohn 

 Mat I hews has three bi- houses newh' 

 built dcNoled to iw-i' ^rowin^. Mr. 

 Adam>. who i> a incudier of the < iit 

 J-'low.'|- i;\cl;;iii^e, has li\c hnu^i-'- wc!i 

 fillcii with a Li'iieral line and !*< doiii^ 

 a 'joihI |ii( :d Ii;idc :iv well a- \i--ilillL; 

 ,\ew >iiik vNcckly Willi a '.^ener.-il n>"-Mrt- 

 irieiit. lie has been III (iieai .\e<k i'ly 

 tweiit \ ■ t w o yen rs. 



I I "s a litlli' e.'irly. bul cVeiyboiU is 

 Jili'ad\ l.-ilkin^i < iiri^tinas. 'I'wit weeks 

 froln .\|ond;i_\ niid tlie ^real d:i\ nt' the 

 ye;i I allP.e^. Allel all lliere i- lii. tiiiie 

 to be !'■<!. Ill ,-1 lew i|;i_v> llie .'li' deW h 

 town will be ch:il:jed with the r-Wi'e'- 

 peit'lin t the e\e|o|een> fliini the 



Adir.aidack- ami the (atvkills. \ n\\ 



cnn t kill the < hi ivi m.'i- tree l)usine>s as 

 hm^ as the stork i^ biivy. 



In the ilenth id lii-< Illotller (!eiu>;e 

 liddebr.and has the -\ni[iatliy of liif; 

 iii.any friends. 



'I he Idower .\i;iiket is no uiore. This 

 isn't tlu' (lit blower Market in the Coo- 

 Man buildiiiL;, yoii know, nor the' old one 

 at Thirty-lourth st'reet, nor i< it the 

 riant .Miirki't down town, nor does it 

 me;iii that, ^reat center from Twenty- 

 si.Nth to Thirtieth stirets. 'Idiis is the 

 one 1 wrote about a year H'^o. up on 

 West l'\)rty-fourtli street, heralded by a 

 liery ehar<ier and a man with a tiuiupet. 

 .\ ou ri'inember. It was an ''or^aiiiza- 

 lioii oi leadiiie einwers," where the 

 clerks were clothed ill blue blouses, just 

 like ''l.uiineii, don't cher know,'' ami 



lot'- nf boxes were Jiileij up with olll-ol'- 

 1ov\i; addie>ses ,,i; lliem. It. was ""lo do 

 a\>:i\ Willi ihe pioiiis of ||ie .jobbers 

 a Mil windesak' dealei's, "' and it. really 

 aiii^i ha\e doll' away with soinebodv's 

 prolit<, t'or the I'lei^chmau I'loral t 'o. 

 aniiounei-- tint U ha- boue||f the place 

 f'li sT.'iii.iMin! 1 1 |v 1,1 ke consolidated 



'\illi their new 1 illh ;i\i'nue stole ;ind 



!iii> ma ^ni liceii 1 pii-i-ij of linaiiciiiM was 



accimpjished with, -lit even iaii'o:ij I he 



lin le- 1 ll'.wii -hiiji ill \ew \'ork. 



d , le M.'imla. et S^oiith (Ji.in^e, !ai- the 

 "icliid fe\ei .ilid has bi-i:t;ht the .i.'ip.'in 

 ese .\ iii>er\- ('ii.'s planl ul West (.'.ranue 



le l.-ilse ciml'ije |ieXl S p l' i I I i; . lie IS |-Olll 



peti'in to maki' this a suci-ess and hir, 

 friends a:l wish him ;i ii.-iyiiiL; veuliirc. 



1 aiel I'aiil l'iei--on, ol' Scaib'ii'o. on 

 I'le -;;;bway Abmday iiiidit and he told 

 me >ome of hi> r.eauties brou;^iit do 

 cea1> that d;iv. I told him it wouh] 

 iie\('r do to ijiioie ihaL as a marki'l jirice 

 and he admitted that he had si'eii some 

 mighty fiiu^ stock yo as low a< i!.j cents. 

 Ml llii'ie you are. 



\:\)\ i'laan's new store at I1J07 

 r.ioadway looks \ery neat and lie is dc ■ 

 liohted with the eiie()ur;i<;emeut ol' his 

 first \»e(d\"s \eiitiire. Ed Tjtidirres, foi'- 

 merly with the I'leiscliman do., is first 

 lieuten.ant here. Mr. IJoetke, Lately with 

 the same company, is back in liue nt tlio 

 I'ilth ;i\!'iine store of the Thos. Younf( 

 < 'o. Mr. Ilanft is no longer witii this 

 company. 



Ml'. K;irbmuller, for a loii^ time 

 \\itli Stiinijip, at I'ifth axemie timl 

 I'ifly se\eiitli street, is now with Fieiseli- 

 maii at his I'orty-third street store. 



* harles Millano- is preparinji; for u 

 luM cut flower trade at ('liristmas by 

 tiirniiiL; his conserv.atory into a branch 

 of his wholesale department. 



.Messrs. Itonaldson and Purdy, of tlie 

 lhit(diess County Violet Co., are visiting 

 their i.'hiuebeck violet oiuvmis this week. 

 The company is more than satisfied \\itli 

 ihe bii'-iness to date. The store is above 

 tile Sieiiiiind (ieller Co. ami silk \ iolef 

 ciiriaM;'^ .are in keejiinL; with their >pe 



ei.'lll \ . 



Staike iV ixlcine are bnildine a cui, 

 ser\aiiir\' back o|' their ■-t'ire in linu' 

 lor .'I \)'\ii Christina'- plan! Ir.'ole which 

 llh'y ;:,it only ;i nt ici ji.'it e Iml li;i\e :i| 



M.'Mi', I'st'lbli-lled. 



.Inline l.aiiL;. whn pi'ived himself :! 



prophet at the ilei'tioli b\ pi ei 1 i ,• t ' 11 '.^ ll;('' 



\ict(us (d' deroine. i-> now wa^ei'ii^ his 

 repot a I ion ,m the t riiimph .1 1 \b-( iellan 

 tor the mayoralty. 



I ii|~^oll.'l- iV C,'. had .'l bi^ >l'iplUe|it 



ol' --iiiiiiiern wihl ^milax ihi- w<'( k ano' 

 a bi M force in I'e .'i m I :<> all ! Im e reea 

 i^oo.l- eslabriNliiiieni- :iie busy \\itli 

 I h I i-l imi'- w real h iii;^. 



\ tire be! \\,-r\\ d'w enl\ ninth .-i ml 



riiirlieth stii'ets on Sixth axciiue, close 

 to Ihe wholesale section, on Aloud!i,\' 

 evening-, varied the monotony of the 

 week's busiest iiioht, when the growers' 

 checks aoyreoat iii^' a little less than a 

 milliim dolhars lii" out in shoals to the 

 toilers in the greenhouses. l''ortunately 

 the blaze was eoidiiied to the catinj;' 

 house where it orij^inated and the sign 

 iiig of the checks went stetidily ou. 



The (Iraiid opera house last week 

 ii.ad quite ;i serious fire and the Elorists ' 

 Club's cozy rooms were in great dangei 

 (d' annihihition for a time. 



The Bowling (liib is still "hanging 

 lire'' and \\hile rhiladel]ilii:i, Pi.altimore, 

 \Vashin;;t()n, Chicago :uul even Flatbusu 

 are full of (Mithusiasni ()v(>r the hetilth- 

 fid .•iiid ])opular sport Hiis biu metro 

 |i,dif;in aggregation ol' represenjatixc 

 lloiists find it iinpossiljle to oel togethei'. 



The {''lorists' Club's annual election 

 t;ikes plai c' next Monday iii^ld. Decem 

 I'll' 11. I'A'ery member shmild be on 

 li.'iml. .1. ,\rs'ri\ yii\w'. 



PITTSBUHG. 



The Market. 



I'l'a "k'-uix 1 iil:. dal da\ '.v hen all good 

 ,\meiicae iiii/,i'ii'< slioiild L'l'.e ilianks, has 

 • iHiie ami e,.||e. lull I ilniilit if some of 

 ill,' li'oh' '^axe thanks in the weather 



', e e spel ii'lii-'il ike jiast Week, pOUrillg 



I'.'iin iiiilil \\'i •bie--da s' iiiLiht. when it 



llillied ill cid'l. I'.llsiness W.'ls NerV good. 



po-sikI\' as ^oed in some ri's|iects as last 

 sear, but iie.'irly all the sinres report the 

 -mall -ales \'vliich tienre -o largely on 

 -lull day- Wi'i'e lost. ;is people were not 

 out. mde-s coin|ii'lleil to be, and then did 

 not •stop to look for llowcrs. Yiolettj 

 -nlTeied especially, as none were Ijought 

 to be Worn. 



C|| 1 \s;'ipt hemnnis. which had been 

 Scarce for a week bel'ore, wcl'l' \er\ 

 ]ilentifnl. Some oi' the erowei'.s wlu) 

 could not be persuaded to send stock in 

 \\hen it was iuidly needed, had an almn 

 dance I'or Thanks^ix ing, when it did not 

 brine ;is udod a juice as the week pre 

 \ions. It is only another evidenei' that 

 the grower knows more tibout the market 

 than the wholesaler, who tries oectision- 

 :dly to advi'^e him when to send in his 

 stock, and not hotird it up for a holiday. 

 'Betuitii's were very plentiful and (dicap 

 :is w(dl as I'oses which wei'e in tibun- 

 ilaiice. In fact, there was plenty of 

 e\ erything. 



Various Notes. 



.\le.\ X(dsoii. who iias been ill and in 

 the hospit.al most of the ftill, is again 

 able to be alxmt. He is lookinjj verv 

 well, but is <tili unable to take up heavy 

 wiii'k. 



l>a\iil (iiddis will open a new store 

 next Saturday, in llotnestetid. He says 

 ih.'d then i< more money earned and 



pani to ihe people of Iloltlesfead tliail 



III any other feun nf (i\e time< the 

 )ii'piila I ieii ami think- it the best open 

 mil: ill sight, lie will ha\e an iip-to date 

 -line, with .all the appointments (d' a (dt\ 

 -loll', .•'lid lio|ie- to reach a class of trad(> 

 iliat h.'is lieeii I'oiniiiur into the city here- 



t id'ol'e. 



The I'itt-buiL'' 'id I'iower Co. says it 

 handled the liiie-t stock of viidets 

 'f hanksoiviim that has iwer com(> into 

 ihi- city, ;ind yet owing to the b;id 

 x'eather wire comjielled to s(dl them at 

 an nniisii;illy low jiiice foi' a liolida\'. 



The -tiiie of Walker \ .McEe.'iii, of 

 ^ nil n^r-t ow II, ' '.. is in the h.aiids ot' a re 

 i'<'i\er. until the lirm can come to ;in 

 .'leieeinent till' 'li-soliit ion. Mr. Walker 



