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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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was ill the rity last VVodiuxlay, looking;- 

 for a .<>ooil man lo take cliaryc of tlio 

 design "vork and deeorating. 



liilly Loew, llie t>rcon floods man, is 

 using a cane, tlie result of an aerobatics 

 fcat'^of grand and lofty tumbling; iioiii- 

 ing serious, however. 



We take pleasure in announcing that 

 Kd McCollnm, of the Pittsburg i-Morists' 

 Kxchauge, has made good as a footl)ali 

 player. His club was defeated only once 

 til is sea.son. 



President IMiil Ijanghans and ids active 

 committee have arranged "large doings" 

 for tiie club smoker Tuesday niglit. 



11. r. doslin lias ))ureiiased a foiir-acic 

 plot of ground in Ben Avon, on uliiih lie 

 expects to raise summer liiooniing stock. 



Win. O'Hiien, known among the boys 

 as "Cliicago. " wlio lias a flower trade 

 among the liankers' and brokers' of- 

 fices, is just getting around with a 

 stick after :i stitf aigiimcnt witli a trol- 

 ley car. 



Ji. 1j. Liickiiart, wiio was foriiicily willi 

 Walker \- .McLean. ^'(lungsto\\ n. is 

 opening a retail store in that city. 



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DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Lxcryoiie is wearing a satisfied smile, 

 a« Thanksgiving biisiiii'ss was \er\ yood. 

 Cupid sct'iiis f(i l:;i\(' gotten in his wdik 

 the past niuiith. as evrryniic was nmre 

 tlian I'lishecl with wedding orders for 

 'J'hanksojx lag e\e. 



K'lises and eliiysant lieinuins sold xcry 

 well and at a good price. ('arnations 

 U"re compiefely sold out. Thi'y are still 

 very scarce on the m.arket. bringing ^'.\ 

 to $1 jier luindred at ]iresent. Violets 

 did not s(dl very well, as compared with 

 other ye.ars, cohl windy wi'utlier jiroba- 

 bly being the reason, although the higli 

 price scared a good many prospective 

 buyers .away, the market price ranging 

 from ^l.r^u to .1:2. .10 ])er hundred. A 

 good many have found their way to 

 the furnace and rubbisli pile since. ' 



Holiday Prices. 



It is a pity the growers and wh(d.>- 

 salers do not wake up and, instead of 

 charging sncli high jirices for their stock 

 at every special occasion, if they were 

 kent within reason it would be inu<-h bet- 

 ter for everyone concerned. It is not 

 only the loss of the flowers that are 

 thrown away after a holiday, but a detri- 

 ment to luisiness, a.s a good many jieopie 

 get into the liabit of buying otiu'r things 

 as they are afraid to even ask the pri^e 

 of llowers. 



Speaking of liijih prices, a very fine 

 lady came into one of our well known 

 flower stores 'IMianksgiving dav and aftt^r 

 pricing th<' different flowers " slie jdaced 

 an order for several dozen mums. Then 

 looking at the lady behind tiie counter 

 slie pointed to lier neck and .s.aid. "Wliat 

 is that .annind your neck.'" She replied. 

 "Why, a necklace; what did vou think 

 't was?" "W.ll." th,' customer sai<l 

 "everything is so awful high here I 

 Hiought pi-o})ably it was one of vour 

 gfirters. " 



Various Notes. 



The store and greenhouses of the late 

 Tlenry Flammer have been puivlias(«d bv 

 I'.. A. Fetters, formerly of Cleveland. 



•'. F. Sullivan is again at home, after 

 ftlH'tit a month of traveling. 



•'"I'l- Mivitmeyer's Sons have issued 



Design by W. B. Munson, Denison, Tex,, from Outdoor Stock. 



iii\ it.at ions tor an inspection of tlieii 

 Hew store Monday evening. Deceuilier 1 I . 

 X'isitoi-: llairv I'.unyard and Win. 

 Sciiwatki'. New ^'ork ; F. .1. I'anconrt 

 and l>. I'lscliiier. I'liiladelphia : Malliew 

 rilenbi ui li. I'oi; Huron. Mich. 11. S. 



A TEXAS DESIGN. 



Will r.. Munson. I'eiii-^on. Tcn.. 



writes as IdlloWS under dale ot' I leccui 



ber I : 



''Taking advanl.age id' your |iublislied 

 iii\itati(Ui to senil photogr.ajilis of' .any 

 thing interesting. I am sending to you 

 today a photograph of a Large cresc'ciit 

 wreath, four t'eet in diameter, iiiountecl 

 oil ail easri used t'or sU|iportillg laiec 

 and he;uy pictiires. It may be nothing; 

 iH'w in the way (d' designs, but tlie in- 

 teresting luirt, ami especially to the 

 northern fbuists, is tin' f:ict that the de 

 sign w:is made on Thanksgiving day 

 and fill the flowers used in it were 

 yrow n outdoors. 'i"he lexcs anr? c'liysan- 

 fhomnms W(>ie strictly outdoor grow n 

 llowers, and the carnations came from 

 the benches, but the doors or ventilators 

 had not ;it any time been closed. Ijovv 

 many in th(> north on Thanksgiving day 

 can boast of having such lieauliful flow 

 ers from outdoors? The same day this 

 de.sign w.as made, for the funeral of our 

 late city attorney, several others were 

 also made. However, they were tne last 

 for the season for that night we had a 

 killing frost and had to (dose our houses 

 and build the first fires." 



GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 



|-Alreiiic|v dark, ■^toiaiv wcathii- cur- 

 laileij the cariialioii ciit lo siicji an ex 



lelit lil.al siip[,|\^ \\,-|v \\;i^ lic|':VV the 



deiii.aiMl ai Tli.a nks^iv in;^. boosting 

 prices almost iieyoiul ihc ii^ach of' the 

 oidiiiarv Iniyer. Tl;,a nk^^iv iii;j lr;iile 

 \vas line, all llial could lie .Icsjicd. 'I'jie 

 carnation sliorl.age lidjiecl nv,. up niore 

 roses and mums lliaii would otherwise 

 h.ave been flic case. \ ;^ood m.aiiv I'.os- 

 toii terns Were sold, v\ iiicji reminds iiie 

 tiiat the town i< jusi leemiiie with Uos 

 ton> and the wav tliev sell is verv tirati- 

 lying. As ;i wIh.Ic it was tjn' best 

 Tii.a nk^giv i ii;^ Iraijc ever e\|ic'i ieiicecl 

 here and prii-es iii^lii r tli.an lieict of'ore. 

 It i^ an increase (}| over lifleeii per 

 cent oVer la>-t year. 



Miss llartnett ha-- o|iene.| a tlovver 

 store in the Wonderiv building, .and le 

 ports ,a Very ^oml trade I'm lea- first 

 'i"liank^ei\ ine. t ;. | " « ■. 



DALLAS, TEXAS. 



r.usiness ii.as been veiy ^^0.1.! with 

 •veiybody here. W'e have lieen cntliii:^ 

 ^ome Very fine roses out of' ijoors until 

 Thanksgiv in^;. 'i'heie were some verv 

 line mums yrown here aiiij they sold at 

 tail' jirices. too. ('arnations are cjoing 

 well and sell eo.nl. There will be a 

 number of greenhouses Imilt here in 

 llallas ill the ne;ir futiiie. 



WM. )'. lllLoKKI. 



T.WDISVII.LK, Pa.— .?r M. Trout has re- 

 tired from business. 



Fin.TOX, .M( 1.^,1. W. M(d utile jms 

 this season increased his gla-s to s.iiiiit 

 feet. 



