JANUARY 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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CARNATIONS 



ARE IN LARGE SUPPLY AND QUALITY THE BEST. Special price quoted on large orders. 



BEAUTIES, RICHMOND, LIBERTY, BRIDES, MAIDS, CHATENAY, 

 Big cut and stock as good as the best in tiiis mariiet. 



GEORGE REINBERG 



51 Wabash Sve. 



L. D. Phone 1937. 



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'X Fancy CARNATIONS and VIOLETS 



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toons on the floor around the dancing 

 floor, the idea being to bring the outer 

 edge of each festoon just far enough 

 into the ball room to shelter from the 

 on-coming dancers a few easy chairs set 

 in the spaces between. A bright-colored 

 specimen azalea marked the outer curve 

 of each festoon. The musicians on the 

 stage were embowered in a garden of 

 palms and ferns, relieved by bright 

 azaleas and poinsettias, the object being 

 to beautify the stage, not to hide the 

 band of musicians. On each end of the 

 stage conversation rooms were arranged 

 by means of curtains with rugs, sofas, 

 chairs, all the elegancies of refined civ- 

 ilization. They were elegancies, for 

 here, as on the dancing floor and else- 

 where, the luxurious new chairs with the 

 letter "H" stamped on the back of 

 each were used for the first time. The 

 great chandelier was a blaze of light, 

 softened by graceful foliage. The broad 

 stairways and the balcony were draped 

 with wild smilax and decorated with 

 specimen palms, azaleas and cibotiums. 

 Everywhere green, scarlet and white and 

 no other colors. John P. Habermehl gave 

 every detail of the work his personal at- 

 tention. 



Various Notes. 



Same to you and many of them. 



J. A. Smith, of the H. F. Michell Co., 

 left for Pittsburg on Tuesday. He will 

 visit many of the principal cities in the 

 state. You will know him at once by his 

 winning way. 



Myers & Samtman have the supports 

 for the iron posts for their new Beauty 

 range in place. Work will be pushed 

 as soon as the spring opens. 



C. W. Jennings, of Olney, formerly an 

 advocate of ground beds, is now a firm 

 believer in benches. Mr. Jenning's roses 



are famous up-town. He is growing a 

 limited number of Bon Silene and Sun- 

 rise. 



John Mclntyre has resigned his posi- 

 tion with H. H. Battles. 



B. Stahl has lately filled an order in 

 the French capital through the medium 

 of a brother florist in Stuttgart, Ger- 

 many. 



The market report last week should 

 have read that good Bridesmaids were 

 scarce, not Brides and Maids. Brides 

 were plentiful and did not sell readily. 



M. Eice & Co. were compelled to cable 

 for a new supply of adjustable novelty 

 baskets, owing to their popularity. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz, of Baltimore, was 

 a visitor at H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 's last 

 week. 



The florists keep open house on New 

 Year's day. A bowling tournament was 

 a feature. 



H. H. Battles states that the holiday 

 business was larger and more readily 

 handled than ever before. 



The customers of William J. Moore 

 are greatly pleased with the quality of 

 the carnations he is distributing. 



Robert Crawford, Jr., believes that 

 carnations should never be put in water 

 before shipping to market. Mr. Craw- 

 ford's opinion as a successful retailer is 

 of value. 



At the club meeting Tuesday evening, 

 Eobert Baft read a very interesting 

 paper by E. B. Darlington, of Burpee's, 

 descriptive of his California trip. There 

 was a general discussion. Phil. 



LANSING, MICH. 



Davenport, Ia. — E. 6. Hill was the 

 guest of J. T. Temple December 21, 

 en route to Texas. They visited most 

 of the local growers. 



State of Business. 



Christmas trade in Lansing was all 

 that could be desired. The local florists 

 were busy taking orders several days 

 ahead and most of them were obliged to 

 work all day Sunday and Christmas to 

 get off their deliveries, as many custom- 

 ers put off their orders until the last 

 moment, requiring extra shipments which, 

 in most cases, arrived late. The carna- 

 tion is the popular flower here and, as 

 usual, was in great demand, the supply 

 being inadequate. Roses and violets also 

 sold well and, as a whole, stock was of 

 good quality. Red, of course, was scarce 

 and could not be had at any price. 

 Poinsettias, although popular elsewhere, 

 do not find a ready sale here, possibly 

 on account of their high price. Bloom- 

 ing plants sold well, although the de- 

 mand was mostly for cut flowers. 



On December 21 the funeral of J. E. 

 St. John made a great demand for flow- 

 ers. Many beautiful floral pieces were 

 turned out, among them being a casket 

 blanket and a large standing wreath, by 

 the Lansing Floral Co. The blanket 

 was flve feet wide and six feet long, 

 made up of Perle and Meteor roses, 

 Roman hyacinths and plumosus. The 

 700 boys of the Industrial School, of 

 which the deceased was superintendent, 

 contributed toward the standing wreath, 

 which was five and one-half feet high, 

 the upper part being made of white 

 roses and violets with a bow of white 

 ribbon and cluster of Enchantress carna- 

 tions at one side. The base was com- 

 posed of callas. Paper White narcissi and 

 ferns. 



The days between Christmas and New 

 Year's were also busy ones. The three 



