JANUABY 25, IftOe. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



647 



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Manufacturers 

 of the 



Colonial 

 Brand 



of RIBBONS. 



Than which there is 

 NONE BETTER 



in this broad land 



of ours* 



ASK OF THE 



HUNDREDS 



of friends who have 



requested our 



CATALOG, 



TO BE PATIENT 



As your 



Uncle Samuel 



with his mail has 



showered so 



much business 



upon us, that 



despite the extra 



force we have put 



on, it will still be 



a few days before 



we can ^et off a 



copy of the 



second edition 



of our catalog. 



But you'll find it 



worth your while 



to wait. 



If you are not on the 



waiting list drop us a 



line and we will put 



you there. 



OMAHA. 



Omaha is to have a flower show next 

 November. The regular monthly meeting 

 of the Omaha and Council Bluffs floriste 

 was held January 11, with about fifteen 

 in attendance, including the manager of 

 the auditorium, who is interested in hav- 

 ing an exhibition on the same plan as 

 that conducted hj the directors of Con- 

 vention hall at Kansas City. It was de- 

 «'ided to hold another meeting on January 

 15 and at this meeting definite steps were 

 taken toward the consummation of the 

 project. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The weather establishes New York as 

 ■m ideal winter resort. No need of go- 

 ing to California or Florida. Easter is 

 already asserting itself, and the plants- 

 men evidently are preparing for it 

 lieartily. Advance orders are already be- 

 ing booked, for the shortage of the past 

 is not forgotten. 



The market seems to be fully supplied 

 with everything but American Beauties. 

 •Small & Sons, with their Washington din- 

 ners, and a big affair at the Waldorf Sat- 

 urday evening, took everything in the 

 market, and were buying from the re- 

 tailers to meet their requirements. The 

 dinners society gave before its departure 

 for Ormond, the auto shows and some 

 notable weddings kept everybody busy. 



Lilac is now abundant and sweet peas, 

 tulips and mignonette. No danger of 

 any shortage in these staples from now 

 on. Of white and yellow narcissi, valley, 

 liyacinths and lilies there are always 

 enough and to spare. Carnations are 

 plentiful and prices have dropped fifty 



per cent since the holidays. McKinley's 

 day next week will doubtless emphasize 

 their growing popularity. Many Maids 

 are off color. 



The wholesalers seemed to have noth- 

 ing left to sell Saturday evening but 

 violets, and even these were growing 

 scarce as the evening shadows fell. Top 

 prices, however, held at 75 cents and 

 many went at 50 cents a hundred dur- 

 ing the week, while the left-overs found 

 the streets, and at 25 cents a bunch were 

 on sale at every corner. 



Variottf Notes. 



Cleary's ferneries and sundries were 

 well watered last week by an overflow 

 from a fire in the building they occupy 

 on Vesey street. 



Emil Schloss, of Schloss Bros., is visit- 

 ing his western customers, and last week 

 was in St. Louis. 



Fenrich is shipping a good many vio- 

 lets and Eichmonds out of the city. His 

 list of growers had an addition of a rose 

 expert last week, who is one of the "top- 

 notchers. ' ' 



Queen Beatrice, Kramer's new rose, 

 has been on exhibition at A. J. Gutt- 

 man 's the past week and has attracted 

 much interest. It is a brilliant pink, a 

 cross between Chatenay and Liberty. At 

 the February meeting of the New York 

 Club a vase of the novelty will be ex- 

 hibited. 



Geo. Saltford is engaged in the non- 

 elevating routine of jury duty. This is 

 his second week of it. It 's a poor remedy 

 for a man convalescing from the grip. 



Jos. Millang has also been called upon 

 to assume outside obligations. On Janu- 

 ary 18 he was married to Miss Hattie 

 Shaken, of Bayside, daughter of the 



English florist, at one time in the retail 

 business in New York and now retired. 

 The happy couple are now at Washing- 

 ton on their wedding trip. The expert 

 horseman, Charles Millang, rode beside 

 the carriage on his Kentucky mare, doing 

 some expert handshaking while cantering 

 to the station. The wedding ceremony 

 took place in the Episcopal Cathedral, 

 which was handsomely decorated. Amer- 

 ican Beauties were used profusely at the 

 home of the bride. Congratulations are 

 universal, as the bridegroom is very 

 popular in the trade. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists* Club will be held Saturday 

 evening, February 3, and Walter Sheri- 

 dan has 200 tickets ready for the appli- 

 cants, and at least half of these should 

 be taken. Out of such a splendid mem- 

 bership as this club shows, it is hard to 

 understand why any member fails to at- 

 tend its best reunion of the year. I 

 predict over 100 present. Patrick 

 O'Mara will be toastmaster. A fine 

 vaudeville entertainment has been pro- 

 vided. The St. Denis hotel is the place, 

 seven o'clock the hour, and Messrs. 

 Sheridan, Haffner and Weathered the 

 committee. You can't afford to miss it. 



At 4 o'clock on Saturday, January 

 27, the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety will enjoy its first annual dinner, at 

 the Oriental hotel, Glen Cove, L. I. A 

 great treat is promised by Alex Mac- 

 kenzie, the secretary. The Orange 

 smoker, on February 2, is to be an 

 elaborate affair if Peter Duff and Joe 

 Manda are not romancing. On February 

 14 the long list of happy reunions will 

 end at Poughkeepsie, which President 

 Eeynolds promises will exceed all its 

 predecessors. 



