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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JiLNDABT 25, 1006. 



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ri Fancy CARNATIONS and VIOLETS 



., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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HEAVY SUPPLIES :OF ALL OTHER SEASONABLE FLOWERS. 



QUEEN BEATRICE 



F. H. KRAMKR 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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Last Thursday the stork flew over 

 Flatbush and lit at President Scott's 

 door with a very necessary addition to 

 the growing business. Now it's John 

 Scott & Son, and young Scottii will no 

 doubt do the fern credit. The honors are 

 coming thick and fast this year to Mr. 

 Scott. 



Mr. Crawbuck, of Hicks & Crawbuck, 

 Brooklyn, is calling on his growers and 

 customers and buUding up rapidly the 

 firm's florists' supply department. The 

 adjustments by the insurance company 

 since the fire are about completed, and 

 repairs are in progress. 



On Wednesday Geo. S. Powell lec- 

 tured on * * The Propagation of Trees and 

 Plants" at the American Institute. On 

 February 14 the Horticultural Society's 

 meeting at the same place will be a car- 

 nation night. Prizes will be offered for 

 novelties and general exhibits. The 

 Farmers' Institute will hold a meeting 

 in the afternoon. "Carnations Past and 

 Present" is .the title of the evening 

 lecture, and Robert Craig is the orator, 

 so a great treat for those who attend is 

 assured. 



Society has begun the exodus to the 

 sunny south. Florida, Bermuda and Ja- 

 maica will claim many a millionaire cus- 

 tomer of the bon-ton stores, and the din- 

 ners and dances will lessen in numbers 

 rapidly. Lent, too, already casts its 

 shadow, and has not altogether lost its 

 potency, and the florists know when it 

 arrives without looking at their alma- 

 nacs. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, Brooklyn, have just 

 begun the erection of a six-story and 

 basement brick building, their business 

 having completely outgrown the old 

 quarters. 



Geo. Cotsonas & Co. are handling a 

 fine grade of wild smilax and a lot of 

 it, large consignments reaching them 

 almost daily. I can well rememlwr less 

 than fifteen years ago, the first box of 

 wild smilax that came to New York and 

 the sensation its graceful decorative ef- 

 fect produced at the annual banquet of 

 the Lincoln Club. Now it is hard to un- 

 derstand how we ever managed with- 

 out it. 



Eeed & Keller have just received an 

 addition to their grass growing novel- 

 ties. This time it is a bear. Among 

 their Easter novelties are th« white and 

 gold German slippers tied with Easter 

 ribbons. 



WILD SMILAX 



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PARLOR BRAND" 



Wc arc strictly HEADQUARTERS for the BEST WILD 

 SMILAX. No better goods to be had, and a large supply con- 

 stantly on hand. Can fill the largest orders without notice. 



Telegraph or telephone; **wc do the rest." 



25-Ib. case^ $3.00. 50-Ib. case^ $5.00. 



««GREEN GOODS" of all kinds, Mahonia, 

 Leucothoe, Galax, Ferns. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph St. 



CtnirlI'm CHICAGO 



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McKinley day is emphasized by hand- 

 some placards in the wholesalers' win- 

 dows. Traendly & Schenck distributed 

 1,000 of Dan Ix»ng's best announcements 

 among their business friends. 



Monday's fog in the morning delayed 

 the Jersey shipments two hours and the 

 Long Island shipments from 8 a. m. 

 until noon. The "overland," however, 

 from Madison, Summit and the Oranges, 

 was on time, as usual. 



Schuneman, of Baldwins, L. I,, was in 

 town Saturday. Phil Hauswirth and 

 George Asmus, the advance guard from 

 Chicago, were in New York on Monday 

 and went to the convention by the Fall 

 river route Tuesday night with a part of 

 the eastern delegation. 



The Old Guards' ball takes place at 

 Madison Square Garden this week Thurs- 

 day. The Emerald will next command 

 decorative attention and on February 9 

 the Arion, which Hanft Bros, have made 

 beautiful for over a quarter of a cen- 

 tury. 



The outing committee has made great 

 progress. Wetzel's grove, the favorite 

 resort, has been engaged, the steamer 



Isabel secured and Monday, July 2, is 

 the day appointed. Very liberal dona- 

 tions for prizes have already been sub- 

 scribed and $40 set apart for the ladies' 

 bowling. 



Some grand specimens of cibotium 

 ferns grace Small's windows on Broad- 

 way, forming an effective background for 

 an orchid display and double flowering 

 peach, forsythia and Japanese miniature 

 gardens. 



The most interesting arrangement on 

 Broadway Monday evening was in 

 Fleischman's window, where a complete 

 illustration of a perfect Japanese vil- 

 lage was exhibited. You can imagine 

 how blase New York took notice when I 

 tell you the street in front was so 

 crowded that pedestrians had to use the 

 road to pass the windows. This only 

 illustrates how easily novelty and curios- 

 ity affects the average New Yorker and 

 indicates the only way in which a flower 

 show can ever be run successfully in New 

 York. I wouldn't be at all surprised if 

 this enterprising and original gentleman 

 some day announces a great floral exhi- 

 bition in Madison Square Gkirden and if 



