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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FKBBUARt 8, 1006. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



Regular Ship- 

 ments from 

 THE SOUTH 



60 Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



WILD SMILAX 



BEST STOCK. 



$6.00 



PER CASE. 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Fancy $5.t)0 



30-inch 4.00 



20 to 24 inch $2.50 to 3.00 



15 to 18-lnch 1 50 to 2 00 



Short 75to 1.25 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $5.00 to $10.00 



Liberty and Richmond 6.00 to 10.00 



GoldenGate S.OOto 10.00 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



PerlOO 



Roses, our selection $5.00 



Carnations, select $2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00 to 5.00 



Violets, double, single .75 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Paper Whites and Romans 3 00 



MiKHonette 3.00to 8.00 



Gallas per doz., $1.50 



Daffodils, Golden Spurs 3.00 to 4.00 



PerlOO 



Tulips, all colors $3.00 to $4.00 



Harrisii per doz.. $1.50-$2.00 



Smilax per doz. , 1.50- 2.00 



Leucothoe Sprays .75 



Adlantum 1.00 



Plumosus, Strings each, 30c 



■' BuncheB,each, 35-50c 

 Sprengerl, " ....each, 35c 



Galax Leaves per 1000, $1.25 



Fancy Ferns per 1000. 2.00 



Write for prices on Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



been booked. Violets are always good 

 property on this day and they will bring 

 a very nice price this year, but they need 

 it to make up for the poor returns they 

 have been showing right along. 



Our rose show takes place Saturday, 

 February 10, and promises to be a good 

 one. Several out of town growers have 

 written that they will stage blooms and 

 many of our home growers will compete. 

 I want again to call to the attention of 

 all growers who are introducing some- 

 thing new in the rose line, that this 

 will be the very best time for them to 

 send a vase to this city. 



Visitors the past week were Miss 

 White, of Lexington, Ky., and J. T. 

 Herdigen, of Aurora, Ind. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The market is steady, with hardly a 

 ripple on its surface. Cold weather scat- 

 ters the street merchants and down go 

 violets; 50 cents looks like top for spe- 

 cials before the week is over, and yet the 

 report comes down from the Dutchess 

 county hills, on good authority, that fifty 

 new violet houses are already contracted 

 for and fifty more are contemplated. 

 Merchants, clerks, farmers and spinsters 

 all have the fever. 



Good roses hold firm at excellent prices 

 and much of the stock now coming to 

 market is beyond criticism. Special 

 Maids often touch $15 per hundred and 

 Beauties hold at $75 with ease. 



Bulbous stock is very plentiful. Tulips 

 and narcissi especially so. Froment 

 handles immense quantities of these, and 

 some grand Long Island Uly of the val- 

 ley. Freesia is abundant. Orchids hold 

 their own as to popularity and great 

 quantities are daily shipped to adjoining 

 cities. 



Perhaps the cold weather may add 

 some snap to business. Since Christmas 

 it has been less active than was antici- 

 pated. Ten weeks only to Easter. Ev- 

 erybody seems to be laying plans for it 

 already. 



Qub Afiairs. 



The club's annual dinner on Saturday 

 evening at the St. Denis hotel was at- 



tended by about the usual number of 

 members, nearly sixty, a small average 

 in a membership of over 200. President 

 Scott presided ably. The committee, 

 Messrs. Sheridan, Haffner and Weath- 

 ered, are greatly to be commended for 

 their indefatigable efforts to make the 

 occasion a success. The F. B. Pierson 

 Co., Lager & Hurrell and A. J. Guttman 

 provided the flowers for the tables. Other 

 blooms were given but were overlooked 

 until too late. The menu was quite up 

 to the reputation of the popular hostelry. 

 The presentation of a valuable dia- 

 mond pin to Ex-President Traendly was 

 a delightful interlude. Mr. Traendly was 

 "too full for utterance/' but managed 

 later to emphasize the great pleasure the 

 gift afforded him. It was well de- 

 served. Two years of devotion to the 

 club's welfare has borne abundant fruit. 

 Mr. Traendly 's history of the club's 

 rapid growth, bis suggestion as to the 

 probability of "a waiting membership 

 list" in the near future seemed to touch 

 a responsive chord in all. T. Arthur 

 Baker and his vaudeville corps gave 

 many songs and stories during the even- 

 ing. Prof. Nash gave an interesting ad- 

 dress on the relation of the botanic gar- 

 dens to horticulture and paying tribute 

 to the enterprise of Veitch and Sander 

 and the rare and beautiful collections in 

 the private gardens of Europe. E. V. 

 Hallock, of Queens, spoke feelingly of 

 his experiences and his love for horticul- 

 ture. C. B. Weathered made the speech 

 of the evening, full of happy reminis- 

 cences, covering the club's long history 

 from its inception nineteen years ago. 

 It was a heart to heart talk and his hope 

 and prophecy as to a permanent home 

 for the club met the approval of all. 

 Other speakers were James Scott, of 

 Tarrytown, C. H. Totty, of Madison, and 

 A. L. Miller, of Brooklyn. W. H. Dono- 

 hoe, the only retailer present, spoke for 

 the retail florists and urged the club's 

 influence in behalf of a larger represen- 

 tation of this important branch of the 

 business in its membership. Alex. Wal- 

 lace spoke for the press. The Ricard 

 Bros, added much to the enjoyment of 

 the evening with their songs. P. O'Mara 

 was toastmaster. The young men of the 

 club were much in evidence. ' ' Auld Lang 

 Syne" with John Birnie leading closed 

 the happy night. 



February 12 is carnation night at the 

 New York Florists' Club. Premiums of 

 $15, $10 and $5 are offered for the best 

 twenty-five blooms in four distinct va- 

 rieties and $5 for the best twenty-five 

 blooms in the room. C. W. Ward will 

 lecture with stereopticon illustrations. 

 Many new members will be with us and 

 all interested in the club or intending to 

 join are cordially invited. There will be 

 the usual refreshments. Many carnation 

 novelties will be staged. Secretary Young 

 will attend to all shipments for exhibi- 

 tion and novelties from any distance are 

 sure of a warm reception. Be on hand 

 at 7:30 Monday evening. Ladies' night 

 and orchid night wiU be March 12. Prof. 

 Nash, of the New York Botanic Garden, 

 will give a stereopticon lecture. 



The members of the outing committee 

 are requested to meet at the club rooms 

 on Monday evening, at 7 o 'clock. 



The program mapped out for the club 

 this year is the most complete and varied 

 in its history. President Scott has a 

 busy official life ahead of him. 



Varioui Notes. 



The Bicard brothers are popular and 

 their songs at the horticultural dinners 

 and their abounding good nature have 

 been a season's feature that has been 

 greatly appreciated. They will ^oin the 

 New York Florists' Club. 



L. E. Thompson, of Slinn & Thomp- 

 son, is away on his honeymoon trip in 

 New England. Miss Bosie Webb, of 

 Worcester, is the bride, and congratula- 

 tions are widespread. 



Jos. Levi, for five years with A. J. 

 Guttman, has associated himself with 

 John Seligman and the new wholesale 

 firm is to be known as John Seligman 

 & Co., with headquarters at 56 West 

 Twenty-sixth street. Mr. Seligman has 

 had nearly twenty years' experience and 

 Mr. Levi is well and favorably known in 

 the trade. It's a big country and there 

 is room for all. 



One of the wholesalers on West Thir- 

 tieth street announces the visit of the 

 stork with two boys on last Thursday 

 evening. 



The Dutchess County Violet Co. is 

 comfortably settled in part of J. J. 

 Perkins' store on West Thirtieth street. 



B. N. Holmes, of Madison, N. J., is 

 enjoying a four months' visit to Call- 



