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ThcWeekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 24, 1906. 



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For Florists 



We Have Hundreds of Testimonials as 

 strong as the following: 



MiNNEAPOUS. Minn.. Januarys. 1901. 

 White Enamel Refeigeratob Co.. ^.^ 

 St. Paul. Minn. , "^^'^ 



Dear Sir:— The refrigerator you built for us 

 recently Is proving entirely satisfactory. It 

 maintains a very uniform temperature of 42 

 degrees, and flowers keep in it well. 



We find it well constructed and a highly 

 attractive ornament to our store. 



Yours very respectfully. 



E. Nagkl & Co. 



(Bohn Patent) 



St. Paul,. Minn. Decembers, 1898. 

 White Enamel Refrigerator Co., 

 St. Paul, Minn. 

 Dear Sir:-Since using your ice case in our 

 retail flowerdepartmentwe have saved 30 per 

 cent in the consumption of ice. Our saving 

 in flowers we cannot accurately determine, 

 but should estimateconservatively 25 percent. 

 Not only this, flowers keep with us as they 

 never did before, and retain their salable ap- 

 pearance longer. Your box is certainly a 

 boon to the florist and we predict a wonder- 

 ful sale on them, especially to the florists. 

 when their qualifications become known. 

 Yours truly. 



L. L. May & Co. 



Write for oataloerue, Dept. No. 86. 



'MANUVACTURED BT 



THE WHITE ENAMEL REFRIGERATOR GO. 



ST. PAUL, 



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I MINN. luiit ftr E. Ha|il & Co., MInniapolii. 



Built for Lincoln I. llA,titttbur(, Pa. 



week, in discussing the San Jose scale, 

 declared their inability to combat it ef- 

 fectually and announce that in time the 

 complete destruction of all the fruit 

 trees in that section of the country is 

 inevitable. 



J. K. Allen received his first shipment 

 of peonies from the south on Saturday, 

 May 12, and has been disposing of an 

 average of 2,000 daily. The stock is 

 now in all the wholesalers' boxes and 

 some of it is of superb quality. 



The New York Cut Flower Co. closes 

 at 3 p. m. June 1 up to , September 15. 

 Very many of the leading wholesalers 

 will join in this humanitarian movement. 



May 15 Gustav C. Schroeder lost his 

 daughter, 4 years of age, and the sym- 

 pathy of the' trade is extended. 



Mr. and Mrs. Reed, of Reed & Keller, 

 will sail June 12 for Europe on an ex- 

 tensive business and pleasure trip. Mr. 

 Keed has been in the florists' supply 

 business for thirty-five years. Twenty- 

 five years ago "Reed & Keller occupied 

 half of the third floor at 120 West 

 Twenty-seventh street. Now they have 

 seven floors, over '6,000 square feet, and 

 every branch of the supply house is 

 amply furnished with the necessary room. 

 Their additional space is now filled and 

 a big stock of everything, glass, baskets, 

 wire work, etc. They manufacture 

 their own stock in many lines and have 

 a large force constantly employed. Their 

 wicker birdcages and triple potholdera 

 are among their latest novelties. Mr. 

 Basedon, the oldest sheaf maker in 

 America, is in charge of that depart- 

 ment. 



J. M. Keller and family, of Bay 

 Eidge, N. Y., are traveling in Europe. 

 The J. M. Keller Co. (Max O. Jordan 

 and John Appel) is very busy rebuilding 



and preparing for the extensive local 

 trade. Splendid stock of Dracaena ter- 

 minalis, P. Veitchii, cypripediums, gar- 

 denias, palms and ferns are especially 

 attractive and splendidly grown. Mr. 

 Appel says, all things considered, the 

 Boston is still the money making fern. 

 He has stock of all the new and popular 

 varieties. The kentia importations this 

 year are large, but in the last shipment 

 the rats made sad havoc and much fine 

 stock was ruined. 



During the past three weeks Young 

 & Nugent have had ten weddings, some 

 notable ones at Sherry's, also at Hobo- 

 ken and other Jersey cities. Mr. Nu- 

 gent contemplates an outing on the 

 great lakes this summer. 



A. J. Guttman gained fifteen pounds 

 on his European trip of thirty days. He 

 visited Paris and London and received 

 many courtesies from brother florists. 

 The flowers of Victory, which he took to 

 London, kept perfectly, gracing the table 

 during the entire voyage. Those taken 

 in a box, some three dozen, were exhib- 

 ited at the meeting of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society and were greatly ad- 

 mired. Mr. and Mrs. Guttman and 

 family are now visiting at their country 

 home in Summit, N. J. 



A. Wareudorff's windows are beauti- 

 ful with peonies and ferns. 



J. H. Small & Sons have some grand 

 specimens of Whitmani in their display 

 this week and orchids again are so abun- 

 dant they are in every retail window. 



The late summer has been a money 

 saver to the big department stores that 

 handle roses. Had it not been for the 

 long drawn out spell of cool weather 

 making planting still possible, half a 

 million roses would have been a complete 

 loss. J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



For several days the past week ex- 

 treme dullness prevailed and stock waa 

 hard to move at any price. With the 

 thermometer at 90 degrees in the shade, 

 this was not surprising. Conditions are 

 now somewhat improved, thanks in chief 

 part to the near approach of Memorial 

 day and consequent holding back of sup- 

 plies. The demand for May 30 prom- 

 ises to be phenomenal, and every flower 

 obtainable will be utilized. There prom- 

 ises to be a good supply of roses and 

 only a moderate number of carnations. 

 A large part of the latter will be kept 

 at home by growers to fill local demands. 

 A good supply of Spiraea Japonica, 

 stocks, feverfew, candytuft and other 

 seasonable flowers will be obtainable. 



Roses have moved sluggishly the past 

 week, many being cleaned below $1 per 

 hundred. The quality is remarkably good 

 except in the case of Brides and Maids« 

 The demand for Liberty is decidedly bet- 

 ter than for Beauty. Carnations are 

 gradually hardening as the week ad- 

 vances. From .$1 to $2 have been the 

 ruling rates. There are still a few 

 double violets coming in. Bulbous stock 

 is not very plentiful, some late varieties 

 of tulips and Narcissus poeticua being 

 the last of the Dutch varieties seen. 

 Some very nice Spanish iris and excel- 

 lent gladioli are seen. A good supply of 

 outdoor valley is arriving, selling at $1 

 to $2 per hundred. Temporarily there is 

 small demand for the forced article. 

 Lilac is very abundant and seems to be 

 in good demand. Cool weather will be 

 needed to hold it in condition for Me- 



