JUIOC 21, 1906. 



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I'hc Weekly Florists' Review* 



289 



A GOOD BARGAIN 



Buy iust what you need and 

 get iust what you want 



This Means BETTER BULBS, BETTER 

 CROPS, PROFITABLE RETURNS 



These conditions should attract atttenion to this adver- 

 tisement. The value of a BULB is based on the value of 

 its productive qualities. When you invest your money you 

 expect some sort of security. We grow whfit we sell and 

 test the forcing qualities of all our im- 

 portations. This is an advantage over 

 purchases made from Broker or Office 

 Jobbers. Write us and we will gladly <| 

 explain just what our service will 

 mean to you. 



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''HINTS ON FORCING BULBS FROM 

 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.'' 



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Bui'ling is jiroprcssing rai)i(lly in every 

 direction. The output next year from 

 within fifty miles of New York will be 

 at least twenty-five per cent in excess 

 of 190O-190G. Of buikiing greenhouses, 

 a.s of making books, there seems to be 

 no end. If [)rosperity waves do not con- 

 tinue to roll in there will be some disap- 

 pointed builders before another June. 



This week will end the auction busi- 

 ness. It has been a good year for these 

 knights of the rostrum. 



A new firm is projected for next year, 

 with Geo. Lorenz as its promoter. The 

 ^'f", in rt^al estate and the auction of 

 \Vednesday ought to make another auc- 

 tion venture in the city safe. The field 

 lias enlarged tremendously since May. 

 ^ome days there have been more bidders 

 than stock. The transients and the sub- 

 urbanites have awakened to their oppor- 

 tunity. ^^ 



The trade in several of its branches 

 »as tiie .Tune fever and weddings have 



been and are to be. Some of the young- 

 er wholesalers contemplate the plunge 

 into the unknown. Mr. Johnston, of the 

 Johnston Heating Co., was married on 

 .Tune 14. Still another greenhouse man 

 is close to the edge of the sea, and some 

 cut flower merchants are about ready for 

 the launching. Dame Rumor has had 

 one of them "jined" for months. Still 

 a few old bachelors remain, especially on 

 Twenty-eighth street, who are as immov- 

 able as Niagara and as silent as the 

 sphynx. 



Arthur Newell and wife and Samuel 

 Murray, of Kansas City, have been with 

 us for some days, on their way home 

 from Boston, enjoying the sights of this 

 great city and visiting their brother 

 liorLsts, gathering suggestions for later 

 illustration in their progressive town. 

 Both were loud in praise of everything 

 Bostonese. 



Very few local florists visited the Bos- 

 ton peony exhibit. The Cottage Gardens 



sent a fine lot of blooms to the society 

 last week. 



Xext Thursday the popular cut flower 

 ex|»ressman, M. J. Tierney, will be mar- ■ 

 ried and a European wedding trip is con- 

 templated. The wholesale boys are plan- 

 ning an appropriate send-off with floral 

 accompaniments. 



The outing grows daily in interest. A 

 week from Monday leaves but little time 

 for complete preparation. Tickets 

 should be purchased in advance to facili- 

 tate the committee 's arduous duties and 

 insure proper entertainment. With fine 

 weather the attendance should reach 500. 

 The date is chosen with a view to the 

 enjoyment of all the school children. 

 Every handsome baby will receive a 

 prize; so will almost everybody else, 

 for there are games and prizes innumer- 

 able. 



Frederick Zahn has one of the finest 

 stores now in the Bronx, at Seventh ave- 

 nue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 

 street. He has ,iust doubled it in size 

 and is building up a larger business than 

 he has ever had in his twenty-five years' 

 experience. 



Meyer, at Madison avenue and Fifty- 

 cightii street, had a big wedding last 

 week. The bridal bouquet of valley and 

 wliite orchids was very handsome. It 

 was a shower bouquet, of course, and the 

 bridesmaids' bouquets were of valley 

 and Killnrney roses. Meyer also had 

 the famous Keiley wedding, using over 

 1,000 white peonies, with many enor- 

 mous palms. 



A. \Vi;rendorff reports the largest 

 steamer trade in his experience. Every 

 sailing day is a repetition of the big de- 

 livery. The steamers are floating 

 palaces, most of them. B. Suzuki re- 

 turned last Friday on one of them and 

 will soon start for Japan. 



Boddington is having a great call for 

 his challenge pansy .seed. Harry Bun- 

 yard was back from one of his trips last 

 week ^^ith some good fish stories and 

 many a string of orders as confirmatory 

 proof of his skill as an angler. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons wind up the auc- 

 tion season next Tuesday, June 26, with 

 their big annual trade sale. They have 

 a large stock to offer and anticipate a 

 brisk business, for the items are mostly 

 those in strong demand. Their sales 

 have been exceptionally successful all 

 season. 



