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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March 1, 1906. 



Beauties and Tea Roses 



The Largest Supplies in tiiis marliet and quality the best. 



CARNATIONS — Crops heavy and quality fine. 



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H. R. Carlton, of Willoughby, showed 

 a fine vase of his single violetj Governor 

 Herrick, which he claims to be the freest 

 bloomer grown, many plants producing 

 250 blooms in a season. Its keeping 

 qualities are fine ; he has a good thing. 



E. Wisusco, of Glenville, had a beau- 

 tiful vase of Princess of Wales, with 

 large flowers and 12-inch stems. Mr. 

 Wasco makes this violet a specialty and 

 is having good success with it. 



The Cleveland Cut ilower Co. showed 

 one of their hand sprayers for using 

 tobaccx) ^'xtracts to exterminate green 

 fly and red spider on all greenhouse 

 plants. Many of the largest growers 

 are using it with good success, and they 

 were called on to express their opinions 

 on it, which led to quite an interesting 

 talk on bug exterminators. 



A committee of three, consisting of 

 A. Graham, Sr., Ed. George and Mr. 

 Myers, was appointed by Pres. Bloy to 

 report on the exhibits and they com- 

 plied in a very able manner. 



Mr. Kennedy made a very eloquent 

 plea for more of these exhibitions, and 

 advocated the holding of a large flower 

 show at least twice a year for the 

 benefit of the public. This was ably 

 seconded by Chas. Schmidt, who said 

 these shows always helped business and 

 matle many new customers. It is bound 

 to come; and why shouldn't the florists 

 interest the public in the goods they 

 have to soil as well as the automobile 

 manufacturers, or grocers in their pure 

 food shows, which are such great suc- 

 cesses here every year? Cleveland is 

 getting to be a 'large city, but it does 

 not commence to use the quantity of 

 flowers that many smaller towns of less 

 wealth use. C. 



I SHALL not be without the Eeview.— 

 Edw. Matthes, Woodside, N. Y. 



NE V YORK. 



The Market. 



Lent began on Wednesday. Its 

 shadow was cast before. The market 

 began to feel its influence on Monday. 

 Beauties fell to 60 cents each for the 

 best and all other grades suffered in 

 unison. Brides and Maids fell from $15 

 to $12 and then to $10 per hundred for 

 the best and are likely to stay there. 

 Violets were not in demand and 50 cents 

 will likely be top for some time to come. 

 Carnations, too, felt the strain and all 

 grades retrograded about twenty per 

 cent from last week's quotations. 



Orchids were none too plentiful and 

 good cattleyas easily held at 60 cents 

 each. Bulbous stock was enormous in 

 shipments and weak in price. Lilies, 

 when perfect, touched 15 cents each. 

 The early distribution of the Easter 

 plants is ill-advised. It seems like rush- 

 ing the season. By Easter these will 

 have lost their prestige and it may not 

 be a "plant Easter" after all. Window 

 decoration is growing in beauty and 

 competition is keen. The weather is 

 spring-like. With the advent of March 

 the winter is over before it had begun. 

 We gladly speed the parting guest. 



Various Notes. 



Orchid night, ladies' night, collation, 

 illustrated lecture by Prof. Nash, music 

 and dancing ought to make the next 

 meeting of the New York Florists' Club, 

 March 12, a corker. 



Jos. A. Manda, of South Orange, is 

 reported ill with typhoid fever. This 

 comes in a bad time for Mr. Manda, just 

 as he is beginning his new enterprise in 

 orchid growing. 



On Wednesday of this week George 

 T. Powell lectured on * ' Insects Injur- 



ious to Vegetation" at the American 

 Institute. 



A. H. Funnell, secretary of the Hunt- 

 ington, L. I., Horticultural Society, an- 

 nounces a carnation exhibition there next 

 Tuesday evening, March 6, at which 

 prizes will also be given for the best 

 display of roses, violets and plants. 



Clem Pollworth, of Milwaukee, with 

 his characteristic modesty, failed to 

 notify the trade in New York of his 

 matrimonial intentions in time for a 

 proper send-off by his floricultural 

 friends here. But he has the best 

 wishes of the New Yorkers, 



Henry Siebrecht, Sr., is suffering 

 with an attack of the grip. Eeal estate 

 in and near New Eochelle has advanced 

 100 per cent in value during the past 

 year. Henry Siebrecht, Jr., has made 

 some purchases lately that have more 

 than doubled in price in less than thirty ^ 

 days. 



McManus is handling some fine stock 

 of Phala'nopsis Schilleriana. 



Another Washington wedding since 

 that in the White House was handled 

 by Small & Sons last week, for which 

 the demand for orchids was heavy. The 

 price holds very steady and the supply 

 is decreasing. 



Saltford had a large shipment of 

 camellias from the south on Monday, 

 which were in excellent condition and 

 sold rapidly. 



Interesting changes in the official de- 

 partments of some of the wholesale 

 houses on Twenty-eighth street are 

 noticeable. 



Wm. Duckham, of Madison, returned 

 from Europe by the Cedric on Friday, 

 after a very enjoyable trip. 



At Fenrich's new store on West 

 Twenty-eighth street, the next meeting 

 of the outing committee takes place at 

 4 p. m., March 12. Mr. Fenrich has al- 



