March 1. 190H. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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PETER REINBERG 



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THE LARGEST GROWER 



AND WHOLESALER OF 



51 

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L. D. Phone Central 8846. 



Cut Flowers 



CHICAGO 



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CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



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Per 100 

 BRIDES $6.00 to $10.00 



MAIDS 6.00 to 10.00 



LIBERTY 6.00 to 10.00 



RICHMOND e.OOtO 10.00 



CHATENAT 6.00 to 10.00 



ROSES— Our Selection, short to medium stems, all fresh stock, $5.00 per 100 



BEAUTIES. Per doz. 



Extra lonsr $5.00 



80-inob steins ^ 4.00 



24.inoli stems 3.00 



ZO-inoln stems 2.50 



18-lnoli stems 2.00 



IS'inch stems 1.50 



12.1ncli stems 1.25 



SbortStems 75c to 1.00 



Per 100 



SUNRISE $6.00 to $10.00 



UNCLE JOHN e.OOto 10.00 



GOLDEN GATE 6.00 to 10.00 



PERLE 4.00to 8.00 



CARNATIONS 2.50 to 3.00 



** rancy.... 4.00 



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MentlriD The Review wden you write. 



VICTORY 



The most prolific of scarlets, is a fancy in the fullest sense of the word. 

 Requires only ordinary culture. Wholesaled for $25 per lOO at Christmas. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ready opened his lately acquired head- 

 quarters and is greatly pleased with the 

 change. Abundant room makes it one 

 of the best wholesale stores in the city. 

 The Geller Co. has just received an 

 importation of 20,000 sea moss for arti- 

 ficial ferneries. The imitation is per- 

 fect, the demand large. 



Grant, of Small & Sous, was at Erie 

 this week, putting up a decoration. 



Donohue, of West Twenty-ninth 

 street, had charge of the decorations for 

 the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. L. 

 L. Benedict lapt Friday. Alma Ward 

 carnatiojis, special Brides and gardenias 

 were the flowers used and 120 covers 

 were laid. With the addition of ground 

 glass and ' ' silver rain ' ' which covered 

 the entire decoration, the effect was 

 most unique and charming. 

 " At McConnell 's the outdoor display 

 has been as full and Eastery as if the 

 holiday had arrived. Last week apple 

 trees in full bloom in tubs, rhododen- 

 drons, large forsythias, acacias, hydran- 

 geas, magnolias. Azalea mollis, Baby 

 Eamblers, lilacs, azaleas, pots of tulips 

 and hyacinths combined to remind one 

 that Easter is less than seven weeks 

 away. Richmond rose is a favorite here 

 and is used expensively. At the Wash- 

 ington's V)irthday dinner at George 

 Gould's, a most beautiful effect was pro- 

 duced by the use of large cherry trees 

 in bloom and fruit, set in large, low- 

 baskets wltli--'red roses as a base, while 

 full-sized axes were made entirely of 

 Richmond roses. The tables were 6x14 

 feet and were none too large for the 

 display. 



Another original decoration was that 

 made by Thos. Young, Jr., at the Uni- 

 versity Club on Saturday evening. The 

 occasion was a farewell banquet to twen- 



ty members of the club leaving the fol- 

 lowing day on the Coronia for Europe. 

 An exact counterpart of the big steamer 

 was made in violets with white and yel- 

 low daisies for the upper decks and 

 narcissi for the port-holes. The wafvr 

 was represented by mignonette, with val- 

 ley and hyacinths, neatly arranged to 

 signify the foam. The shore line was 

 traced in green moss with narcissi as 

 the crest of the waves breaking. Every 

 detail was carried out perfectly. Four 

 rows of port-holes were shown, while 

 at one end of the table New York City 

 and Long Island were illustrated and at 

 the other end Genoa and Gibraltar. The 

 boat was three feet high. The whole 

 effect was most interesting and credit- 

 able to the artist who designed it. 



Hitehings & Co. will have their ofKces 

 at 1170 Broadway. The firm, besides its 

 Jersey City factory, has purchased 

 twenty-eight acres in Elizabeth, N. J., 

 and will at once erect there a model 

 greenhouse manufactory, foundry, plan- 

 ing mill, etc. The Jersey (Central and 

 the Pennsylvania will run tiioir tracks 

 to the center of the works. The firm 

 will also here be close to the waterway 

 shipping conveniences. The idea is to 

 build a community for the employees, 

 with cottages and all conveniences. A 

 mutually satisfactory dissolution of the 

 Burnham-Hitehings-Pierson Co. has been 

 made and each firm will now conduct 

 an absolutely distinct business as before 

 the union last July. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Your paper is invaluable for both the 

 seedsman and florist; we like it and 

 here is a dollar for another year of it. 

 — Jos. A. SCHINDLEE & Co., New Or- 

 leans, La. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The past week proved to be a most 

 satisfactory one all around. Prices 

 lield up until Saturday, when they soft- 

 ened bomewhat. Owing to the continued 

 warm and clear weather, more sugges- 

 tive of April than February, there has 

 been a heavy increase in the output, 

 particularly in the case of violets, car- 

 nations and bulbous stock, while we 

 never saw sweet peas so abundant at 

 the season. American Beauty roses are 

 still scarce, realizing $6 a dozen for the 

 best. The new crop, however, will soon 

 be in. Brides sell well, short stems 

 making $5, extra select up to $2 per 

 dozen. Maids and Chatenay vary from 

 $4 to $12. Liberty goes from $.5 to 

 $10. Other roses continue in rather 

 short supply. 



Carnations have dropped- a little all 

 Mround. This is not to be wondered at, 

 considering the tremendous output com- 

 ing in. Prices vary from $1.50 to $4, 

 only the poor stock making the lowest 

 j.rice, from $2 to $3 being the average 

 j)iice. Violets arc arriving in tremen- 

 <l()us quantities. Prices vary from 30 

 cents to GO cents, a few extras still 

 making 75 cents. With a continuation 

 of this warm weather the singles will 

 soon run out. They are now making 

 heavy foliage, a sure sign of the begin- 

 ning of the end. Sweet peas are seen 

 at all prices, fnmi 25 cents to $1, and 

 the quality is even more varied than the 

 ))rices would indicate. Narcissi and 

 tulips are in oversupply. The average 

 IS $1.50 per hundred on these. Lilies 

 and (-alias are very abundant and 

 cheaper. Green stock remains in good 

 demand. Pot-j)lants are arriving in 



