Ai'Bil- 12, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1527 



RETAIL FLORISTS. 



(CONTINUED.) 



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Buffalo, N.Y. 



W. J. Palmer * Son, 804 llain St. 

 lUETAIL. ORDERS SOLICITED FOR 



PITTSBURG, PS. 



H. L. BLIND ft BROS. 



30 FIFTH STREET. 



Careful and prompt attention to 

 out-of-tow^n orders. 



MILLS THE FLORIST 



36 W. Forsyth Street, 



Ja cksonville, Florida 



he Park 

 Floral Co. 



CHOICEST FLOWERS 



George H. Berke 



FLORIST 



Local and Long Distance Phones. 

 1503 Pacific Ave., ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 



G. G. Pollworth Co. 



WHOUE0AIJB 1XORI8TS, 



miwankee, WlB. 

 will take proper oare of yonr ordera In 



WISCONSIN 



LI \IPPP Florist, 818 6th St. 

 • l« l^LiryPITTSBURO, PA« 



Peraonal attention grlven to out-of-town 

 ordets (or delivery In Pittsburg and vicinity 



ATLANTA FLORAL CO. 



41 Puchtne Stittl, ATLANTA. GA. 



IJ. J. VIRGIN, 



C»nal Strwot. NEW ORLEANSt LA« 



Orders llllillCCnTA or the Northwest will 

 tor inlllnCOUIA be properly executed by 



AUG. S. SWANSON, 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 



Mrs. Chas. Eickholt 



Av?f«fiE. Galveston, Tex. 



GEO. S. MURTFELDT 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



J. J. BENEKE 



1S16 

 Olive Street, 



St. Louis, Mo. 



GALVESTON, TEX. 



MRS. M. A. HANSEN 



T. M. o. A. Buiu>ura 



S. B. STEWART 



119 No. 16th Street, 



OMAHA, NEB. 



STEAMER SAILINGS. 



The European travel already has set 



in and after Easter it will be on in full 



force. It will pay you to post steamer 



sailings in your window this summer as 



a reminder to your patrons. It would be 



a good idea to mail a neat card to your 



good trade calling attention to the fact 



that you can deliver flowers on board 



steamer at New York or elsewhere at 



brief notice. Here are the principal 



sailings in the next fortnight: 



SteanieT. From. Date. 



Noordam New York April 18 



Majestic Newport News. .April 18 



La Champagne Boston April 19 



Celtic New York April 20 



St. Panl New York April 21 



Kroonland New York April 21 



Umbrla New York April 21 



Kaiser Willielm II New York April 24 



New .\msterdam New Y'ork Aj)ril 25 



Oceanic New York April 26 



Cymric Boston April 26 



Moltkc New York April 26 



La Savoie New York April 26 



Abesslnla riilladelphia . . .April 28 



Bethania Baltimore April 28 



Sloterdyk NewiKirt News. .April 28 



New York New York April 28 



Romanic Boston April 28 



BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 



Having a desire to see what the flo- 

 rists of the Magic City are doing, I 

 visited a number of the most up-to-date 

 and largest plants, and spent a most de- 

 lightful week among as progressive a 

 bunch of florists as there is to be found 

 anywhere in this country. 



My nrst call was upon Hugh Seales, 

 at bchillinger Station, where I was wel- 

 comed by one of the most cordial sons 

 of Ireland that ever lived. Mr. Seales 

 nas a place of twelve acres and 22,000 

 feet of glass, kept in first-class order. 

 There are two houses of Brides and 

 Maids, one of Golden Gate, one of 

 Beauty, all in excellent condition, show- 

 ing great skill in Mr. Seales' method of 

 rose culture. Several houses of carna- 

 tions, one of smilax and plumosus, sev- 

 eral houses of lilies, spiraea, bulbous 

 stock, etc., for the Easter trade, were 

 also in grand shape. A crew of able as- 

 sistants were very busy getting every- 

 thing ready for the Easter rush. Mr. 

 Seales has a store at 109 North Twen- 

 tieth street, where I found A. S. Sawyer 

 in charge, doing a splendid business. 



My next visit was to J. Parker's new 

 establishment at i'airview Station. 

 C. Zbinden is manager here and is pre- 

 paring to build the largest plant in the 

 state. They have 20,000 feet of glass 

 up and another 20,000 feet under way. 

 Stock here was in very good condition. 

 Roses and carnations are as fine as can 

 be grown, thousands of fine breaks from 

 the bottom coming in just right for 

 Easter. A great variety of bedding 

 plants are in excellent condition. Mr. 



Parker also has a store at First avenue 

 and Twenty-first street, in charge of 

 Miss Nettie Zbinden, where 1 was most 

 pleasantly entertained for an hour or 

 more. Miss Zbinden reports business 

 everything that could be wished. 



George Currey, 221 North Nineteenth 

 street, also reports business very brisk. 

 Mr. Currey has a handsomely equipped 

 store and had on display a handsome 

 collection of palms, ferns, bedding 

 plants, cut flowers, etc. Mr. Currey and 

 several assistants were busy waiting on 

 the trade, and only having time to get 

 in a few words edgeways, I left to visit 

 Win. M. Lindsay, at City Hall building, 

 317 North Nineteenth street, where I 

 was received with true southern hospi- 

 tality. Mr. Lindsay has the most hand- 

 .somely equipped store in the city, and 

 re])orts business very good. Mr. Lind- 

 say also has a greenhouse plant at 

 Woodlawn, which was visited and found 

 in very good condition. Carnations were 

 especially well grown here. Decorative 

 stock, ferns, bedding plants, etc., were 

 also fine and show that Mr. Lindsay is 

 right up to snuff in the business. 



1 also met Mr. Williamson, who is do- 

 ing wonders in beautifying the fine 

 homes at the Highlands and other parts 

 of the city. I would have liked very 

 much to visit several other growers on 

 the outskirts, but being so handsomely 

 entertained by the ones visited, and my 

 week's vacation having come to an end, 

 I regretfully said good-bye. 



A. J. KoEXie. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Business is not as brisk as could be 

 expected at this time of the year. Last 

 winter was very mild and many plants 

 have endured in the ground and do not 

 need to be replaced. The different mar- 

 kets are well supplied with all sorts of 

 flowering and foliage plants. Several de- 

 partment stores on Canal street are sell- 

 ing plants. What effect this will have 

 on the trade is to be found out later, but 

 it will certainly be against the florists 

 who have stores in town. 



Auction sales, also, which seem to have 

 more reason to exist in larger markets 

 than New Orleans, are held here at short 

 intervals. They may bring a few cash 

 dollars for the surplus stock of some 

 growers, but they have a tendency to 

 lower the prices and overstock the mar- 

 ket. 



The season is not over by any means, 

 and no doubt every florist will dispose of 

 his stock. M. M. L. 



Peoria, III. — .Toseph M. Cole is now 

 in charge at J. C. Murray's Main street 

 store. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — 'The new crimson 

 canna, Mrs. W\ F. Kasting, is likely to 

 be very widely used within the next year 

 or two if it does as well everywhere as 

 it did at the St. Louis world's fair, 

 where it was awarded a gold medal. 

 All the canna specialists have bought 

 stock of it and it is being shipped to 

 growers all over the country. 



STRONG 2-YEAR SHRUBS, ETC. 



In finest named assortment. — Altheas. 10c; Deut- 

 zlas. 10c; Spiraeas, 10c; Welgellas, 10c; Berberls 

 common, 5c; Purple Leaf and Thunbergl, 10c; 

 California Privet, selected bushy plants, 6c; 

 Japan Quince, 8c: Forsythlas, 10c; Honeysuckle, 

 Hall's, 5c; Upright Honeysuckle, 10c; American 

 Ivy. 10c; all best fleld-grown stock. Packlnj? free 

 for cash and extras added on account of express 

 charges. See oCfers of other stock In this Issue, 

 or write W. H. SAL.TER, Rochester, N. T. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



