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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBBB 4, 1006. 



250,000 



for October and November 



Monrovia, $8.00 to $4.00 doz. White. $3.00 to $4.00 doi. 



Daily Shipments of Fancy New York Violets. 

 Good supply Tea Roses, Beauties, Gu-nations and Valley. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 



68'60 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



bowling night for Louis. Mrs. Giger also 

 is an expert bowler. 



F. W. Breunig, who recently bought 

 a tract of land on the Illinois side near 

 OOj^umbia, is figuring on building a 

 range of modern greenhouses next 

 spring. Mr. Breunig has a fine business 

 in South St. Louis, where he has a 

 number of greenhouses at the corner of 

 Gravios and Mississippi avenue, and has 

 a good reputation as a grower. 



The Florists' Club members should not 

 forget the meeting which takes place 

 next Thursday afternoon, October 11, 

 at 2 o'clock. President Irish expects 

 a large attendance. The four discus- 

 sions, one each by Messrs. Weber, Wind- 

 ier, Schray and Guy alone should assure 

 a large attendance. A change in the 

 by-laws also should attract the atten- 

 tion of those interested in the welfare 

 of the club. J. J. B. 



NEir YORK. 



The Market 



The first chin breath of autumn put 

 life into the wholesale cut flower mar- 

 ket. Either for this reason or because 

 of an unexpected falling off in ship- 

 ments, the last days of last week saw 

 everything of value sold and a healthier 

 tone in the whole market was apparent. 

 Some think this condition can be de- 

 pended on to last, while others view 

 with fear the oncoming hosts of the 

 chrysanthemums, and prophesy a retro- 

 grade movement. At any rate the im- 

 provement was a welcome one, even if 

 it should not prove permanent. Beau- 

 ties especially were benefited, the best 

 touching 50 cents and $4 a dozen being 

 the general asking price. Brides and 

 Maids, too, w«re scarce and valuable. 



Carnations are improving rapidly. 

 Some fine stock is arriving at John 

 Young's from the Cottage Gardens. Vic- 

 tory maintains its place among the reds 

 at A. J. Guttman's and is as popular as 

 ever. 



Dahlia week was productive of a fine 

 exhibition at the American Institute and 

 a general demand by the retailers. The 

 best single and cactus varieties brought 

 excellent prices. Even violets amounted 

 to something Saturday and a few com-. 



manded 50 cents a hundred. The quality 

 still is poor. The second crop will ar- 

 rive quite early enough for the demand 

 and this should really be the first ship- 

 ment that is made. 



The asters are gone, even the 16,000 

 in the cellars of J. K. Allen having all 

 been absorbed. Gladioli, too, have dis- 

 appeared. Orchids in many popular va- 

 rieties are abundant. The out-of-town 

 orders for this kingly flower grow in 

 number daily. Few chrysanthemums 

 are arriving. By the end of the week 

 the vanguard is expected. 



The market closed strong on Monday 

 night. In other words the demand ex- 

 ceeded the supply, and here and there 

 carnations, Brides, Maids and Beauties 

 touched high water mark for the season; 

 $8 per hundred for Maids and $3 for 

 Enchantress in some places was the ask- 

 ing price, and the good ones were 

 snapped up quickly. The general senti- 

 ment of the street was hopeful, and 

 many thought the days of depression 

 were over. 



Judging by the retailers' displays, 

 everyone anticipates a large demand for 

 decorative ferns of every variety, cibo- 

 tium, Whitmani, Tarrytown, Scottii and 

 Boston. They all are here in abundance 

 and some flne banks of them are on 

 exhibition in the windows, lit up by 

 brilliant crotons in gorgeous shades and 

 colorings. 



American Institute Show. 



The American Institute exhibition last 

 week in quantity and beauty of display 

 far exceeded the limited space at dis- 

 posal. Quantities of exhibits never 

 were unpacked at all because of this, 

 and something must be done to remedy 

 these unsatisfactory conditions or there 

 will be an end to patience and no re- 

 sponse at all from the leading growers 

 of the vicinity. This year several of the 

 largest firms were conspicuous by their 

 absence. The exhibits made, however, 

 were uniformly good. The F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. had a fine collection of dahlias 

 of the pompon varieties. J. T. Lovett 

 had an extensive exhibit of dahlias, and 

 captured many prizes. His boxes of 

 herbaceous varieties were not opened. 



E. Vincent, Jr., and daughter were 

 here from White Marsh, Md., witJi a 



grand stock, so crowded for room as to 

 be unable to do itself justice. John 

 Lewis Chiids, of Floral Park, had gladi- 

 oli, tritomas and tuberous begonias. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry made their usually ex- 

 tensive display of apples, pears, etc. 

 The vegetable showing was up-to-date 

 and Scott, of Tarrytown, Marshall, the 

 Bickards brothers and Joe Manda were 

 converted to vegetarianism. Lager & 

 Hurrell had the only show of orchids, 

 a most interesting variety. A. J. Manda, 

 of the Pratt estate, Brooklyn, made the 

 only exhibit of stove plants, foliage 

 plants and nepenthes, a most creditable 

 display. H. F. Burt, W. P. Lothrop, 

 George Hale and James Dowlan were 

 the other exhibitors. 



Various Notes. 



Monday evening at the club-rooms in 

 the Grand opera house a fine exhibit of 

 orchids and early chrysanthemums is ex- 

 pected and all exhibitors will be wel- 

 come and their displays properly staged. 

 Dahlias, too, will be exhibited. With 

 reminiscences of the Dayton conven- 

 tion and a special effort by the pop- 

 ular caterer and some songs by the 

 Bickards brothers the evening promises 

 to be an interesting one. Shipments of 

 exhibits may be made in care of John 

 Young, the secretary, at his wholesale 

 store on Twenty-eighth street. 



The New York branch stores at New- 

 port are closing. The principals are back 

 in their city stores. Mr. and Mrs. Leik- 

 ens returned on Monday. Mr. Smythe, 

 of Wadley & Smythe, has purchased the 

 Ammann place at Yonkers, now called 

 the Yonkers Nursery Co. Specimen 

 evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs 

 vnll be grown extensively. 



Walter Mott assumed his position with 

 H. H. Berger & Co. on Monday. He 

 starts on an extended trip immediately. 



Perkins & Schumann have removed 

 their headquarters to the Coogan build- 

 ing, Twenty-sixth street and Sixth ave- 

 nue. Here they will have better facili- 

 ties and have been fortunate in secur- 

 ing a three years' lease of the store, 

 which is on the ground floor and next 

 door to the entrance of the Cut Flower 

 Exchange. 



A. M. Henshaw, at 52 West Twenty- 



