OCTOBBB 18, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1409 



has a grand stock of Azalea Indica in 

 many varieties and unlimited quantity, 

 whidi is being rapidly depleted. 



J. F. Sullivan, of Detroit, was in New 

 York last week on his way home from 

 Philadelphia and the burial of his 

 mother. The sympathy of the trade is 

 extended. 



John J. Foley, 226 Bowery, is re- 

 ceiving large shipments from his own 

 greenhouses at Madison. He reports a 

 steady call also for his album of de- 

 signs, all copies of his own handiwork. 

 The boiling of the political pot means 

 busy times for Mr. Foley. 



H. H. Berger & Co. are having a 



loud call for hyacinths, narcissi, tulips 



and Japanese lilies, their importation 



1 v_ this fall being large and their new rep- 



f resentative already making himself felt 



among his friends of other days. 



O. V. Zangen, of Hoboken, reports a 

 . ' large sale for seeds of giant cyclamen 

 \".,^ and his new Primula obconica hybrida, 

 especially the grandiflora compacta va- 

 riety. 



Charles Millang unloaded many dozen 

 eases of boxwood on Saturday, the first 

 installment of his European importa- 

 tions. The new store across the way 

 ' for the purpose of display and storage 

 will be none too large. 



George Saltford's violets from his 

 own place at Bhinebeck begin to mani- 

 fest second crop color and size. The 

 writer of "How to Grow Violets" as- 

 serts that no first crop should ever be 

 pieked and that never a bunch of violets 

 should reach the New York wholesale 

 market before October 15. 



James Hart, the veteran, has painted, 

 papered and arranged his new store at 

 103 West Twenty-eighth street so thor- 

 oughly that few excel it. 



A. J. Fellouris is enlarging his store 

 at 52 West Twenty-eighth street and 

 considerably increasing its depth. 



Wm. Starke's importation of boxwood 

 arrived last week from Europe and was 

 rapidly distributed. His conservatory is 

 stocked with palms, ferns and foliage 

 plants, and a brisk trade is prepared 

 for. 



A. Warendorff's windows were a 

 dream on Saturday. Here an attractive 

 window is of paramount importance, 

 and this Mr. Warendorflf never over- 

 looks. Orchids are used abundantly. 

 Unique boxes, baskets and novelties in 

 , arrangement and design are always in 

 evidence. 



Van Praag's "Wall street annex" at 

 66 Broadway proves a gold mine, and 

 with a bull market down there, where a 

 million dollars is a shuttlecock, it is no 

 wonder. Only the finest of flowers wiil 

 pass in this critical section, where price 

 never is an object and quality alone 

 talks. 



David Clarke's Sons are crowded with 

 fall weddings, and their immense store 

 on upper Broadway is ready for every- 

 thing that comes. The firm's own green- 

 houses in the Bronx are a wonderful 

 convenience. Theirs is one of the best 

 locations in New York for a high-class 

 family trade. 



Business is booming at Alex. McCon- 

 nell's and the big store in the arcade 

 on Fifth avenue is proving far in ad- 

 vance of the old stand in every way. 

 Its size, light and convenience place it 

 in the first rank among retail stores in 

 America. The New Kochelle green- 

 house and nursery are no unimportant 

 adjunct to the completeness of the sup- 

 ply. 



The ribbon houses are having a busy 



season without exception. Schloss Bros, 

 have added considerable room to their 

 stock space and already find night work 

 a necessity. Emil Schloss has completed 

 a thorough canvass of the west, covering 

 the two months since the uayton conven- 

 tion. Wertheimer Bros, also report a 

 tremendous season. They have some new 

 shades and combinations that are exceed- 

 ingly attractive. Ldon & Co. have had a 

 splendid year and are more than satisfied 

 with the aggregate results of their en- 

 terprise. In the cut flower wholesale dis- 

 trict on Twenty-eighth street S. Eodh has 

 his convenient headquarters, and he, too, 

 has had the best year in his long expe- 

 rience. 



At A. J. Guttman's, fine stock of 

 Wellesley, Chatenay, Killarney, Rich- 

 mond, Kaiserin and American Beauty 

 arrive daily from his own greenhouses 

 at Chatham, N. J. Victory carnation 

 from Chas. Weber's, Lynbrook, is now 

 arriving in large numbers. 



Already large shipments of Monrovia, 



Please discontinue our cyclaoaen 

 advertisemeat. Sales have been very 

 large. "^■:^^ "■■'*•.■ 



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is the palmer that brings retulti. We 

 will have more stock to offer shortly. 

 J. SYLVESTER. 



Oconto, Wis. ■■■ ,.: : 



Oct 15, 1906. ■ '}' ' -h 



Pacific and Polly Rose are arriring at 

 Ford Bros.' and the big store will be 

 none too large for the promised ava- 

 lanche from their big growers. Ivory 

 and Bonnaffon will soon be here at the 

 rate of 3,000 a day. Two thousand 

 blooms were handled Monday of this 

 week. Often 10,000 flowers are disposed 

 of in a day. E. J. Taylor, of Southport, 

 Conn.; McMillan, of Grand View, N. J., 

 and Grundmann, of Secaucus, are among 

 the firm's consignors. George Baker, the 

 bookkeeper, and Mrs. Baker have just re- 

 turned from their annual outing at 

 Greenwood Lake. 



H. E, Froment is ready for the fall 

 rush, with heavy shipments of roses, 

 mums and violets assured, and as fine 

 Beauties as reach the New York mar- 

 ket. The big store has been enlarged 

 and many conveniences added. 



Jos. Fenrich keeps a supply of orange 

 blossoms ready every day for the Octo- 

 ber weddings and is banking on a mum 

 show of his own when Totty's novelties 

 come to town. 



Polly Rose and Pacific in perfect con- 

 dition reign supreme at J. K. Allen's 

 and already are in uncountable profu- 

 sion. 



Geo. T. Hart, of Rochester, N. Y., was 

 in the city on Monday. 



The sympathy of the trade is extend- 



ed J. B. Kidd, with Wm. Elliott & Sons, 

 in the death of his daughter at St. He- 

 lena, Cal. 



November 15, Miss Adele Taylor, 

 daughter of John H. Taylor, of Bayside, 

 will be married at The Oaks, her fath- 

 er's country residence on Long Island. 



Brooklyn. 



The Uctober weddings are numerous. 

 Especially is this so in the borough of 

 Brooklyn, and all the leading florists 

 there are busy. Wilson had three wed- 

 dings one day last week, with house and 

 church decorations, and every plant in 

 his big store and conservatory was out 

 earning its winter's keep. Flagler, Ma- 

 . sur, Wier, Phillips and a host of others 

 in the city of churches have had and 

 are having a splendid fall trade, many 

 say far in excess of other years. To 

 enumerate the successful retail florists 

 of Brooklyn would take a page of the 

 Review. No wonder that the big city 

 has a wholesale section of its own and 

 that Hicks & Crawbuek, Bonnot & 

 Blake, W. H. Kuebler and Henry Craw- 

 buck have more than they can attend to 

 and are regularly moving to larger and 

 finer stores, or adding to the space al- 

 ready at their disposal. All of them 

 have their fine establishments complete 

 for the coming season and are adding to 

 their lists of regular growers every 

 week. Not only Long Island experts, 

 but shippers from Connecticut, Jersey, 

 and even aa far as Rochester, send their . 

 goods to the wholesale marts in Brook- 

 lyn. When the tunnels are completed 

 and real rapid transit becomes a reality 

 Brooklyn will be another New York in 

 its facilities as a wholesale center. 



It is not so many years ago when the 

 wholesale business in cut flowers was 

 conducted in Brooklyn through the me- 

 dium of baskets and shank's horses. 

 Now some of these pioneers have whole- 

 sale stores in the heart of New York 

 and indulge in presidential aspirations. 

 One must have been through it all, its . 

 ups and downs, its troubles and its tri- '•-■ • 

 umphs, to realize the wonderful prog- 

 ress made and merchants bom and de- , 

 veloped in these last fifteen busy years. ■•.■. 

 .,,..• J. AtrsTiN Shaw. '.: "f^ 



Godfrey Aschmann, the widely known '.^i'*^ 

 Philadelphia plantsman, reached New 

 York, October 15, on the steamer New 

 Amsterdam, returning from a three 

 months' tour of Holland, Belgium, 

 France, Italy, and Switzerland. He 

 bought a great deal of stock for import 

 and sent his customers all over America 

 a total of 1,100 ^souvenir postal cards 

 from the various countries visited. He 

 well deserves his title of ' ' The sleepless 

 and indefatigable plantsman." 



W. Elliott & Sons had a fine sale of 

 palms, ferns, dracaenas, orchids, etc., 

 October 12. The auction season starts 

 well. __^_ :.■•■,•. 



Waterloo, Ia.— W. S. Hall, of Osage, 

 has opened a branch store here in the 

 postoflSce block in charge of Miss Pel- 

 ton. , 



Ashtabula, O. — Mr. Gottschalk, who 

 purchased the Bliss greenhouse a few 

 months ago, is clearing away the old 

 house, and will build several houses on 

 the property next spring. 



Hancock, Mich. — A. M. York makes 

 a large display of chrysanthemums this 

 year. He has recently received a con- 

 signment of 15,000 tulip and hyacinth 

 bulbs, imported from Holland. 



