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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



OCTOBBB 25, 1906. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Any quality and color you want. American Beauties^ VioletSf 

 Carnations, Roses, Valley and all seasonable flowers. 



FIRST Complete Illustrated FLORISTS' SUPPLY CATALOGUE 



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As Demand Increases, Our Cut Increases 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Plenty, fine, all leng^ths. Try *em. Other Roses and Carnationa in g^ood supply. 



GEORGE REINBERG, 



35 Randolph Street, 



L. D. Phone 1937 Central 



Chicago 



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effect can be imagined. On October 25, 

 at the Anon Club, Mr, Myer had charge 

 of the Eberhardt wedding, at which a 

 unique eano^ effect was produced, 

 asparagus with white roses and white 

 mums being used in the decoration. 



Ralph Armstrong is.j>ack from New- 

 port and with Wadley & Smythe. 



Hicks' & Crawbuck, Brooklyn, report 

 last Saturday the largest day's business, 

 outside of holidays, which they ever 

 have experienced. Their supply depart- 

 ment is now complete and extensive. 



Donohoe had charge of the decorations 

 at the Sehroeder-Burley wedding in the 

 Collegrate church and many declare it 

 was the most elaborate ever seen there. 

 Palms, ferns, autumn leaves and yellow 

 chrysanthemums produced this effect. 

 The bride's bouquet was a unique shower 

 of valley and white orchids and that 

 of the matron of honor orchids and 

 maidenhair. Geo. M. Geraghty superin- 

 tended the work. 



Young & Nugent decorated for the 

 Lord wedding at Ogdensburg, N. Y., 

 and the Haney wedding at the Church 

 of the Incarnation, New York City. 

 Crotons, autumn leaves, palms, and yel- 

 low mums were the decorations. The 

 window in the firm 'a store on West 

 Twenty-eighth street is always a demon- 

 stration of Mr. Nugent *« well-known 

 artistic ability. 



Perkins & Schumann 's new store is 

 complete, including a cozy oflRce, and no 

 l)etter stand could be desired. It de- 

 velops since they settled there that half 

 a dozen other wholesalers agreed as to 

 its value, but the * ' pioneer ' ' was wide 

 awake and landed it. 



N. LeCakes & Co. are handling large 

 quantities of cut flowers and Boston 

 ferns under the management of John J. 

 Foley, in addition to their regular green 



goods department. Smilax, both kinds, 

 is a specialty here. West Twenty-sixth 

 street is rapidly becoming a popular 

 wholesale street. 



John Seligman & Co. are directly 

 opposite the door of the Coogan build- 

 ing. Their big store now has all the 

 modern conveniences. Everybody in this 

 section opens up at 6 o'clock in the 

 morning. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The increase in production of the 

 early varieties of chrysanthemums has 

 been marked this week. White, repre- 

 sented by Polly Bose, has suffered more 

 than the other colors. Despite the good 

 demand for weddings and other occa- 

 sions requiring white flowers, there ^ave 

 been too many Polly Rose. Neverthe- 

 less, they have sold better than during 

 the same period for the last several 

 years. TJje buying public has remained 

 fairly constant to the other varieties 

 quoted last week, but prices are per- 

 ceptibly lower. The newer varieties, 

 notably Mile. Liger, which has the honor 

 of realizing the highest price so far 

 obtained, $5 a dozen; Robert Halliday, 

 Mrs. Whilldin, Harry Parr, Nymph of 

 Gold, resembling October sunshine, all 

 yellows; Touset, a white shading pink, 

 resembling white Chadwick, and a few 

 others, are bringing the best prices. 



Beauties have fallen a trifle in price, 

 owing to the arrival of a number of 

 long-stemmed shipments from carried- 

 over plants. Brides and Maids are 

 hardly up to form for the season, owing 

 to the warm weather, but the best 

 flowers sell readily. Richmond in medium 

 grades is preferred to. Liberty. Kaiserin 



is fine and Golden Gate now can be had 

 in moderate quantities. Carnations con- 

 tinue scarce, prices ruling high. It is 

 believed that shipments will steadily in- 

 crease. Cosmos is fine and in good 

 demand. Autumn foliage is plentiful and 

 popular. Valley never has had a better 

 run than during the present month. 

 Orchids, while fairly plentiful, are not 

 in especial demand. Bouvardia and 

 pansies have made their appearance in 

 limited quantity. Snapdragon, with 

 fairly long stems, is coming in from 

 several growers, and sells pretty welJ. 

 Greens do not appear to be in brisk 

 demand. • 



A Retailers' View. 



A Philadelphia retailer, in discussing 

 the present tendency towards centraliz- 

 in^«the product of the greenhouses near 

 this city in the wholesale commission 

 houses, said that he preferred buying 

 from the wholesalers, because, when they 

 were unable to fill his orders from their 

 own stock, they always took the trouble 

 to secure the flowers elsewhere. The 

 grower, on the contrary, simply declined 

 the order, often making it diflBcult to 

 secure the flowers in time. He thinks, 

 however, that there is some oiinger 

 should the stock get into too few 

 hands, but believes that the wholesalers 

 are too far-seeing to advance prices 

 unnecessarily. 



A Grower of Pot Plants. 



I never have visited Godfrey Asch- 

 mann's place at 1012 Ontario street 

 without feeling that here is a man who 

 lias made the very best use of his oppor- 

 tunities. I know of many growers who 

 have had the same chances that Mr. 

 Aschmann has had, who have failed to 

 grasp them. Taken as a whole, the 

 place shows signs of progress. The 



