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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



November 1, 1006. 



PinSBURG CUT FLOWER CO.! 



PiltsburgS Oldest and Largest Wholesale Florists a: ^ 



Removed to New Location 



222 Oliver Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Chrysanthemums Beauties 



Roses Lilies Valley 



Adiantum Hybridum Boxwood Sprays 



Carnations 

 Violets 



Wild Smilax 



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Mention The KeTle\Y when you write. 



exhibition at the Florists' Club meeting 

 Thursday afternoon, November 8. All 

 florists, regardless of membership, are 

 invited to attend. Prizes are offered for 

 the best twelve white blooms — $7.50 for 

 first, $5 for second and $2.50 for third. 

 Same for the best twelve yellow, and the 

 best twelve pink, any variety; also $5 

 for the best specimen plant. Discussions 

 by Harry Young and A. J, Bentzen. A 

 vote will be taken on the big flower show 

 for next fall; also a proposed change in 

 the by-laws will come up for a vote. 

 President Irish says that should any 

 florist be overlooked with an invitation, 

 he should not wait, but come, as this 

 meeting will be open to the trade in all 

 its branches, and the oiggest meeting of 

 florists ever held in this city is looked 

 fo'. J. J. B. 



TVIN QTIES. 



The Market 



Last week 's business was the best that 

 the majority of dealers has had for some 

 time. The largest stores had about all 

 they could take care of, and do it right. 

 Stock, especially of roses, is somewhat 

 scarce, on account of the cloudy weather. 

 The Killarneys grown in this section are 

 particularly fine, and command ready 

 sale at good prices. Carnations are in 

 poor shape, and the only dealers who 

 seem able to get them are the Greeks. 

 No doubt connections in the east help 

 them. Chrysanthemums are coming in 

 as well as can be expected. A few good 

 Monrovia are on the market, also Berg- 

 mann. The demand for them is brisk 

 and a fair price is obtained. 



Plant sales are active, principally in 



ferns. Nephrolepis elegantissima sells 

 well. 



St. Paul 



C. Bussjaeger has completed two new 

 houses. He has them planted in roses. 

 He has combination heat, hot water and 

 steam. Mr. Bussjaeger manages to 

 make some improvements every spring. 

 Aside from greenhouses, he has made 

 some investments in real estate, which, 

 from all reports, are very profitable. 



L. L. May & Co. have had an excep- 

 tionally busy week. Their roses are all 

 in crop, but their increasing retail busi- 

 ness keeps them nearly always short. 

 Their carnations have done little up to 

 date. The plants look fine, and before 

 long large numbers will be cut. 



A visit to the St. Paul Floral Co. 

 found the stock in good shape, particu- 

 larly the Brides and Maids. Richmond 

 has not done much. Their three new 

 houses look well, and, although the stock 

 in them was not planted until September 

 1, some fine Brides and Maids are cut. 

 They have a fine stock of Nephrolepis 

 elegantissima. The Enchantress carna- 

 tions are doing much better than other 

 varities. While they have quantity of 

 Flamingo and Lady Bountiful, the cut 

 has been light. 



Max Bussjaeger was awarded the con- 

 tract for resodding a portion of the 

 Minnesota State Capitol grounds. 



The Swanson Floral Co. reports good 

 business, but a scarcity of stock. 



Minneapolis. 



"William Donaldson Co. says that busi- 

 ness is fine. The improvements in their 

 ice-boxes and counters make their place 



present an entirely difi'erent appearance. 

 Miss Sylvester, formerly with a St. Paul 

 florist, is now in their employ. 



The Powers Mercantile Co. reports an 

 active trade, particularly in bulbs. Cut 

 flower trade is good, but the stock is not 

 up to grade and affects trade materially. 



Oscar Swanson says trade is fair. He 

 handles only the best stock, and of course 

 secures the best prices and the best 

 trade. 



Carlson & Sandberg have been cut- 

 ting some fine roses. Their Chatenays 

 are hard to beat. 



Will & Son have been senoing in large 

 numbers of roses, which are all handled 

 by one concern, and, from reports, have 

 contracted to supply that one dealer 

 only. Felix. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



The Market. 



The last fortnight brought by far the 

 best business of the autumn to date. 

 Several things helped to swell the sales, 

 such as many funeral orders, wedding 

 decorations, the opening of the chrysan- 

 themum season, and large over-the-count- 

 er sales; but the great factor of all was 

 the decorations of the booths, and the 

 supplying daily for a week enormous 

 quantities of cut flowers to the exhibitors 

 of the American Street and Interurban 

 Railway Association, whose annual con- 

 vention and exhibition has just closed. 

 To supply in full all the cut flowers or- 

 dered by the various exhibitors at this 

 convention was a difficult task.. Carna- 

 tions were the hardest to obtain, tele- 

 grams to Chicago and other large mar- 



