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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Januabt 24, 1907. 



WHITE LILACS ~"- ■^--^ 



$1.50 per Doz. 



This is one of our leading specialties — supply large — quality superb. 



JONQUILS 



YELLOW TULIPS 



Plenty Carnations for McKinley Day, January 29. Push it along. You can 

 count on us for all the Vlolets you will need for St. Valentine's Day, Feb- 

 ruary 14. Finest Hudson River stock. Big, dark blue. Roses, Valley, 

 Lilies and all other seasonable stock in large supply. 



FLORISTS* SUPPLIES 



WB HAVB A BRIGHT, NEW COMPLBTK STOCK. 



Send us an order today for any article on which you may be running low. You 

 will find all your needs illustrated and priced in our New Catalogue. If you 

 haven't it hung on a nail beside your desk, a postal card will bring it to hang there. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



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19-21 Randolph St. 



CHICAGO 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



He says it is the first time this season 

 they have been preferred to the best 

 Hudson river stock. 



\V. N. Rudd sends all his carnations 

 to the E. F. Winterson Co., loose, packed 

 100 in pasteboard boxes instead of being 

 bunched. All breakage is avoided and 

 Mr. Rudd thinks the better condition of 

 the stock amply repays for the little ex- 

 tra work. 



L. Coatsworth has spent several days 

 at home, ill Avith a cold. 



Poehlniann Bros. Co. have been experi- 

 menting with the keeping quality of car- 

 nations as the result of a complaint of 

 flowers arriving sleepy. A box of 100, 

 four varieties, was packed and wrapped 

 as for a long shipment and the box 

 stowed away under a counter for two 

 (lays. When opened the flowers were 

 fresh and kept two days longer in a pot 

 of water. In nearly every case sleepy 

 flowers may be laid to heating in transit. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Weeks, yes, months of damp, cloudy, 

 changeable Aveather have carried off 

 many old people through grip, j#neu- 

 monia and lung troubles. This has 

 created an unusual demand for funeral 

 work, taxing the store men's resources 

 to the limit. At times were it not for 

 that godsend, the galax leaf, it would 

 be a hard matter to fill orders. Many 

 parties, weddings and gifts for the sick 

 ar« also drawing on the market and, 

 although considerable stock arrives de- 

 spite the unfavorable weather, the de- 

 mand usually exceeds the supply. 



Beauties are nearly out of the ques- 

 tion. Good Brides are quite plentiful; 

 pink and red are scarce. A few fine 

 La Detroit arrive, but are bought up 

 at once. The prices on roses are from 

 $6 to $14. 



Carnations are cleaned up well, ex- 

 cept the deep pink, and even these do 

 not go to waste. Enchantress carna- 

 tions are in great demand. Lilies are 

 scarce. Valley is used in large quan- 

 tity and sells at $3 to $5. Paper White 

 narcissi are used extensively, as also 

 are Roman hyacinths. 



Tulips have put in their appearance, 

 but, excepting white and some pale pink, 

 do not sell well. Violets sell fairly 

 well. The eastern violets are too high 

 priced for this market at this time of 

 the year. 



With but a few weeks in which to 

 prepare for Easter, and the weather 

 man reluctant about helping the flo- 

 rists, chances are that there will be a 

 scarcity of stock. Of azaleas, roses, 

 miscellaneous plants and bulbous stock, 

 no doubt there will be enough, but 

 lilies will, no doubt, be scarce. The 

 plants are low and in most cases far 

 behind. 



Qttb Meetin£. 



The regular meeting of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club was held January 16, with 

 an unusually large attendance. Henry 

 Raus, Richard Went and Henry Becker 

 were elected to membership. The ap- 

 plication for membership of Louis F. 

 Tossy was received. 



George Rackham made a motion that 

 in case of the death of a member or 

 one of his immediate family it be left 



in the hands of the president, secretary 

 and treasurer to send a floral emblem, 

 the same to bear a card expressing the 

 club's sympathy. This was approved. 

 The treasurer 's report showed a neat lit- 

 tle balance at the bank. 



E. A. Scribner was given a vote of 

 thanks for a paper, ' ' The Trials and 

 Tribulations of Detroit Florists." Quite 

 a lengthy discussion followed, during 

 which all of the old troubles were re- 

 hashed, such as slow accounts, boarder 

 plants, price cutting, etc., with the final 

 decision that there is no remedy for 

 these trials, and if there were, others 

 equally as bad or worse would arise. 



Owing to Thomas Brown's absence 

 O. A. Stoll was appointed a member of 

 the exhibition committee. This commit- 

 tee is making arrangements for a carna- 

 tion show for February 6. Outsiders are 

 requested to send any novelties they may 

 have. Address in care of the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange. 



The entertainment committee received 

 instructions to arrange for a ladies' 

 night in February, Chairman William 

 Brown is a hustler and, judging from 

 the smile on his face, he has a surprise 

 in store for us. 



Michigan Cut Flower Exchange. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 has been incorporated, with the follow- 

 ing stockholders: Philip Breitmeyer, 

 Fred Breitmeyer, William Dilger and 

 Robert Rahaley. The papers have just 

 come back from Lansing and, upon Mr. 

 Breitmeyer 's return to the city, officers 

 will be elected. 



Starting in business some five years 

 ago in a small basement at 26 Broad- 



