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Mabch 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1359 



Young & Nugent 'a windows, on West 

 Twenty-eighth street, with unique 

 lighting and daily changes of arrange- 

 ment, are always a credit to the artist 

 whose ability and culinary surprises 

 stamp him as an expert in both depart- 

 ments of public service. Mr. Nugent 

 had a big decoration at Delmonico's 

 on Monday. 



Eobert G. Wilson still holds the fort 

 as the bon ton florist of Brooklyn, His 

 Fulton street store is a dream in white 

 bark decoration, his conservatory an 

 added beauty and his big range of glass 

 and branch store on Greene avenue an 

 added asset of permanent value since 

 Easter, 1906. 



Thos. Young, Jr., still maintains his 

 three elegant retail stores, on Fifth 

 and Sixth avenues and West Twenty- 

 eighth street, and makes a success of 

 every one of them. No man can be in 

 three places at the same time, but Mr. 

 Young comes as near accomplishing it 

 as any man in the business. 



Myer, on Madison avenue, is rapidly 

 building up a fine clientele. His win- 

 dows are always attractive. The year 

 has been one of uniform prosperity. 



Bonnot & Blake have had a busy year 

 in their new store, on Livingston street, 

 Brooklyn, so much so they are already 

 complaining of lack of room. ' They 

 have many Jersey and Long Island 

 growers and handle splendid stock that 

 appeals to the best of the Brooklyn re- 

 tail trade. 



Harry Crawbuck still holds the stage 

 as the only green goods man in Brook- 

 lyn. He has built up a permanent busi- 

 ness. At his home, in Chatham, he is 

 adding a nursery to his enterprises. He 

 eays Brooklyn can use all his importa- 

 tions of galax and wild smilax. 



Messrs. Weir, Phillips and Mallon 

 still stand in the front rank of their 

 profession in the City of Churches, 

 where several hundred florists live and 

 prosper. Probably no city in the world 

 can total as large a number of retail 

 florists as this great home center, this 

 place where most of New York sleeps. 



Arthur T. Boddington has completed 

 another record year. Every year is 

 getting to be a record year with the 

 "busy bees." H. A. Bunyard is back 

 from a splendid trip. 



F. W. O. Sehmitz is another importer 

 whose year at Prince Bay, on Staten 

 Island, has been phenomenal. He 

 thinks the future promises a hundred 

 fold greater results for floriculture and 

 that the business is only in its swad- 

 dling clothes. 



The Eose Hill Nurseries are rounding 

 out, at New Eochelle, their fortieth 

 year, H. Siebrecht, Sr., having com- 

 menced his career in this city in 1867. 

 To look at him you would declare he 

 hadn't been over forty years on earth, 

 80 well has he braved the vicissitudes of 

 all these eventful times. 



Thorburn & Co. are now perfectly es- 

 tablished in their headquarters on Bar- 

 clay, the street of bulb importers and 

 center of the industry in New York. 

 All the great seed houses of the 

 metropolis are within a stone's throw 

 and close to the great terminals that 

 will make this section the busiest spot 

 ultimately on Manhattan island when 

 the tunnels are complete. 



Weeber & Don are only a block away 

 on Chambers street, and Rolker & Sons 

 and the Yokohama Nursery Co. are 

 close at hand. Uptown Bridgeman's and 

 the Bickards Bros, and Arthur Bodding- 

 ton do their share to cater to the people 



"higher up," and all of them have no 

 cause for complaint. 



Bobbink & Atkins have had a phenom- 

 enal sale of azaleas for Easter. Their 

 greenhouses are filled with lilies, also, 

 and choice palms and ferns, and they 

 are so near the city that personal selec- 

 tion can be made with ease and visitors 

 are always numerous. 



Victory, grown by Chas. Weber at 

 Lynbrook, is just as popular and in as 

 great demand as ever, Mr. Weber says, 

 while at A. J. Guttman's wholesale 

 house the cut blooms command the high- 

 est price for scarlets and give the same 

 general satisfaction as when first in- 

 troduced. 



The orchid growers and importers, 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Lager & Hurrell, 



As we shall close out our green 

 goods for this season in a few days, 

 kindly discontinue our advertisement 



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but we want to say that we have 

 been repaid for all that we have in- 

 vested in advertising in the Review. 



F. W. RICHARDS & CO. 

 Banner Elk, N. C. 

 March 6, 1907. 



Carrillo & Baldwin and E. Held, are all 

 expecting their fresh importations in all 

 the popular varieties. It is a treat to 

 the flower lover to visit these great 

 orchidists and enjoy their magnificent 

 displays. J. Austin Shaw. 



CINONNATL 



The Market 



The general volume of business last 

 week was large and the total amount of 

 sales footed up well, but when one con- 

 sidered the large quantity of flowers 

 handled the average price was not so 

 good. The bright, warm weather we 

 have been having is making itself felt 

 and the cuts of all the growers who 

 send their produce to this city have in- 

 creased a great deal. The prospect of 

 a glut on both roses and carnations by 

 the middle of the present week is good 

 and prices are likely to reach rock 

 bottom. 



With the tide of blooms coming this 

 week it would seem that there is occa- 

 sion to feel a little uneasy as to what 

 is in store for us at Easter. A number 

 of growers have already reported that 

 there will be a scarcity at that time, and 

 it would appear from the present indica- 

 tions that they are correct in their sur- 

 mise. It is a great pity that we had 

 to get in this great cut of flowers at 

 this time. If they could only have held 

 off for just two weeks more, what a 

 great feast it would have been. With 



flowers scarce it will mean higher prices 

 and many orders filled only in part. 

 Even lilies will be scarce and the price 

 will rule higher than last year. Bulbous 

 stock should be plentiful enough to take 

 care of the demand. This is the time 

 of all times for the bulbous flowers and 

 they will never be in better demand 

 than this year. Orders for Easter de- 

 livery are coming in fast. 



Storm and Flood. 



Wednesday evening, March 13, this 

 city was visited by one of the heaviest 

 storms in its history. The rain fell in 

 torrents and was followed by a severe 

 hail storm. The rain has caused another 

 flood in the Ohio river and the water 

 reached a height of almost sixty-two 

 feet. The hail was heaviest on College 

 hill, where there are several florists' 

 establishments, and a great deal of 

 glass was broken. Among those who 

 have reported losses are the following: 

 Walter Gray, Harry Corbett, George 

 Corbett, Max Rudolph and Geo. Magrie, 

 the latter 's houses being vacant and for 

 rent at the time. The loss to each was 

 about the same, being in the neighbor- 

 hood of fourteen boxes of glass each. 

 As the weather was warm, little damage 

 was done to the stock. 



During the heavy rain the drain-pipes 

 in the boiler-pits of the Hyde Park 

 establishment of George & Allan failed 

 to carry off the water and the pits 

 filled up to the depth of about four 

 feet. The warm weather alone saved 

 them from a severe loss. 



Mr. Witterstaetter's Place. 



A recent visit to Richard Witter- 

 staetter's carnation breeding establish- 

 ment proved to be one of great interest. 

 Stock was in first-class shape, blooming 

 freely, and the quality up to the 

 usual standard. The older favorites 

 were there in good shape and among the 

 new sorts Aristocrat was fine. After- 

 glow, which Mr. Witterstaetter intends 

 to put upon the market shortly, I be- 

 lieve will prove to be the best he ever 

 has disseminated. 



Among the seedlings are many that 

 show great promise. C. J. Ohmeb. 



VASMNGTON. 



The latter half of the Lenten season 

 has not stimulated trade. As a result 

 of the warm weather, flowers are still 

 overabundant and will remain so until 

 Easter sales lessen substantially the 

 supply on hand. The warm, bright days 

 are forcing azaleas, etc., rather too fast. 



Saint Patrick's day was a marvel of 

 its class and brought sale for some of 

 the minor novelties, chiefly green carna- 

 tions and shamrocks. 



Some of the retailers are going to 

 Philadelphia this week to select Easter 

 stock and indications so far would seem 

 in favor of that season being satis- 

 factory to florists here. J. L. C. 



Easton, Pa. — Arthur L. Raub & Co. 

 will move their store from 17 South 

 Fourth street to a building opposite, now 

 occupied by the Easton Furniture Co. 



Kansas City, Mo. — J. Papadakos, who 

 has a little shop on Walnut street, al- 

 though notified five times, persistently 

 refused to vacate the premises. Now, 

 the construction company, which has the 

 contract to build a block on the site, has 

 built a high board fence around the shop, 

 completely isolating the Greek. 



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