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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sbptember 26, 1007. 



band of particularly expert growers who 

 are careful to carry out his instructions 

 to the letter, so that his flowers may be 

 truly said to be grown especially for the 

 benefit of his distant customers. Mr. 

 Eeid wishes to go on record as being an 

 anti-dahlia man. Phil. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



Commencing Saturday and lasting un- 

 til Monday night, it rained almost con- 

 tinuously. Business and the weather 

 are in harmony. Even Beauties are 

 abundant and few reach the top quota- 

 tions. Nearly everything else in the rose 

 department is short-stemmed and open 

 and it is difficult to dispose of anything 

 at fair prices. Even the outlet through 

 the street merchants is dammed and the 

 atmosphere in the wholesale marts is 

 gloomy and depressed. Everyone is 

 praying fo» a good frost and the de- 

 struction of the outdoor competition. 



There seems to be no end of the aster 

 supply. Amateurs have had a lesson that 

 may prove beneficial another year. When 

 great heaps of the stock are sold for 

 $1 a hundred bunches, and lots of it 

 thrown out altogether, it would seem 

 unnecessary to suggest to growers the 

 need of having the best or nothing in 

 the aster line to send to the New York 

 market. The same applies to gladioli. 

 For the common varieties there is no 

 sale except at cut rates, which means 

 less than cost, but for the best kinds 

 there is a constant demand and values 

 hold splendidly. 



Few carnations are satisfactory. Stems 

 are short and flowers are small. Violets 

 are here almost a month ahead of any 

 possible demand. Saturday and Sunday 

 they dropped to 50 cents and $1 a thou- 

 sand. Forty boxes a day already are 

 coming in. When one of the growers up 

 state begins to ship, the rest follow on 

 as fast as they can and so the menace 

 of premature enterprise is with us. 



Orchids are received in variety and 

 quantity and prices are reasonable. 



Dahlias are improving daily in qual- 

 ity. Valley and lilies hold their ad- 

 vanced prices. 



Various Notes. 



Anton Schultheis is back from Europe 

 and Will Siebrecht will be home this 

 week. These are the valley kings of 

 the east. 



The dahlia show at the American In- 

 stitute began Tuesday and lasts three 

 days. There is also a fine general ex- 

 hibit of other flowers, plants and fruits. 



All this week at Mineola the big an- 

 nual fair will be in progress and the flo- 

 rists of Long Island will make extensive 

 displays. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held October 14. There 

 will be an illustrated lecture by Mr. 

 Nash, of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 dens, and an exhibition of flowers and 

 plants that will make the new rooms 

 homelike and attractive. Before the 

 meeting it is hoped to have a bowling 

 club established, President Totty being 

 anxious to leave this as one of the heri- 

 tages of his administration, even if the 

 home inspiration is postponed. 



Joseph Millang, of the Cut Flower 

 Co., is getting some fine Winsor carna- 

 tions from the big Scarboro houses, the 

 advance guard of an enormous anticipat- 

 ed supply. 



George Saltford has been resting for 



Hart's Handy Haodle 



Given Highest Award at tiie S. A. F. 

 Convention, Philadelpiiia, Aug., 1907 



NECESSARY! 



4^^,^r Hart's Handy ^^^ X^^ 



^ ^ Handle ^^ V> 



is an arrangement for converting pots of 

 ornamental or flowering plants into baskets 

 with handles. The handle is instantly adjusted 

 and the heavier the plant the tighter the clutch. 



Opinions of Rociiesfer Florists 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Geo. B. Hakt. 



Dear Sir:— You bave sometbiDR Kood, and we do not 

 hesitate reccmmeiidinK it to the trade. 



Yours bincerely, J. B. Kelleb's Sons. 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Geo. B. Hart. 



Dear Sir:— At Easter time, with a little chiiTon deco- 

 ration with the handle, we were able to increaBc the 

 value of plantfe from 60 to 100 per cent. 



H.E.Wilson. 



Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1907. 

 Geo. B. Hart. 



Dear Sir:— Hart's Handy Handle makes a basket 

 out of a fluwer pot without having to transfer the plant 

 to a basket. We used a lot of them last Easter c n aza- 

 leas and other blooming plants, and decorated the pots 

 and handles, and the effect was the same as a basket, 

 and sold well, as the expense was much 1(>sb than using 

 ^^ baskets and the effect was just as good. They are good 

 ^^-^ any time of year and, unlike baskets, they don't get shop- 

 worn. Yours truly, Salter Brothers, Florists. 



PRICES 



Per doz. Per 100 



No.l-lOinchCB high $176 $12.00 



No. 2— 14 inches high 2.00 16.00 



No. 8-18 inches hiRh 2.60 18.00 



No 4-24 inches high 3 00 20.00 



No. 6 -80 inches high 8.76 26.00 



No. 6-40 inches high 4.76 35.00 



FOR SALE BY ALL LEAD- 

 ING SUPPLY HOUSES 



Manulactured by 



GEO. B. HART 



WHOLK8ALS FLORMT 

 24 STONE ST. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Mention Tbe Kevlew whea you write. 



the last ten days at his old home in 

 Ehinebeck. He says the stock of violet 

 plants is enormous, but October 15 is 

 early enough for shipments and it is 

 suicidal to crowd the New York trade 

 before that date. 



D. Willis James, of Madison, N. J., 

 died at his summer home in New Hamp- 

 shire last week. Under William Duck- 

 ham 's superintendency Mr. James ' estate 

 at Madison was developed into one of the 

 most beautiful country places in America. 



Eobert G. Wilson is a busy man, com- 

 pleting his greenhouse establishment on 



Green avenue, Brooklyn, which he has 

 rebuilt, installing concrete benches, the 

 invention of his brother, and so making 

 the plant practically everlasting. A 

 great many of the Long Island growers 

 have visited Mr. Wilson's place and at 

 once decided to adopt these benches. Mr. 

 Wilson has had many wedding decora- 

 tions this month, and one for $500 this 

 week at the Brich mansion and last week 

 one at Mount Vernon. 



The latest outside enterprise under- 

 taken by a florist is that of Joseph 

 Fleischman, who has rented 54,000 



