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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBBB 10, 1907. 



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THE NATIONAL FLORAL 



RIBBON HOUSE 



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has issued a beautiful catalogue containing samples of 

 everything desirable in floral ribbons and chiffons. 



The cover is in several colors by a well known artist, the 

 subject being " The Flower Girl/* 



This is the most complete and useful ribbon and chiffon 

 catalogue ever issued to the trade, and should be on the desk 

 of every florist. The samples of many novel and practical creations shown therein 

 will give new inspiration to the floral decorator. 



The low prices of our standard, reliable grades should prove of 

 interest to florists catering to every class of trade. 



WRITE AT ONCE FOR A COPY 



WERTHEIMER BROS. 



SSO BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 





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NEW YORK. 



The Market 



It is Indian summer weather and the 

 wholesale streets are one vast flower gar- 

 den. The windows are brilliant with 

 color and the quality of stock is now su- 

 perb. The retail demand is growing 

 daily. There is a market for every- 

 thing that is good, and . none too much 

 .stock. 



Prices have hardened all along the 

 line. Some selected Beauties touched 30 

 eants October 7. A marked improvement 

 in their quality is evident. The Brides 

 and Maids, too, begin to assert them- 

 selves. Stems are longer, heads are 

 larger and there is little mildew. There 

 18 no diflBculty in -getting 6 cents for 

 the best of them. The lower grades, 

 too, are improving and seem likely to 

 hold steady at present rates if the chrys- 

 anthemum flood is not greater than 

 usual. 



The mums are coming rapidly. Polly 

 Rose, Monrovia and Pacific are most in 

 evidence. All the earlies will be in by 

 the end of this week and prices will 

 doubtless take a tumble. Totty sent 

 some Monrovia to Fenrich last week 

 that were sold at 50 cents to 75 cents 

 i>ach. A big wedding in the near fu- 

 ture at the Waldorf will use 10,000 Polly 

 Kose. It will be the largest mum wed- 

 ing ever seen in New York. Traendly 

 & Schenck are booked to furnish half 

 <»f them. 



Some grand dahlias are arriving daily 

 from Lovett, Herbert and other special- 

 ists. With a continuance of the delight- 

 ful weather with which the week has 



opened the dahlia will round out an ex- 

 cellent season. . 



Carnations are improving rapidly and 

 for novelties and specials as high as 3 

 cents is easily obtained. All the medium 

 and low grades have advanced, but there 

 is no call for short-stemmed flowers. 



Violets are improving in price and 

 quality. One specialist on Twenty-ninth 

 street found demand on Monday strong 

 enough to make them touch 75 cents a 

 hundred, but 50 cents is high for the av- 

 erage grade. There will be no steady 

 violet selling before November. 



Gladioli and asters have had their day 

 and are now retiring. The few that 

 straggle in at the rear of the proces- 

 sion are not wanted and this week will 

 see the last of them. Of isters espe- 

 cially the shipments have been beyond 

 all needs. Gladioli of the new and bet- 

 ter kinds have sold well to the end. 

 America still holds the palm. 



Of green goods of every kind there 

 is an abundance. Bronze galax is scarce. 

 The price has advanced to $1.25 per 

 thousand and will be $1.50 before the 

 week is over. 



There is a grand assortment of Cat- 

 tleya labiata, Oncidium varicosum, Den- 

 drobium Phalsenopsis, Vanda coerulea and 

 Dendrobium formosum. The shipping 

 demand is materializing early and many 

 of the large cities have booked season 

 orders. The outlook for the orchid is 

 better than ever. 



Various Notes. 



Frank L. Moore, of Chatham, was in 

 the city October 5. He is now pushing 

 rubbejr hose as a side line. 



James McManus, best known as an I 



orchid specialist, also is handling large 

 quantities of mums, gardenias, daisies, 

 valley and Farleyense. 



H. H. Berger & Co. report a fifty per 

 cent rise in values of kentia seeds. Their 

 big importation is nearly sold, many of 

 the palm growers using as high as 50,- 

 000 from this shipment. The demand for 

 bulbs is said to be excellent. 



Ambrose Cleary, at 62 Vesey street, 

 is conducting auction sales Tuesdays and 

 Fridays, with a large attendance. .His 

 sister, Miss Cleary, of Haverstraw, is 

 office manager. Business is far ahead 

 of last year at this time and many largo 

 growers are shipping stock. 



B. Suzuki is no longer with the Yoko 

 hama Nursery Co. 



Walter Sheridan was operated on for 

 appendicitis October 1, after two weeks' 

 serious illness. The latest news was en- 

 couragfing. He rallied from the opera- 

 tion promptly and his splendid health 

 and constitution will soon, it is hoped, 

 place him out of all danger. No one 

 in the trade is better liked or more re- 

 spected than Walter Sheridan. 



Scott Bros., of Elmsford, N.. Y., are 

 building another greenhouse for sweet 

 peas and chrysanthemums. James Scott 

 gives indication of life in the nursery 

 trade by exhibiting over $2,000 in orders 

 for fall planting as the result of one 

 week's hunting. That is better than 

 hunting bears in Louisiana swamps. 



M. Adler, at 30 Wooster street, who 

 had an exhibit of pins for florists at 

 the S. A.'F. convention, finds the result 

 of his Philadelphia display most grati- 

 fying. 



B. jr. Lambros, formerly with L, Muli- 

 nos, has opened a store at One Hundred 



