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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NOTBMBEH 7, 1007. 



48-50 

 WABASH AVE., 



CHICAGO 



WILD SMILAX 



60-lb. Case, $6.00. 



Chrysanthemums 



AU Color^ and Kinds. . 



VALLEY, BEAITIES, ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS 



QUALITY Al I 



We can fill all orders at Chicago Market Rates Day of Shipment. 



Dahlia Roofs, Strong, Kriemhilde, A. D. Llvoni, Arabella, $5.50 Per Hundred. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



show of 19(18 will meet at the Audi- 

 torium Annex November 8. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. reports 

 Kiliarney promising to repeat last sea- 

 son's sjilendid record with them. 



Mrs. G. Ludwig and daughter, of Al- 

 legheny. Pa., liave been visiting Victor 

 Bergmann and attended the florists' ball 

 October M\. 



As an evidence of the value of news- 

 paper publicity, the Poehhnann Bros. 

 Co. says it cannot fill its orders for the 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer rose since the flower 

 show press agent got busy. 



A. L. Randall says the violet market 

 this year undoubtedly has been lower 

 than heretofor;-. He thinks this due en- 

 tirely to increased production at Khine- 

 beck. 



P. (". Schupp. manager of the selling 

 end of the J. A. Budlong estate, says 

 fall shipping trade never was so heavy 

 with tiiem as.it has been this season. 



The wholesalers' employees are well 

 plea.sed with the outcome of their sec- 

 ond annual reception. 



P. J. Hauswirth has accepted an in- 

 vitation to act as .judge at the 8t. Louis 

 show, opening November 12. 



A. F. Longren has been on a trip in 

 Indiana, accompanied by W. F. Dunte- 

 mann, of Bensonville, 111. K. CJ. Hill 

 Co., B. K. & B. Floral Co. and Dorner & 

 Sons Co. were among the prineipal places 

 visited. 



Martin Rtnikauf. of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, is in town this week. 



CiREEXOcK, Pa. — H. A. Catlin, who was 

 formerly a florist of this place, has been 

 married to Mrs. Mary L. Barry and is 

 now residing in New York. 



Helena, Mont.— W. E. Mills, of the 

 State Nursery Co., spent two months in 

 a trip to the east, including in his 

 travels a visit to the Jamestown exposi- 

 tion. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



Kverything, except the financial stress, 

 was in favor of the flower business last 

 week, and is at this writing. The glorious 

 Indian summer still is with us and stock 

 is abundant and of superb quality. So- 

 ciety is back in town and there are 



Please put me on the list for another 

 year of 



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I take your paper for the Retail mat- 

 ter that is in it, including: the adver- 

 tisements, and get lots of help from 



them. 



C B. SERVICE. 



Sharon, Pa. 



Oct. 30, 1906. 



enough November weddings on the books 

 to make every retailer happy. 



Beauties remain firm at 20 cents for 

 the best, though an occasional grower de- 

 clares his specials do even better. But the 

 general average remains as quoted, and 

 probably will until ThanksgiWng. Maids 

 and Brides are abundant and prices are 

 low, even for the splendid quality of 



the best that rsach the market. There 

 seems no limit to the quantity arriving, 

 and value is sadly handicapped by the 

 tremendous flood of mums. 



T'.iis week will see the inrush of nuims 

 at its height, and prices have gone 

 down with sickening thuds. Here and 

 there, where a wholesaler has an espec- 

 ially expert grower to depend on, flowers 

 of abnormal size and finish may bring 

 fancy figures, but for stock last year 

 commanding .$4 to $6 per dozen, the 

 wholesaler is fortunate this year to aver- 

 age .$3. From this, prices go on down 

 to $1 per hundred. Never were retail 

 windows more beautiful than now. The 

 whole city is a chrysanthemum show. 

 Even the streets are ablaze with the 

 wealth of color and the autumn leaves 

 accentuate the fascinating charm. 



Carnations are as perfect as one can 

 conceive possible, but the price has gradu- 

 ally fallen during the week until $2 

 ])er hundred will purchase about the best 

 of them. "Too early yet for carna- 

 tions, ' ' said one expert. ' * Wait till the 

 mum is dead and they will quickly come 

 into their own. ' ' Many of the new 

 varieties and novelties are arriving, but 

 the demand is light. 



Gardenias are perfect and have held 

 their price well up to the present. Thif^ 

 week a slight recession is apparent. 

 From 200 to .'SOO daily are handled by 

 John Young, who predicts a certain con- 

 tinuance of their popularity. Orchids, 

 violets and valley all feel the strain 

 of the exceptional times, and will until 

 the holitlay. Booking of orders for 

 the annual festival, however, are numer- 

 ous already, and a fine Thanksgiving 

 trade is anticipated. 



The Wholesalers' Association. 



The Wholesale Florists' Protective 

 Association is, as one of its members 

 expressed it, already a howling success. 

 Such unanimity of opinion and general 



