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The Weekly Florists' RcWew. 



Dbcbubeb 12, 190T. 



This week Friday will see its finish, 

 Cleary's Horticultural Co., with Ambrose 

 T. Cleary as manager, continues its daily 

 sales at retail to a growing patronage 

 and will handle everything decorative 

 for Christmas, including importations of 

 yew and holly. 



Lord & Burnham Co. says the busi- 

 ness outlook for 1908 is good. Just now 

 the company is especially gratified at 

 the sash sales, which show a consider- 

 able increase over last year. 



John E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., 

 was a visitor December 9. 



Charles Hunt, of Port Eichmond, 

 Staten Island, has a house of over 3,000 

 poinsettias for Christmas, which will be 

 handled by J. K. Allen. 



Jos. Fenrich has recovered from a se- 

 vere attack of the prevailing influenza. 



Lecakes & Co. have a large wreathing 

 manufactory in full blast and the four 

 partners and John Foley, the manager, 

 are sleeping only occasionally. 



Eeed & Keller report the usual volume 

 of Christmas orders. 



Frank Millang, Bonnot Bros., Will H. 

 Siebrecht and C. Smith, in the Coogan 

 building, each declanes the year to have 

 been the best to date. 



Frank S. Hicks & Co .^ are now well es- 

 tablished at 52 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. 



John Seligman & Co. report a satisfac- 

 tory year. 



Bussin & Hanfling are doing an ex- 

 cellent business. 



John P. Scherer has a large trade and 

 both at Union Hill and his New York 

 store a large force is constantly busy. 



The Geller Supply Co. is exceedingly | 

 busy. 



The artistic window display of Thos. 

 Young, Jr., at Fifth avenue and Fourth 

 street, never fails to Attract the appre- 

 ciation of the 400. 



George Saltford, with his son, Clarence, 

 as lieutenant, manages to keep Twenty- 

 ninth street an integral part of the 

 wholesale district. 



Walter F. Sheridan was at the club 

 meeting on Monday evening and received 



tory^K^dTgt^tlj increased facilities, look 

 foya big season in 1908. The four sons 

 complete a practical quartet that be- 

 speaks many Vears of prosperity. 



Eobert G. /Wilson was never as ready 

 fi6r ChristmsLs as now. The beautiful 

 store at Grp^se and Fulton streets is per- 

 fefetljt^girojfated, the conservatory filled 

 with selec^d plants and the big green- 

 house branch on Greene avenue, with its 

 concrete benches and ample space, a 

 great help and convenience in the big 

 trade Mr. Wilson controls in the City of 

 Churches. 



Down town S. Masur has an excellent 

 business. On the Heights and among 

 the veterans of Brooklyn, Phillips, Weir 

 and Mallon are household words. 



Harry Crawbuck looks after the whole- 

 sale green goods demand of the city and 

 carries a large stock. 



Among the wholesalers Bonnet & 

 Blake, now both fully recovered from 

 illness, find their business constantly 

 growing and their stock from the Jersey 

 experts locally appreciated. W. H. 

 Kuebler only kicks on limited space and 

 has made excellent progress during the 

 year. J. Austin Shaw. 



RICE AND THE KOW BELL. 



This is a season of tremendous activ- 

 ity with the florists' supply dealers. 

 Each Christmas for many years has seen 

 a marked increase in the use of the ac- 

 cessories which add so much to the sala- 

 bility of plants and cut flowers, but it 

 is a characteristic of human nature that 

 a large proportion of the buyers will put 

 off purchasing these necessities until the 

 eleventh hour approaches. The result is 

 that the supply establishments are now 

 hives of activity, the sight of which 

 would cause heartburn to a king of a 

 closed down copper industry. 



When M. Eice was in Europe last sum- 

 mer he knew he could count wifti cer- 

 tainty upon this late demand for sup- 

 plies and he arranged for fresh ship- 

 ments to arrive at this season and so 

 systematized the work that the large vol- 



Christmas **Kow Bells'* Shown by M. Rice & G>. 



a royal welcome after his appendicitis 

 experience of a month ago. 



John Young looks for a big Christmas. 



B. S. Slinn continues to make violets 

 his specialty. 



James Hart is busy every day with his 

 chain of hotels and their decoration. 



Perkins & Nelson are doing well in the 

 Coogan building. 



Gunther Bros, are enjoying their first 

 Christmas in their new store, on Twenty- 

 eighth street. Business has grown rap- 

 idly since their removal. 



Brooklyn. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, with their new fac- 



ume of business is handled without delay 

 and without great apparent effort. M. 

 Eice & Co. say this season is by far the 

 largest in their history and the visitor who 

 sees the great variety of up-to-date nov- 

 elties gathered from the four corners of 

 Europe in their modern building, will 

 see that they are taking good advantage 

 of the possibilities presented by the ever- 

 widening market for their line of mer- 

 chandise. While the stock is still com- 

 plete, one of their best sellers this sea- 

 son has been the bell shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration. Characteristic- 

 ally, they list it in their kat-a-log as a 

 kow bell. 



BALTIMORE. 



TheMaiket. 



Trade last week was fair, funeral work 

 being the most called for. As many cut 

 flowers were on the market, the trade 

 used a large quantity. Last Saturday 

 brought out many more and they sold 

 slowly. Eoses are abundant. Carnations 

 are arriving nicely. Paper White narcissi 

 are beginning to come in regularly 'and 

 sell slowly. Chrysanthemums are still 

 dragging on and the stock looks as 

 though their time was past. Christmas 

 is near at hand and the trade is looking 

 forward to making up the quantity of 

 goods we usually have calls for. 



Flower and G>rn Show* 



The tenth annual meeting and show of 

 the Maryland Horticultural Society, com- 

 bined with the Maryland Corn Breeders' 

 Association, was opened' at the Fifth 

 Eegiment Armory Tuesday, December 3, 

 and continued for three days, ending 

 with two separate banquets. The show 

 was one of the most successful yet held. 

 The exhibits were far greater than at 

 any previous show. There were visitors 

 from far and near. Quite a few out-of- 

 town florists were there. The Horticul- 

 tural Society had 1,500 exhibitors and 

 the Maryland Corn Breeders' Associa- 

 tion had 207 corn exhibitors. The ar- 

 mory has a floor space of 60,000 square 

 feet, which was transformed into a bit 

 of Arcadia. The city parks made a re- 

 markable showing of plants. Clifton 

 park had a solid bed of chrysanthemums 

 at the entrance of the large hall. Many 

 of the nurserymen made a fine showing 

 of their nursery stock. The private gar- 

 deners also made a demonstration of 

 their skill with beautiful roses, extra 

 fine mums and various kinds of pot 

 plants. 



The commercial growers had wagon- 

 loads of plants and cut flowers. John 

 Cook's new unnamed rose was highly ad- 

 mired. It was given a silver medal as 

 the best American seedling. F. H. Kra- 

 mer, Washington, had his new rose, 

 Queen Beatrice, on exhibition, and won 

 a silver medal and dipl6ma. On Thurs- 

 day evening an auction was held. The 

 cut flowers, some plants and fruits were 

 sold. 



C. L. Seybold, Baltimore, was elected 

 president of the society. E. Vimcent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md., was elected county 

 vice-president. 



Among the trade exhibitors were: 

 Lord & Burnham, New York, greenhouse 

 supplies; Thomson Chemical Co., insecti- 

 cides; Griffith & Turner Co., spray 

 pumps and florists' supplies. J. Bol- 

 giano & Son offered a loving cup for the 

 best ten ears of corn and it was won 

 by N. 0. Collier, Easton, Md. They also 

 had an exhibit of bulbs and florists' sup- 

 plies. Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., florists' supplies and bulbs; Henry 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa., a collec- 

 tion of plants and new ferns; Heren- 

 deen Mfg.* Co., several Furman boilers; 

 I. H. Moss, nursery stock and cut 

 flowers; Henry Fischer, collection of 

 ferns, the new begonia, Fireball, and 

 mums; Franklin Davis Nursery Co., nur- 

 sery stock; Harrison Nurseries, Berlin, 

 Md., nursery stock; E. Vincent, Jr., & 

 Sons Co., White Marsh, Md., collection 

 of dahlia roots, cannas, madeira vine 

 roots, caladium bulbs and a monster 

 root of Ipomoea Horsfalliae; George Mor- 

 rison, Uplands, collection of plants and 

 ■ cut flowers; A. J. Towney, foliag* 



