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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 6, 1908. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



OFFICE AND SSLESROON, 33-3S-37 RANDOLPH STREET 



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HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Fancy Carnations^Special Roses 



LONG BEAUTIES 



If you want the Best stock the market affords, you will order of us. Also strong on regular grades 

 of Roses, Easter Lilies, Freesias, Daffodils, Tulips, Fancy Valley, and all Oreen Qoods. 



AMERICAN BKAUTIES 



Extra select, long 



80-inch, select 



24-inch, select 



20-inch, select 



15 to 18-Inch, select 



12-incb, select 



Short stem 



$1.50 to 



ROSES 



Maid, Bride, 'select 



long 



" " medium 



" short 



Uncle John, select 



" " firsts 



" " medium 



Mrs. Potter Palmer, ex. select. 



select 



firsts 



medium... 



Our Extra Special 



Per doz. 



$6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 .76 



Per 100 



$10.00 



8.00 



6.00 



4.00 



10.00 



8.00 



6.00 



12.00 



10.00 



8.00 



6.00 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



8.00 to 



Chatenay, select 



firsts 



" medium 



Richmond, select, extra long.. 



select, long 



medium 8.00to 



" good short 4.00 to 



Killarney, select, extra long... 



long 



medium 8.00to 



" good short 



Sunrise, Perle, long 



Good short stem Roses, our sel. 



CARNATIONS 



Ex. f 'cy Ench'tr's,red & white 

 First quality, Lawson & white 



Split and ordinary 



Harrisii 



Per 100 



$10.00 

 8.00 



6.00 



15.00 



12.00 



10.00 



6.00 



15.00 



12.00 



10.00 



6.00 



6.00 



4.00 



3.00 



2.00 



1.50 



12.00 



Snapdragon, extra fancy pink 

 and white . 



Per 100 



$10.00 



Freesia, fancy long $3.00 to 



Tulips 



Jonquils 3.00 to 



Daffodils 



Valley 3.00 to 



Violets 



Mignonette, large spikes 



Adiantum 



Adiantum Croweanum, fancy.. 



Smilax 



Sprengeri, Plumosus Sprays ... 3.00 to 

 Plumosus Strings... each, $0.50 



Ferns per 1000, 2.00 



Galax, Green per 1000, 1.50 



Bronze ...per 1000. 1.50 



Leucothoe 



Boxwood 35c bunch; case, 50 lbs.. 



Wild Smilax per case. 



4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 .75 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 

 16.00 

 4.00 



1.00 

 7.50 

 5.00 



Grade of Roses 61iareed aooordlnsly. 



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Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



which to raise it, until it feels the thrill 

 and throb of the coming Easter. If you 

 put your ear to the ground you can hear 

 it now. The plantsmen are busy night 

 and day and they say it is all right. At 

 any rate, they are getting good and 

 ready. 



The Qub Banquet. 



The twenty-first annual dinner of the 

 New York Florists' Club on Saturday 

 evening, February 29, was a great suc- 

 cess in all respects, save that only forty- 

 eight sat down to dine and make merry. 

 With a membership of nearly 300, the 

 lack of interest by the majority is un- 

 accountable. Several of the club mem- 

 bers brought guests with them, one gen- 

 tleman, A. J. Guttman, having seven of 

 his friends and lieutenants there. Many 

 letters of regret, because of enforced 

 absence, were received by Chairman 

 Sheridan. P. O 'Mara, in his letter, asked 

 the privilege of proposing the toast to 

 the health of President Weathered, Ao 

 which that gentleman eloquently respond- 

 ed. He spoke of the club having reached 

 the manhood stage, its twenty-first year 

 of celebration, and of its glorious rec- 

 ord. Many a year the honor of acting 

 toastmaater had been his, but this was 

 the first time the double honor had rested 

 on his shoulders. Later in the evening 

 Mr. Weathered again orated on the hap- 

 py fulfillment of the great engineer- 

 ing feats that had made Long Island, 

 Jersey and New York one great horticul- 

 tural center, with a radius of fifty miles 

 of contributory territory that should 

 double the club's membership within a 

 year. He spoke hopefuUy of the club 

 home, the dream of all the years, which 

 he expected soon to be a reality. 



Vaudeville talent of a high order added 

 greatly to the evening's enjoyment, the 

 tenor solos of the artist being especi- 

 ally commendable. The club itself is 

 full of music and the choruses shook 

 the rafters of the St. Denis banquet hall, 

 the voices of Harry Bunyard, Al. Eick- 

 ards, Bobby Schultz, Bob Berry and 

 Messrs. Scott and Campbell, high above 

 them all. 



The first toast, "Our Night," was 

 immortaliEcd by Ex-President Totty, who 

 waxed eloquent upon the loss of those 

 who were not there, deplored the light 

 attendance and declared/thk club was 

 the premier horticultural organization of 

 the country. He spoke of the twenty 

 years that had made history and proph- 

 esied within another twenty years a thou- 

 sand members, closing with some of his 

 chaste and touching stories. Later in 

 the evening he had another opportunity 

 to grow enthusiastic and prophetic, when 

 E. M. Schultz, for the club, in warm and 

 glowing diction presented him with a 

 handsome diamond pin, as a token of the 

 esteem and appreciation of his fellow 

 members. Mr. Schultz referred to the 

 loyalty of Mr. Totty to the club's in- 

 terests and the warm place he had won 

 in the hearts of his brethren. Mr. 

 Totty told how proud he was of the 

 club and of his membership, and pledged 

 himself for all time to its advancement. 

 The gift was worthy of the club and 

 its recipient. 



To the toast "The Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists," President F. H. Traendly 

 responded. The address was a clear and 

 practical plea for the S. A. F., and its 

 increased membership. He advocated 

 life membership in the older society by 



the New York club's members and spoke 

 seriously of the responsibility and honor 

 of the high position that had been con- 

 ferred upon him. He lauded the grit 

 and enthusiasm of Chicago, which won 

 the big national flower show for that, 

 city, and urged the club's cooperation in 

 helping to make it a grand success. He 

 further urged his fellow members of the 

 New York Florists' Club to be up and 

 doing in behalf of the August conven- 

 tion, at Niagara Falls, to which a New 

 York delegation in a special train is 

 already assured. 



J. Austin Shaw responded for "The 

 Press," and E. V. Hallock, for "Our 

 Sister Societies." Mr. Hallock is al- 

 ways eloquent. He eulogized the splendid 

 dinner and declared that "when the 

 horticulturist is not horticulturing, he is 

 a jolly, good fellow." Sister societies 

 were everywhere, he declared, and of 

 every kind, and all had their uses and 

 their mission : rose, carnation, peony, etc., 

 but by means of an apt illustration he 

 demonstrated that the S. A. F. was the 

 leader of them all. He dwelt feelingly 

 upon the difficulties and tribulations of 

 the florist and joyously upon his triumphs 

 and accomplishments for humanity. 



After the silent toast to the memory 

 of those who, during the year, had 

 passed away, and a touching tribute to 

 their honorable records, by the president, 

 the company joined hands as the hands 

 of the clock pointed to Sunday morn- 

 ing, and sang again the inspiring strains 

 of Auld Lang Syne. 



Echoes of the Dinner* 



Chairman Sheridan and his dinner com- 

 mittee deserved the unanimous vote of 



