May 28, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



21 



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LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER FOR 



DECORATION DAY 



We are in extra heavy crop through our whole place 



Roses, Carnations, Valley, Greens 



.. Erom 1,580,000 feet of modern glass 



DECORATION DAY PRICE LIST 



and 

 other stock 



RKD Per doz. 



American Beauty, Ions stems $4.00 



80'incli stems 8.00 



24-lnoh stems 2.50 



20-inoh stems 2.00 



15-lnoli stems. .w 1.50 



12>lnoh stems 1.25 



Short stems 75o to 1.00 



. . Per 100 



Richmond, Liberty $4 00 to $8.00 



WHITK-Bride, Ivory 4.00 to 8.00 



Per 100 



TKIXOW- Perle $4.00 to $8.00 



UOHT FINK -Uncle John, Golden Gate.. 4.00 to 8.00 



PINK — Mme. Chatenay 4.00 to 8.00 



Bridesmaid.... 4.00 to 8.00 



Mrs. Marshall neld, Killamey.... 8.00 to 10.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



Carnations 4.00 



■aster Ulles, Callas 8.00 to It.OO 



VaUey, fancy 8.00 to 4.00 



Extra Fancy Asp. Plumosus, per bunch.. .50 to .75 



PETER REINBERG 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



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ests &nd makes 55 West Twenty-sixth 

 street his Headquarters as usual. 



The death of William Scott came as a 

 shock to many, though not unexpected. 

 No man was more generally loved and 

 esteemed among the horticulturists of 

 this community. To many he was a 

 personal friend. One of his oldest asso- 

 ciates was John Birnie, who was a 

 friend of nearly half a century. No 

 one will be more regretfully missed at 

 the August convention. 



At the wedding of Samuel Jacobs 

 last week, a brother of Abraham, of 

 J. K. Allen's staff, and Benjamin, of 

 George Saltford's, George J. Allen and 

 wife were among the guests, and as 

 is usual at the weddings of florists the 

 decorations were elaborate. 



If rumor speaks truly, there are a 

 couple of old bachelors on Twenty-eighth 

 street, among the wholesale florists, who 

 will take advantage of the June mes- 

 meric influence and join the great ma- 

 jority. It is high time in both cases. 



There is a plan on foot to close all 

 the wholesale stores at noon during July 

 and August. 



The auctions still draw crowded 

 houses, all of them, and the only prob- 

 lem seems to be to get enough stock 

 to offer. There is apparently a scarcity 

 of good bedding stock and the demand 

 has far exceeded all other seasons. 

 Fruit trees, vines, small fruits, every- 

 thing for the garden has sold well. 

 Often the prices secured have been much 

 in advance of regular wholesale quota- 

 tions, thanks to the ambitious subur- 

 banite. 



The Johnson Heating Co. is putting in 

 two of its boilers at John N. May's, 

 Summit, N. Y. The company has just 



finished changing the system from water 

 to steam at A. J. Guttman's plant at 

 Summit and at Eassbach & Son 's, Bloom- 

 field, N. J. 



Bowling. 



New blood has been infused into the 

 club and the average is rising. The tide 

 is rather late, however, to reach high 

 water mark of 155 before the contest 

 for the Traendly transportation closes, 

 so the president will not suffer a heavy 

 draft on his resources for sporting pur- 

 poses. The weekly contest takes place 

 on Thumm's alleys, Broadway and 

 Thirty-first street, eveiy Friday evening. 

 All club members are invited to be pres- 

 ent. The first two games on the score 

 count in the convention contest. Fol- 

 lowing is the record made May 22: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th At. 



Lentz 156 177 132 190 153 ... 161 



Manda 150 150 159 121 123 161 144 



Marshall 149 149 148 160 138 113 141 



Traendly 148 120 134 



Berry 106 166 151 104 188 135 133 



Donaldson 112 124 128 127 159 144 132 



Shaw 106 138 142 134 146 124 131 



Matthews 133 106 122 91 ... ... 113 



Blrnle 125 80 102 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Boyd Putnam, leading man this season 

 for the Lillian Russell company, died 

 at the home of his brother-in-law, Ly- 

 man Craw, secretary of the Lord & 

 Burnham Co., at Irvington, N. Y., from 

 Bright 's disease. He was a son of Judge 

 Putnam, of Grand Eapids, Mich., and a 

 descendant of Gen. Israel Putnam of 

 revolutionary fame. 



Surrogate Ketcham handed down a de- 

 cision May 20 in the matter of the ac- 

 counting in the estate of James Weir, 

 Jr., the well-known Brooklyn florist, in 

 which he upholds the. action of. the ex- 



TO THE TRADE 



Less than four years ago I built two 

 small greenhouses, as a venture into the 

 florists' world. My twelve greenhouses, 

 located at my home in New Cumberland, 

 Pa., the two stores in Harrisburg, Pa., 

 one at 36 North Second St., the other at 

 1108 Market St., and the store at 159 

 Sopth St., Steelton, Pa., are proof to me 

 that the key to success is carefully look- 

 ing after the wants of one's patrons, by 

 giving both wholesaler and retailer only 

 the best that can be grown and never 

 allowing anyone to be dissatisfied. 



Having recently added seed depart- 

 ments to each or my stores, I am now 

 in shape to take care of my trade in the 

 most satisfactory manner and promise 

 to give the same careful attention to all 

 in the future as in the past. 



With thanks for x>a8t patronage, I am, 

 for pleasure and profit. 



Very truly yours, 

 JOHN A. KEPNER, 



P. 0. Box 3. 



Harrisburgf, Pa. 



^■jBcbtors, the widow, Margaret A. Weir, 

 ' and . James B. Weir, in their manage- 

 ment of the estate since the death of 

 the senior member of the firm. By the 

 terms of the will it was provided that 

 the son and only partner of the deceased 

 could, if he wished, purchase the business 

 foi:, a specified price. After Mr. Weir's 

 death the business was for a time car- 

 ried on by the surviving member under 

 the co-partnership agreement, and the 

 widow received certain profits. More re- 

 cently the surviving partner purchased 

 the interest of the deceased by an agree- 

 ment with all the parties in interest. , 



