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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 4, 1908. 



The National Floral Ribbon House 



Ib a diBtinction we have attained by serving your interests best. Being an EXCLUSIVE RIBBON AND CHIFFON 



HOUSE, THERE ARE NO OTHER LINES TO DIVERT OUR ATTENTION. 



We cannot and will not be undersold; prices as low as 

 the lowest. • 



Our thorough mail order department, with competent order clerks, insures prompt 

 and efficient service. 



A CARD WILL BRING OUR CATALOGUE 



WERTHEINER BROS. 



We caation the trade to look for the 



above cut of batileship. our rtgis'ered 

 trademark, when purchasing: ribbons 

 labeled "CONQUEROR." 



550 Broadway 



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NEW YORK CITY 



Mention The Review when you write. 



its appreciation and thanks to the vari- 

 ous growers, wholesalers and retailers tor 

 their liberal donation of choice and fresh 

 cut flowers contributed to the floral booth 

 at the Charity Carnival, held May 16, 

 1908. Otto G. Koenig, Sec'y. 



NEVYOBK. 



The Market 



Decoration day, which promised such 

 excellent business, was turned into a 

 disappointment by the flood, over two 

 inches of rain falling in the afternoon. 

 The loss to the business must have reach- 

 ed into the thousands of dollars, for the 

 retailers had not sold any considerable 

 part of the immense purchases made Fri- 

 day and early Saturday in anticipation 

 of what promised to be an extraordinary 

 demand. Sunday brought perfect weath- 

 er, but the necessity for flowers had 

 largely passed. 



The wholesale market was never in 

 such shape to meet any prospective or 

 possible demand. Shipments the last of 

 the week were enormous and prices real- 

 ized were better than through the de- 

 pressed conditions the early part of the 

 week. But Monday of this week saw a 

 return to the heavy shipments of all 

 varieties of cut flowers, and even the 

 June weddings had not begun to make 

 their influence felt, though their num- 

 ber must have some effect as the month 

 progresses. 



Beauties are coming in by thousands 

 to all the leading wholesalers and few 

 go above $10 per hundred. To obtain 

 any large selection of the best is no 

 easy task, out of a complete shipment 

 ten per cent of the total being a high 

 average. This applies to all roses now 

 arriving, boxes of all grades being se- 

 cured by the buyers far below the quoted 

 prices. 



Orchids are abundant and prices last 

 we«k were far from satisfactory. The 

 weddings and out-of-town demand should 

 raise them during the coming weeks. 

 The variety and quality are quite equal 

 to any this season. 



Great stocks of peonies are here, many 

 of them imperfect. For the best, es- 

 pecially the red ones, there is a wide 

 call and prices hold at $1 a dozen. The 



large white and pink varieties go readily 

 at these figures, and sometimes higher. 

 Many will be used in church decorations. 

 Lilies and valley have not advanced. A 

 good demand for wild smilax is evident. 

 Carnations still come in floods, 10,000 

 to 20,000** daily at some of the larger 

 wholesale stores in a single shipment. 

 Imagine the quantity when all the car- 

 nation growers in and around New York 



We will not need any more adver- 

 tising in 



this year. Your paper has proved 

 very beneficial to us this season 

 through our advertisements. 



J. B. SHURTLEFF & SON. 

 Reverct Mass. 

 May 30, 1908. 



have completed their cutting for the 

 day. 



The week opens with hot, cloudy weath- 

 er and excessive humidity. The market 

 lacks life. There seems to be an abun- 

 dance of everything. 



Ladies' Nieht. 



Ladies' night, last "Wednesday, May 

 27, at the rooms of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club, was a great success. The 

 result was largely due to the splendid 

 energy and management of Chairman 

 "Will Bickards, who has proved himself 

 a worthy successor to the veteran, John 

 R!. Nugent. His corps of lieutenants did 

 valiant service and are all ladies' men 

 of past or present reputation: Messrs. 



Fenrich, Duggan, Joseph Manda and 

 Bobby Schultz. There were nearly 200 

 guests and members present, and the 

 beautiful rooms of the club never" held 

 a better pleased or more charming gath- 

 ering. 



Mazetti catered satisfactorily and 

 everybody was delighted, notwithstanding 

 the hottest night of the year. The 

 program was worthy of the occasion and 

 showed the master hand of theatrical 

 management, at which Mr. Bickards is 

 no spring chicken. The artists were 

 all commendable, the entertainment 

 unique and interesting. President "Weath- 

 ered made the speech of welcome; so- 

 prano solos by Miss Brown, tenor solos 

 by Mr. Mullen, violin solos by Mr. Kre- 

 shover, imitations of Harry Louder by 

 Master Eobert Young, singing by Baby 

 Eleanor, fancy dancing by Baby Lan- 

 ning, bagpipe music by Sergeant 

 Cameron and dancing by Bobert Young 

 and the Misses Cameron, Sorlie and Bir- 

 nie made up a program of rare excel- 

 lence that kept the big crowd intact until 

 nearly midnight. 



In many respects it was the most en- 

 joyable evening the club has ever fur- 

 nished its friends, and a fitting precursor 

 of the club's outing July 1. 



Harry Bunyard, just home from his 

 southern outing, carried Baby Lanning 

 on his shoulders around the hall to the 

 plaudits of her enthusiastic admirers. 



Next Week's Program. 



Next week is full of horticulture. 

 Monday evening, June 8, the New York 

 Florists' Club's summer meeting, and 

 the last before September, takes place 

 at the Grand Opera House building. A 

 peony exhibit is expected and the outing 

 program will be distributed. The hour of 

 meeting is 7:30. 



On "Wednesday, June 10, the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society will have 

 its annual meeting and exhibition at 

 Glen Cove, L. I. 



On the same day and Thursday, June 

 10 and 11, the American Eose Society 

 and the Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold their joint exhibition at 

 Bronx park and, although the days chosen 

 will not draw the general public, a large 

 attendance of horticulturists is antici- 

 pated. 



On the same dates several of the nur- 



