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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



August 13, 1908. 



Annual August Sale of Wire Work 



Write us about Special Prices for tiiis montli 



KENNICOn BROS. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



48-50 Wabash Ave. L.D.Phone, antral 466. CHICSGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Headquarters forJ.ilium Harrisii 



Just reoelved In extra fine condition, MICHELX.'8 Special Brand T.iHnm Harrlsll 



By special brand, we mean lilies that have been grown, harvested and packed especially for 

 us. They are the cream of the Bermuda Lily crop, being a selection of the most uniform bulbs, 

 gathered in districts where the smallest amount (if any) of disease exists. Every year the 

 florists are making greater demands for this particular strain and we advise all to order early. 



5-7, 400 in a case $4.60 per 100; $42.50 per lOOO 



6-7, 850 in a case 6.00 per 100; 55.00 per 1000 



7-9, 200inacase 9.25 per 100; 87.50 per 1000 



Reg^ar Brand Lilium Harrisii, 1st Quality 



5-7, 400 in acaae $4.25 per 100; $41.00 per 1000 



7-9, 200 in a case 9.00perl00; 85.00 per 1000 



Immediate ordering is advisable, as the stock of Michell's Special Brand is limited. (Seven 

 to nine size especially is very scarce.) 



K9-W wbolesale catalosue is now^ ready- -shall ^^e send you a copy ? 



HENRY F. MICHEL CO., a^^^HI"^:,. Phlladilphia, Pa, 



DIRECT BUUB IMPORTKR8 



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NEVYORK. 



The Market 



The cut flower market keeps ou the 

 even tenor of its way, as placid as a 

 summer sea. Stagnation rules, and the 

 tide has not set in, but the change for 

 the better is close at hand, and soon the 

 thrill of growing confidence and pros- 

 perity will usher in the strenuous season. 

 Immense quantities of asters and gladi- 

 oli literally flood the market. These, 

 with the Hydrangea paniculata and the 

 lilies, comprise ninety per cent of the ar- 

 rivals. Roses lack stem and quality. 

 Few good ones are found in the ship- 

 ments, and the lower grades are hardly 

 salable at any price. Before we retujn 

 from the convention the outlook will be 

 more cheering and the growers will take 

 heart. Few carnations wortky of the 

 name are received. The water lily sup- 

 ply is undiminished. The greatest in- 

 spiration now is the future and the gen- 

 eral faith in the revival of business and 

 an era of universal prosperity. 



Various Notes. 



Everybody is talking convention. Already 

 over 100 acceptances of the New York 

 Florists' Club's invitation have reached 

 Secretary Young. If you are going, and 

 have not sent in your name, phone or 

 telegraph John Young without fail on 

 Saturday and be at the D., L. & W. depot, 

 Barclay street, before 10 a. m., Monday. 

 Do not miss the special train. It will 

 hold the largest crowd that has ever at- 

 tended a florists' convention from New 

 York. A few will leave Saturday, some 

 by boat to Albany, but ninety-five per 

 cent will join the crowd on the special 

 train and participate iu the festivities 

 of the ■ happy gathering. President 

 Traendly was busy August 10 signing 

 life membership certificates, thirty-three 

 new members for the last week being the 

 fruit of his efforts. He prophesies the 

 biggest crowd of New Yorkers ever seen 

 at a convention. He also advises all to 

 locate at the International and Cataract 

 hotels, the manager of which has given 

 personal assurance of the best care and 

 comfort for all members of the S. A. F. 

 William Dilger, assistant commissioner 

 of parks at Detroit, has been appointed 

 sergeant-at-arms by the president, so that 

 perfect order and harmony are assured. 



James McManus, with Mrs. McManus 

 and child, will visit the convention via 

 the river to Albany. A great many New 

 Yorkers announce their coming in double 

 harness. 



D. J. Mackintosh, the retail florist, 



has again distinguished himself. On 

 Sunday, at Long Branch, he rescued four 

 people from drowning. The city papers 

 give him great credit for strength and 

 bravery. He has been doing this every 

 year for a long time, and is known as 

 the life-saving florist. 



James Hart, the veteran, has moved to 

 111 West Thirtieth street, close to his 

 old store of thirty-five years ago. 



Alex. J. Guttman celebrates his thirty- 

 first birthday Saturday, August 15. 



A combination of growers, retailers 

 and supply men has been formed in 

 Brooklyn. The experiment will be watch- 

 ed with widespread interest. 



Alexander McConnell has been in poor 

 health for some time, and at present is 

 confined to his room with neuritis. 



Some idea of the enormous fern ship- 

 ments from New York and vicinity may 

 be gathered from the fact that one house, 

 McHutchison & Co., forwarded to their 

 customers over 2,000 flats in the month 

 of July. Their special packing depart- 

 ment closed this month, and on Friday 

 of this week Mr. Knickman left for 

 Europe via Steamship Blucher. Orlando 

 Harrison, of Berlin, Md., ex-p^sident of 

 the American Association of (J^rserymen, 

 was also a passenger. X^ 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 

 James McManus in the loss of his mother. 

 The funeral services took place Wednes- 

 day, August 5, and many beautiful floral 

 tributes attested the regret of his friends 

 in his bereavement. 



Harry Bunyard returned August 7 

 from a successful western trip, and is 

 preparing for a large exhibit of the 

 firm's specialties at the convention. 



Wertheimber & Co. have a novelty in 

 papier-mache work that will appeal to 



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Israel Rosnosky 



Will represent 



H. F. MICHELL CO. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



At the 



Florists' Convention 



florists and which they will put on the 

 market this fall in all sizes, forms and 

 designs for holding flowers, plants and 

 for window decorative purposes. 



Mr. Walter, of the Stumpp & Walter 

 Co., is enjoying a holiday with his 

 family on the Maine coast, where he has 

 a summer home. Mr. Stumpp and wife 

 will be at the convention, going by way 

 of the Hudson river and returning via the 

 St. Lawrence, Quebec, Montreal and Bos- 

 ton. 



Ambrose Cleary, of Cleary's Horticul- 

 tural Co., is now in Europe and ar- 

 ranging for large importations of nurs- 

 ery stock for the fall auctions, which 

 will begin early in September. He will 

 visit France, Germany, Holland, England 

 and Ireland while away. John P. Cleary, 

 of the Fruit Auction Co., who expected 

 to take the ocean voyage over a month 

 ago, is still in the city. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, is 

 busily engaged removing several of his 



