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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Septejiber 24, 1908. 



"Nothing Succeeds Like Success!" 



The Greater New York 



Florist Association 



162 Livingston Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Qeo. W. Crawbuck, Mgr. 



Phone Nos., 3642, 3643 Main 



Opening date, September 

 U908! 



A success from the start I 



Our progress has been 



phenomenal, just 

 we expected. 



as 



i^^A New Departure ^W 



Founded on justice and square dealing for all and 



with all. Many of the best rose and carnation 



growers in the country are on our staff. The value of co*operation 'appeals to them, 



for there is nothing Hke bringing the grower and retailer togetlier* 



We expect to dispose of half a million dollars' worth of cut flowers before September, 1909. Returns 

 to our growers cannot fail to satisfy. Call and see for yourselves. A cordial invitation is extended to 

 all. Our WAITING LIST is already large, but business is improving so fast that we are already 

 calling upon it for additional supplies. We have an unlimited field in Brooklyn and vicinity for 

 first-class violets, as well as every other variety of cut flowers. Do not overlook, also, the fact that 



WE HAVE A FLORISTS' SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 



Mention The Review when you write 



New York; J. D. Thompson, Joliet, 111. 



Reported by Kroescliell Bros Co.: J. 

 L. Hilborn, Leamington, Ont. 



Reported by Geo. Wittbold Co.: Mr. 

 Dykes, with Jansen, New York. 



NEVYORK. 



The Market. 



All last week the effect of the forest 

 fires was evident in the Indian summer 

 atmosphere and business remained just 

 as hazy as the weather until Saturday, 

 when the first signs of returning life ap- 

 peared. The streets welcomed back the 

 surplus-sellers, and it looked quite like a 

 revival of old times to see the hawkers 

 with their roses and violets. Yes, it is 

 unfortunately true. Violets are on the 

 street again. True, there are already 

 some good violets arriving, but the sum 

 is not hard to add and it would have 

 been better for the violet and its growers 

 if not a flower had been sent to any 

 market until October. 



Summer is not yet over. The people 

 who are depended on to wake the busi- 

 ness up have not returned to the city. 

 The fall weddings of any size are held at 

 country mansions. There is nothing 

 doing to materially relieve the conges- 

 tions of the market, with no frost and 

 no rains of late. You can realize how 

 perfect the best aster and gladiolus ship- 

 ments coi^tinue and how large they are. 

 The best of them sell readily. Of the 

 bulk, however, the least said the better. 



Dahlias are here again in large num- 

 bers. I'he cactus and large varieties sell 

 well. For the smaller kinds there is ab- 

 solutely no market. Their season is so 



READY 



NOW 



CUT FLOWERS 



Per doz ^^^ ^^ 



^1. ,.. , ^ , „ m. ^ Camttlons, Kood stock, any color $2.00 



Chrysanthemums, fancy stock, yellow... W.OO common stock any color... 1.00 



good '■ " ... .SOO ■' short .50 



We are headquarters for Oarnation.bloonis in Cincinnati and solicit your regular orders 



for the season. Greens of all kinds. Sphasnum and Green Moss. Wire Work of 



all kinds for Florists' use. Weekly price list for all who want it. 



Conaignments Solicited. 



\AftiM tm I I D Dial V Wholesale Conomission riorlst, 



W IVI ■ IVIwr^fnT| 311 Main street, CINCINNATI. O. 



Day Phone, M-980. Night Phone, W-2785 L. Open Sunday. 8 to 11 a m. Week days. 7 a m. to 6 p.m. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



limited, it is unwise for growers to waste 

 time and money in producing anything 

 but the best. 



Carnations grow better every day and 

 the stems longer. Prices are low yet, but 

 will soon improve. Roses have had good 

 weather of late, plenty of sunshine, no 

 mildew, everything favorable for their 

 progress, and they have made good. 

 Better stock at this season is seldom 

 seen. Prices are unsatisfactory. The 

 man who can use large quantities gets 

 what he wants at his own price. Good 

 Beauties hold firm. Never a night the 

 Broadway florists fail to send to the 

 theatrical stars huge bunches and baskets 

 of Beauties. 



Orchids in variety are coming in and 

 going out encouragingly. Prices are 

 steady, with a good shipping demand for 

 weddings in other large cities. 



The stores are stocking up with palms 

 and ferns and it is not difficult to realize 

 that the ambition and expectancy of the 



retaileifiTiavc been, not dead, but sleep- 

 ing. Anotaer week or two will see the 

 tide returning and the dry land covered 

 again with verdure. 



Plant Growers' Outing. 



Nearly 100 members and friends were 

 present at the outing of the New York 

 and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers September 15, attendance being 

 by invifation. This was the second out- 

 ing of the society this year, and the best. 

 A perfect day and most complete ar- 

 rangements by a practical committee, 

 with A. L. Miller as chairman, did the 

 business. There was not a hitch of any 

 kind from the noon breakfast to the 6 

 o'clock clam bake, with the prize bowl- 

 ing, shooting and dancing thrown in for 

 good measure. 



The only accident Mas the smashing of 

 Paul Dailledouze's finger. He has a 

 baby on his hands now in earnest. Miss 

 Alills, of the Hinode Florist Co., selected 



