

20 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBKB 22, 1908. 



ORDER OF US 



YOUR INTERESTS ARE OUR INTERESTS 



We have been supplying the trade with Cut Flowers for 



30 YEARS 



and in all that time we have never found any advertisement that 

 was a better advertisement than a satisfied customer. 



Absolutely everything you can get anywhere, 



including appreciation of your patronage. 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



■atebUabed 1878 



Iionc Distance Phone Central 1781 



Current Prices 



BBAUTIBS Per doi. 



80to86-lnch $8.00 



24to80-lnch..... $2.00 to 250 



18to20-Inch 1.50to 2.00 



8tol2-iDcb 76 to 1.00 



StaortB .60 



BOSBS (Tea.) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 14.00 to $ 7.00 



KicbmoDd 8.00 to 6.00 



Obatenay 5.00to 6.00 



KiUaroey 4.00to 6.00 



Perle 8.00to 5.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



OARNATIONS.common 1.60 



** medium 2.00 



" fancy S.OOto 4.00 



MUMS, 



common S.OOto 10.00 



select 12.00to 15.00 



fancy 20.00to 26.C0 



MISCBI^I^ANBOUS 



Harrisii LiUes 16.00 



Sweet Peas 1.00 



VaUey S.OOto 4.00 



Violets 60to .76 



ORBKNS 



Smllaz Stringrs perdoi., 1.50to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings eacb, .60 



Asparagus Buncnes " .86 to .60 



Sprengeri Bunches " .26 to .86 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 1.60 



Adiantum per 100, .76to 1.00 



Gaiaz, Green " 1.00 



" Bronze " 1.00 



Wild Smilax....$3.00, $4 00 and S5.00 per case 

 SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The ReviCAy when yea write. 



are more white mums on the market 

 than any other color. Carnationa are 

 now fairly plentiful. They are of good 

 quality and getting better every day. 

 Violets are still scarce and are not yet 

 of midwinter quality. 



Various Notes. 



The society event of the week was the 

 kermess. The participants were pre- 

 sented with many flowers and this helped 

 the retailer somewhat. 



E. S. Mahan has been on the sick list. 



Several of the florists expect to at- 

 tend the national show at Chicago. 



E. S. K. 



NEVYORK. 



The Market 



A week ago we were talking frost and 

 preparing for winter. Before the week 

 was over we were sweltering in a tem- 

 perature of 80 degrees and Sunday was 

 nearly 10 degrees hotter, and the warm- 

 est October 17 ever known in New York. 

 This week opens about the same. 



The intense heat has ripened every- 

 thing abnormally and rushed the crop of 

 roses and mums upon an already over- 

 crowded market. Of these, carnations, 

 violets and orchids there are more than 

 enough and prices are down on rock 

 bottom again. Beauties, the very best 

 of them, have sold as low as at $10 a 

 hundred. That tells the story. The 

 Beauty is the pulse of the market. When 

 that beats low the whole structure bare- 

 ly evinces life. The prices of mums 

 are not much, if any, more than half 

 those of a year ago. 



Many varieties of orchids are here and 

 prices are barely steady. There are not 

 enough October weddings. One firm in 

 Rutherford cuts 500 cattleyas daily. 

 Imagine the number that now reach 

 l^eyv York! Enough to take care of all 

 the cities and the brides from the Hud- 

 son to the Pacific. 



Violets begin to look natural in color 

 and size and there seems to be no fear 

 of any scarcity. I saw the best of them 

 going at 35 cents i hundred Saturday, 

 and this is not the only market now, it 

 seems, for the Rhinebeck product. Thou- 

 sands are shipped daily to Buffalo, Cleve- 



Auction Sales 



TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT II A. M. SHARP 



Oar Sales Tbls Tall Will Include The 



Largest Importation of Bulbs 



Yet offered in New York at auction. Fine grade stock of best varieties of 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, Lilies, etc. 



SPECIMEN BOXWOOD, from Northern Holland, personally selected, 

 will be offered soon. CALIFORNIA PRIVET at low prices. 



FERNS and PALMS and NURSERY STOCK, from expert local 



growers, NOW ON SALE. 



Also as the season progresses, we will offer exceptionally •fine plants of the 



Koster Bine Spruce, Retinospora, Thuya and 



other choice evergreens. 



HARDY ROSES, on which advance orders are suggested, owing to the 



limited supply available. 



H^^ATTRACTIVE PRICES QUOTED ON REQUEST^^B 



Auction Circulars and a Special Wholesale Catalogue mailed on application. 



GLEARY'S HORTICULTURAL COMPANY, 62 Visey St., New York 



Mention The Review wnen you write. 



land, Detroit and Chicago, but the price 

 does not advance. 



Various Notes. 



J. F. Sullivan, of Detroit, is in the 

 city, stocking up for winter decorations. 



John Scott, of Flatbush, is able to at- 

 tend to his business again, after a tussel 

 with typhoid fever. His good, sturdy 

 Scotch constitution won out against a 

 subtle foe. 



The first big mum show of the sea- 

 son comes October 29 and 30, at Madi- 

 son, N. J. 



In Brooklyn the outlook is encourag- 

 ing. "Wilson says h6 has fifteen wed- 

 dings booked for this month. The whole- 

 salers seem cheerful and complain of 

 cramped quarters. 



W. H. Kuebler has added a supply de- 

 partment to his business. Bonnet & 

 Blake are also increasing their capacity 

 and Manager Crawbuck, of the Greater 



New York Florist Association, says 

 everything looks rosy for the future. 



Harry Crawbuck is storing large quan- 

 tities of galax, and ferns and wild 

 smilax are arriving daily. Brooklyn was 

 the first large city to use wild sniilax in 

 ' decorations. 



If you are going to the National 

 Flower Show in Chicago, send your name 

 now to Secretary Young, of the New 

 York Florists* Club, and have your 

 Pullman booked in good time. There 

 will be a merry party from New York. 



Cleary's Horticultural Co. reports an 

 excellent auction season. Bulbs sell well 

 and so do most lines of plant?. 



The New York Wholesale Florists' 

 Association held its regular meeting last 

 week at Traendly & Schenck's office. 

 Great success has crowned the efforts 

 of the association. 



Bobbink & Atkins are receiving their 

 importation of 20,000 azaleas. All the 



