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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBBB 12, 1008. 



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NEVYORK. 



The Market 



Business was much improved at the 

 end of last week. Though prices held 

 barely steady, the cleaning-up at fair 

 figures was most encouraging. "With 

 the great evidences of prosperity ram- 

 pant in every commercial line, the thrill 

 of better times for the florists' busi- 

 ness cannot be long delayed. In fact, 

 it is already in evidence and the re- 

 newal of confidence and hope can be felt 

 by anyone visiting the wholesale district 

 and capable of seeing the signs of the 

 times. In the early morning market 

 Saturday the crowd was the largest and 

 most persistent since Decoration day. 

 Everything was abundant and prices 

 were called encouraging and satisfac- 

 tory. The first reduction in the chry- 

 santhemum flood is now observable and 

 still prices are far below the corre- 

 sponding weeks of 1907; $3 per dozen 

 buys the best of them. Few of the 

 prize varieties and sizes are shipped to 

 the general market. The few novelties 

 that are spared from the exhibitions 

 naturally bring fancy prices and land 

 directly in the best stores. The horse 

 show is on this week. Its influence 

 should be felt in the orchid section. 

 Society shows its marked preference for 

 this, and the gardenia. Prices should 

 show an immediate advance for all the 

 varieties of orchids now arriving, the 

 November weddings growing in numbers 

 daily. AH the best retailers are get- 

 ting a share of them. 



Eoses have also begun their upward 

 march. Killarney grows in popularity. 

 The White Killarney, especially, is in de- 

 mand, with inadequate supply. Ameri- 

 can Beauties touched 30 cents Saturday 

 and will march on to 50 cents, with 

 no recession in sight before Thanks- 

 giving. By the time the holiday ar- 

 rives the whole market will demonstrate 

 its life in the same way securities have 

 risen in the financial district, and flo- 

 rists cannot fail to find benefit in the 

 prosperity of the men who are really 

 the foundation of its growth and con- 

 tinuance, the men who make money rap- 

 idly in Wall street. 



PETER REIN BERG'S 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMXRICAN BKAUTIKS- Per doz. 



Lone:. $4.00 



24 to 30-Inch 3.00 



18 to 20-inch 2.00 



12tol5-lnch 1.60 



Short $0.75 to 1.00 



ROSES— Per 100 



BRXDK, IVORT, MAID..... $3.00 to $ 6.00 



UNCUB JOHN, PBRLK, CHATXNAT 8.00 to 6.00 



RICHMOND S.OOto 8.00 i 



KILLARNEY 4.00 to 12.00 



MRS. MARSHALL FIELD 4.00 to 12.00 



ROSES, our selection S.OO 



CARNATIONS 2.00 to 3.00 



VALLET 3.00to 4.00 



CHRTSANTHEMUMS. Small 6.00to 8.00 



Medium lO.OOto 12.50 



Fancy, per doz.,$2.00 to $3 00 



SBflLAZ 1.50 



LILIUM HARRISII 1.50to 2.00 



ASPARAGUS 8PRENGXRI per bunch, .50 



, ADIANTUM 76to 1.00 



FERNS per 1000, $1.50 



OALAX, Green " 1.25 



GALAX, Bronze " 1.50 



Thanks ■:! vine Prices out next Treek. Write for special prices if you can 

 use a quantity of stock for TIianksKlvlne. 



PETER REINBERG 



1,680,000 feet of Modern Glaas 



35 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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Carnations advance slowly, but their 

 day is coming. Stems are longer, qual- 

 ity better. Watch them join the pro- 

 cession. Everything else quoted in the 

 cut flower line holds well at present 

 rates, except the modest violet; 40 cents 

 was top, with rare exceptions, all last 

 week. Late on Saturday the demand 

 for once exceeded the supply, and as high 

 as 50 cents was demanded. This even 

 looks low when the quotations from other 

 cities are noted. In quality they are 

 not yet at their best. Last year 75 

 cents was the figure. With the bet- 

 ter times and brighter prospects, the 

 big football game and the influence of 

 two big flower shows in the meantime, 

 one violet expert prophesies they will 

 touch $1 again before the turkey is 

 king. Single violets are popular on 



Fifth avenue. Alex. McConnell carries 

 a larg^ stock of them and finds a ready 

 sale. 



The demand for wild smilax grows. 

 One of the houses on Twenty-ninth street 

 disposed of twenty cases Saturday. Fan- 

 cy ferns are this year the best ever 

 seen in the New York market. The fern 

 men on Twenty-eighth street have mil- 

 lions of them stored. 



Club Meeting. 



The club meeting November 9 brought 

 out a fair attendance. Chairman Sheri- 

 dan, of the nominating committee, re- 

 ported the following names for the vari- 

 ous oflBces of the club for the ensuing 

 year: For president, Charles Weathered 

 and E. V. Hallock; for vice-president, 

 W. W. Burnham and Harry Turner; for 



