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Januasx 7, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



THE HOLIDAY RUSH 



Has cleared your ahelTes of many staple supplies; better look your stock over tonight and write 



us what yon need. 



BASKETS, in all the standard and many novel Porto Rican MATS, in all flower colors, 



styles. Natural prepared FOLIAGE and FERN FRONDS; 



. TONEWARE VASES, our specialty; our new everything in florists' supplies. 



IRON TONEWARE is immensely popular. Did you notice our special offer of 10% reduction 



CREPE PAPER, pleated and waterproof, is on WHEAT SHEAVES ? These sheaves are our 



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market. The prices for plants were all 

 reasonable. 



Variotss Notes. 



Schumacher & Kessler have dissolved 

 partnership, Mr. Kessler having formed 

 a partnership with his brother. Kessler 

 Bros, have leased the second floor at 50 

 West Twenty-eighth street, where they 

 will do a general cut fiower commission 

 business. 



Next Monday night, January 11, the 

 New York Florists' Club will hold its 

 first session of the year. President-elect 

 Hallock entertained the new and old 

 officials and a few others Wednesday 

 evening, January 6, at a dinner at 

 Bardusch's Castle Cave, where methods 

 were discussed, looking to the advance- 

 ment and best interests of the club dur- 

 ing 1909. 



A goodly number of New Yorkers will 

 attend the carnation society's convention 

 at Indianapolis. Secretary Young would 

 be glad to have those who intend to go 

 send in their names. It is possible spe- 

 cial rates may be secured if the number 

 is sufficient. 



At the poultry and cat show last week 



in Madison Square garden, one of the 

 successful prize winners was the Stumpp 

 & Walter Co. This firm has made a big 

 success of its poultry department. The 

 exhibition at the store continues. Mr. 

 Sperwin, of this house, has just returned 

 from a successful trip through the south. 

 Anton C. Zvolanek, of Bound Brook, 

 got the best of an encounter between 

 his buggy and an auto last week. Any- 

 one else would have been killed by the 

 collision. He escaped comparatively un- 

 hurt, after a trip through the air, but 

 the vehicle went the way of the one- 

 horse shay. 



It wsis ladies' night December 29 at 

 the Astoria Bowling Club. It was also 

 W. Siebrecht's birthday, and he gave an 

 elaborate dinner to the happy crowd. 

 Prizes for every one of the fair sex in 

 handsome vases and Japanese novelties 

 rewarded their efforts in the following 

 order: Mrs. Donaldson, first; Mrs. 

 Miesem, second; Mrs. Siebrecht, Sr., 

 third; Mrs. Siebrecht, Jr., fourth; Mrs. 

 Bleckwen, fifth; Mrs. Doerhoefer, sixth; 

 Mrs. Jacobs, seventh; Mrs. Lorenz, 

 eiglith. A special prize of lily of the 

 valley was won by Mrs. Donaldson and a 



handsome volume by Mrs. Siebrecht, Jr., 

 who also won a box of candy, and won 

 off the tie with Mrs. Miesem and Mrs. 

 Doerhoefer. The high score was 125 by 

 Mrs. Bleckwen. The men's prizes were 

 won by Alfred Bleckwen and Herman 

 Lorenz, and high scores were also made 

 by Messrs. Miesem, Siebrecht, Donaldson, 

 Kessler and Lorenz. 



W. E. Marshall is back from a suc- 

 cessful eastern trip. The addition to the 

 company's wholesale store on West 

 Twenty-third street is now complete and 

 the new front is attractive. 



The ribbon houses all report a phe- 

 nomenal Christmas. Sidney Wertheimer 

 has returned from his most successful 

 trip, and reports a growing demand for 

 the firm's chiffon novelties. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. report a good 

 demand for Japanese lily bulbs. This 

 firm is optimistic as to the 1909 outlook. 



The banquet season has begun. Every 

 week there will now be gatherings around 

 the festive board. The retail florists of 

 Brooklyn, the New York and New Jersey 

 Plant Growers' Association, the New 

 York Florists' Club, the societies at 

 Greenwich, Tarrytown, Madison, Glen 



