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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Max 20, 1909. 



KOR MAY WEDDINGS we offer extra select Lily of the Valley, Bride, Kdlamey, 

 ^ American Beauties and Bridesmaid Roses, and of course a full line of all seasonable 

 Cut Flowers and Greens. Try us. We have the stock and can take care of all orders. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The best-equipped Wholesale House in the West 



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MANHATTAN FLOWER MARKET 



....WHOLESALE FLORISTS.... 



Telephone 1016 Madison Square, 



46 West 28tii Street, NEW YORK 



We desire shipments of large quantity of all kinds of choice flowers to supply our trade. We have a very large store and well equipped 



for handling goods to advantage and accommodating our customers, and location and facilities are unsurpaBsed. Would be pleased to have 



you call and see us and would respectfully request a share of your patronage. We will conscientiously endeavor to please all with whom we 



have dealings and to do business in a businesslike manner. Reliability and responsibility flrt't-claes, and best of bank and business references. 



We need all kinds of flowers— Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Narcissi, Gardenias, Orchids, Beauties, summer stutT, etc. Prices, 



highest obtainable. Cash settlements. Try us. _ .. ,, «.»»-,» ™.-.. * » «Tnnr>B uAnn-B.* 



Tours respectfully, MANHATTAN FLOWKR MARKKT. 



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Galax Leaves B. Magooha Leaves 



WHEREVER FLORISTS* SUPPLIES ARE SOLD, OR FROM 



Green and Brown 

 $1.75 per Basket of 

 1000 Leaves. 



Geller Florist Supply Co., we.t' 



10-118- 

 S6th Street, 



New York City 



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steam and fully as satisfactory. In fact, 

 several grovFers with large places, who 

 have steam plants in successful opera- 

 tion, are this season tearing them out 

 and replacing them with circulating hot 

 water systems. Phil. 



The receiver of J. Stern & Co. has ap- 

 praised the stock at $824 and has re- 

 ceived an offer of $650 for it, which he 

 recommends be accepted. 



NEVYORK. 



TheMa^et 



The Xow York cut flower market is 

 sick and needs a physician; down and 

 out, one of the violet experts expresses 

 it, and he is not talking about violets. 

 There is not a branch of the cut flower 

 section that does not suffer. Roses are 

 iin overflow, and one can buy them in 

 thousand lots for $10, not No. 2, but as 

 they run in the boxes. Beauties are not 

 much better off; $6 per hundred was 

 buying the best of them Saturday, May 

 lo. Even the streets were crowded with 

 them. This condition cannot last. The 

 crop must lessen and, though the week 

 opens discouragingly, it should improve 

 ana values rise as Memorial day ap- 

 proaches. Great hopes are entertained 

 for a record-breaking Decoration week, 

 and the plantsmen are making large 

 preparations for the anticipated demand. 

 The decrease in the supply of roses by 

 that time, and carnations also, will surely 

 bring up prices to a better average 

 again. 



Carnations last week, the best of them, 

 sold at times as low as $10 per thousand. 

 The extremely hot spell put them to sleep 

 rapidly, and the inferior stock could not 



be moved at any price. Some whole- 

 salers with accurate memories say last 

 year was just as bad, and take this slump 

 philosophically. 



Lilac seems to dominate the market. 

 It is everywhere in enormous quantity, 

 and the price of it is now unmention- 

 able. Sweet peas are abundant, and even 

 orchids have joined the procession, with 

 gardenias. As to bulbous stock, its name 

 is legion. Peonies are splendid now in 

 quality, and already the market grows 

 top-heavy with the shipments. 



The promise of many June wedding 

 bookings is the one bright spot. Every 

 bon ton retailer has his quiver full of 

 them. The weather is cooler as the week 

 opens. Last week was marked by mid- 

 summer temperature, that helped to wilt 

 the business and emphasize its demorali- 

 zation. Definite quotations on anything 

 are impossible. Even with local condi- 

 tions appalling, growers and dispensers 

 from other cities seem to think New 

 York is the receiving end for any local 

 surplus, and you can imagine the difficul- 

 ties of proper digestion. It is a great 

 mistake to overfeed a patient, and the 

 New York market is sick and sore and 

 needs to be left alone. 



The retail windows are filled with dog' 

 wood, apple blossoms and flowering 

 shrubs from the country gardens. The 

 effects are charming, and all the tokens 

 of spring are here, including a Coney 

 opening Sunday, May 16, of a quarter 

 million people. All the big resorts are 

 devoting greater space and money to 

 floral decorations, fancy bedding and bay 

 and box tree embellishments. The parks, 

 too, are now in their best spring garb, 

 and great crowds are enjoying the unique 

 displays. 



Various Notes. . 



The Florists' Club's annual outing, 

 July 1, is likely to draw a larger crowd 

 than usual; the committee says 500. 

 Harry Bunyard, the chairman, desires 

 every member of the club to send hi» 

 photo immediately, so none will be 

 omitted, over 100 having been received 

 already. Liberal amounts for prizes And 

 advertising have been sent in, and the 

 souvenir will be a surprise. At the great 

 banquet of the Canadian Club, Friday, 

 May 14, President Turner and Chairman 

 Bunyard loyally demonstrated their love 

 for the mother country, with 600 other 

 Englishmen and Canadians. 



Friday evenings will be devoted to 

 bowling hereafter, instead of Monday, 

 by the Florists' Bowling Club, and all 

 intending to attend the Cincinnati con- 

 vention are requested to be on hand and 

 practice regularly hereafter. It is hoped 

 there will be a special Pullman full of 

 New Yorkers at the August reunion. 



The nurserymen 's convention at Roch- 

 ester, June 9. will attract a goodly dele- 

 gation from New York and vicinity. A 

 most attractive program is promised, and 

 if coming events cast their shadows, the 

 S. A. F. will have an illustration of how 

 well the flower city is prepared to enter- 

 tain the conventionists in 1910, should 

 the decision to accept the city's invita- 

 tion be favorable. 



A big shipment of bay trees and palms- 

 arrived Saturday, May 15, for the Fruit 

 Auction Co>, and John P. Cleary will cry 

 his wares every morning of the week ex- 

 cept Mondays. 



The project looking to a permanent 

 cut flower and plant building in the 

 wholesale district is awaking more than 

 a passing notice. ' The committee ap- 



