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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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PEONIES 



150,000 Cut Blooms 

 May 15 to July 1 



Large White, $8.00 per 100. Medium White and Pink, $4.00 per 100 



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Trade Conditioas. 



Trade has been about normal for this 

 season of the year. There has been about 

 the usual amount of funeral work, while 

 the social functions incidental to the 



J'unior festivities at Brown University 

 lave created a good demand for cut flow- 

 ers. All the florists and gardeners are 

 busy now with outdoor work, either for 

 themselves or for private places, while 

 bedding stock is plentiful and brings fair 

 prices. A cold, drizzling rain of several 

 days' duration somewhat checked the 

 sale of bedding stock the latter part of 

 the week. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island was held at its rooms, 98 West- 

 minster street, Monday night, and was 

 one of the best attended in several 

 months. The club 's aggressive discus- 

 sions over the trade abuses have created 

 a lively interest, and the members feel 

 that the club has taken a lease of life 

 that may make it an influence for the 

 benefit of the trade generally. 



President Charles Macnair was in the 

 chair. The subject of holding an outing 

 this season was introduced and discussed 

 at great length. Much enthusiasm was 

 manifested in the project, but nothing 

 definite was decided upon, and it was 

 made the topic for discussion at the next 

 monthly meeting. 



Varioua Notes. 



The will of Walter S. Hogg was proved 

 in the Municipal Court last week. 



Alexander Macrae was elected marshal 

 of Eoger Williams Lodge, A. F. and A. 

 M., at its annual meeting May 22. 



Willis S. Pino has purchased a lot, 

 with the buildings thereon, at the corner 

 of Melrose and Ontario streets, of George 

 L. Miner. 



Robert Louis Van Meter, 831 Westmin- 

 ster street, has been granted a license 

 for marriage with Lena Mathilda Bache. 



F. E. Saunders, 354 Elmwood avenue, 

 is conducting a special sale of dahlia 

 roots. 



P. Welch, of Welch Bros., and William 

 J. Stewart, of Boston, were in the city 

 May 21. 



The city of Pawtucket has passed a 



Good Ribbons 



For June Weddings and 

 all Decorations 



Conqeror Taffeta, Cyclone Taffeta, Monarch 

 Satin Taffeta, Climax Satin Taffeta. 



Rich toned brilliant lusters, big line of colorB and 

 widths. Samples free. Also Chiffons. 

 Direct from mill to florist. 



Uljj0 Pitt? ^xtt ^ik MxilB ai0tt^ans 



Mention The Review when you write. 



resolution appropriating $500 for tree 

 preservation, to be expended under the 

 direction of the commissioner of public 

 works. 



James Cottier, recently from Winchen- 

 don, Mass., is now with C. H. Hunt, hav- 

 ing succeeded Charles Lewis in charge of 

 the greenhouses. Mr. Lewis has gone to 

 New York state. 



N. D. Pierce, of the Home Nurseries, 

 Norwood, is bringing in thousands of 

 pots of bedded stock. 



The "Prom" ball at Brown Univer- 

 sity, May 21, furnished plenty of corsage 

 bouquet trade for the retailers. Sweet 

 peas in light colors predominated. 



The florists of Newport had an unusu- 

 ally big demand for carnations May 23, 

 it being Mothers' day there. 



At the County Horticultural Society's 

 show at Worcester last week, George Mc- 

 Williams, gardener for G. Marston 

 Whitin, and William McAllister, for Mrs. 

 John C. Whitin, of Whitinsville, were 

 the recipients of awards on pansies and 

 orchids, respectively. W. H. M. 



James P. King, of this city, has taste- 

 fully laid out the grounds in front of the 

 headquarters of the Pocasset Social Club, 

 at Thornton. 



NEVYORK. 



The Market. 



This week opens with splendid sunny, 

 spring weather, after one of the most 

 unseasonable and discouraging weeks on 

 record. Cold rains and a market flooded 

 with every variety of cut flowers, for 

 which there was comparatively little de- 

 mand, added to the general gloom. No 

 two weeks of any May can compare in 

 pessimism and low values with the two 

 of unhappy memory just departed. May 

 we never look upon their like again. But 

 all lanes have a turning, and we have 

 reached the parting of the ways. Decora- 

 tion day is in sight, and the skies are 

 brighter. Just as was anticipated, the 

 supply is shortening, and the average of 

 values must improve. The Memorial holi- 

 day will bring a great demand this year, 

 for its observance promises to be univer- 

 sal. The les3 said of last week's prices 

 the better. Buyers were masters of the 

 situation. Even the street merchants 

 were overloaded with Beauties, and of 

 other roses and carnations the slaughter 

 was pathetic. Even orchids fell to un- 

 reasonable figures, and apart from the 



