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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August J2, 1000. 



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At the Convention 

 See Our Mr. Lloyd Vaughan 



AT THE EXHIBITION HAIL 

 OR AT THE GIBSON HOUSE 



We want to talk over your Season's Needs 

 Personal Attention to every Order 



Vaughan & Sperry 



VISIT US IN OUR NEW DOUBLE STORE 



52-54 Wabash Avenue, t^U"!?^; CHICAGO 



Our 



Qladioli 



America, pink 100, $4.00 



Nezinacott, red " 4.00 



Augusta, white " 3.00 



Brenchleyeneie, red " 4.00 



Mrs. King, red " 4.00 



Kaiser in 



Fine 100, $2.00 to $8.00 



Asters 



^c to $2.00 per 100 



Carnations 



Outdoor, white and red, $1.00 per 100 



Mention The Review ■when you write. 



105 Canal St., 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



H. D. MANN CO., 



"Quality" Florists' Supplies 



Don't miss our display at the Convention. 



The latest novelties in chiffons, the best designs in silver and brassware will be 

 a few of^the many interesting "Trade Producers" we will have to show you. 



Mention The Review when you wnte. 



Among the week's visitors was .John 

 M. Sherwood, of Neosho, Mo. Mr. Sher- 

 wood is chief of the fire department 

 there, as well as being superintendent of 

 parks, a civil engineer and florist, now 

 building one more greenliouse. He was 

 on the way to the national firemen's con- 

 vention at Lansing. Another visitor was 

 S. S. Wonneman, of Webb City, Mo., on 

 a vacation, and Ralph Tuttle and wife, 

 of Momence, Hi., where Mr. Tuttle now 

 •has the Smith place. 



Bowlms. 



The florist bowlers made the following 

 scores August G : 



I'lay.T. l!t 2.1 3d 



. y],,.u lal 1(4 It* 



A;mus : 1«5 175 131 



C;"l"n 105 209 165 



>*'y"',' 181 194 193 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market 



There is little to say of the cut flower 

 market and the less said probably the 

 better. There is nothing to lift it, even 

 the summer society resorts with all their 

 gaiety hardly causing a ripple in the 

 placidity of the wholesale sea. Great 

 quantities of short-stemmed roses are ar- 

 riving, of splendid color, but too small 

 to command the dignity of a quotation. 

 Whole boxes of them go for a song. 

 Beauties are improving fast, but perfect 

 itock still comes high. Theater openings 



this week will have a good effect. Kil- 

 larney especially is abundant. H. E. Fro- 

 nient receives 6,000 a day from L. B. 

 Coddington 's big new house. The White 

 Killarneys, too, are here. F. R. Pierson's 

 Scarboro crystal palaces are commencing 

 to earn their board (and glass). The 

 coming season 's offerings of the two Kil- 

 larneys should make every Irishman 's 

 breast swell with pride. The roses, more 

 tiian lakes or the Blarney Stone, will 

 make its name immortal. 



When will the carnations become re- 

 spectable again? Good ones are sadly 

 needed. Most of those arriving now take 

 us back to the memories of the last cen- 

 tury. The scarcity of orchids is pro- 

 nounced, but the prospects are encourag- 

 ing. .James McManus reports a grand 

 variety of all the popular kinds will be 

 ready shortly. 



This is gladiolus week, if one may 

 judge by the windows and tables of the 

 wholesalers. There is now no limit to tlie 

 supply, and most of them are sold at 

 the bottom price. A few of the newer 

 varieties, especially America, still de- 

 clare the wisdom of growing the best al- 

 ways for the New York market. There 

 cannot be too much stress laid on quality. 

 There is never enough of any perfect 

 stock for the demands of the big city. 



The aster flood is approaching its 

 high water mark. Another week will see 

 the overflow. Even now only the best 

 stock sells. For the common, think of 

 $10 a thousand bunches! 



Lilies are doing better. Sweet peas 



are short-stemmed and there are too 

 many of them. Tritomas are of fine 

 quality. J. K. Allen is handling a big 

 lot of them, and had a vase of Monrovia 

 chrysanthemums on sale Saturday, Au- 

 gust 7, that were attractive and premon 

 itory of the next great avalanche of 

 bloom when the asters and gladioli an' 

 again forgotten. 



Of green goods there is now no scar 

 city. Everybody and everything is get- 

 ting ready for the inevitable prosperity 

 of the coming season. 



Vaiiotn Notes. 



This is the last call for volunteers to 

 join the New York Florists' Club in the 

 invasion of Cincinnati. Monday, Au- 

 gust 16, at 12:40, the second Empire 

 special leaves the Grand Central station 

 at Forty-second street for the convention 

 city. Already Secretary Young has 

 booked over fifty berths. Then, all the 

 outlying towns and cities are coming in 

 the special, and we will pick up a lot of 

 suburbanites as we go along all the way 

 to Buffalo, Rochester alone contributing 

 eight, with Charles Vick and the secre- 

 tary of the Chamber of Commerce 

 among them. The committee announces 

 that it will not be necessary for anyone 

 going to the convention on the New 

 York special train to purchase tickets in 

 advance, as they will be for sale on the 

 train. 



George Cotsonas & Son it is now. The 

 genial winner of the fat men 's race at 

 the Greek outing was rejoicing Saturday, 



