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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decbmbbr 2, 1909. 



100 LIVE GOLDFISH TREE 



We are ^vlng away, FRBE of all charge, to one florist in each town, 100 live, bealtby Ooldfith. The florist can give one Fish to each 

 castomer as a premium and thereby increase his regular sales. The majority of people who never handled Uoldflsb have the mistaken idea that 

 GoldQBh die very rapidly and are a great care. Handle Fish as we instruct and you will not lose two out of a hundred and they will be but little 

 care. There is nothing that you can put in your window that will attract more attention than Qoldflsh. 



Special Offer— Here is a 

 Profit for You 



INVEST SI 6.00 



IN OUR COMBINATION 

 NO. 10, AND 



REALIZE S30.65 



12 10c - 1 pt. Globes 

 12 25c— ^ eral. Globes 

 6 50c- 1 e:al. Globes 

 1 box Pebbles, 10c. 



CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING: 



1 ftl.00-2 eal. Globe 

 1 $1.25- 2^2 sral. Globe 

 6 Castles, $1.50 

 3 small Castles, 45c 



FREE wltb eacb outfit, 100 Fish to sell or grive away. 



100 10c Fisb 

 25 15c Fish 

 6 10c bunches Moss 

 48 10c boxes Fish Food 

 250 circulars. One dip net 



If you sell these 100 free fish at 10c each, you will make $10.00 extra profit, or REALIZE $40.65. 



imported and American Goldfish, from $2.00 up per 100 



We Manufacture WINDOW AQUARIUMS SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



New No. 920 W. Randolph St., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



The Auburndale Goldfish Company, 



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top figures and have been none too plen- 

 tiful. Good valley is at a premium. 



There were too many carnations for the 

 demand last week and prices fell. At 

 times 2 cents would buy the best in th<» 

 market. One house had a surplus at one 

 time Thursday of 20,000; 50 cents was 

 top that afternoon for violets. Friday 

 the street men had their fill of the sur- 

 plus at anything they cared to offer. 

 Bulbous stock is coming in abundantly, 

 narcissi and hyacinths especially. 



Sunday was like a day in early May. 

 The present week opens with cold and 

 cloudy weather, but there is no frost and 

 no immediate sign of winter. Prophets 

 are already promising a green Christmas. 

 Plantsmen are getting ready for it, and 

 the plant growers are a unit around New 

 York in community of interest and agree- 

 ment as to reasonable prices. 



Varioui Notes. 



Monday, December- 13, the last and 

 most important meeting of the year of 

 the Florists' Club takes place. There will 

 be some interesting exhibits and a fare- 

 well demonstration by the caterers. For 

 president the contest has narrowed to 

 Harry Turner, the present incumbent; 

 A. L. Miller, the earnest worker and ex- 

 pert plantsman and carnationist, and 

 Robert Schultz, parliamentarian and the 

 Eichmond king. It will be a close con- 

 test. W. E. Marshall has withdrawn. 

 Eobert Berry and Joseph Manda are the 

 candidates for the vice-presidency, both 

 popular and hard workers for the club's 

 interest. John Young, for secretaryship, 

 has practically no opposition on the basis 

 of "let well enough alone." The pres- 

 ent treasurer, W. C. Rickards, or J. K. 

 Allen, the ex-treasurer, will, one or the 

 other, carry the key to the club's strong 

 box, and there will be an interesting con- 

 test for places on the board of trustees. 



S. Jacobs & Sons report a larger de- 

 mand from the west and far away from 

 New York in every direction this fall 

 than in any year in their long record, 

 while the local trade exceeds all other 

 seasons. 



Knight & Struck recently received a 

 considerable importation of Dendrobium 

 PhalsL-nopsis Schroederianum and say 

 they sold out almost immediately. 



Bobbink & Atkins, RutherfoYd, are 



Wilson's Corsage = Bouquet Holder 



Award of "Hlclily Commended" at the 8. A.'F. Trade 

 EzUbitlon at Cincinnati 



Holds Corsage- Bouquets securely and gracefully. 



Prevents damage to apparel. 



Adjustable to any diameter of bouquet stem. 



Adaptable to anything from Violets to Roses. 



Does away with corsage pins. 



A handsomely silver plated article and ornamental in itself. 



Samples to the trade, 25o each, by mall postage paid. By 

 the dozen, $8.00, postage paid. Correspondence solicited. 



Addresss 



ROBERT G. WILSON, 



Fulton St. and 

 Qreene Ave., 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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doing a big business in small evergreens 

 for window-boxes and vases this fall. 

 Their shipments of nursery stock go right 

 on daily and the weather seems to have 

 been especially made for the nurserymen 

 this year. 



The estate of John Scott, Flatbush, 

 with David McKenzie as manager, has a 

 large stock of plants ready for the holi- 

 days, of every popular variety. The 

 large Scottii ferns are especially note- 

 worthy. 



The estate of H. Dreyer, at Elmhurst, 

 is making a fine display of Christmas 

 plants and the entire range is a model of 

 neatness under the management of Girard 

 Dreyer. The establishment is reached 

 easily by trolley from Long Island city. 



McHutchison & Co. are still receiving 

 large importations from Japan, England, 

 France, Belgium and Holland, covering 

 about every branch of the trade. They 

 are constantly extending the field of their 

 operations. 



Large importations of plants are arriv- 

 ing for all the orchid dealers. The good 

 prices now prevailing for the cut flowers 

 has awakened new and general interest 

 in the orchid and demonstrated that the 

 supply will not exceed the demand for 

 any serious length of time. James Me- 

 Manus says the call for cut blooms has 

 been ahead of the supply for several 

 weeks. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. announces 

 that this season, contrary to the usual 

 custom, they will handle no holly or 



Christmas greens. For some years they 

 have found this department of the enter- 

 prise unprofitable and unsatisfactory. 



C. C. Trepel has made a big success of 

 his retail enterprise at Bloomingdale 's. 

 His sales have quadrupled since he took 

 the helm. Mrs. Trepel has fully recovered 

 from the operation for appendicitis. 



Frank Good, formerly with H. HofE- 

 meir, is making good at J. K. Duer's, on 

 Madison avenue, in novel window decora- 

 tions daily. 



Mr. Peterson, formerly with the 

 Fleischman Floral Co., is now vrith War- 

 endorflF. 



At M. A. Bowe's retail store on 

 Broadway last week an elaborate floral 

 football decoration in the window in 

 appropriate colors attracted much atten- 

 tion. Yale and Harvard received equal 

 recognition. The deft, artistic hand of 

 Arthur Merritt was in evidence. 



Bowling. 



The Astoria Bowling Club held its an- 

 nual Thanksgiving turkey contest Tues- 

 day evening, November 23. Twenty were 

 present, including several from New 

 York. The club generously threw open 

 the door for all in the prize bowling; 

 one of the contestants from Chappaqua 

 and the other from Borough Park carried 

 home the birds and thus showed their 

 appreciation of hospitality. To give all 

 an equal chance the prizes were offered 

 to the bowlers whose totals were nearest 

 to 150 and 97 in the third game of the 

 evening. The contests were close, but 



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