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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 27, 1910. 



Colorado 

 Carnations 



We are now getting the best 

 and largest cut we have ever 

 had : : Can fill any order 



The Pikes Peak Floral Co. 



Colorado springs, Colo. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



fine store at Eighty-fifth street and 

 Broadway, and will occupy it February 1. 



The Forster-Mansfield Co., 145 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, manufacturer of 

 the quaint mission work extensively used 

 by the leading retailers at Christmas, 

 makes a specialty of florists' ice-boxes 

 and store decoration. At present the 

 company is completing the work in the 

 handsome new store of H. Hoffmeir, on 

 upper Broadway. Andre Beauplan is the 

 proprietor, and an adept in his line. 



Kessler Bros, had the misfortune last 

 week to have a wagon-load of palms come 

 in collision with a Madison avenue trolley 

 car. The wagon was entirely demolished 

 and two men, one a brother of the mem- 

 bers of the firm, were painfully injured. 

 The horse escaped. The younger Mr. 

 Kessler is still confined to the house. The 

 company has settled for the damage to 

 the firm's satisfaction. 



Samuel Woodrow has left the Fern- 

 wood Nursery Co. and is now traveling 

 for Bobbink & Atkins. 



H. Kenney, Brooklyn, finds the demand 

 for wire workers in excess of the supply. 



The annual reception of the Florists' 

 Social Club of the West Side will take 

 place Saturday evening, January 29. The 

 lieutenant of Mr. Brown, the Belnord 

 florist, is master of ceremonies. 



Much sympathy is felt for Thomas 

 Jones, of Short Hills, N. J., in his serious 

 loss by fire. Two of his greenhouses 

 were completely destroyed. 



T. Mellstrom, the representative of 

 Sander & Son, sailed for home Janu- 

 ary 26. 



John Cleary, of the Fruit Auction Co., 

 is in Europe, arranging for plant and 

 bulb importations for his plant auction 

 season, which begins in March. 



W. J. Badgley, of Chatham, has pur- 

 chased the entire stock of the Wilson 

 Plant Oil & Fertilizer Co. 



William Elliott & Sons have renovated 

 their store and are ready for the opening 

 of the auction season. The firm has just 

 issued its sixty-fifth annual catalogue. 



The next meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be ladies' night, the date of which is 

 February 14. It will also be carnation 

 night and all the novelties and prize win- 

 ners of the easf w^ be there. The presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. and others will tell 

 of the Pittsburg convention and a fine 



musical program will be given. All in the 

 trade, whether members of the club or 

 not, are cordially invited. 



Saturday, January 29, is McKinley day 

 and Carnation day and New York should 

 set the pace in honor of the memory of 

 President McKinley. The Carnation 

 League of America, through Gen. Ken- 

 nedy, has sent out a strong proclamation, 

 urging the people everywhere to show this 

 tribute of affection. 



To commemorate the three hundredth 

 anniversary of the settlement of Manhat- 



iraiVERY now and then a well- 

 iLS pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. "We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton B!dg. Chicago 



tan island, a world's fair is projected in 

 1913. A company has been incorporated, 

 with a capital stock of $200,000. If the 

 scheme is consummated that will be a 

 good year for the meeting of the S. A. F. 

 in New York, with all the auxiliary socie- 

 ties and the national flower show, and we 

 can house the whole of them successfully. 

 The street was blocked in front of the 

 store of the Kervan Co., Saturday, Janu- 

 ary 22, with an immense shipment of 

 wild smilax. The firm handles an enor- 

 mous quantity of this and other southern 

 novelties. Mr. Kervan has a ranch in 



the south, and knows Florida like a book. 



J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, exhibited 

 last week at the store of Traendly & 

 Schenck a fine stock of his new begonia,^ 

 Gloire de Cincinnati. Wednesday, Janu- 

 ary 26, in closing an estate, the building 

 now under lease to Traendly & Schenck 

 was sold at auction. 



Andrew Wilson, of Summit, who has 

 sold his retail business there to William. 

 Death, is now representing the Wilson- 

 Hoyt Co., manufacturers of cement 

 benches. 



John Bodger, Jr., of John Bodger & 

 Sons, Gardena, Cal., left for the west 

 Saturday, January 22. 



C. W. Scott left for Grand Eapids, 

 Wis., Friday, January 21, because of the 

 serious illness of his father. 



Charles Loechner, of the Yokohama 

 Nursery Co., is rapidly recovering from 

 the accident of a few weeks ago and is 

 at the Norwegian hospital, Brooklyn. 



The new catalogue of the Stumpp & 

 Walter Co. is a work of art this year. 

 Mr. Sperling, of the firm, is now calling 

 on his eastern clientele. 



Bowling. 



Last week the Astoria scores were: 



Player l8t 2d 3d 4th 



DonaldsQn, Sr 153 163 198 172 



Slebrecht, Sr 145 147 173 166 



Lorenz 139 115 144 lit 



Slebrecht, Jr 165 163 109 14.^ 



Boese 168 107 134 14f 



Alfred 151 138 142 127 



Mlesem 158 162 171 18; 



Elnsraan 207 198 145 18: 



Doerhoefer 147 141 148 167 



Peter 157 124 139 14! 



Arnold 114 134 129 14: 



Here is the Flatbush score of Januarv 



20: 



Player 1st 2d 3d 4th 5tl 



L. Schmut- 105 159 159 141 13: 



P. Dallledouze 143 140 124 186 12' 



H. Dallledouze 166 143 159 112 11' 



C. Worker 133 127 153 143 lO*. 



Ed. Hanson 141 149 169 145 15>- 



P. RelUy 124 186 160 157 16r 



J. McCormlck 102 109 136 98 8f 



F. Schmutz 191 179 172 193 10' 



.T. Austin Shaw. 



Everett, Mass. — A recent fire ii 

 Towle's greenhouses caused a loss o^ 

 about $500. 



Georgetown, III. — R. L. Burgoyne 

 formerly of Danville, 111., has purchased 

 Jay M. Frasaer's greenhouses in thi» 

 city. 



