Sl-.i'TEMBEB 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



25 



No. 1910 Modoc 



No. 1008 PapooBe 



No. 1975 Lantern 



Basket Craft 



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The Modoc and Lantern are two 



forms of hanging baekets having 

 cups inside to hold water. These 

 two new, though odd designs are 

 .very popular. 

 The Papoose is intended to accommo- 

 date a potted plant, holding the pot 

 securely and allowing the placing of 

 flowers where they are most effective. 



PRICE LIST TO THE TRADE: 



MODOC— One size only per doc, $4.20 



LANTERN-One size only " 6.00 



PAPOOSE— 7-in. opening each, 1.00 



9-in. opening '[ 1.25 



" ll-in. openiDg " 1.50 



13-In. opening " 1.76 



We make two hundred styles of beautiful and 

 artistic baskets. Send us a trial order. 



MADISON BASKETGRAFT CO. 



MADISON, O. 



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 Stand 



On the mrkct May. 

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rt its demand for recognition with 

 le grand stock of the early varieties, 

 ^^cially Golden Glow and Monrovia. 

 lets will not wait. The usual result 

 impatience is evident; neither the 

 kct nor prices are satisfactory. 



Varioua Notes. 



here are large numbers of visiting 



ists among the Hudson-Fulton crowds, 



many are visiting the supply houses 



plantsmen buying stock. 



') is reported that Wertheimer Bros. 



' e taken a lease for a term of years 



a prominent Broadway corner, to 



'ch they will remove about January 1, 



l which will give them more than 



'ible their present floor space. 



•fames A. Hammond, at one time in 



' wholesale florists' business and lately 



"lager for John S, Nicholas, on Forty- 



second street, is now with James Mc- 

 Manus. Mr. Paterson, formerly with 

 Charles Thorley, is now manager for Mr. 

 Nicholas. 



The grand plants at the dahlia exhi- 

 bition referred to last week were from 

 the Piatt conservatories, Brooklyn, where 

 Anthony Manda presides. 



Charles H. Totty is sending in some 

 grand mums to A. M. Henshaw and 

 Joseph Fenrich, which bring tiptop prices. 



Ambrose Cleary opens his auction 

 season this week. A fine stock of plants, 

 evergreens, privet and bulbs of every 

 kind is on sale. The company does a 

 big jobbing business. 



The Fruit Auction Co. is receiving 

 importations of large phoenix and other 

 decorative palms. The field for this 

 stock is great in New York, all the big 



hotels vying with each other in the extent 

 of their palm and bay tree decorations. 



At William Elliott & Sons the usual 

 crowds assemble, for a large assortment 

 may always be depended on. The outlet 

 for auction goods is ever widening. 



E. S. Miller, of Wading Kiver; Johu 

 Lewis Childs, of Floral Park, and 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., of New York, 

 were much in evidence at the Mineola 

 fair last week and made grand exhibits, 

 as did Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia. 

 Harry Weston is a competent judge and 

 many gardeners and seedsmen were visi- 

 tors. 



Adolph Goldenberg, of K. M. Ward & 

 Co., is making an extensive trip in 

 Europe. 



T. Mellstrom, representing Sander & 

 Son, of London, England, arrived 

 September 20 on the Zeeland for his 

 American canvass. 



Winfred Rolker, just back from 

 Europe, reports the business outlook the 

 best in their experience. 



Julius Eoehrs, Sr., and family are 

 home again after a six months' absence 

 in Europe. The head of the house has 

 not looked better in years and has 

 brought back also a fine German accent. 

 He attended the great flower shows in 

 Berlin and London and reports the mar- 

 riage of Fritz Sander to the daughter 

 of Mr. Watson, curator of Kew Gardens, 

 where he left his son, Rudy Koehrs, for 

 a year or two of European experience. 



Will Eickards is growing in popularity 

 as a manager of flower shows. 



A. E. Wheeler, of W. E. Marshall & 

 Co., has returned from his European trip. 



Kessler Bros, have the evergreen rop- 

 ing order for the city at Fifty-ninth 

 street in the Hudson celebration. This 

 house makes a specialty of renting 

 palms and has loaned large numbers this 

 week to the retail florists for decora- 

 tions. 



Thomas Carney, with the Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., left for Seattle last week 

 on his vacation. 



At the establishment in Flat bush, 

 where John Scott built up a large busi- 

 ness, David McKenzie, the manager, re- 

 ports a business far in advance of other 



