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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOTBMBXB 4, 1809. 



NEW YORK. 



ThcMarica. 



The cut flower business cannot enthuse 

 during the continuance of the election 

 excitement and the summer temperature. 

 When the flower shows are all over and 

 the crisp days around Thanksgiving ar- 

 rive, the long-expected boom should ma- 

 terialize. If general expectation is a 

 . ^uide, and ihe prophecies of the leading 

 retailers come true, this is going to be a 

 banner season. The retailers are all op- 

 timistic. Their stores are better dec- 

 orated and more artistically than ever 

 before, and there are more splendid new 

 stores opening than usual, by a large 

 majority, so early in the season. 



There is an abundance of everything, 

 especially in roses and carnations, and 

 prices do not deviate much from day to 

 day; 25 cents seems to be the top for 

 Beauties, 4 cents for other roses and 2 

 cents for carnations. Quotations on 

 small selected lots of anything are not a 

 fair estimate of the general market. It 

 is the general trend and the average that 

 constitute a reliable guide. So many 

 new roses are bidding for popular favor 

 it is diflScult to specify exactly the fig- 

 ures they command. Killarney and My 

 Maryland are universally approved. 

 Orchids have lessened in shipment, and 

 prices are advancing slowly. Gardenias 

 bring $2, $3 and $4 per dozen for the 

 best, and there are none too many. The 

 opening of the big opera houses next 

 week and the horse show and society wed- 

 dings, now numerous, will use any avail- 

 able supply. 



Carnations are now perfect, and the 

 price is hardening. For the good novel- 

 ties 3 cents to 4 cents is bid. The gen- 

 eral shipments hold steadily at 2 cents, 

 in large quantities. Valley is firm and 

 lilies abundant and lower. Violets are 

 improving in quality as the weather 

 grows colder. This warm spell has again 

 deteriorated them in quality, and large 

 quantities were unsalable last week be- 

 cause of it. It is just about the right 

 time upw to make the first shipments of 

 violets to the New York market. It will 

 take many weeks to raise them to where 

 they rightfully belong. The glory of the 

 chrysanthemum is at its height. No finer 

 stock has ever reached this market. The 

 big fiower shows this week and next week 

 will emphasize their place at the head of 

 the procession. Every retail vrindow is 

 ablaze with color and profusion. 



Varieut Note*. 



The council of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of New York sent out invitations for 

 a private view of the great exhibition of 

 plants and flowers for Wednesday even- 

 ing, November 3. Secretary Nash thinks 

 the crowds will overtop anything ever 

 known at a flower show in this country. 

 If the right publicity has been utilized to 

 wake up this blas6 community, his proph- 

 ecies may be realized. 



Next week the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America will have its annual exhibit 

 at the American Institute, West Forty- 

 fourth street, where a grand display may 

 be depended upon. The White Plains 

 and Mount Kisco shows will be held this 

 week also. Everywhere at these fall ex- 

 hibitions the quality of the exhibits has 

 been superb. 



Monday evening, November 8, the New 

 York Florists' Club will hold its most 

 important session of the year at its rooms 

 in the Grand Opera House building, on 

 West Twenty-third street. A 'fine ex- 

 hibition of mums may be anticipated. 



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Current Price List 



CUT FLOWERS 



AMBBIOAN BEAUTY Per doz 



LonsT stems ts.oo 



stems 80 Inches 250 



Stems 24 iucbes 2 00 



Stems 20 incbes i.so 



Stems leincbes 1.25 



Stems 12 incbes 1.00 



Sbort per 100, $5.00 to $6.00 



Per 100 



Killarney, special $10.00 



select $600to 800 



_, " seconds ;.. s.OOto 4.00 



Riebmond, special lo.oo 



" select 6.00 to 8.00 



" seconds S.OOto 4.00 



Kaiserin, special 8 00 



select S.OOto 6.0O 



" secondg 3.00 



II7 Maryland, special lo.GO 



select 6 00to g.oo 



seconds S.OOto 4 00 



Bridesmaid S.OOto 6.00 



Bride S.OOto 6.00 



Mrs. Field 2.00to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 



Common 1.50to 2 00 



Select 2.60to 3.00 



BIISCKi:.I.ANEOUS STOCK 



Violets, fanry doubles 75 to 1.00 



medium 50to .60 



" fancy siDKle 50 to .75 



Cbrysanthemimia 



Extra fancy doz., $3.00 20.00 



Medium....doz., $1.50co 2.00 10.00 to 15.00 



Small O.OOto 800 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., $2.00 15.00 



DECORATIVE 

 Wild Smllax, large case, $5.00; 



2 or more. $4.50 per case. 



Asparagus PlumoBUs, per string .60 to .75 



per bunch .36 to .75 



Sprengeri....per 100 200to 6.00 



Adiantum " .60to .75 



Smilaz per doz., $1.60 10.00 



Perns per 1000, 1.60 .20 



Galax, bronze per 1000 1.50 



green " l.oo 



Leucothoe .75 



Boxwood. 25c per bunch; 17.50 per 50-lb. case 

 Store ooen from? a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays 

 closed at noon. 



Subject to market obang;ea. 



KENNICOTT BROS, CO. 



48-50 Wabash Avenu9, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Wilson's Corsage = Bouquet Holder 



Award of **HlBlilyCoinxnendecl" at the S. A..F. Trade 

 Exbibitlon at Cincinnati 



Holds G>rsage-Bouquets securely and gracefully. 



Prevenb 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, 25c each, by mail postage pafd. By 

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



Addresss 



ROBERT 6. WILSON, 



Fulton St. and 

 Greene Ave. 



:' Brooklyn, N.Y. 





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W. Wells, of Merstham, England, now a 

 guest of C. H. Totty, of Madison, may 

 be present. The nominating committee 

 will present its report of the list of 

 officials for 1910. Many flower show 

 visitors will be present. 



CarriUo & Baldwin, the orchid growers 

 and importers, formerly of Secaucus, N. 

 J., have moved to Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 having purchased the MarshaU place, 

 some fifteen acres in extent, with consid- 

 erable glass already erected and more to 

 follow shortly. It is an ideal spot for 

 this enterprising firm. Forty-five trains 

 a day stop there. 



The Newman Floral Co. has opened a 

 pretty store, with conservatory conveni- 

 ences, at 10 East Forty-fifth street, close 

 to Charles Thorley's old stand on Fifth 



avenue, and in one of the most wealthy 

 sections of the city. 



W. J. Palmer, of Buffalo, was in the 

 city Friday, October 29, on his way to 

 Philadelphia, and is again in New York 

 to see the flower show this week. He 

 declares business good and the outlook 

 bright in the windy city. 



Frederick Zahn, of Seventh avenue, 

 has the branch bee buzzing in his bonnet, 

 and anticipates starting another store ip 

 the busy Bronx. He has found trade 

 ahead of last year to date, and is en 

 couraged by the outlook. 



A. T. Boddington is enlarging hi» 

 oflBces. The fall season is phenomenal to 

 date. 



Peter Henderson's new marble front 

 will soon be completed, the new ofBces 



