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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decbmbeb 7, 1911. 



J. A. VALENTINE. Denver - President 

 W. J. PALMER. Buffalo - Vlce-Presideat 

 W. L. ROCK, Kansaa City - TreMurer 



Florists' Telegraph Delivery 



(Retailers' Section— S. A. F. & O. H.) 



Mutual Discounts 20 per cent. Provision for . Guaranteed Accounts 



Write for particulars to IRWIN BERTERMANN, Secretary, 241 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



OTHER DIRECTORS: 



Eraeat Wienhoeber Pblilp Breltmeyer 



A. B. Cartledire W. F. Qudc 

 Qeorre Asmus Fred H. Meinhardt 



LIST OF 



Atlantic City, N. J., 1505 Pacific Ave Berke, Geo. H. 



Boston, Mass., 342 Boylston St Carbone, Philip L. 



Boston, Mass., 43 Bromfield St Penn, Henry 



Buffalo, N. Y., 304 Main St Palmer, W. J. & Son 



Chicago, 111., 2223 W. Madison St Schiller, The Florist 



Chicago, 111., 3l8t and Michigan Ave Smyth, W. J. 



ChieagOj^Hl., 22 E. Elm St Wienhoeber Co., Ernst 



Cincinnati, O., 138 E. 4th St Baer, Julius 



Cincinnati, O., 150 E. 4th St Hardesty, T. W. & Co. 



Cleveland, O., 5523 Euclid Ave Graham, A. & Son 



Colorado Springs, Colo Crump, Frank F. 



Council Bluffs, la., 321 Broadway Wilcox, J. F. & Son 



Danville, 111 Smith, F. B. & Sons 



Denver, Colo., 1643 Broadway The Park Floral Co. 



Detroit, Mich., 153 Bates St Bemb Floral Co., The L. 



Detroit, Mich., Gratiot Ave. and Broadway 



Breitmeyer 's Sons, John 



Galesburg, 111 Pillsbury, I. L. 



Hartford, Conn Coombs, John F. 



Indianapolis, Ind., 241 Massachusetts Ave 



Bertermann Bros. Co. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., 141 S. Burdick St. . .Van Bochove & Bros. 



Kansas City,' Mo., 913 Grand Ave Murray, Samuel 



Kansas City, Mo., 1116 Walnut St. . .Rock, W. L. Flower Cp,. 

 Louisville, Ky., 550 S. 4th Ave '.Schulz, Jacob 



MEMBERS 



Louisville, Ky., Masonic Temple Baumer, August R. 



Mankato, Minn Windmiller Co., The 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Columbia Ave Dummett, Arthur 



Newark, O Duerr, Chas. A. 



New York., N. Y., Madison Ave. and 44th St 



Dards, Chas. A. 



New York, N. Y., 1153 Broadway Small, J. H. & Sons 



Northampton, Mass Field, H. W. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. . ,- Stiles Co., The 



Parkersburg, W. Va Dudley & Sons, J. W. 



Paterson, N. J Sceery, Edward 



Philadelphia, Pa., 1514 Chestnut St Pennoek Bros. 



Portland, Ore., 325 Morrison St Tonseth Floral Co. 



Rochester, N. Yi, 25 Clinton Ave Keller & Sons 



Rockford, 111. Buckbee, H. W. 



Scranton, Pa .^ Clark, G. E. 



Seattle, Wash., 1534 2n,d Aye Hollywood Gardens 



Spokane, Wash., 817 Riverside Ave Hoyt Bros. Co. 



Springfield, Mass., 378 Main St Aitken, Mark 



St. Louis, Mo., 7041 Florissant Ave Meinhardt, Fred A. 



St. Paul, Minn., 24 W. 5th St Holm & Olson 



Terre Haute, Ind., 139 S, 7th St Heinl, John G. & Son 



Toledo, O., J 336 Superior Freeman, Mrs. J. B. 



Washington, D. C, 1214 F St. N. W Gude Bros. Co. 



Washington, D. C, H%h. and G Sts i-Small, J. H. & Sons 



Wichita, Kan.,- 145 N. Maift St s, .Mueller, Chas. F. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The Market. 



Last month was the worst November 

 in twenty years. There was rain al- 

 most every day till November 15, when 

 it froze up tightly, and ever since we 

 have had alternate rain, hard frost and 

 snow flurries. There was a total, for 

 the month, of three sunshiny days, 

 which inspired hope that, after all, we 

 might be blessed with Indian summer, 

 but it did not arrive and last night the 

 temperature dropped to 8 degrees above 

 zero. 



Considering the weather, business has 

 been good. Thanksgiving especially so. 

 All report a good trade, especially in 

 chrysanthemums. This has been the 

 best mum season in some years; partic- 

 ularly is this true of the wholesale mar- 

 ket, which was never better. This con- 

 dition can, in a measure, be explained 

 as far as Grand Rapids is concerned, in 

 this way: Last season almost every let- 

 tuce grower and truck gardener, with 

 a bit of glass at his disposal, filled his 

 houses with mums for an early fall 

 crop, to be followed with lettuce and 

 vegetables. In this manner hundreds 

 of thousands of mums were dumped on 

 the Chicago market, and while but few 

 were really first-class, the bulk was of 

 average quality and the rest what 

 might be called "bum." This season 

 the huge output is entirely lacking and 

 this certainly lent its share towards 

 producing a better condition of the 

 market. What stock was grown was of 

 a quality above the average and 

 brought good prices. It is altogether 

 likely that there will be much heavier 

 plantings next year, simply because 

 there was good money in mums this 

 season. Pompons and single mums are 

 becoming more plentiful, and, on ac- 

 count of their cheapness and their 

 adaptability for pretty and inexpensive 



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WHAT! 



No More Split Carnations? 



Not if you use Tank's Artificial Calyx. A 

 sure preventive. Prevention is better than 

 cure ! So simple that a boy can put them 

 on and when the bud has reached a certain 

 stage it is taken off and put on another. 

 Does not retard the growth of flower at all. 

 Nothing to wear out. Last forever. A trial 

 will convince. 



920.00 per 1000. 



Cash or C. O. D. from unknown parties. 

 Send $1 for sample of 60 by mail postpaid. 



ORTON R. TANK 



Chatham, New York 



Mention The Review when you write. 



table centerpieces, are yearly growing 

 in favor. 



Potted plants sold well, while the 

 queen of autumn, in plentiful supply, 

 led the cut flower sales. Carnations and 

 roses were scarce and everything was 

 cleaned up well. It seems that many 

 varieties of mums were a couple of 

 weeks early this year. As a whole, the 

 sales were about the same as last year 

 and everybody is satisfied. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Smith states that he got his 

 best money out of Jerome Jones. He 

 has the three varieties, yellow, white 

 and pink. 



Eli Cross is enthusiastic over the way 

 his crop paid him — better, he says, 

 than anything he ever grew before. 



Freyling & Mendels sent out a postal 

 card to their patrons, in the form of a 

 mum special, winding up with "None 

 better in the city at twice the price." 

 This unique ad brought them many 

 sales. 



The mums of the Crabb & Hunter 

 Floral Co. were mostly disposed of be- 

 fore Thanksgiving, and they had to 

 buy to help out. G. F. C. 



Channing, Mich. — It is reported that 

 Edward J. Gardner will open a store 

 here before Christmas. 



