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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



It wasn't ]onp^ until tlio appeal of the 

 flowers jireviiiied and iireseritly ]\liss 

 Aniistioiiy wiis (liM']ily coiu-eriied with 

 the j.roiileiii of how to sujipiy the do- 

 Jiiaiid. And tliis is still lier problem, 

 thonf^h conipcdition now is keen. 



S!ic has neviT made any iittemi>t to 

 }^ro\v her own sto(dv. Her enerj^y has 

 ei'eatcd a liram-h Imsiness at I'ost 

 Falls, where most of the roses she sells 

 come from. J\oses are tiie most ])o[m- 

 lar ilowers in thr eity, and she has no 

 (iinieiilty in dispusin;^ of all she can 

 j)ro(Mire. CarnatiiiMs are close ii\als 

 of the roses, and these come lari^cly 

 from Mower farms nearei' Sj)(d<aiie. ISlie 

 does not find any j^reat deman<l, she 

 says, for the rarer \avieties for tropical 

 Moom. One reason for this is that the 

 Sp(d\:iiie ]iro])le who can alVord and 

 pri'fer tlu>m usnally spend u part of 

 the year in southern idiniates. When 

 the\- return tli(\\' want the hardier flow- 

 ers tlic\- h;i\t' al\va\s heen used to. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Seasonalde rains and ideal summer 

 weather pievail. The outdoor stock 

 is now reaching the market in superb 

 condition, and in enormous quantities. 

 Asters dominate, with sonu' ^n'and sfO(dv 

 among them, vying with the mums in 

 size and beauty. J'rices are low in- 

 deed for the common \arieties and 

 smaller sizes and e\-en the best coni- 

 m.ands only $'J per hundrcil. 



Carnation shipments are light and of 

 poor ipiality — hardl\- worthy a cpiota- 

 lioii. The few that come up to me- 

 dium merit are lionght before thev ar- 

 ri\e. The new roses .-iic few and far 

 bet\V(>en. The 1 est of them find a ready 

 demand and inices begin to nuike the 

 gidwiT hopeful, although there is tio 

 general expectation of impro\ cnient till 

 after l,;i!ior day. .Marylaiul. Killarney 

 and Kaiserin are improxing daily. 



l.iliesvjHh anced suddenly at the b(»- 

 ginning |of la>+-^we(d< to doubli' the 

 tpiolat ionV-++f^ he week end. the best of 

 tlieni biingiiio S cents. They icni.'iiti 

 firm this wci'k. with the pooiest cji wii 

 to 1 cents. The lie>t \alley liriii;^s ^l', 

 |ier hundred. 



'i'he or<diid suppix' and demainl I'uii 

 about e\en. (iladioli a ic abundant and 

 mo'-t of the arris aK sell at ."lO ccnis ;itid 

 niider. < )iily t he new and sele. ted 

 stoid<. iiiiduding the old standby, .\mer- 

 ica. l;ii ;ib i\c the ihdiar inaik. Hy- 

 drangeas .are sliowiiiL; cidcjr. Tritoitias 

 are aiiuiidant. Wit li t In -e and t he 

 new \arietie-. ot' t'ei n-, not t'iir;.;el I i ii^ 

 an occ;i>iona I \a^e of • li iv^a n I hen; ,i!ns 

 anil cai'el'ull\- .--(dectiMl ciotoiis. the re- 

 tailers in;in:iL;e to pic-ent res;iectablc 

 wiihlows to the p.avsing throng. A few 

 co>:mes .'iinl ilahli.as ^ive pretinm i i ion 

 'if a wealth of \;iiied bloom, in 1 i ine 

 i<|l the school r]|irniiig .-iinl the letiiin- 

 ing ' • pill. ' ' 



Various Notes. 



<'. W. .|;icnb I'v Alli-iiu lia\c been 

 eiL;hteeii y.'.'iis in the iinportiiiL; bii<i 

 iii'ss ill New ^'ork. It is said they 

 lia\i' for ;i long time 1 een the largest 

 impoiteis of ca|M' tlowcis in tlii'< conn 

 tr\. They are l.-iri^e receiver^ ;iNo ot' 

 laflia .-I ikI iiai k idot h tinm t he |ii ddnc 

 ing m;iikels ot' these com modi t ie-;. They 

 sa\- sales are large this season and the 

 outlo(dv is s;itisfa<doiy for a fall re- 

 vival in business. 



J']. .1. Hush, ol' the llllenw 1 (liceii- 



houses, llatboro, I'.a., w.as in the city 



Miss Margaret Armstrong. 



last weidv on his way home from the 

 c(Ui\'ent ion, as the guest (d' (leor^c 

 Saltford, to wlnun his shijiments of cut 

 flowers arc made. 



\V. N. Keed, of Keed & Keller, has 

 returned from Kurope in the best of 

 liealth, after visiting nearly e\('i\- lai 

 rojiean country. .Mrs. K'eed ac-ompa 

 nied him. 'i'he three iiojiiths' trip was 

 largel_\- for siylit sindiig, but he sidect- 

 ed many no\idties for his .\inericaii 

 trade and has se\i ral inxcnlions he 

 will offer this season. 



Some ot' the new lirms coiit einplat i n^; 

 the ojiening of whole-ale cut llowci- 

 est.ablishmeiits on 'fweniy ei^lit h sti'i'd 

 will postpone the comnienceinent oi 

 business until October 1. The general 

 \'erdict is tli.at September this ye;ir will 

 be no exception to the rule o I' coin 

 pai;iti\(' cliillness. 



The New ^'ork retail houses with 

 br.aiudies at Xewpoit report a satisi'ai- 

 tory season. 



.Among southern xisitors last we; k 

 were .\le\;ilider Miller, ot' Dallas. Tex., 

 and Harry I'.apwdith. ol' \e\\ (Irle.ans. 



I'rank Ou^i^an, with K'ickard* I'.ro-., 

 is hotne t'ldiii his New I'.iil; l;i iid t li p, 

 alter a two wi'(d\s' on io\;d ile \acation, 



.\lex. M c Keii/.ie, t he |iopu l:i r ga rdener 

 <d' (ilea ( o\e, is taking his sacatiou 

 in Scotlaiiil. 



'idle f'orster Maiislield ( 'o. has just 

 complet(>d a thousand dollar contiai-t 

 for bay tree tubs. Lattice W(ok .and 

 setttv's t'or a lai'ee juisate estntc near 

 New ^'olk city. This linn will slmitly 

 occujiy the entire building at ll."> West 

 T\V(Mity eighth street. 



The l\er\';in Co. has iicguii e\tensi\e 

 inijirovements on its new store at Mil 

 \\'(^st 'I'wenty eight h sIriM't. where it 

 will occupy tlu^ entire foiirstor\' build 



ing. using its iirescnt qii.arters for stor- 

 age. This tirm is prep.aring for a iiig 

 tall .and winter Imsiness. Mr. Kervan 

 has been I'lijoving his \-acation with 

 the reunion of the (dd sidiliers in the 

 east. 



dames Slinion. who has been with 

 .1. .M . Thoiburn i'nv o\fr twcntx' vears, 

 has accepted the position ;is man.a^er 

 of X'aiiuhan's Seed Store, l;it(dy occu- 

 pied b\ < '. W. Scoii. who is now man- 

 auer ot the ^■(d\(dlanla Niiiscr\- ( 'o. 



The \ c'teia n and imieer. 1 >. d. fdl ud t . 



am iices the o|iciiiiig ol the l;i|| sea 



son III I'liiln \ . .Si'|ii, ■tuber H'l. 



Mi^. White. bookkeeper for the 

 (lidwer-" (lit blower < o.. is enjoNing 

 he:' h(did,ays in the ('.atskills. 



' arr.dl ijli,,tt. of W. f;ili,,tt \ Sons, 

 is away fcu twn wc(d<s on a lislMiiL; 

 eNciir-mn .at r,;i iiicl;.-! t .and Atl,a'iti<- 

 ' i'.v. Mr. r,.th. ot the s;ini.' film. Jms 

 leliiiiM'd with his family ficiui .a two 

 W('(ds-. ' \ ;ic,a1 i.iii at t he seashore. 



didiii I'. ( le.Miy, who has been in 

 charue of' the plant auction depaitment 

 ef the I'init Auction ( H. for seme 

 year-. se\rred his connection with this 

 hoiisi> Sc[.icinbcr I. 



'I'he MncNil'f Hoi ticultnral Co. has 

 rented the preini-es fioineily occupied 

 I .V the Cle.ary 1 1 oil icult iir.a 1 Co. on 

 X'esoy St reef. 



Havid .Ad.anis. t'or in.any years with 

 •'• M- Thoibniai. has rctnrned fi'oni a 

 two wctdss' xac.atioii in the C.atskills 

 with his f.ainilx. 



'I'he Stiini|i|i \ W.alter < 'o. is much 

 pleased uith the result ot' its enter- 

 l"'i-e at the li'iKJii'ster con\(Mitiou. aiul 

 has already decl.ared i(s intention of 

 making ,a Larger exhibit .at Haltimore. 



'I he ''liuds'' tall catalogue is now 

 being distributed, ami .Manaecr (lloecdv- 



