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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Sefxembeb 8, 1919. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. 



Will Sell at 



AUCTION 



On Tuesday, 



September 13th, 



at II A. M., 



At 



62 Vesey St., near Greenwich St., 



NEW YORK CITY 



A large assortment of Palms, Foliage Plants, Ferns. (Bostons, 

 Whitman!, etc., etc.) Bulbs, etc. From the best local growers. 



Auction Sales every Tuesday and Friday 



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New York, for the Barron -wedding 

 Thursday evening, September 1. The 

 ballroom was arranged for a church 

 effect. The canopy was of roses. Elec- 

 tric lights were utilized in great num- 

 bers. The bride's bouquet was a shower 

 of valley and the eight bridesmaids 

 carried bouquets of pink roses. 



Horace A. Froment is back from his 

 vacation at Saratoga. James Coyle, his 

 lieutenant, is ill at his home in College 

 Point. 



Arthur Hunt, of A. H. Langjahr's, 

 with his family, has returned from 

 Barryville, in Sullivan county. 



P. F. McKenney, 503 Fifth avenue, 

 has a fine out-of-town wedding this 

 week and is well pleased with his first 

 year's experience. 



J. P. Mallette, of Springfield, Mass., 

 was a visitor last week, and Charles 

 H. Vick, of Eochester, also favored the 

 city with his smile. 



Arthur T. Boddington received 140 

 cases of Dutch bulbs last week. His 

 French bulbs are already well distribut- 

 ed. Harry Bunyard says the firm has had 

 an exceptionally large sale on sweet 

 pea seed and their canna grower re- 

 ports the 915,000 contracted for will 

 all be at his disposal. Mr. Bodding- 

 ton is now sending out his retail cata- 

 logues. 



Mr. Eassbach, of Bloomfield, N. J., 

 is back from a month's trip through 

 Colorado and a visit to relatives there. 



The Wilson-Hoyt Co. has completed 

 plans for its new factory. Secretary 

 Ferry says he did exceedingly well at 

 the convention. 



George A. Kuhl and family, of Pekiu, 

 111., left New York for home Friday, 

 September 2, via a special car on the 

 New Y'ork Central and Big Four. 



Alex. McConnell reports an early and 

 unusual demand for nursery stock for 

 fall planting. 



M. A. Bowe expects to decide upon 

 his future location on Broadway this 

 week, with a view to taking a store 

 near his present site in the new build- 

 ing when it is completed. 



A. T. Bunyard is back from the con- 

 vention and his holidays and is busy 

 redecorating his store. He and G, Myer 

 were the only retailers from New York, 

 and J. V. Phillips and Eobert "Wilson 



Now is the Time to Communicate with 

 The Pine Tree Silic Mills, Philadelphia, 



Regarding Ribbons for Fall. 



We are showing beautiful rich toned qualities in 

 Tatfeta.'J, Satin Taffetas and Measalines, Our prices 

 and (lualities will interest you. 



A(ldr(>as today a postal to The Pine Tree Silk 

 Mills for samples of tlu; very test Ribbons. 



iFlj^ fxm ^m mk MxHb CUflmpang 



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New imported Florists' Baskets 



Our line of baskets contains many absolutely new designs that have never been seen 

 in this country. It Is all freshly imported stock from Europe, and is the work of true artists. 

 Let u8 send you a sample trial order. We know we can please you. Call and see us when 

 in Chicago. We want to send you our cataloene— it shows many distinctive styles— 

 but vre need your name and address. 



THE RAEDLEIN BASKET CO., 



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713 Milw^aukee Ave. 



Near Huron St. 



Chicago 



the only ones from Brooklyn, who at- 

 tended the Eochester convention. Mr. 

 Myer is making some elaborate im- 

 provements in his store and adding a 

 canopy with electrical effects that will 

 add to the attractiveness of his dis- 

 play. He will increase the size of the 

 place to nearly double in 1911. 



Those who attended the convention 

 will be glad to know that J. V. Phil- 

 lips, who was taken suddenly ill there, 

 has fully recovered and is enjoying a 

 vacation at his bungalow on Long Is- 

 land close to Great South bay. 



S. Masur, of Brooklyn, began the 

 month with a wedding that claimed 

 all his decorative skill, and says he has 

 several already booked for September. 

 He will have a larger store after May. 



From their trial grounds, Stumpp & 

 Walter's windows displayed an excel- 

 lent variety of gladioli last week. The 

 principals of this house have now all 



returned from their summer vacations 

 in the Adirondacks and on the New 

 England coast. 



The first auction of William Elliott 

 & Sons will take place Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember 13, a few days earlier than at 

 first intended. Decorative palms and 

 foliage plants for retailers will be the 

 first offering of the veteran. 



The new Greek-American Florists' 

 Supply House of George Cotsonas & 

 Co. is now completed and well stocked 

 and business promises encouragingly al- 

 ready. There is much fraternal loyalty 

 in the descendants of Leonidas and 

 Demosthenes. 



Alex. J. Guttman announces the clos- 

 ing of his wholesale cut flower busi- 

 ness next week, that he may give his 

 entire time and attention to the Best 

 Oil Co., of which he is president and 

 manager. 



William P. Ford will open his new 



