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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Mabch 17, 1910. 



No. 1494 Vase 



No. 1346 Hermitage 



Florists' Baskets 



Why not buy your baeketB of the 

 manufacturer and save the jobbers 

 profit? We have only one price to 

 everybody, and that the lowest at 

 which good baskets can be produced. 

 We have the largest assortment and 

 the most artistic styles. Let us send 

 you a sample lot. Any that do not 

 please you may return. 



Send for illustrated catmlog^e 



Madison Basketcraf t Co. 



Madison, Ohio 



Mention The Review when you win. 



have built up so large a business in so 

 short a time. 



Vaughan & Sperry say that they think 

 Bride roses should sell unusually well at 

 Easter this year, presuming that the re- 

 port that lilies are not extra good or 

 plentiful proves correct. Brides are avail- 

 able with 3-foot stems and fine heads, 

 so that a hundred best Brides would 

 make a much better show than a hundred 

 poor lilies. 



E. C. Amling says his books show that 

 business was extra good at this time last 

 year. He thinks an early Easter does 

 no one any good unless it may be the 

 growers of bedding plants. 



At the Percy Jones establishment 

 Henry Van Gelder reports receipts sev- 

 eral times as large as they were a few 

 months ago, partly because of spring 

 crops and partly because of more con- 

 signors. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is not interested 

 in an early spring. E. E. Pieser says 

 he never has seen a season so late that 

 their southern peonies were not ready for 

 Decoration day, though he has seen sev- 

 eral springs so early that the value of 

 the southern peonies was cut in two. 



N. J. "Wietor says that he considers 

 business fully as good as it usually is 

 in the fortnight preceding Easter. He 

 looks for advancing prices soon, believ- 

 ing that the low rates of last week will 

 make the small growers hold back more 

 than ever for Easter. 



Sunday, March 13, the water was 

 turned off from the wholesale stores in 

 the Atlas block, and when it was turned 

 on again two spiggots had been left open 

 in the store of Zech & Mann. The flood 

 which resulted did no damage to the 

 florists, but it brought down some plas- 

 tering in the store below. 



Ted Vogel, W. J. Smyth's buyer, has 

 been on the sick list for a few days. 



At J. A. Budlong's it is stated that 

 the Kaiserin plants are all ready to give 

 a fine crop with a few days of bright 

 sun. 



Willie Abrahamson, who formerly acted 

 as purchasing agent in this market for 

 a number of out-of-town florists, has filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy at Denver, where 

 he went after giving up his business 

 here. The schedule of liabilities shows 

 how many friends "Willie had. The ac- 



Easter Price List 



Per 100 



CarnatioQSt splits $ 3.00 



Fancy 4.00 



Select 5.00 



Lilies 15.00 



Caiias 12.50 



VioielSy fancy, single.. . .50 



Daisies 50 



Snapdragoii,doz.,$l.00 ' 



Write me for prices on your wants. 



^^ — \ wrue me lor prices on your wants. 



/ WM. MURPHY 



Wholesale Commission Florist 



311 Main Street, 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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counts are not large, but a good many 

 wholesalers in this market had some- 

 thing coming. They all liked Willie and 

 had no doubt of his honesty, so when 

 Willie's customer was not good for the 

 purchase, it was charged to Willie. 



The Mitchell funeral March 12 made 

 much business for the leading stores. 

 Samuelson had the family order, includ- 

 ing an elaborate casket cover. Wien- 

 hoeber had orders for a large number of 

 wreaths, and Fleischman was well rep- 

 resented. 



Charles Schneider, who did business as 

 the Central Floral Co., has applied for 

 a discharge in bankruptcy. The hearing 

 is set for April 4 at the referee's rooms 

 in the Federal building. 



John Kruchten points with pride to 

 the sweet peas he is handling in quantity. 



He says he is selling so many ferns he 

 has had to increase Ms orders. 



C. W. McKellar says no corsage bunch 

 of orchids is complete without a gar- 

 denia in the center. 



Mrs. Victor Bergman is visiting for a 

 month at her old home in Pittsburg. She 

 is the daughter of Gustave Ludwig, the 

 well-known florist there. 



Albert Amling Co., Maywood, has 15,- 

 000 lily bulbs planted in benches. The 

 stock is coming along nicely and a large 

 part will be cut for Easter. 



George Pieser resigned his position 

 with Hoerber Bros. March 11. 



Joe Beaver has been with Wittbold's 

 downtown decorating department the last 

 two or three months, but the season is 

 now over. The Wittbold Co. had a big 

 order for a decoration for the sports- 



