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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 21, 1910. 



which will naturally require some rapid 

 decorating. At the large funeral of one 

 of the Borden family at Cranford, N. J., 

 Sunday, April 17, Mr. Sharkey had the 

 family order, including a casket cover 

 of American Beauties. 



J. Martens, of Hamburg, Germany, 

 whose specialty is lily of the valley, is 

 in the city, also C. Colijn, of Voorhout, 

 Holland, who handles Dutch bulbs. 



Lightning seldom strikes twice in the 

 same place, but George Saltford can 

 prove it sometimes does. A while ago 

 a burglar managed to open his safe and 

 carry oflf quite a profitable night's 

 wages. Sunday the bolt struck the safe 

 again and did some damage to the 

 front of it, but the income of the week 

 was safely stowed away in the bank's 

 keeping and the "burgle" was in vain. 



The decorations which Alex. McConnell 

 put up for the Gould^Drexel wedding, 

 April 19, were the most elaborate New 

 York has seen in the last twenty-five 

 years. 



Thomas Young, Jr., at Boundbrook, 

 N. J., has installed $25,000 worth of or- 

 chids in his six 500-foot greenhouses, 

 where he has grown gardenias this sea- 

 son. He has a specialist in charge of 

 each of his gardenia, rose and orchid de- 

 partments. 



Anton Zvolanek, who has thirty-four 

 acres in Boundbrook, N. J., and 20,000 

 square feet of glass devoted entirely to 

 sweet peas, says they are now scarce and 

 that his stock is bringing 20 cents a 

 bunch in the market, the highest price of 

 the season. His three sons are associated 

 with him in the business. 



W. B. Reed, of Eeed & Keller, leaves 

 April 28, with Mrs. Reed, for a European 

 trip via the steamship Cincinnati. They 

 will be back in time for the convention 

 at Rochester. Mr. Reed has fully recov- 

 ered his health and says he is going on 

 the Cincinnati because of the good time 

 he had at the last convention. 



Walter L. Curtis, floral decorator at 

 Utica, X. Y., was in the city this week, 

 visiting the palm houses at Rutherford. 

 He says that young, ambitious man, Peter 

 Crowe, has returned to his first love, taken 

 over all his greenhouses, and is back in 

 the growing business to stay. He has 

 taken Henry Martin as partner and Mr. 

 Martin will handle the retail part of the 

 business at Utica. 



N. Lecakes has purchased a farm in 

 South Norwalk, of forty-seven acres, and 

 will move there with his family in May 

 for the summer. Manager Foley says the 

 galax leaves now arriving from the south 

 are worthless. 



The New York Retailers' Association 

 will have a special meeting Thursday, 

 April 21, at the Lenox Lyceum. 



Charles Millang has recovered and is 

 again on deck and as lively as a cricket 

 as usual. J. Austin. Shaw. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Continued warm weather does not 

 seem to have helped trade to any great 

 extent, possibly because those having 

 gardens have some flowers of their own, 

 as all early shrubbery is in bloom, in- 

 cluding lilacs and all the bulbous 

 flowers. 



The hot spell has also forced the 

 crops of carnations and there is not 

 much of a surplus, but roses are still 

 coming in quantities. 



Beauties continue to arrive in such 

 quantities that prices are far too low to 

 satisfy the growers, and indeed one can 



scarcely believe that Beauty growers 

 have made good the last couple of years. 

 In this city, the fancy Killarney roses 

 have largely taken the place of Beauties, 

 to such extent, in fact, that some of the 

 retailers can hardly be persuaded to carry 

 samples, much less stock. 



There are few violets coming in, but 

 they are good, considering the season. 

 Sweet peas have largely taken the place 

 of violets and are much in demand; those 

 coming into this city are fine and find 

 ready sale. 



Various Notes. 



The frost a week ago put the early 

 cherries out of business; as they are al- 

 ready black. 



This part of the country needs rain 

 badly; in some places the ground is too 

 dry and hard to plow. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. has had 

 its carnation ground ready for some 



raVERY now and then a well- 

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 which is the means of bringing a 

 new^ advertiser to 



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Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



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time, but it was so dry that they are 

 only now beginning to plant, as the rain 

 the last of the week put the soil in 

 proper condition. 



There are two parties near this city 

 who are desirous of selling out at a 

 sacrifice, really bargains waiting for 

 some one with about $15,000 cash; the 

 balance can go as long as the purchaser 

 desires; but where can you find a florist 

 with $15,000 loose cash? 



The many friends of Judge Vesey in 

 this city wish to express their sympathy 

 in the death of Mrs. Vesey, and the 

 ladies who met Mrs. Vesey recently at 

 the convention also send their sympathy. 



George Marshall, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., is one of the two candidates 

 nominated for the select council, from 

 the twenty-fifth ward, to take the place 

 made vacant by one of the self-confessed 

 grafters. It was a regular democratic 

 meeting with a fair-sized scrap, and 

 neither candidate has any idea, at this 

 time, whose name will appear on the 

 ticket. Hoo-Hoc . 



ScHULTZViLLr;, N. Y. — Elmer Wooden 

 is preparing to erect a violet house this 

 summer. 



New Castle, Ind. — It is the report 

 about town that Weiland & dinger are 

 planning to build a large range of houses 

 out on the west side of the citv. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



It is really surprising to see how busi- 

 ness has kept up of late; if there is no 

 large funeral on, then weddings, recep- 

 tions and that kind of work have turned 

 up, thus keeping the market pretty well 

 cleaned up nearly all the time. Violets 

 are a thing of the past for this season, 

 thus making an opening for the increased 

 supply of sweet peas and valley. 



The typical April weather, with its 

 changing temperatures and lack of sun- 

 shine, has curtailed receipts in nearly 

 every line, so that prices have gone up 

 a notch or two in most cases. Callas and 

 snapdragons have been good items to 

 handle of late, especially the latter, 

 which have been in larger supply and of 

 better quality this spring than in pre- 

 vious seasons. 



The local carnation market is again on 

 a firm basis, for the extremely mild 

 weather in March brought on the full 

 crop with most growers, which lasted 

 until Easter. Since that time the supply 

 has gradually diminished, so that at the 

 present time stock of good quality is 

 cleaned up at sight, and at good prices. 



The demand for the higher grade 

 of green goods has been ahead of the 

 supply. 



Various Notes. 



The latest addition to the list of retail 

 florists is the National Floral Co., which 

 opened a store at 920 National avenue, 

 April 9, with Ed. Perstein as the main 

 promoter. He gained his experience by 

 selling flowers about the city for some 

 time, so is not a newcomer. 



James M. Fox & Son Co. had the dec- 

 orations for the wedding of Miss Elsa 

 Lemp to Thomas H. Wright, both of St. 

 Louis, which took place April 12 at the 

 home of the bride's sister, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Gustav G. Pabst, in Milwaukee. From 

 a florist's standpoint it was the most 

 elaborate that has taken place for some 

 time. It cleaned up the market on high 

 grade stock of Beauties, Killarney and 

 other roses and lily of the valley. 



John C. Arnold, who has successfully* 

 conducted a flower store at 44 Juneau 

 avenue for the last few years, is about 

 to move to more spacious quarters in the 

 new building at 603 East Water street. 



At the W. E. Dallwig seed store they 

 report business as exceptionally fine; it 

 began with the first warm weather and 

 has been a continual rush ever since. 



Rudolph Preufs, at 24 Vine street, re- 

 ports that business is keeping up nicely 

 — always something doing, either in one 

 line or the other. 



At the election, April 5, C. B. Whit- 

 nall, an honorary member of the Mil- 

 waukee Florists' Club, was elected city 

 treasurer. He is widely known through- 

 out the country, being a charter member 

 of the S. A. F. and a regular attendant 

 at most conventions. 



At the last club meeting Alex Klokner 

 entertained those present by giving a de- 

 scription of his recent travels, which led 

 him from British Columbia down the 

 Pacific coast, through California, the mid- 

 dle west, down to Mexico and back 

 through the southern states. It was a 

 treat appreciated by all. The following 

 club members were selected to help the 

 Outdoor Art Association judge the back- 

 yards, before and after planting : C. Dall- 

 wig, August Kellner, Robert Zepnick, Wm. 

 Zimmermann and Walter Hummel. 



Nic. Zweifel, as representative of the 



