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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



APBit 8, 1909. 



Manhattan Flower Market 



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NEW YORK, April 3, 1909. 



N or about May 1, it is proposed to open the above store 

 as a market ''for the sale of cut flowers at Wholesale. 

 It will be used in the early morning at six o'clock as a 

 •'Growers' Market" for th.ose desiring to sell their own 

 flowers, etc., and after that as a regular wholesale market by 

 anyone who secures ^ space for that privilege, thus dividing 

 expenses about one-half. " ' *',^ 



The '^ore, together with-a large, light basement, is one of 

 the largest and best, most accessible and convenient locations 

 for this purpose in the business. 



To parties who will become interested, very favorahle 

 propositions will be made. 



-For furtber particulars and Information, please address at onoe- 



A. L. YOUNG, 54 West 28th Street, NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when you write. 



NEVYORK. 



TheMa^et 



The atmosphere in the wholesale cut 

 flower market Saturday, April 3, was 

 certainly charged with optimism. JPrices 

 had not advanced materially from the 

 average of the week, but there was a com- 

 pletely cleaned-up condition that augured 

 well for the present week, and especially 

 for the great holiday trade of Easter. 

 The week opened with almost summer 

 temperature. 



The quotations of this week in the cut 

 flower market are those of its early days. 

 There should be a gradual advance till 

 Saturday, when Easter prices, now prob- 

 lematical, will prevail. According to 

 veterans of the street, the prospect is 40 

 cents top for Beauties, 10 to 12 cents for 

 Bride and Maid, 12 to 20 cents for Kil- 

 lamey, Richmond, My Maryland, Chate- 

 nay, and even more for White Killamey; 

 2 to 6 cents for carnations, with 8 cents 

 for special stock; 75 cents for violets, 

 and a corresponding uplift for all else, 

 including orchids and gardenias, of 

 course, the flowers society has set the 

 seal of approval on emphatically this 

 winter. Everything betokens a splendid 

 Easter. There is an abundance of every- 

 thing. 



Lilies seem to hold firm for Easter at 

 12 cents. Few ask more, and this may 

 fairly be quoted top, with the smaller 

 and inferior stodc at 10 cents. Most of 

 the supply this year is excellent in qual- 

 ity, and the demand is insistent, as usual. 

 Spring bulbous stock of all kinds is enor- 

 mous, and tlie southern daffodils have 

 been arriving, 100,000 in a day. Lilac, 

 too, is here from the sunny clime. The 



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plant growers' display everywhere this 

 year is a delightful inspiration, and the 

 universal salutation is ' ' Sold out, ' ' and 

 that is practically true. About every 

 plant suitable for the Easter trade is 

 now disposed of, and some for over a 

 week have not had a perfect plant to 



ff9VERY now and then a well 

 19 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



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Such friendly assistance is thoroushly 

 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 florists^ use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



offer. The early bookings were far in 

 advance of any previous season. Many 

 of the outside buyers who delayed their 

 selections until this week have been 

 obliged to go home with their wants un- 

 satisfied. 



Various Notes. 



The fraternity lost another of its ster- 

 ling characters without warning April 5, 

 when "William Hagemann died of apo- 

 plexy. Further details will be found in 

 the obituary column. 



Monday, April 12, the New York 

 Florists' Club holds its monthly meeting 

 in its rooms in the Grand Opera House 

 building. This will be plant night, and 

 exhibits may be sent to Secretary Young, 

 51 Twenty-eighth street, for care and 

 staging. Echoes of the Cincinnati execu- 

 tive committee meeting of the S. A. F., 

 and of the rose convention at Buffalo, 

 will be heard, and the evening should 

 prove one of great interest. Several im- 

 portant committees will report, and ar- 

 rangements for the club's annual outing 

 will be completed. This it is planned to 

 make the most elaborate event in the 

 club's history. The souvenir book will 

 contain portraits of all the club mem- 

 bers. 



The auctions are in full blast and 

 drawing crowds. Prices are good, quite 

 up to regular wholesale figures, and as 

 the temperature rises the demand grows. 

 It looks like a record spring for the mel- 

 low-voiced auctioneers, all of them. 



J. J. Fellouris is handling the urst 

 southern lilac and arbutus of the season. 

 There will be an abundance of soutliern 

 stock for Easter with all the green g"od9 

 merchants. 



Kessler Bros, have a grand display "' 

 Easter plants, some especially hand'-offle 

 dwarfed bougainvillea and standard 

 daisies among them. 



Twenty-eighth street is a flower garden 

 this week. Almost every wholesaler has 

 handsome plants in his window. 



Herman Warendorff, of the Ansoniai 



