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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 16, 1899. 



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I WHOLESALE FLORISTS, | 



I 45-47-43 Wabash Avenue, - - CHICAGO. | 



I OUR Orchids^ High-Grade Roses^ | 



I SPECIALTIES Carnations and Violets, | 



I Full line FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, Seeds, Bulbs, Hardy Stock. 1 



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FIRST QUALITY. 



LOW PRICES. 



Tuberous Begonia Bulbs 



Siiij^Ie Red, Wliite, Rose, and Yellow, 

 Per doz. 40 cts., hundred $2.50, thousand $23. 



Doul)Ie Red, Wliite, Rose, and Yellow, 

 Per dozen $1.00, hundred $ 5.oo. 



Gloxinia Bulbs, mixed cclors 



Per dozen 65 cts., hundred $4.00 

 Buy from the introducers, the Improved Strain of 



Vick's Branching- Aster, white 



The best lale vaiiely. Per ounce ijli.oo. 



Queen of the Earlies or Early Market, the 



earliest of all asters. White or mixed colors 75c. per oz. 



JAMES VICKS SONS, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



CHICAGO. 

 The Market. 



There is no perceptible change in 

 the marltet from last week, except an 

 increased demand for violets on Mon- 

 day and Tuesday, due to St. Valentine's 

 Day. Price went up to .$1.00 tor good 

 doubles, with singles holding their own 

 at 75 cents; a better price than they 

 have realized tor many a day. 



Roses are coming in a little more 

 freely the last few days, though .still no 

 surplus in any variety. Brides being 

 still a scarce article, Maids about equal 

 to demand. 



Bulbous stuff, if light colored, goes 

 fairly well. Daffies and yellow tulips 

 go rather slowly. 



Various Items. 



Owing to the continuation of the ex- 

 tremely cold weather a number of ac- 

 cidents and freeze- ups are reported. 

 George Harrer of Morton Grove is said 

 to have lost a number of violet houses, 

 and Poehlmann Bros, of the same place 

 also suffered quite a loss. Singler 

 Bros, of Morgan Park are also reported 

 to have lost a house of violets, and a 

 fire destroyed the plant of the Morgan 

 Park Floral Co., caused by the neces- 

 sity for unusually hard firing. John 

 Junius, 620 Byron street, lost a house 

 of carnations. 



Geo. Wittbold has had a fine display 

 of orchids in his show house, the col- 

 lection including many well bloomed 

 specimens of cattleyas, laelias, cypri- 

 pediums and dendiobiums. 



He has a seedling variation of the 

 Boston fern that is a rsmarkably hand- 

 some thing. The fronds are much 

 broader than in the type and the edges 

 of the pinnae are crimped. It is fully 

 as vigorous a grower and the plant 

 makes a fine specimen. 



He root.^ his cuttings of Ficus elas- 

 tica by inserting them in the soil 

 among the Boston ferns planted out 

 in a bench for stock, and finds they 

 root finely under these conditions. 



Mr. Wittbold has five sons, all asso- 

 ciated with him in the business. 

 Henry, the eldest, has a mechanical 

 turn of mind, and last summer built a 

 large boiler himself, which is now 

 heating a large share of their glass. It 

 is composed of 45 pipes each 20 feet 

 long and from 4 to 6 inches in diam- 

 eter, and bricked in. These pipes work 

 in pairs independent of the others. It 

 is a very powerful boiler and the ma- 

 terial alone cost nearly a thousand dol- 

 lars. 



They heat their delivery wagons 

 with a sheet iron charcoal stove of 

 their own design, that is very eco- 

 nomical and effective. 



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51 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. 



W. S. HEFFRON, Mgr. 



Price List taking ettect Thursdav, Feb. 16. 



ROSES. 



Am. Beauties, long, per doz $tOO— $6.00 



meaiuni, per doz 2.00 — 4. CO 



short. ■• 1.00— l.SO 



Meteors. Maids, Brides and Kaiserm, 



per 100, 6.00— 10.00 



Perles ■ 4.00— 6.0O 



Roses, seconds, average " 4.0. — 



CARNATIONS 



Are Our Specialty, p^r ko 



Fancy varieties, (ancily Rrown $3.U(>— 



Ordinary varieties, fancily grown 2.00 — 



Ordinary varieties, average stock 1.50— 



Ordinary varieties, wliite 2.00— 3.0O 



Miscellaneous. 



Freesia (strictly (aiic> I per IGO, $3.00- 



Marguerites " .T.'i — 



Mignonette " 3.00— 



Forget ine-not " '2.00 — 



Callas per doz., 1.50— 2.00 



Harrisii " 1.50— '2.00 . 



Romans per 100, 2.00— 3.00 



Narcissus " 3.00 — 



Daffodils ■' 3.1,0— 



Tulips " 2.00—4.00 



Valley '• 4.00— 



Violets " .75- 1.00 



Decorative. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Per string $ .50— .lb 



FERNS. 



Per 100, 2.'>c per 1 000, $2.50 



Maiden Hair per 100, $1.00— 



GALAX. 



Bronze and Green, per 100, 15c ....per 1,(00, $1.00 



SMILAX. 



Common per doz., $1.50 



Wild, Parlor Brand case 3.75 



Medium case 5.50 



Large case 8.00 



All other flowers in season at lowest 

 market rates. 



Above quotations are subject to change 

 without notice. P. and D. at cost. 



Extra select and inferior qualities charged 

 for according to value. 



Store open from 7:00 A. M., until 6:30 

 P. M. Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 

 ALL WHITE STOCK SCARCE. 



A g'ood 

 chance for 

 the rig^ht 

 xuan. 



A BARGAIN ! 



Retail Floral Store '::^:^^^:\^iJ:'^ 



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 business. ^TM. T. EASTIITG. 



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