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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Maech 2G. 1903. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



(I A DHCNI A C Wholesale Florist, 



UAKUCIMAJ. 1712 Ludlow St., PHILADELPHIA. 



EASTER PLANTS. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, EDITOR and Manager. 



PtlBLISHED ETEBT THURSDAY BT 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



530-535 Caxton Balldlng, 

 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



New York Office: 2688 Broadway 

 J. Austin Shaw. Manager. 



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 Subscriptions accepted from those In tbe trade 

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Advertising rates: Perlnch 11.00: Kpage.tlo: 

 full page. 130. Discounts: 6 times. 5 percent: 13 

 times, 10 percent: 26 times, 20 percent: 52 times. 

 30 per cent. Discounts allowed only on consecu- 

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 accepted. Advertisements must reach us by 

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 be better. ^ 



Entered at the Chicago post-offlce as mail 

 matter of the second class. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



Seed Trade News. 



Boston, Mass. — Joseph Breck & Sons 

 say: "The season in Is'ew England, as 

 else.where, is unusually early, and the 

 demand for a great many items that are 

 usually called for and planted in April, 

 has alieady begun. Peas, both sweet 

 and culinarj', have been planted in many 

 districts in a small wax. Grass in fa- 

 vored positions is bright green and some 

 of the gardeners have already started 

 to run the mower. All the seed houses 

 in Boston are unusually busy and al- 

 ready in some of them work goes on un- 

 til 10 p. m. The expectation is that the 

 season will be an exceptionally good one 

 unless broken in upon by unpropitious 

 weather. There is, of course, the usual 

 complaint about scarcity of some arti- 

 cles, especially Wardwell's kidney 

 beans, dwarf wrinkled peas, cucum- 

 bers and corn. Tlie condition of the 

 Connecticut and Nety York corn crops 

 is well known and no further deliveries 

 are expected from these quarters. It 

 seems difficult, however, to get informa- 

 tion from the growers further west as 

 to what the shipments will be, conse- 

 quently some of the seedsmen here have 

 stopped taking orders for corn until 

 some correct information is forthcom- 

 ing. The prevailing opinion, however, 

 seems to be that supplies will be fairly 

 good as soon as the growers are able to 

 secure cars in which to make shipments. 

 Altogether, New England and Boston 

 especially, is experiencing and expect- 

 ing, a long and prosperous spring." 



New York — Ai all the seed stores 

 large foices. including much extra help, 

 are busy sending out early orders, which 

 in volume are far beyond the average to 

 date. The Si,ock of some varieties has 

 been already depleted, and extra buying 

 is already necessaiy. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. — Bailey & 

 Sons report that alfalfa seed in this 



part of the country is well cleaned up 

 and that they are unable to fill orders at 

 12 to 13 cents per lb. Spring seed trade 

 is only just beginning, as we have had a 

 hard winter and there is still much snow 

 on the ground. 



Bismarck, N. D.— 0. H. Will & Co. 

 report trade about the same as last 

 year to date, which they consider good, 

 as last year's trade was double that of 

 any previous year. 



The postoffice bill, which provides for 

 mailing catalogues in bulk, the same as 

 newspapers, will be hailed with delight 

 by all seedsmen doing a catalogue trade. 



Richland, Wis. — ^Harry Leonard has 

 purchased a half interest in the Helt seed 

 store and the firm will be known as 

 Helt &, Leonard. 



Seed sweet corn is pr.xctically unob- 

 tainable and prices are soaring. We 

 hear of as much as $10 a bushel being 

 paid for it. 



The warm weather of last week almost 

 swamped the seedsmen with orders and 

 the change to cooler weather was wel- 



The price on yellow onion sets is phe- 

 nomenally low. 



Chicago— J. C. Northmp, Minneap- 

 olis, was a recent visitor. 



Wholesale Gut Flower Prices. 



BnSalo. March 25. 

 Per 100 



BeauUes. Specials $20.00 to $30.00 



Extra 12.00to 15.00 



No. 1 S.OOto 10.00 



Shorts 2.00to 4.00 



Brides and Maids. Extra S.OOto 10.00 



No. 1 S.OOto 6.00 



No.2 2.00to 3.00 



Cusin 2.00 to 5 00 



SoldenOatee 2.00to 8.00 



Liberty S.OOto ,s 00 



Meteors 200to S.OO 



Mrs. Morgan 2.00to 6.00 



Perle S.OOto 6.00 



Sunrise 2.C0to 4 00 



VIrich Branner lO.OOto 25.00 



Catleyas SO.OOto 60.00 



Carnations, Common l.OOto 1.25 



Selects l.SOto 2.00 



Fancies 250to 3.50 



Novelties !>.00to 6.C0 



Adiantum Cuneatiun 75 to 1.25 



Asparagus plumosus, Strings 40.00 to 60.00 



Sprays 2o00to 60.00 



Sprengeri, " .... 20.00 to 40.00 



Callas .sOOto 12.00 



Camellias S.OOto 7.00 



Daffodils 2.00to 3.00 



Hyacinths, Roman 200to 3.00 



Dutch S.OOto 8.00 



Lilacs lO.OOto 15.00 



Lilium Harrisli lO.OOto 15.00 



Lily of the Valley 2.00 to 4.00 



Mignonette. Ordinary l.OOto 2 00 



Fancy s.foto odd 



Narcissus 200to 3.00 



Pansies 50 to .75 



Smilax 15.00 



SweetPeaS 75to 1.25 



Tulips, Single 2 00 to 300 



■■ Double 2.00to 3.00 



Violets, Ordinary SOto .40 



Extra SOto .60 



Galax lOto .15 



Leucothoe SOto .75 



Common Ferns IS to .25 



Always Mention the.... 



Florists' Review 



When Writing' Advertisers. 



CHAS. F. MEYER, 



19 Barclay Street, NeW YOfk. 



Wholesale Importer of 

 Uly of the Valley, 



Soman Hyacinths and Paper Whites^ 

 Dutch Bulbs, 



Bermuda and Japan Itilies, 

 Azaleas and Palms, 



ITursery Stock.. 

 Azaleas from the celebrated nurseries of 



The Ad. D'Haene Co., Ltd., Ghent. 



15 per cent each of the varieties Simon Mardner 

 and Mme. Van der Cniyssen guaranteed. 



MOTTO :-Hig-h Grade Quality. 



Prices rock-bottom Correspondenci solicited. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



MUwauliee. March 25. 

 Per 100 



American Beauty. Specials $35.00 



Extra $l,s.00to 25.00 



No. 1 12.50 to 15.00 



Shorts 4.00 to 8.00 



Brides and Maids, Specials 10.00 



Extra ,S00 



No. 1 6.00 



No.2 4.00 



Golden Gates 4.00to 8.00 



Kaiserin 4.00 to 8 00 



Meteor 4.00 to 6.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.0O 



Carnations, Common 2.00 to 3.00 



Fancy SOOto 4.00 



Asparagus plumosus. Strings .LO.OOto 60.00 



Sprays 2 00to 4.00 



Sprengeri " 2.00 to 4 00 



Callas lOOOto 12.80 



Daffodils 3.00 



Daisies .50 



Lilium Harrisii 12.50 



Lily of the Valley 4.00 



Smilax 18.00 



Sweet Peas ..SO 



Tuiips. single 2.00to 3 00 



Violets, Ordinary .50 



Extra .75 



Galax .20 



Common Ferns .25 



Portsmouth, N. H. — Blake T. Schur- 

 man has sold his seed store to his broth- 

 er, Arthur W. Schurman. 



Nashua, \'. H. — Geo. E. Buxton, the 

 florist, had his right elbow dislocated by 

 a fall March 1.3. 



