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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 30, 1916. 



SPECIAL TEN DOLLAR BOX 



ASSORTED ROSES 



South Park Floral Co., Newcastle, Ind. 



182 N. Wabash Avenue 



CKictiw^o 



Per 100 



Valley $4.00 @% 5.00 



Milady 4.00 @ 12.00 



RttsseU 4.00 @ 20.00 



Ward 3.00 @ 8.00 



Galax, per 1000, $1.00@$1.25. 



Per 100 



Carnations $ 2.00 @$ '^ 00 



Eillarneys.piflkMd white, :>>.00 @ 10.00 



Ferns per 1000, 3 00 



Boxwood per case, 8.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Jonquils, per 100 $2.00 @ 13.00 



Pussy Willow, bunch . . .25 @ .50 



Calla Lilies, doz 1.60 



Adiantum, per 100 75 @ 1.00 



Smilax, per doz. strings. 2.00 



Mention The Beriew when yon write. 



JOHN KRUCHTEN 



NICHOLAS KRUCHTEN, JR. 



HENRY KRUCHTEN 



JOHN KRUCHTEN CO. 



Wholatale Roritls '« """S^SteS-*'™"*- CHICAGO, ILL 



quite a lot of bad luck thi? winter. 

 Some time ago he had his left arm 

 broken and just at present is hardly 

 able to be about, suffering from an ail- 

 ment similar to rheumatism. He now 

 is the proud possessor of a 7-passen- 

 ger car, a gift from his father-in-law. 



Henry Gerber, vegetable grower, is 

 adding three houses, each 30x120, to 

 be used for vegetables for the present, 

 but later for cut flowers. 



J. F. Wilcox & Sons have had a 

 heavy run of business, both wholesale 

 and retail, at their No. 1 plant. Some 

 nice Ophelia, Kussell and Ward were 

 to be seen. Carnations also were fine. 

 Down at Lake Manawa, where they 

 have two big houses, 60x1,000, we 

 found everything in really better shape 

 than we expected, considering the fact 

 that three years ago this month these 

 houses were completely demolished by 

 a tornado and last summer a liail storm 

 broke every pane of glass in the houses. 

 Under the efficient management of 

 Foreman Harry Clark, the place has 

 taken on new life and some excellent 

 stock is the result. The houses have 

 been given a good coat of paint inside 

 and outside, which makes them look 

 like new. 



Fred Lainson is so busy these days 



he hardly knows which way to turn. 

 His Bassett carnations beat any red 

 to be seen in this market. Winsor also 

 is fine, while his geranium and mum 

 stock show excellent care. He is going 

 to tear down two of his small houses 

 and replace them with one, 97x260 feet, 

 to be used for cucumbers. Mr. Lain- 

 son is a good example of what push 

 and vim will do and what opportuni- 

 ties the florists' business affords those 

 in it. He has about 150,000 square feet 

 of glass, one of the finest homes in 

 Council Bluffs and two or three auto- 

 mobiles. And with all his wealth, he 

 is still one of the boys. L. S. H. 



NASHVILLE. 



The Market. 



The three weeks I did not report saw 

 great changes in the business here. 

 The first two weeks were erratic as to 

 weather — one day cold, the next day 

 warm as summer. As a result the 

 earlier daffodils did not produce heav- 

 ily. Last week was mild and brought 

 us plenty of rain, but also a terrible 

 wind. With the wind came the worst 

 fire the city has ever known^ sweeping 

 block after block and leaving thou- 



sands homeless. Many of these were 

 good flower buyers, too. Fortunately, 

 none of the trade was directly affected 

 in any way, as there was none of them 

 in the fire-swept part of tne city. Tom 

 Joy served on the relief committee in 

 caring for the homeless ones, until per- 

 manent quarters could be secured for 

 them. Over 350 residences were burned. 

 The fire was started by a little colored 

 boy dropping his yarn ball into the 

 open grate. Hastily snatching it from 

 the flames, he threw it into the yard 

 to extinguish it. The heavy wind 

 rolled it under the house and in a mo- 

 ment the fire was beyond control. Nat- 

 urally, the florists are wondering just 

 what effect the fire will have on spring 

 trade. 



Last week brought an abundance of 

 good stock of all kinds, the first real 

 let-up on a shortage for over six 

 months. Carnations and roses are plen- 

 tiful and of excellent quality. Peas 

 are as plentiful as I have ever seen 

 them and the quality averages the best 

 for forced stock. Truly, peas have im- 

 proved much since the new winter-flow- 

 ering orchid type first appeared. Out- 

 doors the later varieties of narcissi are 

 beginning to open, and they promise 



