MAUcii'l, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



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A Seasonable Snap 



Now is the time to get your supply of baskets for the smaller, early-spring 

 flowers and bulb stock, such as Tulips, Hyacinths, Jonquils, etc. These 

 excellent-quality baskets are just what you want for your line of soring 

 plants. Made to fit three-quarter and standard sizes of 6-inch, 6-inch, 

 7-inch and 8-inch pots. A necessity to the florist selling potted plants. 



1 dozen for $4.20 



2 dozen for $8.00 



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SPECIALS rOR THIS WEEK 



Per 100 

 Sweet Peaa— Fancy Spencer $1.00 @ $1.50 



100(» lois. .$7.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 

 Camatioiw— Select. Fancy 3.00 



Good. 2.00 



TuHps-iP'ancy 2.00 @ 3.00 



Jonquils and Daffodils 2.00 @ 3.00 



• Per 100 



Freesia Purity $2.00 @ $ 3.00 



Violets— Double and Single 60 @ .76 



Easter Lilies— Fancy 15.00 



Roses— Pink and White Killarney, Brilliant. 



Sunburst. Ophelia $6.00, $8.00. $10.00. $12.00 



Fems-Per 1000 3.00 



A. T. PYFER & CO. "^ist^ so e. Randolph st. 



L.D. Phone PUIOBCn 



Central 3373 UillUAaU 



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WIETOR BROS.. 



162 North 

 Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



48 to 60-inch stems $5.00 @ $6 00 



S6-inch ptems 4.00 



80-inch stems 8.00 



24-inch stems 2.00 



Mn. Chas. RomcU Per 100 



Fancy stock $10.00 @ $20.00 



Mlnlatare Roses Per 100 



. Baby Doll $2.00 



EUer 2.00 



Pink KnUmey, White Klllamey, KlUamey 

 Brilliant, Sunburst, Richmond, Ophelia 



Per 100 



Extra Special $10.00 



Select 8.00 



Fancy 7.00 



Medium 6.00 



Good 6.00 



Short stems 4.00 



Carnations 



Fancy $2.60 m 3.C0 



Good 1.60 @ 2.00 



Nlsccllaneons Per 100 



Valley $ 6.00 



Lilies $12.60 e 16.00 



Ferns per 1000. $3.00 



Smilax per doz. strings. 2.00 



Adiantum i.oo 



Galax (bronze and green), per 



1000 $1.25 



Asparagus Sprengeri. .,.} bch. 



Asparagus Plumosus ( $0.50 



Boxwood per lb., .25 



Other Green Goods Market Rates. 



ROSES, onr selection $4.00 per lOO 



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week, where, he says, he found business 

 conditions good. 



F. A, Parkmire, 1429 Morse avenue, 

 is an enthusiastic booster for St. Valen- 

 tine's day. He says his sales for that 

 day have increased steadily for the last 

 three years. 



A. Henderson says cannas have 

 cleaned up with unusual celerity. He 

 looks for the supply of gladiolus bulbs 

 to prove larger than was expected 

 earlier in the season. 



O. A. & L. A. Tonner celebrated 

 their first anniversary in their present 

 quarters March 1. ' ' The change has been 

 an advantageous one in every way," 

 said Miss O. A. Tonner, ".January and 

 February this year showing an increase 

 of sixty per cent over the same period 

 last year. ' ' The supply business, which 

 was commenced about a year ago under 

 the direction of Miss L. A. Tonner, has 

 also shown excellent progress and she 

 is optimistic for Jhe future. 



8. W. Pike, of, St. Charles, fth, "was 

 a visitor February 27JC'5e says he does 



not remember a year in which the de- 

 mand for young stock of bedding plants 

 lias been so strong during February. 



J. A. Young, of the Aurora Nurseries, 

 Aurora, 111., was in the city last week. 

 He is a frequent visitor because his con- 

 cern is selling large quantities of shrubs 

 here. 



BALTIMORE. 



Reminiscences, Not News. 



The growers will be glad of a rise in 

 temperature; with the temperature hov- 

 ering around zero and coal scarce and 

 high, it was a problem for the boys to 

 figure overhead expenses. I met my old 

 friend, Rob Halliday, a few days ago, 

 and we had lunch together. He told 

 me that he was obliged to pay $8 per 

 ton for soft coal that cost $4 'last Au- 

 gust. He also told me that the manage- 

 ment of the Sherwood Distilling Co. 

 had to pay this figure for it in train-load 

 lots. 



While talking we became reminiscent 

 of the old days when we were both in 

 the greenhouses of our fathers, and, as 

 we compared notes, we both agreed how 

 much better the young fellows have it 

 today than those of — we will say — 

 twenty years ago. Then we had only 

 brick flues and a furnace for a heating 

 plant, and the ashes had to be sifted 

 every day in order that the cinders 

 might be used. During a cold wave in 

 those days it was simply a case of stay- 

 ing up all night in order to keep the 

 frost out. 



Nor is it only the grower who has been 

 benefited by modern progress; if any- 

 thing, I think the retail stores have a 

 little the best of it. In those days there 

 were no wholesale houses. Now in our 

 city we have the Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 the Leo Niessen Co., the Baltimore Cut 

 Flower Co. and the Baltimore Florist & 

 Supply Co., so that, among these four, 

 when an order out of the ordinary comes 

 along, dne will have a chance to get 

 what one wants. In those days it was 



