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The Florists' Review 



Junk 28, 1917. 



WIETOR BROS., 



162 N. 

 WABASH AVENUE, 



CHICAGO 



Mrs. Chas. Russell Per 100 



Fancy 112.00 @ 115.00 



Good 8.00@ 10.00 



Miniature Roses , 



Baby Doll 3.00 



Elger 3.00 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Pink and White Killarney, Ophelia, 



Sunburst and Richmond Per 100 



Extra special $8.00 



Select 7.00 



Fancy 600 



Medium 5.00 



Short 4.00 



Carnations 



Fancy 3,00 



Good 2.00 



Subject to change without 

 Miscellaneous Per 



Peonies S 6.00 @ 



VaUey 



Lilies 12.50 @ 



Ferns per 1000, 



Smilax per doz. strings. 2.50 @ 



Adiantum 



Galax (bronze and green), 1000. 

 AsparaKus Sprengeri..bcb., 

 Asparagus Plumosus ..bch., 

 Boxwood per lb.. 



notice. 



100 



iS 8.00 



600 



i 16.00 



3.00 



3.00 



1,00 



1,50 



.50 



.50 



.25 



ROSES, our selection, $4.00 per lOO 



Other Green Goods Market Rates 



Mention The Heview wlit-n yon write. 



NOT THE OLDEST; 



NOR THE LARGEST; 



JUST THE BEST 



ROS£S Per 100 



Russell Sl.OO to 316.00 



Kk-hmoiid, Milady, BiilUaiit.Ward, 

 OplK'lia.Wlilte Killainoy, Killarney, 



Sunburst 2.00 to 8.00 



Extra Special billed accordingly. 



WHOLESALE coMMigsiow FLORISTS 



56 Baa< Raadolpk 8<M«t 

 CHICAGO 



Per 100 



Carnations $1.00 to $2.00 



Peonies 3.00 to 8.00 



Orcliids per dozen 9.00 



Lilies 8.00 



Valley 4.00 to 0.00 



Daisies 60 to 2.01 



Callas l.OOto J.50 



PERCY JONES' FLOWERS- 

 FLOWERS OF 



KNOWN VALUE 



OREXjN^S 



Asp. plumosus sprays— bunch 10.25 to $0.50 



Sprengeri i)er bunch .25 to .50 



Adiantum i>er 100 



(Ireen Galax Leaves per 1000 



Mexican Ivy 



Ferns per 1000 



1.00 



L25 



.75 



2.50 



eUR HOME 6R0WN ORCHIDS ARE THE FINEST ON THE MARKET, LET US SUPPLY YOU. 



MentlDn The Rpvtew when tou write 



J. W. Furrow, of Guthrie, Okla., who 

 is a visitor in this city at proseut, spent 

 June 24 at Hinsdale, 111., i)laying golf 

 with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Washburn at 

 the Hinsdale Country Clul), of which 

 Mr. Washburn is a charter member. 



Weiss & Meyer Co., at Maywood, are 

 making up for lost time on their pres- 

 ent crop of Beauties, wliich is tlie larg- 

 est ancl finest they ever have had in 

 the summer. 



The peonies at I*eterson Nursery 

 have been at their best for the season 

 during the first days of this week and 

 there have been many visitors to see 

 them. 



As one of his minor activities, .lolin 

 Miclielsen conducts coiiperatix c Inly- 

 ing of many articles for flu- Aiuling 

 growers and others interested. Among 

 his specialties is automobile tires and 

 the extent of his oj)(M-;itions is shown )»y 

 the fact that lie recently bought $l,.SiM) 

 worth in one lot. 



Emil Huettner cut the l»ulk of his 

 peony crop at Park Ridge this week, 

 the first time since he established his 

 jdantation tliat he has not cut the crop 

 in the first half of June. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. has l)uilt an ad- 

 dition to its jilant, for office ])uri)oses. 

 A ])rivate telephone exchange with five 

 trunk lines has been installed. Phery- 

 thing about the office is strictly mod- 

 ern. 



A. T. I'yfer will leave for Dixon, 111., 

 June L'8 for a two weeks' vacation. 

 Mr. Pyfer is an ardent fisherman and 

 expects to go after tlie finny tribe in 

 the Rock river during his outing at his 

 old home. 



Miss L. Schreiber, of the ofHce force 

 of Bassett & Washburn, leaves on her 

 vacation June .!(». 



Mrs. H. E. Philpott, at Minneapolis, 

 recently underwent a successful opera- 

 tion for cancer. 



Fifteen employees of the A. 1j. Ran- 

 dall Co. held a ])icnic at Highland Park 

 June 24. 



SPECIAL 



SUMMER 

 OFFER 



OC Tumbler Baskets, 



t^%M Two-tone Colors, with Liners, 



2S 



Cut Flower Baskets, 



Two-tone Colors, with Liners, 



$8.'i 



$14.1! 



How to Keiicli Our 

 l-'iict«»ry Kroin 

 L>o\vii-town : 



Take t'liicapo Avenue, 

 KIston Avenue or Di- 

 vision Street c;irs at 

 State and Kaiidolpli 

 .streets: .Milwaukee or 

 Arinltatre Avenue cais 

 at State and Madison 

 Streets. (IKT OFF AT 

 Till-: DOOK. 



Send for Circulars of Porch and Sun Parlor Baskets, Wed- 

 ding Outfits and Special Baskets of every kind. 



RAEDLEIN BASKET CO. 



DESIGNERS AMdLHANUF'AXTURERS 



713 - 7IT— MIL> 

 CM I CAOO 



,e e— »Ave nub . 



ILLINOIS 



■^t'litioii The Ueview when yon \vrit< 



Visitors. 



Paul Klingsporn, of the Chicago 

 Flower tJ rowers' Association, and C. 

 Leedle, of S])ringfield, ()., visited 

 Morton (irove and Niles Center growers 

 June 21. 



Everette W. Plater, Carboudale, 111., 

 was a visitor last week. 



(iuy A. Bryant and Miles W. Bryant, 

 of Princeton, 111., were visitors last 

 week. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



The commencement exercises at 

 Brown University last week practi- 

 cally concluded the social program 



for the season, although a number of 

 weddings are still on the schedule. 

 Decorations, cut flowers, ])askets and 

 bouquets for weddings have ke])t the 

 retailers busy, the business being well 

 distributed. The warmer days have 

 developed flowers of all kinds with 

 great rapidity, and, with the masses of 

 outdoor blooms coming in, the demand 

 for greenhouse stock has shown a 

 material decrease, the supply being 

 considerably in excess of requirements. 

 Prices show a shading off. 



Various Notes. 



The June exhibition of roses and 

 strawberries by the Rhode Island Hor- 

 ticultural Society was postponed one 



