The Florists' Review 



JDKB 10, 191S. 



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JUNE WEDDINGS 



I Beauties, Peas, Valley and Roses | 



E Remember we have in quantity everything that is seasonable, and can supply | 



§ you with quality stock at as reasonable a price as anyone else. Buy here. E 



lA. L.VAIGHAN & CO.I 



= (NOT INC.) 



I 161 N« Wabash Ave* '^^^^^^^^^KISJJii 



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176 R.Micl\^8J> Ave 



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Per 100 



Valley $3.00 @ $4.00 



Peas 35 @ 1.00 



Peonies 4.00 @ 8.00 . 



Per 100 



Carnations $2.00 ©JS.OO 



Killarneys, pink and white, 3.00 @ 8.00 

 Easter Lilies 8.00 @ 12.00 



SEE C. F. GEE FOR 8AFETT 



Beauties, doz $0.75 @ $3.00 



Cattleyas, doz 4.00 @ 5.00 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



mand seemed to be for the newer va- 

 rieties, such as Kussell, Ophelia, 

 Shawyer and Sunburst. These moved 

 fairly well, though it is doubtful if 

 anything cleared after June 5. As 

 usual, the shipping trade received the 

 advantage of the fancy stock by com- 

 ing in early with orders, while the lo- 

 cal trade, not impelled by any urgent 

 demand, was under the necessity of 

 making its selection from a stock from 

 ■which the cre^m had been removed. So 

 much for delaying. 



The supply of carnations, like every- 

 thing else, is more than equal to the 

 demand. In quality, there has been a 

 large quantity of inferior stock, though 

 there has been enough good stock to 

 meet all demands. 



Peonies held up in price and demand 

 until June 4, when they, too, began to 

 recede together with everything else. 

 The hot day, June 6, started the local 

 crops and next day the market was full 

 of open flowers that had to be sold at 

 once or lost. The result was that all 

 stock fit for storage was sent to the 

 freezer. The return of cooler weather 

 has favored the harvesting of the crops 

 and is tending to increase the quanti- 

 ties put away for use after the crop 

 is gone. 



Valley became sluggish early last 

 week, but maintained a fair price. Mi- 



gnonette and gladioli fared better than 

 the conditions would seem to indicate. 

 So, too, did yellow daisies. But none 

 of these cleared. Their success was only 

 relative. Snapdragon has not held its 

 own since the arrival of peonies and 

 is gradually receding into the back- 

 ground. Sweet peas are more plentiful 

 than they have been for some time, 

 but the quality is lacking in the greater 

 part of the receipts. Easter lilies and 

 callas find but a weak demand. Ferns 

 alone stand on the short side of the 

 market. The old stock is just about 

 depleted, and the new is yet a bit too 

 soft. 



A New Loop Store. 



Christ Pedersen has leased for a term 

 of five years the store at 58 East Ran- 

 dolpli street, in which he has opened a 

 retail florists' business. Within a few 

 days the partitions that divide the 

 store into front and back rooms will 

 be removed and fixtures installed. Mr. 

 Pedersen was at one time located in 

 the Stewart building. He will be as- 

 sisted by his sister, Mrs. Theodore 

 Callos. 



Various Notes. 



Speaking of the cost of high living 

 for greenhouse stock this year, N. J. 

 Wietor comments that not so long ago 

 good cattle manure was to be had free 



at the stock yards if one would pay the 

 freight for taking it away, $6 per car 

 to Sogers Park. Now $12 per car is 

 asked for the manure, while the freight 

 has been shoved up to $20, and even 

 at that the fertilizer has been difficult 

 to obtain since the quarantine against 

 the foot and mouth disease. 



John Poehlmann, president of Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., is attending commence- 

 ment exercises at the Culver Military 

 Academy, at Culver, Ind., from which 

 .Tohn Poehlmann, Jr., graduates this 

 week. Mr. Poehlmann will return to 

 the city June 11. Adolph Poehlmann 

 left Morton Grove the night of June 8 

 to be present at the graduation of his 

 son, Walter, from the Western Military 

 Academy, at Alton, 111. 



It is not many years ago that the 

 growers replanted all roses every year. 

 Beauty was the last to come under the 

 new method of carrying over and now 

 most of the large growers replant only 

 half their Beauties each year. Peter 

 Reinberg is just starting up seven 

 houses of Beauties that have been dried 

 off and rested since Easter. 



The trade is full of men who have 

 other interests, or who have come into 

 the business from other lines. For in- 

 stance, John Brod is said to be Chi- 

 cago's original osteopath. He devotes 

 most of his time and energies to medi- 



