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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Decembbb 8, 1904. 



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ROSES 



CARNATIONS 



We produce First Grade Stock in such great quantities that 

 we Can fill shipping orders for Select Stock at any time. 



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Sxtr»long stem perdoz., 



SO-lncb siem 



24-iiicb Item 



20-liioh ■tem 



Ift-lncta Btem 



12-incbitem 



S-fnctaitem " 



Bridennaida per 100, 



Bride 



Golden Gate per 100, 96.00 to 8.00 



Perle. 



Ivory 



Liberty 



Meteor . 



Roses (our selection) 

 Oamatlons. ordinary. 

 Carnations, fancy 



4.00 to 6.00 

 6.00 to 8.00 

 6.00 to 10.00 

 6.00 to 8.00 



4.00 

 3.00 to 4.00 



6.00 



All other stock at loweat HMrket rate*— Mo charge for pacfciag. Prices sabject to chaage wttheut notice. 



WIETOR BROS. 



51 Wabash Avenue, ••• 



CHICAGO. 



J. W. Foote is sending in some su- 

 perb Fair Maid carnations to the new 

 market. A. Roper's new striped seedling, 

 Chester Roper, shows up well at the 

 same stand. Donald Carmichael, of 

 Wellesley, is sending in extra good En- 

 chantress, Fair Maid and Queen. 



Norris F. Comley is trying Dutch 

 bulbs as a side issue this year and has 

 45,000 tulips coming along, from which 

 he hopes to reap substantial returns la- 

 ter. 



Alexander Montgomery was in New 

 York the past week in the interests of 

 the American Rose Society. He reports 

 conBiderable enthusiasm in that city for 

 the show next March and says tnat ev- 

 erything points to a first-class show. W. 

 J. Stewart, of this city, has been ap- 

 pointed to succeed Leonard Barron, re- 

 signed, as secretary of the American 

 Rose Society. 



Houghton & Clark had some extra fine 

 cattleyas and poinsettias in one of their 

 windows at their Boylston street store 

 the past week. 



W. E.. Doyle, at his Back Bay and 

 Beacon street stores, is showing some 

 splendid Killamey , roses, a variety which 

 Beams W be increasing in popularity. 

 White camellias and Daphne Indica odor- 

 ata were features in one window. 



The North Shore Horticultural Society 

 has elected the following officers for 

 1905: President, P. R. Santwm; vice- 

 president, W. B. Jackson ; ' secretary, 

 James Salter; financial secretary, James 

 McGregor; librarian, Henry Clark. This 

 society is in a flourishing condition. 



At the Harvard Botanic Gardens, Rob- 

 ert Cameron has a beautiful lot of Bego- 

 nia Gloire de Lorraine. The primulas 

 and cyclamens promise a grand display 

 a little later. 



— Among the last of the chrysanthe- 

 mums to be seen at the stores are Minnie 

 Wanamaker, Maud Dean, still the best 

 late pink in commerce; Chadwick and 

 the old Cullingfordii. One or two grow- 

 ers have batches of Yanoma and Merry 

 Christmas which they will hold for 

 Christmas. 



The Gardeners* and Florists' Clubs' 

 next meeting will be held on December 

 20. It is possible that the members may 

 decide to oflfer some gold and other med- 

 als for roses at the meeting of the Amer- 



ican Rose Society in March. Quite a few 

 of the members favor such action. 



Some of our recent visitors tell us that 

 New York and Chicago had bigger and 

 better chrysanthemum shows than Bos- 

 ton. We do not doubt their bigness, 

 but question their superiority in all- 

 around quality. Of course, it is but 

 natural for our bigger sisters to be a 

 little jealous, but we would remind them 

 that Boston had sixteen exhioitions last 

 year, while all the energies of the New 

 Yorkers produced but two and tnat of 

 Chicago one show. 



Yellow marguerites are very much in 

 demand at present but rather scarce. 

 Wax Bros, had quite a hunt for 1,500 

 the past week. 



J. H. Delay had a decoration for 

 Prince Fushimi on December 3. 



J. W. Howard,, of Winter Hill, grew 

 the early spirseas riiown by Zinn for 

 Thanksgiving trade and referred to in 

 our last issue. 



William Spillsbury, of Woburn, 

 brought in 19,000 Princess of Wales vio- 

 lets on Thanksgiving eve, 4,000 more 

 than his nearest competitor. 



Mrs. J. W. Rogers runs the Summer 

 street store referred to in our last and 

 does all her own buying. 



A few Lilium Harrisi are now coming 

 into the market. 



At the dinner tendered to Prince Fu- 

 shimi at the Algonquin Club on Decem- 

 ber 2, Galvin used white chrysanthemums 

 chiefly in the decorations. At a dinner 

 given by the prince himself on December 

 4 poinsettias were the only flowers used. 



A number of charity fairs in which 

 society people are prominent at the Ven- 

 dome, Copley Hall and Thomdike, have 

 used a good many flowers and plants dur- 

 ing the past few days. First-class carna- 

 tions brought as high priees as Bride 

 and Bridesmaid roses at these functions. 



F. W. Fletcher, of Aubumdale, finds 

 schizanthus very useful in his retail work 

 and is growing several varieties of it, 

 both in benches and pots. He finds it 

 has wonderful lasting properties in water 

 and is excellent in design work. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEV YORK. 



Fall City, Neb. — Simonton & Pence 

 have rented a part of Sowle's confection- 

 ery store and started a flower store. 



Various Jottings of Interest. 



A store to be called the Flower Mar- 

 ket will open this week on West Forty- 

 fourth street, between Fifth and Sixth 

 avenues. It is a big store, with mirror 

 effects and marble counters and is 

 claimed to be a departure from present 

 methods. Jos. Fleischman is at the 

 head of it. Just what may be its ob- 

 ject beyond selling cut flowers and get- 

 ting the usual prices for them is hard 

 to understand. It is stated that the 

 company has associated with it nine 

 prominent retailers and twenty-five 

 growers. Looks like a combination of 

 growers, retailers and wholesalers and 

 the foretaste of the millennium! Near 

 it are the old established shops of Mc- 

 Connell, Thorley, Siebrecht, Thog, 

 Young, Jr., Wadley & Smythe and 

 Dards. 



Christmas is in the air. Down on 

 West street the aroma of the north 

 woods is already dominant. In the re- 

 tailers' windows more than anywhere 

 else appear the signs of the times. Al- 

 ready in one's imagination can be heard 

 the Christmas bells, and their counter- 

 part in many a size and style add to the 

 interest of the decorations. Flowering 

 plants, poinsettias, acacias, azaleas, ericas, 

 begonias and orchids are already arriv- 

 ing and there will be no. diminution of 

 decorative floral art during the three 

 short weeks that remain. 



Thorley 's Fifth avenue store windows 

 are charming with great baskets and 

 balls of Gloire de Lorraine begonias. 



McConnell's was a mass of yellow 

 Baby mums, the novelty which he has 

 handled in great numbers since the fall 

 flower show. Six large shipments of 

 hundreds of this little beauty have been 

 disposed of. 



Jos. Leikens is building a conservatory 

 back of his store on East Thirty-third 

 street. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. will dispose of 

 1,000 cases of holly this season. 



Ralph W, Ward & Co. 's horse shoe 

 brand of bulbs and plants will have the 

 advocacy of W. A. Prosser this season, 

 in addition to the other travelers repre- 

 senting this progressive firm. 



