

January 26, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



54^ 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



60 Wabash Avenue, If^^Snir, CHICAGO 



WHOLESALERS and JOBBERS 



CURRENT PRICE LIST smijeot to oiuuiff* witiioiit houc* 



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Bettuttea. 80 to 86-1x1. per doz $4.00 to S6.00 



Beautlefl, 20 to 24-ln., per doz 2.60 to 8.00 



BeautiPB, 16 to 18-ln., per doz 2.00 to 2.60 



BeaatieB. 12-iii., perdoz 1.60 to 2.00 



Beauties, short, per doz 76 to 1.00 



Liberty, per 100 6.00 to 16.00 



Golden Gate, per 100 6.00 to 12.00 



Obatenay, per 100 e.ooto 15.00 



Bride and Bridesmaid, per 100 . . . 6.00 to 8.00 



Bride and Bridesmaid, fancy 10.00 to 12.00 



Meteor, per 100 6.00 to 12.00 



Perle, per 100 16.00 to 98.00 



Ivory, per 100 ' 6.0O to 16.00 



Camations. per 100 S.OOto 4.00 



Oamations, fancy 5.00to 6.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, per strinK.. .40 to .60 

 AsparagruB Plumosus, per bunch. .26 to .60 



Sprengeri, bunches 25to .86 



Adlantum, per 100 76to 1.00 



Smilax, choice .12>^ 



Fancy Ferns, per 1000 2.00 





Mention The Review when yon write. 



Because we carry the kind of stock that you are looking 

 for, as we make a specialty of producing high grade stock 

 of all kinds, being strong in 



IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF 



GOOD STOCK 



We are fuHy confident that we are in a 

 position to fill youi^ wants 



Why? 



ROSES aND 

 CARNATIONS 



In addition to the cutting of a choice line of stock from our own large green, 

 houses, we also handle the production of a number of the best growers in this city, 

 thereby placing us in a position to fill all orders in a very satisfactory manner, as 

 a trial order will convince you. 



So if you wish to avoid disappointments and want your orders filled satisfact. 

 orily, just give us a call and you will be more than pleased that you called upon us 



J.R.BUDL0NG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



CUT FLOWERS 



Roses and 



Camations „««»,rii * 



A Specialty 6R0WER Of 



WHOLESALE 



Mention The H«Ttew wh«n yog write. 



Walter M. Yates is not able to keep 

 up with the demand for Easter lilies, 

 though he has turned nearly his whole 

 place into these bulbs. The stock looks 

 well, the greatest diflffculty being in get- 

 ting long stems on the early blooms. 



Phil. 



NORTH CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



Still another evidence of the tfiought- 

 fulness for the welfare and pleasure of 

 the employes of A. H. Hews & Co. and 

 the peculiarly family-like bond of co- 

 operative interest existing between em- 

 ployers and employed at this establish- 

 ment, the largest of its kind in the coun- 

 try, if not in the world, was shown at 



the banquet and entertainment given to 

 the employes January 14 by Mrs. Albert 

 H. Hews, widow of the former owner, 

 in commemoration of Mr. Hews' birth- 

 day. 



At the close of the banquet the gath- 

 ering was addressed by Geo. H. McKee, 

 president, and Philip Cabot, treasurer of 

 the present corporation, the latter speak- 

 ing directly for Mrs. Hews and ex- 

 pressing her deep desire to continue that 

 interest always maintained by Mr. Hews 

 in the employes, individually and col- 

 lectively, many of whom have been con- 

 tinuously in the service for over a gen- 

 eration and who by their competent and 

 faithful service in their respective posi- 

 tions had been of such material assis- 



tance to him in building to its present 

 magnitude the establishment which to- 

 day stands as a monument to his hon- 

 orable dealings with all men and to his 

 business ability. 



PITTSBURG. 



TheMa^et. 



We have just completed a good week's 

 business, everyone seemed to be busy 

 and several of the larger firms had all 

 they could handle comfortably. Good 

 roses have continued scarce since the hol- 

 iday* and have held up in price. Carna- 

 tions have also been somewhat scarce 

 this week and, while some stock sold 

 very cheap, the average price was better. 

 We are now beginning to see more 

 spring flowers in the stores, freesias, daf- 

 fodils and better tulips, all of which 

 found fair sale the past week. Violets 

 and lilac, however, are among the things 

 which, while the stock has improved in 

 quality, are lower in price. Lilies are 

 very scarce in this section, Harrisii prov- 

 ing almost a failure. While such blooms 

 as they do give are not worth much, 

 the result has been that callas find a 

 better sale than usual. 



Various Notes. 



There were quite a number from this 

 section at the carnation convention, but 

 they did not go as a party. 



The rent question is getting to be 

 quite a serious matter among our re- 

 tailers, and if it gets much worse will 

 drive some of them to the side streets. 

 Anything below $4,000 is cheap now, 

 while most of them almost double that 

 amount and none of them has more than 

 a store room and a cellar. The whole- 

 salers are somewhat better off, although 

 to keep rents down to a living price the 

 Florists' Exchange and J. B. Murdoch 

 & Co. are compelled to rent upstairs 

 rooms. The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. 

 fortunately made a long lease which 

 runs for several years. However, the 

 the whole block has recently been pur- 

 chased by a speculator and they may be 

 induced to move before their lease ex- 

 pires. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., by way 

 of advertisment, is sending its customers 

 the Daniel B. Long, McKinley day, litho- 

 graphed card, calling attention to car- 

 nation.s for January 29. Hoo Hoc. 



Ennis, Tex.— Chas. M. Hall report* 

 that business has been and is good, but 

 that a long continued drouth is having its 

 effect. 



