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FebbUAPY 1^, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



709 



We Have Consistently Claimed that 



NONE CAN SERVE YOU BETTER 



"There is this about the man who advertises. He is not afraid of the light. 

 ,-l:, By tiiis we mean that he is not afraid to say what he has and what he can 



y do for fear someone will raise him one. At any rate it is a perfectly safe 

 '' ,, proposition to patronize the man who talks right out where not only the 



'. buyer but the competitor can see what he says.'' 



ALL CUT FLOWERS IN SEASON. 



....FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND.... 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Iiarffeatj B«Bt Equipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cat Flower Hoase In Chloagro. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., Chi^nfWA III 



Automatic 



AKBBIOAV BBAVTT, Per doi. 



«>-36-lnch stem N-OOtoSS.OO 



24-lncb Item 8.0O 



ao-inch stem 2.50 



IMncb stem 2.00 



12-lnoh stem IM 



'StaortBtem 75to 1.00 



Per 100 



Brides $6.00 to »12.0O 



Bridesmaids 600to 12.00 



Meteor e.OOto 12.00 



Golden Gate 600to 12.00 



Ohatenay 6.00to 12.00 



OamationB 2.00to 8.00 



large and fancy.... 4.00 to 5.00 



VloletB 60to 1.00 



VaUey 2.00to 4.00 



OaUas per doz., $1.50 



Paper Whites, Romans 8.00 



Tulips "..... S.OOto 4.00 



Jonqnlls, DaflodUs 4 00 



Sweet Peas 150 



Mlgmonettes .50 to .76 



AaparaguB, per strlnsr, 85c to 50c 



Asparagus Sprengeri 8.00 to 5.00 



Ferns per 1000, $2.00 .25 



Galax per 1000. $1.25 ill .15 



Lencotboe .75 



Adlantum ; l.OOto 1.26 



Smllax ... per doz., $1.60 to $2.00 v lO.W 



Wild Smllax, 26 lb. cases... 8.00 



85 lb. cases .. . 4.00 



501b. cases... 5.00 



SaliJeet to ekaac* wltkcat aotlee. 



tjKULUju 'ITU? JteTlww when you wrlf . 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



In spite of very bad weather St. Val- 

 entine's day had an appreciable effect on 

 the market, the impetus being first noted 

 on Sunday, when an unusually large num- 

 ber of shipping orders went out. Mon- 

 day was the coldest day of th4 year, the 

 temperature in the morning being 18 de- 

 grees below zero, and one would expect 

 little doing, but there was a considerable 

 shipping demand and many of the local 

 retailers bought quite heavily in anticipa- 

 tion of the valentine demand. It has 

 been a season, however, when the store 

 with a telephone trade did about all the 

 business there was going. Transient 

 trade has been dead. The weather has 

 been too cold for people to be on the 

 streets. Monday was 38 degrees colder 

 than the ten years' average for Feb- 

 ruary 13, and Tuesday was not much bet- 

 ter. The growers have been busy stok- 

 ing the boilers and it has taken much 

 extra wrapping to preserve stock in tran- 

 sit from freezing. In fact, many shin- 

 ments were frozen, some from near-by 

 pTowers, but particularly violets from the 

 Hudson river district. On Monday manv 

 thousands were a total los.s. 



The state of the market has not 

 changed to any great degree since last 

 report. There is stDl a call for Brides 

 and Maids beyond the possibilities of the 

 supply, and this also includes red roses, 

 if to a less degree. Long Beauties are 

 now under the demand, for the call has 

 increased and receipts al^e less. The dark 

 weather has also had its effect on the 

 color. White carnations have been in 

 very heavy demand and it has been im- 

 r>os.sible to fill all orders. Red has nh^^ 

 been wanted, but th^re has been enough 

 pink to leave something in the whole- 

 salers' ice boxes nearly every night. >* 

 the same time T>rices are reasonablv well 

 maintained. Quality was never better. 

 St. Valentine's day made some demanrl 

 for violets. Tulips are now in erood 

 shape, but do not bring anv better prices 

 than when auality was lower. Roni" 

 freesia is seen, but is slow sale. Callas 



are plentiful, but Harrisii are making 

 good prices, although some days everyone 

 has them to spare. Green goods are 

 equal to the demand. 



For State Experiment Work. 



Peter Reinberg, for the Florists' 

 Club's committee on the matter of secur- 

 ing an appropriation for floricultural 

 work at the State Experiment Station, 

 has placed the club's resolutions and a 

 draft of an appropriation bill in the 

 hands of Representative M. L. McKinley 

 for presentation to the state legislature. 

 The bill calls for the appropriation of 

 $10,000 for greenhouses and equipment 

 and for $10,000 a year for carrying on 

 the work. Every florist should write the 

 representative from his district urging 

 that the bill be supported. 



Winandy's Seedlings. 



M. Winandy took to raising carnation 

 seedlings a couple of years ago and has 

 two benches of them. What he thinks 

 is the best is a very large, bright red, 

 which he has just registered as Lizzie 

 McKey. There is a pink seedling from 

 Guardian Angel which looks good; it is 

 prolific, has good size, stem, etc. There 

 is a white of robust growth which has 

 not yet shown what it can do, and a good 

 looking yellow. An odditv is a flower 

 like Prosperity with a beautiful golden 

 tint at the base of the petal and diffused 

 outward. With this some mighty fine 

 dinner-table center-pieces could be made. 



Various Notes. 



Mardi Gras at New Orleans should 

 make some good business at that point 

 March 6 and 7. Then comes Lent, but it 

 doesn't cut as much figure now as it 

 used to. 



The body of George V. Thielmann was 

 brought home from Sierra Madre, Gal., 

 and buried from the home. 323 Division 

 street, on Tuesday, a number of the trade 

 attending. 



C. W. McKellar has added orange blos- 

 soms to his list of specialties, but he 

 doesn 't carry them in stock. He had n 

 nice lot in for an order on Tuesday. 



The Florists' Club had an attendance 

 of fifteen at the meeting February 9. 

 E. Kurowski, N. J. Bupp, Paul Halbrook 

 and F. Lautenschlager were elected 

 to membership. A not wholly successful 

 effort was made to straighten out certain 

 neglected premium matters and a new 

 program committee was appointed, with 

 E. C. AmUng chairman. 



The conunittee on entertainment of the 

 Carnation Society reports receipts of 

 $1,101 and the disbursement of the entire 

 amount. As a matter of fact, there was 

 a shortage of $30, which was made up by 

 subscriptions obtained after the deficiency 

 was known. 



Mrs. Ed. Benthey, whose wedding day 

 is only three weeks passed, has been 

 taken ill and is in the hospital. She was 

 Miss Jennie Daniels. Mr. Benthey is the 

 son of F. F. Benthey. 



The West Park board contemplates the 

 erection of new greenhouses at Garfield 

 and Humboldt parks. 



H. Van Zonneveld, of Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land, is in town again, and says he finds 

 bulb sales easier than for some years. 



Sinner Bros, are getting in a big cut 

 of callas and tulips. 



Bassett & Washburn say that they are 

 growing more plants of Bride than of 

 Liberty, but that for the past month they 

 have cut more Liberty than Bride. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is getting in its 

 usual season 's crop of La Reine tulips, of 

 extra -quality just now. 



E'. F. Winterson is one of those who 

 are well satisfied with the season's busi- 

 ness. 



Mrs. Leonard Kill is reported as im- 

 proving nicely. The necessity for a sur- 

 gical operation had been feared. 



George Wienhoeb-^r is on a voyage to 

 the Mediterranean, expected to wholly re- 

 store his health. 



August Rhotert, of New York, has been 

 here selling vallev and palms. 



B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co.. Phila- 

 delphia, is in town. 



I FIND the Review a great help ard 

 would not do without it. — O. B. Stevens, 

 Shenandoah, la. 



