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Mahch 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



827 



FINE QUALITY 



The quality of our Roses and Carnations was never better 

 and Violets and Bulb Stock are also fine* Cuts are large and 

 prices very reasonable in comparison to the value of the 

 stock. Give us your orders 



Greens and all Cut Flowers in Season. 



.•..rANCY VSLLEY ALWAYS ON HAND.... 



E. C. 3IV1LING, 



The JitiXfmt, Best Equipped and Most Centrally &ooat«d 

 Wtaolasals Cut Flower House in CUcagro. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



Long Di«ta«c« TelephOM* | j^^ Aiito«atk 



Chicago, III. 



IXXOAV BBAUTT, Per doi. 



80-86-lnota Item $».00to$8.00 



24-incli ttem 4.00 



20-incti Item 8.00 



15-lncli stem 2.00 



12-iiiota ■tern • l.M 



Sliortstein 75to 1.00 



Per 100 



Brides 94.00 to $10.00 



Bridesmaida 400to 10.00 



Liberty O.OOto 15.00 



Golden Sate 400to 10.00 



Obatenay 4.00to 10.00 



Oamatlona 1.60to 200 



" large and fancy.... 8.00 to 4.00 



VloleU 60to 1.00 



VaUey 2.00to 4.00 



OaUas per dos., $1.00 10.00 



Paper Whites, Romani 8.00 



Tulips 8.00to 4.00 



Jooqnils, Daffodils 3.00 to 4 00 



Sweet Peas l.OOto 1.50 



HlKnonettea Mto .75 



AsparaKus, per strinv, 85c to SOc 



Asparagus Spreniteri 8.00 to 5.00 



Ferns per 1000. $2.60 .80 



Galax per 1000. $1.25 .15 



Leucothoa .76 



Adiantnm l.OOto 1.26 



Srailax ... per dos., $1.60 to $2.00 10.00 



Wild Smilaz, 26 lb. cases... 8 00 



851b. cases... 4.00 



501b. cases... 5.00 



SuUm* te ekaage wttfeeat ■otlee. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ness in wild smilax and are anxiously 

 awaiting another car, being out of stock. 

 Mr. Caldwell has oeen ill for some time, 

 but is recovering. 



F. F. Benthey says that he believes 

 nearly all classes of bulbous Stock, par- 

 ticularly Paper Whites and tulips, to 

 have brought better returns so far this 

 season than for several years. He says 

 Sam Pearce reports very good returns 

 on daffodils. 



'A. L. Bandall has been on the sick list 

 this week and Carl Thomas has been 

 holding the fort alone in spite of a boil 

 and a very bad cold. 



Henry Payne, at Hinsdale, will throw 

 out a lot of Sprengeri and plant his 

 plumosus closer together, so that he 

 will have room tQ bench something like 

 15,000 carnations. 



Howe & Taylor, 140 West Lake street, 

 have opened a stand at the Growers' 

 Market for the sale of wire work. 



C. M. Dickinson is on a trip south for 

 his health. 



A. G. Prince is in town for a few 

 days. He has been out in Iowa in a 

 brokerage business for a couple df years 

 but is thinking of going back into the 

 flower trade. 



Arthur Ellison, of St. Louis, called 

 on the trade on his way home from Mil- 

 waukee, where he participated in last 

 week's national bowling congress. 



One of the Ristow brothers on North 

 Western avenue, who has had eight or 

 nine houses in roses, will plant them all 

 to carnations next year. He has bought 

 the stock at J. A. Budlong's. 



A. Stolper, of Winnipeg, was a visitor 

 this week. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Milder weather aids in increasing 

 transient trade. Business in general, 

 though, is reported rather dull; but in 

 the few days left for the social season 

 before Lent no doubt some of us will 

 be busy with decorative work. Quite 

 a number of weddings are booked for 

 this week. With the west end florists, 

 one noticeable feature of the cut flower 



market the past week was the drop in 

 prices on roses, which have been scarce 

 and high right along. The production 

 in all kinds of stock is very much great- 

 er than the demand and the trouble- 

 some glut is on at the commission 

 houses. The wholesalers report a fair 

 trade in all lines, but stock is so 

 plentiful that it is impossible to sell 

 half the stock that comes in every 

 day to the local and shipping trade. 

 Street fakirs are out selling violets, but 

 are being run from corner to corner by 

 the police on complaint of the down 

 town florists. 



Boses in all classes are plentiful, also 

 of improved quality. There is no ap- 

 parent glut in any one variety, still 

 more than the demand calls for. Brides 

 have been very scarce, but this week 

 there are enough. This stock must be 

 of extra fine quality to sell well. Enough 

 Beauties in all grades are in the market 

 at $4 per dozen for long stems. Meteor 

 is of much better color, but small in 

 flower. Extra fancy Bridesmaids are to 

 be had, also extra fine Gen. MacArthur. 

 Carnations can now be called a glut 

 and thousands unsold can be seen fast 

 asleep. I'ancies are now down as low 

 as $3 per hundred. In this class are 

 Enchantress, Prosperity and Lawson. 



Bulbous stock of all kinds is a drug, 

 especially tulips. Along with them are 

 daffodils, freesias, Romans, Paper 

 Whites and almost everything in the 

 bulb line can be bought for little or 

 nothing. Violets are received in great 

 quantities and have to suffer along with 

 the rest. As to price, in large lots thev 

 go for $2 to $2.50 per thousand. It 

 was said that no less than 100,000 were 

 handled by, the wholesalers last Satur- 

 day. Harrisii and callas are also in 

 the market in large quantities. These 

 are selling as low as $1 per dozen. 

 Mignonette and sweet peas are selling 

 slowly. In greens there is little change. 

 Plenty of everything is to be had at 

 usual prices. 



Various Notes. 



On next Thursday afternoon the St. 

 Louia Florists' Club will hold its March 

 meeting. The annual rose exhibition 



wiU be held that afternoon. The com- 

 mittee in charge of the exhibition re- 

 ports that a large display is promised 

 and that the club's most entertaining 

 speakers will address the members on 

 rose subjects. The business session will 

 be cut short, so as to give the members 

 an opportunity for social intercourse as 

 well as for the other attractions which 

 will draw an audience worthy of the 

 occasion. The committee has arranged 

 for a banquet at the Missouri Athletic 

 Club at which all visitors will be enter- 

 tained. Every branch of the trade is 

 invited to attend this meeting. 



Mr. Barnett, traveler for Reed & Kel- 

 ler, of New York, who made many 

 friends in the local trade during the 

 last convention, called on the trade last 

 week. 



The local growers are busy preparing 

 stock for Easter. Among those who have 

 fine looking stock are Chas. Beyer, C. C. 

 Sander, Wm. Schray & Sons, Geo. Wind- 

 ier, Henry Felter, C. Young & Sons, J. 

 F. Windt, A. G. Bentzen and A. Jablon- 

 sky. These find ready sales to the local 

 retail trade. 



The Plant and Cut Flower Growers' 

 Association, which was recently or- 

 ganized, meets every third Wednesday 

 at 3 p. m. Their constitution and by- 

 laws have been mailed to all growers. 

 They are also out with a statement that 

 their association is not in conflict with 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club and that 

 they do not intend to supplant the par- 

 ent body. 



Nick Himmer, at Meramec Highlands, 

 reports that he will build four new 

 houses this summer for carnations. He 

 has had great success this season with 

 carnations, violets and smilax. The 

 brothers say, "watch us next season." 



Henry Aul and Max Herzog, neigh- 

 bors out at Gratiot, are sending in good 

 stock to this market. 



Jos. Hauser, at Webster Groves, who 

 lost his plant by fire recently, will just 

 as soon as the weather permits start to 

 build a new range of houses on the 

 old site. 



Martin Reukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer, 

 PhUadelphia, is a caller this week. 



John Connor, of Webster Groves, is 



