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MaBch 9, 1905. ■'i 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



889 



WE CARRY 



THE MOST 



COMPLETE 



LINE OF 



FLORISTS' 



SUPPLIES 



inthaWEST 



COMPLETE 



CATALOGUE 



FREE. 



A DAILY SHIPMENT FROM 40 TO 60 



GROWERS 



^"«*to'tiy "We can and will fill your Gut Flower wants to advantage." 



Telephone or Telegraph your ** Harry Up " order*. We will 

 " Get a Move " on them. Lo«g Distance Phone, Main 1 1 29. 



Stora optn from 7 i. n. to 7 p. m. on wHk iijtc ind from 7 o. m. to 1 •■ m. on SandiM' 



If you are a BBOULAB BUTBB of Oat 



flowers we ask for a obance to show our ability to 

 famlab the rlglit kind of atook at affreaable 

 prlcaa, oarefal paoklnr and prompt abtp- 



ment. Our conalffnmentB of Roses, Oamatlons, Violets, Bulbous Stock, 



etc., were never larger or of better qnallty. 



Telegraph at onr 

 •xpenaa for latest 

 anotatlona on any 

 CUT FLOWER SUPPLIES. 



IMPORTANT 

 NOTE 



In the event of a decline in prices during the 

 comings veeek w^e give you the advantage of 

 same on any orders received in the meantime. 



C. r. Winterson Co. 



43.47.49 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICES 



For Week of March 9 to 16, 1909 



ROSES. Per doz. 



Am. Beauty— 80 to 36 Incbes $5.00 to $ 6.00 



24 inctaes 4.00 



ao incbes s.OO 



15 inches 2.00 



121ncheB 1,50 



Short 76to 1.00 



Per 100 

 Brides, Maids. Meteors, Gates.. $4.00 to $10.00 



Roses, our selection 5.00 



Liberty e.OOto 16.00 



Ohatenay 4.00to 10.00 



OABNATIONS. 



We handle all leading Tarieties. 



Fancy S.OOto 4.00 



Oood average l.soto 2.00 



Fair stock, for bargain sales, 



( our selection per 1000, 10.00 



MISCBLI.ANEOUS. 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Violets 40to 1.00 



Callaa S.OOto 12.00 



Paper Whites, Romans 8.00 



Harrisil lO.OOto 12.00 



Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils 8.00 to 4.00 



SweetPeas l.ooto 1.50 



Mignonette soto .76 



DBCORATIVB STOCK. 



Adiantum 1.00'to 1.25 



Green Leucothoe Sprays .75 



Red Leucothoe Sprays 1.00 



Asparagus PlumoBus Sprays... 2.00 to 6.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri S.OOto 5.00 



Asparagus Plumotus, per string .85 to .50 



Common Ferns per 1000, 2.50 



Galax Leaves, bronze.. " 1.26 



Galax Leaves, green... " 1.00 



Smilax perdoz.. l.SOto 2.00 



'•Superior Quality" Brand Wild Smilax, all 

 sizes, always on hand. 



Ail Priees subject to ehasge without notlee. 



Mention The Review when you write 



dressing rooms were decorated with 

 vases of lilies of the valley and sweet 

 peas. 



Two large dining rooms on the first 

 floor were filled with small tables each 

 seating six persons. A single vase, some- 

 high, some low, each filled with one vari- 

 ety of flower, adorned the center of each 

 table. Here a tall vase of fancy Brides- 

 maids, there a shallow vase of Dendro- 

 bium nobile, here a high cut glass vase 

 filled with sprays of bougainvillea, near 

 it a bunch of white lilac in a vase of 

 moderate height. Many varieties of car- 

 nations were used and many varieties 

 of spring flowers, each by itself, all of 

 high grade. There were 5,000 or more 

 blooms on the tables. The whole decora- 

 tion reflects great credit on the Messrs. 

 Habermehl and their assistants. 



Various Notes. 



Berger Bros, are handling the stock of 

 the Philadelphia Carnation Co. 



W. & Harry F. Evans, of Frankford, 

 have bought and are running the green- 

 houses of Charles W. Cox, at Second and 

 Bristol streets. The latter has taken a 

 position with J. J. Habermehl 's Sons. 



Mrs. S. I. Smith, of Secane, sent 

 20,000 (not 200,000") of her fine violets 

 in one dav to the Flower Market. 



A. B. Ellsworth and Mrs. Ellsworth, of 

 Allentown, and Daniel Gorman, of Wil- 

 liamsport. were in the city this week. 



Paul Berkowitz, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., returned on Monday from a good 

 business trip. 



J. J. Habermehl 's Sons decorated the 

 Academy of Music for the Philopatrian 

 ball on Monday. It was a very hand- 

 some affair. 



Cliarles Krueger is doing an active 

 business at the Eeading Terminal. 



B. Eschner, of M. Eice & Co., has just 

 returned from a successful business trip 

 of five weeks in the middle west. He 

 was in St. Louis during the coldest 

 weather that city has ever experienced, 

 a severity which had its compensating 

 advantages, as he found all its florists 



in and was cordially welcomed. The 

 weather in St. Paul and Minneapolis was 

 in direct contrast, extremely mild. 



February was the largest month in 

 the history of the Cut Flower Co. 



Henry C. Geiger states that the Floral 

 Exchange will plant one large house, now 

 containing 4,000 Beauties, with tea roses 

 next season. 



Wm. J. Baker and Edward Eeid are, 

 and have been, receiving fine pansies. 



John Mclntyre has been doing some 

 heavy buying lately. He i3 said to have 

 taken 6,000 Joosts in one day. 



"Our Horticultural Indebtedness to 

 Japan" will be concluded at Association 

 Hall, Germantown, next Monday even- 

 ing. "Japanese Aauatics, " by Wm. 

 Tricker, ' ' Japanese Plants for House and 

 Conservatory," by Frank Gould, and 

 "Japanese Hardy Perennials," by Er- 

 nest Heming, are the papers to be read. 



Phil. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The last meeting of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society being the quarterly 

 social meeting, little business was trans- 

 acted. The dates for the chrysanthe- 

 mum show were decided upon, being 

 October 31 and November 1 and 2. 



The prize for the evening for the 

 best vase of assorted roses was awarded 

 to John Featherstone, Greystone, Yon- 

 kers. L. A. Martin, of Irvington, gave 

 him a hard run. Mr. Featherstone also 

 exhibited some fine plants of cyclamen 

 and Cineraria Feltham Beauty. This is 

 the result of a cross between C. cruentus 

 and C. stellata, being a considerable im- 

 provement over the latter variety. In 

 color the varieties of this ctqss run 

 mostly to pink. 



The secretary, E. W. Neubrand, was 

 presented with a gold locket, suitably 

 inscribed, by his fellow members as a 

 token of respect and appreciation of his 

 valuable services in the interests of the 

 society. Light refreshments were served, 

 and several of the members entertained 

 the company with songs, recitations, etc. 



BOSTON. 



4 



The Market. 



The market has gone to pieces the 

 past week and with the exception of 

 roses, which still are scarce and sell at 

 previous quotations, there has been a 

 decline in prices. Carnations have now 

 to be extra fine to bring $3. A larger 

 quantity clears out at $2, with poorer 

 stock lower. A perfect avalanche of vi- 

 olets is now descending on the market 

 daily and prices on these have dropped 

 still further, from 25 cents to 35 cents 

 per hundred being prevailing prices on 

 good stock, although as low as $1.50 to 

 $2 per thousand has been taken to clean 

 out. 



There has been something of a glut in 

 bulbous stock, which hitherto this season 

 has sold extremely well. Yellow Trump- 

 et daffodils rarely bring over $2, some 

 going lower. The double Von Sion sells 

 at rather better prices than the much 

 prettier single varieties. Of Poeticus 

 ornatus there is just about sufficient to 

 go around. Tulips are now over-abun- 

 dant. Lilium Harrisii and longiflorum 

 remain about the same, but callas are 

 lower. The advent of Lent and conse- 

 quent cessation of social activities will 

 now affect the market, although as a 

 rule Lenten trade is very good in Bos- 

 ton. 



Horticultural Society. 



A. Herrington, of Madison, N. J., 

 lectured on March 4 on "Some As- 

 pects of Hardy Flower Culture, ' ' before 

 a large audience. Mr. Herrington 

 brought along a collection of 100 col- 

 ored plates of choice perennials to il- 

 lustrate his remarks. Quite a number 

 in the audience joined in the discussion 

 which followed. 



In the small exhibition hall Peter Mur- 

 ray staged a collection of dendrobiums 

 conaprising forty plants in twenty-five 

 varieties. They were all well flowered 

 and made a most excellent group. A 

 silver gilt medal was awarded for the 



