ICabch 30, 1905. 



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ThcWcckly Florists' Review* 



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"GREEN GOODS 



You will need a great many "gfreem^' for the 

 Spring: opening: decorations. Plenty Asparag:tis, loi^ 

 heavy string:8. Smilaz is g:etting: scarce in this market 

 but we can supply any quantity on shortest notice. 



ORDER ST HEADQUARTERS. 

 ALL CUT FLOWERS IN SEASON. 



E. C. SNLING, 



Th« iMtgm, B«st Banlppad aad Most Oantnlly ^ooatad 

 Whotosal* Ont Vlowar Kons* la Obiomgo. 



2J-i±?,tSL"f^Sj^c^ Chicago, 111. 



lVXT, Per doi. 



ao-SO-inoli Item NOO 



34-liioh Item 8.00 



20-lneb Item 2.00 



lA-lnoh stem 1.60 



12-liicb Item 1.00 



Short Item, per 100, $5.00 to 16.00 



Per 100 



Bridei $8.00 to $6.00 



Brldesmftldi S.OOto 6.00 



Liberty 4.00to 12.00 



Golden Gate 8.00to 8.00 



Obatenfty 4.00to 10.00 



OamationB l.COto 2.00 



large and fancy.... 8.00 



VioleU 60to .76 



Valley 2.00to 8.00 



Oallai per dos., $1.26 8.00 



TuUpi 2.00tO 4.00 



DaOodlls 8.00 



FreeiiaB 8.00 



Jonqoili 8.00 



ForKet-me-not 1.60 



Easter LlUes doz., $1.60 



Sweet Peai 76to 1.00 



Mlgnonettei 35to .76 



Atparama, per itrlng, 26c to SOc 



Aiparagoa Sprenirerl 2.00 to 5.00 



Fema per 1000, $8.00 .80 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



LeacotbCB .76 



Adlantmn 1.00 



Smilaz per dos., $2.00 15.00 



Ask for special quotations on 1000 lots 

 Roses and Oamations. 



BaUeet t* efeaage wttlirat BOtlee. 



violets, although only moderate prices 

 are realized. The New York stock still 

 comes in heavily and sells cheaply. The 

 outdoor bulbous stock is beginning to 

 cut into sales of the greenhouse product. 

 The shipments are now coming from as 

 far northern points as Carbondale, 111., 

 and it looks as though local outdoor 

 bulbous stock will be in earlier this year 

 than ever before. Fancy tulips still sell 

 fairly well, but the low grade moves 

 slowly. Valley continues plentiful. Callas 

 are a glut and many going to waste. 

 Easter lilies are abundant, but many are 

 small and poor. There are varying opin- 

 ions as to what the Easter supply will 

 be. Some report that their lilies will be 

 early, and others say that they are not 

 going to make it in time without hard 

 forcing. It looks as though there would 

 be plenty of lilies of low quality but 

 none too many of good grade. Only four 

 large lots are in sight but there are 

 many smaller ones. 



There continue to be large supplies of 

 asparagus but smilax is becoming scarce. 

 Common ferns are not keeping well and 

 require a great deal of picking over. 

 Wild smilax also is of inferior quality. 



Florists' Qub. 



The Florists' Club's trade show was 

 held on a very rainy day, which reduced 

 the number of exhibitors and visitors, 

 but both were satisfactory and a good 

 many orders were placed. The display 

 which attracted most attention was a 

 vase of Lady Margaret carnation. The 

 judges scored it ninety points and 

 awarded a certificate. Weiland & Risch 

 exhibited 100 Brides and 100 Maids, won- 

 derful stock for this season. The grow- 

 er is D. .1. Murphy, a new man in these 

 parts but evidently one who knows his 

 business. John Breitmeyer's Sons sent 

 La Detroit with five-foot stems and three 

 vases of splendid antirrhinum, yellow, 

 white and pink. The E. F. Winterson 

 Co. showed a glass case of Easter chicks 

 and ducks, ribbon, boxes and fern dishes, 

 also vases and Boston ferns. The Gar- 

 field Park Flower Co. brought a fine lot 

 of plants, including hydrangeas, lilies, 

 primroses, a beautiful Prof. Welters 

 azalea, etc Vaughan's Greenhouses had 

 a fine table of plants, including Baby 



Rambler and Pink Rambler roses, rhodo- 

 dendrons, box trees, etc. H. N. Bruns 

 had two finely decorated pans of good 

 valley. J. W. Dudley- & Son, Parkers- 

 burg, W. Va., sent three hydrangeas of 

 just the size the average retailer likes 

 and will doubtless profit by their enter- 

 prise. J. E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., 

 sent his red carnation. Everybody likes 

 it but it had suffered somewhat on its 

 long journey in a pasteboard box. 



The Winandy Matter. 



An agreement has been reached among 

 the creditors of Michael Winandy where- 

 by the assets have been turned over to 

 three trustees, Peter Reinberg, E. C. 

 Day, who was the receiver appointed by 

 the court, and Carl Ickes, of the A. 

 Dietsch Co. They have placed Jake 

 Greiner, formerly at Reinberg 's, in 

 charge of the greenhouses and expect 

 to be able to make some money out of 

 them next season, although it will require 

 that a considerable investment be made 

 during the summer to put the place in 

 shape. The receiver now has a claim on 

 his own account, for several hundred 

 dollars, the sum representing the differ- 

 ence between receipts and expenses since 

 he took charge. 



The trustees on Tuesday sold the 

 Winandy wholesale store at 51 Wabash 

 avenue to John Zeck and Matt Mann, 

 who took possession at once and are 

 doing a commission business under the 

 name of Zeck & Mann. Mr. Zeck, who has 

 been years in the business, with J. A. 

 Budlong and later with E. C. Amling, is 

 a hard worker and well equipped to 

 make the business a success. Mr. Mann 

 is a well known grower north of town. 



The Moninger Fire. 



At two o'clock last Thursday morning 

 a watchman discovered fire on the second 

 floor of the greenhouse material mill of 

 the John C. Moninger Co. It looked as 

 though the plant was to be wiped out 

 right in the height of the firm's busiest 

 season, but thanks to the good work of 

 the fire department and the fact that 

 they keep their mill very clean, the fire 

 was put out with a loss of only $3,000 

 to $4,000, insured. Two or three valu- 

 able machines were destroyed but they 



were such as could be replaced without 

 delay and the factory was running next 

 day as usual. 



More Carnations. 



Jacob Philip, at Rogers Park, has six 

 houses in . Jettuce and on Monday will 

 begin the erection of six more houses, 

 each 24x142 and will plant the whole 

 place to carnations for next season. 

 Peter Reinberg is supplying him with 

 65,000 cuttings of standard sorts. Mr. 

 Philip is one of the well known growers 

 in his vicinity and it is not unlikely 

 that several of his neighbors will follow 

 his lead, for lettuce prices have been low 

 this season. 



Various Notes. 



T. D. Moscenosotes is said to have 

 given a bill of sale to his brother. 



C. M. Dickinson has returned to his 

 desk after an absence of seven weeks, 

 spent in regaining his health in the 

 south. 



F. F. Benthey has returned from two 

 weeks' trip to New Orleans, Memphis, 

 Little Rock and St. Louis. He reports 

 trade active at those points and every- 

 body anticipating a good spring busi- 

 ness. 



M. F. Kyle has taken charge of the 

 greenhouses at the Home of the Incur- 

 ables. 



Geo. Pieser has opened a flower store 

 in the basement of 72 Randolph street. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. continues to re- 

 ceive considerable quantities of purple 

 lilac, which sells well. 



All the greenhouse material men re- 

 port this the busiest season to date, most- 

 ly work for the smaller growers through 

 the middle west, but it will doubtless be 

 cheering intelligence to the local whole- 

 salers that much of it is rebuilding and 

 not new glass. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has moved 

 its oflSce to the north side of the store 

 and is now much more conveniently situ- 

 ated. 



Carl Thomas, of the A. L. Randall Co., 

 says he looks for a different market 

 proposition next week, when the large 

 number of spring openings will call for 

 large lots of stock. 



Vaughan & Sperry are showing a fine. 



