Afbil 6, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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X. W. McKELLSR^ 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. 



MY SPEQALTIES 



EASTER 



11 H I llN Everything in Fancy 

 V 1 1 1 1/ J Cut Flowers 



Fancy Valley, Violeta, Beauties, Tea Roses, Carnations, Callas, 



Easter Lilies, and all Miscellaneous Stock. 



A Largre Stock of Wild Smilax, Asparagus, Adiantum, Common 



Ferns and all Decorative Material Always on Hand. 



Alno a fine line of Novelties in Florists* Supplies. 



B08E8— BeaatlM. 



Specials Perdoz., 17.00 



30to86-lDCh " t5.00to 8.00 



EASTER PRICE LIST: 



30to241ncli . 

 16 to 18-inch 



3.00 to 4 00 

 2 00 to 3.00 



Shorter Per 100, 6.00 to 12.00 



Bride, Bridesmaid, Gate, lets, " 8.Q0 to 10.00 



•' 2ds, '■ 6.00 to 7.00 



Liberty. Ohatenay, Ists. ... " & 00 to 12 00 



My Selection " 8X0 



CARNATIONS. 



Fancy, Extra Choice Per 100, t6 00 to 16.00 



Callas, HarrlsU Per 100, 112.60 to 116.00 



Paper Whites. Romans, " 8.00 



Tulips. Daffodils '■ 2.00 to 4 00 



Sweet Peas. Jonquil .... " .76 to 1.00 



Aspararus Plumosus.Per strlnfr, .26 to .60 

 Asparaffus Plum. Sprays. .Per 100. 2.00 to 6.0U 



Aspara«rus Sprengrerl '- 2 00 to 6.00 



Common Ferns Per 1000, 3.00 



Oaiax Lieaves. Br. and Gr., " 1.00 



Green Leucothoe Sprays. Per 100, .76; Bed. 1.00 



Adiantum " W.7&toll.00 



Smllax Perdoz., 1.60 to 2.00 



Good Averare 



Hy Selection 



Orchids— Oattleyas Per dos. 



Assorted Per box 



Valley Per 100, 



Violets 



3.00 to 4.00 NOVKE.TIB8. 



3.00 Baster Chicks Per doz., 12.00 to 13.03 



eOOto 9.00 Easier Ducks " 2.00to 3.00 



6.0U to 10.00 Cotton Chicks and Ducks, " .36 to 1.00 



3.00 to 4.IJ0 Twlr Baskets or Nests... '- .76 to 3.00 



.60 to 1.00 Mats, plain and fancy .... 2.00 to 2.60 



All prices subject to change without notice. A full line of other supplies, Wire 



Water-proof Crepe Paper Perdoz., $2.60 



Common Crepe, all colors.' •' .76 



Easter Ribbons, finest quality satin, per bolt. 

 No. 6 No.7 No 9 No. 12 No.16 No.22 No.40 No.60 

 46c 66c 66c 86c 11.00 11.10 tl26 11.60 

 I can supply all colors In above. 

 Baby Ribbons, all colors, per doz. spools, 94.00 



Violet Cords Per doz., 60c to J1.60 



Violet Ribbon Ties '■ 76c to 2.00 



Match Sticks. 6-lnoh,60c; 12-lnch,76c: 18'lnch, 

 11.00 per 1000. 



Fancy Pearl Corsage Pins, assorted colors 



16c to 11.00 doz.; tl.OO to t6 00 per grross. 

 Cycas Leares, Ass't, 24 to48-ln.. .PerlOO, 112.00 



Doves, very flnestquallty Perdoz., 12.00 



Next best grrade " lo.OO 



Seconds for decoratlngr " 8.00 



Deaigrns, Sheaves, Baskets, etc. 



Mentinn The Review when you write. 



The Arendt Bulb Co., Tamaroa, 111., 

 is shipping daffodils and jonquils in 

 quantity to the E. F. Winterson Co. 

 They shipped over a million flowers last 

 year and will do as well this season. 

 The stock is fine. 



N. J. "Wlietor says that business in 



carnation cuttings was slow in January 



•and February but that March made up 



for it. Chrysanthemum plants are selling 



well. 



Albert Amling is already cutting Kais- 

 erin of quality which would be a credit 

 at the height of the season for this fine 

 summer bloomer. 



Harry Eowe is using Gen. MacArthur 

 rose, obtained through J. B. Deamud, and 

 '' says it takes well with his customers. It 

 .opens well and is a good keeper. 



On April 12 Albert Fuchs will auction 

 off the balance of his stock at 2059 North 

 Halsted street. The sale will begin at 

 10 'clock sharp and there is much good 

 stock to be sold. 



On March 30 W. N. Eudd heard a shot 

 in Mt. Greenwood cemetery and found the 

 body of August Wassou, a fiorist at 539 

 Eightieth street, lying by the grave of 

 the suicide's daughter. 



Joe Curran is again with 0. J. Fried- 

 man, after a few months at Mosconesotes. 

 The latter has closed his north side store. 



G«orge "Woodward has gone to Pasa- 

 dena, Cal., to lay out J. J. Mitchell's 

 new estate there. 



John Zech says he is well pleased with 

 the first week of business for Zech & 

 Mann. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. will try 

 Killarney rose for next season. 



Weiland & Bisch will plant a quantity 

 of new Wellesley rose for next season. 



The Kennicott Bros. Co. reports hav- 

 ing shipped out 38,000 carnations March 

 31. 



C. W. McKellar reports a good sale on 

 chicks and ducklings for Easter. 



O. W, Frese is now with the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. 



Visitors: J. J. Soper and wife, Eock- 

 ford, 111,; Mrs. "Wm. Ellison and Miss 

 Ellison, St. Louis; J. Sanstrom, Mo- 

 mence, 111.; W. H. Drake, Kenosha, 

 Wis.; A. M. Augspurger, Peoria, 111. 



NEV YOHK. 



The Market. 



Winter still lingers in the lap of 

 spring. The hottest March 28 and 29 in 

 the memory of the oldest inhabitant, 

 touching 76 degrees in the shade, was 

 naturally followed by a chilling blast 

 and on Sunday overcoats and blue noses 

 were again in evidence. The consequent 

 decrease in shipments of cut flowers on 

 Monday hardened the market and held 

 prices steady, but at prices which were 

 about the lowest of the season. Violets 

 were few and far between on Monday 

 evening. They became quite aggressive 

 for a time and an occasional "special" 

 touched high-water mark for weeks, 50 

 cents, there being not enough to go 

 around. But the usual flood was looked 

 for on Tuesday and with a return of 

 warm weather there will be few left for 

 the Easter festivity. One prominent vio- 

 let dealer declares the tide has set in 

 toward a steady retrograde movement 

 and that overproduction and lack of qual- 

 ity are the real reasons for the great 

 slump in violet values in the season 



of 1905. He predicts even worse times 

 the coming winter and a supply far in 

 excess of any possible demand. Fifty- 

 four new houses at Ehinebeck are report- 

 ed to have been contracted for already. 

 All kinds and classes of people are in- 

 oculated with the fever and it looks as 

 if violet raising would be the only in- 

 dustry of that section. 



Southern narcissus is here in such 

 quantities that selling it at any price 

 was a problem on &iturday. Twenty- 

 five cents was the bottom and lots of it 

 had to be sacrificed at that figure. Qual- 

 ity was excellent and shipments arrived 

 in good condition. Eoses have journeyed 

 steadily downward. Thousands of the 

 best Beauties were sold at 10 and 12 

 cents on Saturday. General Jacqueminot 

 is in the market and as popular as ever. 

 Pansies sell slowly. Plenty of cut lilies 

 arrive daily and the best seldom go 

 above 75 cents per dozen. 



Carnations are very abundant and 

 values have fallen. As Easter ap- 

 proaches prices will naturally harden and 

 advance and Saturday of the present 

 week will doubtless see a change for the 

 better. 



Wild smilax has advanced in price and 

 is hard to obtain in first-class condition. 

 Some poor stock has been shipped direct 

 from the south, Kreshover handles a 

 superior lot and seems to have the usual 

 stock for his customers. The present 

 asking price is $7 for a box of fifty to 

 sixty pounds, with $8 to $10 possible 

 for Easter. 



Yarioas Notes. 



Next Monday evening will be Easter 

 plant night at the New York Florists' 



