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April 20, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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LATE ORDERS 



If you find yourself running short of stock at Easter 



WIRE or PHONE 



We can supply your wants if stock is to be had in Chicago. 



Headquarters for **GREEN GOODS** 



E. C. 3NLING, 



Til* Ittkxgumt, Best Banlppad and Host Centrally located 

 Wholesale Out Tlower Konae In OUoaffo. 



Chicago, 111. 



32-34-36 Randolph St.. 



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IBXOAB BSAVTT, Ferdoi. 



80-40-lnoli Item IS.OOto 16.00 



24-incb Item 4.00 



ao-lnoli Item 8.00 



IS-lmota Item 2.00 



12-lnota ttev 1.M 



Short Item, per 100. 98.00 to $8.00 



Per 100 



Brides 16.00 to 810.00 



Brideemalda O.OOto 10.00 



Kalserin O.OOto 10.00 



Liberty 6.00to 15.00 



Golden Gate 600to 10.00 



Ohatenay O.OOto 10.00 



OamationB S.OOto 4.00 



large and fancy.... 6.00 to 6.00 



Vloletfl ; .76to 1.00 



VaUey 200to 4.00 



OaUas per doi.. 81.25 to 81.&0 



Toltpa S.OOto 5.00 



Daffodils 3.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 82.00 $15.00 



Sweet Peas l.OOto i.so 



MiKnonette 35to .76 



Mararuerites 1.00 



Aaparagos, per string, 26c to 50c 



Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00 to 5.00 



Ferns per 1000, 88.00 .85 



Galax per 1000, 81.25 .16 



LeacothoB 1.00 



Adiantom l.OO 



Smllax per dos., 82.00 15.00 



Ask for special quotations on lOCO lots 

 Roses and Oamations. 



Ba^leet to tkamga wtttoit lotlce. 



Mention The Itevlfw when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The past week has seen nothing note- 

 worthy in the way of demand and the 

 principal interest has centered on the or- 

 ders coming in for Easter shipments. 

 Some of these are exceptionally large 

 and immense quantities of stock will be 

 required to meet all requirements in the 

 remaining days of the present week. 



Quite naturally receipts diminished in 

 quantity, for every effort has been made 

 by the growers to hold their cut until 

 the Easter demand calls for it. In this 

 they have been favored by cool weather 

 and the prospects are for large suppliea 

 of very excellent quality. The only ex- 

 ception may be in the carnation line. 

 Some of the growers report being pretty 

 well off crop and it is certain that re- 

 ceipts have been light for sev9ral aay^ 

 but there is, however, a probability that 

 a good many flowers are in storage. 

 There is every indication of plenty of 

 Easter lilies and th3 only item which 

 affords any concern is the violet. A 

 number of retailers have placed orders 

 ranging into many thousands and it is 

 problematical if they will get the stock. 

 Beceipts have bean very light the past 

 week and what few have come in 

 "shake" badly and a good many show a 

 brown spot in the center of the flower. 

 The season is about over. 



Mechanical Watering. 



Louis Wittbold, of the Geo. Wittbold 

 Co., has for a long time been at work on 

 a semi-automatic method of watering 

 and syringing in greenhouses. He has at 

 length hit upon a device which seems to 

 be just the thing. He lays a i/2-incli 

 pipe down tne middle of the bench on 

 the surface of the soil. This is fitted 

 with nozzles about every three feet and 

 about every twenty-five feet is supplied 

 with a feed hose. An ingenious device 

 turns the water on the whole length at 

 once and a swivel handle permits direct- 

 ing the streams from the nozzles wherever 

 desired. He can run his apparatus 

 with ten pounds pressure and provide a 

 solid sheet of water the entire length of 

 the bed. A patent has been applied for. 



Death of Mrs. Thompson. 



Mary J. Thompson, mother of J. D. 

 Thompson, of the J. D. Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co., died at her home in Joliet on 

 Sunday. She was a sister of Mrs. H. 

 N. Higinbotham and well known 

 throughout the state for her activity in 

 matters social and charitable. The fu- 

 neral occurred on Tuesday and the floral 

 tributes constituted one of the largest 

 displays ever seen in Joliet. 



Variotis Notes. 



George Wienhoeber reached home last 

 Saturday from his European trip. He is 

 fully restored to health and has his coat 

 off for a big week's work. 



Wietor Bros, have already planted 

 seven houses with Beauties. 



Percy James is now employed in the 

 store of Weiland & Risch. 



E. L. Fetzer is now with T. F. Hud- 

 son, at Houston, Texas. 



Matt Mann is sending Zech & Mann 

 the first gladioli of the season. They 

 are fine and have sold readily. 



Harry B. Tufts, formerly clerk at the 

 Hotel Morrison, has bought out Graff's 

 store on Washington street and engaged 

 Charlie Balluff as his assistant. 



I/. N. T. Whittin has sold out his place 

 at 268 North Rockwell street and retired 

 from business. 



Among the week's divorce eases are 

 those of Howard W. Metz, who seeks 

 separation from Jeannette K. Metz, and 

 Amelia R. Wiltgen, whose husband, Eu- 

 gene Wiltgen, is a vegetable grower at 

 Rogers Park. Mrs. Wiltgen testified 

 that her husband's business was worth 

 $10,000 a year. 



Among the week 's visitors were Mr. 

 and Mrs. Thomas Hincliff of Racine, 

 Wis. They now conduct the business 

 formerly owned by Mrs. Pike. C. R. 

 Hills, of Grand Rapids, was also a visi- 

 tor. 



Vaughan & Sperry report a good sale 

 on Crimson Ramblers and Beauties flow- 

 ered in pots. I They have also sold a 

 good lot of vioflet plants in pans. 



The E. F. AVinterson Co. is getting 

 some especially good sweet peas. 



J. A. Budlong is cutting very good 

 Boston Market and has a big crop on. 



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Next year Boston Market and Lady 

 Bountiful are to be his two whites, 

 planted in equal quantity. 



Robert Northam has sold his store on 

 the west side and is now manager of 

 the cut flower department at Hillman's. 



E. C. Amling says he is selling 500 

 strings of smilax a day. 



O. W. Frese, at Poehlmann Bros.' re- 

 ports one Easter order which calls for 

 8,000 Lawson ii they care to let one 

 buyer have so many. 



At Tuesday's election Henry Klehm 

 was elected president of the town of 

 Arlington Heights. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. report wild smilax 

 over with them for the season. They 

 have done a big business in this line 

 the past winter and expect to do even 

 more next season, handling the output of 

 Caldwell the Woodsman, the oldest and 

 probably largest shipper. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Wihat a godsend this weather has been 

 to the plantsmen! The temperature for 

 a week past has been chilly and on Sun- 

 day it was cold enough for snow. There 

 is now every assurance of a grand plant 

 supply, of splendid quality of cut flowers, 

 and of fine, warm temperature for the 

 great festival. 



The last was not a good business week 

 by any means. If supplies had been pro- 

 fuse there would have been no possible 

 outlet. Lilies are abundant and the best 

 of the plants will hold their 12-cent value 

 to the end. No good lilies will sell below 

 10 cents and those you hear of at 8 

 cents have gone to the usual clearing 

 houses for trash, the department stores, 

 where cheapness is the only recognized 

 basis of negotiation. This applies to 

 all of them, with possibly one lone ex- 

 ception, and includes the hardy shrubs, 

 roses and trees these places handle. 



Violets are scarce. The cool weather 

 has been of service and the supply for 

 Easter promises to be larger than at first 

 expected. If any good flowers reach the 

 market they will command $1. Southern 



