1514 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Max 11, 190S. 



Ve have a few VERY FINE FLOWERS that were late for Ea»tef, J 

 $8.00 per JOO. | 



i JONQUILS, EMPERORS. Extra large and fine, $3.00 per ICO. > > | 



^ ;!^ '^ •'g?*I°* i^ '^ ■ O WW\ €1^ irV»%^ ^^'^ *« W.OO per 100. I 

 ^^?".l^\ Short and medlam 1^^11101 IlinS Spedal Prices ^ JCOO J 

 stems In 1000 lots at bargain prices. ^^%AI I l%41#l\^l laJ« loto, out selection. f 



LILY or THE VXL- | 



I LONGIFLORUMS. 



f Roses. 



1 SPRENGERI, PLUMOSUS, ADIANTUM. Any amount on short notice. 



{ LEY. Extra nice stock, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. SWEET PEAS. Fine long stems, 75c to $1.00 per 100. 



{ DECORATION DAY is not far away. 



2 and it will pay you to get our qubiauons %m au kukis oi stock. ^ 



I A. L. RANDALL CO., 19 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. I 



Bert Budlong, of J. A. Budlong's, has 

 returned from a month's trip to New 

 York and Boston. He says he was very 

 hospitably received by every one of the 

 many growers whom he visited and shown 

 their stock and methods of growing. He 

 found that on carnations and Beauty 

 roses Chicago is not behind but that the 

 East leads on high grade tea roses. He 

 found, too, that practically all the best 

 growers are using grafted stock, so while 

 at the Waban Rose Conservatories he 

 bought some grafted 'Brides and Maids 

 for trial next season. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. calls attention to 

 the very unusual circumstance that earli- 

 est, midseason and even some of the late 

 peonies are all coming in at once. They 

 had a few Festiva maxima on May 8. 

 Mr. Pieser say he thinks all the big lot 

 for cold storage will be in within a week. 



F. S. Schmeling was down from Mil- 

 waukee this week and gave the Foley 

 Mfg. Co. an order for cypress for four 

 greenhouses 29x100 and for pecky cy- 

 press for bench material for them. Two 

 of the houses will be put up this spring 

 and two during the siunmer, the latter 

 being for plants. 



In Friedman 's window there is a minia- 

 ture ship's wheel, supported by oars, 

 bearing the words * ' Flowers delivered on 

 board steamers." The center of the 

 wheel is a blackboard on which are lists 

 of the "sailings" from New York and 

 Boston. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is getting some 

 splendidly colored Prosperity carnations. 

 John Poehlmann says that he has noted 

 that the first crop of Prosperity in the 

 fall is pretty white in color but that after 

 the first cut is off, the flowers which fol- 

 low have plenty of variegation. 



Frank Beu, on North Fortieth avenue, 

 has recently added three houses to his 

 establishment. They will be planted with 

 chrysanthemums for next fall. 



P. J. Hauswirth spent four days last 

 week at a state meeting of Red Men at 

 Mt. Vernon. He tells it as a joke on 

 the "Indians" that at the election only 

 a couple of weeks before the meeting, 

 the town voted no license. 



E. C. Amling says that he is looking 

 for the usual increase in Decoration day 

 business again this year. He figures 

 that there will be no trouble in handling 



it- 

 George Reinberg says that this has 



been a very good season for the sale of 

 carnation cuttings. It started very poor- 

 ly, but in April he did an especially big 

 business in this line. 

 Vaughan & Sperry are receiving several 



good seedling roses from Charles Hopp, 

 of Grand Rapids. One previously men- 

 tioned in this column, as on the order of 

 La Detroit. Another Mr. Hopp calls the 

 white Chatenay, but it has many more 

 petals. The stems are like fishpoles, 

 some of them are so long. 



E. H. Hunt reports a good business 

 in supplies for Decoration day. They 

 make shipments by freight rather than 

 run any chances with the pickets about 

 the express offices. 



"Larry" Kelly is again in the flower 

 business, busy bringing incoming stock 

 from the depots. 



A recent report was that the wagon 

 service was costing the wholesalers 17 

 cents a box to get outgoing shipments de- 

 livered to depots. That's a whole lot 

 cheaper than most lines of business are 

 getting off. 



Wietor Bros, are showing some extra 

 Enchantress carnations. They say 3 cents 

 is now the top, where the same goods 

 brought 8 cents in winter. They have 

 finished planting carnations in the field. 



John Zech, of Zech & Mann, says that, 

 although he hasn't the monopoly of the 

 gladiolus supply as in previous weeks, still 

 it is his best selling item. 



Peter Reinberg is getting a big cut 

 of Chatenay of splendid quality. 



Bassett & Washburn are now hauling 

 in a little stock from Hinsdale each day 

 but still do most of their shipping from 

 the greenhouses. 



A. L. Randall says he does not remem- 

 ber a season when collections after Easter 

 came in slower. It is a general com- 

 plaint. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is still getting 

 New York violets of fair quality. The 

 cool weather seems to have prolonged 

 their season wonderfully. 



L. Coatsworth went to New Castle 

 Tuesday night for a few days ' stay. The 

 Benthey-Coatsworth Co. is rebuilding 

 some of its houses there. 



The following are the scores made on 

 May 9, thirty-six games to be rolled and 

 the five highest men to constitute the 

 Washington team: 



Player. Ist 



C. Balluff 122 



Asmus 219 



P. Hauswirth 118 



Klunder 140 



Degnan 1S2 



Bergmann 146 



V. Krletllng 134 



Stevens 171 



R Winterson 108 



Geo. Scott 177 



L. H. Winterson 75 



At the same time the ladies made the 



following scores: 



Cape 

 Jessamine 



DUdS VGrandiflora) 



GirefuIIy selected and packed 

 and guaranteed to arrive in fine 

 shape. 



25c per doz. by mall 

 $1.00 per lOO by express 



I prepay express charges on 

 shipments of 400 or more. 



Col. Wm. C. Sleele, 



Gardenia Specialist. Alvin, Tex. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CAPE JESSAMINES. 



Fine Grandlflora buds, 76c per 100; 16.00 per 1000. 

 Lots of 10,000, 150.00. They are packed to ship to 

 Canada or anywhere In the United States and 

 guaranteed to arrive In good condition. 



Season now open; closes about June 15. 

 Your orders solicited. 



ASA WRIGHT, ALVIN, TEXAS. 



Mention The Review when yon write 



There is not much to say about the 

 market these days. The ship is running 

 slowly on an even keel. The supply is 

 very abundant and prices very low. Ex- 

 cept for roses, stock in the cut flower line 

 is excellent. in quality. The street mer- 

 chants have turned to lilacs and pansies 

 and violets have gracefully retired. 

 Trailing arbutus has ceased to trail. 

 Good American Beauties have been few 

 and far between since Easter. There 

 have been lots of Brunners and J acqs, 

 to depreciate their value. E)illarney 

 seems to grow in popularity. Its keep- 

 ing qualities are wonderful and its 

 proven hardness commends it to the ama- 

 teur for outdoor planting. Gladioli are 



