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j^DOUST 3, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



561 



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Peony Roots 



, Wc have for sale a quantity of Peony Roots of 

 a white variety such as we have found by long 

 experience to be the best for growing for cut 

 flowers for market. If you want the right 

 thing to gro1ly^'%^rite us about these. : : : : 



On wire work we can discount our own 

 or any otiier list. Get our prices. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 

 40-42-44 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



PRICE LIST 



AMBBZCAV BBiLUTXBB— 



Long; 



Fair lengtb 



Bridea $3. 



Bridesmaid! 8 



Liberty 4, 



Kaiserin...' 8. 



Golden Gate 8 



Caraations 1. 



Asters 



Gladioli, common 



lightcolors 2 



Auratum Lilies. . per doz., $1.60 

 Album and Rubrum Lilies, per 



doz., $1.00 



Valley, our specialty, best 



Daisies 



Smilaz per dos., $160 



Adiantum 



Sprengrerl 2. 



Asparagus.. per strinir. 23c to 50c 



Galax $1.00 to $1.60 per 1000 



Common Ferns — per 1000, $1 60 



Per doz. 



$4.00 



8.00 



Per 100 



00 to 16.00 



.00 to 6.00 



,00 to 8.00 



.00 to 8.00 



.00 to 6.00 



50 to 2.00 



.60 to 2.00 



1.60 

 00 to 4.00 



600 



400 



75 to 1.00 



10.(0 



.76 



00 to 4.00 



.15 

 .20 



Subject to ohantre withont notice. 

 Packing' and delivery at c3Bt. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market 



Business has reached its summer level 

 and, with the exception of an occasional 

 wedding and small social function, there 

 is practically nothing doing. Funeral 

 work of late has been pretty lively, some 

 stores being very busy. Good stock of 

 ajiy kind, with the possible exception of 

 Kaiserin, is practically - unobtainable. 

 There is nothing at all in carnations, 

 while asters are beginning to come in. 

 They are quite small and short-stemmed. 

 The recent showers will improve outdoor 

 stock and help to relieve the present 

 shortage. Auratum and lanoifolium 

 lilies are in fair supply, with a good 

 demanfd. 



Various Notes. 



Vacations are now in order among the 

 store men and many are spending pleas- 

 ant hours along the seashore. The grow- 

 ers, on the other hand, are very busy, 

 some rebuilding and others making ex- 

 tensive improvements. 



Jas. Eadie is in the midst of building 

 operations. Seven new houses and a 

 handsome dwelling are this year's ac- 

 quisitions. 



The Ohio Floral Co. is erecting a 

 house of the latest design and costing 

 $2,000, for their new foreman, M. .ploy; 

 also a new flower cellar. This concern 

 does not contemplate building addition- 

 al houses this year, as heretofore report- 

 €d, but will plan for next season. 



The Essex Greenhouses are building 

 several new benches with tile bottoms 

 for Beauties. 



The Gasser Co. is very busy planting 

 carnations, the stock being extra fine. 



Bate Bros, have planted several 

 benches of carnations from pots and are 

 well pleased with results thus far. 



Mr. Eastwell has just returned from 

 a sojourn in Detroit. He says he is book- 

 ing several weddings for early fall. 



Frank Smith will spend several weeks 

 in the east, visiting New York, Boston, 

 Philadelphia and Atlantic City. 



E. Fetters, for many years connected 

 Vrith the firm of Smith & Fetters, is pay- 

 ing us a visit from Detroit. His many 

 friends will be very glad to see him. 



M. F. Harrison, manager of the Ohio 



Floral Co., reports funeral trade very 

 brisk. 



The Cleveland Florists' Club will hold 

 its annual picnic at Geisen's (eighteen 

 sneezes) Gardens, Pearl street, August 

 2. A good time is expected. 



Forest City. 



BUFFALO. 



Various Jottings. 



We don't expect any business in July 

 and August, so the present quiet time is 

 not disappointing. Asters, gladioli and 

 sweet peas are the principal flowers of- 

 fered. Carnations are at their lowest. 



We are glad to say Louis H. Neubeck 

 is again back at his office after a long 

 and painful illness. 



There has been little talk about the 

 convention and yet we believe there will 

 be a good representation from this city 

 and vicinity. We understand Mr. Mc- 

 Clure has his clan marshalled to carry 

 off sohie of the bowling trophies. From 

 what we read, and still more from what 

 we remember of the former conventions, 

 this coming convention should be missed 

 by no one who has the privilege to be a 

 guest. There was more hospitality to the 

 hour at the first Washington convention 

 than we ever remember and it was served 

 up in variety to suit all tastes. In the 

 rear of the American Kose Co. 's store, 

 in a rustic shed, was something of a 

 rotund appearance with a lump of ice 

 on the top and there many of the veter- 

 ans put in a continuous session, en- 

 livened most of the time by the stirring- 

 Scottish songs of Archie Middlemass, 

 of Milwaukee. Then there was that 

 unique vaudeville performance in the 

 store of the same company, with Con- 

 stable John Thorpe to keep order. From 

 this impromptu but enjoyable little af- 

 fair up to the splendid entertainment on 

 some spacious lawn, with the Marine 

 band to charm us, it was one round of 

 pleasure. There is only one Washington 

 and all should see it, for there are many 

 things there that cannot be seen else- 

 where. 



We hope, with all the pleasures and 

 sight seeing in store for us, that the busi- 

 ness of the convention will receive good 

 attendance and attention. I have 



watched a good many conventions of dif- 

 ferent organizations and societies and 

 our florists' conventions will compare 

 most favorably with any of them for 

 real work and business. We stick to the 

 object of our meetings very well. At 

 first we were inclined to make it a four- 

 day picnic, but for the past ten years 

 that has been largely eliminated and the 

 majority of attendants go there to take 

 an earnest interest in all that is said 

 and done. 



How much we owe to the dear old so- 

 ciety! It is the parent of our local so- 

 cieties; it is the mother of our floricul- 

 tural press; it is the means of knowing 

 our brother and sister florists, and what 

 a poor lot we would be if it were not for 

 our wide acquaintance! Last year at St. 

 Louis one old baldheaded sport, in pre- 

 senting some bowling trophies, said that 

 the man who only came to the conven- 

 tions to talk cannas and geraniums was 

 no good. That was entirely wrong. 

 Those earnest men are the backbone, the 

 pillars of the society. The bowling antf 

 Shooting are the excrescence, or, I should 

 rather say, the effervescence, harmless 

 enough, but they should not interfere 

 with the business of the convention. 1 

 look for a great and glorious time and, 

 my fellow townsmen, you who have not 

 seen the beautiful city or tasted of the 

 hospitality of the Washington florists, 

 you will sadly miss it if you do not go. 

 Washington is full of Gude and Free- 

 man! You don't know them until you 

 meet them at home. W. S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Summer dullness prevails. To accept 

 the inevitable cheerfully is good philos- 

 ophy. No one will feel disappointed if 

 there is not a ripple on the placid sea 

 until September. But the same quiet 

 expectancy is evident that precedes a 

 general shaking up of the dry bones. 

 The surplus energy of all is gathering 

 force and the new season will find all 

 hands alert and ready for the best year 

 the floricultural world of New York 

 has ever experienced. Prosperity abounds, 

 millionaries are multiplying. There ar« 

 good times coming. 



