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Skptkmueb 21, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



99J 



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The secret of bosineas success is jivlne the people what they 

 want, the way they want it and when they want it. 



We can give you what you want — the best flowers. We can 

 give them to you when you want them — any time. We can give 

 them to you as you want them — quick. 



A trial order will convince you. 



Weiland & Risch 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59=61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Long: Distance Phone, Central 879. 



AMERICAN BBAUTIK8- ^^r Doz. 



Extra lon«r , W* 



30-lnch stems • *•>*' 



24 " " ...7,.^..:.... 3.50 



18 " " : 1.76 



12 " " '...,.. 1.00 



Short " 60 



ROSES— Per 100._ 



Maids 13.00 to 16.00 



Brides 3.00 to G.OO 



Klllamey 3. 00 to 8.00 



Liberty... 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 3.00 to 6.00 



Special prices In IOOj lots. 



CARNATIONS- , ^, ^ „ „, 



Good Stock l.OOto 2.00 



Special prices in 1000 lots. 



SII8CEI.I.ANEOUS STOCK- ^ , ^ 



Valley 3.00 to 4.00 



Easter Lilies 12.00 to 15.00 



Asters TS to 2.00 



Daisies _ 100 



Tuberoses, Fancy 5.00 U> 6.00 



DECORATIVE— 



Ferns, per 1000, $1.25 .15 



Sprengerl 2.00 to 4.00 



Asparagus Stringrs 25.00 to 50.00 



Adlantum 1-00 



Oalax -lo 



Smllax 10.00 to 16.00 



Leucothoe Sprays 75 to l.OO 



Sabjeot to change wlttaoat notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Lilies, Bride, Maid and Liberty roses, 

 lily of the valley, orchids and other 

 choice flowers were included. The value 

 of the flowers used was estimated at 

 ^8,000. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co. have made a 

 successful protest against an assessment 

 of duty on an importation of ^sun- 

 bleached wheat. The local collector 

 ■classed the wheat as dutiable but Mr. 

 McCarthy contended that it was free 

 under the paragraph of the law relating 

 to crude textile grasses or fibrous vege- 

 table substances. The evidence showed 

 that the only process through which the 

 wheat had passed was that known as sun- 

 bleaching. W. N. Craig. 



AN EVANS INVENTION. 



When John Evans announces some- 

 thing new in the way of improved ven- 

 tilating apparatus the trade is apt to ac- 

 cept his judgment and adopt his device 

 without serious consideration, for it has 

 besn proved by experience that when 

 Mr. Evans says a thing is thus and so, 

 it does what he says it will, and does it 

 promptly and without coercion. At the 

 recent Washington convention of the 

 S. A. F., Mr. Evans' concern, the 

 ^aker City Machine Co., of Eichmond, 

 Ind., was given a certificate of merit on 

 -what is called ths Twentieth Century 

 ventilator arm, a device so beautifully 

 simple that the only wonder is Mr. 

 Evans did not think of it years before! 

 The first grower who saw it wanted 

 to trade, even, all his old arms for new 

 ones! 



Scientifically the new arm reduces the 

 leverage on the shafting from eight to 

 twelve inches, as in the old style, to one 

 and three-quarters inches, the distance 

 from the center of the shafting pipe to 

 the rivets which hold the arms. Prac- 

 tically the result is to do away with the 

 strain on the shafting which sometimes 

 caused it to twist on long runs and not 

 open the last ventilator to an even height 

 with the first ona. With this arm the 

 ventilators will rise to an even height on 

 any length of greenhouse. 



There is a double action in the "X'» 

 part of the new arm which increases the 

 power of the arm without increasing 

 the leverage on the shafting. For large 

 ventilators, which require a long arm to 

 give the proper opening, the only neces- 

 sary change is the enlargement of the 



"X" part and the lengthening of the 

 reach rod. Mr. Evans has applied for a 

 patent on his invention. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The first gun of the fall campaign has 

 beeil fired. The big department stores 

 are having their openings this week, 

 using great quantities of hydrangeas, 

 gladioli, dahlias, golden rod, autumn 

 foliage, etc., while most of the staple 

 cut flowers are not used. The decora- 

 tions prove that people are returning to 

 the city, a sure sign of coming business. 

 The volume of business is increasing 

 slowly. The receipts are larger than one 

 week ago, while the demand is absorbing 

 the stock offered, nearly, if not quite, as 

 well. 



Beauties are very fine, but not in such 

 active demand. Choice tea roseq. on the 

 contrary, are selling better. Carnations 

 are again a factor, as the well-grown in- 

 door stock is making its appearance. 

 Dahlias are exceptionally fine. C. W. 

 Bruton is maintaining its popularity as 

 the leading yellow. Gardenias are com- 

 ing in crop. Indications point to a fair 

 supply for the October weddings. Wild 

 smilax has been in demand for the deco- 

 rations. 



Some New Ideas. 



It may interest some of our readers to 

 knovf that the new sq«iKre pot covers are 

 gaining in popularity. They are pleas- 



ing in appearance and the plant is easily 

 released. Ribbons are now being made 

 in eight or ten shades of green, which 

 will match the color of any foliage to 

 perfection. These foliage-colored rib- 

 bons, when combined with ribbons that 

 match the flowers, are very effective. 

 For instance, a bunch of American Beau- 

 ties may be tied with a sash of Beauty 

 ribbon and foliage-green ribbon in 

 very good taste. Similar pleasing ef- 

 fects may be produced in a variety of 

 shades of these delicately colored rib- 

 bons. There is a growing feeling that 

 more attention must be paid to the 

 profitable disposal of the poorer grades 

 of cut flowers and for this purpose a 

 demand must be developed for design 

 work on improved methods. There are 

 great possibilities for artistic work in 

 this line. 



A Chinese Village. 

 Fred J. Michell called Phil's atten- 

 tion to an original window display at 

 his company's store this week. The 

 window represented a Chinese village, 

 with the family hard at work in the 

 field among the sacred lilies. Green 

 shaded electric lights lit up the scene 

 beautifully. Philip Frued, who ar- 

 ranged the window, said the demand 

 for Chinese lilies had increased won- 

 derfully in consequence. 



Home Asain* 



Ed. Reid returned to this city on 

 Saturday after three weeks spent in 

 the sunny south. Mr. Reid visited 

 Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Vir- 

 ginia, Maryland and the District of 

 Columbia. His welcome everywhere 

 was typical of the warm-hearted south- 

 erner. In fact, Mr. Reid thinks that 

 sometimes his host purposely made him 

 miss his train, were such a thing pos- 

 sible. He made business arrangements 

 for the coming season with some new 

 and many old customers, who were 

 kind enough to say that his stocH was 

 of the finest and his packing of the 

 best. ** Would it be the same this 



The Quaker Qty Machine Co.'8 New Ventilatof Arm. 



