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Septbmbkb 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



1043 



MUMS Are Here 



VERY FINE MONROVIA 



Supplies will increase from day to day* A hig cut of Beauties 

 ready in a few days. Brides^ Maids, Chatenay and Kaiserin are 

 fine; enough long; stems and g:ood buds for all who want the best 

 s:rade* Carnations plentiful; gfood flowers and fair stems. Still 

 some gfood asters. 



We are headquarters for ''Green Goods^^ an inexhaustible 

 supply of Asparas:ust Smilax, Adiantum, Galax, Ivy Leaves, Leu- 

 cothoe and Ferns. Send us your orders. Wt want your business 

 now and all through the season* 



ASPARAGUS AND SMILAX for fall opening decora- 

 tions. We can supply a thousand strings as easy as a dozen. Long: 

 heavy strings. Get our estimate on special large quantities. 



IBZCAH BBAVTT. Per doi. 



8S-40-incta stem $4.00 



24-80-inob Item 8.00 



20-lncb Item 2.00 



16-lnch Item 1.B0 



U-incta steal 1.00 



Short stem, per 100. $4 CO to $6.00 



Per 100 



Bridea. BrideBinaida $2.00 to $ 6.00 



Kaiserin S.OOto 8.00 



Ohfttenay SOOto 0.00 



Golden Gate 2.00to 6.00 



Liberty S.OOto 6.00 



Ivory 2.00to 4.00 



Oamatlons 1.60to 209 



ObryBanthemums, per doz., $4.00 



Asters l.OOtO 2.00 



VaUey 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doi.. $2.00 16.00 



QladloU 2.00 



fancy varieties S.OOto 6.00 



Tuberoses 4.00 to 6.00 



AaparaKos, per string, 26c to 50o 



AsparaRus Sprengeri 2.00 to 4.00 



Qalax, bronze per 1000, $1.25 .16 



" Rreen. new crop, " 1.00 .16 



Adiantom .76 



Ivy Leaves .60 



Leucotboe Sprays .76 



SmUax per dos., $1.60 10.00 



Fancy Ferns per 1000, $1.00 .16 



Babjeet to change without notice. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



September has averaged warmer than 

 normal, and the result has been that 

 during most of the month stock has been 

 in somewhat heavier supply than it 

 otherwise would have been, and the gen- 

 eral impression seems to be that prices 

 have averaged lower than through Sep- 

 tember in recent years. However, trade 

 is now quite active, and, with a shorter 

 supply this week, receipts are well 

 cleaned up, with tendencies toward 

 stiffer prices. This week has seen the 

 first of the fall openings, which annu- 

 ally call for a large amount of stock 

 and mark the real beginning of the au- 

 tumn season. These have called for not 

 only considerable quantities of cut flow- 

 ers, but several thousand strings of as- 

 paragus and smilax, which the market 

 had no diflSculty in supplying. 



The call for Beauties has exceeded the 

 supply and prices have advanced. Many 

 growers, however, report that a new and 

 heavy crop will be on within a week and 

 adequate supplies of improved quality 

 are anticipated, with a probability of a 

 return to the prices prevailing earlier in 

 the month. "With warm days and cool 

 nights, some of the careless growers have 

 mildew, but in general, tea roses of excel- 

 lent quality may be had for all require- 

 ments. There is still plenty of short 

 stock for funeral purposes, but not the 

 glut of last week. Excellent Richmond 

 are qow seen and a few good La De- 

 troit. Killarney is still short of stem, 

 but very well liked. 



Receipts of carnations continue quite 



large and some of the stock now shows 

 very fair stem. Enchantress brings the 

 top price. The short stock is hard to 

 move, as there are still enough asters 

 to supply the demand for cheap stuff for 

 funeral purposes. 



A few chrysanthemums are now to bo 

 had daily. Some first-class yellows have 

 been in the market this week and have 

 sold for $4 per dozen. It will not be 

 long before all requirements can be met 

 as to color, quality and price, although 

 in general the mums are about a week 

 later than the growers thought they 

 would be. 



Outdoor lilies are gone, but there are 

 a few Harrisii, on which prices have ad- 

 vanced. There are daily receipts of vio- 

 lets of fair quality. Last week the east- 

 ern violets were in bad condition, due to 

 the hot weather. Gladioli are no longer 

 received in large quantity and the pres- 

 sure of outdoor stock is each day having 

 less effect on the prices of staple items. 



Ne'wspapers. 



The wholesale florists use old news- 

 papers for lining cut flower boxes and 

 for wrapping in severe weather. The 

 quantities required for these pur- 

 poses are something surprising, very 

 many tons being used each year. 

 Weiland & Risch bought three tons 

 of Sunday papers the other day, 

 and it was not an unusual purchase. 

 The Chicago daily papers are not return- 

 able, but the Sunday papers are, and 

 many thousands of copies accumulate on 

 the publishers' hands. These are sold to 

 dealers in paper stock and they in turn 

 supply the florists at $16 per ton. The 

 wholesalers do not believe in yellow jour- 



nalism. They say the red, blue, green 

 and other kinds of ink come off. 



Variotis Notes. 



There was another meeting of mem- 

 bers of the executive committee of the 

 Horticultural Society and a few others 

 Tuesday afternoon at the office of the 

 Benthey-Coatsworth Co. Flower show 

 arrangements were furthered. Every- 

 thing indicates a first-class show. 



F. F. Benthey returned Monday night 

 from a visit to the firm's plant at New 

 Castle. He was well pleased with the 

 condition of stock there, particularly 

 with Richmond and Killarney roses. 



C. W. McKellar has a new specialty, 

 cotton on long stems, just as it grows in 

 the south. 



Henry Seger, at Washington Heights, 

 has a field of 6,000 aster plants, from 

 which he has sent to the E. F. Winterson 

 Co. 50,650 first-class flowers. 



John Muno, at Rogers Park, had six 

 houses of Beauties which are in splendid 

 shape and just coming into fine crop. 

 He is growing no tea roses this year, 

 the balance of his place being in carna- 

 tions, thirteen houses of them. 



Miss Lillian Tonner, who was for 

 years with E. H. Hunt, has leased space 

 in the Flower Growers' Market and is 

 preparing to start a supply business 

 there. She has partitioned off sufficient 

 space for her purpose and is now receiv- 

 ing goods. Miss Tonner is well known 

 to the trade and should do well in her 

 new venture. 



Jacob Phillip, Sr., who is one of the 

 old-time vegetable growers at Rogers 

 Park, this spring put up eight new 150- 



