.OCTOUKB 26, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1277 



There is a Difference 



Many a florist has lost splendid opportunities to increase his 

 trade and profits by thinking there isn't any difference between what 

 he is getting and what he might get. 



There iS a difference : a trial shipment from us would convince 

 you of that quicker than ten pages of talk. Even if there shouldn't 

 be any difference, you wouldn't be out anything, would you ? 



Weiiand & Risch 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59=61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Long: Distance Phone. Central 879. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per Doz. 



Extra long 13.60 



30-incb Btems 3.00 



24 " " 2.50 



18 " " 1.75 



12 " " 1.00 



Short " 60 



ROSES Per 100. 



MaldB and Brides tS.OO to 16.00 



KiUamey (the Irish Beauty) 4.00 to 8.00 



Liberty 3.00 to 8.00 



Golden Gate 3.00 to 6.00 



Perle and Chatenay 3 00 to 6 00 



Special prices In 1000 lots. 



CARNATIONS 



Good l.BOto 2.00 



Fancy 3.00 to 4.00 



Special prices in 1000 lots. 



Miscellaneous Stock 



Violets, slng-le and double. .60 to 1.00 



Valley, fancy 4.00 to 5.00 



Harrisil Lilies (scarce) per 



doz t2.00 to 13.00 



Chrysanthemums, all 

 colors, doz... .11.00 to 3.00 



Shasta Daisies (large) 1.00 to 1.26 



Calla Lilies per doz., 1.26 to 1.75 



DECORATIVE 



We carry a large stock of Ferns, Smllax, 

 Asparagus, Galax, etc., at lowest prices. 



Sabject to change without notice. 



Mpntion The Reyjiew when yon write. 



WW" 



DON'T FORGET THE 



American Institute Fair 

 and Chrysanthemum Show 



HEBALD SQUARE 

 EXHIBITION HALL, 



OCT. 31, NOV. 1-2-3 



MACT BUILDING, lUriA/ VADI^ TITV 



BBOADWAY AND S4th STREET, IILTT TUlf I\ \^I I T 



ALWAYS GOOD, BUT THIS 

 TEAR BETTER THAN EVER 



REMEMBER THE DATE= 



His stock of pandanus and Ficus elastica 

 is large. 



E. Baker, superintendent at Audubon 

 park, says his mums will make a fairly 

 good showing, but has had too much mois- 

 ture for the best results. He is prepar- 

 ing for winter flowering annuals in open 

 ground and expects to show a succession 

 of blooming plants in Horticultural hall 

 during the winter. His perfect growing 

 of geraniums was the talk of the town 

 last year. 



R. E. Simons, the Magazine street 

 florist, reports chrysanthemums very 

 scarce around his way, being pretty well 

 drowned out. Business has been very 

 dull with him during the summer, but is 

 now improving. 



P. A. Chopin ia as bright as ever with 

 his specimen mums in fine shape and also 

 his crop of cut mums for All Saints' 

 day. He reports a rush of work for wed- 

 dings, having at present an order for 

 fourteen bridal bouquets to be made. 



V. Anseman's Son, a large dahlia 

 grower, has lost his white flowers. The 

 yellow and red varieties are good. 



M. M. L. 



Adrian, Mich. — Nathan Smith & 

 Son are preparing to make greater 

 effort than ever at the fall shows. 

 Exhibits will be made at Chicago, 

 Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, 

 Philadelphia, Boston and New York, 

 and Elmer D. Smith will attend as 

 many of the shows as possible. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana will, at its next meeting, Novem- 

 ber 7, take up several matters which are 

 still to be finished before flower show 

 time. Among these is the matter of the 

 entertainment for November 16. The 

 committee is F. B. Alley, Sidney Smith 

 and Wm. Billingsley. 



The decorators at Tomlinson hall are 

 preparing a largo pagoda sheltering a 

 base which is to be filled with a large 

 orchid display, and studded with electric 

 lights as a centerpiece. This will be in 

 entire harmony with the rest of the dec- 

 orations, which are to be a special fea- 

 ture. 



Clarence Green, formerly with E. A. 

 Nelson, has taken a position with W. J. 

 Smyth, Chicago. 



J. A. E. Haugh, of Anderson, was in 

 town last week, looking after business 

 matters. A few plants on their place 

 were injured by using "White river water, 

 which contains refuse from strawboard 

 works. A new pumping plant has been 

 installed, so that the damage will not 

 be great. 



Adolph Baur was in Richmond last 

 week, resting up after several months of 

 hard work superintending the construc- 

 tion of the large greenhouse at Baur & 

 Smith's establishment. 



The Cincinnati boys have signified 



their intention of attending the Indian* 

 apolis show in a body. The florists at 

 Louisville are also coming to Indian^ 

 apolis at one time. 



John Grande has returned from a visit 

 to Muncie. 



Tomlinson hall market is well fiUedl 

 with chrysanthemum blooms and plants 

 these days. Business there is reported 

 as being extremely good. An unusually 

 large quantity of chrysanthemums are 

 being raised in this section this year,, 

 but no trouble is anticipated in moving 

 them along, as flower show years always 

 stimulate trade in that direction. 



A. B. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business has improved a little but 

 only in spots, some of the florists being 

 very busy, while others wish they were. 

 There seems to be a good bit of funeral 

 work going on, and a few weddings, but 

 that seems to be about all. The weather 

 is much cooler than a week ago and stock 

 of all kinds shows much improvement as 

 to quality but has shortened up in sup- 

 ply. 



The demand is for the better quality 

 of stock. This can be seen at the dif- 

 ferent wholesale houses. Chrysanthemums 

 are coming in freely but are cleaning 

 up each day, especially white and yel- 

 low. Extra fancy are up to $4 per 

 dozen; others from $3 down. First- 

 class Beauties are selling well and the 

 market is well supplied with them. Other 

 roses, such as Brides, Maids, Perles, 

 Golden Gate, Chatenay and Richmond 

 are more than the demand calls for. Car- 

 nations have gone up in price. Fancies 

 are now $3 per hundred. These are all 

 selling up clean. 



Violets are much larger and of better 

 color since the cold weather set in. A 

 few dahlias, cosmos and callas make up 

 the daily supply. There is plenty of good 

 smilax to be had, also fine asparagus, 

 adiantum, galax and ferns. 



Some extra good chrysanthemum, 

 plants are seen which sell well. 



Various Notes. 



Flower show matters are progressing 

 most satisfactorily. The program, which 

 is very handsome, is out. The show is 

 only two weeks off. Fred H. Meinhardt, 



