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OCTOBEB 26, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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The Prize Winning Stoclc 



IS AGAIN AT YOUR COMMAND % 



We are beginning to cut heavily in all departments* MUMS* now in season and we are 

 cutting in quantity ; all good varieties. Strictly fancy Beauties, Malds* Brides, 

 Perles, Chatenay, Sunrise, Liberty, Richmond and Uncle John; all 

 the hest varieties of Carnations; plenty Harrisli; finest Valley; large supply ' 

 of PJumosus Strings, extra long and heavy; Smilax^ 8 to SO feet long; 

 ' Spreiigeri and Plumosus Sprays. 



Send for price list and let us have ah order. You will like our stock and the 

 way it reaches you* "We want your business now and all through the season. 



POEH LM AN N Bros. Co 



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Oreenhouses, Morton Grove, 111. 



800,000 Feet of Glass. 



Address all Cut Flo\<rer Orders to 



35-37 Randolph St., Chicago. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



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very pretty display of jardinieres is 

 made on one side. Th« greenhouse is 

 filled with decorative plants and ferns, 

 with aquariums scattered about, adding 

 variety and needed moisture. The whole 

 effect is very fine and reflects great 

 credit on the enterprise of the moving 

 spirit in the company. 



FicuB Pandurata. 



One of our brightest retailers experi- 

 mented with the Ficus pandurata last 

 winter, subjecting it to drought, gases 

 and other ill-treatment in his store. It 

 behaved so well that he felt it was at 

 least the equal of the aspidistra in dura- 

 bility. The result of this little experi- 

 ment is that he bought the entire stock 

 of Ficus pandurata at one of the larg- 

 est growers in this city, where the plant 

 has been made a little specialty. A 

 leading New York retailer has evidently 

 arrived at the same results, only a little 

 too late, his order arriving just after the 

 ©ntire stock had been safely corralled. 



Variotis Notes. 



G. H. Pieser, of the Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, spent Monday and Tues- 

 day in this city. Mr'Tieser is just end- 

 ing a three weeks' business trip which 

 has included the violet district in New 

 York state. New York city and parts of 

 New Jersey. He called at the supply 

 houses and several of the commission 

 houses while in Philadelphia and ex- 

 pressed his confidence in the outlook for 

 the winter season. 



Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., states that his firm has expe- 

 rienced a remarkable run on Pompeian 

 ware; their fourth shipment is now on 

 the way, the others having practically 

 flold out. This new pottery is greatly 

 appreciated by all the best buyers, es- 

 pecially in and near Chicago. Mr. Ber- 

 kowitz showed some new styles of this 

 ware, the smaller sizes being especially 

 adapted for violets or ' ' cyps ' ' and might 

 be used for favors on the dinner-table. 



Robert Craig has two novelties in 

 chrysanthemums, one the Baby chrysan- 

 themum grown in fan-shaped plants, 

 the other the hardy pompon variety, 

 grown in 6-inch pots, covered with buds. 



Philip Freud has another clever idea 



in the shape of a Hallow-eve window 

 at Michell's. He has covered the floor 

 of the window with popcorn, a Jap is 

 standing by preparing to roast some of 

 the grains in a charcoal fire, arranged 

 with electric lights for flames. Above 

 are corn stalks with the grain just ready 

 to drop. The effect is very pleasing. 



It is remarkable the large qu^tity of 

 baskets of different styles that are being 

 shipped by M. Bice & Co., to all parts of 

 the country. They report that the de- 

 mand for baskets is constantly on the 

 increase. They carry an endless variety. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons have arranged 

 an effective Hallow-eve decoration at the 

 Bellevue-Stratford. 



Frank Aicher, of Clifton, has his 

 violet houses, seven or eight in number, 

 planted with fine stock. 



Charles H. Fox opened his new store 

 and conservatory. Broad street below 

 Walnut, on Tuesday. 



Eugene Bernheimer, one of our enter- 

 prising wholesalers, has added orchids to 

 his regular line of stock. Mr. Bern- 

 heimer is the first wholesaler to take up 

 the handling of mushrooms as a side 

 issue. 



The Philadelphia Carnation Co. has its 

 plant at Secane in excellent condition 

 for the winter campaign. Carnations 

 are the principal crop. Mushrooms and 

 sweet peas are also largely grown. 



John Mclntyre personally marketed a 

 big wagon-load of fine cosmos grown by 

 himself at Thomhedge. "J. M. " is a 

 good seller, a good buyer and a good 

 grower. 



Paul J. Klinghorn, manager for Du- 

 mont & Co., is hustling out mums at a 

 lively rate these days. 



Charles E. Meehan states that the 

 Flower Market is a growing factor in 

 carnations, the best Enchantress, and in 

 double violets. 



Edward Eeid had a heavy shipping day 

 on Monday. 



The first Paper White narcissi ap- 

 peared at W. J. Baker's on October 23. 



Mrs. S. I. Smith has completed Her 

 new house at Secane. 



Good judges say that the losses on 

 nearly all kinds of indoor stock, espe- 

 cially on early chrysanthemums, have 

 been very heavy. Phil. 



TOLEDO. 



Qub Meeting. 



Our last Florists* Club meeting was a 

 huge success. A number of visitors 

 were present and before the end of the 

 meeting the club secured three new mem- 

 bers. John Gratopp brought a bunch 

 of fine carnations, to show what is doing 

 at his place. G. W. Haebich, florist at 

 the State Hospital for the Insane, 

 brought Glory of Pacific mums cut from 

 pot-grown plants. The stems were rather 

 short, but the flowers were very good. 

 G. A. Heinl, being out of town, sent his 

 foreman, John Helmer, down with a 

 bunch of Estelle and Glory of Pacific 

 with both stems and flowers fine. Wm. 

 F. Kasting, Buffalo, sent a bunch of 

 Adiantum Croweanum and also a bunch 

 of A. hybridum; both were fine. 



Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian, Mich., in 

 company with his foreman, honored us 

 with a visit and at the same time showed 

 us a few of his early mum seedlings, 

 one of them being October Frost, which, 

 as its name indicates, is a pure, snowy 

 white, very large, fine stem, good foliage 

 and in f&ct everything that one can de- 

 sire in an early white. Another white 

 of still larger size but a little weak in 

 stem made a lot of friends, but will not 

 be sent out on account of the stem. But 

 everybody went wild over a bunch of six 

 Rosiere, which will be sent out this sea- 

 son. The color is deeper than Glory of 

 Pacific and does not fade. The stem is 

 about two and one-half feet long and 

 strong, with foliage well up to the flower 

 and of a size that a young man weak- 

 ened from heart disease had better turn 

 the flower over to the cause of his trou- 

 ble. 



Mr. Smith gave us an interesting talk 

 on the growing of mums and answered 

 questions by the members. We were 

 very sorry to see him leave early, but in 

 company with Mr. Cushman he had to 

 catch the last car. 



Onr president, George Bayer, says he 

 is short on parliamentary rules, but he 

 knows enough when E. Kuhnke makes a 

 motion to have Mr. Bayer lay a box of 

 ten-cent cigars on the table to rule that 

 the motion be laid on the table instead. 

 But John Gratopp took the hint and in 



