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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOTBMBBB 2, 1905. 



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CHRYSaNTHEMUMS 



The Prize Winning Stocie 



IS AGAIN AT YOUR COMMAND. 



Largest supply of fancy Mums in tliis market* Strictly fancy Beauties^ Maids* Brides* 

 Perles, Ciiatenay* Sunrise, Liberiy, Riclimond and Uncle Jolin; all the best varieties 

 of Carnations; plenty Harrisii; finest Valley; large supply of Plumosus Strings* extra 

 long and heavy ; Smilax, 8 to (0 feet long ; Sprengeri and Plumosus Sprays. 



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

 ■WAY ft reaches you* We want your business now and all through the season. 



POEHLMANN Bros. Co. 



Greenhouses, Morton Grove, 111. 



^— hB ^-~- 800,000 Feet of Glass. 



Address all Cut Flower Orders to 



35-37 Randolph St., Chicago. 



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Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Perfect weather these days in New 

 York. The brave old oak has been yield- 

 ing his branches profusely and every re- 

 tail window is aglow with autumn foli- 

 age., A beautiful background it makes 

 for the great white and yellow and pink 

 chrysanthemums which now are in their 

 glory, making every florist's window an 

 exhibition that appeals to every eye. 



Never have the mums seemed so per- 

 fect and enough of them to keep the 

 prices reasonable. Few even of the 

 novelties command over $25 a hundred. 

 Now and then something especially 

 large and beautiful has been brave 

 enough to demand $6 a dozen, they say, 

 and get it, but 25 cents apiece may be 

 fairly called high tide, and from that 

 on down to $1 a hundred. 



Orchids and violets complete the win- 

 dow displays. Roses and carnations are 

 content to wait. Their day is now close 

 at hand. Violets have actually surprised 

 themselves. A few weeks ago it was a 

 ten to one shot they would not go over 

 60 »ents a hundred before Thanksgiving. 

 Now good ones command $1 a hundred 

 and I have heard of a few specials bring- 

 ing $1.25. It is the unexpected that 

 happens. You cannot keep a good thing 

 down. The west has had its influence 

 in the recovery. There can be no dis- 

 puting that, and so after all maybe 

 those Ehinebeckers builded wiser than 

 we knew. 



Orchids have become a standard deco- 

 ration. The cattleya rules king of them 

 all, but many other varieties are grow- 

 ing in popularity and the local demand, I 

 predict, will exceed the supply before the 

 year ends. Nevertheless, the shipping 

 demand grows. All the large cities seem 

 to depend upon the New York market 

 and seldom is a disappointment recorded. 

 Anderson, in Buflfalo, told me last week 

 of a big demand for cattleyas that came 

 suddenly a while ago, which made ship- 

 ment within an hour imperative, and a 

 telephone to McManus brought the goods 

 on time and in perfect condition. Wal- 

 lace Bumham. of Bloomingdale 's, an- 

 nounces an all-week orchid show at his 



Wild Smilax 



Wc arc headquarters. A large quantity car- 

 ried on hand so we can at all tinles fill orders 

 without delay. Best quality, from the oldest 

 and most experienced shipper in the south. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 



40-42-44 Randolph Street, 



CHICAGO. 



big roof conservatory that will do much 

 to popularize the flower. 



AJl roses have advanced slightly in value. 

 Some exceptionally fine blooms of Bride 

 and Maid have touched higher prices 

 than the average quotation of $6 per 

 hundred. Beauties have risen to $30 per 

 hundred for the finest, this grade, how- 

 ever, being extra select. 



Carnations improve daily. Novelties 

 are coming fast. Craig and Victory are 

 grand. The whole market may be 

 summed up as healthy, cheerful, encour- 

 aging and in consequence there(>f a buoy- 

 ant, hopeful condition inspires all 

 branches of the trade. 



The Violet Train. 



Speaking of violets, a very interesting 

 sight is the daily distribution of the 

 boxes and their arrival at the Grand Cen- 

 tral on the 3:33 train in the afternoon. 

 A few boxes arrive at 8 a. m. and an- 

 other lot at 10:40, but these amount to 

 nothing when compared with the big re- 



ceipts in the afternoon. Twenty or thirty 

 wholesalers are represented and two or 

 three clerks from each are on hand ready 

 for the fray. When the violet train 

 steams in and McManus, the veteran ex- 

 pressman for thirty years, gets busy, all 

 is rush and excitement. Not so many 

 years ago Jack Qunther was the only 

 "early bird." Gradually the numbers 

 increased until now there is no limit to 

 the crowd save the supply. Five to ten 

 boxes is the average for each at this 

 season. Soon ten to twenty will be re- 

 ceived. One thousand to 2,500 violets 

 are in each box. Count the total daily; 

 a million and a half I It is hard to 

 realize it. These "waiters" secure as 

 quickly as they can one to three boxes 

 out of their shipments and start the 

 round of the retailers, displaying, sell- 

 ing, supplying their regular customers, 

 vieing with each other in the rapiuity 

 of their hustling and intensifying the 

 competition as the season advances. So 

 keen is the fight for a share in the busi- 



