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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVKMBER 2, 1005. 



WE have stock that will please 

 the most critical in every llne> 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS in all varicticsj CARNATIONS, 

 the finest; ROSES that can't be beat; VALLEY, Stiperior, 

 the kind you want; VIOLETS that will please; GREENS 

 you can not get along without You can get all of 

 these at 



The Old Reliable= 



E. H. HUNT 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



For Prioea Note Attaobed ^Ist. lasned Weekly. 



PRICE LIST 



BEAVTIBB Per doz. 



30 to 36-lnch $8.00 to $4.00 



24to30-lnch 2.50to 3.00 



15to20-lnch 1.50to 2.00 



■ 8tol2-lnch 1.00 to 1.60 



Shorts, per 100, $4.00 to $6.00. 



BOBES (Teal) Per 100 



Brides and Maids $4.00 to $7.00 



Richmond, Liberty 8.00 to 700 



Perle 3.00to 5.00 



Kalserin 4.00to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



OhMMATlOVB 1.50to 4.00 



VaBOniMT,AWBOVB 



Chrysanthemums, per doz 76 to 4.00 



Violets 76to 1.00 



Harrisii Lilies 20.00 



Valley 4.00to 5.00 



OBBBV8 



Smllax Strings, per doz 1.60 



Asparagus Strings, each 40 to .60 



Asparagus Bunches, each .35 



Sprengeri Bunches, each .35 



Adiantum, per 100 75 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common, per 1000 1,60 



Galax, G. and B., per 1000. ... 1.50 to 2.00 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000 . . 7.50 



Wild Smilax, per case $3.0O-$4.0O-$5.0O 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Business has shown a decided improve- 

 ment since the end of last week. The 

 quantity of chrysanthemums coming in 

 is larger than a week ago, but most of 

 them are sold at fair prices. Some go 

 on the street, but that does not always 

 mean that the prices are low, the street- 

 men having paid as high as $15 a hun- 

 dred last Saturday for good flowers. 

 The early sorts are practically over, the 

 mid-season varieties being now at their 

 best. Of these the Leo Niessen Co. re- 

 port Col. Appleton and Halliday as the 

 best yellows, Mrs. Coombes, White Baiz- 

 ley, of which they control the stock com- 

 ing into this market, Ivory and Edith 

 Bryan as the best whites, while Pink 

 Baizley and William Duckham are the 

 leading pinks. This will give a fair 

 idea of the varieties, with the addition 

 of Miss Alice Byron, seen at W. J. 

 Baker's. Among the other varieties 

 noted in the market are Col. Bonnaffon, 

 which is now very fine, Eaton and Yel- 

 low Eaton. Carnations are quite scarce, 

 the prices slightly advancing. Eoses 

 have also advanced a little in price, es- 

 pecially the choice grades selected for 

 out-of-town shipping orders. Beauties be- 

 ing in particularly heavy demand. Val- 

 ley is plentiful and only in fair demand. 

 Violets are in demand. Orchids have 

 sold well; quite a large number are com- 

 ing in. Gardenias are quite scarce and 

 the price is advancing. White snap- 

 dragon is now to be had, the Flower 

 Market an3 Cut Flower Co. having some 

 especially choice stock. The outdoor 

 flowers are entirely over, excepting cos- 

 mos, which is still coming in limited 

 quantities. The outlook for a good 

 month appears excellent. 



The Sien of the Rose. 



Charles H. Fox, who opened his new 

 store last week, as mentioned in this col- 

 umn, has succeeded in carrying out his 

 idea of an Old English shop arranged 

 in the most tasteful and artistic style. 

 From the sign outside to the most minute 

 detail of the interior arrangements, the 

 Old English idea has been carried out 

 faithfuUv. There is not the slightest 



GEO. REINBERG, 



Wholesale Grower 

 and Shipper of 



CUT FLOWERS 



51 Wabash Avenue, ... CHICAGO. 



2?^!.!... AMERICAN BEAUTIES, fEA ROSES and CARNATIONS 



and we will treat all orders so aa to secure their repetition. 



Can supply MUMS, VAIXET, ASPARAGUS, FERNS, GALAX, LEUCOTHOE, 



etc.. In any quantity at low^est market rates. 



Send for price list and SPECIAL, QUOTATIONS ON LARGE ORDERS. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



trace of commercialism in the well-ar- 

 ranged shop that meets the visitor's eyes 

 as he opens the door. Anyone might sup- 

 pose he was in a parlor of a person of 

 means, whose taste ran more toward 

 plants and flowers than toward paint- 

 ings or bric-a-brac. The door is an ex- 

 act imitation of the Old English style. 

 The windows are high and with small 

 panes, such as we are accustomed to 

 seeing in paintings of a hundred years 

 ago. The candelabra is finished in cop- 

 per. The open fireplace would delight 

 the heart of any true Briton. Here we 

 have the special gem of the room, for the 

 mantelpiece is made of the first limb cut 

 from the famous Lippincott tree, taken 

 down last spring, over which all Phila- 

 delphia mourned, while the logs in the 

 hearth are from the same historic source. 

 Back of the pretty shop is Mr. Fox's 

 demonstrating room, where he can take 

 a customer who wishes to see just how 

 her table or vase would look when ar- 

 ranged in a certain way. Behind this 

 room, but not connected with;, it, is the 

 workshop, where all the making-up is 

 done. Ajid in the passageway leading 

 thereto the boxes, paper, string and other 

 necessities have their alloted places. A 

 winding stairway leads to the conserva- 

 tory above. It is about twenty-five feet 

 square, arranged with water-proof floor, 

 very light and effective. From this con- 

 servatory opens Mr. Fox's special sanc- 

 tum, where he can design his most elab- 

 orate decorations undisturbed. This 



room is laijge and comfortably furnished, 

 and may also be used for the bookkeep- 

 ing department, which is cjirefuUy ex- 

 cluded from the shop below. In fact, 

 the effort to keep out commercialism has 

 gone so far that even the cash register 

 is encased in a wooden cover. The im- 

 pression created by this new venture is 

 that we have among us another artist 

 aiming to advance the standard of our 

 calling. 



Strafiord. 



Seventy-five members of the Florists " 

 Club accepted the invitation of Edwaril 

 A. Stroud to visit his greenhouses at 

 Strafford on Thursday of last week. Tho 

 place was in perfect condition, the plants 

 being clean, healthy and full of vigor, 

 with not a weed or trace of disease to be 

 seen. 



The readers of the Review know that 

 Mr. Stroud 's place was buUt a little over 

 two years ago, by Hitchings & Co., and 

 that his houses, four in number, are all 

 that modem ingenuity can devise. That 

 these houses are light, airy and durabl<' 

 can be seen at a glance. Three of them 

 each about 25x350, are planted with car 

 nations, the varieties being carefully se 

 lected. Of the whites, May Naylor is evi 

 dently the leader, making a very fine ap 

 pearance. Lady Bountiful seems a good 

 variety, with wiry stems, holding the me 

 dium flowers erect. Lieut. Peary prom 

 ises well. My Maryland is the picture 

 of health, but there are no flowers. It 



