November 30, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



9J 



We Protect YOU 



We work as hard for our customers after we get them as we do 

 to get them to be customers. 



We protect their interests by giving them the best flowers at 

 the least possible prices and we absolutely guarantee to bill our 

 flowers at the prevailing market prices at the time of shipment, no 

 matter how much higher the prices quoted you previously. 



We do not only SAY we do it — but we DO it. 



Decorative— We carry a large stock Asparagus strings, Smllax, Adiantum, Bronze 

 and Green Galax, Ferns, Leucothoe and Wild Smilax, at lowest market prices. 



Weiland & Risch 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59=61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



LonK Distance Phone, Central 879. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doe. 



Extra long and select $6.00 



Se-lnch stem 6.00 



30-inch stem 4.00 



24 -inch stem 3.60 



20-inch stem 2.60 



16-inch stem 2.00 



12-lnch stem 1.60 



Hhort stem 1.00 



ROSES Per 100. 



Maids, Brides $4.00 to $8.00 



Liberty 6.00 to 10.00 



Perle 4.00 to 8.00 



Killarney, the Irish Beauty, 6.00 to 10.00 



Wellesley, new 6.00 to 10.00 



Golden date 6.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 6.00 to 8.00 



Special prices in 1000 lots. 



CARNATIONS-Good... 8.00 to 4.00 

 Fancy 6.00 



Miscellaneous Stock 



violets, single 1.00 to 1.26 



double 1.00 to 1.76 



Valley 4.00 



Daisies 1.26 to 1.60 



Chrysanthemnms, small, med- 

 ium and large per doz., 1.00 to 8.00 



Calla Lilies " 1.60 to 2.00 



Easter Lilies " 2.00 to 3.00 



Quotations subject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VICTORY 



The best scarlet carnation— being remariiably prolific 



Time forbade a longer ramble, unfor- 

 tunately. 



Ten Twelve Ontario Street. 



Godfrey Aschmann left an order for 

 Michigan to show the representative of 

 the Eeview his Christmas stock. The 

 features of that stock were that only 

 the most popular varieties of decorative 

 and house plants are grown and only in 

 the medium and salable sizes. You rare- 

 ly see any very large plants at Godfrey 

 Aschmann 's ; you rarely see any very 

 small ones during the busy season. The 

 stock is all fit for the immediate use of 

 the average buyer. 



The imported stock for Christmas in- 

 cludes Azalea Deutsche Perle, white; Si- 

 mon Mardner, rose red, and Vervaeneana, 

 pink, sometimes red; Araucaria excelsa, 

 glauca and compacta. all in nice condi- 

 tion, and good Ficus elastiea. 



Tn home-grown stock Xephrolepis 

 Bostoniensis, elegantissima and Scottii in 

 many sizes; kentias, Cocos Weddelliana, 

 ferns, 3-inch chiefly, different varieties 

 of pteris, peppers, etc., are ready in 

 quantity. Mr. Aschmann handles an im- 

 mense amount of stock in the course of 

 a year. He keeps his benches always full 

 and no sooner cleans out one crop than 

 he has another ready to take its place. 



Price of Flowers, 



A good many criticisms reacli Phil on 

 the quotations in the weekly list. One 

 critic says they are too high,'another that 

 they are too low. In view of these criti- 

 cisms, some of them coming from intel- 

 ligent men of long experience, I should 

 like to state a few facts: 



Prices in the cut flower market fluc- 



tuate continually, often from hour to 

 hour. Ordinarily a general standard of 

 prices is maintained but quality, quan- 

 tity and condition render this an ex- 

 tremely diflficult matter. The lists pub- 

 lished are the result of careful compari- 

 son made in various centers and taken 

 with the market report will give a fair 

 idea of values. 



Various Notes. 



M. Bice has given evidence of rare 

 creative power in his adjustable novelty 

 baskets. The show room at 1220 Race 

 street contains a handsome collection of 

 these baskets in all colors. 



J. J. Habermehl 's Sons decorated for 

 the Five O 'clock Club 's dinner last Sat- 

 urday evening at the Bellevue-Stratford 

 hotel. The room decorations were in red 

 and white. These colors were followed 

 on the table, low bowls of Liberty and 

 Bride roses forming the floral adorn- 

 ments. Boutonnieres were of white car- 

 nations. Some handsome palms graced 

 the room. There were eighty-five guests. 

 The work was designed and executed by 

 Edward Habermehl. 



It is reported on good authority that 

 George Burton has decided that for him 

 there will be only one rose next season. 

 That will be American Beauty. 



Edward Eeid's business shows a 

 marked increase over last season at this 

 period, which is all the more gratifying, 

 as the general florists' business has not 

 been ahead of last year; with many 

 growers and retailers it has been less, 

 owing to the late frosts. 



Wm. F. Dreer is going to California. 



Thaddeus X. Yates & Co. have in- 

 creased their planting of Easter lilies 



for mid-winter cutting. They report a 

 decrease in deceased bulbs, now not over 

 ten per cent. A new variety on trial is 

 believed to be free from disease. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving choice 

 cyripediums and oncidiums. 



David Anderson, of Garretsford, has 

 secured building material sufficient to 

 nearly double his place next season. 



Eugene Bernheimer to Phil : "I am 

 receiving some fine Liberty with long 

 heavy stems. I wish I were at liberty to 

 tell you from whom they come. ' ' So do 

 we. 



Wm. J. Moore has a quiet confidence 

 in John Stanley's timing of crops for 

 the holidays that is inspiring. 



Wm. E. McKissick has added natural 

 cut cycas leaves to his stock. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has adopted light 

 brown kahki jackets, very neat and clean 

 in appearance, to keep their own and 

 their employees' clothes from being in- 

 jured by water, a sensible move tliat 

 should be followed. 



Charles Fox lias a second story green- 

 house at Broad and Thompson streets. 

 It is a "peach," light and airy. When 

 the boarders are all out it will be filled 

 with poinsettias for Christmas. 



The wagons of the Keller Pottery Co. 

 may be met on nearly every road of 

 three counties. 



Dr. Roberts will deliver a lecture on 

 "The Effect of Plants in the Sick 

 Room," before the Florists' Club and 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 next Tuesday evening. 



There are quite a lot of nicely grown 

 pot plants of Ivory chrysanthenuuns in 

 the market. 



Fred ,T. Mitchell has secured a fine 



