Decembbr 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



381 



"KILLARNEY" 



The New Irish Beauty 



We are the largest western growers of this Grand Rose and are 

 now booking orders for early spring delivery from 2%-inch pots. 



Write for Our Descriptive Price List, 



Weiland & Risch 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59=61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



Long; Distance Phone, Central 879. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES per Doe. 



8-foot steniH $11.00 to $12.00 



2>^-foot steins 10.00 to 11.00 



2-foot stems 9.00 to 10.00 



l>^-foot stems 4.00to 5.00 



1-foot stems 2.50 to 3.00 



ROSES Per 100. 



Maldfl, Brides $7.00 to $15.00 



KllUrney.tbe Irish Beauty 10.00 to 25.00 



Welleslejr 8.00 to 20.00 



Golden Gate 8.00 to 15.00 



ChatenaT 8.00 to 15.00 



Liberty 8.00 to 20.00 



CARNATIONS 



Good quality 6.00 



Large fancy 6.00 to 7.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Violets, single 1.26 to 2.00 



" double 1.60 to 2.50 



Valley 4.00to 6.00 



Narcissi— Romans 4.00 to 6.00 



Stevla 3.00 to 6.00 



Daisies 1.60 to 2.60 



Calla Lilies per doz., 2.00 to 2.50 



DECORATIVE— We carry a large stock of 

 Asparagus Strings. Smilax, Adiantum, Bronze 

 and Green Galax, Ferns, Leucothoe and Wild 

 Smilax, at lowest market prices. 

 Quotations subject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



WILD SNILAX 



A fresh car just in; best quality; from the most 

 experienced shipper. Only one size of cases^ 50 

 pounds. Can ship at a minute's notice. 



Our new catalosrne of Florists' Supplies has been 

 mailed to the trade. If you have not received a copy, 

 send us your name ; you will then also receive our fre- 

 <iuent special quatations on cut flowers and supplies. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph St. 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 4^6. 



CHICAGO 



azaleas and cyclamens at Park street. 

 Their new scarlet seedling carnation 

 made $10 per hundred easily. They 

 had a fine lot of Nonin and Murdock 

 ch rysanthemums. 



John McFarland and William Walke 

 had the best poinsettias at the Music 

 hall market. 



Carnation Helen Goddard was snapped 

 up eagerly at $8 per hundred. It is 

 classed as a great keeper in the stores. 



Wlelch Bros, had a record breaking 

 holiday trade. In American Beauties 

 they handled a big lot, those from 

 Briarcliff Greenhouses and Carl Jurgens 

 being grand. They also had big con- 

 signments of poinsettias and all other 

 seasonable flowers. They were practic- 

 ally cleaned out of all evergreens. 



Henry M. Robinson «Sb Co. had hardly 

 any holly and very little laurel wreath- 

 ing left at noon on December 23. They 

 were never sold 9ut so clean before and 

 did far the biggest business in their his- 

 tory. 



Thomas Pegler sold 30,000 Campbell 

 violets at the Park street market on 



December 23. Quality was unusually 

 good. 



The mild weather on December 23 was 

 a boon to the plantsmen, who were able 

 to send much of their stock out without 

 being papered over at all. Weather was 

 similar to that experienced on Decem- 

 ber 23, 1904. 



Gen. MacArthur rose, from Robert 

 Montgomery, was very good and sold 

 quickly. 



Wra. H. Elliott's Liberty were extra 

 fine. The old Safrano and Bon Silene 

 from Newtonville Greenhouses were soon 

 sold. 



A. Leuthy & Co. report a splendid 

 trade in palms, ferns, azaleas and their 

 other specialties. 



Various Notes. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club on December 19, the fol- 

 low exhibits were staged, the awards 

 being made by Peter iPisher, Allen 

 Peirce and M. A. Patten: Pink En- 

 chantress sport from Backer & Co., hon- 

 orable mention; Winsor carnation from 

 F. R. Pierson Co., report of merit; 



this beautiful pink variety gains in our 

 appreciation the more we see of it. From 

 the same exhibitors also came pink and 

 white Enchantress sports, which re- 

 ceived honorable mention. Wootton rose 

 was well shoAvn by James Wheeler. W. 

 N. Craig showed Laelia autumnalis, L. 

 Goldeana and L. anceps and the follow- 

 ing named varieties of L. anceps: alba, 

 holochila, Schroederiana, Stella, Ame- 

 siana, Ballantineana, polychroma, Wil- 

 liamsi, etc. 



The committee of the Park street 

 flower market has secured a large 

 amount of advertising for the souvenir 

 catalogue to be presented to visitors to 

 the rose and carnation conventions. 



The annual lecture course of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society is 

 announced. 



The banquet to the American Carna- 

 tion Society will be held at the Copley 

 Square hotel, Boston, on January 25. 

 The banquet to the C. S. A. was held 

 at the same hotel in November, 1904. 



Peter Fisher's daughter underwent an 

 operation for appendicitis last week. At 

 last report she was convalescing nicely 

 and we hope for her speedy recovery. 



We sincerely wish a glad and prosper- 

 ous New Year to Review readers. The 

 New England news during 1906 will be 

 made as interesting and helpful as pos- 

 sible. W. N. Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Christmas Trade. 



This is -.vritten Christmas day. It is 

 almost too early to give a full report of 

 the Christmas trade, but from what we 

 hear business was never better, though 

 a few days prior to Christmas it was 

 dull enough, with plenty of stock at 

 that time. Trade in holly, mistletoe and 

 greens generally was excellent. Plants 

 of all kinds had the call over cut stock, 

 as prices on the latter ran high. The 

 weather was fine for delivery, cool but 

 not too cold. 



At the wholesale houses steep prices 

 prevailed on Saturday, Sunday and Mon- 

 day, with stock none too plentiful, espe- 

 cially red roses, which were at a 

 premium. Quite a few Brides and 

 Maids were in but other varieties very 

 scarce, prices running from $18 to $20 

 per hundred for fancy stock. 



Carnations were more plentiful than 



