JANUABT 11. 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



497 



Look at Your Books 



Your books will tell you whether you made as much 

 money as you should have in 1905. 



We can tell you how to make more in 1906. 



I St — Here's the secret: Buy of the grower — he 

 KNOWS what kind of flowers he sells you. 



2nd — Buy of the Shipping Specialist — ^he KNOWS 

 how to get them to you right. And he has to treat you 

 right because he hasn't any other source of income. 



3rd — We are both. 



Weiland & Risch 



^ Leading Western prowers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



59-61 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO. 



Lons Distance Phone, Central 879. 



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CURRENT PRICES 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per Doe. 



8-foot stems $5.00 to $6.00 



2>^.foot steins 4.00 to 6.00 



2-foot stems 4.00 



l>^-foot stems 2.00 to 8.00 



1-foot stems 1.50 to 2.00 



8 to 1 2 -Inch stems 1.00 to 1.60 



ROSES Per 100. Por IOC. 



Maids ....$4.00 to $6.00 $8.00 to $12.00 

 Brides... 4.00 to 6.00 8.00 to 12.00 



Liberty.. 5.00 to 8.00 10.00 to 

 Klliamey 8.00 to 10.00 



Weliesley 8.00 to 10.00 



12.00 to 

 12.00 to 



Perle 5.00 to 8.00 lO.OOto 



CARNATIONS 



Ordinary 



Select 



Large and fancy 4.00 to 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Valley 8.00 to 



Violets, sinffle and double, .7n to 



Bomsns, Narcissi 8.00 to 



Daisies 1 .00 to 



Calla Lilies 1.60 to 



Easter Lilies 2.00 to 



Tulips 4.00 to 



16.00 

 18.00 

 18.00 

 12.00 



2.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 



4.00 

 2.U0 

 4.00 

 1.60 

 2.00 

 2.50 

 6.00 



DECORATIVK— We carry a lajrtre stock of 

 AsparagusStrings.Smilax.AdlHntnm, Bronze 

 pnd Green Galax, Ferns, Leucotboe and Wild 

 Smilax. 



Quotaiieoa subject to « bange %¥ltbo<it notice. 



Mfiiiloii 'I'he K«'Vl«»w whnii yon write. 



KILLAKNELY 



THE NEW IRISH BEAUTY 



We are the Largest Western Growers of this Grand Rose, and are now booking orders for early 

 Spring delivery from 2X-inch pots. Write for our descriptive price list. 



WEILAND & RISCH, 



Leading Western Growers and Shippers of Cut Flowers 



Long Distance Phone Central 879. 

 Mention The Review wben you write. 



d Shippers of tut Flowers /^VmZ^^^^^ 

 69.61 W^ABASH AVE. WlllCag^O 



looking pleasant. It 'a a boy and he 

 came Christmas. 



A, W. Smith made up a set of bou- 

 quets for the Sellers wedding one day 

 last week which, to say the least, were 

 unusual. The bride's bouquet wfis of 

 white roses made solid, without other 

 foliage than a border of ferns, tied 

 with wide, double-faced white satin 

 ribbon. The maid of honor had solid 

 mignonette edged with Paper White 

 narcissi. The four bridesmaids' bou- 

 quets were made solid, the center of 

 mignonette surrounded by a ring of 

 Ghatenay, forget-me-nots, yellow dais- 

 ies, Paper White narcissi edged with 

 stevia, all tied with long ribbon and a 

 single flower on the ends of the ribbon. 

 The effect was very much out of the 

 ordinary but very pretty. One would 

 call it colonial style, but the society 

 editor for the daily papers called them 

 Dresden bouquets. 



The Florists' Club met Tuesday even- 

 ing and the nomination of officers for 

 the ensuing year was taken up. Presi- 

 dent Langhans refusing to accept a 

 second term, John Jones, of Sehenley 

 park, received the nomination. All 

 other old officers were renominated, and 

 there being no opposition all will be 

 re-elected at the next meeting. The 

 subject for discussion was small flow- 

 ers. The exhibits were then taken up. 

 The Pittsburg Florists' Exchange 

 showed Beauties, Queen of Edgely, 



baby primroses, carnations, forget-me- 

 nots, roses, daisies and tulips. Mr. 

 Price, gardener for J. B. Laughlin, ex- 

 hibited some specially well done prim- 

 ulas, tulips, valley and blue coleus. 

 The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. had white 

 snapdragon, Bon Silene and Cusin 

 roses, baby primroses, bouvardia, sin- 

 gle violets, tulips, white, red and yel- 

 low; Romans, Paper Whites, valley, 

 white and pink sweet peas, Adiantum 

 hybritlum, mignonette, and red, white 

 and pink seedling carnations from the 

 Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co., which 

 were favorably commented upon. Presi- 

 dent Langhans, who is a very modest 

 fellow, told of the various uses of these 

 novelties, and all in all it was a very 

 interesting talk. Harry Bunyard was 

 there, with his little spiel, which all 

 enjoyed. 



Monday January 29, will be McKin- 

 ley day, and as it has been the custom 

 for every one to honor the day by wear- 

 ing a carnation we should all begin 

 to call attention to it and not allow this 

 beautiful custom to be dropped. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



Garrettsvii,le, O. — C. E. Tinker re- 

 ports trade very good in 1905. He is 

 clerk of the board of education. 



SiSTERSviLLE, W. Va. — Mrs. E. Huston 

 is adding 1,200 feet of glass to her 

 greenhouse and will put up another 

 house of 1,500 feet in the spring. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Good white and pink roses are bring- 

 ing from $12 to $15 and while not 

 over-plentiful, still there seem to be 

 enough to go around. Red roses are 

 very scarce. Carnations are selling 

 readily at from $3 to $5. Now that 

 bulbous stock is putting in its appear- 

 ance it is hoped roses and carnations 

 will come down a peg or two. Violets 

 are not much in fleiiiand. Business has 

 been very good the past few weeks. 

 A large reception New Year's after- 

 noon kept several of the florists espe- 

 cially busy. 



1905 in Detroit 



The year liJOo will long be remem- 

 bered by many Detroit florists, by some 

 with a smile and others a sigh, but 

 speaking from a business standpoint, 

 it has been a banner year. With the 

 exception of a little lull this fall, busi- 

 ness was very good with everyone. As 

 in most cities, carnations have been 

 very scarce this fall, therefore com- 

 manding a good price, and having no 

 street fakirs to cut prices, people seem 

 to have got out of the habit of looking 

 for cheap stuflf. Through the scarcity 

 of carnations, roses also brought a 

 good price all along. Violets did not 

 sell as well as in former years. Palms 



