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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABT 18, 1906. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



60 Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



WHOLESALERS AND JOBBERS 



WRITE FOR PRICE LIST OF WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS. 



CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS 



FROM CLEAN, HEALTHY STOCK. WELL ROOTED. Ready for delivery January, February, March, 

 to the following Ust we can supply nearly all other varieties wanted at market rates. 



In addition 



LIGHT PINK- 



PerlOO leOO I WHITE- 



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Enchantress $3.00 $25.00 



Higinbotham 2.00 15.00 



Morning Glory 1.50 12.50 



DARK FINK- 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 2.00 15.00 



EthelWard 2.50 20.00 



Nelson Fisher 3.00 25.00 



Mrs. E. A. Nelson 1.50 12.50 



Per 100 1000 I RED- 



Lawson $3.00 $25.00 



Boston Market 1.50 12.50 



PloraHill 1.25 10.00 



White Cloud 1.50 12.50 



Lady Bountiful 3.00 25.00 



The Belle 3.00 25.00 



Queen Louise 1.50 12.50 



Per 100 1000 



Estelle $2.00 $17.50 



Cardinal 5.00 40.00 



Crusader 2.00 15.00 



VARIE6ATED- 



Mrs.Patten 3.00 25.00 



Prosperity 2.00 15.00 



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VICTORY 



Requires only ordinary culture. Is a fancy in the fullest sense of the word. Wholesaled for $25*00 per 100 at Christmas. 



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DENVER. 



The Market. 



The market the weeks af tef New Year 's 

 beld up well. With seasonable weather 

 it has had an outdoor social influence. 

 The Denver winter is an ideal one and 

 in one way or another almost everyone 

 has been kept outdoors. The Country 

 ■Club has been the scene of much enter- 

 taining, calling for a great many flowers. 

 Society is anticipating a number of in- 

 teresting events. There are two or 

 three fashionable weddings between now 

 and Lent. Grand opera opens next 

 "week. There will be many theater par- 

 ties followed by suppers and preceded 

 "by dinners, which all require the florists, 

 and the ordering away of the Second In- 

 fantry at Fort Logan to the far east 

 has caused several wedding dates to be 

 moved up a few weeks and the decorator 

 will again get in his work; so taking it 

 all in all the new year starts out well. 



All stock is fair in quantity and gen- 

 •erally of good quality, meeting a propor- 

 tional demand. Prices have returned to 

 normal and are holding steadily to con- 

 •sistent figures. American Beauties are 

 of good quality, quantity being about 

 -enough to meet the demand and they have 

 sold well since the holidays, retailing at 

 from $3 to $8 per dozen. Brides have 

 ■been a little scarce but of good quality. 

 Bridesmaids are more plentiful and in 

 •good demand at fair figures. Liberty 

 and Richmond are plentiful and both are 

 Tery satisfactory sellers. Some very fine 

 t)looms are now seen. Chatenay also 

 keeps up well 



Carnations are plentiful and generally 

 of good grade, prices being about nor- 

 mal. Some fine Enchantress and Fiancee 

 are seen on the counters. Violets, both 

 single and double, are having an even 

 demand and are selling well. The grow- 

 ers still maintain the price at $1 to $1.50 

 per hundred. Narcissi, tulips and hya- 

 cinths are also seen in all the leading 

 shops. Easter lilies have begun to come 

 in but are not yet plentiful. Sweet 

 peas are also seen at a few places, but 

 as yet are not of first-class quality. 



Various Notes. 



It is generally conceded that business 

 since the holidays has been a shade bet- 

 ter than is usually the case and it is pre- 

 dicted that the January business will 

 exceed that of last year. 



The Alpha Floral Co. will move from 

 the present location to 404 Sixteenth 

 street on account of the tearing down 

 and rebuilding of the block the store is 

 now in. The New York Floral Co. will 

 also remove to 521 Sixteenth street for 

 the same reason. 



The Florists' Bowling League now 

 rolls at the La Court alleys, commencing 

 the first of the year. R. S. Mahan, 

 president of the league, joined us and 

 rolled last week the first game of the 

 season, making an average of 165. 



Robert Kurth, for several years fore- 

 man for the Colfax Avenue Floral Co., 

 has severed his connection and taken an 

 interest in the Pikes Peak Floral Co., of 

 Colorado Springs. Everyone wishes him 

 good luck. 



N. A. Benson is cutting some very fine 

 Enchantress carnations as well as Ladv 



Bountiful. He also has some of tho 

 finest Beauties in town. 



J. A. Valentine expects to attend the 

 American Carnation Society's conven- 

 tion in Boston. Perhaps he will be the 

 only one from the Rocky Mountain re- 

 gion. 



The Gallup Floral & Seed Co. will be 

 compelled to seek a new location, as the 

 property now occupied at Fifteenth and 

 Cleveland place has been sold to the gas 

 company for $100,000 for building pur- 

 poses. E. S. K. 



GLEN COVE, N.Y. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular meeting January 

 3. It was the best attended meeting in 

 the history of the society. The society 

 has now entered upon the second year 

 of its existence and already has proved 

 itself to be an organization for much 

 good, bringing together its members in 

 social intercourse and advancing hor- 

 ticultural interests. The membership roll 

 steadily increases, which may be taken 

 as a good omen for the future welfare 

 of the society. 



President Harrison occupied the chair. 

 Three new active members were elected, 

 and two nominated. Mr. E. R. Ladew 

 was elected an honorary member. Wm. 

 F. Ross, representing F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, was present and elected to 

 active membership. It was decided to 

 hold the society's annual dinner on 

 January 27. J. F. J. 



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