Januaby 25, 1906. 



ThcWcckly Florists^ Review* 



643 



KILLARNEY 



VASE OF THE NEW IRISH BEAUTY 



YouVe Waited 

 Too Long:, Now 



Every day you put 

 oft" ordering this beau- 

 tiful rose you run 

 chances of finding the 

 plants all sold out. 



Don't wait any long- 

 er — order today, as 

 the stock is limited. 



You will make more 

 by it than we will. 



Don't hesitate and 

 let your competitor get 

 ahead of you. Grow 

 Killarney this season. 



SEND FOR PRICE IIST 



Weiland & Risch 



59 and 61 WABASH AVE, 



CHICAGO 



/ 



Mention The Review whpii vdii write. 



ing these from 50 cents to $1 per hun- 

 dred the grower would make a good profit 

 and, I am sure, always find a ready sale 

 for them. 



Galax leaves and leucothoe sprays are 

 in good demand these days. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



Although a smaller number attended 

 than usual on account of a heavy snow 

 storm, the last meeting of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club was put down as one of 

 the most interesting to date. 



After tne minutes of tke last meet- 

 ing were read, President Dilger started 

 the subject for the evening, "Holiday 



and Christmas Trade, ' by calling on 

 Robert Flowerday for his views on the 

 subject. Thereafter every one of the 

 boys had his little say, the condensed 

 facta being that, as before stated, busi- 

 ness was very good. 



It was shown that plants were a great 

 deal more in favor than in former years, 

 but not as much as might have been ex- 

 pected with the prevailing high prices 

 of cut stock. Cyclamen, poinsettias in 

 pots, azaleas, orange trees, ferns and 

 palms went like hot cakes; in fact, all 

 plants sold well, excepting Begonia Lor- 

 raine, which most florists seem to have 

 got sick of losing money on. One mem- 



ber suggested that the proper way to 

 sell them is with a written notice that 

 they would only last as long as cut 

 flowers; then we would not have to re- 

 place so many. 



The cut flower part of the business, as 

 Is usual at Christmas, was accompanied 

 with a great deal of dissatisfaction. 

 Flowers having ueen scarce long before 

 the holidays, there was not much pickled 

 stock in evidence, but flowers in general 

 were poor, and scarce as radium. Red 

 roses and carnations were especially 

 scarce. 



The bad habit of many local growers 

 of tying short-stemmed stock and in- 



