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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbdabt 1, 1906. 



DID YOU TAKE NOTE OF THE WAY THE STOCK FROM 



POEHLMANN'S 



SWEPT THE DECKS AT THE BIG FLOWER SHOWS? 



If you want the best atock the market 

 affords, NOW yon know where to get it. 



American Beauties Per doz. 



Extra long stem $5.00 



36-lnch steins 4.00 



24-30 " 3.00 



20 '• 2.00 



15-18 " 1.50 



12 " 1.25 



Short stems per 100, $6.00 to 8.00 



Special fancy loni ittm chirgtd accordingly. 



Current Price List. 



Per 100 



Richmonds $6.00 to $12.00 



Liberty 6.00to 12.00 



Maids 6.00to 8.00 



Brides 6.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 6.00to 8.00 



Sunrise 6.00 to 8.00 



Gates and Uncle John 4.00 to 8.00 



Perles 4.00 to 8.00 



Sliort stemmed roses 3.00 to 4.00 



Carnations 2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 3.00 to 6.00 



Above prices are tor grood selected stock. 



liET US HANI>T.£ TOUR STANDING 

 ORDERS THIS SEASON. 



Per 100 



Harrisll, very fine $15.00 to $20.00 



Violets .75 



Asparasrus— Sprays 3.00 



Strings, 50c to 60c each. 



" Sprengeri 4.00 



Stevia 2.00 



Valley, Romans $3.00to 4.00 



Tulips, red and yellow 4.00 to 6.00 



Freeslas 4.00 



Daffodils 4.00 



MlBrnonette 6.00 



PaperWliltes 3.00 



Smllax. $2.00 per doz. Ferns 2.00 per 1000 



35-37 Randolph Street, 



L. D. Phone 



Central 3673. 



CHICAGO 



GREENHOUSES: MORTON GROVE, ILL. 900,000 FEET OF GLASS. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



satisfactory amount of business since. 

 Miss Mangum has a small place but is 

 getting her share of the business. 



The Dallas Floral Bazaar, of Dallas, 

 reports business as exceedingly good and 

 is buying large quantities of material. 

 The firm has not been in business long, 

 but is rapidly pushing to the front. 



J. L. Downing, of Wichita Palls, a 

 prominent nurseryman of northern Texas, 

 was visiting among the florists, inspect- 

 ing construction, heating, etc., with the 

 intention of erecting some houses short- 

 ly. Mr. Downing reports a good demand 

 for flowers at his town and as stock 

 must be sent from other towns, he intends 

 to erect houses and supply the demand 

 himself. Narcissus. 



WASHINGTON. 



State of Business. 



Business has been excellent during the 

 past week and there are good prospects 

 that the coming month will be a record 

 breaker, particularly in decorations. 

 American Beauty roses are still scarce 

 and the quality is poor. The situation 

 is relieved, however, by the fact, sur- 

 prising as it may seem, that there is no 

 great demand for them, a large majority 

 of hosts preferring tea roses and other 

 cheaper stocks in their decorations. 



The scarcity of Bridesmaids continues 

 and several retailers have had trouble in 

 filling orders. 



Carnations of the common sorts are 

 being sidetracked by tulips and daffodils 

 but there is still a good demand for the 

 fancies at $1 and $1.25 per dozen retail. 

 Violets are moving very freely but prices 

 are breaking. Cut Harrisii retail readily 

 at $3 and $4 per dozen. Daffodils are 

 more plentiful and retail at 75 cents and 

 $1 per dozen. Both this stock and tulips 

 are being largely used in table decora- 

 tions. Poinsettias, considering that most 

 of the stock is inferior, seii readily at 

 $3 per dozen. A good quality of sweet 

 peas may be had at 75 cents and $1 

 per bunch of twenty-five. Freesias and 

 aliums are in fair supply and quickly 

 taken. In pot stocks, lilac is more 

 plentiful and 8-inch pots have dropped 

 from $2 to $1.50. Good azaleas are 

 rather scarce, the successions being slow 

 in coming in. 



With the possible exception of Paper 

 White narcissus, which is growing rather 

 stale, there is little surplus stock in 

 sight, though, with a week of fair 

 weather, carnations and violets are likely 

 to accumulate. 



Various Notes. 



There is considerable speculation with 

 reference to the probable decorations at 

 the White House for the wedding of 

 Miss Boosevelt and Congressman Long- 

 worth. It has been "authoritatively" 

 stated that they will be very simple, but 

 authoritative statements are not always 

 correct. For instance, a local authority on 

 society events recently stated that at a 

 White House reception there were pans 

 of "pink and white poinsettias." 



Fred Michell has been in town and 

 modestly agrees that Philadelphia is 

 now about as good as it can be. 



SOOTTY. 



The Florists' Club of Washington, D. 

 C, will meet in the Scottish Bite Hall, 

 1007 G street, Northwest, February 6 

 at 8 p. m. There will be an exhibition 

 of carnations and other flowers from 

 out-of-town growers, as well as from 

 local men; also a lecture on the diseases 

 of the carnation by Prof. A. E. "J^oods, 

 Pathologist and Physiologist of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. This will draw 

 a full attendance, as Prof. Woods is one 

 of the best posted men on the subject in 

 the country. Any one desiring to make 

 an exhibit at this meeting can do so by 

 sending same to the above address in 

 care of the Secretary, express charges 

 prepaid, and shipment timed to reach 

 Washington on the morning of Febru- 

 ary 6. 



Wilton Junction, Ia. — E. Friederich- 

 sen & Sons report cut flower trade very 

 good, carnations being especially fine. 

 They grow vegetables quite extensively 

 and report lettuce and radishes as going 

 a little slow just now. 



NovoHRAD, Tex. — J. E. Jasek reports 

 trade better than a year ago by fifty 

 per cent. He had chrysanthemums in 

 bloom outdoors January 18. Many 

 shrubs were in full bloom at the same 

 date. He is handling much nursery stock 

 for ornamental purposes. 



TROUBLE WITH A BOSTON. 



I am sending you a branch of a fern, 

 variety unknown. The plant is in an 8- 

 inch pot in the public library. It was 

 thrifty till last November when all old 

 wood was cut off. Since then the ends 

 of the leaves turn brown and drop off; 

 also the ends of the branches wither and 

 die. The plant more than fills the pot. 

 It was repotted in November. Can you 

 give a remedy! H. S. 



The fern frond forwarded with this 

 query appears to be one from a Boston 

 fern, but the leaflets of the specimen 

 in question had almost all dropped off by 

 the time it. was received. 



The cause of the difficulty no doubt 

 was the fact that the roots were dis- 

 turbed by repotting so late in the season. 

 Any plant that is to be placed in a 

 dwelling, or in a public hall, such as this, 

 should be well-established in the soil, 

 and would better be repotted not later 

 than August or September. The trouble 

 is quite likely to continue and may grow 

 worse if the plant remains in the library, 

 but it is quite probable that two months* 

 care in a greenhouse may re-establish it, 

 and bring forth a healthy growth. 



W. H. T. 



Des Moines, Ia. — An incipient blaze 

 was discovered last week in George Pap- 

 pa 's store and extinguished by the flre 

 department. 



Newark, O. — A. J. Baldwin has been 

 at Milwaukee attending the convention 

 of cement manufacturers, in which busi- 

 ness he is interested. 



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 forward Intr. 



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 aead. 



SITUATION WANTED— Any one wlshlnjr the 

 services of a flrst-class man, well up In every 

 branch of the business, can address The Muncle 

 Floral Co., Muncle, Ind. 



SITUATION WANTED— Practical florist, de- 

 corator, designer; management store or 

 greenhouses; twenty-five years growing roses, 

 c.irnations, mums, general stock. W. Foreman, 

 47 Miami Ave., Detiolt, Mich. 



