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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



FlBBTIABT 1, 1006. 



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PETER REIN BERG 



Cut Elowers 



WABaIh AVE. ^' °' ''''"°' Centr >1^46, CHICAGO 



THE LARGEST GROWER 



AND WHOLESALER OF 



BBAUTIBS. Per dnz. 



Extra Ions $5.00 



80-lnoh stems 4.00 



24-lnoli stems 3.00 



20-inob stems 2.50 



18-inoli stems 2.00 



IS-lncb stems 1.50 



12-lncli stems 1.25 



SbortStems 75c to 1.00 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Per 100 

 BRIDES $6.00 to $10.00 



MAIDS e.OOto 10.00 



LIBBRTT e.OOto 10.00 



RICHMOND e.OOto 10.00 



CHATENAT 6.00 to lO.OO 



f«rlOO 



SUNRISE $6.00 to $10.00 



UNCLE JOHN e.OOto 10.00 



GOLDEN GATE 6.00 to 10.00 



PERLE 4.00to 8.00 



CARNATIONS, 2.50 to 4.00 



ROSES — Our Selection, short to medium stems, all Iresh stock, $6.00 per 100 



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VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



Regular Ship- 

 ments from 

 THE SOUTH 



60 Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



WILD SMILAX 



BEST STOCK, 



$6.00 



PER CASE. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Fancy $5.00 



30-iDCh 4.00 



20 to 34 Inch $2.60 to 3.00 



15 to 18-inch 1 50 to 2.00 



Short 75to 1.25 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $5.00 to $10.00 



Liberty and Richmond 5.00 to 10.00 



Golden Gate 5.00 to 10.00 



Per 100 



Roses, our selection $5.00 



Carnations, select 12.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00 to 5.00 



Violets, double 75 to 1.00 



single .75 



Valley 3.00 to 4.00 



Paper Whites and Romans 3 00 



Mignonette S.OOto 8.00 



Callas per doz., $1.50-$2.00 



Harrisii per doz., $2.00 



Smilax perdoz., 2.00 



Leucothoe Sprays 



Adiantum 



Plumosus, Strinsrs each, 90c 



Bunche8,each, 35-60c 

 Sprengeri, " ....each. 35c 



Galax Leaves per 1000, $1 25 



Fancy Ferns per 1000, 2.00 



Per 100 



$ .76 



1.00 



Write for prices on Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



TWIN CITIES. 



The Market 



The demand for stock the past week 

 has exceeded the supply on a great many 

 varieties. Koses are scarce and prices 

 keep up nicely. Brides have been indeed 

 scarce; but bulb stock has helped out 

 wonderfully. There has been very little 

 doing in the social line and colored 

 stock has not sold any too well. 



Tulips are selling for 75 cents a dozen 

 and, as we have had springlike weather 

 the last few days, large numbers of them 

 have been sold. Nearly all of the stores 

 have a number of azaleas on hand, but 

 they are slow sale. 



Some very nice Beauties are coming 

 in daUy from outside points; in fact, 

 they are the best I have seen since 

 shortly before Christmas. 



Minneapolis. 

 T called on John Monson, proprietor 

 of the Minneapolis Floral Co., and found 

 his stock all in good condition. He has 

 about 22,000 carnations growing and is 

 cutting large numbers of them daily. 

 Mr. Monson is a strong believer in grow- 

 ing his carnations in houses at about 



65 degrees and, judging from the growth 

 made and the flowers cut, his practice is 

 a good one. Shortly after making a 

 cut he sinks the stems in water within 

 about five or six incbes of the bloom, 

 and the water, according to Mr. Monson, 

 stiffens up the stems and the carna- 

 tions keep fine. He says carnations 

 put in water and allowed to stand eight 

 or ten hours will keep longer than car- 

 nations grown in houses kept much 

 cooler. His theory is no doubt a profit- 

 able one as it gets the flowers in bloom 

 much quicker; consequently more can 

 be cut and sold. 



His new rose, the Miss Kate Moulton, 

 is given good care and shows the effect 

 of it, as his stock looks fine. The foli- 

 age is a perfect green and the blooms 

 are as handsome a pink as one would 

 care to look at. The stems are strong 

 and as many as twenty-five blooms had 

 been cut off one plant. It is a fine 

 # shipper, but should be cut in the tight 

 bud and allowed to open in water. His 

 lilies are looking good, and probably a 

 week or so before Easter the houses of 

 lilies will be a mass of bloom. 



Eetailers report a fair business the 

 past week, notwithstanding the fact that 



the fine weather has brought a number 

 of Greeks on the streets, but the uncer- 

 tainty of the weather prevents them 

 from making any expensive arrange- 

 ments for a continuous steady supply. 



StPaoL 



Holm & Olson are kept busy and ex- 

 perience some diflSculty at times in get- 

 ting what they want in stock, especially 

 white. 



A report that E. F. Lemke had experi- 

 enced some difficulty with his heating 

 plant lacked basis in fact. Some one 

 went so far as to say that his stock had 

 all been frozen. 



Sunday morning business is good with 

 all dealers and a call will nearly always 

 find them busy. 



A visitor the past week was B. Esch- 

 ner, of M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia. 



Felix. 



MoNTCLAm, N. J. — A defect in the 

 heating plant in Herbert Bradley's 

 greenhouses last week caused $500 dam- 

 age. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Emile Popp,. 

 formerly foreman for L. S. Donaldson at 

 the Mendenhall place, has taken charge 

 of James J. Hill's place at St. Paul. 



