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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



May 31, 1906. 



WEDDINGS 



Call for Peonies, Valley, Sweet Peas, Smilax and 

 Asparagus. We have them in quantity and of 

 best quality. Also Roses, Carnations and 



All Seasonable Florists' Supplies 



E. H.HUNT 



Established 1878. «The Old Reliable." Incorporated 1906. 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BSAUTIES Per doz. 



30to86-lnch 13.00 to 14.00 



24to30-lnch 2.00 to 3.00 



15to20-lnch 1.60to 2.00 



8tOl2-lDch 76to 1.00 



ROSES (Teaa) PerlOO 



Brides and Maids 14.00 to 16.00 



Richmond and Liberty 4 .00 to 10.00 



Perle 4.00 to 6.00 



Qolden Gate and Chatenay 4.00 to 6 00 



Roses, our selection 8.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 160 to 2.00 



Fancy 3.U0 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Peonies, all colors 4.00 to 6.00 



Valley a.OU to 4.00 



Harrlsll 8.00 to 12 00 



Callas S.OOto 12.00 



SweetPeas 60 to 1.00 



GREENS 



Smilax Strings per doz. 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .36 



Sprengerf Bunches " .36 



Boxwood Bunches " .35 



Adlantum per 100 .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000 2.60 



Galax, G. and B " 1.00 to 1.26 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7.60 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mciiliim 'I'lie Ki'vit'W when j<iii Avrite. 



There are two remedies. The first lies 

 witli tlie growens \vlio fan keep in touch 

 Avith the wliolosalere, tcllinfj them in a 

 jjenoral uay what to e.xjiect from time 

 to ti:iio. Tlie second remedy ]i(>s witii 

 the wholesalers, who can keep in touch 

 the better to secure or distribute stock. 



Vaxiout Notes. 



H. Bayersdorfer 6c ( o. are as busy 

 now as in the height of the season. Mr. 

 Berkowitz is please<l witli Memorial day 

 business. He commented espei-ially on 

 the exj)ort orders for cape flowers and 

 other lines of goods. 



.1. A. Smith has been selecteil as man- 

 ager of the Henry F. ^lichell ("o. He 

 assumed his duties last Satunlay. Mr. 

 Smith, who was born in Ijondon, Eng- 

 land, only twenty-six years ago, served 

 an apprenticeship of nearly nine years 

 with the Henry A. Dreer Co., about 

 seven years at Riverton and the balance 

 of the time at 714 ('iiestnnt street. He 

 has been three and a half years with the 

 Henry F. Michell Co. While thi.s thor- 

 ough grounding made promotion possi- 

 ble, it is due largely to a clear head 

 and genial manner. To say the riglit 

 thing quickly and ])leasantly under try- 

 ing circumstances is a rare gift. 



Samuel S. Pennock suggests that an 

 arrangement of space by Avhich Rich- 

 mond would be ])lanted early and Liberty 

 left in late would be apt to yield the 

 best results. 



Eugene Bernheimer is handling fine 

 outdoor sweet pea.s in all colors. 



Much local interest will l)e taken in 

 the account of the Alban Harvey & Sons' 

 place at Brandywiue Summit in the car- 

 nation I'epartment of thi.s week's Re- 

 view, The figures t)f returns are espe- 

 cially valuable. The stock is distributed 

 1;y the Leo Niessen Co. and W. E. Mc- 

 Kissick, 



It is announced tliat the partnership 

 of .lohnson & Stokes, of twenty-five 

 years' standing, expires by liniitatiDii 

 .Inly 1. Mr. .lohnson and Mr. Stokes 

 will contiinio independently, one at L'17 

 and the other at 219 Market street. 



Rice <t (,'o. report the largest !Memo- 

 rial day business in their history. They 

 note increased demand for cycas, laurel, 

 magnolia and metal wreaths and a fall- 

 ing of!" in demand for cape llowers and 



immortelles. Theif universal cemetery 

 vase proved extremely popular. 



Walter ]'. Stokes plans bnilding three 

 new greenhouses at Moorestown this 

 season. Phil. 



NEV YORK. 



WASHINGTON. 



Flower.^ for the sweet girl graduate 

 have been the features of the business 

 of th'3 past week. In addition to the 

 large nmnber of bouquets ordered for 

 commencements, there have been several 

 good decorations executed for these 

 exercises. 



The hot weather has glutted the mar- 

 ket with riowers and any attempt to 

 quote prices would be futile. Decoration 

 day will surely make a clean-up, and 

 with the June weddings there are pros- 

 pects of better business. In addition to 

 the heavy local cut of roses and carna- 

 tions, large quantities of fine blooms are 

 being shipped here from Pennsylvania 

 at prices Avhich give grounds for the be- 

 lief tiiat some of the shippers up there 

 have not yet been investigated by the 

 interstate commerce commission, 



A iieavy shower on Sunday morning 

 broke the drouth and growers now 

 breathe more freely. All of last week 

 was strenuous for those who had carna- 

 tion or aster plants out of reach of the 

 hose. The writer, for one, now has a 

 practical knowledge of what the pioneer 

 florists of the country must have endured 

 when overtaken by similar dry spells. 



It is doubtful if there is another city 

 in the country where Decoration day is 

 more generally observed than here. The 

 people, both rich and j)oor, find time and 

 means to lay offerings on the graves of 

 loveil ones dn that day. 



Theodore Dietrich, of Congress 

 Heights, is sending in very fine ])eonies. 

 Tlie dry wfather hit ]\lr. Dietrich hard 

 and he was kept busy, but brought every- 

 thing through in good shape. 



tieorge II. Cooke, in addition to com- 

 mencement business, is busy with an 

 extensive job of landscape work near 

 Dupont circle. 



The rose garden at the U. S. Treasury 

 was a notewortiiy exce[ition to the gen- 

 eral scorching visited on the ])ublic 

 grounds. The treasury gar<iener is an 

 early riser. Scotty, 



The Market. 



The cut flower market remains in the 

 same comlition as a week ago, too weak 

 to sit up, and content to be alive. The 

 growers can surely find little to com- 

 plain of after such a splendid average 

 season as the one just closed and should 

 be content with the memory of the past 

 and the knowledge that these are but a 

 rejietition of the dull days of every year 

 that precede Decoration day. 



.Tune weddings and sailings and a pos- 

 sible short crop will lift the market 

 from its stagnancy. The commence- 

 ments, too, are already with us. Some 

 retailers had as many as 100 bouquets 

 for one popular school last week. All 

 seem to get a share. of this yearly golden 

 siiower, and tlie sweet girl graduates 

 grow in numbers all the time. 



Many roses came in badly mildewed 

 last week; $1,50 would buy a whole box 

 of them. The general quality is below 

 tlie average. 



Carnations still continue excellent in 

 quality and good stock clears out well 

 and at ver}' good summer prices. The 

 stock with many is superb. 



Gladioli are coming rapidly. Lilac is 

 done. Peonies are everywhere. The 

 south has certainly made a peaceful in- 

 vasion and some of the stock is good 

 and brings very satisfactory prices. 

 Everybody ex])ects a good June, and 

 the trailo deserves it, after as discourag- 

 ing a May as the records of a genera- 

 tion can show. 



Variotis Notes. 



Bowling interest, in behalf of a New 

 York club rei)resentation at Dayton, is 

 still asleep. This may be a case of the 

 awakening of a giant when the time 

 comes to stir, Init Flatbush at present 

 is the only semblance of a florists' bowl- 

 ing club in this vicinity. A few of the 

 old New York club meet on Thursdaj' 

 evenings and Capt. Lang has kept up his 

 usual record and enthusiasm, but the 

 regulars of the past two or three years 

 never are heard from. Some of them 

 will come to life at the outing July L', 

 The tickets for this yearly reunion are 

 selling fast, 



A big steamer trade is reported by 



