Mat 31, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



97 



PETER REINBERG 



THE LARGEST GROWER 



AND WHOLESALER OF 



51 Wabash Ave. 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 8846 



t Flowers 



CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES— Per doz. 



36-ioch and op $3 00 to $4 00 



24 to 30-inch 2 50 to 3 00 



20-inch stem 2 00 



15-inch stem 1 50 



12-inch stem 1 00 



Short stem 75 



Per 100 



Bride $3 00 to $6 00 



Bridesmaid 4 00 to 6 00 



Richmond 4 00 to 10 00 



Cape Jasmines, $1.60 to $8.60 per 100. 



Per 100 



Liberty, selects $8 00 to $10 00 



" seconds 4 00 to 6 00 



(An especially good crop of Liberty now on.) 

 Uncle John 3 00 to 8 00 



Sunrise 4 00 to 7 00 



Chatenay, selects 8 00 to 10 00 



" seconds 4 00 to 6 00 



ROSES, Our Selection . . . .$25.00 per 1000 3 00 



CARNATIONS 2 00 to 3 GO 



Peonies, 76c to $1.00 per doz. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Valley^Peonies— Peas 



$3.00 to $4.00 per 100 



$4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



60c to $1.00 per 100 



You need these for your Spring Weddings and Commencements. 

 Green Goods in Abundant Supply. All Cut Flowers in Season. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



•••• 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS.... 



58-60 Wabash Ave. 



L. D. Phone, 

 Central 8671 



CHICAGO 



the leading retailers. The exodus to 

 Europe is remarkable and never were so 

 many floAvers delivered to the voyagers, 



McConnell had a big wedding, the 

 Van Buren-Mohlman, on Saturday, at 

 the Church of the Heavenly Best. Palms, 

 pljints and white flowers were used. At 

 the house, torches of American Beauty, 

 two floors turned into bowers of pink 

 roses, hanging baskets of the same on 

 the side walls, electric lights among the 

 palms. The bride's bouquet was a val- 

 ley shower and orange blossoms. Seven 

 bridesmaids carried yellow eentaureas. 

 The boutonnicrcs were gardenias. 



The nursery at New Kochclle is now 

 in Its glory, especially the Japan maples 

 and rotinosporas., A large contract for 

 beautifying the grounds of the ITower 

 Memorial library, at Watertown, N. Y., 

 is now being executed. 



David Clarke's Sons have many Aved- 

 dings booked for Juno, and have been 

 exceedingly busy with commencements. 

 As usual, their big store is very hand- 

 somely and appropriately decorated for 

 Memorial day. 



In one of the bon ton windows on 

 Fifth avenue, artificial shower bouquets 



Mention Tlip Review when you write. 



of valley and gardenias are on exhibi- 

 tion, so perfectly formed as to deceive 

 any but the critic's eye. The same 

 store is cementing the windows for 

 fountain and aquatic display. 



At Siebrecht & Son's Avhite palace the 

 exhibit is orchids from their own con- 

 servatories. The immense output of 

 these greenhouses is now entirely used 

 in the firm's retail business. 



A great deal of interest is being 

 taken by the florists in the discussion 

 as to granting a franchise to a second 

 telephone company, for the florists would 

 be among the first who Avould be obliged 

 to install the telephones of the new sys- 

 tem. The present company has 260,000 

 instruments and is adding them at the 

 rate of about 50,000 a year. Through 

 their Jong distance connections one can 

 reach over the present system some .3.1,- 

 000 cities and towns in the United 

 States and Canada. The new company 

 j»romises in three years 33,500 tele- 

 phones and no long distance connection. 

 The florists think its promise of a lower 

 rate hardly would be worth considering, 

 as the first service could not be dis- 

 pensed Avith and the ncAV would simply 



be an additional expense. The comp- 

 troller has expressed a doubt as to the 

 advisability of granting a franchise to 

 another telephone company in Ncav York 

 for the above reasons, and the florists 

 seem to think that tAAo telephones would 

 be a great nuisance, as Avell as an added 

 expense. 



A much needed rain on Sunday, after 

 a AA'eek of drouth and extreme heat, has 

 given much needed encouragement to 

 the patrons of the seedsmen and the 

 nurserymen in this vicinity. The down- 

 pour Avas a flood Avhile it lasted, but the 

 benefit Avas vast, especially to the mar- 

 ket gardeners and to the outdoor plant- 

 ings of the florists. 



Decoration day promises the usual 

 large business to all located near the 

 great cemeteries around NeAv York, and 

 great preparations have been made for 

 it. In the city no special increase is 

 anticipated. The ^Nlerritt leucothrc 

 wreath should l)e in demand. It 

 is especially adapted for this occasion 

 and its enduring quality commends it. 

 Down at Coney, Decoration day will be 

 celebrated by the laying of the corner 

 stone of the Friede Globe tower, the 



