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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 21, 1906. 



Valley, Peonies 



and all seasonable Cut Flowers of best quality in large supply. 



DQSKCTS and Commencements KlDDOIlS 



Florists' Supplies of every kind. Send us your mail 

 orders, get the right goods and save money. 



A. L Randall Co. RANboVrak Chicago 



L. D. PHOmES— Cut Flower Dept., 1496 and 1494 Central; Florists* Supply Dept., 5614 Central. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



Valley— Peonies— Peas 



$8.00 to $4.00 per 100 



$4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



60c to $1.00 per 100 



CARNATIONS-ROSES-DAISIES 



$1.00 to $2.00 per 100 



$2.00 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. 



Li, D. Phone, 

 Central 2671 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



his innings. He has little to complain 

 of. The steamer trade is enormous. 

 Many orders come from distant cities 

 and the list of reliable retail stores 

 serves an excellent and convenient pur- 

 pose, our bon ton artists having many 

 an order from their brethren in the south 

 and west. 



Outdoor blossoming is in all its glory. 

 The ramblers especially make a glorious 

 exhibit around every suburban home. 

 The cut bloom is also abundant and is 

 heavily used in decorations. The ship- 

 ments of up-state peonies did not mate- 

 rialize. The great storm of a week ago 

 completed the devastation wrought by 

 the late frost. One firm with 40,000 

 plants and an expected shipment of over 

 100,000 blossoms did not send a single 

 flower. The loss was complete. Some 

 of the nurserymen around Geneva and 

 Newark and in other sections of west- 

 ern New York suffered losses amounting 

 to many thousands of dollars. What few 

 peonies now reach the market are of 

 only medium quality and this week will 

 see the last of them. Boses are sold by 

 the hoxi^ seldom unpacked, and a good 

 aalC; so-called, on Monday, was 2,000 



Maids and Brides, as they ran, for $4, 

 or, to be more explicit, 20 cents per 

 hundred. Carnations fared quite as 

 badly and prices at times were unmen- 

 tionable. There is a tremendous lot of 

 mildew on the roses. 



A great many lilies are coming to the 

 market, some very fine ones from John 

 Scott that bring top prices, though the 

 top is not "out of sight" by any means. 



Orchi<ls are very abundant and the-jj 

 weddings are being made rich and ele- 

 gant displays through their instrumen- 

 tality. Sweet peas realized the best 

 prices of the year last week. This week 

 they arrive more freely and values have 

 retreated. Rudolph Fischer has been 

 sending some grand stock daily to Kess- 

 ler. Abundance is blooming as freely 

 as ever. There seems to be no resting 

 spell foj;, this wonderful carnation. But 

 it will be thrown out shortly to give room 

 for Purity f reesia. One hundred and 

 fifty thousand bulbs of this wonderful 

 discovery of Mr. Fischer's will be sent 

 out this season. Already the bulk of the 

 stock of this great acquisition has been 

 ordered. Mr, Fischer has lately added 

 to his property a fine block of several 



acres in the heart of the Great Neck 

 residence section. 



Varioui Notes. 



Mr. Matthews, of Great Neck, will 

 start in a few days on an ocean voyage 

 to Scotland. 



The summer exhibition at the New 

 York Botanic Garden last week was 

 poorly attended and the exhibits were 

 few in number. F. R. Pierson Co., Sie- 

 brecht & Son and Julius Roehrs Co. were 

 the principal exhibitors. The roses were 

 a creditable selection. Few irises, peon- 

 ies or vegetables were staged. The lec- 

 ture by Mr. Powell deserved an audience 

 of a hundred instead of a single dozen. 

 The Bronx conservatories contributed 

 some splendid cacti. Geo. Skene was in 

 charge, as usual, for the Botanic Gar- 

 den. There were good collections of 

 herbaceous perennials. 



The Hinode Florist Co., of White- 

 stone, has just received a fine shipment 

 of kentias selected by Mr. Dimmock, the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co.'s English repre- 

 sentative. This firm has added about 

 15,000 square feet of glass to its plant 

 Ctis" season.- "^^ :» «+7 



