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Acetate 28, 1906. 



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FERNS 



While all Ferns are good in summer, ours 'are a 



little better than the best. If you order 



one shipment, you will use no others; 



$1.50 per lOOO. 



Roses. Carnations, Gladioli, and, in fact, all 

 flowers in season at lowest market rates. 



ASTERS, 50c to $2.00 per 100. 



A t^yr Special Fancy at $8.00 per 100. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO., 



40-42-44 

 RANDOLPH STREET 



. Chicago 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



So far as could be learned, business 

 the last week was not so good as the 

 week previous. The last of the week the 

 demand was quite good. With an active 

 demand and rather small supply of first- 

 class stock, it was easily moved at fair 

 prices. There is still a big supply of 

 second-class stock which moves slowly. 

 We still have a few weeks left for slow 

 business, as society will hardly open up 

 before the latter part of September, and 

 not until then can much be looked for. 



Roses are improving fast. The qual- 

 ity of blooms is showing this. Beauties 

 too are looking better, but not enough 

 of them are coming in to supply the de- 

 mand. Extra good quality of carnations 

 are not to be had in this market. Fairly 

 good white from the field are short- 

 stemmed. Bed and pink are very scarce. 



Asters are of good quality. The poor- 

 er grades, especially in colored sorts, are 

 a glut. Extra fine quality sell well, 

 with some as high as $5 per hundred. 

 Outdoor atutt, such as hydrangeas, gladi- 

 oli and tuberoses, is plentiful and hard 

 to sell, as there are too many. The out- 

 look for better stock soon is promising, 

 as our local growers report young stock 

 in roses and carnations in excellent con- 

 dition. Violet plants are also large and 

 fine. 



G)nveotion Matters. 



The St. Louis delegation left Monday 

 over the Vandalia railroad at 8:15, and 

 they were due to arrive at Dayton at 

 8:15 Tuesday morning. By the time this 

 issue is in the hands of our readers we 

 will, be enjoying the hospitality of the 

 Dayton Qorists. . , . 



Among the bowlers who attend are in- 

 cluded €. A. Kuehn, Theo. Miller, F. C. 

 Weber, William C. Young, F. H. Mein- 

 hardt, E. W. Guy and J. J. Beneke. 

 I'rom this list a team was to be selected 

 to bowl in the tournament, and expected 

 to make a good showing. 



Varioftt Notes. 



A. G. Bentzen is having a big run 

 on poinsettias and other surplus stuck. 



Henry Baer, of Peoria, 111., is sending 

 to Kuehn some fine asters of all colors, 

 which sell well. 



Charles Ford, representing A. Herr- 

 mann, New York, recently called on the 

 trade. Mr. Ford was on his way to Day- 

 ton. 



Henry Aue, who sailed for Germany 

 some weeks ago, has returned and is 



TTHE beautiful custom of presenting Nature's most lovely gifts 

 appears more manifest today than in the past. Flora is now 

 indispensable on so many occasions. 



The wedding festivities are incomplete without the florist's art. 

 The entertainment or reception is not perfect without the adornment 

 of beautiful flowers. From the cradle to the end, in times of joy 

 and sorrow, the gift of flowers is, and always will be, fashionable, 

 sentimental and sympathetic. 



An experience of many years, and our improved method of 

 packing flowers for shipment, make it possible to forward fresh 

 flowers successfully for a reasonable distance, even through the 

 warm .summer months. 



Reliable correspondents in distant cities both in the United States 

 and Canada enable us to transfer orders by telegraph or mail. Euro- 

 pean orders cabled to the best representatives of floriculture abroad 

 insure our patrons the proper execution of their esteemed favors. 



Our removal to the Windsor Arcade, 571 Fifth Avenue, gives us 

 additional facilities for transaction of business, either domestic or 

 foreign. 



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At our Woodside Nurseries, New Rochelle, we have a fine 

 collection of specimen, hardy Evergreens with abundant fibre, ready 

 for transplanting about September 1. 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



.,., Windsor Arcade, 571 Fifth Avenue 



New York, N. Y. 



Cable Address, "Alexconnell" 

 Western Union Code 



Telephone Connection 



Woodside Nurseries, 



New Rochelle, 



N. Y. 



