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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 8, 1906. 



We Solicit Your Cut Flower Orders 



because we have the stock and feel confident that we can please you. 

 We handle everything in the Line of Cut Flowers and Greens. Try us. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



A lull line of Florists* Supplies. Write for List. It is very handy. 



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CUT FLOWER BOXES 



'WATERPROOF. Comer I<ock Style. 



The best, strongest and neatest foldlnar Cat 

 Flower Box ever made. Cheap, durable. 

 To try them once is to use them always. 



Size No. . . . .3x4x20 12.00 per 100; $19.00 per 1000 



" No. 1.... 3x4^x16... 1.90 " 17.50 " 



" No. 2.... 8x6x18 2.00 " 19.00 " 



" No. 3.... 4x8x18 2.60 " 23.00 " 



•♦ No. 4.... 3x6x24 2.75 " 28.00 " 



•• No. 5 ...4x8x22 3.00 " 28.50 " 



" No. 6.... 8x8x28 8.76 " 36.00 " 



** No. 7.... 6x16x20.... 6.50 " 54.00 " 



•* No. 8.... 3x7x21 3.00 " 28.50 " 



" No.9... .5x10x35.... 6.50 " 62.00 " 



•* No. 10 . . . 7x20x20 .... 7.60 " 67.00 " 



*• No. 11... 8^x5x30... 3.00 " 28.60 " 



Sample free on application. No charge for print. 

 Ins: on orders above 250 boxes. Terms cash. 



THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO. 



BOX 104. COLUMBUS, O. 



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is still causing them considerable 

 trouble. They have been very "busy of 

 late with plant decorations. 



Ellison reports a big local sale for 

 St. Patrick's day carnation dye. 



The old fair ground, in North St. 

 Louis, is to be abandoned and it is pro- 

 posed to turn it over to the park de- 

 partment to be used as a city park, 

 which would be second only to Forest 

 park, the largest in the city. 



r. Hastings, representing A. H. 

 Hews & Co., of Cambridge, Mass., was 

 a caller the past week. 



Chas. C. Ussick, who has been in the 

 employ of Fred C. Weber, will return 

 to New York in a few days. 



Sehray's new canna, Superior, is a 

 beauty. Anyone who saw it in bloom in 

 the grounds of the World's Fair in 1904, 

 when it took the gold medal, will say 

 the same. The brothers, Emil and 

 Julius, are very proud of it. 



A. Jablonsky is cutting extra fine car- 

 nations and roses and has a choice lot 

 of blooming plants for Easter. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, has a 

 fine lot of Richmond roses. His cut 

 stock sells well among the local trade. 



Pilcher & Burrows have taken big or- 

 ders for Armstrong's ever blooming 

 tuberose bulbs. 



The florists team met defeat again at 

 the hands of the Fern Glens, losing all 

 three games. Kuehn was high, 533; 

 Beneke second, 485; Ellison, 478; Beyer, 

 438, and Lohrenz, 406. J. J. B. 



JOLIET, ILL. 



James Hartshorne, manager of the 

 Chicago Carnation Co., has rarely won a 

 trophy which has given him so much 

 pleasure as capturing the challenge cup 

 of the Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club for the third successive year. It 

 was previously won by Fiancee and this 

 year by Aristocrat. The addition of 

 this trophy to the Chicago Carnation 

 Co. 's collection pleases them particularly 

 because they were not able to make a 

 selection of flowers for exhibition. It 

 took all the blooms they could cut to 

 make up the required number. Young 

 stock of Aristocrat is arriving in very 

 nice shape and with a favorable grow- 

 ing season the variety 'will be ready for 

 the inspection of the trade early in the 

 fall. 



All the stock is looking well and a 

 good cut is being made. A great va- 

 riety of business is now being done at 

 this establishment. Of course the bulk 

 of the business is in shipping cut flowers 

 direct from the greenhouses, but a con- 

 siderable quantity of stock is marketed 

 each day at the company's stand with 

 the E. F. Winterson Co., 45 Wabash 

 avenue, Chicago. In addition there is 



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the local retail store and the outlet for 

 the small proportion of stock which does 

 not grade up to the first class. The 

 roses are showing as well as the carna- 

 tions and in addition to the wholesale 

 and retail trade in cut flowers there is 

 a large business in carnation cuttings 

 and rose plants, which are shipped all 

 over the country. 



QNONNATL 



The Market 



Another touch of winter visited us 

 during the past week, but the weather 

 is moderating again and it is a ques- 

 tion whether we will have any more 

 cold weather this year. This winter 

 has been a mild one, but still there is 

 very little difference noted in the 

 amount of coal used. The expense has 

 been about the same. 



Business has been moving along in a 

 quiet sort of way. The Lenten season 

 has made itself felt. This is always 

 noticeable at the beginning of Lent, but 

 after a couple of weeks pass by trade 

 begins to pick up. 



The supply of stock is on the in- 

 crease in all lines except roses and green 

 goods. Roses have been scarcely equal 

 to the demand. White ones are especially 

 short in supply and a good many orders 

 cannot be filled. Pink ones are about 

 equal to the demand. American Beauties 

 are in fairly good demand, with prices 

 holding out firmly. Chatenay is having 

 a good run and some fine stock is seen. 



WE A^tE 



HEADQUARTERS 



For Carnation Blooms, Roses, 

 Violets, Sweet Peas, Marguer- 

 ites, Bulbous stock of all kinds, 

 Green Goods, Sphagnum, Flo- 

 rists' Supplies, Wire Work for 

 Florists; Carnation Fluid, for 

 making Green Carnations, sam- 

 ple free. 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



Prompt shipments to out-of- 

 town customers. 



Local consigners is a guarantee 

 of fresh stock. 



Write, Wire or Phone 

 any time of the Day or 

 Vlffht to 



WILLIAM MURPHY, ^L^R^r' 



188 E. Third Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 



L. D. TELEPHONE M-980 or W-1191 R. 

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Red roses other than Beauty are scarce 

 and have been so all of this season. 

 There is a good demand for them, but 

 the supply is never equal to it. 



The supply of carnations was heavy 

 during the past week and a good many 

 more were received than were sold. 

 Some very good stock found its way to 

 the dump. The keeping qualities were 

 none of the best. The blooms seeined 

 to be soft and, if they were not sold 

 the first day, they had to be consigned 

 to the dump. Some very good stock met 

 its fate that way. 



Bulbous stock is doing first-class now. 

 Good Harrisii lilies are selling well. 

 Callas are also going nicely. Valley, 

 Romans, narcissus, tulips and Dutch 

 hyacinths are all sharing in the demand. 

 Some good freesia is to be had, but it 

 sells very poorly and does not pay in 

 this market. Smilax is scarce and other 

 green goods are none too plentiful. 



Variotts Notes. 

 The committee in charge of the ban- 

 quet following our carnation show Sat- 

 urday, March 10, reports that it will be 

 held at the Business Men 's Club at 6:30 

 p. m. sharp. Visitors are requested to 

 report at the club rooms of the Florists' 

 Society in the Jabez Elliott Flower 

 Market during the afternoon and reg- 



