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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 15, 1906. 



Horse Sense 



It doesn't require Horse Sense to know that your 

 customers would appreciate the delivery of their Flower 

 orders in a Cut Flower Box, besides the advertising advant- 

 ages which you receive in their use itself pays for the cost 

 of the boxes to you. . 



PUT YOUR FLOWERS IN A POX 



We can furnish anything in the line of Cut Flower and 

 Design Boxes, and at lower prices than any competing 

 Manufacturers and Dealers. When ready to place your 

 order write us. 



Our Booklet "Inside Information on Cut Floner 

 Boxes" FREE. Sample upon request. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., 



MILWAUKEE. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Thf Market. 



Conditions are nitlior tlifticult to ile- 

 scribe. Business is fairly active, but a 

 little irregular and tbere are too many 

 flowers for the requirements. The result 

 is lower prices. Carnations, violets and 

 sweet peas will all average much lower, 

 though the best bring fairly good figures. 

 American Beauty roses are lower this 

 week, but there is not a sufl&cient supply 

 in sight to warrant the belief that prices 

 on good stock will recede much further 

 for a week or two. The shorter grade.s 

 of Bridesmaid roses are extremely hard 

 to sell, .averaging less than the same 

 quality of Brides. The appearance of 

 southern daffodils noticed in this column 

 last week has preceded an increasing sup- 

 ply. These flowers are not usually per- 

 fect. They are popular with the street 

 men, and affect the price of the northern 

 grown stock, which is always taken in 

 preference. Valley is plentiful. Lilacs 

 still can be had in quantity. Easter 

 lilies are more plentiful, and in moderate 

 demand. Callas are almost a drug. There 

 are some good tulips about. 



St. Patrick's Day. 



The feature of the plant business this 

 week has been the great quantity of 

 clover, politely termed shamrock, dis- 

 tributed by the department stores. These 

 little clo — 1 mean shamrocks — grown in 

 small pots, are given to every customer, 

 whether he or she be a son or daughter 

 of Erin or no, who enters the sacred por- 

 tals of Lit 's, Gimbel 's or other of the 

 large stores. 



• The manager of one of the flower 

 shops, speaking of this eieemosynarv 

 bubiiioss, said that he did not wish to 

 sell his customers clover for shamrock, 

 "and besides," he added, "the depart- 

 ment stores give them away. ' ' There 

 are, however, some of the genuine sham- 

 rock to be seen. Edw. Reid was sending 

 out quite a nice lot of the simon-pure 

 article. The price is, however, higher. 



Southampton. 



In a pretty hamlet on a faraway little 

 railway Stephen Mortensen has built up 

 a flourishing business in the growing of 

 roses for cut flowers. Every morning ex- 

 cept Sunday his night fireman takes 

 large boxes of Brides and Bridesmaids, 



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FECIAL 

 OFFERING IN 



DOVES 



These are extra quality and were bought to sell at 

 $1.50 each. Take them off our hands at $1.00 each; 

 $11 per doz. This is less than cost but we are over- 

 stocked. We are in the same boat on a few other 

 things. Write us and we will tell you all about it. 



In Cut Flowers 



We will fill your order — no matter what you order — if 

 anyone can. Our reputation has always been : We 

 fill orders when others fail. 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph St 'cJL'lT^. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when tiui wtHh 



Liberties and Kichmonds to the station, 

 thence to be conveyed by express to 

 Samuel S. Pennock, the wholesale florist 

 of this city. 



The influence of Wm, A. Leonard, 

 familiarly known as the great grafter, is 

 apparent in Southampton, for Mr. Mor- 

 tensen, imbued with the idea that 

 grafted Brides and Maids were better 

 thiin own roots, purchased a couple of 

 thousand from the aforesaid Wm. A. 

 Leonard two years ago. They have done 

 extremely well, as have all the roses 

 here, but when compared with the plants 

 on own root there is an absence of 

 ground canes, so pleasant to look upon 

 iit this season of the year. Kichmond is 

 the gem of the collection. 



To quote Mr. Mortensen 's words at 

 tiie rose meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 "Richmond has paid me better than any 

 other rose. ' ' Liberty will be discarded 

 next season, and probably 5,000 Rich- 

 monds planted instead. 



Various Notes. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., whose reputa- 

 tion as introducers and growers of sweet 



pea seed is world-wide, suggest the fol- 

 lowing varieties as best for outdoor sow- 

 ing for cut flowers: Whites, Mont Blanc; 

 pale pink, Katherine Tracy; bright pink, 

 Burpee's Earliest-of-All (Blanche Ferry 

 type), and lavender. Lady Grisel Hamil- 

 ton. 



Wm. J. Moore has the distinction of 

 being the only one of the wholesalers 

 who has not enough carnations to meet 

 the requirements of his large business. 

 Some of Mr. Moore 's growers are, un- 

 fortunately, not producing as many 

 flowers as last season. 



A number of florists left this city on 

 Monday afternoon to attend the annual 

 banquet of the Baltimore Florists' Club. 

 Among those who went were Robt. Craig 

 and D. T. Connor. They expected to be 

 joined by W. K. Harris, G. C. Watson, 

 and, possibly, John Westcott. 



John Mclntyre has accepted a position 

 with the Leo Niessen Co. He began work 

 there last Monday. 



Philip Freud arranged an attractive 

 window for the Henry F. Michell Co., 

 with shamrock, grass seed and sweet pea 

 seed; the idea strongly brought out is 



