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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 22, 1906. 



CARNATIONS 



We have very large supplies of special, fancy and 

 all other grades of Carnations. Write for prices 

 on large lots. We want at least a part of your 

 business and will never fail to treat you well. 



Now is the time to maite sure of 

 your stocic of Supplies for Easter. 



E. H.HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CURRENT PRICES 



BISAUTIES Per doz. 



30 to 36-lnch 14.00 to 16.00 



24to28-inch 3.00 to 4.00 



15to20-lnch 2.00tO 8.00 



8tol2-inch l.OOto 2.00 



Shorts .75 



ROSES (Teas) Per 100 



Brides and Maids tS.OO to t 8.00 



Richmond B.OC to 12.00 



Liberty 6.0C to 10.00 



Perle 5.01 to 7.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



CARNATIONS 1.6< to 2.00 



Extra fancy S.Ofl to 4.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Violets, double 60 to .75 



Harrlsll Lilies 15.01 to 20.00 



Callas 10.00 to 12.50 



Valley 3.00 to 4.00 



Tulips 3.00 to 4.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Romans 3.00 



VonSlons... 3.00 



GREENS 



Smllax Strings per doz. 1.60 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .50 



Asparagus Bunches " .36 



Sprengerl Bunches " .35 



Boxwood Bunches " .25 



Adlantum per 100 ,75 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000 2.00 



Galax, O. and B " l.OOto 1.25 



Leucothoe Spra.vs '* 7.50 



Wild Smllax, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 per case. 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



when occasion requires. To make this 

 picture complete I would suggest that 

 the dog should be standing on a field of 

 echoveria to represent a field of turnips 

 and nestling among the echeveria should 

 be a stuffed partridge or grouse. 



Mr. Fancourt has called lately in the 

 interest of S. S. Pennoek, also Mr. 

 Karines, of Dreer'.s, and Mr. Keller, of 

 Reed & Keller. Mr. K. is a very jolly 

 gentleman, who makes himself perfectly 

 at home and you soon think you must 

 have known him fourteen years instead 

 of fourteen minutes. Better to pass 

 through tlie world that way than have 

 a funereal look and manner. 



Of more than ordinary pleasure was 

 a recent call from F. E. Quinlan, of 

 Syracuse. One of the real pleasures of 

 our life is the comparing notes with a 

 veteran florist. As is well known, Mr. 

 QuinlaTi is active in a very extensive 

 business involving large capital and of 

 much larger scope than floriculture. Yet 

 he admits his heart is still with the 

 flowers and he has no pleasure greater 

 than spending a few hours at his model 

 up-to-date new place covering 80,000 

 square feet. An item that may be of 

 interest was the statement of Mr. Q. 

 that Flamingo was a great success in 

 every way and he does not look for any 

 better scarlet carnation, to all of which 

 we say, * ' Amen ! ' ' 



A lawsuit of some interest to florists 

 has just been decided in our county 

 court. Mr. Jensen owns three green- 

 houses a few feet from the banks of a 

 creek which runs through the northern 

 section of the city. During the severe 

 winter of 1903-1904 there occurred a 

 thaw one Sunday in February. The ice 

 in the creek broke up and piled up 

 against the Hager street bridge, closing 

 the bridge. The ice jam caused an 

 overflow and floofled an extensive area, 

 including his houses. The commissioner 

 of streets was notified and they sent 

 men to dynamite tlie huge chunks of ice, 

 and the ice passed down the stream, 

 abating the flood, but in blasting the 

 ice lumps of ice were thrown fifty feet 

 in the air and a great number dropped 

 on the greenhouses of Mr. Jensen and 

 broke about 100 panes of glass. By 6 

 'clock it began to freeze and by the 

 next morning it was zero and notwith- 



standing a dozen oil stoves in the houses 

 and all holes stopped with manila paper, 

 the temperature in the houses dropped to 

 L'8 degrees before morning and, of 

 course, much damage was done to the 

 plants. The damage done was not refuted, 

 but the judge nonsuited the plaintiff's 

 case, as he claimed the blasting was 

 done by what he called governmental 

 right and the plaintiff had no cause of 

 action. This seems hardly fair to him 



I have been trying for a few months 

 to get along without 



but at a loss. Enclosed find $1 for 

 which send the paper for another year. 



W. H. PEASE. 

 Monson, Mass. 

 March 6, 1906. 



who suffers, yet it must be law and this 

 experience may save some of us from 

 throwing good money after bad. 



W. S. 



SWAMP.SCOTT, Mass. — W. Wyman, who 

 sold his place last year, has purchased 

 glass for another establishment and ex- 

 pects to be in the business again next 

 month. 



EOME, Ga. — John T. Taylor says that 

 it was under the instruction of Peter 

 Henderson that he did his first planting, 

 and he feels that his success in the trade 

 is largely due to the good start he re- 

 ceived. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Conditions remain much as a week 

 ago and for the season must generally 

 be considered satisfactory. There is no 

 great overplus of anything and prices 

 remain fairly firm, Roses, owing to the 

 ronov\e(.l wintry weather, are not coming 

 so plentifully as was expected and clear 

 out very well at last week's prices. 



Carnations, while abundant, sell quite 

 well. Even whites cleared out finely the 

 past Aveek, being in big request for dye- 

 ing purposes for St. Patrick's day. 

 Prices vary from $1.50 to $3 per hun- 

 dred, fancies making $4. 



Single violets are not so abundant and 

 some growers must soon throw out their 

 plants. Doubles make up for any de- 

 ficjency in singles. Sweet peas are plen- 

 tiful, but the best grades still make from 

 7;") cents to $1 per hundred. Callas and 

 Easter lilies are sufficient for require- 

 ments. Quite a few Lilium speciosum 

 rubrum are also seen at present. 



Ranunculi, anemones, ixias and otlier 

 spring flowers are coming from a few 

 growers. Sprengeri, plumdsus and adi- 

 antuni are of good quality and un- 

 changed in price. The trade in pot 

 plants is increasing. There was a big 

 call for shamrocks on Saturday. 



American Rose Society. 



Indications are for a first-class show 

 March 23 to 25. We hope weather con- 

 ditions may be less severe at the end of 

 the week, for moving plants. Winter 

 has been given us when we deemed 

 spring was here. Temperatures 10 de- 

 grees to 15 degrees above zero each 

 morning and excellent sleighing is a de- 

 cided change from what we had been 

 enjoying. 



The mantel and table decorations 

 promise to be one of the leading fea- 

 tures in the exhibition. A good number 

 of entries has been received for these. 

 Walsh 's ramblers, of which he will bring 

 a car-load, will again be a special fea- 

 ture. The competition in the American 

 Beauty classes promises to be unsually 

 keen. 



The attendance at the banquet on 

 March 24 will be about 175. It will 

 commence at 6:30 and postprandial ex- 



