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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 29, 1906. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



Rei^lar Ship- 

 ments from 

 THE SOUTH 



60 Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



WILD SMILAX 



BEST STOCK, 



$6.00 



PER CASE. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BKAUTIKS 



Fancy 



80-incb 



20 to 24-inch. 

 15 to 18-inch. 

 Short 



Bride and Maid 



Liberty and Richmond. 

 Gtolden Gate 



Per doz. 



$5.00 



4.00 



...$2.50 to 3.00 

 ... 1.00 to 2.00 

 ... .60 to .75 



Per 100 

 .$4.00 to $ 8.00 

 . 4.00 to 8.00 

 . 4.00 to 8.00 



Per 100 



Roses, our selection $4.00 



Carnations, select $1.50 to 2.00 



fancy 3.00to 4.00 



Violets, double, single .75 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



PaperWhltes 800 



Mignonette S.OOto 8.00 



Oallas per doz., $1.25 



Daffodils, Golden Spurs 3.00 



Per 100 



Tulips, all colors $2.00 to $4.00 



HarrisU per doz., $1.50 



Smllaz perdoz., $1.50- 2.00 



Leucothoe Sprays .76 



Adiantum 1 .00 



Plumosus, Strings each, 30c 



BuncheB,each, 35-50c 

 Sprengeri, " ....each, 35c 



Galax Leaves per 1000, $1.25 



Fancy Ferns per 1000. 2.00 



PRICES SUBJKCrr TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



WRITE FOR PRICES ON ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Monrinn Th«» KpvIpw whpti yon wrtf#> 



cissii being in good demand. There are 

 sufficient liliwi, eallas and other flowers 

 for all requirements. Green stock is of 

 improving quality, especially adiantum. 



Various Notes. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 field day at the establishments of W. W. 

 Edgar Co. and Pierce Bros., March 31, 

 promises to be largely attended. It 

 should prove one of the most interest- 

 ing yet held. Tickets are out for the 

 club's banquet to be held at Horticul- 

 tural hall April 26. This will be the 

 biggest affair of the kind held in local 

 horticultural circles for years. The club 

 membership is now 292 and applications 

 now on hand will lift it to the 300 mark 

 next meeting. Among exhibits at the 

 last meeting was the old but rarely seen 

 Lathyrus pubescens, from W. J. Kea, 

 with pretty psJe violet flowers. This 

 makes a very desirable greenhouse 

 climber. 



Visitors have been numerous this 

 week, owing to the rose convention. A 

 number of the prominent places were 

 taken in by the rose specialists while 

 here. 



A. Herrington and W. Duckham were 

 unable to stay to the banquet. Mr. 

 Herrington had to go home and seek 

 medical advice, and we trust he is now 

 in better health. 



William Sim is shipping in beauti- 

 fully colored Princess of Wales and 

 Governor Herrick violets. 



An account of the fire at W. W. Raw- 

 son & Co. 's will be found on another 

 page. W. N. Craig. 



WE HAVE BUT THIRTY LARGE CASES OF 



WILD SMILSX 



aLL WE WILL Have 



THIS SEASON . • . 



Order your Easter Supply now 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph St 



L D. Phone 

 CcntrsI 466. 



CHICAGO 



dNONNATL 



The Market 



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The slight effect that Lent had on our 

 industry seems now to have about worn 

 off, as business is moving along at a 

 very encouraging pace. The demand for 

 all classes of stock is very good and 

 the wholesale houses are selling out 

 fairly clean every day. Thus the price 

 of all qualities of stock is holding up 

 very nicely. Several funerals of note 

 have helped along the demand. Spring 

 openings are also taking up a large 



amount of the cheaper grades of blooms. 

 As a rule store openings have not used 

 as many flowers this year as formerly, 

 which altogether is a good thing, as I 

 do not believe that the giving away of 

 flowers on these occasions does the busi- 

 ness any good. In fact, if anything, it 

 does harm by cheapening the value of 

 flowers in the eyes of the flower buying 

 public. 



The supply of stock in all lines has 

 been good and in most cases fully equal 

 to the demand. This is always a very 

 pleasant state of affairs, as all orders 

 can be filled with good stock. The ship- 

 ping trade has been very good for this 

 time of year and has been one of the 

 items to keep up the healthy tone of 

 the market. Bulbous flowers are espe- 

 cially good and are selling out. Even 

 the green goods supply has increased a 

 good deal and is about equal to the 

 demand. 



The closeness of Easter is making us 

 begin to think what the supply of stock 



is likely to be on that date. It is yet a 

 little early to state with any degree pf 

 certainty what the supply will be then.. 

 So far as roses and carnations are con* 

 cerned, much depends on the weather. 

 In bulbous stock this market will be in' 

 fine shape. Easter lilies will be in large- 

 supply and of best quality. Cincinnati 

 is slowly coming to the front as a 

 wholesale cut flower market, but it* 

 slowness is characteristic of its sure- 

 ness. We will get there some day, and 

 when we do we will be there to stay^ 

 Just keep an eye on that. 



Various Notes. 



H. D. Edwards has opened a retail) 

 store at 235 E. Pearl street and is mak- 

 ing preparations for doing a rattling 

 business. He has so far recovered his- 

 health that he is the same Harry of 

 several years ago. 



H. Alex. Jones, representing Ralph M, 

 Ward & Co., of New York, was a caller^ 



C. J. Ohmer. 



