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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 12, 1906. 



PETER REINBERG, 



51 Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



Plenty of Everything For Easter 



E3STER PRICE LIST 



1 



BEAUTIES— Per doz. 



Extra Select $6 00 



30-inch stem 5 00 



24-inch stem 4 00 



20-inch stem 3 00 



15-inch stem 2 00 



12-inch stem 1 50 



Short stem 75c to 1 00 



Per 100 



Bride $5 00 to $8 00 



Maid 5 00 to 8 00 



All Other Stock at J^owest Market Bates. 



Per 100 



Richmond $6 00 to $12 00 



Uncle John 5 00 to 10 00 



Chatenay 6 00 to 10 00 



Sunrise 5 00 to 10 00 



Liberty 6 00 to 12 00 



Ivory 6 00 to 10 00 



Perle 4 00 to 8 00 



ROSES, Our Selection 4 00 



CARNATIONS 4 GO to 5 00 



HARRISII $2 00 per doz. 15 00 



Prices Subject to Ohangre Without Notice. 



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stock. Many flowers were furnished the 

 embassies by Geo. H. Cooke and John 

 Robertson. 



The store of Gude Bros. Co. presents 

 a very attractive appearance. They have 

 stocked up with lilies and other pot 

 plants, while a visit to their greenhouses 

 shows that there is a large reserve. 



J. E. Freeman comes out strong on 

 lilies and large white azaleas, hydrangeas 

 and other pot plants. Mr. Freeman has 

 a number of azaleas that he has grown 

 from year to year, bringing them in for 

 Easter, till they are now real giants. He 

 does this to please his customers and 

 "show" the other fellows. 



Z. D. and Mrs. Blackistone have been 

 in Philadelphia, combining business and 

 pleasure. 



J. Louis Loose, of the "Washington 

 Florists' Co., is building a new house 

 of large dimensions for general stock. 



David Grillbartzer, an Alexandria, Va., 

 neighbor to Mr. Loose, is putting up four 

 rose houses. Scotty. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Business has been rather dull, as is 

 usual on the days preceding the rush 

 before a great holiday. The feature of 

 the market at the close of last week 

 was the arrival of a tidal wave of south- 

 ern daffodils, varying in quality from 

 very fine down to ordinary. These flowers 

 seemed to fall on a rather unapprecia- 

 tive market, the prices realized being 

 very low for the quality. A similar flood 

 toward the end of this week would 

 probably realize much better prices. 



The very bad weather at the opening 

 of the week put a damper on business 

 generally. It is, however, a good omen 

 for the closing days, which matter very 

 much more. Violets have been selling 

 well right along. Indications point to 

 a good supply for the end of this week. 

 Valley will be very plentiful. The qual- 

 ity now coming in is as fine as has been 

 seen here for some time. 



The other noticeable features are the 

 increase in the quantity of Easter lilies, 

 the supply being large and unusually 

 fine, and the scarcity of choice tulips. 

 The noticeable addition to the rose list 





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is Ulrieh Brunner, from the Hugh Gra- 

 ham Co., at Logan, which is being dis- 

 tributed by several of the leading com- 

 mission houses. 



Visit to Becker. 



Jacob Becker has long enjoyed the 

 reputation of being one of our most 

 successful growers of pot roses. He re- 

 tains what may be considered as almost 

 the lost art of propagating roses read- 

 ily from hard-wood cuttings, and from 

 this point up to the finished plants for 

 Easter or for spring sales his stock is 

 of more than usual merit. He grows a 

 variety of the best roses, including 

 Becker's Ideal, La France, Souvenir de 

 Pierre Notting, Magna Charta, Franz 

 Deegen, Ulrieh Brunner, Gen. Jacquemi- 

 not, Hermosa, Gruss an Teplitz, Killar- 

 ney and a number of others. 



Two whole houses on his annex place 

 at Forty-ninth and Chestnut streets are 

 devoted to roses for spring sales. These 

 houses now give very little trouble, the 



plants being potted and staked, only re- 

 quiring air and water. ' 



Besides roses, Mr. Becker grows East- 

 er plants and some spring plants. Hi» 

 lilies are tall and well grown. His 

 hydrangeas are the picture of health, 

 admirably timed. He also has azaleas,- 

 rhododendrons and a great quantity of" 

 geraniums. 



The little show house in front of hi» 

 place at Fifty-second and Market street* 

 seems destined to decide the question- 

 of the disposal of any surplus stock. 

 Here a few well grown palms may be 

 seen, also some experiments in valley 

 and the nucleus of a whole house of 

 carnations is not far off. It is with » 

 tinge of regret that one notes these in- 

 dications that may draw a fine whole- 

 sale grower into the intricacies of re- 

 tail growing. 



Various Notes. 



Edw. Reid reports that his sales of' 

 Faster plants doubled those of last year* 



