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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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VAIGHAN & 8PERRY 



Wholesale Florists 



60 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO 



ROSES 



BEA.T7TISB Per doz. 



30 to 36-lnch stems $5.00 to $6.00 



20 to 24-inch stems 3.00 to 4.00 



15 to 18-inch stems 2.00 to 2.50 



12-inch stems 1.50 



Per 100 



Liberty $5.00 to $12.00 



Richmond 5.00 to 



Chatenay 5.00 to 



Bride and Bridesmaid 5.00 to 



Meteor 5.00 to 



Perle 5.00 to 



Our selection 



12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 



=PRICE LIST== 



CARNATIONS 



Carnations $3.00 to $».00 



Special Fancy 5.00 to COO 



GREENS 



Asp. Plumosus $0.35 to $0.50 per string 



Sprays.. .35 to .50 per bunch 



Sprengeri 25 to .35 per bunch 



Adiantum 75 to 1.00 per 100 



Smilax, choice 2.50 per doz. 



Fancy Ferns 2.50 per 1000 



Galax Leaves 1.00 to 1.25 per 1000 



Ivy Leaves .50 per 100 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Callas $10.00 to $12.00 per 100 



Easter Lilies 12.00 to 



Paper Whites, Romans. 3.00 to 



Valley 3.00 to 



Sweet Peas 75 to 



Tulips 3.00to 



" Murillo 4 00 to 



Von Sion 2,00 to 



Mignonette 35 to 



Violets 75 to 



15.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 .75 per doz. 

 1.00 per 100 



SUBJECT TO CHAVGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



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WE STILL HAVE A FEW LARGE CASES OF 



WILD SNIL3X 



aLL WE WILL HAVE 

 THIS SEASON . . . 



Order quick if you want tliem 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph St. LI.?;" CHICAGO 



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John H. Taylor, of Bayside, staged 

 Liberty, Bride and Maid, splendid speci- 

 mens and highly commended. 



The new single violet. Governor Her- 

 rick, from H. K. Carlton, of Willoughby, 

 O., was highly commended and in excel- 

 lent condition after its journey. 



Splendid vases of Killarney, Chate- 

 nay and Richmond came from John N. 

 May, of Summit. 



Richmond. Chatenay and Golden Gate 

 from Robert Simpson, of Clifton, N. J., 

 received highest commendation. 



The outing committee is requested to 

 meet on April 20, at the store of Jos. 

 Fenrich on West Twenty-eighth street. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOUVAHDIAS. 



feouvardia culture is fairly easy, once 

 certain points are understood, one of 

 the most important being an early start 

 with satisfactory cuttings. These latter 

 may consist of the young shoots taken 

 from well-ripened cut- back plants that 

 have been started in heat, or of root cut- 

 tings. The laftter make excellent plants 

 tnat grow away freely from the start. 

 Cuttings should be struck in bottom heat 

 when they are about three inches long, 

 says the Gardeners' Magazine. They 

 may be taken off either with or without 

 a joint at the base, and root readily in 

 a mixture of loam, leaf-mold and sand, 

 in about equal quantities. 



As soon as struck the tip of the shoot 

 should be taken out, and from this point 

 onward "stopping" is an important 

 matter, so that the plant may develop 

 from ten to a dozen breaks as early as 

 possible in the season. Very often this 

 stopping is neglected until the shoots 

 are quite long, an error that lays the 

 foundation of failure. Until the requi- 

 site number of shoots is obtained each 

 stopping should only allow one or two, 

 at most, pairs of leaves to form. 



If for cutting purposes, then nothing 

 can beat planting /out in a cool house, 

 where heat may be given when needed, 

 and where the heads of the plants come 

 pretty close to the glass. The soil either 

 for potting or planting should be rich, 

 light and sandy; loam and leaf -mold as 

 the basis, and good decayed manure, 

 with a little bone meal well worked in. 



Of the bouvardias grown those named 

 below are perhaps the best in their colors : 

 President Cleveland may be considered 

 the best scarlet, having taken the place 

 of Hogarth and others. Of whites, B. 

 Humboldtii corymbiflora, B. candidis- 

 sima and B. jasminiflora are all worth 

 growing. Vreelandi is an old favorite, 

 which has been grown under several 

 names, and is still one of the best. The 

 flowers open wbite, and change to pink. 

 Mrs. R. Green, when seen at its best, 

 is a charming salmon-colored variety; 

 Reine des Roses is an early-flowering 

 pink. Then we have the double forms : 

 Alfred Neuner, white, B. President Gar- 

 field, pink, and one or two others. 



Fairbanks, Alaska. — C. B. Sweeney 

 proposes to erect a large commercial 

 greenhouse. There were thirty days the 

 past winter on which the temperature 

 was 60 degrees below zero. 



Hiawatha, Kan. — The Hiawatha 

 Greenhouses are being conducted by 

 Miss S. G. Margrave. Her father, J. W. 

 Margrave, who died January 1, aged 

 92 years, was for long known as the 

 oldest active florist in the United States. 



