SwmuBBR 27, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1207 



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BOXWOOD 



From the way the buyers are taking hold of the fresh 

 supply of Boxwood Sprays, just in, it looks as if this 

 is to be "the" green for "work" this fall and winter. 



ALL CUT FLOWERS IN SEASON 



in large supply. Send along your orders. 



E. H.HUNT 



- Established 1878. **The Old Reliable." Incorporated 1906. 



76-78 Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BBAUXXBS Per doz. 



30to86-lnch 13.00 U 14.00 



24to30-tnch 3.00to S.OO 



UtoW-inch 1.6«to LTS 



8 to 13-inch 7»t* 1.00 



Shorts .M 



ROSB8 (T«u) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 13.00 to W.OO 



Richmond and Uberty 3.00 to 4.00 



Perle 8.00to (.00 



Golden Qate and Chatenay 3.0U to B 00 



Roses, our selection 8.00 



CAKNATIONS, medium 100 



" fancy 1.60 



mSCBIJLAMBOUB 



Asters, common Mto 1.00 



" fancy l.Mto BOO 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Harrlsll lO.OOto 1300 



Tuberoses 4Q0to 600 



Dahlias l.UOto 3.00 



Gladioli S.OOto 4.00 



ORBSMS 



Smllax Strlngrs per doz. IJSO 



Asparag-ua Strings each .40 to .60 



Asparagus Buncnes " .86 to .50 



Spren^eri Bunches " .86 



Boxwood Bunches " .86 



Adlantum per 100 .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000 1.60 



Galax, O. and B " 1.36 to 1.60 



Leucothoe Spra.vs " 7.60 



Wild Smllax. tS.OO, 14.00, 16.00 per case. 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGB. 

 Open 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



Headquarters 



I make a 

 Specialty of 



ORCHIDS 



and all 



FANCY 



CUT 



FLOWERS 



I am now booking orders for regular shipments of cut flowers for the coming season, 

 and would appreciate an order from you for your regular supply. Regular sliipments made 

 daily, every other day, or as often as you like, and at lowest market prices. TRY ME. 



WBKKLT PRICE LIST 

 From Saturday, S«pt. 29, to Oct. 6 



BKADTI£8 Per doz. 



30toS6-inch 13.00 to 14 00 



34 to 30-Inch 3 00 to 8.(0 



16to2U-lnch 1.00 to 1.60 



8tol2-lnch 1.00 



Shorts per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 



ROSES (Teas) Per 100. 



Bride and Maid 13.00 to 16.00 



Richmond and Liberty.... 3.0u to 6.00 

 Golden Gate and Chatenay 3.00 to 6.U0 

 Ruses, my selection 3.00 



CARNATIONS 1 00 to 1.60 



ORCHIDii.CattleyaB.doz ,6.00 to 7.60 

 " Assorted, box, 86.00 and up. 



MISCELLANEOUS Per 100 



Valley SOOto 4 00 



Harrisir 10.00 to 13 00 



Gladioli SOOto 500 



Dahlias 1.00 to 30O 



Tuberoses per doz., .60 to .76 



Smllax perdoz., 1.60 



Asparagus StrlDg-s... each, .40 to .50 

 Asp. and Sprenrerl, per bunch, .36 



Boxwood Bunches... each, .86 



Adlantum per 100, .76 



Ferns, Common. ..per 1000, 1.60 



Galax, G. and B... " 1.00 to 1.60 

 Leucothoe Sprays " 7.50 



Wild Smllax.. ..&0-lb. cases, 6 00 



Sheet Moss, per bag or bbl., 2.60 



Subject to Market Chanob 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



A VISIT TO VINCENT'S. 



' Richard Vincent, Jr., & Son, gave a 

 itahlia show at their farm September 

 19, at ,W,}iite :Marsh, Md,, which made 

 t'ven florists and growers op^n their eyes. 

 Xoviees and uninitiatecf held their 

 breath in amazement. Fully 250 were 

 in attendance. In a root-packing shed, 

 or a display hall, as it was called, were 

 <-ollected 10,000 magnificent blooms, in- 

 cluding 26.5 varieties, and ' almost as 

 many different shades and colors. 



Florists of Baltimore, Boston, Phila- 

 <lelphia, Washington, and other cities de- 

 clared that they had not been aware 

 that such a great floral treat was in 

 store for them. When they entered the 

 •exhibition hall, which was artistically 

 arranged to bring out the contrasting 

 <'olors, they plainly and audibly showed 

 their astonishment and delight. The 

 Baltimore florists knew to some extent 

 the treat that was in store for them, 

 but were, however, surprised at the won- 

 <lerful pntpws made by Messrs. Vin- 

 cent. 



The exhibition in the afternoon was 

 for visiting florists. At night the neigh- 

 bors drove for miles around to see the 



exhibit. Regret was expressed that the 

 display was not held in Baltimore. 



Mr. Vincent came to Baltimore, and 

 accompanied his guests to Cowenton sta- 

 tion, where they were met by large farm 

 wagons and driven to his farm, upon 

 reaching which luncheon was served, and 

 a number of short speeches made. Af- 

 ter the flowers had been inspected the 

 guests were driven over the 225-acre 

 farm, returning to the hall for ice-cream 

 before leaving for the trains. Each per- 

 son in leaving received a large bunch 

 of dahlias. 



The packing hall, which is a long, 

 narrow building, made an ideal place 

 for the exhibition. Great banks of 

 dahlias, in myriad forms and colors ex- 

 tended the entire length of the building 

 on each side. Down the center ran a 

 mound of the same varied beauty. AH 

 the colors and combinations were repre- 

 sented. 



Altogether forty acres on the Vincent 

 farm are in blooming dahlias. Mr. Vin- 

 cent and one of his sons make a trip 

 to Europe every year and select choice 

 novelties. 



The VineentH now have forty novel- 



ties. They expect to ship 300,000 dahlia 

 roots by next spring. In addition to 

 this, they expect to ship 20,000,000 cab- 

 bage, beet and celery plants this season. 

 Ten acres are now in cabbage plants, 

 and many orders for these are coming 

 from the south. Thirty acres are also 

 devoted to vegetable plants. 



For winter cultivation, three and a 

 half acres are under glass, heated by 

 six Furman boilers so coupled that any 

 number of the six can be used at one 

 time. Messrs. Vincent propagate 2,000,- 

 000 geranium plants, said to be the 

 largest collection in the world. They 

 had 100 new varieties of geraniums for 

 1906, all imported from Europe. 



The speechmaking in the display hall 

 was conducted by W. L. Amoss, director 

 of the Farmers' Institutes of Mary- 

 land. 



Mr. Vincent welcomed the guests, and 

 bid them enjoy themselves. He referred 

 with feeling to the fact that one of his 

 sons, whp had set his heart upon the 

 exhibition, had been critically ill, but 

 was slowly recovering. 



Much good feeling was aroused by the 

 speeches which followed. Miss Mildred 



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