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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 4, 1906. 



Daily 



consignments 



from 



40 to 60 srowers 



many 



of them 



specialists 



in tiieir line. 



We are prepared to take care of your 

 order with good lines of 



Mams, Roses, Carnations, 

 VIOLETS, GREENS, ETC 



Get our prices on BOSTON FERNS, 5-in., 6-in.t 

 7-in., &-in. and 9-in., before buying elsewhere. 



E. F. WINTERSON CO, 



45-47-49 Wabash Avenue 



Long Distance Phone. CHICAGO9 ILL* 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES Per doc. 



80 to 36-inch 14.00 



34toS0-lnch 93.50tO 8.00 



16toa0-lncta 1.60to 1.76 



8tol2-lnch 76 to 1.00 



Shorts .60 



ROSES (Teas) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 18.00 to W.OO 



Richmond and Liberty 8.00 to 8.00 



Perle 8.00to 6.00 



Gtolden Gate and Chatenay 8.00 to 6 00 



Roses, our selection 8.00 



0AKNATION8, medium 1 .60 to 2.00 



" fancy 2.00 to 8.00 



BnSCELLAinEOUS 



Mums per doz., 14.00 



Violets 76to 1.00 



Valley 8.00to 4.00 



Harrisli 13.60to 16 00 



Tuberoses 4.00 to 6.00 



Dahlias l.UOto 2.00 



Gladioli 6.00 



GREENS 



Smilax Strinsrs per doz. 1.60 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .60 



Asparagrus Buncbes " .86 to .60 



Spren«reri Bunches " .86 



Boxwood Bunches " .86 



Adlantum perlOO .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000 1.60 



Galax, G. and B " 1.26 to 1.60 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7.60 



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

 SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGS. 

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



Mention The RcTJew when yon write. 



lanta, Ga., some one threw a boulder 

 through the plate glass window of the 

 Atlanta Floral Co.'s store. The window 

 was insured. 



A bolt of lightning struck the Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market during a storm 

 last Saturday afternoon. As market was 

 being held at the time it created con- 

 siderable excitement, but no serious 

 damage was done. 



J. A. Peterson was in Toledo last 

 week, attending the conclave of the 

 Knights Templar of Ohio. 



Wm. Murphy has returned from Can- 

 ada, where he has been spending a 

 month. He looks as if the climate agreed 

 with him. C. J. Ohmee. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Conditions show considerable improve- 

 ment since last week and stock is mov- 

 ing out much better. In roses, summer 

 sorts, such as Kaiserin and Carnot, will 

 soon be over. Some of the former are, 

 however, still notably good. American 

 Beauties are somewhat higher and sell 

 well. Some nice Richmond and Liberty 

 are arriving and meet with a fairly good 

 sale. Chatenay and Wellesley are both 

 seen of excellent quality for the season. 

 Carnations improve in size and length of 

 stem and are selling a little higher. 

 Some chrysanthemums arrive daily and 

 bring $1.50 to $2 per dozen for the best. 

 Single violets are fairly abundant and 

 the first doubles appeared September 29. 

 The average price is 50 cents per hun- 

 dred. 



Some gladioli at $3 to $5 still are 

 coming in. A fair number of asters 

 continue to arrive, varying from 50 cents 

 to $1.50 per hundred. LUy of the valley 

 is a little higher, at $3 to $4. Corn- 

 flowers bring 25 cents per hundred. 

 Easter lilies are not too plentiful, at 

 $10 to $12.50 per hundred. There is 

 some improvement in the call for green 

 stock, but no change in prices. 



Wekh Bros. Move. 



On October 1 Welch Bros, opened for 

 business in their handsome and com- 

 modious new quarters at 226 Devonshire 

 street. Choice hardy evergreens in tubs 



were arranged outside, while pyramidal 

 bays of large size were used inside the 

 new store, which was also handsomely 

 decorated for the occasion. Large num- 

 bers of florists and other interested vis- 

 itors attended on the opening day and 

 all were enthusiastic in praise of the 

 splendid new quarters. The two cold 

 storage rooms 15x55 and 12x45, will fill 

 a long-felt want. A dynamo in the 

 basement furnishes power for supplying 

 the cold air. Everything in the way of 

 appointments is thoroughly up-to-date, 

 and it must be exceedingly gratifying to 

 the genial and persevering trio of 

 brothers to find that their labors of the 

 last twenty years have enabled them to 

 occupy such a splendid location on one 

 of Boston's most high class business 

 streets. 



It marks a distinct advance in Bos- 

 ton's commission cut flower business to 

 find that it is not now necessary to oc- 

 cupy stores in small side streets incon- 

 venient of access, but that the great and 

 growing wholesale flower industry should 

 be given a prominent place on the 

 busiest streets. Welch Bros.' bold move 

 is a commendable one and merits the 

 success it is bound to attain. 



Various Notes. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited the 

 estate of Mrs. J. L. Gardner, in Brook- 

 line, September 28, it being entered for 

 the Hunnewell triennial premium. Ow- 

 ing to the lateness of the visit the out- 

 side gardens were not seen at their best. 

 In the greenhouses large and fine stocks 

 of primulas, cyclamens, azaleas, Lor- 

 raine begonias, eupatoriums, acacias, 

 ericas, etc., were noted. In the orchid 

 house, dendrobium, Phalsenopsis Schrced- 

 erae, Vanda coerulea, Cattleya labiata 

 and C. Bowringiana made a nice show. A 

 batch of the pretty Saintpaulia ionantha 

 was effective. The stove house contained 

 a well grown collection of ornamental 

 foliage plants. Chrysanthemums in pots 

 appeared to be all right for the coming 

 show, and William Thatcher, the head 

 gardener, seemed to have everything in 

 excellent condition. 



The Boston Co-operative Flower Mar- 

 ket now is located on the first floor at 

 Music Hall place. The new, quarters. 



which were occupied on October 1, are 

 a great improvement over the old ones. 



Alfred H. Wagland, of Lawrence, re- 

 turned from a European trip September 

 19. Two days later he was the proud 

 father of twins. 



Seed stores report a big call for bulbs. 

 Narcissi are in special request, and 

 cables for additional supplies have been 

 forwarded for some sorts to Holland. 



Thomas Pegler, of Wollaston, brought 

 in the first Campbell violets to the Park 

 street market September 30. 



The fall demand for trees and shrubs 

 promises this season to break all records. 

 Local nurseries report an excellent call 

 for both these and herbaceous perennials. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club on October 16 J. B. 

 Velie, of the Lord & Burnham Co., will 

 speak on "Greenhouse Construction." 



Field-grown carnation plants appear 

 to be unusually scarce this fall, Lawson 

 particularly so. Many growers finding 

 their stock smaller than usual, planted 

 rather thicker and had little surplus left. 



W. N. Ceaiq, 



One insertion of our advertisement in 

 the Review sold all the cinerarias we 

 had ready. — Ray H. Palmer, Randolpn, 



N.Y. 



Winnipeg, Man. — Between 13,000 and 

 14,000 bulbs ordered by D. D. England, 

 city gardener, while on his trip through 

 American cities, have arrived here. They 

 will be planted in the parks. 



Rosedale, Ind. — J. W. Myer grows a 

 white nierembergia which he finds most 

 useful, both for cutting for floral work 

 and for planting out. It withstands 

 drought and blooms from spring to 

 frost. 



Steeling, III. — The Sterling Floral 

 Co. is doing considerable expanding. A 

 new greenhouse 25x125 feet, equipped 

 with all modern conveniences, has just 

 been completed and is to be devoted ex- 

 clusively to carnations. Another green- 

 house 9x125 feet now is being built in 

 which to grow violets. Next spring other 

 buildings are to be erected. Manager 

 Lundstrom says the increase in his plant 

 is made necessary almost entirely on ac- 

 count of the growth of the home trade. 



