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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OcTOBia 4, 1906. 



CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



Headquarters 



I make a 

 Specialty of 



ORCHIDS 



and all 



FANCY 



CUT 



FLOWERS 



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

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

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



WEXKLT PRICE LIST 



From Satnrdsy, Oct. 6, to Oct. 18 

 BBAUTIES Per doz. 



30 to 86-inch tS.OO to H.OO 



MtoSO-lnch 3.00 to 8.00 



IStoSO-lncb 1.00 to l.KO 



8tol2-liioh 1.00 



Shorts per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 



ROSK8 (Teas) Per 100. 



Bride and Maid 13.00 to 16.00 



Richmond and Liberty.... 8.00 to 6.00 

 Golden Gate and Chatenay 8.00 to 6.00 

 Roses, my selection 2.00 



CARNATIONS 1.60 to 3.00 



ORCHIDS, Cattleyas, doz., 6.00 to 7.60 

 " Assorted, box, 15.00 and up. 



MISCBIiLAMBOUS Per 100 



Violets 10.75 to $1.26 



Valley SOOto 4.00 



Harrlsil 13.60 to 16.00 



DahUas 1.00 to 2.00 



Tuberoses per doz., .60 to .76 



Smilax perdoz., 1.60 



Asparacrus Strings... each, .40 to .60 

 Asp. and Sprenveri, per bunch, .36 



Boxwood Buncnes... each, .86 



Adiantum per 100, .76 



Ferns, Common. ..i>er lOUO, 1.60 



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

 Leucothoe Sprays " 7.60 



Wild Smilax.. ..60-Ib. cases, 6.00 



Sheet Moss, per bag or bbl., 2.60 



Subject to market Changb 



Mention The Reyjew when you write. 



Roses, Carnations 



And an Flowers in season at lowest market rates. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO., 



40.42-44. 

 RANDOLPH STREET, 



Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Evenement, salmon rose, fine, two 

 and one-half feet. 



■ Eclaireur, purplish crimson, white 

 halo, large, one and one-half to two feet. 



Fr. G. Von Lassburg, large pure 

 white, fine. 



Henry Murger, large white flowers, 

 crimson eye, grand. 



Iris, deep purplish magenta, dark cen- 

 ter, immense spike, one and one-half to 

 two feet. 



Jas. Bennett, beautiful light pink, 

 large crimson center, one and one-half 

 to two feet. 



Jas. Galloway, bright crimson, maroon 

 center, one and one-half to two feet. 



Lecard, lavender, flaked with white, 

 two and one-half feet. 



Lumineaux, pure light red, center 

 lighter, crimson eye, two and one-half 

 to three feet. 



Montagnard, bright crimson-lake, dark 

 center, large spike. 



Mrs. Dwyer, pure white, large crim- 

 son center, two to two and one-half feet. 



Peachblow, delicate peachblow pink, 

 fine, one and one-half to two feet. 



Pink Beauty, pure light rose pink, 

 immense compact truss, two and one- 

 half to three feet. 



R. P. Struthers, crimson pink, tinted 

 orange, dark center. 



Suffrage, light magenta, crimson cen- 

 ter, one and one-half to two feet. 



The Queen, pure white, large flower 

 and spike, two to two and one-half feet. 



The Pearl, a good free white, large 

 truss, one and one-half to two feet. 



THE LUNARIA, 



E. Eudowsky, of Dresden, Germany, 

 comments on the fact that American flo- 

 rists are just beginning to make use of 

 Lunaria biennis, the moonwort, which is 

 extensively employed by German decora- 

 tors. Mr. Eudowsky is the largest Eu- 

 ropean grower of this specialty, supply- 

 ing it to all the principal firms on the 

 continent of Europe, including the lead- 

 ing retail florists of London, Paris, and 

 Vienna, who use the pods when dried. He 

 says he recently has had calls for them 

 from leading New York retailers. The 

 demand is always large and he says or- 

 ders must be placed a year in advance. 

 The peculiarity of the seed-pod is such 

 as to attract much attention. The seed is 

 enclosed in a transparent, skinlike seed- 

 pod nearly two inches across. It can be 

 cut with these balloon-like seed-pods in 

 sprays of from twelve to forty-eight 

 inches in length, which in Germany have 

 a value of from 10 cents to $1 per bunch. 



The plants also are useful and the 

 sprays may be cut while the flowers are 

 in bloom, which is early in May. The 

 blossoms are a pleasing violet color and 

 throughout Europe it is considered as an 

 especially valuable decorative material. 

 Mr. Eudowsky grows stems nearly five 

 feet high, with as many as 600 of the 

 orbs on the plant at one time. Of course. 



the best quality is most in demand and 

 hardest to supply in quantity. The plant 

 requires close attention from the time of 

 seed-sowing until ripening the seed-pods 

 and is sensitive to climatic changes as 

 well as having many enemies which re- 

 quire close attention. 



MANURES FOR BULBS. 



The belief was general a few yean 

 ago that manure in any state was bad 

 for bulbs. This theory has been dis- 

 proved in the last two or three years, 

 however, and now much manure is used 

 in bulb forcing. In one large English 

 market some exceptionally fine tulips 

 and narcissi were recently shown, which 

 looked almost like different, improved 

 varieties. On inquiry it was found, 

 however, that they were from common 

 bulbs, but had been fed with phosphate 

 manures in the case of the narcissi, 

 and ammoniacal manures for the tulips. 

 While the bulbs were standing outside 

 in boxes, they were heavily mulched 

 with spent stable manure and sawdust; 

 the growers relying solely upon planting 

 forcing bulbs in a bit of good, clean, 

 mellow loam or good ordinary garden 

 soil. A perfect soil for forcing bulbs 

 is made of first a layer a foot thick of 

 good garden soil or fresh pasture loam, 

 then a thick sprinkling of phosphate and 

 ammonia manure, on the top of that a 

 layer of about six inches of stable 

 manure and another layer of an inch 



