OCTOBHB 11, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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The Prize-Winning: Stocl<; Again I 



At ILLINOIS STATE FAIR 



We captured 10 Firsts on Roses, 7 Firsts on Carnations 



19 ENTRIES 17 FIRSTS 



We are now cutting heavy on Roses, Beauties, CarnHtions, Valley, Lilies, Asparagus, 

 Adiantum, Sprengeri and Smilax. Tiie quality of our Roses was never so good 

 as this season. Richmond are especially select long stem. We submit our Price List below. 



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▲mmrloan Beauties, select, 1odk-.$8.00 to $4 00 per doz. 

 " " select, medium. $1.50 to 2.00 per doz. 



" " select, short. . . .60 to 1.25 per doz. 



;lbild. Bride* Killamey, Chatenay. 



Perle. select $6.00 per 100 



Medium 4.00 per 100 



Short $2.00 to 8.00 per 100 



Rlolunond, Kalserin, select 6.00 to 8.00 per 100 



Medium : 4.00 per 100 



Short 2.00perl00 



Carnations, good $1.60 to $2.00 per 100 



fancy S.OOperlOO 



Valley, select 4.00 per 100 



Lilies 16.00 per 100 



Asparaaus 50c per strlnir 



Sprays 25c to 85c per bunch 



Bprenserl 25c to 85c per bunch 



Smilax $1.50 per dos. 



Adiantum 76c to $1.00 per 100 



Vems $1.50 per 1000 



POEHLMANN BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS or CUT FLOWERS 



33-37 Randolph St. pho»«. central ssts Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Business along all Unes is sbomng im- 

 provement. The Trholesale houses are 

 cleaning up nicely with a shortage on 

 lilies, Beauties and carnations. A few 

 chrysanthemums are coming in, but not 

 enough to cut any figure. A number 

 of the growers will be in this week with 

 their early varieties. There are quanti- 

 ties of short roses which have been sell- 

 ing cheaply. Among the retailers there 

 is more life, some early weddings help- 

 ing business considerably, but the small 

 retail trade is slow, as any who have 



fardens can still cut a bunch of flowers, 

 or we have had no sign of frost up to 

 this time. 



.-•'. ', ' -v .:': Qtsb Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met Tuesday even- 

 ing. The notice said there would be 

 some surprises in store for the members, 

 and there really were, as the meeting was 

 the most interesting and profitable one 

 we have had for a long time. 



Some carnations were shown by Mr. 

 Lorch, and Fred Burki introduced the 

 carnation subject, giving much valuable 

 information, the result of his years of 

 experience, answering all questions, and 

 there were many. The principal query 

 was regarding stem-rot in Lawson, which 

 has caused so much trouble in this section. 

 The greater number laid the blame on 

 the wet season in the field, while some 

 thought the variety was gradually weak- 

 ening. Mr. Lorch, whose stock is prob- 

 ably the least affected of any, blamed it 

 on the handling, after they were housed ; 

 but some growers who have always been 



successful would not stand for that, aa 

 they had planted their own stock and 

 Lawson was the only thing which went 

 back. They then brought some stock 

 from Ohio and other places and planted 

 that with the same results, and which 

 made them more positive that the variety 

 was weakening. I believe this was the 

 general opinion. A few growers have 

 replaced their Lawsons with some other 

 varieties of pink and we ought to be 

 thankful for that. 



Schenley park showed a lot of fine 

 decorative plants and W. J. Smith was 

 then called on to offer suggestions on 

 how to use such plants for decorations, 

 and also for remarks on window decora- 

 tion. He offered many good suggestions 

 on what to do and what not to do. Wil- 

 liam Loew showed a basket of vegetable 

 flowers, which was quite an artistic piece 

 of work, and has one advantage over cut 

 flowers, and that is when tired of look- 

 ing at them you can make soup out of 

 them. 



David Frazer, who has just returned 

 from Europe, was to have told us his 

 opinion of how they do things on the 

 other side, but his talk was held over 

 until the next meeting, which will be a 

 chrysanthemum night, and will certainly 

 be worth keeping in mind and attend- 

 ing. 



Various Note*. 



With a friend I visited the Pittsburg 

 Bose & Carnation Co. last Thursday. 

 Their stock is looking better than ever 

 before at this season. They will com- 

 mence cutting chrysanthemums Monday. 

 Mr. Burki took us out to see a new oil 

 well they are drilling, and we were just 



in time to see a flow come just as the 

 driller was taking the tools out of the 

 hole, and there being nothing to hold it, 

 the oil squirted forty feet into the air, 

 completely soaking the drillers, who were 

 trying to shut it off. I have heard since 

 that it looks like a sixty-barrel well. 

 They are installing an immense new 

 boiler and at the same time building a 

 new boiler-house. Hoo-Hoo. 



NEV YORK. 



Tlie Market 



Good, cledr, crisp, exhilarating weath- 

 er opened the present week, with nothing 

 in the wholesale cut flower market in 

 excess of the demand and prices steady 

 at last week's improved level. Shortage 

 in supply and no sign of the coming 

 mum flood will doubtless keep the ship 

 on an even keel all this week and so 

 maintain the good nature of the whole- 

 salers and the growers. What will hap- 

 pen when the chrysanthemum river over- 

 flows its banks? We must judge by the 

 experiences of other years. Doubtless 

 you will hear the slump 1,000 miles 

 away. It always comes. It is patiently 

 expected and it has never been known 

 to disappoint, so keep your eye open and 

 wait. The advance guard is already 

 knocking at the gates, splendid flowers, 

 the best of them commanding $6 a 

 dozen. But they are yet few and far 

 between. Before the week ends many 

 a stream of them will center here and 

 the retail windows will be ablaze with 

 them. 



Violets have not begun to improve. 

 Quality, color and demand all demon- 



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