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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 25, 1906. 





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WILD SMILAX 



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NOW ON HAND 



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and will be in continuq^us supply the rest of the season. 

 Large cases only, $5«00« The quality of our first 

 large shipment of the season is exceptionally good. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 

 40-42-44 Randolph St. CHICAGO 



PRICE LIST 



American Beauties '. Perdoz. 

 Long: $4.00 



' Medium $1.60to 2.00 



Per 100 



Kaiserin $8.00 to $8.00 



Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00 to 6 00 



Richmond, Liberty 3.00 to 8.00 



Obatenay S.OOto 6.00 



Gate 2.00to 6.00 



OhryBanthemums, doz., $2-S3 

 HarrlBii doz., $2.50 



Violets 76 to 



Valley 2.00 to 



Asparagrus per string: .35 to 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00to 



Galax, green per 1000, 



bronze per 1000, 



Boxwood per buncb, 



Leucothoe per 100, 



Ferns, per 1000, $1.50; per 100, 



Adiantum per 100, .75 to 



Smilax per doz. 



Subject to cbansre witbout notice 

 Packing and delivery at cost. 



20.00 



1.25 



4.00 



.60 



4.00 



1.26 



1.60 



.35 



.76 



.20 



1.00 



1.60 



Brazilian brilliants, the pin of German 

 silver, not easily broken. 



The Johnson Seed Co. has its store 

 completely repiodeled and attractively 

 filled with seeds, bulbs and plants to 

 add a touch of green. In front of the 

 store are wonderful specimens of their 

 skill as truckers. 



John Mclntyre is receiving some 

 bunches of Bouvardia Humboldtii, a 

 novelty in- this market. 



Charles F. Edgar and Wesley Clark 

 have been putting in overtime helping to 

 remodel Edward Eeid's first floor. 



M. Eice & Co. received this week five 

 different orders for complete wedding 

 outfits, consisting of wedding gates, 

 kneeling stool, church rope and tassels, 

 white vases and stands. 



J. Stern & Co. have removed their 

 supply house from 1928 Germantown 

 road to 125 North Tenth street, where 

 they have greatly improved facilities. 



*William Stevens was greatly distressed 

 when he heard that George Samtman 

 had gone west of Broad street. 



William P. Craig is building up a 

 good business with his personally selected 

 bulbs. 



The yellow chrysanthemum mentioned 

 last week should have been Cremo, not 

 Premo. 



E. J. Fancourt, secretary of the A. S. 

 Pennoch-Meehan Co., reports a great run 

 on their autumn foliage ribbon. It is 

 novel and effective. 



Edward Lindville has the sympathy of 

 his friends in the death of his wife. 



Bobert Kift is using autumn foliage 

 in his boxes of flowers. 



Wm. R. Gibson left for the south on 

 Monday. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Business has continued extremely good 

 during the past week, and all stock 

 coming in has been quickly sold. Chrys- 

 anthemums are now seen in goodly num- 

 bers and are leading features in retail- 

 ers' windows. Some Polly Rose and 

 Glory of Pacific still arrive, but these 

 two popular earlies are about over and 

 their places are being filled by such 

 sorts as October Sunshine, Robert Hal- 

 liday. Ivory, Monrovia, Mrs. Coombes, 



The Florists' Manual 



We note your advertisement in a recent number of the REVIEW of the 

 second edition of Scott's Florists' Manual, and request that you enter our order 

 for acopy of this valuable book. The writer is thoroughly acquainted with 

 the first edition of this work, having often had occasion to use it for reference 

 while a student at the Michigan Agricultural College. Please rush this order, 

 for we feel, with Mark Twain, that we "would rather not use violence." 



South Bend, Ind., July 28, 1906. SOUTH BEND FLORAL CO. 



THE REVISEDn EDITION IS NOW READY. 

 Price, $6.00 a c(^(iy^ carriage charges prepaid. 



FLORISTS' PIBLISHING CO., 334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO 



and its white sport, etc. Prices vary 

 from $6 to $20 per hundred, a few se- 

 lected bringing $3 per dozen. Carnations 

 continue to clear out quickly at from 

 $1.50 to $3 per hundred. Lawson, 

 Queen, Enchantress and Fair Maid con- 

 tinue as prime favorites here. 



Roses have held up well so far, but 

 another week will probably see a slump 

 in values, due to the flood of chrysan- 

 themums. Beauties are selling at $4 to 

 $5 per dozen for best. Brides and Maids 

 vary from $1 to $8 per hundred. Excel- 

 lent blooms of Wellesley, Killarney, 

 Richmond and Chatenay are seen. The 

 finest realize $1.50 per dozen. 



Violets come of a better color, and 

 improve in size. Average remains 50 

 cents per hundred for both single and 

 double. Lily of the valley is some- 

 what higher at from $3 to $5 per hun- 

 dred. Easter lilies are somewliat scarce. 

 A good many tuberoses are still seen 

 at 75 cents to $1 per dozen stalks. 

 Some cosmos and a few dahlias from 

 shore resorts so far immune from frost 

 still arrive. Cattleya labiata is abun- 

 dant and seems to sell better than usual. 

 Quite a number of Oncidium Rogersii, 

 Vanda ca;rulea, Dendrobium Phalsenop- 

 sis, and cypripediums are also seen. 



Greenhouse Construction Discussion. 



There was an interesting discussion 

 on J. B. Velie's paper, reported in full 



in last week's Review, at the club meet- 

 ing October 16. James Wheeler state<l 

 that he had recently seen some excellent 

 samples of the King Construction Co. 

 building at J. H. Dunlop's and else- 

 where. He asked the lecturer's opinion 

 of this class of houses. Mr. Velie re- 

 plied that the advantage gained in doing 

 away with posts was counterbalanced by 

 the fact that the weakening of any part 

 may cause the whole structure to col- 

 lapse. This applies to the truss houses 

 of all builders. 



Daniel Iliffe inquired as to the most 

 advantageous method of piping a place 

 with 15,000 feet of glass. The lecturer 

 said in reply that he would recommend 

 2-inch pipe for such a commercial place, 

 and 3^/^-ineh pipe for a private place, 

 except where a night fireman is kept, in 

 which case steam is the best method of 

 heating. 



M. A. Pattern asked whether iron or 

 wooden structures require more heating. 

 He had found a perceptible difference in 

 his iron houses, which are cooler. Mr. 

 Velie had found little if any difference. 

 Mr. Patten stated that his glass break- 

 ages are fifty per cent less in iron 

 houses. Asked as to the durability of 

 iron footpieces and cypress posts, the 

 answer was that cypress will last fif- 

 teen years, east-iron is practically inde- 

 structible, wrought-iron, if unprotected, 

 will rot out as quickly as wood. 



