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NOVEMBEB 1, 1906. 



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c Weekly Florists' Review* 



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20 Years* Experience has placed us in a position where '*we 

 know flowers" and that's **half the battle" for the buyer. 



MUMS, ROSES, CARNATIONS 

 VIOLETS, GREENS, ETC. 



Daily shipments from 40 to 60 growers enable us to 

 supply all Seasonable Stock at lowest market rates. 

 We also have an **«p-to-date" line of 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



A trial order solicited* Catalogue free. 

 HEADQUARTERS /OR WILD SMILAX 



E. F. WINT ERSON CO. 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BBAUTIES Per doz. 



80to36-luch 1300 to 14.00 



24to30-lnch 2.&0to 8.00 



15to20-iiich 1.60 to 1.76 



8tol2-lncb 76 to 1.00 



Shorts .60 



ROSES (Teas) 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid 13.00 to W.OO 



Richmond and Liberty 8.00 to 8.00 



Perle 8.00to 6.00 



Golden Gate and Chatenay 3.0U to 6 00 



Roses.our selection 8.00 



CABNATIONS, sfiil^t 2.00 



" fancy 8.00 



MISCICLLANEOfTS 



Mums, large per doz , 13.00 



" medium.per dos., I1.6U-I2 60 



" small perlOO, 6.U0-1U.0O 



Violets .76 to 1.00 



Valley 8.00to 4.00 



Harrisll 16.00to 1800 



GREENS 



Smllax Stringrs per doz. 1.60 



Aaparaerus Strlntrs each .40 to .60 



A^sparagruB Bunches " .36 to .60 



Sprengeri Bunches " .36 



Boxwood Sprays, per lb., 16c 



Adlantum per 100 .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common t>er 1000 1.60 



Galax, G. and B " 1.26 to 1.60 



Iieucothoe Sprays " 7.60 



Wild Smilax. tS.OO, $4.00, 16.00 per case. 



SUBJECT TO MARKET 0HAN6H. 

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



LARGE SUPPLIES 



PSNCY STOCK 



••••There is no house better able or more anxious to serve your interests^^^^ 



MUMS, small $6.00 per 100 



MUMS9 common _$1.00 to $1.25 per doz. 



MUMS, fancy- $1.50 to $2.50 per doz. 



MUMS, extra fancy-$3.00 to $4.00 per doz. 

 ROSES... — $3.00 to $6.00 per 100 



VIOLETS $0.75 to $1.00 per 100 



CARNATIONS....$2.00 to $3.00 per 100 



BEAUTIES, long -$3.00 per doz. 



BEAUTIES, medium-$1.50 to $2.50 doz. 

 BEAUTIES, short 1*$0.75 to $1.25 doz. 



Sstabliahed 1878-Ixioorporat«d 1906 



EH^^V VrW W T ^^ T ^^F^ XatabUahed 1878-Ixioorporat«d 1906 



• tl* 1IIJINI9 7(i-78 Wabash Avenae, C0ICA60 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



ease appears to be in a light form, it is 

 hoped that it will deal lightly with both 

 of them and that they will be up and 

 about again soon. 



Henry Youell stopped over between 

 trains at this city to make a few calls. 

 He is on his way to Knoxville, Tenn., 

 where he has accepted a position with 

 Mr. Crouch. C. J. Ohmer. 



A PITTSBURG SUCCESS. 



Altnough a wholesale cut flower com- 

 mission house for Pittsburg was dis- 

 cussed for several years before it be- 

 came an actuality, the suggestion always 

 was discouraged by the growers and re- 

 tailers, the very ones who have since 

 been most benefited by such establish- 

 ments. 



In 1898 Fred Burki, one of the largest 

 and best known growers in his section, 

 with "William A. Clarke, one of the old- 

 est Pittsburg men employed in the retail 

 cut flower business, and Theodore P. 

 Langhans, a younger man with some 

 years of experience in the retail trade, 



concluding the time was ripe for the 

 project, organized the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., the first wholesale cut flower 

 house between the east and middle west. 



There were many who were dubious as 

 to the success of the venture, surmising 

 a short existence for the new enterprise. 

 However, the men who had the project 

 in hand commanded the respect of the 

 trade, and with the additional resources 

 ■of energy, patience and persistence, they 

 steadily developed the business and soon 

 had it on a successful footing. 



The start was made, in the autumn of 

 1898, at 705 Penn avenue. The floor 

 space of their room was only 540 square 

 feet, with about 700 feet of basement 

 room. It was only a short time until 

 the first forward step was made by se- 

 curing larger and more convenient quar- 

 ters. The building at 504 Liberty ave- 

 nue was leased, containing 2,880 square 

 feet of floor space with 960 feet in the 

 basement. For a time they were at a 

 loss how to make use of all this addi- 

 tional room, but they added various lines 

 of florists' supplies, ribbons, and other 



articles to their stock until this large 

 building became too small to accommo- 

 date the details of the business, which 

 had by this time gone beyond even their 

 own expectations. 



For more than a year now they have 

 sought a larger building, which should 

 be conveniently located, but by those 

 familiar with Pittsburg it will be 

 understood that such wants are not easy 

 to supply. A few weeks ago a large con- 

 cern, making alterations in its business, 

 gave them the opportunity of securing 

 the location at 222 Oliver avenue, cen- 

 trally located among the retail florists 

 and in close proximity to the railroad 

 depots and express offices. 



This new location has 10,000 square 

 feet of floor space, with 4,000 square 

 feet of basement room, which will be 

 used entirely for the handling and sell- 

 ing of cut flowers and florists' supplies. 

 The building is fitted up with idl the 

 latest equipments for handling cut flow- 

 ers. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. now 

 represents over 144 growers of cut flow- 



