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NovKMBUB 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1625 



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20 Years* Experience haa placed us in a position where **we 

 know flowers" and that's **haU the bMUe" lor the buyer. 



mm, ROSES, CARNATIONS 

 VIOLETS, GREENS, ETC. 



Daily shipments from 40 to 60 gtowers enable us to 

 supply all Seasonable Stock at lowest market rates. / 

 "We also have an ^ap-to-date" line of 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



A trial order solicited* Gttalogue free. 



L' HEADQUARTERS FOR WILD SMILAX 



V. 



E. F, WINTERSON CO. 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BKAUTIBS 



Per doK. 



Mto3«-inch ISOOtO 14.00 



Mto80-lnch a.M to 3.00 



16toa0-lnch 1.60 to 1.75 



8tol2-lach 76 to 1.00 



Shorts .60 



BOSKS (Teai) 



Bride and Maid 18.00 to 



Blchmond and Liberty 8.00 to 



Perle 8.00 to 



Golden Oate and Chatenay 8.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, select 



" fuicy 



MISCBLI.ANKOU8 . 



Mums, largre per doz, 13.00 



" medlum.per doz., |1.60-Ci 60 



" small perlOO, 6.00-10.00 



Violets 76 to 



Valley S.OOto 



Harrisll 16.00 to 



ORKEN8 



Smllax Strings per doz. 



Asparaerus Strinrs each 



Aspara^B Bunches " 



Sprengrerl Bunches " 



Boxwood Sprays, per lb., 16c 



Adlantum per 100 



Ferns, Common per 1000 



Galax, O. and B " 1.26 to 



Leucothoe Sprays " 



Wild Smilax, $3.00, 14.00, K.OD per case. 



SUBJECT TO MARKBT CHANGB 

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



PerlOO 



.40 to 

 .86 to 



.76 to 



•6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 000 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 



1.00 



4.00 



18.01 



1.60 

 .60 

 .60 

 .86 



1.00 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 7.60 



Meutlon Ibe Review when you write. 



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Mums 



Mums 



We are receiving a big cut of the fine midseason varieties and can fill your orders 



to your complete satisfaction. All colors, all grades. Large fancy, $3.00 per 



doz.; fancy, $2.00 to $2.50 per doz.; medium, $1.50 per doz. Beauties, Tea 



Roses, Carnations and all stock in season in good supply. Thanksgiving Price 



. List will be issued next week. 



ZECH & MANN, 



51 Wabash Avenue, 



L. D. FHONX, 

 CXNTBAI. 8284. 



Wholeiale Groweri and Skippers •! 



Cut Flowers 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



mums. Choice Beauties are still selling 

 at $5 and $6 per dozen retail, while the 

 bulk of the general stock is going at $4. 



Brides and Maids, as well as Chate- 

 nays, are good and quantity larger. The 

 supply of carnations coming in is much 

 larger and the quality improving. Some 

 fine Enchantress are seen, as well as 

 White and Lawson. The ruling price is 

 $2 and $3 per hundred. 



Chyrsanthemums are, of course, becom- 

 ing more numerous and of improved qual- 

 ity. Not many fancy varieties have yet 

 made their appearance. The top price 

 this week at retail was $5 per dozen for 

 a few extra large flowers, while other 

 good grades bring $3 or $4. Violets 

 bring a better price this week owing to 

 better color and quality. Choice are $1 

 per hundred wholesale. 



Variotfi Notes. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibition 

 of the city greenhouses is now on, under 

 the direction of Mr. Bushmore and his 

 assistant, Mr. Kohankie. They have a 



fine display, perhaps surpassing in mag- 

 nificence any previous exhibition. They 

 have a totsJ of 2,042 plants, including 

 many newer sorts. In addition, they have 

 a fine showing of Begonia Lorraine and 

 cyclamens, as well as a fruit bearing 

 orange tree. The greenhouses are open 

 from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., including Sun- 

 day, and the public is invited. 



J. A. Valentine is a visitor at the 

 chrysanthemum show in Chicago this 

 week. 



The Silvey Floral Co., 527 Sixteenth 

 street, will close out its business after 

 Thanksgiving. 



The Park Floral Co. has issued a neat 

 engagements booklet, which it is mailing 

 to its customers. It is a dainty affair, 

 containing no advertising matter except 

 the firm's name, business and address, on 

 the title page. 



N. A. Benson has some fine Enchan- 

 tress coming in. H. S. K. 



The Beview will send Saltford's Vio- 

 let Book on receipt of 25 cents. 



PRIZES AWARDED. 



The committee consisting of C. T. 

 Guenther, F. C. Weber and E. F. Winter- 

 son, appointed by President Kasting to 

 pass upon the prize essays submitted in 

 the contest for the Kasting prizes, now 

 is ready to report. It will be remem- 

 bered that the subject assigned was ' ' The 

 Best Method of Marketing the Product 

 of the Plant and Flower Growers," and 

 that the essays were lost in the mails at 

 convention time. The committee now 

 awards first prize to J. Austin Shaw, sec- 

 ond to Charles Ingram and third to M. B. 

 Faxon. 



THE BEST METHOD. 



[The first prize essay, written by J. Austin 

 Shaw, New York.] 



This subject presents for our considera- 

 tion two distinct sections of the whole- 

 sale florist business. First, the best 

 method of marketing the product of the 

 wholesale plant growers. To market the 

 plants profitably, they must be well 

 grown, for to ' * market ' ' means to sell 



