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The Weekly Florists^ Revietv 



Decembeb 20, 1906. 



i 



GEO. REINBERG 



Wholesale Grower /^^^4- 1I^1^-K-«-vr,/-k««<^ 35 Randolph St. 

 and Shipper of C^LlX r^iOWCrS CHICAGO 



— = PO I N SETTI AS — = 



Good Stock, $4*00 to $6.00 per doa.; Kztra Fancy, $6.00 per doa. 



Will have a fair supply of BEAUTIES, RICHMOND, LIBERTY, 



MAID, BRIDE, KILLARNEY, UNCLE JOHN, CHATENAY, 



and CARNATIONS at Chicago Market Prices. 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



LAST 



If you have not already "Covered" yourself on CUT 

 FLOWERS (Fancy Poinsettias our specialty), Christ- 

 mas Bells, Fancy Holly, Evergreen Wreathing, 



^^ y^ ■ W Mistletoe, Boxwood, Etc., remember we are head- 



quarters. Inside Chicago Market Quotations. 



= RUSH ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY. 



E. F. WINTERSON CO., 



45-47-49 Wabash Avenue, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The ReyJew when you write. 



says that this is the greatest Christmas 

 the firm has ever experienced. 



M. Eice & Co. report the largest 

 Christmas business in their history, keep- 

 ing them busy from early in the morning 

 until late every night. 



Samuel Lilley, the friend of Eugene 

 Weiss, says that the top-notch prices on 

 certain varieties of tea roses are only for 

 blooms tHat have been hand-picked with 

 kid gloves. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. is planning 

 two more improvements to its already 

 splendidly equipped store. The first is to 

 raise the four desks in the center of the 

 store, the second to add deskroom by en- 

 larging the platform occupied by the 

 telephone exchange. Automatic guards 

 on the elevator are a recent improvement. 



J. Stern & Co. are experiencing a great 

 holiday rush in tl^eir new quarters. 



Answers to G)rrespondents. 



Review readers are invited to send any ques- 

 tions relating to culture or marketing of plants 

 and flowers in Philadelphia, to Phil, In care of 

 any of the leading seed or commission houses. 

 Each question will be submitted to a competent 

 person and answered under number. Correct 

 name and address must always accompany In- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



58. Is there any money in chrysan- 

 themums grown for the Philadelphia 

 wholesale market if shipped about 200 

 miles? We could grow from 1,000 to 

 1,500 dozens. Please tell us what we 

 could average for good flowers after ex- 

 penses were deducted. 



Answer. — Chrysanthemums can be safe- 

 ly shipped 200 miles, provided they are 



carefully packed. The Philadelphia 

 market absorbed all the blooms offered 

 this season at prices that were generally 

 satisfactory, but I cannot express an 

 opinion as to whether or not they would 

 pay you. The average price for fine 

 flowers, taking the season through, was 

 from 10 cents to 121^ cents each. From 

 this must be deducted 15 per cent for 

 commissions and $1.25 per hundred 

 pounds express charges from your ship- 

 ping station. Phjl. 



MONTREAL. 



The Market 



Business the last week has been ex- 

 ceptional for this time of year and good 

 stock has found a ready sale. The stores 

 have all been brushing up and getting 

 on their Christmas attire. 



The uptown florists were kept busy 

 with funeral work the early part of last 

 week on account of the death of the 

 superintendent of the Montreal street 

 railway. There were more flowers than 

 have been at any other funeral for some 

 time. The number of large pieces was 

 noticeable. The company sent a 4-foot 

 trolley car made of carnations and vio- 

 lets, which was well executed by Miss 

 J. S. Murray and called forth a great 

 deal of comment. McKenna & Son made 

 a broken trolley six feet high and two 

 pyramids with the medal of the Victoria 

 cross on them, placed on a base of 

 bronze galax. This was well done and 



carried out the idea of his personal 

 friend and member of a party which 

 traveled through Egypt with the de- 

 ceased. The employees sent numerous 

 pieces, such as large gates ajar, broken 

 columns, pillows, crosses and a deluge 

 of other designs. 



Friday brought a good demand for 

 fine stock on account of Lady Allen's 

 ball and the opening of the Mount 

 Royal Club. S. S. Bain had the deco- 

 rating of the clubhouse, which was car- 

 ried out on an elaborate scale. The use 

 of large plants of Queen Alexandra 

 daisies and vincas, with the rich color 

 of the walls and draperies, made a hand- 

 some effect. Miss Murray bad the deco- 

 rations for Lady Allen's ball. The ta- 

 bles were forty in number and were dec- 

 orated with Enchantress carnations, 

 orchids and lily of the valley. Miss 

 Murray also had quite a number of din- 

 ners preceding th^ ball. One given at 

 the St. James Club was entirely of vio- 

 lets and lily of the valley. 



Various Notes. 



Colin Campbell has begun to show 

 holiday specialties. He has quite a large 

 assortment of plant baskets handsomely 

 filled with azaleas, poinsettias, begonias 

 and French maple. On entering the 

 shop one is attracted by a huge cross of 

 honor, of boxwood vdth a wreath of holly 

 across the arms. This is well executed 

 and presents a striking appearance. 



Hall & Robinson are making a special 

 display of Christmas wreaths of red im- 



