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Januaby 3, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



485 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



1,500,000 Feet of Glass. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



American Beauties 



Per doz. 



Long stem $8.00 



30-inch 6.00 



24-inch 4.00 



20-inch 3.00 



18-inch 2.50 



J5-inch 2.00 



12-inch 1.50 



Short $1.00 to 1.25 



Per 100 



Maid and Bride $6.00 to $12.00 



Uncle John 6.00 to 15.00 



Chatenay 6.00 to 15.00 



Liberty 6.00 to 15.00 



Richmond 6.00 to 15.00 



Sunrise 6.00 to 12.00 



Perle 6.00 to 8.00 



Golden Gate 6.00 to 12.00 



Killarney 8.00 to 15.00 



Ivory 6.00 to 12.00 



ROSES9 our selection, $5.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Carnations $4.00 to $6.00 



Valley 4.00 to 5.00 



Violets 1.50 to 2.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 to 4.00 



Romans 3.00 to 4.00 



Stevia 1.50 to 2.00 



Callas per doz. 2.00 to 3.00 



Harrisii " 2.00 to 3.00 



Asparagfus Plumosus, 



per buuch 50 to .75 



Ferns per 1000 2.00 



Galax ** 1.00 



Mention Thf Review when you write. 



attend the carnation convention at To- 

 ronto this month. 



Club meeting January 10. President 

 H. N. Bruns will preside for the first 

 time and call to order promptly at 8 p.m. 



George Walther is distributing a hand- 

 some calendar to the people in Engle- 

 wood. 



The "Wittbold Co. reports a good 

 Christmas business, surpassing that of 

 former years. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The Christmas trade was phenomenally 

 large in the sale of blooming plants; 

 with cut flowers it was as usual during 

 • a holiday rush. From all sides the re- 

 port comes that in every reepect it was 

 most satisfactory and the growers cer- 

 tainly have little to complain of, as 

 prices were high on all grades of stock. 

 It was first thought that stock of all 

 kinds would be scarce, but at the last 

 moment there was plenty of almost ev- 

 erything. The wholesalers had some 

 heavy orders booked. These were, in 

 most cases, filled, both local and ship- 

 ping orders. 



American Beauties were somewhat 

 scarce, also fancy stock in other roses, 

 but of the leeser grades there were 

 enough. Carnations went at top price; 

 nothing was sold under $4 per hundred. 

 Violets were not at all plentiful. The 

 cloudy weather for three weeks kept them 

 back. These were all cleaned up at $2 

 per hundred. In bulb stock the market 

 had plenty of Komans, Paper Whites, 

 and valley. On these no increase of 



price was asked. Christmas greens in 

 holly, mistletoe and wreathing had an 

 unprecedented demand. 



Among the west end florists it was a 

 foregone conclusion that the demand for 

 plants would be large and they laid in 

 a big stock, with hardly anything left 

 the next day that was worth having. 

 The same was true of the downtown 

 florists, all of whom report a big Christ- 

 mas business. 



Variouf Notes. 



President Irish and Chairman Frank 

 Weber were out Thursday in the interest 

 of the guarantee fund, among the busi- 

 ness men, with good results. This week 

 the other committeemen, W. (;. Smith 

 and A. J. Bentzen, will take up the work 

 among the north side business men. The 

 fund is growing each day. 



Frank Fillmore, one of the club's 

 hardest workers, was badly hurt last 

 week by slipping on the ice near his 

 home. From reports today he is mend- 

 ing nicely. 



Alex Siegel will, after the first of the 

 year, move to his new location, Broad- 

 way and Washington avenues, in the old 

 Grand Leader building. 



W. J. Pilcher and J. Potts, old-timers 

 in the business, helped out Mrs. M, M. 

 Ayers during the holiday rush. 



Arthur Ellison was again in harness 

 during the holiday week, helping out the 

 old folks, who report one of the biggest 

 holiday's business they ever had. 



W. C. Hill Floral Co., of Streator, 

 111., is sending to Smith & Co. some of 

 the fine light pink Lawson, named Mel- 

 ody. This is really a fine seller and in 

 great demand among the retailers. 



Adolph Brix, on St. Louis avenue, had 



the best Christmas trade in years. Mr. 

 Brix is one of the big buyers at the 

 wholesale markets. 



W. C. Smith has been appointed super- 

 intendent of the chicken show, which will 

 be held next week. A better selection 

 could not have been made. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 held a meeting Tuesday, December 18, 

 at C. C. Sanders' place on Delmar ave- 

 nue. Harry Young presided, with ten 

 members present. They decided to hold 

 an open meeting this month, when lec- 

 tures will be given by prominent speak- 

 ers on horticulture and other matters 

 pertaining to the society's ' interest. 

 This meeting will be held the third Tues- 

 day in January, the regular meeting 

 night. 



The members of the St. Louis Flo- 

 rists ' Club will meet next Thursday after- 

 noon in the new hall in the Burlington 

 building, 810 Olive street. The secre- 

 tary will send notices to each member, 

 as usual, and President Irish expects a 

 large attendance, as the flower show com- 

 mittee has something extra to report, 

 which will be of great interest to all the 

 members. J. J. B. 



Bloomington, III. — The boiler-house 

 of the cemetery greenhouse burned down 

 on the morning of December 24. A por- 

 tion of the roof of the greenhouse was 

 also totally destroyed, damaging some of 

 the plants. Quick work by a force of 

 carpenters saved the remainder of the 

 plants from freezing. 



I THINK the Review is the best paper 

 for florists. It is a great help and very 

 instructive. — P. W. Mason, Bernardsville, 



N. J. 



