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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 3, 1907 



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GEO.REINBERG 



Wholesale 

 and 



sale Grower /^^^-^ 1Z?1 .<-».■«■« r.*-*.**^^ 35 Randolph St. 

 Shipper of C^llX r^^iOWCrS CHICAGO 



A LARGE SUPPLY OF 



BEAUTIES, RICHMOND, LIBERTY, CHATENAY, 

 MAID, BRIDE, KILLARNEY, UNCLE JOHN, 

 and CARNATIONS at Chicago Market Prices. 



Very strong on everything;. 



Send US your orders and we will send you fine stock. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WE look for MUCH MORE STOCK following New Year's. So don't be afraid to 

 order. You will only be charged market prices. Let your orders COme* 



CARNATIONS, ROSES, VIOLETS, VALLEY, PAPER WHITES 



Wire or Phone— We do the rest 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



40-42-44 Randolph Street, l. a Phone, central 466 CHICAGO 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



Various Notes. 



M. Bice & Co. are already busy fixing 

 up stock and getting in shape for a large 

 Easter business, which this year comes 

 very early, March 31. 



The white cotton-holly wreath de- 

 scribed in this Qolumn two weeks ago has 

 been adopted by the Union League, and 

 may be seen at its window on Broad 

 street. 



It is pleasant to see Paul Eichter back 

 in the H. F. Michell Co. seed store. 



Alfred Burton had a large crop of Lib- 

 erties for Christmas. 



S. S. Skidelsky read his paper on ' ' Our 

 Credit System, Its Uses and Abuses," 

 before the January meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club on New Year's evening. 



Those who object to the prices of cut 

 flowers at Christmas will do well to no-, 

 tice that the 6-inch pans of Saintpaulia 

 ionantha, which brought $1 each before 

 the holidays, can now be had for the sum 

 of 50 cents each. 



Wesley Clark is now with the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The story that Eugene Weiss was seen 

 in pursuit of the setting sun on Christ- 

 mas eve with two boxes of fancy Maids 

 under his arm is strenuously denied by 

 Samuel lilley. 



John Mclntyre is handling quantities 

 of fine stevia. Phil. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Flowers remain well cleaned up just 

 now. It is a case of "everything going 

 out and nothing coming in." Few Beau- 

 ties are seen and other roses also are at 

 a premium. Carnations are coming in 

 more plentifully but remain cleaned up 

 at prices ranging from $5 to $8 per 

 hundred. The finest Enchantress ever 

 seen are coming from Mount Clemens. 

 Violets are also way up, both single and 

 double. Valley brings from $3.50 to 

 $4.50 per hundred and is in large de- 

 mand. Stevia sells well. Narcissi and 

 daffodils are used extensively. 



Even though the holidays are over, 

 plants are selling well. The high prices 

 of cut flowers have created quite a sale 

 of blooming plants for sick people. 



Among: the Craft. 



Despite that all are glad the holiday 

 rush is over for another year, were it not 

 for these extra occasions life would seem 

 rather dull. 



Wm. Brown and his force put in some 

 long hours. A large decoration in 

 Strassburg's hall on Christmas eve 

 added to his troubles. 



J. F. Sullivan's window was prettily 

 decorated, a snow effect of cotton-batting 



with a number of Christmas novelties. 

 Sullivan does the violet business in this 

 city and many thousand eastern violets 

 were disposed of at good prices. 



In 1905 E. A. Fetters was not able 

 to say much about the holiday business, 

 that being his first season in Detroit, but 

 he has built up a good trade and is well 

 satisfied with 1906 Christmas. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 has again passed through an unusually 

 heavy siege. Under the careful manage- 

 ment of Robert Eahaley, business is 

 booming. 



The Bemb Floral Co. was taxed to the 

 limit. Albert Pochelon had just com- 

 pleted some changes in the store. This 

 firm makes a specialty of prepared 

 grasses, palm leaves, etc. 



Breitmeyer's beautiful store was all 

 aglow with red. They had a much larger 

 cut from their houses than for several 

 years, but everything went. Many taste- 

 ful baskets seen alwut the store before 

 Christmas were all claimed by Santa 

 Claus. Breitmeyer's also have had many 

 orders for receptions and parties. 



The Detroit Cut Flower Exchange re- 

 ports an unusually satisfactory Christ- 

 mas. 



Taepke always closes the store and 

 greenhouses the afternoon of December 

 26, giving all hands a chance to catch 

 up sleep. An extra large cut of c^rna- 



