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jANnABY 3, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



493 



ROSES 



CARNATIONS 



VIOLETS VALLEY 



And all other stock in season in larg^e supply 

 WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU*.««.t« 



E. H.HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



CURRENT PRICES 



BBAUTIES Per doz. 



80to36-lnch 16 00 to 18.00 



34to28-lDCh 4.00tO 6.00 



16to2U-iiich 2.00 to 3.00 



8tol3-iiich 100 to 2.00 



Shorts .75 



ROSBS (Teai) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 14.00 to 110.00 



Richmond and Liberty tf.OO to 16.00 



Golden Gate and Uncle John 4.00 to 10 00 



Chatenay 4.00to 10.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



CARNATIONS 2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00to 5.00 



MISCELIiANKOUS 



Violets, double l.OOto 1.60 



Violets, single l.OOto 1.50 



Harrisli Lilies per doz. 2.00 to 2.60 



Callas " 2.00 



Valley 400 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Romans 3.00 



Mignonette 4.00 to U.OO 



OREBNS 



Smllax Strings per doz. 1.50 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each .40 to .50 



Asparagus Bunches " .35 



Sprengerl Bunches " .36 



Adiantum per 100 .76 



Ferns, Common per 1000 2.50 



Galax, G. and B " 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7.50 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



I make a 

 Specialty of 



ORCHIDS 



and all 



FANCY 

 CUT 



Headquarters flowers 



I a.m now booking orders for regular shipments of cut flowers for the coming season, 

 and would appreciate an order from you for your regular supply. Regular shipments made 

 daily, every other day, or as often as you like, and at lowest market prices. TRY ME. 



CURRENT PRICK LIST 



ORCHIDS, a specialty. Per doz. 

 Dendroblum Formosum 15.1)0 to IB.OO 



Cattleyas (i.OO to 9.00 



Cyprlpedlums 2.00 to 3.00 



Assorted, box, I6.0U to t26. 

 Beantles, Extra Fancy. . 8.00 



24 to 36-lnch stems 5.00 to G.OO 



16 to 20-inch stems 'i.OO to 4.00 



Short stems 75 to 1.50 



Per 100 



Bride, Maid, Ivory 6.00 to 12.00 



Perle, Gate 6.U0 to 12.00 



Liberty, Richmond 6.U0 to 15.00 



Chatenay, Sunrise 0.00 to 12.00 



Roses, my selection 4.00 



Carnations, large fancy... 4 00 to 6.00 



good stock — 2.C0 to 3.00 



Violets, double or single.. l.OOto 1.50 



Harrisli perdoz. 2.00 to 2.50 



Valley S.OOto 5.0O 



Paper Whites, Romans .... 3.00 



Callas perdoz., 2.00 



Mignonette 4 00 to 8.00 



Marguerites l.OOto 2.00 



Smllax perdoz., 2.00 



Asparagus Strings... each, .35 to .50 

 Asp. Plu., Sprengerl, bunch, .36 to .76 



Adiantum per lOO, 1.00 



Ferns per lOOO, 2.00 to 2.50 



Galax " 1.00 



Leucothoe per 100 .75 



Boxwood Sprays... per lb. .16 



Wild Smilax, case 13.00. 14.00, I5.C0 



Subject to change without notice. 



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tions, including about 1,000 red, helped 

 them out. Mr. Taepke recently acquired 

 the property occupied by the green- 

 houses and dwelling on Elmwood avenue. 



Mrs. Allan P. Cox is highly elated 

 over the holiday trade. This is her first 

 ''hristmas in the business, but the rush 

 was handled remarkably well. 



The large number of plants seen at 

 Schroeter's before the rush dwindled 

 down to nothing. Ferns, palms, cycla- 

 mens, begonias, azaleas, etc., sold fast 

 •>ut a large lot of poinsettias went best. 

 They also have had several good deco- 

 ■ations. 



Various Notes. 



James Taylor and George Rackham 

 'lave gone back to the good old way of 

 iieating, throwing out hot water under 

 forced circulation. 



Chas. Tuson, of Windsor, supplied the 

 dealers with many roses. Beauties and 

 fine valley. 



This was a sad Christmas at the De- 

 troit Floral Co. Mr. and Mrs. Flower- 

 •iay's only daughter was hovering be- 

 tween life and death for several weeks, 

 passing into the long sleep Christmas 

 noon. Being the only daughter and just 



in her teens, with everything bright be- 

 fore her, made it all the more sad. Nu- 

 merous floral tributes expressed the deep- 

 est sympathy from the many friends. 



Ed. Beard suffered from a severe at- 

 tack of la grippe but is again on his 

 feet. 



E. A. Fetters has sold out his business 

 to Murray Patefson, viio ran a flower 

 stand at the Strand grocery store, which 

 failed recently. H. S. 



CLEVELAND. 



Christmas Comment. 



All things considered, trade and con- 

 ditions at Christmas were quite satisfac- 

 tory to all the leading florists. By the 

 leading florists I mean those who put 

 forth an extra effort to make Christmas 

 the best ever, and succeeded. It means 

 lots of hard work and early and late 

 hours and some little grumbling, but now 

 that it is all over we find ourselves in 

 as good trim as ever and ready for the 

 next rush of orders, which will come Feb- 

 ruary 14, when the demand for violets 

 and roses will take up everything in 

 sight — providence and the weather per- 



mitting — as it does not want to be too 

 cold on St. Valentine's day or it will 

 freeze out all the love of little Cupid, 

 and the violets for milady will remain 

 on the shelf. 



Christmas had several surprises for 

 the store man, but the greatest shock 

 came when notified that best stock in 

 longest Beauties had advanced to $15 to 

 $18 per dozen and selected red, white 

 and pink roses to $25 per hundred. We 

 in the provinces have not been accus- 

 tomed to such high values and it was a 

 hard matter to explain to a would-be 

 purchaser the reason for the advance. 

 These high prices at Christmas are a 

 body blow to the occasional buyer of 

 the great middle class, and the result is 

 that instead of making a future customer 

 out of this annual visitor for your own 

 future good and profit, you drive him off 

 with the thought that it is no use to try 

 to buy flowers at any of the first-class 

 stores. 



Everything cleaned up well this year 

 at good prices and there were only' a 

 few white carnations left over for the 

 next day's crop of funerals. Carnations 

 were extra fine and in great quantities the 



