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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 3, 1907. 



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VIOLETS 



Best Hudson River stock. 

 Largest Supply in this market. 



CARNATIONS 



Large Cuts now on 



Let us quote on special lots. 



ROSES 



Teas are fine and plentiful. 

 Beauties in good supply. 



ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY, 



58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



last few days. Prices for extra fine scarlet 

 and Enchantress were high. Violets 

 were especially good and sold well. Valley 

 was much sought for and Paper Whites and 

 Komans sold well because there was no 

 advance in price. There were a few 

 Trumpet major in the market, Poinset- 

 tias were poor this year and few pans 

 of good stock to be seen. Begonias, aza- 

 leas and cyclamens took the lead as sell- 

 ers, while some large pans of cypripedi- 

 ums done up in pea green and yellow 

 trimmings sold out early in the day at 

 a good profit. 



TVIN axiES. 



The Market 



Christmas business was undoubtedly 

 the heaviest that we have ever had and a 

 general feeling of satisfaction • is felt 

 throughout the trade. The growers dis- 

 posed of everything that was grown for 

 Christmas trade and the retailers in turn 

 were successful in turning it over at 

 handsome profits. 



Plants of poinsettias sold at sight and 

 at good figures. Azaleas were somewhat 

 of a disappointment to a great many. 

 Gyclameils and poinsettias seem to have 

 taken the lead over azaleas in sales and 

 a small number of them were carried 

 over by nearly all of the dealers. 



Baskets of plants sold well. Some 

 handsome arraijgements were »• -noted, 

 whicl brought from $5 to' $15 apiece. 

 The demand for them appeared to be 

 quite heavy and it was noticeable that 

 when a handsome basket was shown it 

 would sell in preference to cut flowers. 

 Holly wreaths sold about the same as 

 other seasons, the holly, however, was 

 much better than that handled for a 

 number of yeajs. 



The sale of cut flowers was a surprise 

 to nearly all of the trade. Never before 

 were there so many sold, notwithstanding 

 the high prices. 



St.PauL 



L. L. May & Co. report the heaviest 

 city trade they have had in years. The 

 run was strong on cut flowers. While a 

 great many plants were sold, the sale 

 on them did not exceed that of previous 

 years. 



Colberg & Lemke put up some hand- 



some windoAvs Christmas week. They re- 

 port trade as being fully up to expecta- 

 tions, disposing of a large number of 

 Elegantissima ferns at fancy prices. 

 They report an especially good trade on 

 cut flowers. 



Holm & Olson's store was nicely deco- 

 rated. They had large arches of holly 



Tbe Kdltor is pleased 

 wlien a Reader 

 presents Ills Ideas 

 on any subject treated 



tV/C^ 



As experience Is tbe best 

 teacher, so do 'we 

 learn fastest by an 

 ezcbanee of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brougrht out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling and gram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write fis you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WX SHALL. BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM TOU. 



in their immense windows and Christmas 

 bells were hung in large numbers. They 

 report a fine trade. Their stock of 

 plants was good and sales heavy. Prac- 

 tically the only plants left were a few 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 



E. F. Lemke reports a satisfactory 

 business, the demand being especially 

 heavy on cut flowers. 



C. F. Vogt reports the largest Christ- 

 mas trade he ever had. 



A, S. Swanson did a nice trade and 

 obtained the best of prices for every- 

 thing. 



NEW TEAR'S GREETING. 



A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all. 

 GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN, ILL. 



At New Years we get ready for Easter. 

 WE OFFER SPECIAL 



HYDRANGEAS, Jo^Te^a^cr*"*^' '"^*° 



2-year-o1d plants, 75c to $1.25 each. 

 S-year-old plants, $1.25 to $1.75 each. 



A74I FAS ^c. 75c and $1.00 each. These are 

 n^'^i-i-rttjj flue plants for p: aster blooming. 



We now ofTer the following young stock : 

 Glean, healthy. 



BEGONIAS, 8 to 10 varieties, 2^ in $5.00 



3Jn..$8.00; 4-in., $12.50. 



HELIOTROPES, 2i^-in 6.00 



LANTANAS, 2}^-ln 8.60 



FEVERFEW, 2j^-!n : 6.(0 



PETUNIAS, 2>^ln .*. 6.C0 



SALVIA, 2V^-in 8.50 



MME. SALLEROI GERANIUM, 2^^-in.. 4.00 



Red, White. Pink and Salmon Geraniums, 

 2H-in., $8.50. 



Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin, III. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Boiton Ferns, 5-in. pots, 13.00 per doz.; 8-in. 

 pols, $16.00 per doz.: 11-in. pots, $2.60. Specimens 

 In 12 in. pots, t5.0u, 16.00 and $7.00 each; 14-in.pots, 

 $16 00 per pair. 8co«tll Ferns, 6^-in. pots, 13.00 

 per doz.; 6-ln. pots, $8.00 per doz. : 7 and 8-in. pots, 

 Il2.no per doz. N. KleKantiasima, h%An. pots, 

 15.00 per doz. N. Whttmani, 4^-ln pots, $6.00 

 per doz. Hnp'erb Boxwoocl. just arrived, per- 

 fectly shaped. Bashes for window boxes, 24-in. 

 high, 11.00 to $1.50 a pair. Pyramid Box, 3 ft. 

 high. $2.50 to 13.00 a pair; S^ ft. hlph, $4.00 a pair; 

 4 ft. high, $4 5U and $6.q0 a pair; 4^ ft. high, $6.00 to 

 $7.00 a pair; 6 ft. high. $8 00. # 



Cadh or satisfactory New York references. 



ANTON SCHULTBEIS, College Point, N.T. 



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BOSTON FERNS 



Fine pot-grown stock from 6-in., 40c each; 6-in., 

 26c; 3-in., $7.00 per 100: 2>i-in., $8.00 per 100. 



Napbrolepla Barrowall, from 5-in., 2Sc 

 each. Write for special discount on large qnan- 



"*y NELSON & KLOPFER 



1101 FUth At*. PEORIA, ILL. 



Formerly Cation Greenhouse Co. 



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Minneapolis. 



The New York Floral Co. put up a 

 handsome window and handled consider- 

 able transient business, more carnations 

 than anything else. 



Ralph Latham's place was nicely deco- 



