January 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



625 



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Qualify, Service and Salibility 





We have plenty of stock — all grades, including the kind the most 

 critical will approve. 



£^s^mtw%x^4m£\w%^^ are especially good — the best large lot to 

 ^arnailUiia be found in the west. 



Beauties and Roses Zt^tZ'^""'' 



VIOLETS AND VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Perdoz. 



Steins, 3U to 36 Inches 15.00 to Ki.OU 



Stems, 20 to 24 inches 3.00 to 4.00 



Stems, 12 to 16 inenes 1.50 to 2.00 



Seconds 76 to 1.00 



Bridesmaid per 100, 400 to 12.00 



Bride " 4.00 to 12 00 



Chatenay " 4.i0to 12.0U 



Golden Gate " 4 00 to 12.00 



Richmond and Liberty... " 6.00 to 15.00 



Carnations, select " 2.00 to 3.00 



large and fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



91 IscellaneouB Stock 



Violets, N. Y. double " .75 to 1.00 



single " .75 to 1.00 



Valley, select •' ?.00 to 4.P0 



Callaar-i perdoz. 1.50 to 2.00 



Harrlsii " 2.00 to 2..50 



Mignonette " .50 to .75 



Sweet Peas per 100, 1.00 to l.-W 



Romans " 3.00 



Paper Whites " 3.00 



Jonquils.. " 4.00 to 5.00 



Tulips " 4.00 to 5.00 



Green Goods 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .35 to .60 



" per buncli, .35 to .7o 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.U0 to 5.00 



Adiantuni " i.oo 



Sniilax per 100, 115.00; per doz. 2.00 



Ferns per 1000, 12.50; per 100. .25 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000, 16.00; per 100, 75c 

 Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, $1.00. 



per case, 10.000, $9.00 



Boxwood 35c per bunch; $7.50 per case 



Subject to change without notice. 



Store open 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays and 



holidays closed at noon. 



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Business took a brace the latter part 

 of last week and there was quite a cheer- 

 ful tone in the market, but this week 

 has seen a relapse. It is all blamed to 

 the weather. It has been decidedly de- 

 pressing and it seems that the whole 

 town is ill with a cold. The local de- 

 mand is confined almost entirely to stock 

 for funeral purposes. It keeps white 

 stuff cleaned up closely and, indeed, 

 about the only surplus at the present 

 time is in Lawson carnations. 



The long-continued dark weather has 

 reduced the crops of Beauty, but at the 

 same time quality and demand have gone 

 down so that prices are lower than at 

 any time since Christmas. Short Beau- 

 ties especially are poor. Good Brides 

 and Maids are in strong request and 

 holding up in price. The call for short 

 stuff for funeral purposes has given the 

 low grade roses unusual value and prac- 

 tically everything in the rose line cleans 

 out quickly. 



Carnations were in the dumps last 

 week, sales averaging lower prices than 

 at any time in months, but this week 

 increased demand is resulting in better 

 averages, although prices on fancy have 

 been reduced in the price lists. There 

 is considerable complaint of the soft- 

 ness of the flowers. They are in sore 

 need of a few days of bright, cold 

 weather. 



There was a tremendous slump in vio- 

 lets last week. Eeceipts were not large, 

 but the only outlet for the bulk of the 

 stock was through the Greeks. This week 

 they are doing a little better, Monday's 



demand serving to clean up the market 

 for the first time in several days. There 

 are increased supplies of Harrisii and 

 callas, but Paper Whites and Romans 

 are in lighter supply. All these sell well 

 because of the demand for funeral work. 

 Not many tulips are in, nor are there 

 enough jonquils to go around. The sup- 

 plies in this line will increase with great 

 rapidity in the next few days. 



There is much complaint at the quality 

 of ferns, both those now coming from 

 Massachusetts and those from cold stor- 

 age. Green goods are not in heavy sup- 

 ply, nor are they in great demand. Many 

 funeral wreaths are being made of box- 

 wood and leucothoe and these two items 

 move well. 



T.l 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a good attendance, and two 

 boxes of cigars, at the Florists' Club 

 January 10, when President H. N. Bruns 

 called to order promptly at 8 p. m. All 

 the new officers were present. It gives 

 promise of being a most punctual and 

 efficient staff. P. C. Schupp is record- 

 ing secretary and E. C. Amling financial 

 secretary. 



President Bruns announced l^s com- 

 mittees, as follows: Good of the club — 

 J. F. Klimmer, Leonard Kill, H. B. How- 

 ard; transportation — P. J. Hauswirt^ 

 George Asmus, W. N. Ru^d; sports^ ; 

 John Degnan, Charles Balluff . . ' • , 



John Evart and Joseph Marks werp 

 elected to membership and A. T. Pyfer, 

 H. Cheesraan and H. Manheim were pror , 

 posed. 



For the committee on good of the club 

 J. F. Klimmer suggested that the club's 

 annual carnation show is due in Feb- 



ruary and it was decided to have the ex- 

 hibition on the regular meeting night, 

 February 14, opening at 7 p. m. E. F. 

 Winterson, P. C. Schupp and Leonard 

 Kill were appointed to take charge of the 

 show and were instructed to invite all 

 local growers to stage their best and all 

 raisers of novelties to send exhibits. Mr. 

 Klimmer also suggested that section fore- 

 men for all the local growers be urged to 

 put in writing, briefly, their views as to 

 the merits and faults of the varieties 

 they now are growing. It was consid- 

 ered a fine idea and adopted. 



George Asmus brought up the matter 

 of the date of the election and Leonard 

 Kill moved the date be changed. It 

 requires an amendment in the by-laws 

 and a resolution placing the election in 

 January was laia over under the rules. 



The trustees were authorized to renew 

 the lease on the present club room, two 

 nights a month, ta May, 1908, if no bet- 

 ter arrangement can be made. The room 

 is used only one night a month. 



Professor Hasselbring, secretary of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association, 

 called attention to the convention at 

 Bloomington next month. 



J. Hamlin, of Geneva, 111., was given 

 a vote of thanks for an exhibit of hot- 

 house tomatoes. 



Adjournment was at 9:30. 



The Season's Biggest Range. 



While George Reinberg has not as yet 

 announced his plans for building this 

 season, it is reported that he is placing 

 orders for material for eight houses, 

 each 27x300. This is covering a ground 

 area of 65,000 square feet, or approx- 

 imately an acre and a half. Greenhouse 



