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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jandabi 17, 1907. 



iBEST ROSES 



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KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, BRIDESMAID, BRIDE 



and a full line of CUT FLOWERS of all kinds. 



CARNATIONS FOR McKINLEY DAY 



I The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 



! Wholesale Cut Flowers, 35 Randolph St., Chicago 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



STOCK MUCH MORE PLENTirUL 



So don't be afraid to order. You will only be charged market prices. Let your orders come. 



PLENTY OF WILD SMILAX 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



40-42-44 Randolph Street, U a Phone, central 466 



CHICAGO 



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TVIN QTIES. 



The Market. 



The demand last week was rather 

 light. Roses are scarce and it was next 

 to impossible to get select, home-grown 

 stock. The most of the roses that are 

 brought in can only be termed as good 

 medium stock. Killarney is off crop and 

 Bridesmaid is about the best on the 

 market in pink roses. Bride is about 

 equal to the demand, also Richmond. 

 Some very fine Beauties are carried by 

 the larger concerns and retail at $10 per 

 dozen. Carnations are good, especially 

 Enchantress and Craig. It is noticeable 

 that a large number are split. Miscel- 

 laneous stock, such as Paper Whites, 

 Romans, etc., is plentiful. A small 

 number of tulips are on the market, but 

 only one dealer seems to be able to 

 handle them profitably. Some nice white 

 lilac is offered at a stiff price. 



St. Paul. 



The Ramaley Floral Co. intends sell- 

 ing out, with the object of entering the 

 business in a wholesale way. There is 

 no doubt but that the growers would 

 like to have a place to bring their stock 

 to; it would save them considerable 

 time and would, at the same time, be 

 a great help to the retailers. The base- 

 ment of their present location could not 

 be improved upon for the above pur- 

 pose, it being centrally located. 



Adolph Bagdahl, formerly with the 

 Fleishman Floral Co., New York, and 

 later with the Wheeling Greenhouse Co., 

 of Wheeling W. Va., is now doing the 

 designing for L. L. May & Co. Owing 



to the heavy increase in trade this firm 

 found it necessary to add to the force. 

 His initial design was a 24-inch violet 

 pillow, which was made of solid violets 

 with a loose effect and which was 

 favorably commented on. J. W. Hoff- 

 man, who has charge of the retail de- 

 partment, says that city trade is excep- 

 tionally heavy. 



H. E. Philpott, manager of the Chi- 

 cago Floral Co., Winnipeg, spent a day 

 in St. Paul on his return from the south 

 and east. He reports business good in 

 Winnipeg, but a hard place to supply 

 good stock. The output of home-grown 

 stock is light and the demand heavy. 



August S. Swanson is cutting some 

 nice white lilac. The demand for it is 

 good and it brings a good price. For 

 rarities it is hard to beat Mr. Swanson. 



Chris Buss jaeger continues to make 

 improvements in his plant, the last be- 

 ing an alarm system, which works well 

 and has so far proved satisfactory. A 

 number of growers have of late in- 

 stalled recording thermometers and ther- 

 mostats. 



Minneapolis. 



Rice Bros, report a good business. Of 

 late they have had some very good stock, 

 especially in roses, and undoubtedly 

 helped the retailers out to a large ex- 

 tent. 



Donaldson's have been turning out a 

 great many designs of late. People are 

 not only buying cut flowers at the de- 

 partment stores, but are also ordering 

 funeral designs. 



Geo. Murtfeldt reports trade as be- 

 ing fair, but reports diflSculty in get- 

 ting good stock. Felix. 



Kenosha, Wis.— W. H. Drake has 

 taken his son-in-law into partnership and 

 the firm name now is W. H. Drake & Co. 

 Another house will be added in the 

 spring. 



The Review is everything one could 

 desire. One would think it could not 

 possibly be improved, still it does seem 

 better every year. — Thos. Wagstait, 

 Lake Forest, 111. 



Larned, Kan. — Tyra Montgomery says 

 there is a splendid opening here for an 

 energetic man with some capital and 

 who knows how to do it, to bmld green- 

 houses and grow cut flowers and plants. 

 Citizens would encourage the enterprise. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



AdyertlsementB under this head one cent a 

 word. CASH WITH ORDER. When answers 

 are to be addressed in our care, add 10 cents lor 

 forwarding. 



SITUATION WANTED-By married man with 

 10 years' experience In greneral greenhouse 

 work. Address No. S6, care Florists' Review, 

 Chlcagro. 



SITUATION WANTED— By rood all-round man 

 under ^lass and out-door irardening; flowers, 

 lawn, shrubberies and vegetables; 20 years' ex- 

 perience In all branches; private place preferred; 

 (rood references. Address No. 88, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As manager of a good 

 size establishment where a man of wide ex- 

 perience Is desired; familiar with catalogue 

 work and could control considerable trade; cor- 

 respondence solicited. Address No. 24, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Young, single man, 

 experienced In growing general greenhouse 

 stock, wishes position in the South; has had 

 special training among well-known rose growers 

 of the North; good references. Address "A," 

 care Edw. Reld, 1626 Banstead St., Philadelphia. 



