JANUARY 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



721 



CARNATIONS 



Give McKinley day a boost in your local advertising— and 

 order your stock of tts — we shall have plenty — no advance 

 in prices for that day. 



VIOLETS 



Best Hudson River stock* Largest supply in this market* 

 Valentine's day is coming* 



ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 



58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



CURRENT PRICES 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



30 to 36 Inches 16.00 to W.OO 



20to241ncheB 3.0O to 4.00 



12tol51nche8 1.50to 2.00 



Shorts 76 to 1.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Bride and Maid tc 00 to tl5 00 



Richmond and Liberty H 00 to 



Qolden Qate and Uncie John.... Ou to 



Chatenay fi.OO to 



KUlamey 8.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS 2.60 to 



fancy 4.00 to 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Violets, double 76 to 



" single 75 to 



Harrlsli Lilies, doz., 12.00 to 12.50 



Callas.... •' 2.00 



Valley 2.00 to 



Paper Whites and Romans 



Jonquils 5.00 to 



Sweet Peas 1.00 to 



Tulips 4.00 to 



OKEENS 



Smilax Strings per doz., 



AsparagruB Strings each, .40 to 



Asparagus Bunches " .36 to 



Sprengerl Bunches " .25 to 



Adiantum per 100, 



Ferns, common per lOOU, 



Oalax, Oreen and Bronze " 100 to 



Leucothoe Sprays " 



Boxwood 50-lb. case. 



15.00 



12.00 



16.00 



16.00 



6.0U 



3.00 



6.00 



l.CO 

 1.00 



4.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 1.60 

 5.00 



2.00 



.60 



.60 



.60 



1.00 



2.60 



1.60 



7.60 



7.50 



Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. 



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Mention The Reriew when yon write. 



WILD SMILAX 



LARGE SUPPLY CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

 FINE QUALITY. LARGE CASES ONLY. 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



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



for a quorum, only an executive meet- 

 ing was held and it was decided to 

 hold a spring flower show, with full de- 

 tails to be made known later. The 

 month of March was set for the exhi- 

 bition. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, will 

 build a large building at the corner of 

 his place to be used by the government 

 as the Webster Groves post-office. 



Mary Ostertag has moved her store 

 from Grand avenue and Olive street 

 to Olive street and Vandeventer ave- 

 nue, the old stand to be wrecked and 

 replaced by a large office building. 



The St. Louis Palm Co., doing busi- 

 ness at 1010 Olive street for some time, 

 has gone out of business. 



C. A. Kuehn, A. Y. Ellison and J. J. 

 Beneke bowled last week in the city ten- 

 pin tournament and are well up in the 

 race for prizes. 



The trustees of the Florists' Club 

 met and have decided on the prizes 

 for the carnation show at the next meet- 

 ing, February 14. The awards will be 

 $5 and $3 for first and second in twenty- 

 five each red, light pink, rose pink, dark 

 pink, white and variegated, with $2 for 

 third best red. The prizes are only 

 open for local growers and club mem- 

 bers. The exhibition part is open to 

 all growers who have new varieties to 

 introduce. The trustees will make an 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



effort to reach every member of the 

 club and request his attendance on this 

 occasion. This exhibition and meeting 

 will be held in the Burlington building, 

 810 Olive street, eighth floor. 



Phil. Breitmeyer, as park commis- 

 sioner, and his secretary, M. D. Hulbert. 

 of Detroit, spent Monday, January 19, 

 in St. Louis in company with Commis- 

 sioner Robert Aull, Secretary Duffy, 

 Superintendent Ostertag and J. J. 

 Beneke. After visiting Mayor Wells and 

 other heads in our city departments, a 

 visit to the different parks was made in 

 an automobile. The party left on the 

 8:30 Wabash train, each having in his 

 possession a Teddy bear to take home 

 as a souvenir. J. J. B. 



TWIN CITIES.' 



The Market 



For the last few weeks we have had 

 mild weather, but cloudy all the time; 

 consequently little stock has been cut. 

 At present, however, we are experiencing 

 our first really cold weather, the ther- 

 mometer registering 12 degrees below 

 zero with a high wind blowing, but there 

 is plenty of sunshine, which will work 

 wonders as long as it lasts. 



Stock is still scarce and good stock is 

 practically impossible to get. The prices 

 on this account rule high. None of the 



dealers is selling roses for less than 

 $1.50 per dozen and good roses at $2 

 and $2.50 per dozen. Carnations are 

 only fairly plentiful, although a great 

 many splits are on the market. There is 

 a scarcity of white varieties. Bulbous 

 stock falls in nicely. Violets are an 

 uncertain quantity. Some days ship- 

 ments will arrive in splendid condition 

 and the day following they will reach us 

 in a very inferior state. Mignonette has 

 made its appearance, but the demand is 

 light. 



Sunday morning business seems to 

 about equal sales of any ordinary day, 

 deliveries with the larger retailers being 

 heavy and, in some cases, they are busy 

 right up to closing up time, which is 1 

 o'clock. 



Minneapolu. 



A visit to the E. Nagel greenhouses 

 finds stock in good condition and good 

 average cuts being made on roses and 

 carnations. Mr. Nagel says that his 

 section of the city has grown so fast in 

 the last few years that he does not find 

 it necessary to have a store downtown. 

 In addition to his greenhouse business, 

 he is now engaged in the manufacturing 

 of wood plant labels. 



The Twin City Pottery Manufactur- 

 ing Co. seems to be in a flourishing con- 

 dition. All of the growers in the twin 



