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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



February 14, 1907. 



VIOLETS and VALLEY 



Tinm Slnirlea or Donbles, 

 760 Per lOO. 



Carnations 



Oood Stock, 91>S0 to 83.0O per 100. 

 Fanoy, $4.00 to $6.O0 per 100. 



BULB STOCK 



Fancy stock always on hand, 

 $3.00 to 94 OO per 100. 



Roses 



Fine anallty bnt •till aoarce. 

 $6.00 to 916.00 per 100. 



Jt%Tg9 aupplles of Tulips, all colors; also Jonquils, 

 Daffodils, Paper Whites, Romans, Oallas and Allies. 

 Tulips, 93.00 to 94.00; Fancy, 96.00 per 100. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 58-60 Wabash Ave., CflICA60 



Mention Tte ReTlew when yon write. 



delphia, was reiirforced by the arrival of 

 Paul Berkowitz. 



The creditors of M. Winandy, up to 

 the hour of going to press, had filed no 

 protest against the sale of all the assets 

 and equities to Arthur B. Dietsch for 

 $4,500, as reported exclusively in last 

 week's Eeview. No protest being filed 

 at the close of court February 13, the 

 sale will stand approved. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Pittsburg and vicinity passed through 

 a blizzard last week. The coldest spots 

 reported were Charleroi, 6 degrees be- 

 low; Steubenville, 8 degrees belOw, and 

 Cheswick, 20 degrees below; but the sun 

 has managed to show itself occasionally. 

 Stock is coming in a Jittle more plen- 

 tifully, but the prices are still high, es- 

 j»ecially on roses. 



Trade has been good, the wholesalers 

 managing to clean up every day. The 

 retailers are still complaining about high 

 prices hurting their business and fear 

 that it will have the eflfect of scaring 

 their customers off and that it will take 

 some time to get them in the habit of 

 buying after stock gets down to more 

 reasonable prices. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met Tuesday even- 

 ing, February 5, and elected officers for 

 the ensuing year. The secretary reports 

 a membership of 159. During the year 

 there were seven resignations and one 

 death; eight were dropped for nonpay- 

 nient of dues. HowQver, during the year 

 seventeen new members were added. The 

 treasury showed a balance of $163.71 

 and all bills paid. 



Carnations, the subject of the even- 

 ing, was ta^en up. The Pittsburg Rose 

 & Carnation Co. exhibited Flamingo; 

 Fred Burki, Enchantress, Lawson, Haines, 

 Lieut. Peary, Eose-pink Enchantress, 

 White Perfection, White Lawson, Lady 

 Bountiful, a pink seedling and a red 

 seedling, all of which were good. John 

 Wyland exhibited Lady Bountiful, En- 

 chantress, Lawson and Bose-pink En- 

 chantress. E. C. Ludwig showed a vase 

 of carnations shipped from Michigan. 

 Albert Lorch had a handsome vase of 

 long-stemmed Lawson. The Pittsburg 

 Florists' Exchange had several good ex- 



And Now For Easter. 



Your trade will be in full twin£ in less than a nipnth« 

 Easter is early this year, (March ZL) L 



Get your stock of ribbons into shape before the choice Easter 

 colors and novelties are sold out. The great big bow of wide 

 ribbon on a plant makes it effective and individual. PINB 

 TREE RIBBONS are individuaL The wonderful lustre, 

 together with the firmness and silkiness of Pine Tree Ribbons 

 make them of unusual worth to you* And yet — they cost 

 you less than the usual ribbons — the commission house and 

 jobber are cut out — You buy direct from the mill and 

 SAVE ALL BETWEEN PROFITS. 



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Office and islesrooms. 806>808'810 Areli St., 62«64 N. Eighth St. 



Write for eample clippings. New auallties and colore. They 

 coat you nothlnjT. A postal will bring them. 



hibits, among them one which is En- 

 chantress as far as appearance goes, ex- 

 cept that it is said to be a better keeper, 

 Mr. Jenkins showed a bunch of carna- 

 tions grown right in the heart of the 

 city which have not seen the sun for 

 three months. F. K. Pierson, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y., sent Winsor and White Enchant- 

 ress, both good, but Winsor was the 

 favorite of the evening and the opinion 

 of Fred Burki was that it is a good 

 thing and just the variety and color 

 which has been sought and badly needed. 

 After all had satisfied themselves dis- 

 cussing the various exhibits, Mr. Burki 

 and Mr. Wyland, who had attended the 

 Toronto convention, were called on for 

 reports on the convention. Among other 

 things they suggested that the club rep- 

 resentatives be given power at the next 

 convention to ask the Carnation Society 

 to come to Pittsburg. This was taken 

 up, considered at some length, and the 

 result was a motion to take at once such 

 steps as would result in bringing the 

 Carnation Society to Pittsburg, if not 

 in 1909, at least not later than 1910. 

 This city has now many growers and a 



good membership in the Carnation So- 

 ciety, and besides being centrally lo- 

 cated, has much to show the visiting 

 members and could undoubtedly do as 

 much as any city in the country to make 

 the convention a success. At Washing- 

 ton next year you will hear from Pitts- 

 burg. 



The Baur Floral Co., of Erie, Pa., 

 sent samples of carnation clips; also 

 the M. & D. artificial calyx was shown 

 and examined by all the growers and 

 their merits discussed. After a motion 

 of a vote of thanks to the exhibitors, the 

 meeting adjourned. 



John E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., 

 sent an exhibit of Imperial and Pink 

 Imperial which were fine. They came 

 one day late for the show, but after 

 being thawed out were exhibited by the 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., for the bal- 

 ance of the week. 



An argument as to the best time and 

 method of planting carnations, by Fred 

 Burki and John Wyland, was one of the 

 features of the club meeting. This came 

 about in discussing varieties and uncon- 

 sciously they gave the best talk ever 



