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March 28, 1907. 



ThcWcekly Florists' Review. 



1461 



Wire or Phone 



If you arc short of Cot Flowers 

 for Easter. We have a big crop on 

 in all lines but are... 



SPECIALLY STRONG ON LILIES, Finest Quality, $15.00 per lOO. 



Easter Price List 



Subjtot to Changre 

 Without Votloe. 



American Beauties 



extra long 



30 to 36-inch 



24-inch 



J8 to 20-inch 



Per Doz. 



$6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



Short per JOO, $8.00 to J2.00 



Per lOO 



Richmond, select, 36-inch stem..- $ J 8.00 



Fancy J5.00 



Medium $8.00 to JO.OO 



Short 4.00 to 6.00 



Maid and Bride, select, long JO.OO to J 2.00 



Medium 6.00 to 8.00 



Short .- 4.00 



Chatenay and Gates, select, long... J 0.00 to (2.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 4.00 to 6.00 



Perle and Sunrise, select, long 8 00 



Medium and short.. 3.00 to 6.00 



Killarney, extra long _ (8.00 



Fancy J5.00 



Medium JO.OO to J2.00 



Short 6.00 to 8.00 



Short Roses, our selection, per (000, 40.00 



Easter Liiies 



Cut 



Carnations, Lawson and White ... 



Select Red, Enchantress 



Prosperity... 



Good split 



Paper Whites, Romans $ 3.00 to 



Valley 2.00 to 



Violets .75 to 



Jonquils and Daffodils 3.00 to 



Mignonettes, fancy large spikes.^ 



Plumosus Sprays, Sprengeri 



Plumosus Strings, extra long 50.00 to 



Smilax _.. J6.00 to 



Galax per JOOO, 



Ferns " 



Adiantum — 



Tulips 3.00 to 



Boxwood per bunch, 25c; per case, $7.50 



Wild Smilax large case, 5.00 



Leucothoe Leaves.-.$J.0O per JOO; $7.50 per JOOO 



Per 100 



$15.00 



5.00 



6.00 



6.00 



3.00 



4.00 



3.00 



J.25 



4.00 



J0.0O 



3.00 



60.00 



20.00 

 J.25 

 3.00 

 J.50 

 5.00 



POEHLMANN BROS. CO. 



33-35 Randolph Street, 



Ziong' Distance Phone, 

 Central 3673. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



Eoehrs, Jr., Rutherford, N. J., respond- 

 ing to George Reinberg's request for 

 prices on a tremendous lot of orchids; 

 T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., Pittsburg, selling boxwood, 

 etc.; Martin Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., returning to Philadelphia from the 

 Pacific coast; Mr. Treanor, of Treanor 

 & Rettic, South Bend, Ind., buying 

 Easter stock. 



WCXDD LICE. 



Will someone tell me how to get rid 

 of wood lice or sow bugs in green- 

 houses? H. M. S. 



It is difficult to entirely eradicate 

 these from greenhouses. Keep as little 

 decaying wood and other debris in the 

 houses as possible, for these act as ideal 

 lurking places for them. They may 

 be poisoned with a mixture of fresh 

 bran and powdered sugar to which is 

 added some Paris green or white ar- 

 senic. Lay the mixture in small saucers 

 in the evening and do not leave it 

 around where animals or children can 

 reach it. Turnips or potatoes, if 

 scooped out partially and laid around, 

 will form a trap for many. Look 

 around daily and destroy all found on 

 them by dipping in hot water. Boiling 

 water, or as near boiling as possible. 



if poured under stages infested by them, 

 will kill large quantities. Use a water- 

 ing pot with a coarse rose in applying 

 the water. C. W. 



LOOSE CREDITS. 



Loose credits are an evil affecting 

 many lines of business, but it is doubt- 

 ful if there is in any line of merchan- 

 dising less system applied to this im- 

 portant feature than is the case in the 

 florists' trade. Not only are both retail 

 and wholesale buyers carried longer 

 than they should be, but credit is given 

 in many cases where it is wholly un- 

 warranted. Mot only are profits re- 

 duced by the necessity of charging off 

 large amounts where misfortune or poor 

 judgment have resulted in the downfall 

 of an honest man, but lax methods of 

 credit and collection open the way to 

 those whose intention it is to pay only 

 so long as it appears to them to be 

 worth while to do so. Unfortunately 

 there are on the outskirts of our trade, 

 as in every other, men who value a good 

 name at only a very few dollars. 



To illustrate both the character of 

 men we sometimes meet and the ease 

 with which they may continue for a time 

 in the business, there is the story of a 

 recent incident which took place in a 

 middle western city. A party without 



resources other than wit secured a foot- 

 hold for a flower stand. To get stock 

 he would call up wholesalers in other 

 cities on the long-distance telephone, al- 

 ways having made an appointment for 

 a little after six o'clock. Always he 

 was in the greatest haste. His story 

 varied, but he did not hesitate to name 

 as references houses where he was 

 wholly unknown. He would not have 

 stock sent C, O, D,, but later succeeded 

 in getting second shipments from some 

 of those who accepted his representa- 

 tions by telling them over the 'phone 

 that he liad mailed a check for the first 

 bill. Where a C. 0. D. was sent he se- 

 cured its release by 'phoning that he 

 had already mailed a check — which 

 never came. 



It does not follow that because a 

 man names good references he is en- 

 titled to credit. He has no right to 

 expect credit until time has been given 

 to look up the references. It is taking 

 chances to ship cut flowers C. 0. D. to a 

 distant stranger, but yet it appears that 

 it is sometimes possible to get stock 

 with no other preliminary than indicat- 

 ing that it can be used. 



Waukesha, Wis. — Schenck & Bliese 

 Co. reports demand steadily increasing. 

 A carnation house 42x1.50 is to be built 

 this spring, of Moninger material. 



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