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March 28, 1907. 



TTic Weekly Florists' Review. 



1465 



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or Phone Central 257 



We expect to be able to fill all Easter orders up to last moment. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



60 WAB3SH AVENUE, CHICAGO 



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of Stock of 

 all kinds.... 



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 at short notice. 



E. H.HUNT 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



76-78 Wabash Avenue, 



1,. D. Phon* 1751 



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CURRENT PRICES 



BKAUTIBS Per doz. 



30 to 36-inch 15.00 to t6.00 



24to30-incb 8.00 to 4.00 



15to20-lnch 2.00 to 3.00 



8 to 12-inch 1.00 to 2.00 



BOSBS (Teat) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 16.00 to tl2.00 



Richmond 6.00 to 15.00 



Golden Oate and Uncle John 6.00 to 12.00 



Perle 6.0O to 10.00 



Chatenay 6.00 to 12.00 



Roses, our selection 6.00 



CARNATIONS 3.00 



" fancy 3.00 to 4.00 



" extra fancy. .. 5.Q0 to 0.00 



BnSCEL.I.AKBOU8 



Violets, double 1.00 



Violets, single 76 to 1.00 



Harrisii Lilies 16 00 to 18.00 



Callas 12.00 to 15.00 



Valley 400 to 5.00 



Tulips 3.00to 5.00 



DafTodils, JonQuilB 3.00 to 4.00 



Sweet Peas 1.00 to 1.50 



GREENS 



Smilaz Strings per doz. 2.00 to 2.50 



Aspararua Strings each .50 to .60 



A.8para«rus Bunches " .50 



Sprenireri Bunches " .35 



Adiantum per 100 1.00 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000 3.00 



Oalax " 1.00 to 1.50 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7.50 



Boxwood per 50-lb. case, 7.60 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANOH. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Spring arrived promptly on time. 

 March 21 saw the warmest spring open- 

 ing of the generation and a temperature 

 of 75 degrees. If the weather will play 

 a continuous performance until Sunday 

 we shall see the record-breaking Easter 

 we have learned to expect every year 

 !ind the vagaries of an erratic winter 

 will be forgiven and forgotten. But 

 tliese early Easters are not popular. 

 The oldest wholesalers are filled with 

 forebodings of sudden changes, extremes 

 of weather and consequent disaster. It 

 is small comfort to know that next year 

 Kaster will arrive three weeks later. 

 "Sufficient unto the day is the risk 

 thereof." But before this issue of the 

 Rkview reaches its New York readers 

 tlie business will be at its height. 



The plant growers are already out of 

 the woods and every good specimen has 

 been sold. With the exception of the 

 lilies there has been no advance above 



the normal average. Azaleas have sold 

 at reasonable figures and consequently 

 enterprising importers of large quanti- 

 ties are happy and well rewarded. 



Lilies a week before Easter were firm 

 at 15 cents. What the belated buyers 

 may have to pay before the week is over 

 is a question. I think any first-class 

 flowers, cut or with pots, will bring 

 good money. 



The prospects for an uninterrupted 

 spring were shaded Sunday and Monday 

 by a descent to freezing temperature 

 again, but wiih the sun beyond the 

 meridian and the cut flower growers as- 

 sured of an abundant crop there seems 

 little ground for pessimism and abun- 

 dant hope for grand results to all. 



Last week was a severe one in the 

 wholesale market. Prices were sacrificed 

 in all departments. The finest Beau- 

 ties were begging at $3 a dozen, for 

 thousands of all grades came in with 

 the spring. It isn 't often one sees an 

 ice-box crowded with American Beau- 

 ties. This would indicate as the Easter 



figure no higher than $6 per dozen for 

 the finest selection. Other roses par- 

 ticipated in the slump. 



The Southern narcissi are arriving 

 just as the local supply was shortening. 

 Every variety of bulbous stock is abun- 

 dant. 



If anything fails to meet the demand 

 it will be the orchid. So rapidly is it 

 becoming appreciated everywhere thiit 

 the supply henceforth can never be 

 capable of competely filling the demand. 

 This is especially so at Easter. 



As to violets for Easter, it all de- 

 pends on the weather. Should the tem- 

 perature again reach the high mark of 

 March 23, quality will deteriorate and 

 prices for first-class stock be high. Judg- 

 ing by the floods of violets during the 

 past week, there need be no fear as to 

 the quantity. 



VariouB Notes. 



April 8, one week from Monday, will 

 be ladies' night and rose night at the 

 New York Florists' Club. Splendid ex- 

 hibits are assured. A large attendance 



