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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 4. 1907. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO 



Will remove this week to 



48-50 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Where They will be Open for Business Sdlurdayy Apfil 6 



They solicit the continuance of the generous share of patronage 

 which has been theirs in the past* 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



I have special 



Ribbons 



and 



Chiffons 



for your Spring 



Headquarters wedding work 



You will need My Specialties for your Wedding Jobs. 



HID 



PRICK LIST 



ORCHIDS, a specialty* Per doi. 



Dendroblums 18.00 to 18.00 



CattleyM 6.00 to 7 50 



▲saorted.box, t6.00to|26. 



Beantlett Extra Fancy. . 4.00 



24 to 80-lnch stems 2.50 to 3.00 



12 to 20-lnch stems 1.00 to 2.00 



Short stems per 100, 4.00 to tiM 



Per lOO 

 Bride, Maid, Ivory, Gate.. 6.00 to 8.00 



Liberty, Richmond 5.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay, Sunrise, Perle. . 5.00 to 8.00 



Boses, my selection 4.00 



Carnations, larre fancy... 3.00 



rood stock.... 1.00 to 2.00 



Stocks per bunch .60 to 1.00 



Violets, double or single.. .60 to .75 



Harrisll 10.00 to 12.50 



Callas 8.00 to 12.00 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils 2.00 to 3.00 



Mlfnonette 4.00 to 8.00 



Smilax per dos., 2.50 to 3.00 



Asparagus Stringrs... each, .(i6 to .60 

 Asp. Pla.,Sprenfferi, bunch, .36 to .76 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns per 1000, J.60 to 3.00 



Galax '• 1.00 



Boxwood Sprays, per bunch .86 



per 50-lb. case, 17.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



The Valtie of Taste. 



Paul Berkowitz, well and favorably 

 known as a member of the firm of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., has unusual oppor- 

 tunities for seeing what our best retail- 

 ers all over the country are doing to 

 educate the flower-loving public. Mr. 

 Berkowitz l>elieves that too many flor- 

 ists relax their efforts to attract and 

 interest possible customers after the 

 holidays are over. He thinks that taste 

 displayed in the arrangement of a shop 

 and its decoration will repay the pro- 

 prietor at any time. Why, Mr. Berko- 

 witz asks, should hampers, crepe paper 

 and other adornments be used at Easter 

 and the plants be allowed to stand 

 about carelessly with pots unwashed at 

 other times? Mr. Berkowitz was much 

 impressed by a retailer in a town in the 

 middle west who, while six miles from 

 the shopping district, has developed an 

 excellent Ijusiness through the neatness 

 and taste displayed in his shop, which 

 looks at all times like a parlor in a 

 Jiome of refinement. 



Variotss Notes. 



The Leo Niessen Co. reports an excel- 

 lent demand for wild smilax. Potter & 



Knott, of Fox Chase, shipped pansies 

 in quantity at Easter. 



The decorations in the churches were 

 very elaborate. 



The snow storm April 1 fooled every- 

 body. 



Mrs. Henry A. Dreer, wife of the 

 former and mother of the present head 

 of the great seed house, died at Pasa- 

 dena, Cal., last week in her eightieth 

 year. She was buried in Woodland 

 cemetery in this city. 



Many stores were opened in different 

 parts of the city for the sale of plants 

 last week. William J. Young, Jr., made 

 a fine display in the former Chelton 

 Trust Co. office. 



The fakers are making use of refrig- 

 erator plants. They buy cut flowers 

 when the market is favorable and put 

 them in cold storage until wanted. The 

 plan worked badly lately. 



It is estimated that one house alone 

 received over 25,000 unsalable southern 

 daffodils recently. They were ruined by 

 lieating in transit. 



The display made on the east side of 

 the Public Buildings was a feature. 

 Each variety of plant was arranged in 

 a block by itself with lanes dividing the 



blocks. There was probably enough 

 stock in sight to fill a dozen good sized 

 greenhouses. The curbstone broker, 

 Schaefer, said that the demand, while 

 fair, wa-s not up to his expectations. 



M. Rice sails for Europe Saturday, 

 April 6, to secure "the newest to be 

 had" in florists' supplies for the com- 

 ing season. Mrs. Rice will accompany 

 him. Mr. Rice promises to let Phil have 

 the first look, and the Review the first 

 news of foreign novelties. 



Wm. P. Craig has returned from a 

 successful business trip. He states that 

 with him business is far ahead of last 

 season, and also that Nephrolepis 

 Amerpohlii is now showing its true 

 character. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are sending out 

 some beautiful lace, satin finish bouquet 

 holders of original design. 



Paul F. Richter, of Henry F. Michell 

 Co., read an excellent paper on bulbs 

 before the florists' Club Tuesday even- 

 ing, April 2. Phil. 



Lebanon, Pa. — Mish Bros., Lebanon 

 Greenhouses, did an extensive Easter 

 business. Extra teamsters had to be em- 

 ployed to deliver orders. 



