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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 18, 1907. 



Quality 

 Quantity 



Which is i 

 for You ? 



WE CXN SUPPLY THE NEEDS 

 OF ALL CLASSES OF BUYERS 



PeoDy time Ib coming. Wtite us about Peonies. 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



lionff Distance Fhon* 8571 



PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIBS Per doz. 



30 to 36- inch 13.00 to $4.(ju 



24to30-lnch 2 00 to 2 r>u 



15to201nch l.OOto 1.5U 



8to 12-inch 76to l.uij 



BOSES (Teas) Per lou 



Bride and Maid $1.00 to tS.uu 



Bicbmond, Ctiatenay 4.00 to 8.u<; 



Golden Gate and Uncle John 4.00 to 8.110 



Perle 3.00 to «(i' 



Roses, our selection 4 u,j 



CARNATIOMH 2.00 to 3.(;u 



fancy 3.00 to i.'j. 



MISCEI.LANEOU8 



Violets, double 76 to Iti, 



Harrisli Lilies per doz. 1.50 to 2.i' 



Callas " 1.25to 1.5, 



Valley 2.00 to 4.I)l 



Tulips 2.00 to 4.0 



Daffodils, JonQulls 2 00 to 3.0 



SweetPeas 75 to I.jm 



GREENS 



Smllax Strings per doz. 2.00 to 3.0i 



Asparagrus Stringrs each .50 to .tii 



Asparagus Bunches " .35 to .5<: 



Sprengeri Bunches " .;; 1 



Adiantum per 100 l.u 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000 3.cr 



Galax " l.OOto L.'iii 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7 5:1 



Boxwood per 50-lb. case, 7.5' 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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IN LARGE SUPPLY at SEASONABLE PRICES 



BRIDE = MAID, 

 KILLARNEY — = RICHMOND 



Choice Roses 



FANCY CARNATIONS and BULB STOCK 



The Benthey=Coatsworth Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



35 Randolph Street, 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



yellow poeticus from the south, seems 

 unsalable in this market. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have an assort- 

 ment of automobile baskets for spring 

 flowers. 



A runaway horse on Broad street last 

 Monday was frightened by a paper, said 

 to be the Florists' Exchange. 



Answers to G>rrespondents. 



Review readers are Invited to send any ques- 

 tions relating to culture or marketing of plants 

 and flowers in Philadelphia, to Phil, in care of 

 any of the leading seed or commission houses. 

 Each question will be submitted to a competent 

 person and answered under number. Correct 

 name and address must always accompany in- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



79.— Will ferns grow if planted out 

 on a solid bed, of course putting six 

 inches of good light soil on same, as if 

 it were a wooden bench? 



Ans. — They will grow faster in a raised 

 bench than on the ground. Phil. 



Glencoe, III. — John M. Bell has got- 

 ten out a large size, souvenir post card 

 which he is mailing to his patrons. 



Springfield, III. — A meeting of the 

 Springfield Florists' Club was held April 

 9 in A. C. Brown's store. By-laws were 

 adopted and other work toward the com- 

 pletion of the organization was accom- 

 plished. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade for the last week has not been 

 especially satisfactory. While there is a 

 spurt now and then, with funeral work, 

 a wedding or two, and dinners, we are 

 not what one would term busy. The 

 growers and nurserymen are the ones 

 who are busy at present, and even they 

 were cut oflE by the cold weather we had 

 last week. 



At the wholesale houses stock is not so 

 plentiful as a week ago. April 15 con- 

 signments were small and only about half 

 the standing orders are being filled. Of 

 course, this state of affairs brought 

 prices up a little and put a stop to job 

 lot sales. There are some fine shipments 

 of roses coming in. Long Beauties have 

 been selling cheaply. White and En- 

 chantress carnations have the call, but 

 fancy Lawson, Fisher and Prosperity 

 meet with good sale. The wholesalers 

 are looking for a scarcity in these for 

 the next ten days. 



Harrisii and callas were overplentiful 

 last week and cheap in price. A good 

 supply of lily of the valley is in the 

 market. Other bulbous stock is scarce 

 and so are sweet peas, for which there 

 is quite a demand. Common ferns are 



poor and higher in price. Smilax is 

 coming in better. 



Florists' Club Meeting:. 



The monthly meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florists ' Club was held in the new rooms 

 in the Burlington building, 810 Olive 

 street, on the afternoon of April 11. 

 Twenty members attended and were de- 

 lighted with the new quarters. This 

 being our annual rose meeting, several 

 vases' of extra fine blooms were on ex- 

 hibition. J. F. Ammann, of Edwards 

 ville, showed exceptionally fine Richmond, 

 Chatenay, Killarney, Ivory and Bride. 

 Walter Weber, of H. J. Weber & Sods, 

 showed vases of excellent Chatenay an ! 

 Eichmond, and a mixed vase. The Mir. 

 neapolis Floral Co., of Minneapolis, ser.r 

 a large exhibit of Miss Kate Moultoi , 

 which came in for much admiration. 



Vice-president John Connon preside 

 most capably. The trustees reported tha 

 they will hold a meeting and make earl, 

 announcement as to what kind of enter 

 tainment they will give for the member 

 to celebrate the club's twentieth ann; 

 versary. One thing was settled, that tli 

 club's annual picnic and the anniversar' 

 will not be combined. T. G. Brown wa 

 proposed for membership. The chair ap 

 pointed F. J. Fillmore, George Anger- 

 mueller and Harry Young judges of th< 



