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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apkil 18, 1907. 



CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



I have special 



Ribbons 



and 



Chiffons 



for your Spring 



Headquarters wedning work 



You will need My Specialties for your Wedding Jobs. 



PRICK UBT 



ORCHIDS, a ■peolalty. Per 4os. 



Dendroblums 18.00 to 18.00 



CattleyM 6.00to ».00 



AMorted, box, 16.00 to 136. 



Be»QtleB« Bxtra Fancy. . 4.00 



24 to SO-lnch stems 2.60 to H OU 



12 to 20-lnch stems 1.00 to 2.00 



Short stems per 100, 6.U0 to 8 uu 



Per 100 

 Bride, Maid, lyory. Oate . .$6.00 to 18.00 



Liberty, Richmond 5.00 to 8.00 



Ohatenay, Sunrise, Perle. . 6.00 to 8.oo 



Roses, my selection 2.00 to 4.oo 



Oamations. larre fancy... 3.00 to 4 00 

 '• ^ rood stock.... 2.0Uto ».00 



Stocks per bunch .60 to I.OU 



VtolfiI»^<louble 76 to l.Ou 



Harrlsii 10.00 to 13.&U 



Oallas 8.00 to 12.00 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils 2.00 to 8.00 



Mlfnonette 4.00to 8.00 



Smilax per dos., 2.60 to 3.00 



Asparagus Strlnars... each, .86 to .60 

 Asp. Plu.,Sprengreri, bunch, .86 to .76 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns per 1000, 9.60 to 3.00 



Oalax " 1.00 



Boxwood Sprays, per bunch .Sfi 



" " per 60-lb. case, 17.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



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a free show, like the one they garfe in 

 the spring. A suitable hall for the ex- 

 hibition is still a hard problem, as the 

 one they gave the last one in is too small 

 for a fall show. J. J. Be^eke. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. / s 



A little improvement now is notice- 

 able in market conditions. Last week 

 things were about as bad as could be. 

 The weather was responsible for some of 

 this, for we had but one pleasant day, 

 dark skies and snow storms of almost 

 midwinter, seventy prevailing m&ch of 

 the time. We hope we may have seen 

 the last of these, but it still remains un- 

 seasonably cold for April. The dark 

 weather materially decreased production 

 and this led to a rather better clearance 

 in some lines. Boses are well down in 

 price, outside of Beauties, which make 

 up to $30 per hundred for the best. The 

 general average of roses is from $1 to 

 $6 per hundred. The quality is not so 

 good as it might be. 



Carnations remain of good quality and 

 prices good for the season, although too 

 many are now coming in. Violets are 

 less abundant. Singles dwindle in size 

 and are evidently nearing the end. Dou- 

 bles remain fairly good and prices are a 

 little better on these. 



Sweet peas are quite plentiful, but 

 sell well. Bulbous stock, which has been 

 unprofitable for the last few weeks, is 

 growing scarcer and meeting with a bet- 

 ter sale. Prices on tulips and narcissi of 

 late have been low enough to discourage 

 some from growing them another sea- 

 son. There is a fine supply of lilies, 

 callas, antirrhinums and all other sea- 

 sonable flowers. 



Club Meeting. 



"While April is an exceptionally busy 

 month with gardeners and florists, the 

 regular monthly club meeting, April 16, 

 was the largest meeting ever held in that 

 month. There were 140 present. The 

 coming banquet, April 24, in Horticul- 

 tural hall, came in for considerable no- 

 tice and a big gathering is assured, 

 ^lembers are invited to forward plants 

 and flowers for decoration of the ban- 

 quet tables to Horticultural hall, in care 

 of J. W, Duncan, chairman of the dec- 



oration committee. It was announcecf 

 that a field day for the landscape class 

 will be held April 19 to demonstrate the 

 use of level and transit. An invitation 

 to the club from W. H, Wyman to hold 

 a field day at the Bay State Nurseries 

 in August was read. 



Jackson Dawson was elected an hon- 

 orary member and two new active mem- 

 bers were elected. 



The lecture of the evening on "Cer- 

 tain Phases of Landscape Gardening," 

 by B. H, Howard, who was instructor in 

 the recent landscape classes, proved time- 

 ly and instructive. It provoked an ani- 

 mated discussion, participated in by 

 Messrs. Palmer, Downs, Finlayson, Mor- 

 ton, Craig, Anderson and others. There 

 was, as usual, a nice display on the ex- 

 hibition table, including a large vas^ of 

 Lilium candidum from W. N, C^raig, 

 splendid spikes of antirrhinum from 

 William Downs and a new gloriosa from 

 the Congo Free State, for which Arthur 

 GriflSn, of Newport, received a report of 

 merit. 



Refreshments were served as usual. 

 The' several exhibitors spoke on their ex- 

 liibits. Queries from the question box 

 were answered and it was, as usual, late 

 before the meeting terminated. 



Various Notes. 



Geo. C. Harbison, foreman for W. H. 

 Elliott, at Brighton, and George T. El- 

 liott left April 13 for a ten days' tour 

 in and around Chicago. 



The next prize exhibition, at Horti- 

 cultural hall, will occur May 4. Calceo- 

 larias, pelargoniums, tulips and narcissi 

 will be special features. 



Henry M. Bobinson left this week for 

 an extended business trip in the south 

 and west in the interest of hLs firm. 



W^illiam H. Elliott is hoping that the 

 snow may soon disappear, so that he can 

 commence operations on his mammoth new 

 rose house, at Madbury, N. H. 



The wintery weather experienced last 

 week seriously affected counter trade at 

 the seed stores, Nurserj-men also have 

 been anathematizing the unusual April 

 climatic conditions, 



Houghton & Clark are showing fine 

 specimen hydrangeas and some excellent 

 hippeastrums, 



H, M. Bobinson & Co, report a serious 

 scarcity of good hardy ferns. They have 

 lost 150 barrels recently from rot and 



T '•9'tJP^Nli 



Wietor Bros. 



51 Wabash Avenue, 

 CHICAGO 



Current Price List 



AMERICAN BEAUniS 



Long stems. 



30-inch 



24-inch 



20-inch 



15-inch 



12 inch 



Short 



Maid and Bride $3 00 



Uncle John 3 00 



Cbatenay 3 00 



Richmond 3 00 



Perle 3 00 



ROSES, oar Belection 



Carnations, good 1 50 



fancy 2 50 



Valley 3 00 



Violets 



Callas 



Easter Lilies 



Asp. PlumostM. . ,buncht 75 



Ferns per 1000, 



Galax *♦ 



Per (loi. 

 $3 00 



250 



200 



150 



125 



100 



75 

 Per 100 



to $8 00 



800 



800 



800 



600 



300 



200 



3 00 



400 



100 



12 50 



12 50 



100 



300 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



to 

 to 

 to 



to 



100 I 



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every consignment needs picking over. 

 New spring supplies will, it is hope< 

 soon relieve the situation, 



W, X, Craig. 



McKeesport, Pa. — J. H, Orth has re 

 tired as manager of the McKeesport Fl( 

 ral Co. and is preparing to start int 

 business for himself. 



Bloomsburg, Pa, — The Dillon Estat 

 recently made a shipment of 7,000 ros 

 plants to a private party at Bristol, Ps 

 Twenty-three cases were required an<; 

 the weight was practically a ton. 



