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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 26, 1907. 



CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



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You will need My Specialties for your Wedding Jobs. 



PRICK LIST 



ORCHIDS, a ipeolalty' Per dos. 



Dendroblums 18.00 to 16.00 



Oattleyu 6.00 to 9.oti 



▲BBOrted, box, 16.00 to 136. 



Beantlea, Extra Vancy. . 4.00 



24 to 80-lnch Btema 2.60 to 3.0() 



12 to 20-inch stems 1.00 to 2.00 



Short stems per 100, 6.00 to 8.0U 



Per 100 

 Bride, Maid, Ivory, Gate ..16.00 to $8.00 



Liberty, Richmond 5.00 to 8.00 



Ohatenay, Sunrise, Perle. . 5.00 to 8 00 



Roses, my selection 2.00 to 4.00 



Carnations, larre fancy... 3.00 to 4.00 



*' trood stock.... 2.00 to ».oo 



Stocks per bunch .60 to l.OO 



Paiisies 1.00 



Violets, double 75 to l.oo 



Harrisll 10.00 to 12.50 



Oallas 8.00 to 12.00 



Valley.....'^ 2.00to 4.00 



Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils 2.00 to 4.00 



Mlfnonette 4.00 to 8.00 



Snulax per dox., 2.50 to 3.00 



Aspara8ru8Strln8rs...each, .96 to .60 

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



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns per 1000, 3.60 to S.OO 



Galax " 1.00 



Boxwood Sprays, per bunch .86 



" " per 50-lb. case, $7.50 



Subject to chanre without notice. 



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IN LARGS SUPPLY »t SKASONABLB PRICES 



BRIDESMAID, 

 KILLSRNEY ' RICHMOND 



Choice Roses 



FANCY CARNATIONS and BULB STOCK 



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CHICAGO 



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ing 50 cents to 75 cents per hundred. 

 There is a fairly good supply of sweet 

 peas. 



Bulbous stock is rather scarce and sell- 

 ing better. Owing to the cold weather, 

 none is forthcoming from outdoors. Lil- 

 ies and callas are in good supply. Some 

 good gladioli are arriving and make $1.50 

 per dozen spikes. Marguerites are plen- 

 tiful and so are antirrhinum. Green 

 stock is much the same, except hardy 

 ferns, which are scarce and of poor 

 quality. 



Qub Banquet. 



The annual banquet of the Gardeners* 

 and Florists' Club was held in the lec- 

 ture room of Horticultural hall Wednes- 

 day evening, April 24. The attendance 

 hardly equaled last year 's, when 250 were 

 present. The higher price of the tickets 

 kept some away, and others, owing to 

 the busy season, could not attend. The 

 gathering, however, was a splendid and 

 representative one and included several 

 visitors from other states. The banquet 

 tables were beautifully decorated with 

 roses, carnations, candidum lilies, antir- 

 rhinums and other seasonable cut flowers 

 and plants. J. W. Duncan was chairman 

 of the decoration committee, being as- 

 sisted by Peter Fisher, G. M. Anderson, 

 S. F. Doten and James L. Miller. Cook 

 acted as caterer in his usual efficient 

 manner. 



An informal reception preceded the 

 banquet and at the close the tables ware 



cleared away for dancing, which was 

 kept up until the "we sma' hoors ayont 

 the hoor o' twal. " Edward Hatch had 

 charge of the ticket selling and also had 

 a few felicitous remarks, couched in his 

 usual happy style, to offer the audience 

 after the banquet. 



Peter Miller acted as chairman of the 

 dancing committee, with an able corps 

 of assistants. Duncan Finlayson proved 

 an ideal chairman for the reception com- 

 mittee. The whole evening was a thor- 

 oughly enjoyable one for all who at- 

 tended. 



Various Notes. 



William C. Eust, gardener to Dr. C. G. 

 Weld, showed a large and magnificent 

 flowered specimen of the pure white, 

 sweetly scented Rhododendron Lady 

 Alice Fitzwilliam, which was awarded 

 a silver medal. 



The members of the landscape garden- 

 ing class of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club had rather unfavorable weather for 

 their field day, on April 19, in the Park- 

 way, West Roxbury, rain and snow fall- 

 ing all afternoon. There was, never- 

 theless, a good attendance and much 

 practical knowledge was gained. 



It is probable that the unsatisfactory 

 prices realized for bulbs this season will 

 materially reduce the numbers grown in 

 this section another year, unless growers 

 change their minds between now and 

 planting time. 



J. T. Butterworth is cutting fine Cat- 



tleya Mossiae at present.- He has a splen- 

 did lot of this cattleya and grows it well. 



William Sim was, as usual, last in the 

 market with single violets, frame grown. 

 He is still marketing quantities of fine 

 sweet peas and has his violet houses 

 planted with tomatoes. 



Nephrolepis Whitmani, from H. H. 

 Barrows & Son, graced the tables at the 

 club banquet this week. Messrs. Barrows 

 report a continued heavy call for this 

 popular fern, but think they have a new 

 one coming along to beat it. 



Walter Mott, the genial representative 

 of Bobbink & Atkins, has just finished 

 a tour in this section. Mr. Mott will 

 next July assume charge of a commer- 

 cial establishment at Sharon, Pa., where 

 his many friends will wish him good luck. 



W. N. Craig. 



Sharpsburg, Pa. — John Foss, who 

 was critically ill with pneumonia, is con- 

 valescing. 



YouNGSTOWN, O. — John Walker has 

 had an excellent display of flowering 

 plants in his greenhouses at Crab Creek. 



Rapid City, S. D. — There is a good 

 opening here for an enterprising market 

 gardener and florist. Such stock is now 

 shipped in from Omaha. 



Union City, Pa. — At the close of J. K. 

 Postma's busy Easter Sunday, there ar- 

 rived in his family, he says, a new Easter 

 boy, weighing nine pounds. 



