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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 2, 1907. 



ROSES 



THIS 

 WEEK 



NEXT 

 WEEK 



Peonies 



A Full Line of Stock Every Week 



E. H.HUNT 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



76-78 Wabash Avenue, 



li. D. Fliona 1751 



CURRENT PRICES 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



30 to3C-inch $3.00 to 14.00 



24 to 30-inch 2.00 to 3.00 



15to2e-lnch l.SOto 3.00 



8tOl2-lnch 75to 1.00 



ROSES (Teaa) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 14.00 to $8.00 



Kichtnond 4.00 to SOO 



Golden Gate and Uncle John 4 00 to 8 00 



Perle 400to 7.00 



Chatenay 4Q0to 8.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



CARNATIONS 1.50 to 2.00 



" fancy 3 00 



" extra fancy 4.00 



BII8CELI.ANEOUS 



Violets, double 50 to 1.00 



Harrisll Lilies per doz., $2.00 



Callas " 1.50 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Tulips 3.00to 4.00 



Daffodils, Jonquils 3.00 to 4.00 



Sweet Peas 75to 1.00 



GREENS 



Smllax Strings perdoz. 1.50 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strinv 8 each ..'iOto M 



Asparagus Bunches " .35 to .50 



Sprengeri Bunches " .35 



Adlantum per 100 1.00 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000 3.00 



Galax " 1.00 to 1.50 



Leucothoe Sprays " 7.50 



Boxwood ppr50-lb. case 7.50 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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YOU WANT THEM ? WE HAVE THEM ! 



SES 



Big cuts of Beauties and aU other Roses. And we always hold a pot 

 or two of each grade for late orders. Wire us. Get our prices on large lots. 



GEORGE REINBERG 



35 Randolph Street, 



Zi. D. Flion*, Central 1937. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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home. Miss Crawford received many 

 floral gifts from her father's business 

 friends. 



Walter P. Stokes is developing an ex- 

 cellent business in pot-grown tomatoes 

 from his Moorestown greenhouses. The 

 farmers find that they can bring Spark's 

 Earliana into the market by June 20 

 from plants in pots. 



"William J. Sherry, of the Johnson 

 Seed Co., is putting life into the whole 

 force by his example. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving pur- 

 ple, lavender and flesh-colored sweet 

 peas in quantity. Cattleyas with them 

 bid fair to last throughout May. 



Alphonse Pericat, of Collingdale, is 

 sending choice blooms of Cattleya Mos- 

 siee to the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



Robert Scott & Son are building a 

 new rose house at Sharon Hill for Mrs. 

 Gardine. 



The Jos. Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa., 

 has a fine stock of young American 

 Beauty roses. 



L. J. Reuter, of Sixtieth and Gibson I 



streets will, on the termination of his 

 lease of the Bunting greenhouses, go 

 into business with his father at Wester- 

 ly, K. I. This will give Mr. Renter a 

 splendid opening, as the Westerly place 

 comprises 180,000 feet of glass, a farm 

 of 100 acres, a retail business in West- 

 erly, a retail store in New London, and 

 considerable business from small out- 

 lying towns. 



Edward Reid received an order over 

 the long distance phone from Virginia 

 last Monday, that required delivery the 

 same evening. This might have phased 

 some wholesalers, but Mr. Reid promptly 

 arranged a schedule and dispatched a 

 special messenger with the flowers. 



Southern daffodils have been reaching 

 this market in exceptionally good con- 

 dition. Indications point to their be- 

 ing over soon. Phil. 



Richmond, Ind. — J. A. Evans, of the 

 Quaker City Machine Co., reports that 

 this is one of the busiest seasons to date. 

 April was an especially good month. 



COSMOS. 



Cosmos is profitable, grown in a 

 locality free from early fall frosts. The 

 seed germinates freely, the plants grow 

 with great vigor, and if the season per 

 mits an abundance of bloom may be had 

 in September. An early flowering strain 

 of dwarf cosmos has been on the mar- 

 ket for several years and each year there 

 is an improvement in size and color. 



Cosmos flowers are borne on long stem- 

 in white and red, the latter in severa 

 fine shades. The foliage of the plant i 

 fine. Seed should be sown in gentl' 

 heat in the greenhouse or hotbed witli 

 out loss of time. The young plant- 

 should be transplanted when two inche- 

 high, being set well down in the soil 

 with at least three inches allowed be 

 tween plants, as they are likely to become 

 spindly if crowded. When danger oi 

 frost is over set them out in a warm. 

 well sheltered position, three feet apart. 

 After the plants start into growth pinch 

 out the tops to induce a bushy growth- 



