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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 6, 1007. 



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CW.McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



I have special 



Ribbons 



and 



Chiffons 



for your June 

 Wedding Work 



Headquarters 



For Valley, Lilies, Peonies and Special Stock 



....PRICK LIST.... 



OltOHIDS. a speolalty. Per doi. 



OattleyM t6.00 



Assorted, box, 16.08 to 136. 



Beantiea, Extra Fancy. . 4.00 



24 to 80-lncb stems t2.50 to 3 00 



12 to 20-inch stems 1.00 to 2.00 



Short stems per 100, 6.U0 to 8.00 



Per 100 

 Bride, Maid, Irory, Gate ..14 00 to 18.00 



Liberty, Richmond 4 00 to 8.00 



Ohatenay, Sunrise, Perle. . 4.00 to 8 00 



Boses, my selection 3. 00 



Oamations, larre fancy... 3.00 to 4 00 

 " rood stock.... 2.00 



Peonies 6 00 to 800 



Cape Jasmine 1.00 to 160 



Sweet Peas 60to 1.00 



Pansies 100 



Harrisil 12.50 to 15.00 



Oallas 8.00 to 12.00 



Valley 2.00to 4.00 



Mlfnonette 4.00to 8.00 



Smllax per doc, 2.00 to 2.50 



Aspara«ruB Strings... each, .36 to .60 

 Asp. Plu.iSprengerl, bunch, .86 to .75 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns per 1000, 3.00 to 4.00 



Oalax " 1.00 



Boxwood Sprays, per bunch .86 



" per 50-lb. case, $7.60 



Subject to chance without notice. 



Mention The ReTiew when you write. 



greenhouses afford an excellent opening 

 for a capable grower. 



L. J. Eeuter and Mrs. Beuter have 

 left this city for their home in Westerly, 

 where Mr. Eeuter will take charge of 

 his father's extensive range of glass. 



The Keller. Pottery Co., of Norris- 

 town, Pa., has customers who now use 

 from one to three loads — double horse 

 loads — of pots each week. 



Oglesby B. Paul, landscape gardener 

 of Fairmount park, will be married this 

 month. The bride-elect is a Bostonian. 



Paul Berkowitz received a letter a 

 few days ago from Thompsonville, 

 Conn., commending the promptness of an 

 order for supplies. The writer said that 

 twenty-seven hours after mailing the 

 order the goods were in his shop. Quick 

 work for 300 miles and return. 



The Bosary Flower Shop was closed 

 June 1. The liabilities of Dumont & Co. 

 and the Bosary Flower Shop, of which 

 H. T. Dumont was proprietor, are about 

 $2,300. Assets are placed at from $600 

 to $1,200. 



M. Bice and Mrs. Bice arrived from 

 abroad June 2. Mr. Bice reports that 

 the great demand for labor on the other 

 side, and the activities of labor unions, 

 which are just starting over there, is 

 having a decided effect on the price of 

 all classes of goods. 



Leo Niessen comments on the excep- 

 tionallj' fine quality of the American 

 Beauty roses that his company is receiv- 

 ing. Color and foliage are equal to 

 winter blooms. 



Eugene Bernheimer received his first 

 sliipment of 3,000 outdoor sweet peas 

 on Mondaj'. 



A. J. Pennofk, the valley king, who 

 has been ill with inflammatory rheuma- 

 tism, is happily recovering. 



P. F. Bichter states that the demand 

 for the best grades of hose is increasing 

 rapidly and that the Michell brand is a 

 favorite. 



W. E. McKissick is handling some 

 very long-stemmed blue cornflowers. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. has 

 had a week of heavy shipping orders. 



The finance and executive committees 

 in charge of convention matters niet laat 

 Tuesday in Horticultural hall at 7 p. m. 

 and 7:30 p. m. respectively. . 



Berger Bros, have completed the im- 

 provements on their new store. 



Antoine AVintzer's paper on "The 

 Deterioration of Forcing Boses; the 



Cause, the Bemedy, ' ' read before the 

 Florists' Club at the June meeting was 

 of especial interest. A resume of this 

 paper appears in another column. 



Phil. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



Never since the days of Noah has 

 such a run of weather afflicted humanity 

 in the east. Think of a snow storm 

 June 2, George Saltford, the violet 

 authority, is the reliable foundation of 

 the record in the Bronx and up in the 

 Catskills, only an hour away, the moun- 

 tains are covered with snow, while all 

 over Long Island and Jersey, where the 

 market gardeners provide for the vege- 

 table necessities of the New Yorkers, 

 vegetation is retarded and much re- 

 planting has been made necessary. All 

 day Sunday and until nightfall Monday 

 a cold rain continued. The effect of 

 such climatic conditions upon business 

 can be readily imagined. The great 

 summer resorts around New York are 

 in despair. 



Business for Memorial day was excel- 

 lent. Prices of cut flowers were not 

 unreasonably advanced and until Satur- 

 day night the increase in values was 

 maintained. In fact, on Monday of this 

 week some special Beauties sold at 2") 

 cents --each and Bride and Maid at S 

 cents. Large shipments were made to 

 adjoining towns and cities for Decora- 

 tion day and carnations especially were 

 in demand. Splendid prices were paid 

 readily. On Monday the inevitable 

 movement toward summer rates began. 

 The top for carnations receded from i") 

 cents to 3 cents. Ford Bros, handle 

 from 10,000 to 12,000 carnations daily. 

 Over 7,000 reached them Saturday from 

 a single grower. There are about fifty 

 wholesalers in New York. The estimat- 

 ing as to volume of business is not a 

 diflSeult task with these figures as a 

 basis. Victory maintains its grand 

 quality and is as strong and brilliant as 

 at the height of the winter season. 



Cold weather has held the society 

 loungers in the city. Every evil has its 

 recompense. The law of averages may 

 be depended on.- A year ago the low 

 prices for cut flowers began before the 

 end of April. Here we are in June 

 with almost winter prices. 



Orchids are superb nov and tliore 



Wietor Bros. 



51 Wabash Avenue* 

 CHICAGO 



Current Price List 



AMERICAN BEAUniS 



Per dos. 

 36-iiich and up $3 00to$4 00 



24 to 30-ifich 250to 300 



20-inch 200 



15-inch 1 50 



12-inch 100 



Siort 50 to 75 



Per If • 

 Maid and Bride $300to $800 



Uncle John 300tb 600 



Chatenay 4 00 to 8 00 



Liberty 4 00 to 8 00 



Richmond 4 00 to 8 00 



Kaiserin 4 00 to 8 00 



Perle 300to 600 



ROSES, our ■election 3 00 



Carnations, select 2 00 to 2 50 



** fancy 3 00 



Valley 3 00 to 4 00 I 



J 



will be enough to go around for the 

 June weddings. Lilies hold firm at 

 slightly better prices and good valley 

 commands 3 cents. Peonies are arriving 

 in quantity from the south. H. E. 

 Froment and J. K. Allen are receiving 

 from 500 to 1,000 daily. Six dollars a 

 hundred is top price at present. 



Lilac is everywhere. The street mer- 

 chants are making it their specialty. 

 The sources whence it all comes are at 

 times problematical. Fancy ferns are 

 scarce. 



Variotu Notes. 



Windows of the retailers are gay with 



