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24 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 13, 1907. 



C. W. McKELLAR 



CHICAGO 51 Wabash Ave. 



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I have special 



Ribbons 



and 



Chiffons 



for your June 



Headquarters wemiing work 



For Valley, Lilies, Peonies and Special Stock 



....PRICK LIST.... 



OBOHIDS, a apeolalty. Per dos. 



OatUeyM T. W.OO 



AsBorted, box, K.OO to l». 



B«»atlMi, Bxtra Vanoy. . 3.00 



34 to SO-lnch stems 2.50 



12 to 20-lnch stems $1.00 to 3.00 



Short stems per 100, 6.00 to 8.00 



Per 100 

 Brills, Maid, iTory, 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 



Carnations, large fancy^ . . 3.00 



" good stock. ... 1 60 to 2.00 



Peonies 6.00to 800 



Gladioli 6.00to 800 



Sweet Peas 60 to 1.00 



Pansies 100 



Harrisil ; 13.60 to 15.00 



Oallas 8.00 to 12.00 



VaUey 2.00to 4.00 



Mirnonette 4.00 to 800 



Smilaz per doz., 2.00 to 2.50 



ABpara«rusStrln«rs...each, .36 to .60 

 ▲sp. Pla.,8pren8:eri, bunch, .86 to .76 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns per 1000, 3.00 



Galax " 1.00 



Boxwood Sprays, t>er bunch .86 



" per 50-lb. case, $7.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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OR YOUR JUNE WEDDINGS we offer extra select Lily of the Valley 



Bride and Bridesmaid Roses and of course a full line of all seasonable Cut Flowers 

 and Greens. Try us. We have the stock and can take care of all orders. 



HOLTON & HUNKELCO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Beat Equipped Wholesale Honae in the Weat 



We also carry a full line of Florists' Supplies* Would like to send you a catalog. Drop us a postal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



oration dav. All potted plants in bloom 

 sold well. ' J. H. H. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



There has been a decided improvement 

 in the woathor since the last report. 

 Business remains about the same. Sev- 

 eral wedding orders have been booked 

 for this month. Funeral work keeps the 

 market well cleaned up of all good stock. 



Roses arc of good quality. Kaiserin 

 and La Detroit are improving with the 

 advent of the warmer weather. Carna- 

 tions are more plentiful than when last 

 reported. Lawsons are getting bad 

 around the edges. Sweet peas are still 

 arriving in large lots and remain well 

 cleaned up at from 50 cents to 75 cents. 

 Marguerites are in good demand. Val- 

 ley is one of the best sellers at the 

 present time. The price ranges from 

 31^2 cents to 411. cents. Snapdragon also 

 sells well. Ferns are scarce. 



Qub Meeting. 



The last meeting of the Detroit Flo- 

 rists' Club was held June 5. The mem- 

 bers turned out in larger numbers than 

 usual, presumably to hear the presi- 

 dent's paper. 



Mr. Dilger's paper was a lengthy one, 

 covering some thirty odd pages of pa- 

 per. Our ])resident, being a very modest 

 man, naturally felt rather embarrassed 

 at facing such a large audience. He 

 spoke of the many radical changes that 

 have taken place in our trade during 



the last fifty years, many of them not 

 as apparent as in other trades. In com- 

 parinif the heating systems, ventilators, 

 cement benches and the whole iron con- 

 struction houses of today with those ofy 

 thirty or forty years ago, many changes 

 were of course noticeable. In the mak- 

 ing up of floral work, and the plants 

 and flowers grown, many big changes 

 have also taken place, but these are not 

 80 apparent. Formerly there was little 

 done in the line of floral designs and 

 baskets; everything was bouquets, made 

 up about as stiffly as one could imagine. 



The camellia was the leading flower 

 in those days; in fact, it was to the 

 florist of thirty years ago what the rose 

 is to the florist of today. The carna- 

 tion ranked next in favor; this plant 

 was treate<l as almost hardy. It was 

 mostly sold as a potted plant. The 

 price of the flowers seems to have been 

 about the same as at present. Violets 

 were grown to some extent ; the only 

 known way of multiplying this plant 

 was by separation. The wholesale price 

 compared very closely with the price 

 now. The essayist mentioned many va- 

 rieties of flowers that were commonly 

 used in those days for decorative as well 

 as funeral work, among them sweet 

 alyssum, eupatorium, bouvardia, I^uphor- 

 bia scandens, etc. Poinsettias were 

 grown about the same as now; in 1866 

 they were being sold in New York at 

 $25 per hundred. The flowers of be- 

 gonias were commonly used as edging 

 for bouquets; begonias and creeping 

 lycopodium were used as green in bou- 

 quets. 



Mr. Dilger is of the opinion that ericas 



and calceolarias were grown better in 

 former years than now. In cannas the 

 gardener had only high varieties at his 

 disposal. Hanging baskets were used 

 extensively and have not changed in 

 style or make-up. Roses were grown in 

 all colors forty years ago, and although 

 there has been a big advancement made 

 in roses, still it would be a good plan 

 for us to carry more varieties. - The 

 pro[)agation was done by making cut- 

 tings just as we do now. 



Under the heading of ' ' Slugs and 

 Bufjs, ' ' the es.sayist mentioned many 

 tli;d were common years ago. The rose 

 siuys were among the worst of these 

 posts and were only eliminated when 

 the Knglish sparrow was introduced 

 intn this country. The blue aphis, ant, 

 red spider, greenfly, mealy bug and scale 

 were also well known. Verbena rust 

 was also classed as one of the worst 

 enomios in former years. 



Many varieties of bulbs were grown 

 in olden times, some of them not used 

 extensively in these days; for instance. 

 crocus, snowdrops and bluebells, all of 

 which do so well when planted out in 

 lawns, helping to prolong the season of 

 out door flowers. Bulbs were imported 

 from Holland, just as they are now. 

 There has been a big advancement made 

 in gladiolus. Amaryllis seems to be 

 nearly extinct. Tuberoses were grown 

 and used in great numbers in former 

 years. Pelargoniums were also grown 

 in large quantities, the different va- 

 rieties comprising many beautiful colors, 

 resembling the work of the painter more 

 than nature. Geraniums were handled 

 as being nearly hardy. Salvias and 



