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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JuiY 11, 1907-. 



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SWEET 

 PEAS 



PEONIES 



We have large supplies of these most seasonable flowers, in greatest variety and best 

 quality. Also all other cut flowers in season, at lowest market prices for good stock. 



PLKASED TO HAVB YOUR ORDERS 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave. kS^S-Sfi CHICAGO 



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KANSAS QTY. 



The Market 



Stock of all kinds is plentiful. Eoses, 

 although not so large and a little off 

 color, are as good as can be expected 

 for this time of the year. Carnations 

 are more than enough to supply the de- 

 mand and are selling cheap. Sweet peas 

 are coming in plentifully from the out- 

 door crops; they are fine and of long 

 stems. Gladioli sell slowly, but help to 

 make a good show in the windows of the 

 downtown stores. American Beatifies are 

 rather scarce and what come in are 

 taken at once. Common ferns have been 

 more plentiful the last week. One com- 

 mission house had them shipped in direct 

 from the south and disposed of them at 

 a reasonable price, so that all of the 

 florists had a chance to stock up. 



Various Notes. 



E. S. Brown & Son have been busy 

 planting mums. They report an excel- 

 lent business this spring. There was a 

 large call for geraniums and they were 

 unable to supply the demand. S. A. 

 Nutt takes the lead at present. 



Miss M. Dalley has closed her store 

 for the summer. The building in which 

 she had her store is being remodeled; 

 therefore all tenants had to move. We 

 understand that she will reopen her store 

 in the fall. 



W. H. Humfeld is in Clay Center, 

 Kan., where he was called on account of 

 the serious illness of his aged mother. 



Mrs. Geo. Bastian, of Geo. M. Kel- 

 logg 's store, leaves this week for a few 

 ■weeks' vacation. 



Arthur Newell reports business as 

 rather quiet at present, but he is very 

 much pleased with his new location. 



Mr. Freudenthal had the decoration 

 for a large wedding last week. He has 

 t)een having a goo^ deal of decorating 

 the laat two weeks, which has been keep- 

 ing him busy. 



The W. H. Humfeld Floral Co. had a 

 large wedding decoration June 22, hav- 

 ing both the large residence and the 

 church to decorate. There were about 

 5,000 pink sweet peas used in the cen- 

 terpiece for a 24-foot table. They also 

 used a profusion of pink and white 



L. D. Plion* C«ntiml S998. 



CHIS. W. McKELLAR 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



51 Wabash Ave.) Chicago 



ORCHIDS aspeciaity 



FANCY STOCK IN PKOBflBS. TALLBT, BEAUTIES. 

 B08E8, CARNATIONS AND GSEBNS Or ALL KINDS 



Can always supply the best groods the season affords. 



WIRE WORK AND A COMPLETE 

 LINE OF ALL FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 



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peonies in the house and church. It was 

 one of the largest wedding decorations 

 that have been put up in this city for 

 many months. This was the third wed- 

 ding decoration that they have put up 

 in the same residence in the last four 

 years. They have also had a fine spring 

 trade and report it to be the largest 

 since they have been in business, orders 

 coming in up to the last of June. 



Geo. M. Kellogg 's store reports busi- 

 ness as rather quiet at present, though 

 trade had been splendid there up to the 

 last week or two. W. H. H. 



CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



The temperature has been in the 

 neighborhood of 90 degrees every day, 

 and it is easy to know what this is doing 

 to stock in greenhouses. Many growers 

 are throwing out the carnations, and the 

 roses are so small that it hardly pays to 

 cut them. There is a little good stuff 

 coming in, but even that- does not sell 

 well, as there, is no business. The retail 

 men are virtually doing nothing, and, 

 with the exception of a funeral order 

 now and then, they could close up and 

 not miss an order. 



The wholesale houses are all closing at 

 5 o'clock for the monthp of July and 

 August, and there is a little talk of clos- 

 ing at noon on Saturdays, as it is noted 



that some -other cities have started this, 

 but I do not believe that it will be put 

 into effect in this city, this year at 

 least. For the benefit of the clerks in 

 the retail stores it Would appear to be 

 the proper thing for the store men to 

 come to some agreement whereby their 

 hours might be shortened during the dull 

 season. The clerks in the stores have 

 long hours at best, and when you con- 

 sider that there is a decided movement 

 on foot among retail stores in all lines 

 of business to have shorter hours during 

 the summer season, wouldn't it be prop- 

 er for the florists' trade to be abreast 

 of the* times and do likewise f 



Various Notes. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Society will be held Saturday evening, 

 July 13, at 8 p. m. Besides the election 

 of officers, several other matters of de- 

 cided importance to the welfare of the 

 society will be brought up. The annual 

 outing of the society will be arranged 

 for and, as the time for this is rapidly 

 approaching, quick action will have to 

 be taken. From present indications 

 there will be a goodly number of the 

 members present, the board of directors 

 having made a special request that all 

 come who possibly can. 



G. Brunner's Sons report that the last 

 year was the best in the history of their 

 business. This is saying a good deal, as 



