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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 8, 1907. 



ASTERS 



White, Pink, Pwrple, nice stock, $J.OO to $2.00 per JOO. 

 Also special cuts of 



Beauties, Richmond, Kaiserin, Maid, 

 Gladioli and Lilies. 



£et UB take oare of your orders 



E. H.HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Avenue, 



It. D. Pbone, Central 1761 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



CURRENT PRICES 



BE AUTIBS Per dOB. 



30to36-lnch W.OO to $4.00 



24to30-lnch 2.00 to 8.00 



15to20-lnch 1.60 to 2.00 



8to 12-inch 75 to 1.00 



Short per 100, 16.00 



B08BS (Teaa) Per 100 



Bride and Maid 13.00 to 16.00 



KaiBerin 4.00to 6.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 6.00 



Golden Gate and Dncle John 8.00 to 6.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.00 



Ohatenay 4.00 to 6.00 



Boses, our selection 8 00 



CARNATIONS , select 1 .00 



" fancy 1.50 



" extra fancy 2.00 



BIIS0BLI<ANEOU8 



Asters 1.00 to 2.00 



Harrisii LUies. . ..doz., f 1.26 to tl.50 

 Auratum liilles, " 1.26 to 1.50 



Valley S.OOto 4 00 



Gladioli 2.00to 4.00 



SweetPeas 60to .76 



OBBENS 



Smilax Strings perdoz., 1.60 to 2.00 



Asparagus String's each, .40 to .60 



Asparagus Bundles " .35 to .50 



Sprengerl Bunches " .36 to .60 



Adlantum per 100, .76 to 1.00 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 1.60 



Galax " l.OOto 1.50 



SUBJECT TO MABKET CHANGE. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Old home week, with its attendant fes- 

 tivities and crowds of visitors, had but 

 slight effect on the flower market. The 

 retail florists loaned out a good number 

 of decorative plants, but the demand 

 for cut flowers was rather disappointing. 



Flowers are now down to a midsum- 

 mer basis. The glut of roses and car- 

 nations is over and supplies of these 

 two staples just about meet require- 

 ments. Outside of Kaiserin and Carnot, 

 roses are now of poor quality. Car- 

 nations, if anything, are selling rather 

 better. A few outdoor-grown ones ap- 

 peared this week, of fair quality. Sweet 

 peas continue plentiful, but are of rather 

 uncertain value. Asters are coming in 

 much more abundantly and of good qual- 

 ity. Quite a few outdoor gladioli are 

 arriving, but selling only moderately 

 well. Lily of the valley and lilies each 

 sell rather slowly and the trade for 

 green stock of various kinds is quiet. 



Exhibition. 



Owing to the intensely hot and dry 

 weather, there was a smaller exhibition 

 than usual at Horticultural hall, August 

 3. For best display of annuals, Mrs. 



E. M. Gill was the only exhibitor and 

 was awarded first prize for a fine table. 

 For twelve spikes perennial phloxes, 

 prizes went to T. C. Thurlow & Co., G. 



F. Pratt and Blue Hill Nurseries. The 

 quality was hardly up to the average. 

 W. W. Rawson & ( o. filled a large table 

 with an extensive collection of sweet 

 peas, including many new varieties. 

 They also had a splendid lot of cactus 

 dahlias, hollyhocks, Nicotiana affinis, 

 nasturtiums and other seasonable flowers. 

 Blue Hill Nurseries had large displays 

 of perennial phlox and herbaceous plants. 

 Gypsophila paniculata flore pleno filled 

 several vases and showed up finely. T. 

 C. Thurlow & Co. had a large collection 

 of perennial phloxes. 



The next prize exhibition occurs 

 August 17. Asters, gladioli and phloxes 

 are special features. This will be the 

 last Saturday show of the season. 



Various Notes. 



Quite a little convention talk is heard. 

 Messrs. Stewart, Farquhar, K. L. Pierce, 



ASTERS 



For you. 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 per 100. None 

 finer than our $1.50 grade and a fine lot at $1.00. 



SWEET PEAS 



We still have them at $2.00 per 1000. 



ALTINO CULTURE CO., Caofield, Ohio. 



McMtliiii The Review when you write. 



Elliott and others are working hard to 

 secure a good delegation and we think 

 Boston will make an excellent showing 

 at Philadelphia. 



A good many out-of-town florists vis- 

 isted us last week to partake of Boston's 

 old home week attractions. Tt was a 

 strenuous week, and Vice-President Fair- 

 banks' wish that it might last a month 

 instead of a week is hardly echoed by 

 business men. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co. are doing 

 a good summer business and are making 

 active preparation for a heavy fall trade. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will have a field day at W. H. Wyman's 

 Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, 

 August 31, and vith W. W. Rawson & 

 Co., at Marblehead, September 21. 



Welch Bros.' fine new store, on Devon- 

 shire street, was prettily decorated for 

 old home week and many out-of-town 

 members of the craft called. The firm 

 is doing an excellent summer trade. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. are having an 

 active demand for many of the newer 

 sweet peas as a result of their recent 

 field day. 



Carnation growers are busy housing 

 their stock- In some cases plants arc 



smaller than usual, owing to the hot, dry 

 weather, but on the whole they are up 

 to the average. 



F. W. Fletcher, of Auburndale, is try- 

 ing Hedychium coronarium in benches 

 for cut flowers, also gardenias and eu- 

 charis. 



Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Finlayson are 

 planning to take in the Philadelphia 

 convention. 



A. H. Hews & Co. report an active 

 season for flower pots, with a heavy 

 fall trade starting in. 



A good rain fall August 4 helped to 

 relieve the drought, which was growing 

 quite serious in this section. 



W. N. Cbaio. 



PHILADBLPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Conditions have materially changed 

 since last week. The quantity of flowers 

 coming into the market is larger, the 

 demand about the same. Prices have 

 receded slightly. Asters are particularly 

 fine and plentiful. Gladioli are also ex- 

 cellent. There is a good supply and a 

 fair demand for them. Roses are sell- 



