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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



September 12, 1907.. 



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Poehlmann Bros. Co 



WHOLESALE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF CUT FLOWERS 



33-35-37 Randolph St. 



CHICAGO 



If yon call on u», in Summer as well aa at any other Reason, yon will get the 



BEST ROSES IN CHICAGO 



POEHLMXNN'S FANCY VALLEY 

 EXTRA FINE HARRISII LILIES 



We make these a Specialty. 

 Can supply them all the year. 

 Once tried you will have no other. 



PRICE LIST 



Snbject to change without notice. 



AIVIERICAN BEAUTIES 



Per doc. 



Extra Specials $8.09 to $4.00 



Mlnoh 3.00 



80-lnch 2 60 



24-lnch 2.0O 



ISlDch 1.60 



16-lnch 100 



10 to 12-inch... "6 



Shorts $4.00 per 100 



ROSES 



PerlOO 



Kiliamey, extra long: $ 8.00 to $10.00 



medium 6 00 to 6,00 



Bxtra Special— Kaif'eria S.OUto 10.00 



Bztra Special— RiibmoDd 1000 



Bxtra Special— Maid, Bride, Gate, Uncle John 6.00 



Plrat Quality— Maid, Bride, Gate, ObatPnay, Uncle 

 John, SunrlBe, Perle, Richmond, and Kaiserin 5.00 



ROSES PerlOO 



Good Choice Bosea $3.00 to $4.00 



Good Short Boaea $20.00 per 1000 



Write for Special Prices on large lots. 



CARNATIONS Penoo 



Fancy $2.00 



Harriail $10.00 to 12.60 



Aurattuna 10.00 to 12.60 



2.00 

 6.00 

 1.00 



Aatera 1.00 to 



Valley, fancy 4.00 to 



AdiantTun 



Tlnmoaaa, extra long: per string, 50c 



Bprengeri and Flnmoana, Sprays 8.00 to 



Smilax per doz., $2.00 



7ems per 1000. $1.50 



Oalaz per 1000, $1.50 



4.00 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



new aster which he now is shipping to 

 market in considerable quantity. He has 

 three colors, white, lavender and En- 

 chantress shade of pink. It is the largest 

 aster coming to this market and E. C. 

 Amling, who handles it, says it is the 

 best seller of anything in the aster line 

 he ever has got hold of. It is understood 

 that Mr. Crego's object is to work up a 

 stock of seed which will perm'it of the 

 distribution of the variety in the trade. 



The Orchid Situation. 



During the fortnight which C. W. Mc- 

 Kellar spent in the east after the Phil- 

 adelphia convention, he looked into the 

 orchid situation. At present cattleyas 

 are remarkably scarce. To the buyer it 

 seems as though the crop is much less 

 than at any time in recent years, but Mr. 

 McKellar says it is largely because the 

 demand has increased so greatly that the 

 shortage is so apparent. He reports that 

 a good crop of Cattleya gigas will be 

 ready about the first part of October, 

 coming in nearly a month later than 

 usual and at about the time the fall 

 crop of labiata is due. Mr. McKellar 

 says there will be a fine crop of Den- 

 drobium formosum also due in about 

 three weeks. 



Defiance and Sincerity. 



Jensen & Dekema have just finished 

 planting their six houses. Besides the 

 best standard carnations, their stock in- 

 cludes W. N. Rudd's two new varieties, 

 which have been named Defiance and Sin- 

 cerity, and which will be ready for de- 

 livery January 1, 1908. They describe 

 Defiance as belonging to the same class as 

 Victory or Beacon, but the color, they 



say, is a scarlet of unusual, perhaps un- 

 equaled, intensity and brilliance. Sin- 

 cerity is a salmon pink, of a shade be- 

 tween Enchantress and Lawson. Ten of 

 the forty-four benches in the range of 

 houses are planted to these two novelties, 

 and the fact that nearly one-fourth of 

 the available space is thus occupied may 

 be accepted as evidence that the firm 

 has a good degree of confidence in these 

 novelties. Mr. Dekema is still in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Schubert is Out. 



John C. Schubert, who was once a 

 promii\ent retail florist, on September 5 

 lost the position of city smoke inspector, 

 a 4,000-dollar job, he has held for many 

 years. His successor is a smoke special- 

 ist. Schubert succeeded Gallagher at the 

 stand at Wabash and Monroe. He had 

 a good business, but it ran down as he 

 built up his political strength, until he 

 sold out to John Mangel, about five years 

 ago. 



Must Have Dreamed It. 



The following is from a florists' paper 

 published in London, England: 



"The Chicago florists have received a 

 sad blow. High rents to pay, bad "trade, 

 street fakers taking their passing cus- 

 tomers, and their best ones leaving for 

 the sea or the country, are a few of the 

 evils they have had to contend with. Now 

 comes the news of a man being hauled 

 up for contempt of court for sending his 

 wife, whom he had been ordered not to 

 molest, a bunch of flowers. This kind of 

 molestation is not usually displeasing to 

 the ladies, but evidently the lady in ques- 

 tion saw some sinister meaning in the 

 gift, and if this has the effect of damp- 



ing the ardor of other husbands, beaux 

 and beaux to be, well, what is to become 

 of our friends the florists! Truly, like 

 the Gilbertian policeman, their lot is ' not 

 a happy one.' " 



The esteemed London contemporary 

 must have dreamed it. Certainly the Chi- 

 cago florists are well contented with 

 their "lot." They stand now at the 

 threshold of what promises to be the best 

 of their many good seasons. 



The High Ridge Show. 



September 1 and 2 the Luxemburger 

 society at High Ridge held its annual ex- 

 hibition of flowers, vegetables and fruits 

 at the place of Nick Karthauser, ex- 

 florist, at 3543 Ridge avenue, and the ad- 

 joining establishment of Joe Ebert. In 

 prizes $1,000 was distributed, partly in 

 silver cups, and the total cost of the two 

 days' show was $3,000. Alderman Rein- 

 berg was in attendance during the two 

 days and there was such a large crowd 

 that the facilities were inadequate and 

 will be increased next year. The exhibits 

 were staged in tents. 



Wietor Bros, were first for roses and 

 first for carnations, a silver cup. 



Adam Zender was second for roses, 



Anton Then was first on floral design, 

 and won a silver cup. 



The Chicago Rose Co. was first on col- 

 lection of cut flowers. 



Sinner Bros, were first on asters and 

 lilies. 



John Bell, of Glencoe, was first on col- 

 lection of perennials. 



Fischer Bros., of Evanston, were first 

 for palms and cycas ; also for cannas with 

 King Humbert. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store exhibited a large 



