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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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September 12, 1907. 



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VIOLETS 



nHE VIOLET season is close at hand, 

 and we shall be glad to hear from 

 both buyers and growers. This 

 season, as last, we propose to be Western 

 Headquarters for the best Hudson River 

 Double Violets and the finest Home- 

 Grown Singles. ^ ^ ^ j^ 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



BKAirriES- Per Doz. 



Stems, 21 to 86 inches $3.00 to $4.00 



Stems, 'iO inctaes 2.00 



Stems, 16 inches 1.00 



Stems. 12 inches 1.00 



ROBK8— PerlOO 



Kaiserin $;100 to $8.00 



Richmond 8.00 to 8.00 



Bride and Maid 8.00to 6.00 



Ohatenay S.OOto 6.00 



Oate S.OOto 6.00 



Liberty S.OOto 



Roses, our selection 



Carnatlona. select 1.00 to 



large and fancy, 

 MI8CKIXAMBOU8- 



Aatera, fancy 2.00 to 



common 76to 



LonKiflorum doz., $1.60 



Auratum Lilies doz., $1.60 



Sweet Peas, fancy 25to 



Dahlias 2.00 to 



Valley 2.00 to 



Shasta Daisies SOto 



DKCORATIVC- 



Asp. Plumosus string, .36to .60 



bunch, .86 to .60 



" Sprengeri per lOO. .2.00 to 6.00 



Galax per luO 20c: 1000, 1.60 



*' per case of 10.000. 10.00 



Fams per 100, 20c: 1000, 1.60 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $1.50; 100, 10.00 



Bublsot to olianKe wltbout notto*. 



6 00 

 8.00 

 L60 



2 00 



■8.00 



1.60 



10.00 



10.00 



.50 



4.00 



4.00 



1.00 



Mentlou The Review when you write. 



Important Notice to Rose Growers 



We could use to good advkntage one or more consignors of first-class roses. 

 A trial consignment, with prompt returns, will convince you that 



W. C SHITD & CO., 1316 Pine St, St. Loois, Mo. 



are the proper commission men to handle your stock as it should be. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Alfred Baiir, of Erie, Pa., on his way 

 to Denver, Portland and San Francisco. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The C. ('. Polhvorth Co. is this month 

 mailing out copies of its new catalogue, 

 to which it has given the rather unusual 

 name of Polhvorth 's Inventory and Sup- 

 ply Directory. The Iwok is noteworthy 

 as showing the rapid develoj)nient this 

 house has made in the last few years. 

 The pages are 10x13 and the book con- 

 tains ninety-two of them, printed on 

 heavy calendered paper, so that the lialf- 

 tone illustrations show up in fine shape. 

 The Pollworth establishment, including 

 the greenhouses, contains about every- 

 thing the florists of the northwest require 

 for their season's business. In the cata- 

 logue a number of pages are devoted to 

 the plant department, others to bulbs, 

 and the body of the book to the supply 

 business, which is rapidly becoming the 

 leading feature with this firm. They 

 handle not only retailers' requisites, but 

 a large line of supplies for the grower, 

 and the house is pleased to report that 

 business starts off this year much ahead 

 of that of any previous season. 



The Pollworth catalogue bears the im- 

 print of the Pollworth Press, Milwaukee, 

 one of the Pollworth brothers being en- 

 gaged in the printing business in a large 

 way. 



"If your business is not worth adver- 

 tising, advertise it for sale. ' ' 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The cool nights have improved the 

 young stock greatly. The supply is in- 

 creasing, but the demand seems irregu- 

 lar for almost everything except Beau- 

 ties. The retail trade so far is nothing 

 to brag of, but in some cases we find 

 that trade has picked up a great deal 

 since the schools opened. Society folks 

 are beginning to arrive home from their 

 sunmier vacation, and not until they are 

 all back can we say that the florists' 

 business is where it should be. 



At the wholesale houses there seems to 

 be an abundance of roses of all kinds 

 from new slock, with stems still short, 

 but fairly good flowers. Plenty of them 

 went to waste last week for want of 

 demand. Beauties, though, are having 

 a big call, with good prices for short 

 and medium stems. There arc quite a 

 few carnations coming in from the 

 field, but they are of poor quality and 

 selling cheap. Asters are too many for 

 the demand, though extra good stock 

 sells well. There is plenty of good smi- 

 lax, asparagus and fancy ferns, with 

 good demand. 



Various Notes. 



T. F. Judge, representing the Scran- 

 ton Florists' Supply Co., was in town 

 last week calling on the trade. 



Oswald AmlesB, living at 3520 Ohio 

 avenue, in South St. Louis, was acci- 

 dentally drowned last week, at East 



Carondelet, while waiting for the ferry 

 boat. The body was found September 

 4, and the funeral took place on the fol- 

 lowing day. Mr. Amless was well known 

 among the growers. 



Martin Reukauf, who represents H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., of Philadelphia, was 

 at the Jefferson last week, showing sam- 

 ples. 



W. B. Brown, of Detroit, stopped here 

 a day on his way to Mexico to look after 

 mining interests, where he will spend a 

 month. 



Frank J. Farney, who represents the 

 A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, arrived in 

 town September 9. 



A. G. Greiner's place, where he makes 

 cacti a specialty, is a great attraction 

 for visitors during the summer months, 

 o« account of his fine collection, which 

 numbers 14,000. Mr. Greiner, who has 

 been sick most of the year, is now much 

 improved. , 



J. W. Dunford's place, at Clayton, is 

 in fine shape for fall business and he 

 expects a good cut from his large stock 

 of roses, violets and carnations. At pres- 

 ent he is cutting a fine lot of Lilium 

 longiflonim, for which H. G. Berning 

 reports a good demand. 



E. W. Guy, of Belleville, was a caller 

 last week. Mr. Guy reports a good sum- 

 mer trade and all outdoor stock looking 

 well. 



The Ellison Floral Co., at Taylor and 

 Olive streets, has had quite a lot of 

 large funeral designs the last month. Mr. 

 Ellison is still up north, but is expected 



