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The Weekly Florists Review^ 



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Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF CUT FLOWERS 



33-35-37 Randolph St. CHICAGO 



.If you call on nm Vow or at any other ■aason, yon will get the 



BEST ROSES IN CHICAGO 



POEHLIVflXNN*S FANCY VALLEY 

 EXTRA FINE HARRISII LILIES 



We make these a Specialty. 

 Gae supply them all the year. 

 Once tried you will have no other. 



AIMERICAN BEAUTIES Perdo^ 



Extra Specials $3.09 to 94.00 



86 Inch 3.00 



SO-incb 2 60 



ai-lncb 2.00 



18-iocb 1.60 



16-inch 1.00 



10tol2-incb 76 



SbortB $4.00 per 100 



ROSES Per 100 



XlUamey, extra long: $8.00 to $10.00 



" medium 6.00to 6.00 



Bztra Bpeoial— Kalserln 8.00 



Bztra Bpeoial— R|i bmond 8.00 



Bztra Bpeoial— Maid, Bride. Uncle John 8.00 



First Quality— Maid. Bride. Ubatenay, Uncle Jobn, 



Perle. Ricbmond andKaiserin 6.00 



Oood Oholoe Xboees $3.00 to 4.00 



Good Short Bosea $20.00 per 1000 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS Perdoz 



White, October Frost $4.00 



Flak $1.50 to 8.00 



Tellow, October Sunshine 4,00 



CARNATIONS Penoo 



Fancy $2.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Karrlell le.oo 



▼alley, fancy $4.00 to 6.00 



▲aiantum 76to 1.60 



Flumosas, extra Ions: per string, 60c 



Bpronirsri and Flnmosns, Sprays 8.00 to 4.00 



Bmilaz per doz., $2.00 



Ferns per 1000. $1.50 



Oalaz per 1000. $1.50 



Prices sabject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review wben you write. 



manure being called for earlier than 

 'Usual this Beason. 



Percy Jones says the approach of au- 

 tumn is easily apparent in the increased 

 supplies, the increased number of grow- 

 ers present each day and the increased 

 interest of buyers at the Flower Grow- 

 ers' market. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is unpacking 

 Dutch bulbs in first-class condition. 

 •Counter trade is opening again. 



John Zech's brother-in-law is a recent 

 addition to the force at Zech & Mann's. 



Among the week's visitors were A. C. 

 Brown, Springfield, 111. ; L. M. Best, Mc- 

 <Cook, Neb.; Herbert Heller, New Castle, 

 Ind., and D. T. Murphy, Manistee, Mich. 



DETHOIT. 



The Market. 



Busineaa seems to be brightening up a 

 Jittle, but not so much as might be ex- 

 pected. There is ao occasional spurt of 

 funeral work, and theu all is still again. 



Stock in general is poor; this is es- 

 pecially true of roses. These are bring- 

 ing from 4 cents to 8 cents ; it is w ith 

 the 4-cent grade that the trouble lies, as 

 these are hardly worth the money. Some 

 pretty fair carnations are coming in 

 •daily and meeting with good demand. 

 At present the best price has been l^^ 

 cents. "With the exception of Lawson, 

 the stems are long enough for ordinary 

 use. Asters seem to be on their last 

 notch. Good whites are getting scarce, 

 now that funeral work is commencing. 

 "The colored varieties are also none too 

 plentiful. This is a sad condition of 

 :aflfairs, as it will be some time Iwfore 



we shall have chrysanthemums to use in 

 work. 



Lilies remain well cleaned up. Lily of 

 the valley is also in good demand. Snap- 

 dragon, larkspur, salvia flowers, etc., can 

 be had without any trouble. Green is 

 quite plentiful. 



Home Garden Day. 



September 18 and 19 were celebrated 

 as Home Garden day in the Detroit 

 public schools. Each spring the Twen- 

 tieth Century Club, a society of women, 

 distributes seeds among the children in 

 the public schools, and prizes are 

 awarded in the following autumn to the 

 six schools making the largest and best 

 displays of flowers, etc. This year a new 

 feature was added. Boston ferns were 

 given as prizes to two children in each 

 school who had the largest and best col- 

 lection of flowers raised from the seeds 

 distributed by the club. Many of the 

 children also received honorable mention 

 in the papers for some especially \v(>ll 

 grown plant or nicely made set piece. Of 

 the latter there were many, and sonic of 

 them looked very professional. 



This year's honors were carried off by 

 the Sill, Logan and Gillis schools, on the 

 west side, and the Fairbanks, Dickinson 

 and Thomas schools, on the east side. A 

 special prize was awarded the Amos 

 school, as its exhibit compared favorably 

 with that of the Gillis school. The 

 judges this year were W. B. Brown, Al- 

 bert Pochelon, Hugo Schroeter, E. A. 

 Scribner, J. F. Sullivan and Walter 

 Taepke. 



Qtib Meeting. 



A well attendetl meeting of the Flo- 



rists' Club was held September 18. Thi^ 

 was the first regular meeting since Aug- 

 ust 7. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 given the entertainment committee for 

 the well managed outing to Bois Blanc 

 park. The donors of prizes were also 

 given a vote of thanks. 



The election of officers was held, with 

 the following result: President, E. A. 

 Scribner ; vice-president, Thomas Browne, 

 of Greenfield; secretary, J. F. Sullivan; 

 treasurer, Walter Taepke. The latter 

 two served last year and were reelected 

 by a unanimous vote. Albert Sylvester 

 was appointed librarian. 



As the election had already been put 

 off for two meetings, the new oflBcers 

 immediately went into commission. The 

 retiring president, William Dilger, was 

 given a warm vote of thanks for his 

 faithful service, and on recommendation 

 of one of the members he was given 

 three cheers. 



President Scribner said that it would 

 l>e hard for him to make any kind of a 

 showing this year, following so closely 

 on the heels of Mr. Dilger, whose plan- 

 ning had accomplished much toward the 

 success of the club. However, he prom- 

 ised to do all in his power to make the 

 coming year a banner number in the 

 history of the club's affairs. He ear- 

 nestly asked for the aid of the members 

 in all matters, stating that it was "up 

 to them. ' ' 



Convention matters were next dis- 

 cussed. Robert Unger was pleased with 

 the Horticultural hall, in Fairmont park. 

 He said it was like meetisg old, nearly 

 forgotten friends, to see the old vari- 

 eties of plants and jBowers. Thomas 

 Browne thought the convention a most 



