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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCXOBHB 10, 1907. 



fiHRYSANTHEMUNS 



^5 WHITF YFI inW PINK 



Per Doz. 

 American Beauties, long stems, $4.00 



30-inch stems 3.00 



24-inch stems 2.50 



20-inch stems 2.00 



18-inch stems 1.75 



15-inch stems 1.50 



12-inch stems 1.25 



Short 1.00 



YELLOW 



-$8.00 P«r Dos«n.- 



PINK 



Bridesmaid and Bride. 



Per 100 

 .$4.00 to $6.00 



Killamey 4.00 to 6.00 



Chatenay 4.00 to 6,00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



KalcMoulton 6.00 to 8.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 6.00 



Uncle John 4.00 to 6.00 



Perle 3.00 to 5.00 



Per 100 



Carnations $ 1.50 to $3.00 



Harrisii 10.00 to 15.00 



Valley 4.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Plumosus 75c per bunch 



Ferns $1.50 per 1000 



Galax 1.50perl000 



ROSES, OUR SELECTION, $3.00 PER 100. 



WIETOR BROS., 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



Chrysanthemums ! I 



Yellow, White and Pink, $8.00 to $8.00 per dos 



I When you want good Maids and Brides 



BEST CARNATIONS in the market. Fine, long SMILAX. 



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send us yoar order and get fine stock, with 



the most careful attention to your special S 



requirements. ( 



-ALL OTHKR STOCK IN 8XA80N- 



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J. A. BIDLONG, »n».l1?A^t«et. CHICAGO I 



Mention The Review when you write. 



assurance of supplies is also an assur- 

 ance of large demand. It has been 

 proven over and over again that when 

 buyers know their orders will be filled 

 they send thenri" liberallj', but when there 

 is a doubt as to the supply they often , 

 refrain from ordering stock they well 

 (!Ould use. A steady and adequate supply 

 is the basis for building a big business. 



Various Notes. 



The employees of the wholesale florists 

 will give their second annual ball at 

 (Jolumbia hall, on North Clark street, on 

 Wednesday evening, October 30, and have 

 laid plans for an event which shall eclipse 

 in all respects the successful affair held a 

 year ago. The committee in charge con- 

 sists of Charles Erne, .Tohn Enders and 

 Herman Rodgers. They speak of the 

 decorations as being a special feature 

 of the affair. 



Bassett & Washburn say that if the 

 retail business is as good everywhere as 

 it is in the wealthy suburbs along the 

 Burlington, the retailers should have no 

 cause for complaint. In the towns of 

 Hinsdale, Downers Grove, Riverside and 

 La Grange there are a large number of 

 well-to-do people, and there is no florist 

 in any of these towns catering specially to 

 the local demand, a large part of which 

 comes unsolicited to Bassett & Washburn 

 at Hinsdale. C. L. Washburn says Sep- 

 tember was away ahead of all jtrcvious 

 records with theni. 



F. Stielow, at Niles Center, has been in 

 the growing business there since 1874. He 

 says that in his early days ho came to 

 town with a pasteboard box containing 

 stofk for which ho frequently secured 



$50, while now to get $50 one must send 

 in a whole express-wagon load. In the 

 early days he brought in his stock per- 

 sonally and peddled it among the retail- 

 ers, who were forced to buy when the 

 growers presented themselves in the 

 morning, as there would be no further 

 opportunity to secure stock that day. 



A. L. Randall resumed active work 

 in the store October 7. His annual period 

 of rest on his fruit farm in Michigan 

 gives him renewed vitality for the stren- 

 uous winter season indoors. 



C. M. Dickinson, of E. H. Hunt's, 

 says that they are surprised at the de- 

 mand for fertilizers thus early in the 

 season, especially for pulverized sheep 

 manure. The factory also is behind in 

 orders for To-bak-ine. 



Percy Jones says that the receipts of 

 stock in the Flower Growers' market on 

 Monday, October 7, were at least sixty 

 per cent greater than the receipts Sep- 

 tember 30, and that quality showed con- 

 siderable improvement. 



Autumn foliage is one of the special- 

 ties with the E. F. Winterson Co., which 

 reports the well-colored bunches in good 

 demand. Wholesale bulb business is 

 brisk. The counter trade in bulbs is 

 only just starting. 



Vaughan & Sperry report that the 

 principal demand at the present seems 

 to be for chrysanthemums. The retail- 

 ers do not yet want any considerable 

 quantity of violets, especially since they 

 know they can replenish their supply at 

 any hour of the day. The quality of 

 the violets is much improved by the 

 cooler weather. 



.Tohn Zech is far from being well. 



He was able to be at the store for a few- 

 minutes October 7, but is too weak to 

 attend to business. Zech & Mann had a 

 big order October 7 for a wedding. A 

 large quantity of green stuff was called 

 for and 750 valley, which was supplied 

 by a grower at Milwaukee. 



C. W. McKellar calls attention to 

 "The Orchid," now playing at the Gar- 

 rick, as an evidence of the increasing 

 popularity of that flower. 



Weiland & Riscb say that the New 

 York violets are decidedly better than 

 they were at this season last year and 

 that the supply is much larger. 



Leonard Kill and a party of his 

 friends gave a supper October 7 to Mor 

 decai Brown, the star pitcher for the 

 Cubs, during which they presented that 

 gentleman with a diamond scarf pin 

 of Mr. Kill's designing. Peter Rein- 

 berg, John Kruchten and A. C. Spencer 

 were among those present. 



Sam Pearce has been drawn for the 

 October grand jury, which is scheduled to 

 investigate gambling. 



John Sinner is now at the sales ilo 

 partment in the Growers' market two or 

 three days each week, but will put in 

 the balance of the time in the green 

 houses until the carnation crop comes on. 



Ernest Weber has his place all in 

 Brides and Maids this year, except two 

 houses of chrysanthemums, which will be 

 followed by sweet peas and lilies. He 

 says his prospects are good, his first cut 

 just being on. 



C. H. Fisk says he expects to buy the 

 business and take over H. F. Halle's 

 lease on the West Madison street prop 

 ot\v about October 15 and will in the fu- 



