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OcTOUjER 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



THE LARGEST GROWER OF CUT 

 FLOWERS IN AMERICA. 



1,600,000 Feet of Glass... 



IN FINE CROP 



MRS. MARSHALL FIELD ROSE, extra select, $10 per 100; medium, $6 to $8 per 100. 



Per Doz. 



Am. Beautiea, 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 



Per 100 



Killarney $6.00 to $8.00 



Brideamatd 4.00 to 6.00 



Bride and Chatenay 4.00 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



Kate Moulton 6.00 to 8.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 6.00 



Ivory and Uncle John 4.00 to 6.00 

 Perle 3.00 to 5.00 



Per 100 



Carnations $ 2.00 to $3.00 



Mums, doz., $1.50-$3 



Harriaii 10.00 to 15.00 



VaUey 4.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Plumosua 75c per bunch 



Ferns $1.50 per 10d» 



Oalax $1.50 per 1000 



ROSES, OUR SELECTION, $3.00 PER lOO. 



Mention Hie Review wbea yoa write. 



was one of the heaviest shipping days in 

 many months, Bassett & Washburn hav- 

 ing had fifty-six orders on their book at 

 the time packing commenced. 



There was a heavy frost on the morn- 

 ing of October 14, which finished most 

 outdoor flowers. 



Seitz & Nordell, who purchased the 

 John C. Ure plant, have left the old 

 stand and are rapidly completing new 

 houses and a store at the northeast cor- 

 ner of Greenlake and Evanston avenues. 

 The store will be a model of its kind. 



H. E. Klunder is preparing to open a 

 retail store, using the old State street 

 fixtures, at the corner of Forty-third 

 street and Drexel boulevard. 



G. H. Pieser, president of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., visited Columbus, O., and 

 Pittsburg last week. 



E. Wienhoeber reports business good. 

 For instance, on Saturday three wedding 

 jobs and a funeral called for attention 

 at the same time. A large number of 

 weddings have been handled this month. 



The George Wittbold Co. has given 

 up the store at 54 and 56 Wabash ave- 

 nue, used during the rush of the decorat- 

 ing season, but will retain the basement. 

 On Sunday, October 13, the firm redec- 

 orated the Field store and several other 

 good jobs are on this week. The lobby 

 of the Auditorium theater has been made 

 into a bower of autumn foliage, the 

 foliage being fireproof and wired onto 

 branches by the Wittbold employees. Tim 

 Beaver is now head decorator. 



^Irs. George Collins, wife of the fore- 

 man of the Peter Keinberg plant, has 

 been ill at the Ravenswood hospital for 

 some davs and her recoverv is despaired 

 of. 



While Peter Eeiuberg's crop of Beau- 

 ties is not now as heavy as it has been, 

 the quality is worthy oi special mention. 



Miss Clara Lackey and George Rein- 

 berg were married Wednesday evening, 

 October 16, and are now in Colorado on 

 their honeymoon. 



N. J. Wietor says that Wietor Bros, 

 were cut out of October Frost and Mon- 

 rovia by October 12 and that the mid- 

 season sorts are coming on rapidly. The 

 firm is well pleased with the mum season 

 to date. Lady Harriet as grown by 

 them is especially good. 



E. E. Pieser, treasurer of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., says that the season is 

 one of the few in his recollection when 

 all the summer flowers were still avail- 

 able at a date late enough to see all 

 colors of mmns in large supply. 



L. Coatsworth went to New Castle Oc- 

 tober 1.1 to remain until" Saturday, when 

 an auction sale will be held to dispose 

 of the eleven lots adjoining the Benthey- 

 Coatswortli greenhouses, which Mr. Coats- 

 worth has platted as the Ravenswood ad- 

 dition to New Castle. 



Ed Benthey bowls Thursday evening 

 with a north side club. In twelve games 

 he has made an average of 181. 



•T. A. Budlong has an especially heavy 

 cut of Maids now on. 



Matt Mann is beginning to cut callas 

 from bulbs which he is growing for the 

 sixth successive year. 



John Zech is again able to be on duty. 



.Tohn Degnan was at Joliet October 14 

 and reports the establishments there look- 

 ing good. 



C. W. McKellar says the orchid stock 

 is now complete, dendrobiums, vandas 



and oncidiums being in large supply, as 

 well as cattleyas. 



The wholesalers ' employees are mak- 

 ing large preparations for their dance 

 on October 30. Tickets are selling rap- 

 idly and last year's crowd is likely to 

 be considerably beaten. 



Mrs. W. E. Horton, of Bassett & 

 Washburn 's, has been ill for a week with 

 the grip. 



P. J. Hauswirth had the decorations 

 Saturday night, October 12, for the ban- 

 quet of the Chicago Association of Com- 

 merce. While the banquet was the larg- 

 est of the season, the decoration was not 

 elaborate. A larger one, also by Haus- 

 wirth, was that for the National Pack- 

 ers' Association earlier in the week. 



Gus Lange has resumed his advertis- 

 ing in the Tribune. H. R. Hughes has 

 stated his intention of giving daily news- 

 paper advertising a trial this season. 



Highly as the Chicago market regards 

 Detroit as a flower town, and thorough- 

 ly as Detroit's orders are appreciated, 

 we had been misinformed and really 

 thought Detroit could play ball. 



Wholesalers report collections unusual- 

 ly good this month. 



Among the visitors in the last week 

 were Charles E. Critchell and Fred Gear, 

 Cincinnati, and Harry Rackham, son of 

 George Rackham, of Detroit. 



Macon, Ga.— The Idle Hour Nurseries 

 had quite a big decoration on hand last 

 week, on account of the fall opening 

 display of the Danncnburg Co. 's do 

 partment store. The artistic and orig- 

 inal decorations were on a vast and 

 magnificent scale. The entire store was 

 in reception array. 



