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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OcxoBKK 24, 1907, 



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51 iWabash Ave., CHICAGO 



IN FINE CROP 



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



Per Dnz. Per 100 Ppr 100 



THE URGEST GROWER OF CUT 

 riOWERS W AMERIU. 



1,600,000 Feet of Glass... 



Per Doz 



Am. 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 



Per 100 



Killarnej $6.00 to $8.00 



Bridesmaid 4.00 to 6.00 



Bride and Chatenay 4.00 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



Kate Moolton 6.00 to 8.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 6.00 



lTory«ndUncleJohn4.00to 6.00 

 Perle 3.00 to 5.00 



Per 100 



Carnations $ 2.00 to $3.00 



Mums, doz., $1.50-$3 



Barrisii 10.00 to 15.00 



VaUey 4.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Plumosus 75c per bunch 



Ferns $1.50 per 1000. 



Galas $1.50 per 1000 



ROSES, OUR SELECTION, $3.00 PER 100. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



in Flower Growers' market. He says it 

 will be the first time since the market 

 was opened that there has been no space 

 for rent. 



In the obituary column this week the 

 death of Mrs. Peter Trausch is recorded. 

 She was the grandmother of John P. 

 Risch, of Weiland & Risch, and well 

 known to the oldest of the gardening 

 fraternity. 



E. E. Pieser, of the Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., says the demand for wild smilax 

 has this season been practically double 

 what it was a year ago. 



Zech & Mann have been receiving this 

 week some especially fine Clementine 

 Touset chrysanthemums. The variety 

 has become a standard, and every 

 grower has it, but there is a great dif- 

 ference in the quality of the stock. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. has had the best 

 success on record this year with Mrs. 

 Bobinson chrysanthemums. As they 

 have it this year none of the new whites 

 can beat it. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. now has an- 

 other big decoration on hand at the 

 Chicago Athletic Club. 



The growers are now spending their 

 leisure moments experimenting, against 

 the time of need, in the application of 

 the Baur calyx clip, the plyers and clips 

 ordered months ago having just been de- 

 livered. 



D. T. Murphy, of Manistee, Mich., 

 was a visitor October 19. 



Mrs. George Collins died October 17, 

 as reported in the obituary column this 

 week. She was a woman of splendid 

 character and Mr. Collins has the sym- 

 pathy of everyone in the craft. 



C. Keller, of Granton, Wis., is visit- 



ing his daughter, Mrs. Henry Bornhoeft, 

 372 Monroe street. A dinner party in 

 honor of the old gentleman was given 

 October 20 by John Bornhoeft and on 

 Monday evening he was entertained by 

 Fred Meyer.. 



EXETER, N. H. 



The thirteenth annual flower show of 

 the New Hampshire Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was held in the town hall, Exeter, 

 October 15 to 17. The Exeter Rose 

 Conservatories, Thomas Carter grower, 

 took first prize on roses and a special 

 prize on Richmonds. W. S. Perkins, of 

 Exeter, took first prize on carnations, 

 violets, mums and decorative plants. 

 Fred Churchill, of Exeter, and Charles 

 Davis, of Dover, took second and third 

 prizes. 



Thomas Carter is cutting some excel- 

 lent Richmonds at the Exeter Rose Con- 

 servatories. 



Fred Millbury is spending ten days 

 in Brooklyn. 



Samuel Neil, the veteran florist of 

 Dorchester, is spending this week with 

 W. S. Perkins, of Exeter. They leave 

 next week for Deerfield for a week's 

 hunting. Mr. Neil's sons, Thomas and 

 Charles, are in charge while he is aw^y. 



J. R. P. 



Lake Charles, La. — C. D. Otis at- 

 tended the state fair at Shreveport, La., 

 and made an exhibit of greenhouse plants. 

 He was awarded four blue ribbons and 

 one red ribbon. He says there were sev- 

 eral local exhibitors there, but he does 

 not think the floral exhibit was what it 

 should have been for a state fair. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Tlie market was quite strong all last 

 week. The wholesalers say all lines of 

 stock were in good demand at fair 

 prices. The retailers, too, were busy al- 

 most every day. Funeral work kept 

 them occupied more than weddings and 

 other social work, which has not been 

 any too plentiful since the season 

 opened. 



This week there are a great many 

 strangers, who represent society else- 

 where, in town attending the interna- 

 tional balloon race and this should cut 

 quite a figure in dinner decorations, for 

 our society folks are much interested in 

 these races. 



Stock was not heavy October 21, but 

 as the weather is fine, warm Indian sum- 

 mer having arrived, a crowded market is 

 looked for in almost everything by the 

 end of the week. Roses are not selling 

 so well and it is only at cheap prices 

 that the wholesaler has any chance to 

 clean up on them. All stock is of fairly 

 good quality, but the demand for first- 

 class grades has fallen off, owing to the 

 call for chrysanthemums, which, of 

 course, are the most seasonable flowers. 

 Of these the market is not ^s yet over- 

 stocked with extra fancy quality. The 

 best of those that come in do not bring 

 over $3 per dozen. 



Carnations are much better and bring 

 top price, which is $3 per hundred. The 

 bulk of them, though, are sold for $2. 

 Kirkwood consignments are coming in 

 fine. Violets are of improved color and 

 longer stems. They arc selling much 



