20 The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBBB 81, 1007. 



VIOLETS 



The cream of the Stock from the 

 Hudson River Growers 



IN LARGE SUPPLY 



Good stock, all colors, all grades, 

 $6.00 to $35.0O per 100. 



Per 100 

 Perle WOO to W.OO 



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BEAUTIES Perdoz. 



Long WOO 



24 to 30-iDcta stems 12.00 to 3.00 



18 to 20-lnch stems 1.60 to 2.00 



12 to 16-iiich stems 1.00 to 1.60 



Short Mto .75 



Per 100 



Bride. Maid and KUlarney WOO to $8.00 



Mrs. Marshall Field 6.00 to 10.00 



Chatenay 4.00 to 8.00 



Uncle John and Gate S.OOto 8.00 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



Richmond and Liberty 4.00 to 8.00 



Carnations, good 2 00 to 2.60 



fancy a.ooto 4.00 



HarrUU 20 00 



Valley ». 4 00 



Violets, double or slncle 76 to 1 .00 



Smllaz perdoz. 2.00 



PiumoBus Strlnrs each Mto .50 



PlumoBUB, bunches " .60 to .75 



Sprengerl, bunches each, 10 26 to 10.60 



Adlantum per 100 .76 to 1.60 



Leucothoe " 



Fancy Ferns per 1000 



Galax, rreen " 



" bronze " 



BOXWOOD (Imported), perlb., 26oi 60-lb. 



case, 17.50, 

 SOUTHERN \¥ItD SMILAX, large case, 

 t6.00; small case, 13.00. 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



.75 

 1.60 

 1.00 

 2.00 



58-60 

 Wabash Ave. 



Chicago 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



due entirely to increased production and 

 not to any decrease in popularity of the 

 flower. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is doing a 

 nice business with well colored oak foli- 

 age, which the retailers like, not only 

 for decorations but to put up with chrys- 

 anthemums in cut flower work. 



The burial of James Beddick, the pol- 

 itician, made a big call for funeral work 

 Monday and Tuesday. 



John Evert is marketing a big cut of 

 mums at his father 's stand at the Flower 

 Growers' market. 



Among the week 's visitors were J. W. 

 Ludwig and daughter, Allegheny, Pa., 

 who were guests of Victor Bergman, of 

 E. Wienhoeber 's staff; F. W. Ritter, 

 Dayton, O. 



QNONNATL 



The Market. 



Business continues much as last re- 

 ported. The demand is good and the 

 total sales average well up with last 

 year, which is saying a good deal. I do 

 not believe that as a whole the mums 

 are averaging as well, though last year 

 was an exceptional one and I think 

 everyone ought to be satisfied as it is. 

 A few large decorations helped to move 

 the stock. Funeral work was better. So- 

 ciety does not seem to have awakened 

 as yet. Only now and then is there any- 

 thing of note, so that the florists are 

 making a rather poor haul in that re- 

 spect. It is to be hoped that these con- 

 ditions will not last much longer. 



Mums are coming in large quantities 

 and the mid-season varieties are with us. 

 It is a pleasure to see some of our old 

 standby varieties come in, as the trade 

 knows their qualities and buys them 

 without question. Many of the newer 

 Borts are unknown and still more of 



them will not stand up with the old-time, 

 tried sorts. It is hard to find a better 

 all-round yellow than Bonnaffon or a 

 better medium white than little Ivory. 

 They, together with some others of the 

 old varieties, are the surest sellers in 

 the business. 



One good thing is that roses are be- 



raVERY now and then a well 

 19 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of brinsing a new 

 advertiser to 



m 





Stich friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give tfs the name of anyone from 

 whom yoo are btiying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling: articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



ginning to get off crop. The last few 

 weeks they have been selling poorly and 

 the supply has been heavy, but with the 

 supply growing less every day we can 

 soon look for better things from them. 

 Beauties are not very plentiful, but the 

 demand for them is not so strong now 

 and we have plenty to go around. 

 Carnations continue scarce, and from 



the outlook it will be some time till 

 there is really a good supply of them. 

 At present it is just as well that they^ 

 are scarce, for with the mum in first 

 place there would not be so much de- 

 mand for them. As it is, they will most 

 probably be in good crop when most 

 wanted. Violets are just about equal to 

 the demand. Valley is selling very well. 

 Other lilies are in good demand, with 

 a fair supply. 



Small bunched white mums find a 

 ready market for funeral work; in fact, 

 all funeral work flowers sell well. 

 Green goods are in good supply and 

 selling well. 



Various Notes. 



D. Rusconi is now nicely fixed up in 

 his new location at 128 West Sixth 

 street. He has gone into the retail cut 

 flower business in conjunction with his 

 wholesale and retail bulb and plant busi- 

 ness, and it is now rumored that he will 

 do a wholesale cut flower business as 

 well. Mr. Rusconi has always done a 

 good business in this locality and is well 

 known and liked by the trade in general. 



George & Allan report that they will 

 not force quite so many bulbs this year 

 as last, but still the amount will be 

 enprmous. They have been making a 

 specialty of bulb forcing for many years 

 and their product is known for its high 

 quality all over this section of the coun- 

 try. 



Ben George has been suffering with a 

 very heavy cold for a long time. On 

 several occasions he has been obliged to 

 stop work for a day or two. The cold 

 was one of those summer kinds which 

 are so hard to lose. At last reports he 

 was getting better. 



A. Sunderbruch 's Sons report business 

 as very good, on an average, this fall. 

 This firm is one of the most successful 

 in this city, and if they report that 



