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The Weekly Florfsts' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 21, 1907. 



SEND NE PART OF YOUR ORDER 



FOR THANKSGIVING 



and compare my stock and my service with what you get elsewhere. I have the goods 

 and I want your business right along, so you may be sure I will do my best to please. 



Specially 

 Strong on 



Chrysaothemiims, Roses and Carnations 



BSAUTIK8 Per dos. 



Long $5.00 to $6.00 



24 to 30-inch BteniB . 4.00 



18 to 20-inch stems 2.50 to 8.00 



12 to 15-inch stems 1.50 to 2.00 



Short l.OOto 1.25 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to $8.00 



KDlarney 4.00to 8.00 



Mrs. Marshall Field 6.00 to 10.00 



Chatenay 4.00to 8.00 



Uncle John and Gate 4.00 to 8.00 



Perle 4.ooto 6.00 



THANKSGIVING PRICE LIST 



Per 100 



Richmond and Liberty $4.00 to $8.00 



specials . . 10.00 to 15.C0 



Carnations, good 8.00 to 4.00 



fancy 4.00to 5.00 



Mums, small 6.00 to 10.00 



medium per doz. 1.50 to 2.00 



" large " 2.50to 8.00 



" fancy " 4.00 



Hfirrlsii 20.00 



VttUey 4.00 



Violets, double or single l.OOto 1.50 



Smllsx perdoz. • 2.00 



Plumosus Strings each $0.86 to $0.60 



Plumosus, bunches 



Sprengeri, bunches " 



Adi antum per 100 



Leucothoe " 



Fancy Ferns per 1000 



Galax, green 



" bronze " 



Boxwood (imported), per lb., 



case, $7.60. 

 Southern Wild Smilaz, large case, $5.00; 



small case. $3.00. 

 Prices subject to change ivithout notice. 



.50 to 

 .25 to 

 .75 to 



25c; 



.75 



.50 



1.50 



.75 



1.50 



1.00 



2.00 



50 lb. 



JOHN J. KRUCHTEN 



Wholesale Florist l. d. pnon.. cntrai «6» 51 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



^fentIon The Review when yon write. 



thing except Beauties and camationa of 

 shipping quality. The supply of Beau- 

 ties is so light that prices have advanced 

 to Thanksgiving quotations. The supply 

 of carnations is equal to requirements 

 if made known early in the day, but late 

 orders that called for good stock were 

 cut by at least one house in the 'face of 

 Monday's rose glut. 



Paper White narcissi are now ready. 



Bronze galas has arrived and relieved 

 the shortage. All other green stock has 

 been plentiful right along. 



Thanksgiving. 



With the present glut in the market 

 a decided change in the weather will be 

 necessary if advanced prices are to be 

 realized at Thanksgiving. Growers are 

 cautioned that there is no possibility of 

 profit by holding ba«k their stock. Send 

 it along each day. As buyers realize 

 they can get good, fresh material with 

 no advance in prices they will push for 

 business and make a fair outlet. Any- 

 thing like accumulating stock for No- 

 vember 27 will result in disaster that 

 'day. 



Poehlmann at Little Rock. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. sent eighteen 

 large boxes to the flower show at Little 

 Bock, Ark., and only got them through 

 after a deal of trouble. To begin with, 

 the St. Paul train due to bring the 

 stock to Chicago was late and connec- 

 tions were missed. Investigation showed 

 that Shipping by way of Memphis would 

 permit a transfer to put the stuff into 

 Little Eock in time, so it was dispatched 

 by this roundabout way, only to get into 

 a wreck on the Illinois Central and suf- 

 fer another missed connection, but when 



finally staged the stock was the most ad- 

 mired feature of the show. Among other 

 winnings were two silver cups. 



August Poehlmann and A. L. Vaughan 

 were the only Chicagoans at Little Eock. 

 Mr. Poehlmann says he never has seen 

 a show that was so well attended in pro- 

 portion to the size of the town, nor has 

 he seen one where the best people of the 

 city took so much interest. He was well 

 pleased that he exhibited. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. also exhibited 

 largely at St. Louis, with their custom- 

 ary success. 



Qub Meeting. 



About a dozen members turned out to 

 the meeting of the Florists' Club Novem- 

 ber 14. Walter Scott, of La Grange, 

 and Frank Mitsch, of Eogers Park, were 

 elected to membership. There were thre6 

 proposals, to be voted on next month. 

 E. r. Winterson was elected treasurer. 



It was voted to make December 12 

 rose night, and all those who have new 

 rosea are invited to exhibit. Local grow- 

 ers will show what they can do in the 

 way of high grade stock. 



Various Notei. 



C. L. Washburn says he lays the pres- 

 ent state of the market entirely to the 

 heavy crop of fine Bride and Bridesmaid 

 roses and that he expects a change in a 

 very few days. Bassett & Washburn are 

 cutting a fine lot of giganteum lilies. 



A. L. Eandall Co. is rushing the sea- 

 son, for they have poinsettias now ready. 

 Stevia is another of their additions to 

 the list. 



E. C. Amling says he considers the 

 weak violet market to be due to the fine 

 weather and says he looks for a stiffen- 



ing in demand and values as soon as we 

 get typical November days. Violets cer- 

 tainly never were finer with any of the 

 wholesale houses. 



Anton Then says he took first prize on 

 White Lawson carnation at the fiower 

 show, instead of second as was reported 

 last week. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is still re- 

 ceiving cosmos, but it is indoor grown. 



A. L. Vaughan, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 who was judge of the flower show at 

 Little Eock, Ark., last week, went to 

 his old home at Collinston, Ala., for a 

 Sunday visit. 



It is reported that the Batons' ship 

 came in last week. 



F. F. Benthey, who became a convert 

 to Killarney last season, says that it 

 still sells much better than Maid and 

 that it always is possible to sell out on 

 Killarney, while Maid carried over every 

 night during the present glut. 



Peter Eeinberg and the Evert brothers 

 returned Sunday morning from Duquoin, 

 111., with so many quail that Leonard 

 Kill had to meet them at the train with 

 the automobile. 



C. W. McKellar is receiving daily con- 

 signments of gardenias which are of 

 good quali^ and which he says sell ex- 

 cellently. 



Frank Beu has named the bronze pom- 

 pon chrysanthemum which he has been 

 growing for several years, calling it Mrs. 

 Beu. 



E. H. Hunt calls attention to the fact 

 that there is no more talk of a shortage 

 of chrysanthemums for Thanksgiving. 



Leonard Kill is well pleased with the 

 reception given the Mrs. Marshall Field 

 rose at the St. Louis flower show, where 

 it was an attraction second only to the 



