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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Januabt 16, 1908. 



WIETOR BROS. ^'A^^r" Chicago 



No charge for packing. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY— 



Extra Ions: stems 



36-iach stems 



30-ifich stems. 

 24-inch stems. 

 20-mch stems . 

 18-inch stems. 

 15-inch stems . 

 12-inch stems. 

 8-inch stems . 



Bridest fancy 



4< 



Per 6oz, 



$5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



1.25 



1.00 



.75 



Per 100 



$10.00 



Prices aubject to change without notice 



Per 100 



KateMoolton, fancy $10.00 



** good $6.00to 8.00 



Richmond, fancy 8.00 to 10.00 



6.00 



10.00 

 8.00 



good $6.00 to 8.00 



Bridesmaids, fancy 10.00 



" good 6.00 to 8.00 



good 5.00 to 



Killamey, fancy 



** good 6.00 to 



Chatenay, fancy 10.00 to 12.00 



8.00 



10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



good 6.00 to 



Uncle John, fancy 



♦♦ good 6.00 to 



Perle 6.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, fancy 



** good 



AH other itoek at loweit msrket rstes. The abOTe prices sre for seleet stock. Kxtrs select or laterlor stock blllad secordlnglr. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



has a landscape contract for $4,000, on 

 which it is now working. 



L. Baumann, of Chicago, was a caller 

 last week. 



Ostertag Bros, made a handsome dec- 

 oration at the Marquette hotel for the 

 Tennessee banquet, over which Governor 

 Folk presided. Henry Ostertag reports 

 that they have been kept hustling with 

 decorations. The Lee wedding for 

 tliis week is a large affair. 



W. C. Smith & Co. are handling large 

 consignments of California violets. The 

 bulk of these come every morning from 

 Kirkwood. 



Henry Baer, of Peoria, and Swan 

 Peterson, of Gibson City, 111., are large 

 consignors of carnations. This stock 

 is handled at C. A. Kuehn's, where car- 

 nations are supreme. Manager Gerlach, 

 at this place, reports a good call for sup- 

 plies, and cut stock of all kinds abun- 

 dant. 



J. F. Ammann, A. S. Halstead, E. W. 

 Guy, John Steidle, John Connon, Henry 

 Johann and E. Rotenheber, our suburban 

 members, attended the club meeting last 

 week. 



Henry Berning received a fine lot of 

 Beauties and carnations last week, also 

 fine quality California violets. 



Mrs. C. Schoenle, wife of Charlie 

 Schoenle, who went through a severe 

 operation recently at one of the local 

 hospitals, is on the road to recovery and 

 will be back to the store next week. 



The St. Louis Seed Co. is making ex- 

 tensive preparations for the early spring 

 trade. Walter Betzer reports that mail 

 inquiries have increased greatly and have 

 now reached 5,000 daily. That's what 

 advertising does. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 held a meeting last week at the Mer- 

 cantile Club, and decided to hold a flower 

 show during March. J. J. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Business among the retailers has been 

 very fair, the unusual amount of funeral 

 work giving most of the stores enough 

 to keep them busy. But decorations of 

 all kinds have been scarce, with not a 



freat deal doing in the way of loose 

 ower sales. The wholesale houses are 

 cleaning up nicely each day, so that 

 they haVe not much to complain of. 



Fancy and Dagger FERNS, *'; 



38-40 Broadway, 



.60 



per 1000 



Discount on large orders. 

 Mew Crop Gftlez. Bronse or Green, tl.26 per 1000 ; 



10,000, 17.50. WUd Smllax, 60-lb. caee. $6.00. 

 Splutsnuxn Moss, large bales $1.26. Lanootbo* 



Spray a, $1.00 per 100: 1,000, $7.60. 

 Boxwood, 36c per buncb; 60 lbs., $7.60. 

 FlorifitB In the Middle and Western States can save money 

 by placid^ their fern orders with us. A trial order solicited. 



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 BrlKht and ot Bxtra WldUi. 



We are exclusive 'agents for the largest ship- 

 pers of Prime Madagascar Kaffla, importing 

 direct and saving you all brokerage and 

 handling in London. 



Splutcnum Moss of oar own gathering. A 

 large stock of best quality always on band. 



Oscar Smith & Sons Co. ^^%^ 



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RAFFIA and 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Violets were more plentiful in supply and 

 less in demand, and Beauties have 

 dropped in price below anything that 

 could be expected during this month. 



, Carnations are. coming from all sources 

 and it will not be long until there will 

 be more than plenty. Bulb stock is sell- 

 ing, but no fancy prices are thought 

 of. Lilies are still scarce. 



Qub Meettn£. 



The Florists' Ciub met Tuesday even- 

 ing, January 7, and this was the time 

 for the nomination of officers. Presi- 

 dent John Jones declining another term, 

 Fred Burki was nominated for that of- 

 fice, and H. L. Blind as treasurer. The 

 balance of the old officers were nomi- 

 nated for reelection. 



On motion the secretary was instruct- 

 ed to write to the secretary of the 

 American Carnation Society, extending 

 to that society an invitation to bring its 

 next meeting to Greater Pittsburg, and 

 if this could not be accomplished, to 

 make sure of the 1910 convention. 



In discussing the next meeting, in 

 February, which is to be carnation night 

 and when prizes are to be awarded, the 

 committee having charge of the private 

 gardens' interests, not having shown any 

 interest, was discharged and on motion 

 a new committee was named. This was 

 necessary, as the many gardeners from 



private places, who have helped the club 

 and are interested in this show, were 

 not satisfied to be dropped because sev- 

 eral members on their committee were 

 not interested. This show of interest 

 so stirred up our friend, Harry Bunyard, 

 who was a visitor, that he took the floor 

 and after a few pleasant remarks con- 

 tributed, in the name of his employer, 

 A. T. Boddington, $10, to be distributed 

 as the committee thought best. 



The subject of the evening, "Roses," 

 was then taken up and enthusiastically 

 discussed. 



Mr. Mann, representing the E. G. Hill 

 Co., of Bichmond, Ind., arrived just in 

 time to stage a very fine exhibit of the 

 roses Bhea Reid and Princess, and the 

 carnations White Enchantress, Sarah Hill 

 and Afterglow. Rhea Reid is a fine thing 

 and if it is what is claimed for it, 

 Beauty growers will want nothing lesf 

 than 36-inch Beauties. The fact that 

 some had seen "White Enchantress which 

 were not white, reflected on that sort, but 

 Afterglow and Sarah Hill caught on. 

 as the orders taken by Mr. Mann wil 

 testify. 



A handsome vase of Mrs. Pottc^ 

 Palmer, sent by Poehlmann Bros. Co . 

 received deserved attention. The flower 

 arrived in fine condition, with good stem!", 

 fine foliage and a color that will be re 

 ceived well by the retailers. 



