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January 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS 



FOR CUT BLOOMS OF 



Dorner's Winona 



NEW TRUE PINK CARNATION 



KENMCOTT BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 48-SO Wabash Ave* L. D. Phone, central 466. CHICAGO 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



WIETOR BROS, ^'a^^h"^" Chicago 



No charges for paekiui^. 

 AMERICAN BEAUTY— 



Extra lone items 



36-inch stems 



Prices subject to chang^e without notice 



Per doz. 



$5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



1.25 



LOO 



.75 



Per 100 



$10.00 



eood $6.00 to 8.00 



Bridesnutids, fancy 10.00 



good 6.00to 8.00 



30-inch stems . 

 24-inch stems . 

 20-inch stems. 

 18-inch stems. 

 15-inch stems . 

 12-inch stems. 

 8-inch stems . 



Brides, fancy . 



Kate Moulton, fancy . 



good $6.00 to 



Richmond, fancy 8.00 to 



♦♦ good 5.00to 



Killamey, fancy 



"* good 6.00 to 



Chatenay, fancy 10.00 to 



** good 6.00 to 



Uncle John, fancy 



** good 6.00 to 



Perle 6.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, fancy 



good 2.50to 



Per 100 



$10.00 



8.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



10.00 

 8.00 



12.00 

 8.00 



10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



All otker stock st lowest market rstes. Tke sbOTO prieei sre tor select stock. Bxtra select or iaterior stock bill«d secordlasly. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The prices of carnations in the whole- 

 sale market do not improve. Shipments 

 are increasing daily and no advance from 

 present quotations seems possible. Four 

 ilollars per hundred will buy the best nov- 

 elties, while the old time kinds have 

 fallen at times to $10 a thousand. We 

 have in abundance now all the varieties 

 and the quality is excellent. 



The best Beauties still bring 60 cents. 

 Roses of all kinds hold at last week's 

 prices. The supply hardly keeps pace 

 with the demand. 



Violets were a dump on Saturday and 

 Monday. Great quantities of left-overs 

 \vere cleared out to the sidewalk mer- 

 chants as low as $2 a thousand. Even 

 the best of them do not go above 50 

 cents a hundred. 



The orchid asserted its domination 

 Monday, one wedding using, if reports 

 are correct, over 5,000 blooms. 



There is a great abundance now of hya- 

 cinths, narcissi, freesiaa, sweet peas and 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



mignonette. Lilies, too, and valley are 

 beyond the digestive power of the market. 



A gradual improvement is looked for 

 from now until Lent. Society dinners 

 are more and more costly, elaborate func- 

 tions are given instead of the simple af- 

 fairs of the beginning of the season and 

 balls, weddings and musicales involve joy- 

 ous floral decorations, which the bon ton 

 florists are finding fully up to their ex- 

 pectations and capacity. Unique meth- 

 ods of distribution are in vogue, includ- 

 ing floral sedan chairs, wheelbarrows, etc. 



McKinley day has been better adver- 

 tised this year than ever. The promi- 

 nent wholesalers have suggestive an- 

 nouncements in their windows. We hope 

 New York will do its share in honoring 

 the memory of the martyred president. 

 Too little interest is manifested by the 

 florists themselves. 



Various Notes. 



The New York convention contingent, 

 headed by President Traendly and Di- 

 rector Young, left for Washington at 

 3:30 Monday. Mr. Young declared the 

 delegation was large enough to deserve a 



special car and that Caterer Nugent had 

 not forgotten his duty as usual. The 

 Northport, Flatbush, Cottage Gardens 

 and Tarrytown representatives were on 

 hand. If every city does as well as New 

 York, there will be no complaints as to 

 attendance. 



Not to be out of fashion, the McManus 

 headquarters had a little fire of its own 

 last week that did little damage and left 

 the orchid supply for the big wedding 

 undisturbed. 



On February 7 the dinner of the Or- 

 ange Society will be held, and on Feb- 

 ruary 29 the grand reunion of all the 

 members of the New York Florists ' Club, 

 at the Hotel St. Denis. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 club will be on Monday evening, Feb- 

 ruary 10. Exhibits of new carnations will 

 be in order and the returning conven- 

 tionists will have their say. 



J. D. Coekcroft is averaging a ship- 

 ment of over 2,000 carnations daily to 

 Traendly & Schenck, Georgia and Har- 

 vard among the specialties. 



The Traendly family celebrated the 

 birthdays of two of their children Janu- 



