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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbdary 13, 1908. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



OFFICE AND SXLESROON, 33-3S-37 RANDOLPH STREET 



""-I^SSr^"" CHICAGO, ILL. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Fancy Carnations^Special Roses 



LONG BEAUTIES 



If you want the 0est stock the market affords, you will order of us. Also strong on regular grades 

 of Roses, Easter Lilies, Narcissi, Romans, Daffodils, Tulips, Fancy Valley, and all Green Qoods. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Chatenay, medium 



Richmond, select, extra long. . 



long $12 



mediimi 8 



" good short 



Killamey, select, extra long... 



long 12. 



medium 8 



" good short 



Sunrise, Perle, long 



Good short stem Roses, our sel. 



Per 100 

 $ 6, 

 18, 

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CARNATIONS 



Ex. f'cyEnch'tr'8,red& white 3. 



First quality, Lawson & white 2 



Split and ordinary 1 



Harrisli 



Freesia; fancy long 3.00 to 



00 to 

 00 to 

 ,50 to 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

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Per 100 



$3.00 



Tulips , 



Narcissus Paper White 



Jonquils 



DaiTodils 



VaUey $3.00 to 



Violets 75 to 



Mignonette, large spikes 



Adiantum 



Adiantum Croweanum, fancy.. 



Smilax 



Sprengeri, Plumosus Sprays ... 3.00 to 

 Plumosus strings. . .each, ^.50 



Perns per 1000, 2.00 



Galax, Green per 1000, 1.50 



Bronze ...per 1000, 1.50 



Leucothoe 



Boxwood 35c bunch; case, 50 lbs., 7.50 



Wild Smilax percase, 5.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 

 16.00 

 4.00 



1.00 



Otir Kxtra Special Grade of Roses oliarsred aooordlnKly. 



Subject to change \eltliout notice 



Mention The KcTlew when you write. 



It -will be cleared of all save the larger 

 pieces of statuary and will make an ideal 

 exhibition room. The business meetings 

 of the society will be held in the beauti- 

 ful little theater known as Fullerton hall, 

 in the Art Institute. 



The dates for the meeting are March 

 25 to 27. Wednesday is a free day at 

 the Art Institute, but on Thursday and 

 Friday 25 cents admission is charged. 

 For the purposes of the rose show an 

 evening admission of 50 cents will be 

 charged. 



It is planned that the Florists' Club 

 shall give a banquet to the out-of-town 

 members of the American Rose Society 

 one evening during the convention. 



Various Notes. 



The market generally overlooked the 

 fact that "Wednesday, February 12, is 

 a legal holiday, with only one mail de- 

 livery. Right now is a good time to 

 call attention to the fact that there will 

 be only one delivery of mail February 

 22, which is Washington's birthday, and 

 those whose orders are to be shipped that 

 night should use the telegraph. 



The A. L, Randall Co. says that so 

 many of its customers have asked to 

 be supplied with glass that they con- 

 template making glass a regular feature 

 of the business in the future. 



Scheiden & Schoos have been using 

 shredded cattle manure at their Evanston 

 greenhouses for the last two years. They 

 think it is better than any other pro- 

 curable fertilizer. 



W. L. Palinsky says the cut flower 

 trade is all right, but that plant business 

 is a little slow. 



John J. Kruchten is receiving some 

 of the finest Paper Whites ever seen 



in this market, but he says the retailers 

 stand and look at them a long while be- 

 fore they can make up their minds to pay 

 3 cents for them. 



Louis Coatsworth spent Sunday at New 

 Castle. He says the Benthey-Coatsworth 

 Co. will soon have the heaviest crop of 

 roses in its history. 



The Atlas block, where so many whole- 

 salers center, is being painted and the 

 priming coat was said to be specially 

 fitting to the condition of the carnation 

 market. It was bright yellow. 



The Kennicott Bros, received the first 

 of the annual crop of Klehm's Novelty 

 tulip February 7. The stock is as good 

 as ever, although bulb forcers in gen- 

 eral report much dissatisfaction vnth the 

 quality of tulips this year. Some of the 

 largest growers say they have experi- 

 enced a greater loss than ever before 

 through bad bulbs having been delivered. 



N. J. Wietor says that his firm is well 

 pleased with the Winsor carnation. It 

 haying been grown under glass all sum- 

 mer at their place, they got an early 

 cut and good stems. They will drop 

 Robert Craig next year, making Victory 

 their dependence for red. At this place 

 no white carnation ever has been able 

 to displace White Cloud as a money 

 maker, 



John Sinner says that the principal 

 call is for white carnations and says 

 the fact that the buyers will not take 

 colors, even when white is not available, 

 goes to show that about all the retailers 

 are doing is funeral work. 



G. H. Pieser, president of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., fell on the ice Sunday 

 evening and was confined to his home. 



L. Baumann & Co. report collections 

 slow. This is specially important to 



them, because in 1907 they paid duty 

 of approximately $40,000, which is cash 

 before the goods are taken from the 

 customs house. 



C. M. Dickinson went home Saturday 

 evening to spend several days on the sick 

 list. 



George Reinberg started a lot of East- 

 er lilies in his orchid house and had a 

 fine crop last week. 



Bassett & Washburn say that Lin- 

 coln's birthday, February 12, brought 

 a fine call for red roses, for dinner cele- 

 brations, etc. 



John Poehlmann says he looks for the 

 tremendously heavy crop of carnations 

 to pass off with practically all growers 

 within two or three weeks, and to be 

 followed by another comparative short- 

 age. C. N. Thomas, of Randall's, agrees 

 with him. 



Leonard Kill says that at Peter Rein- 

 berg's there is no complaint of dull 

 business, although they are not making 

 the new record they had hoped to es- 

 tablish. Mr. KUl thinks that, consid- 

 ering the state of general trade in Chi- 

 cago, the florists may congratulate them- 

 selves that flowers are no longer a luxury, 

 but a prime necessity. 



The Florists' Club will meet at Han- 

 del hall tonight, February 13. 



At E. C. Amling's they say sweet peas 

 are selling as well as anything. 



At Winterson's John Degnan is deep 

 in the work of getting out a spring cata- 

 logue. 



A. H. Budlong says that one house at 

 the J. A. Budlong establishment will be 

 planted to Killamey rose this spring. 



The current week of last year was one 

 of the best of the season. It does not 

 promise to make a favorable comparison, 



