Apbil 28, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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GREEN 

 GOODS 



Aapmraguu 



Smilax 



Sprens*eri 



PlumoBUB 



Adiantum 

 Ferna 



Ghblaz 



Leueothoe 



Boxwood 



Chas. W. McKellar 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



51 Wabash Ave. 

 Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



A Specialty 



A fine assortment of 

 Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on 

 hand. 



L. D. Phone Central SS98. FMSSH EVKRT DAT 



FANCY STOCK IN TALLEY, BEAUTIES, BOSES. CARNATIONS 

 AND GBEENS OF ALL KINDS 



Can always supply the best goods the season aflords 

 A complatt line of all Wirt Work and Supplies constantly on hand 



CCBBENT PBICB LIST 



ORCHLD8, a specialty. Per doz 



Cattleyas S6.00to $7.50 



Assorted Orchids, per box, 



15.00 and up. 

 AM. BKAUTIES- 



Extralong $4.00 



Stems, 24 to 86 inches. . 2.50 to 8.00 



Stems, 20 inches 2.00 



Stems, 15 inches 1.60 



Stems, 12 inches 1.00 



KOSS8 Per 100 



Killarney and Richmond.$3.00 to $10.00 



Bride, Maid and G. Gate. 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 3.00to 8.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



Carnations, sel. com'n. 1.00 to 1.50 



" lar^e and fancy 2.00 to 3.00 

 MISCBL,L,AN£OC8 

 Gardenias... doz., $2 to $3 



Violets, double .50 



Longiflorum, Callas 8.00 to 12.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Tulips, Jonquils S.OOto 4.00 



Poets .50 



Mignonette 4.00to 6.00 



Sweet Peas 50 to .75 



DECOR ATI VK 



Asp. Plumosus string, .85 to .50 



•'^ " ....bunch, .35 to .76 



" Sprengeri...per 100, 2.00to 5.00 



Galax., .per 100, 15c; 1000, 1.00 to 1.25 



FemB..per 100, 20c; 1000, 2.00 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 to 1.60 



Smilax doz.. $2.00; 15.00 



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BOXWOOD 



Case Lots Our Specialty, $7.00 a Case 



Smilax 



Long, heavy strings 



Leueothoe 



Design makers need it 



Sprengeri 



In liberal bunches 



Ferns 



Best in the market 



Asparagus 



Good strings, fine oanches 



Galax 



Green and Bronze 



All Cut Flowers in Large Supply 



ALL. STOCK BIIXKD AT CHICAGO MARKKT RATK8 



KENjSICOTT BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 48-50 Wabash Ave. L.D.Phone, central 466. CHICTIGO 



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the average. Those who usually buy 

 the high priced plants were not in evi- 

 dence and we do not think they were 

 all at Atlantic City, either. 



In the east, end, Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements, Zieger Co. and H. L. Blind 

 & Bros., have each a greenhouse be- 

 side their stores, giving a large front 

 of glass, and they filled these with bloom- 

 ing plants, arranged in baskets and jar- 

 dinieres. The result was, they had shows 

 that were worth traveling miles to see, 

 and if once one stepped inside there were 

 such treats that it was only necessary to 

 get customers in to get their money. 

 At-- one time to call this business art 

 was a joke, but it is not so now, as 

 every arrangement showed an artistic 

 ability that satisfied the most exacting 

 critics. 



In the downtown section, Mrs. E. A. 

 Williams had her shop redecorated, add- 

 ing a beautiful art glass window on the 

 Bide, beneath which was the cozy corner, 

 where the customer might sit to write a 



card or rest. This, with possibly as 

 fine an arrangement of plants as one ever 

 saw, certainly entitled this lady to the 

 credit of having the most artistic shop 

 in this city, if not in the county. There 

 were no cheap plants' or small pots offer- 

 ed for sale. Everything, including lilies, 

 was arranged in artistic baskets, which 

 would probably range m price from $5 

 to $35 each. Of course, she may have 

 lost some business from those . hunting 

 for a hyacinth or a single lily pot, but 

 if she did, she did not lose any money, 

 for her shop had nothing to spoil the 

 effect of the more beautiful arrange- 

 ments, nor was she bothered with small 

 deliveries. This store, like all the others, 

 made the whole show of plants, but made 

 most of the money on cut flowers. 



A. W. Smith had his large store filled, 

 as a customer remarked, with every- 

 thing beautiful that grows. And, as an 

 evidence of whether it pays to get ready 

 for a day with the idea that there will 

 be business, it is only necessary to say 



that his store was crowded from morn- 

 ing until midnight. Besides their regu- 

 lar large force, there were extra sales- 

 men, and sixty-three messenger boys were 

 kept busy from seven a. m. Saturday 

 until noon Sunday, delivering. This large 

 force, with their wagons, had all they 

 could do, and when asked what kind 

 of an Easter trade they had, they said, 

 "As big as last year, which was the 

 banner year, only we had to sell so much 

 more stock to do it, as prices were much 

 lower. ' ' 



A. M. Murdoch had his usual Easter 

 display, showing his confidence in his 

 trade and not without some cause, as 

 he, like the others, was busy until noon 

 on Sunday. 



H. L. Blind & Bros, had their down- 

 town store filled with choice azaleas, hy- 

 drangeas, ramblers, etc., until it was a 

 bower of beauty. 



Breitenstein & Flemm got the glass in 

 their shop Monday and the carpenters 

 and bricklayers were still building on 



