Apbil 23. 1908. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



21 



Spring Stock 



We are strong on all the lines you will need for 

 your spring trade. Fancy stock for the weddings 

 and social work; special prices on "Our Selection" 

 for the special sales. 

 Order of us and you will not regret it. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



[60 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



ROSES 

 BKAUTIK8 Per doz. 



30 to S6-inch stems $300to $4.00 



20 to 24-iiieh stems 2.00 to 2.60 



15 to 18-lDch stems 1.00 to 1.50 



12-lncb stems .75 



Per 100 



Richmond or KiUamey $ 4.00 to $10.00 



Bride and Bridesmaid 4.00 to 8.00 



Cbatenay, Gate or Uncle John 4.00 to 8.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.00 



Our Selection 3.00 



Per 100 



CARNATIONS $1.00 to $1.50 



Fancy 2.00 to 3.00 



mSCELLANKOUS 

 Callas or Easter Lilies. . $8.00 to $12.00 per 100 



VaUey S.OOto 4.00 



Sweet Peas 75 to 1.00 



Mignonette S.OOto 8.00 



Violets ,.... .50 



TuUps or Daflodils 2.00 to 4.00 



GREKNS 



Asp. Plumosus $0.86 to $0.50 per string 



Asp. Plumosus Sprays. .35 to .50 per bunch 



Sprengeri 26to .86perbunch 



Adiantum 75 to 1.00 per 100 



Smilax, choice 200perdoz. 



Fancy Perns 2.00 per 1000 



Qalax Leaves 1.00 to 1.26 per 1000 



Boxwood, 50-lb. cases. 7.50 



Subject to Cbanse Wltbout Notice. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



^^M ■ ^^ ■ ^^ Hp" BT^ ^V ^% r~ ^^ A SPECIALLY HEAVY CUT OF 



LnUlLL KUoLO Maid,Bridet Richmond 



Send us your orders— or write or wire for SPECIAL QUOTATIONS ON THOUSAND LOTS 



FINEST 



QUALITY 



CARNATIONS 



Heavy 



SUPPLY 



All other seasonable 

 cut flowers in good 

 supply — also all 

 green goods. 



J.H.BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



Boses and 

 Carnations 

 A Specialty. 



WHOLESALE 

 6R0WER Of 



CUT FLOWERS 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



ette, sweet peas, f reestas, tulips and hya- 

 cinths, perhaps the better. Little wonder 

 the growers of bulb stock are blue. This 

 has been a strenuous season. Next year 

 Easter arrives a week earlier. Let ns 

 hope it may be a better one for all con- 

 cerned. 



The retailers bought carefully. The 

 plants were not as large as usual, the 

 mixed boxes not so elaborate. Every- 

 thing put up at reasonable prices sold, 

 except the lilies. The majority seemed 

 satisfied and the aggregate of sales was 

 tremendous. Plants were everywhere. 

 Pew homes on Sunday were without them. 



The prominent retailers have many 

 weddings booked and not a plant re- 

 maining unsold will be lost. Decorations 

 will take them all. Gayety is already 

 rampant. Dinners and weddings are too 

 numerous to mention. Every retailer 

 seems to have his order book full of 

 them. The plant growers may well shake 

 hands with themselves. Every good 

 plant they had was sold. If they have 

 any left, the auctions will soon absorb 



them. These auctions at deary's, El- 

 liott's and by the Fruit Auction Co. are 

 growing in interest every day. John 

 Cleary, who presides at the sales of the 

 Pruit Auction Co., sails for Europe July 

 7 to select stock for the fall importa- 

 tions and sales, so much has the com- 

 pany been impressed by its venture al- 

 ready. Thousands of dollars' worth are 

 sold in a few hours, and the only worry 

 now is the supply. 



Various Notes. 



At Elliott's, on Good Priday, nearly 

 200 buyers were in attendance. Prices 

 were excellent. To prove how fast the 

 public is becoming suburbanized, . I did 

 not see two familiar faces in that as- 

 semblage, not counting, of course, the 

 illuminated countenance of the auction- 

 eer. 



Mrs. Warendorff, of the Ansonia, the 

 mother of florists, has been ill for sev- 

 eral weeks, but her indomitable will re- 

 asserted itself and she got well for the 

 Easter trade. It was immense in her 



beautiful store, and in all the artistic 

 centers of Warendorff skill, especially in 

 Herman's, on Broadway, there was the 

 usual result, and nothing remained that 

 was not useful at their two big wed- 

 dings Tuesday. 



Ambrose Cleary observed the custom of 

 years and did not sell on Good Priday. 

 But every Tuesday and Priday he will 

 be heard for the coming months with 

 no uncertain sound. 



David Clarke's Sons never had a great- 

 er Easter — more work, more customers, 

 larger aggregate than ever before. Their 

 big store on upper Broadway was alto- 

 gether too small for their trade and 

 their annex proved a friend in need. So 

 it was with all the leading stores. The 

 storage branch of each was a necessity 

 and few there were without one. 



Up on Madison avenue, Myer and 

 Duer made grand displays, and on Twen- 

 ty-eighth street, Donohoe and Nugent 

 had wonderful exhibits that were awful 

 wrecks Saturday evening. 



The veteran, Alex. McConnell, had the 



