16 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 7, 1908. 



'PEONIES 



ARE HERE 

 RED, PINK AND WHITE 



With favorable weather for • the development of the crops, 

 we shall have Peonies every day from now till the end of 

 the season. Fine stock. Order of-us. 



Sweet Peas and Valley 



For Your Spring Weddings 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



60 Wabasii Avenue, CHICAGO 



AMBBICAM BEAUTY 



Long stems 



Stems 30 inches 



Stems 24 inches 



Stems 20 inches 



Stems 16 inches 



Stems 12 inches. 



Per doz. 



$3.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 150 

 1.00 

 .75 



Shorts per 100, $4.00 to 95.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid $3.00 to $8.00 



Bride «.00to 8.00 



Chatenay S.OOto 8.00 



Killamey. 4.00to 8.00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



ROSES, our selection 3.00 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Common $1.50 



Select $2.00to 3.00 



BII8C£I.LANi:OUS STOCK 



Peonies per doz., 50c 



Sweet Peas 60to 1.50 



Lilies S.OOto 10.00 



Callas S.OOto 10.00 



Mifcnonette 2.00to 4.00 



Tulips, all colors 2.00to 3.00 



Marguerites 50 to .75 



Irises 3.00 to 4.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .85 to .50 

 per bunch, .36 to .75 



" ■ Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax . . . .per doz., $2.00: " 15.00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.60; " .30 



Leucothoe Sprays.' 7.50; " 1.00 



Oalax , green and bronze — 1000, 1.00 



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



Subject to Cbansre Without Notice. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



that the crop will hold on till Memorial 

 day. 



Among the week's visitors were A. M. 

 Aiigspurger, of Peoria, and W. W. See- 

 kins, of Duluth. 



KNOPF NAME NOW. 



In the Wayne County Circuit Court 

 action has been taken to change the name 

 of the corporation known as the B., K. 

 & B. Floral Co., Kichmond, Ind., which 

 will be in future the Charles Knopf 

 Floral Co., taking the name of the prin- 

 cipal owner and active manager. The 

 concern has built up an excellent busi- 

 ness in the comparatively few years it 

 has been in existence. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Flower market conditions remain far 

 from satisfactory. It is difficult to quote 

 even approximate prices. On some days 

 a demand creates a little flutter, but an 

 immense amount of stock is being either 

 cleared at absurdly low prices or not 

 sold at all. Boses are bard to move. 

 As usual, the better grades sell the best, 

 and short-stemmed flowers are a veritable 

 glut. Carnations, if anything, are now 

 in an improved condition as compared 

 with roses. Prices are low, but some 

 growers' crops are rather off at pres- 

 ent. Sweet peas sell moderately well. 

 Some nice gladioli, which include both 

 the Gandavensis and Colvillei type, are 

 selling quite well. The varieties Blush- 

 ing Bride and Peach Blossom take the 

 best. Single violets are done, but several 

 growers will have doubles until the mid- 

 dle of May. 



Quite a lot of bulbous stock is now 

 arriving from outdoors, including -tu- 

 lips. Trumpet and Pheasant's Eye nar- 

 cissus of the ornatus type. Mignonette, 

 antirrhinum and wallflower are all of 

 poor quality. Lily of the valley is in 

 light demand, as are stocks. Spanish 

 iris sells moderately well, but marguer- 

 ites are too abundant. Pansies are in 

 heavy supply. In choice flowers gar- 

 denias are more abundant. While the 

 scarcity of cattleyas is broken by a 

 good supply of C. Mossise, other sorts. 



LARGE CAPE JASMINE BUDS 



(GARDENIA GRANDIIXORA) 



For the trade: 100 Buds, packed in basket, $1.00; 400 Buds, packed in box, $3.50. For larger ship- 

 ments write for prices. Express rates on Cape Jasmine Buds very low. Can furnish this year 150,000. 

 Seasons from May 10th to June 5th. 



EHLERS, Florist, - - Houston, Texas 



Mention The Review when you write. 



like Skinncri and Mendellii, are also 

 seen. 



Vatioui Notes. 



April weather in Massachusetts pre- 

 sented some interesting features. In 

 Boston the maximum was 85 degrees 

 and the minimum 24 degrees. The mean 

 temperature was 47 degrees, or one de- 

 gree higher than normal. Precipitation 

 was light, amounting to only 1.70 inches, 

 against a general average of 3.49 inches. 

 It was a windy month, the total move- 

 ment being 9,491 miles. Nine days 

 were clear, eleven partly cloudy aiid 

 ten cloudy. 



The warm weather of last week sent 

 vegetation ahead with a rush and early 

 flowering shrubs are now attractive. 

 Owing to the mild weather, there has 

 been little injury to trees and shrubs 

 and there promises to be a wealth of 

 bloom such as we have not had for a 

 number of years. Never were forsythias 

 so fine in the parkways and arboretum. 

 The magnolias, prunus, Cornus Mas, and 

 other early subjects are also splendid. 

 Toward the end of the present week 

 the numerous pyrus or ornamental ap- 

 ples will be a great feature, while the 

 lilac display will be finer than ever. The 

 andromedas still are handsome, while 

 rhododendrons seem to have escaped all 

 winter killing for the first time in a 

 number of years. 



Edward L. Beard, until recently a 

 member of the now defunct Shady Hill 

 Nursery Co., and who has been conduct- 

 ing a nursery exchange and landscape 

 gardening business with offices at 155 

 Milk street, made an assignment April 

 28 for the benefit of his creditors, to 

 Francis M. Smith. A meeting of cred- 

 itors will be held at 155 Milk street 

 May 9. 



Although the weather has not been 



JOSEPH FOERSTER 



Wliolesale sblpper of 



CUT FLOWERS 



68-60 Wabash Ave.,' CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



BEAIJTIES- 



30 to 36-inch.... 

 24 to 30-inch.... 

 15 to 20-inch. . . . 

 8 to 12-inch.... 

 Shorts 



Per doz. 



$4.00 



$2.00 to 



1.50 to 



.75 to 



Bride and Maid 



Richmond 



Killamey 



Perle 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, medium . 



" fancy.... 



Violets 



Harrisii Lilies 



Callas 



Valley 



Tulips 



Paper Whites 



Romans •.... 



Daffodils 



Sweet Peas 



3.00 



2.00 



1.00 



.75 



Per 100 



$3.00 to $6.00 



5.00 to 



5.00 to 



4.00 to 



1.00 to 

 2.00 to 



S.OOto 

 S.OOto 

 3.00 to 



.50 to 



8.00 

 S.OO 

 6.00 

 2.00 



1.50 



3.00 



.50 



10.00 



10.00 



4.00 



3.00 



3.00 



3.t0 



3.00 



1.00 



2.00 



.50 



.50 



.35 



1.00 



2.00 



1.00 



1.00 



15.00 



GREENS 



Smilax Strings per doz. 



Asparagus Strings each, .40 to 



Bunches " .35 to 



Sprengeri Bunches " 



Adiantum per 100, 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 



Galax, Green 



Bronze 



Boxwood 26c per lb.; 100 lbs., 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 

 Mention The Reylew when you write. 



specially genial during the first week 

 in May, quite a number of florists are 

 busy planting out their carnations in 

 the fields. 



Business at the seed stores has been 

 brisk of late and orders average well 

 up to last year's record. 



Dutch bulbous plants are likely to be 

 much less grown commercially next sea- 

 son. The quality of bulbs received from 

 Holland and high prices charged, added 



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