16 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 14, 1908. 



V. 



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 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



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witli a run of sashes for young stock on 

 top of the wall. 



E. C. Aniling comments on the fact 

 that so large a proportion of the orders 

 indicate that the stock is for wedding 

 »vork. 



Weiland & Risch received their new 

 casli reyistor May 11. Every transaction, 

 cash or charge, now goes through the 

 register. 



Vaughau & Sperry are anxiously await- 

 ing word as to the fate of a crop of 

 about 4,000 dozens of peonies in central 

 Illinois that they have been counting on 

 for Memorial day. If it has escaped the 

 general disaster it will come in handy. 



Warren G. Matthews, of Dayton, O., 

 was a visitor last week. 



LARGE CAPE JASMINE BUDS 



(GARDENIA ORANDIFLORA) 



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 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade in retail circles was still re- 

 ported quiet last week, although Satur- 

 day, May 9, stock became, all of a sud- 

 den, somewhat scarce and, of course, de- 

 mand brisk, with the result that prices 

 stiffened up a cent or two on car- 

 nations and roses. There were also quite 

 a number of small social affairs through- 

 out the week, which kept some of the 

 uptown florists busy, and funeral work 

 -was more plentiful. The wholesalers say 

 that they never saw stock so plentiful 

 and so little doing as in the last few 

 weeks, when they had to dump much 

 ^ood stock. 



The market May 11 did not look as 

 though it would be crowded this week. 

 Koses and carnations are of good qual- 

 ity. Callas are plentiful and so are 

 peonies and cape jasmine. Lily of the 

 valley is of extra fine quality, but de- 

 mand is light. A few large weddings 

 booked for this week should help some 

 of the west end florists. 



Planting out will begin this week. 



Various Notes. 



J. F. Corbitt, of Nashville, Tenn., 

 spent a few days in the city buying bed- 

 ding plants. Mr. Corbitt reports good 

 trade in plants. 



Wm. Bouche, the landscape gardener, 

 reports that he will build a tea garden 



GRANDIFLORA 



CAPE JASMINE BUDS 



(GARDBNIAS) 



Selected long-stemmed bud.s, $1.00 per 100. de- 

 livered at any point reached by American. Wells- 

 Fargo, or Pacific Kx press. 



Elsewhere, $1."2.') per 100, delivered. 



H. J. CONDRON. Dickinson, Texas 



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in tlic .lai Alai building, at Do Baliviere 

 and Washington terrace, on the order of 

 the celebrated He No tea garden he 

 built some years ago in the old exposi- 

 tion building, which attracted so much 

 attention at the time. C. C. Sanders 

 is to furnish all the plants and nursery 

 stock. 



Harry Young, of C. Young & Sons 

 Co., was doing jury duty last week. He 

 says it is not pleasant to sit on jurj' at 

 this time of the year, when the firm is 

 rushed witli spring work. 



Will C. Smith is contemplating a trip 

 to Milwaukee this week to visit his 

 sister, the wife of H. V. Hunkel, of 

 Holton & Hunkel. Mrs. Hunkel and 

 children will accompany him back to visit 

 her mother. 



Park Commissioner Phil C. Scanlan was 

 married Tuesday, May 12. The bride 

 was Miss Nannie Thompkins. Both are 

 well known in society and are of wealthy 

 families. Mr. Scanlan is rated as a 

 millionaire. It was one of the largest 

 weddings of the yeaf . 



Phil Giebel, who has charge of Compton 

 Hill Beservoir park, which contains forty 

 acres, has started planting out the flow- 

 er beds. 



The Englemann Botanical Club held its 

 annual field day on Saturday, May 9, at 

 Pevely, Mo. The club held its regular 

 monthly meeting Monday, May 11, in 

 the Central High School building. 



Fred H. Meinhardt reports that he is 



JOSEPH FOERSTER 



wholesale shipper ot 



CUT FLOWERS 



68-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 

 BEAUTIES- Per doz.' 



30to .36-inch $3.00 to $4.00 



24to30-inch 2.00to 2.50 



15to20-lnch l.SOto 2.00 



8tol2-inch 75to 1.00 



Shorts .75 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $3.00 to $6.00 



Richmond S.OOto 8.00 



Killarney S.OOto 8.00 



Perle S.OOto 6.00 



Roses, our selection 2.00 



CARNATIONS, medium l.OOto 150- 



XT -./.'t.„ ^*°^y 2.00to Sioo 



Harrisii Lilies g.OOto 10.00 



Cal'as S.OOto 10.00 



n?&i=- 3.00to 4.00 



Danodils 300 



SweetPeas '..'. .50 to lioo 



o .. o . 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 25c per lb.; 100 lbs., 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 

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loaded down with orders for cemetery 

 work. The bad weather interfered great- 

 ly with outdoor work last week. He 

 says he had the best Easter trade in 

 years. 



Through the courtesy of George Oster- 

 tag, superintendent of public parks, I had 

 the pleasure of seeing the sights at the 

 Forest park greenhouses, which are in 

 charge of Mr. Moritz, one day last week. 

 All the plant houses are filled with fine 



2.00 

 .50 



.50 

 .35 

 1.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 15.00 



