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July 16, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



OFFICE AND SSLESROOM. 33-3S-37 RANDOLPH STREET 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Long Distance Phone 

 Randolph 35. 



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Summer business has steadily increased the last few years and YOU can do business in July IF YOU 

 ^ HAVE THE RIGHT KIND of stock You will need THE BEST. 



We have made preparations for large supplies of 



Fancy Flowers for Summer 



Brides, Mrs. Paker, Killaroey, Richmood, Peonies 



Wehaveabigf tf^XBVnXB^ltf^n A Remarkably good stock formidsammer. Try some of these— they are 

 cut o£ fancy \>CirflClll VllO as good as earlier— you'll say yoQ never eaw so good at this date. 



Asparagus Strings, Smllax and all Cut Fli^wers in Season 



If you need the 

 Beat Grade of 



Roses 



thiB market affords, order of us— we have the goods, 

 good, medium and short Roses. 



Also quantities of 



POEHLM ANN'S FANCY VALLEY 1 w. wn. fl.|«e a speciaii,. 

 EXTRA FINE HARRISII LILIES} MBilS. 



ALL STOCK SHIPPED AT CURRENT MARKET PRICE 



Mention The Review when you write. 



L. BAUMANN & CO. 



The Great Central Florists' Supply House 

 EVERYTHING in Florists* Supplies 



Such as Baskets, Chiffons, Etc., Etc. 



"""l^r^w-l,.. 118 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago 



A sample room will be maintained at the old addreBs, 76-78 Wabash Ave. 

 BEND FOR OUR COMFLKTK CATALOGUK 



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heavily than in any previous summer, 

 especially of carnations, Killarney and 

 Bichmond. 



F. L. Tornquist, Benton Harbor, Mich., 

 was a recent caller. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A veek of intense heat is not con- 

 ducive to much activity in cut flower cir- 

 cles. Markets, commission houses and 

 stores all present a half deserted appear- 

 ance. Flowers, such as there are, will far 

 more than fill the light calls made for 

 them. A good proportion of them are 

 arriving in an almost useless condition. 

 Of both roses and carnations a good 

 quantity still arrive, but the bulk, owing 

 to the heat, are small and many are 

 either unsold or disposed of at almost 

 any price obtainable. Sweet peas, owing 



to continued drought, are short-stemmed. 

 Bather more asters are coming in. These 

 include some Comet, pink and white. For 

 such other flowers as are seen the de- 

 mand is so erratic that it is difficult to 

 quote any prices. Asparagus, smilax and 

 adiantum are all in light demand. 



Variotit Notes. 



The happiest man in Brookline these 

 days is Duncan Finlayson. The cause is 

 a daughter, born July 7. 



Eeports received from several carna- 

 tion growers in Massachusetts indicate a 

 larger proportion than usual affected with 

 stem-rot this season. 



Farquhar & Co. report a satisfactory 

 seed business. In nursery stock, while 

 the large orders aggregating thousands 

 of dollars were lacking this season, there 

 was a great increase in those of moderate 

 size. 



The intense heat and prolonged drought 



are having a serious effect on market gar- 

 den crops in this section. Those who 

 have irrigating facilities are doing well. 

 Carnations are smaller than usual at this 

 date. Boston registered 97 degrees in 

 the shade July 12. 



The picnic of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club at Pine Bank park. Maiden, 

 July 29, is being eagerly anticipated by 

 many. The judges of sports will be Wil- 

 liam Downs, T. J. Grey, E. Holmes, E. 

 Johansson, P. J. Turley, Duncan Finlay- 

 son, Kenneth Finlayson and James Mil- 

 ler. F. E. Palmer will captain the com- 

 mercial growers in the baseball contest, 

 E. W. Curtis being in charge of the pri- 

 vate gardeners' team. W. J. Kennedy 

 will be ringmaster, Peter M. Miller 

 starter and Wilfrid Wheeler handicapper. 

 There are eighteen sporting events in all, 

 a considerable reduction from former 

 years. This will make a decided improve- 

 ment, as sports virtually occupied the 

 whole day on preceding similar occasions. 



The ravages of the brown-tail and 

 gypsy moths in the vicinity of Boston 

 are more severe than ever, in spite of 

 the heroic measures being taken to keep 

 them in check. As if these pests were 

 insufficient, the elm beetle l\as reappeared 

 in alarming numbers in nearly all parts 

 of the state and the elms in many cities 

 and towns have been mute testimony to 

 their destructive work, W. N. Cbaio. 



Charles E. Richardson, for many years 

 treasurer of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, is seriously ill at the home 

 of his son-in-law, George W. Mitton, Sal- 

 isbury road, Brookline. 



Mrs. M. B. Bunker has taken active 



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