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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 6, 1908. 



ASTERS 



We are receiving strictly fancy aeters in large quantity — all colors 



Summer Roses 



Call on us for all your needs in Roses 



ALL OTHER FLOWERS IN SEASON 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. ' 



■stabUataed 1878 



L«nK Distance Phone Central 1751 



Current Prices 



BEAUTIBS Per dOE. 



80toS6-lnch $8.00 



24to30-lnch $2.00 to 2.60 



15to20-lDCh l.eoto 2.00 



8tol2-lnoh 76 to 1.00 



Shorts » .60 



BOSBS (Teal) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to $ 6.00 



Richmond 4.00to 6.00 



KiUamey 4.00to 6.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 2.00 



CABNATION8. medium 1.00 



" fancy 2.00 



ASTERS, common 1.00 



" select 2.00 



" fancy 3.00 



MISCBLIiANBOUS 



Harrlsii LiUes 12.50 



Gladioli per doi., 50c to 75c 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Daisies 1.00 



ORBENS 



Smilaz Strings perdoz., l.SOto 2.00 



Asparagus Stringrs each, .60 



Asparagus Bunches.; " .n5to .60 



Spreneeri Bunches " .26 to .86 



Adiantum per 100, .75 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 1.26 



Galax, Green " 1.00 



" JBronze " 1.00 



Boxwood 26c per lb.; 100 lbs., 16.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The RevicAT when you write. 



enjoy a four weeks' vacation. Some- 

 times he could only be spared for four 

 hours. But this time the firm thought he 

 needed it and they generously gave. 

 "Don't you want to know," Mr. Eeu- 

 kauf continued, in a burst of confidence, 

 "where I spent my vacation? It was 

 chiefly riding up and down Broad street 

 in those wonderful new automobile omni- 

 buses. They charge you 10 cents and 

 they are 6ne indeed. ' ' Could I throw on 

 paper the air of genial good fellowship, 

 the touch of human kindliness put into 

 these words by Mr. Keukauf, my fortune 

 as a correspondent would surely be made. 

 Miss Powell, for many years head book- 

 keeper for M. Rice & Co., has resigned 

 her position. She will be married this 

 month. 



John M. Bainbridge, formerly with the 

 William Graham Co., is now in the in-" 

 , surance business. 



Smith, Lineaweaver & Co. report that 

 the conditions in the anthracite cOal mai"- 

 ket indicate an advance in prices in 

 September. They believe it will pay to 

 buy this month. 



Edward Beid returns from the south 

 this week. 



William Kingsporn, formerly with 

 Berger Bros., now of Miami, Fla., is vis- 

 iting his family in this city. 



A. C. Zvolanek, of Bound Brook, was 

 in this city a few days ago. Mr. Zvola- 

 nek, who is well known as a hybridizer 

 and grower of fine sweet peas, expressed 

 his pleasure at the choice quality of the 

 sweet peas now coming in to the Leo 

 Niessen Co. Phil. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market 



Though we are in midsummer, the total 

 sales foot up well and we have every rea- 

 son to be satisfied with the business so 

 far this summer. Prices rule good and 

 the fact that the demand is about equal 

 to the supply tends to hold them up to a 

 respectable figure. The retail stores are 

 doing well with funeral work, and the 

 political excitement brings forth a few 

 decorations now and then. 



Asters are the main stock now and they 

 sell well and at good prices. White ones 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



WHOLESALE FLORIST... 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



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ORCHIDS I 



A SPECIALTY *****»» 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on hand, fresh every day. 



Fancy Stock in Valley, Beauties, Roses, 



. Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



L. D. Phone Central 8598 Can always supply the best goods the season affords 



A complete line of all Wire Work and Supplies constantly on hand 



Mention The Review when you write. 



are about equal to the demand, but col- 

 ored ones are short of the demand and 

 average higher prices. Roses of all kinds 

 are in heavier supply. Beauties are com- 

 ing well and sell out clean. Pink roses 

 seem to have the call over white, for 

 some reason. The market is well sup- 

 plied with gladioli and this is the main 

 flower used for window display. They 

 are effective for this purpose and some 

 of the newer sorts are certainly beautiful. 

 We have been having some very hot 

 weather and it has been using up the 

 outdoor flowers in this district to a cer- 

 tain extent. Many growers report the 

 aster crop as almost a failure and this 

 is one of the reasons that asters are such 

 good property now. It is dry in the 

 country and we are sadly in need of a 

 good soaking rain, but the weather man 

 says there is none in sight for a while 

 at least. 



Various Notes. 



Taft notification day brought a great 

 crowd to this city. The city was in holi- 

 day dress, with a profusion of flags and 

 bunting. This afforded the stores an op- 

 portunity to arrange effective window 



displays and they all took advantage of 

 it. The Walnut Hills Floral Bazaar had 

 an especially attractive window, as did 

 Julius Baer, Hardesty'& Co. and the 

 Blecher Floral Co. Taft's picture, draped 

 with American flags and surrounded with 

 palms and vases of flowers, 'was used by 

 most. 



The Florists' Society will hold its next 

 meeting August 8, at R. Witterstaetter 's. 

 It will be called to order at 3 p. m. The 

 evening will be devoted to bowling. In- 

 vitations will be sent to all florists about 

 the city and it is expected that a large 

 crowd will be present. The final arrange- 

 ments for inviting the S. A. F. to meet 

 in this city in 1909 will be made and 

 everything will be in readiness for our 

 delegation to attend the convention and 

 make a strong plea for the next meeting. 



E. G. Gillett, wife and daughter are 

 in Traverse City, Mich., for several 

 weeks' vacation. Mr. Gillett will go 

 from there to' the convention and thence 

 home. 



W. K. Partridge is busily engaged in 

 putting his model plant at Lockland, O., 

 in the best of shape for the opening of 

 business in the fall. Having sold out his 



