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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Avovvi 90, 16^. 



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A S T E R S 



We are receiving strictly fancy asters 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. 



■■tabUsbed 1878 



Lena: Distance Phone Central 1751 



Current Prices 



BBAUTIB8 Per doc. 



80tO 36-inch tS.OO 



24to80-incb $2.00 to 2 60 



15to20-inch 1.60to 2.00 



8tol2-iDCb 76 to 1.00 



Shorts JdO 



Per 100 



$4.00 to $ 6.00 



4.00 to 6.00 



4.00 to 6.00 



4.00 to 6.00 



2.00 



1.00 



2.00 



1.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



ROSES (Tea.) 



Bride and Maid > 



Richmond 



Killamey 



Perle 



Roses, our selection 



GABNATIONS. medium 



" fancy 



ASTERS, common 



" select 



" fancy 



BllSCELLANEOUS 



Harrisii Lilies 



Qladioli per doz., 50c to 76c 



Valley 



Daisies 



6REBI7S 



Smilaz Strings perdoE.. 1.60to 



Asparagus Strings each, 



Asparagus Bunches " 



Sprengeri Bmiches " 



Adiannim per 100, 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000. 



Galax, Oreen 



" Bronze *' 



Boxwood 26c per lb.; 100 lbs 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



12.60 



3.00 to 



.SRtO 

 .26 to 



4.00 

 1.00 



2.00 



.60 



.60 



.86 



.78 



1.26 



1.00 



1.00 



16.00 



Mention The Rcvie\y when you write. 



There is no change in prices of these. 

 Carnations are few and of microscopic 

 size, but the first pickings from the new 

 crop are due this week. Lilies are in 

 good supply, although L. longiflorum is 

 rather less abundant than it has been. 

 There is about the usual demand for lily 

 of the valley. Bunches of Bouvardia 

 Humboldtii are noted on several stands 

 and find ready sale at the better class 

 stores. For green stock there is a fair 

 call. 



Qab Field Day. 



Glorious weather favored the thirty 

 or more members of the Gardeners' and 

 Forists' Club who journeyed to Amherst 

 Agricultural College August 15. Leav- 

 ing Boston at 8:23, via Central Massa- 

 chusetts railroad, Amherst was reached 

 at 11:34. The college officials, includ- 

 ing Prof. E. A. White, of the depart- 

 ment of floriculture, with visiting gar- 

 deners and florists from Northampton, 

 Holyoke and Springfield, met the party 

 on arrival. A special trolley oar was 

 first boarded and the beautiful town of 

 Amherst, with its many fine buildings, 

 was seen. An adjournment was then 

 n^ide to Draper hall, where lunch was 

 served. At its close President Butter- 

 field, in a short address, warmly wel- 

 comed the visitors. Vice-president Downs 

 made a suitable response. After the 

 party had been photographed, an exam- 

 ination of a number of vegetable plots 

 was made under the guidance of Prof. 

 W. i F. Brooks, of the department of 

 agriculture, and the effects of the vari- 

 ous fertilizers on the different crops 

 ^ere noted. This proved deeply inter- 

 estifig to the visitors. 



Next aq inspection of Wilder Hall, 

 in the , horticultural department, was 

 made. The present greenhouses were 

 inspected and the site for the ranges 

 of new houses soon to be built by the 

 Lord & Burnham Co. was looked at. 

 These will include special houses, each 

 25x50, for violets, palms, roses, carna- 

 tions, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., work- 

 rooms and a new instruction building; 

 the latter to cost $15,000. The frnit or- 

 cha^s — iicltidiag grapes, pears, plnms 

 and apples — and gardens were next ex- 

 amined^ following which there was an 

 inspection of the botanical building un- 



CH AS. W. McKELLAR 



WHOLESALE FLORIST... 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



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ORCHIDS 



**F»»¥V A SPECIALTY *▼♦»"* 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on hand, fresh every day. 



Fancy Stock in Valley, Beauties, Roses, 



Carnations and Qreens of all idnds 



L.. D. Phone Central S598 Can always supply the best goods the season affords 



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



Mention Tne Review when you write. 



der the guidance of Prof. G. E. Stone, 

 and this was found splendidly e<juipped. 

 Professor Stone has for several years 

 made special studies of diseases of let- 

 tuce, tomato, cucumber, melon and other 

 commercial indoor crops. 



Time did not permit of an inspection 

 of the entomological building, but a hur- 

 ried visit was made to the farm barns, 

 a large portion of which had been de- 

 stroyed by fire early on the morning of 

 the club 's visit, entailing a loss of $50,- 

 000, which included the season's hay 

 crop, many valuable cattle and nearly all 

 the farming implements. The barns were 

 new and up-to-date, being only com- 

 pleted eighteen months ago. 



The special car was boarded at 4:15, 

 and the visitors, accompanied by some 

 members of the college staff, journeyed 

 through, the Mount Holyoke range of 

 mountains, via South Hadley's Falls, to 

 Holyoke, The magnificent scenery ex- 

 cited the admiration of everyone. At 

 ^plyoke the train was taken for Spring- 

 field, where an express for Boston was 

 boarded, th? latter city being reached 

 at 8 Ab. Weather conditions were ideal 

 and the ride of some 250 miles through 



much of the finest scenery in Massachu- 

 setts was greatly enjoyed. The college 

 officials left no stone unturned to msie 

 the visit a pleasant one, and if a field 

 day can be arranged for 1909, a dele- 

 gation thrice the size • will undoubtedly 

 make the trip, which was the most in- 

 teresting and enjoyable the club has 

 yet held. 



Various Notes. 



The local delegation for Niagara Falls 

 was smaller than Boston ought to have 

 sent. Some are holding back for the 

 national flower show in November and 

 did not feel able to take in the two. 

 Ideal weather favored the party as it 

 left, the temperature being much more 

 tolerable than on several preceding days. 



There promises to be a fine exhibi- 

 tion at Horticultural haJl, August 22. 

 This will be the closing Saturday show 

 of the season, 



Thomas F, Galvin is now a. grand- 

 father, a son having been' born to Mr. 

 and Mrs, T. F. Galvin, 3j., at Si^a^on- 

 set, Nantucket, AngAst. 10. 



The club field .<iay '.^ the , Ji'ew Eng- 

 land Nurseries comes on September 5. 



