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October 15> 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J9 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



OFFICE AND SALESROOM. 33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET 



Long Distance Phone 

 Randolph 35. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



STANDING ORDERS SOLICITED 



"Wt urge the placing of standing orders, for regular shipment, as offering advantages to both buyer and seller. YOU get 

 first selection and assurance of supply in times of scarcity, while WE have the satisfaction of giving ALL buyers better setvice. 



We are now prepared to supply a fine grade of ORCHIDS. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMKRICAM BKAUTIKB- Per doz. 



Extra Long $4.00 



36-iDcb 3.00 



80-inch 2.50 



20 to 24-Inch :... 2.00 



18 1.50 



12to 16-lnch 1.00 



Short perlOO, $3.00 to 16.00 



Per 100 



Rlolunond. Extra Fancy $8.00 



Long 6.00 



Medium 4.00 



Short $2.00to 8.00 



Brides and Maids, Long 6.00 



Medium.... 4.00 



Short 2.00 to 8.00 



PerlOO 

 $10.00 

 8.00 



Klllamey. Extra Select 



Long 



Medium 6.00 



Short $3.00to 4.00 



Mrs. Potter Palmer, Long . . 6.00 



Medium 4.00 



Short.. 2.00 to 3.00 



Cardinal, Fancy 8.00 



Medium 6.00 



Short S.OOto 4.00 



Cliatenay, Long 6.00 



Medium 4.00 



Short : 2.00to 8.00 



Perie, Long 6.00 



" Medium 4.00 



Short 2.00to 8.00 



Pe 



Kalserin, Fancy 



Long 



Medium 



Short ^ 



CamatloDS, Ordinary 



Fancy 



Orchids, write for prices. 



Aarrisll 



VaUey $3.00 to 



AsiMurasuB, strings, 50c each 



sprays 



Sprengreri 



Adlantum 



Galax per 1000, $1.25 



Ferns 1.60 



r 100 

 $ S.OO 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 



15.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



8.00 

 1.00 



MUMS 



White, Yellow, Pink, 

 $8.00 to $3.0O per dozen. 



Extra fancy Roses charged for accordingly 



MUMS 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



POEHLMANN'S FANCY VALLEY) w. sake mes. a speciait,. 

 EXTRA FINE HARRISII LILIES roiaSiiKoXr. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



mann, the flower show entertainment 

 committee held a meeting at the Union 

 last week. The sub-committee on ban- 

 quet reported that arrangements have 

 been made with the Auditorium for Tues- 

 day evening, November 10. 



Mrs. W. E. Horton is again on duty 

 with Bassett & Washburn, after an all- 

 summer's rest. Mrs. Horton has been 

 with the firm ever since it began selling 

 its own stock, and is widely known in 

 the trade. 



Webster Randall, with his wife, has 

 gone to Michigan to spend a vacation of 

 two or three weeks on his brother's fruit 

 farm. 



Percy Jones says that the Garland 

 boys, at Des Plaines, have been specially 

 fortunate in cutting a fine crop of car- 

 nations in the past fortnight of high 

 prices. 



It is stated tha* the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago intends this year to 

 embark on a new venture. A series of 

 monthly flower shows and lectures on 

 horticultural topics will be given in the 

 Art Institute. Announcements of the lec- 

 ture schedule will be forthcoming shortly. 

 The shows will be displays of an after- 

 noon and evening, open to members of 

 the society and to , the general public. 

 The quarterly meeting was held at the 

 Art Institute October 13. 



To obtain the co-operation of the news- 

 paper owners of Chicago, and presidents 

 of park boards in the national flower 

 show, President W. E. Kelley, of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago', will 



give a luncheon in the Union League 

 Club October 22. A list of daily news- 

 paper editors prepared by James Keeley 

 will be invited, as well as the park presi- 

 dents and directors of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



Chicago wholesalers should be inter- 

 ested in a card enclosed with a letter 

 from Cleveland. It reads: "Following a 

 custom adopted by the wholesale florists 

 of Cleveland, all flowers will go forward 

 C. O. D. unless accounts are settled 

 promptly when due each month succeed- 

 ing purchase. Packing and delivery at 

 cost," 



Visitors: Geo. F. Crabb, Grand Rap- 

 ids; U. J. Virgin, New Orleans; Benj. 

 Chase, Deny, N. H. 



dNdNNATL 



The Market 



Business is good. The demand seems 

 to hold up well and the buyers are in 

 the market early. They pick up in a 

 hurry all of the good stock that comes 

 in, and even the poorer grades are 

 cleaned out before the day is over. It 

 would look as if the regular fall trade 

 had opened up to stay, and it is to be 

 hoped that such is the case. 



The arrival of the mum in large quan- 

 tities is doubtless the cause of the in- 

 crease in business, and the fact that 

 the stores can get them in almost any 

 quantities has a great deal to do with it. 

 There can be no question but that the 

 flower*^ buyers always wait for the ar- 



rival of the mum, as a sort of signal 

 that the flower season is on, and then 

 they start in with a rush to make up 

 for the time they have lost during the 

 summer. Mums have been selling well 

 so far this season and the price ob- 

 tained for them has been all that could 

 be desired. Glory of the Pacific and 

 Polly Rose are still standards for early 

 white and pink. Quite a number of Oc- 

 tober Frost have been received in this 

 market, but the best that can be said 

 for it, as grown by the average grower, 

 is that it is a frost. In yellow, Mon- 

 rovia takes the lead and it is a good 

 thing. At present it tops the market 

 in price, bringing $3 per dozen for all 

 that come in. Several growers are in 

 with small mums, which find a ready 

 sale in this market, which takes kindly 

 to the cheaper grades. 



In roses we are well supplied, with 

 Beauties taking the lead and selling the 

 best. White roses also aTe in good de- 

 mand. Carnations are scarce, and while 

 for a time it looked as if the supply was 

 going to increase, the increase has failed 

 to materialize as yet. The first Baby 

 primroses of the season arrived last 

 week and were quickly snapped up, as 

 this market is short on small flowers. 

 Some fine longiflorum lilies find a ready 

 market. Lily of the valley is also good 

 property. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Society was a decided success, a Iarg6 



