OCTOBBB 22, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



29 



Chrysanthemums 



For AH Saints' Day 



(Also lor today and any other day) 



You will be pleased if you place your orders in our hands. Our business is 

 increasing nicely because -we are doings onr very best to give satisfaction to 

 all who deal with us— and have the stock to do it with. Plenty of Mums to 

 take care of the largest order; all sizes. 



Western Headquarters for Fancy New York Violets 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



AM. BEAUTIES- Per doz. 



Steins, 24 to 36 inches $3.00 



20 Inches 2.00 



16 " 1.50 



12 " 1.00 



ROSES- Per 100 



Kaiserin » 83.00 to $6.00 



Richmond S.OOto 8.00 



Bride and Maid.... S.OOto 6.00 



KiUamey 4.00 to 10.00 



Obatenay S.OOto 6.00 



Gate r, 800 to 6.00 



Roses, ourselection 3.00 



Carnations, select 1.00 to 2.00 



" fancy 



BIISCELLANEOUS- 



Manis, small S.OOto 



medium lO.OOto 12.50 



" fancy per doz., 2.00 to 3.00 



Tlolets 50 to 



Longriflonmi doz., $2.00 



Valley 2.00 to 



DBCORATIVB- 



Asp. Fiumosus ....strin? 



. ". . ...-bunch 



" Sprengreri per 100 



Galax per 100, 20c: 1000 



" per case of 10,000 



Fema per 100, 20c; 1000 



Adiantum per 100 



Smilax per doz., 11.50; 100 



Extra fancy stock billed accordingly. 

 Subject to cbange witbont notice 



3.00 

 8.00 



.75 

 4.00 



.35 to 

 .35 to 



.50 



.50 



2.00 



1.25 



10.00 



1.50 



.76 to 1.00 



10.00 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Charles W. McKellar 



Wholesale riorist... 



51 Wabash Ave., ChiCdQO 



L. D. Phone, Central 3598 



Fancy stock in Valley, Beauties, Roses, Violets, 

 Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



Can always supply the best goods the 

 season aflFords, at Chicago Market 

 Quotations. 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on hand, fresh every day 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



SOUTHERN BULB STOCK. 



(Continued from page 11.) 



also true that considerable capital and 

 labor are required to conduct the busi- 

 ness, and we doubt if it has been over- 

 done to the same extent as the produc- 

 tion of carnations, violets or almost any 

 other class "of cut flowers. 



We think the future will bring lower 

 prices in the bulk of cut flower trade. 

 The wages earned by a large part of our 

 population do not warrant the purchase 

 of any high priced flowers, and that the 

 people want cheap flowers is evidenced 

 by the enormous quantities of carnations, 

 violets, etc., disposed of during market 

 gluts by the street peddlers and stands. 

 Cut flowers during winter have been for 

 the wealthy alone, and profits have been 

 so attractive that immense capital has 

 been invested in producing blooms in the 

 winter. This, of course, has resulted in 

 a large increase of wholesale dealers. 



If the dealers would cut their commis- 

 sions to ten per cent and the retailers 

 would sell their flowers at a much closer 

 margin fdr cash, the trade would all be 

 benefited. It would result in less com- 

 petition from new competitors coming in, 

 attracted by the large per cent of profits, 

 and would gradually strengthen those 

 now established in the business. 

 ' If the commission men and retailers 



will not make this concession, and we be- 

 lieve they will not, the result will be that 

 the cream of the trade (the cash sales) 

 and a good volume of all the trade will 

 drift into the department stores, and 

 that will give a worse condition than 

 the present situation. 



The southern cut daffodil blooms will 

 surely increase and some outlet will be 

 provided if the regular trade can not or 

 will not handle them. Unfortunately, 

 the first growers put on the market 

 American grown daffodil bulbs not prop- 

 erly grown, or varieties that cannot be 

 successfully produced in America. This 

 closed the markets to our bulbs and we 

 are forced to depend on the cut blooms 

 for most of the profit. The bulbs now 

 being offered on the market, however, 

 by the responsible Virginia growers are 

 guaranteed to give good bloom with 

 usual care and treatment, and as soon as 

 the trade is satisfied as to the good qual- 

 ity and early blooming of our bulbs for 

 forcing, there will be a decrease in cut 

 blooms owing to sale of the large bulbs 

 and replanting of small sets. 



We are largely increasing our planting 

 and varying our product, and intend to 

 commence shipping daffodils about March 

 1, continuing with Darwin tulips, peonies, 

 Spanish and German iris, and closing 

 with gladioli in Julv. Thus we would 

 give nearly five months of a steady sup- 



ply of cut flowers, and the trade seems 

 to be favorable to a change from the 

 usual roses, carnations, etc., which are 

 on the market all through the winter. 



C. W. Beman. 



Smith's Mum Manual sent by the Re- 

 view for 40 cents. 



Meijwse, Mass.— a. M. Tuttle, who 

 has heretofore confined himself to the 

 nursery business and landscape garden- 

 ing, has now erected two greenhouses, 

 30x80 feet, with an oflSce, fronting on 

 Howie court. 



Eacine, Wis. — The Eacine Floral Co. 

 opened its new store, on Sixth street, 

 October 14. The whole interior of the 

 store has been remodeled and it is now 

 one of the most finely appointed stands 

 in the city. The present company is the 

 successor of A. J. Fiddler & Co., one of 

 the oldest floral concerns in this part of 

 the state. 



Pawtucket, R. I.— a. L. Warner is 

 busy making benches with cement which 

 is mixed with ashes from his furnace, 

 without the use of any sand. He says 

 the process is a success. His benches, he 

 says, are made according to a pattern 

 described in the Review of July 30. He 

 is maJdng a specialty of Asparagus 

 plumosus and Sprengeri. 



